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DON'T LISTEN TO ANYONE ELSE...
Posted By: Random Hero <randomhero015@yahoo.com>Date: 1/12/03 8:33 p.m.

In Response To: YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED TO ME!!! (skavenger_s7)

: It is long, but not "dry"..........and not everyone will get
: it.....

: If you read it all, you WILL understand......

: It was a warm Saturday morning, and with all my usual chores done I called up
: my brother Mike to see if he wanted to cruz over to the mall with me. We
: agreed to meet at the south end of the super mall near Target. In our
: hometown we have a mall that is close to a mile long and two stories tall.
: It has many open areas inside for aesthetic beauty I guess, and several
: outbuildings in the parking lot for McDonalds, a tire store and so
: on...........As to attempt a "something for everyone" appeal.
: The only thing I was interested in was the video game sections of Target
: at one end of the mall and Wal-mart at the other. These two competing
: stores had very loyal employees and were currently in a pricing war to
: which I hoped to be the beneficiary.

: I strolled into a mostly empty parking lot at about 9:45. I would have
: thought that by this time there would have been more people rushing around
: getting set up for another busy day. As I started across the 400 acre
: parking lot, things started to get a little quiet. Not like Twilight Zone
: quiet, but just not as much going on as was usual. Like, even the sounds
: of the cars in the busy street behind me faded a bit as I looked back.

: The overhead speakers were playing some sort of elevator music and I noticed
: the gates to all the stores were raised as I entered the automatic double
: glass doors. It was almost 10am now and hardly a soul could be found. A
: few scattered employees and a janitor placing bags in the trash cans were
: within view as I started south inside the mall. I was looking for Mike as
: I walked but figured he was already there waiting for me. I came to the
: big red Target symbol and proceeded through the red doors. As I made my
: way into the electronics section my mouth dropped open. How could I have
: forgotten about the big day. The day Microsoft unleashed its flagship
: game. A game we had all been waiting for............ well it seemed like
: forever. The dozens of red shirted employees buzzed around finishing one
: of the most impressive store displays I have ever seen. Witnessing an
: event that seemed to take up the entire gaming section I saw a life-size
: metal tank. It had a scorpion emblem on it. Out of the top was a 12 foot
: pole with a logo of the game being sold on a red satin background. On the
: floor were were stacks of Xbox consoles and two full size displays of some
: sort of Jeep lookin 4X4 on steriods. Man this looked reckless cool. I
: really had not paid much attention but the employees had special red
: target shirts that had drawn on them outlines to make them resemble a
: combat outfit. I thought that was cool.

: "This was shaping up to be a righteous day. I could see the video
: monitors being set up for a full day of demos. YES! I was gonna spend the
: whole day here..... But where was my brother. I pulled out my cell phone
: and called him up. "Where the hell are you", I asked. He said he
: was in Wal-mart at the north end of the mall where I told him to be. I
: said "No, we were meeting at the south end...at Target" I told
: him to never mind and just get his but down here, he was not going to
: believe what I was seeing. He stopped me short and described almost the
: exact same setting in Wal-mart. "No way", I said. I raced down
: the mall to get a look for myself. He was right the exact same set up with
: the same details right down to the employee shirts with the combat suit
: design, except in blue of course for store identification. But even
: without breakfast in my gut, and even though it was early for me on a
: Saturday, I did somehow notice the satin flag in this store was blue and
: not red like the other one.

: We decided to hang out and be first in line to play the demo games when it
: opened. They fired up the consoles and we started to roll with this new
: game. Some employees played us in a game called Team Slayer. they made us
: be the red team.... Company loyalty and all.... whatever...... Well, this
: is where it got a little odd. We were into the game about 10 minutes and I
: head a little disturbance coming from the front of the store. I couldn't
: really get a good view from where i was standing but Wal-mart security was
: having a heated discussion with someone.Or a couple of Someone's. Not
: paying much attention to it I refocused back to my game. I was rockin
: these dudes! All at once I realized the guys I was shooting at were not
: moving, they were still. I looked over and the losers had dropped all the
: controllers and weren't even playing. "Damn".......... "I
: was doin' good too.." So I stopped and took notice of the electronics
: employees sort of gathering at the edge of their section, and taking
: notice of the discussion that had turned into a scuffle up front.

: These guys were standing there like they were begging the guards to let
: whoever it was through so they could deal with them. Listening to them
: trash talk, and sizing them up myself I thought they were pretty lucky
: someone else was handling it for them. All of a sudden it dawned on me as
: I focused my eyes a little closer on the wrestling match at the
: storefront. It was like 4 Wal-mart guys taking apart 2 guys with Target
: shirts on. All I could make out was a bit of trash talkin. As everyone was
: watching the mess, my brother tapped my shoulder and pointed back. I
: looked around to see what looked like 2 target employees making their way
: through the back isles toward us. At one point between islands I saw the
: first guy carrying a gun. "Holy Shit!" I knew they were there to
: help get their friends from the mob at the front of the store. But why
: didn't they just charge down the mall and get to them quick.

: I backed away and watched as they came halfway through the electronics
: section and stopped. With a confused look I saw a second guy drop down in
: front of the tank display and draw out what looked like a shotgun. The
: second guy climbed the tank, shimmied up the pole and broke off the last
: part with the banner on it. All at once the section guys who had not left
: their area noticed him and began to run and scream right for us and him.As
: they ran they all sported weapons. "Shit", I muttered as I
: ducked away, my brother disappearing the other direction. The red guy
: began a full sprint to the back of the store and the red guy with the
: shotgun stood up and began to fire off rounds at the oncoming employees.
: One Wal-mart guy dove behind the counter and one fell dead, others
: scattered for cover. One drew a pistol and began to get a bead on the guy
: leaving with his banner. The shotgun guy fired at him as he ran by
: unwaivered to his issue of cracking off rounds at the red guy leaving out
: the back. The wal-mart guy went down dead, and the red shotgun guy
: followed. A Wal-mart guy shouted he had made it to the back door first,
: and assured his buddies there was no way that guy left out yet. They all
: began to search. I had taken the cowards position and cleared out a row of
: TV's on a bottom shelf and replaced them with me. I could here the heavy
: footsteps all around me, like metal on metal. I braved to peer out and
: down the isle came a crouching red shirted guy with a short pole and
: banner.He got right next to me and said I needed to help him. "No
: freakin way dude", I said. Two blue guys started down from the far
: end at us and I bailed. With my back to him I ran! He started after me as
: they drilled him with rounds as fast as they could pull the trigger. I
: heard him yell.."Take it" and gasp as he died. Right as I turned
: the endcap all of a sudden I was carrying the stupid thing. WTF???? Shell
: casings hitting the floor all around me and muzzle flashes so close I
: could feel the heat, as I dove and wedged myself out of harms
: way."Who was shooting at who here?" I glanced around and saw red
: shirts mixed with blue running around the smoke filled room. I needed to
: get this stupid thing to them, as I am sure they were here looking for
: their buddy, and for whatever reason this banner.

: An explosion rocked the room and bodies went everywhere and I ended up on my
: back. As the ringing in my head subsided I opened my eyes to see the
: bottom of an oil pan and to hear the rumbling of an engine starting. I
: rolled out and Mike was in the drivers seat of the jeep thing. He
: yelled.."Get in , we are outta here!" I jumped in the side seat
: and we took off mowing people over. I was taking small arms fire like it
: was my job, And the hallways in this building that had seemed so big when
: I strolled in were now hanging us up at every corner. "Cant you drive
: this thing better?"...... I screamed. Every few seconds it sounded
: like a fender or some body part was coming off. But it stayed intact with
: every crunch. We drew near the doorway to outside. The red guys seemed to
: step aside and kinda slow our pursuers for us. And for that I was
: thankful. Man, we hit that doorway at full speed and without so much as
: trading paint with the building we shot out into the parking lot. It was
: like a breath of fresh air! The relief I felt as I swung around and could
: see no blue guys slowed my heart to a normal pace.

: "Ouch!"... I was getting tagged. Looking around there was this one
: guy...way off. Mike was steering as clear as could be. "No way could
: this guy take me out from that far" But there we were, 65 miles an
: hour, in and out of parked cars, this guy 500 yards away and every shot
: was hurting more than my feelings. Mike gave a harsh right turn and back
: inside the mall we went. Once inside he made a sharp left........and
: that's all i saw. I think I saw a flicker of fire right before the jeep
: exploded into three full end-over-end spins and tossing me and my death
: gripped banner into the air. I must admit the view I had while I was being
: propelled was incredible. I felt ike I was on my last red drop of blood
: when I landed up on the second open floor of the mall. Mikes body was
: below me sprawled over a park bench, in some ungodly position that allowed
: me to know every bone was broken. He looked like a rag doll. I took off
: running. I figured the sooner I got to Target the sooner I could go home.
: Amazingly enough the people below obviously could not tell what had
: happened to me, as they were looking behind every tree and plant for me,
: or maybe this banner. But all at once a shot grazed the side of my head
: and the shot fired from that rifle was like a big arrow pointing at me. As
: hurt as i was, I seemed to be running at the same speed as before...?
: Odd... but who cares, I was focused, pissed, and close! I had 50 yards to
: go when I heard the most horrific glass breaking sound of my life. The
: building shook me to my knees and I turned back to the north end of the
: mall to see that tank come crashing slowly though the gateway between
: Wal-mart and the mall. At least he was way back there and I felt like I
: could almost run as fast as that thing was rolling anyways. Feeling safe I
: rose up and took off again. Red guys were coming out of nowhere and
: positioning themselves between me and the blue guys. I was up on the
: second floor, most traffic and fighting was below me. But I was weak, and
: needed to find a Jemoke to toss this thing to. I came upon a walkway that
: went to the other side, where there were two red guys. I made my dash as
: the tank lobbed a shell from way far away......a lucky shell that hit the
: walkway beneath my feet. I threw the banner to the red guy who had been
: making his way to me. I was down............. Not dead but face down hurt.
: The red guy continued my path with ricocheting bullets about his head.
: Still on my stomach I looked to the right and down all the way back to
: wal-mart. I saw a guy taking position with a sniper rifle. He had no shot
: as long as my boy stayed high, wouldn't even be able to get a bead on him.
: I tossed my head left and saw my red guy with the banner at the end of the
: mall. He made a tremendous leap towards the bottom floor, trying to land
: right at the red doors to Target. I held my breath as he jumped. The
: pistol shots were random due to their distance....... in 3 seconds he
: would be in the clear..... Home free......... This would be over...... But
: in the air........ a vapor trail pierced through him, forcing the banner
: to an almost unreachable spot. High it bounced with almost a mind of its
: own. Up to a skylight close to 40 feet above the floor. With mountain
: climbing accuracy the red guys started up the ledges and obstacles. While
: an onslaught of blue guys tried to remove whomever was in the lead
: ................

: I laid there in pain as the rumble ran beneath me and blood pools filled the
: floors and walls. I needed to get up..........................

: (to be continued?)

: If this sucked... i didnt write it, ok?

I thought this was insanly awesome... way to go! i want more.

Fourth Element



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YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED TO ME!!!skavenger_s7 1/12/03 6:14 a.m.
     The above is *OT* and VERY FREAKIN LONG *NM*Konrad9 1/12/03 8:38 a.m.
           Its not *OT*!!!Ross Mills 1/12/03 11:42 a.m.
                 Re: Its not *OT*!!!Hipboyscott 1/12/03 11:53 a.m.
     Re: YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED TO ME!!!Second Hand Plasma 1/12/03 8:44 a.m.
           Re: YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED TO ME!!!Hipboyscott 1/12/03 9:32 a.m.
                 Re: YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED TO ME!!!bikeman704 1/12/03 11:15 a.m.
     ...the hell? *NM*oddworld18 1/12/03 11:40 a.m.
           ummmmguy who doesn't post too....often 1/12/03 12:13 p.m.
     ouch.... bad reviews....ouch......feeling faint... *NM*skavenger_s7 1/12/03 12:37 p.m.
           Re: ouch.... bad reviews....ouch......feeling fainbikeman704 1/12/03 12:48 p.m.
     Re: YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED TO ME!!!silvergrunt 1/12/03 1:03 p.m.
     Pretty GoodKP 1/12/03 1:38 p.m.
           Re: Pretty GoodPfhorSlayer 1/12/03 1:58 p.m.
     Re: YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED TO ME!!!Hipboyscott 1/12/03 2:01 p.m.
           Re: YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED TO ME!!!Random N 1/12/03 2:25 p.m.
                 Re: YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED TO ME!!!KP 1/12/03 3:48 p.m.
           Re: YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED TO ME!!!Konrad9 1/12/03 4:02 p.m.
                 DUDE!oddworld18 1/12/03 4:21 p.m.
                       Re: DUDE!krazykow66 1/12/03 8:11 p.m.
     HeheHethal 1/12/03 2:37 p.m.
     Re: YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED TO ME!!!PopDogg 1/12/03 2:53 p.m.
     Re: YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED TO ME!!!oddworld18 1/12/03 2:59 p.m.
           Re: YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED TO ME!!!Lord Elliott 1/12/03 7:06 p.m.
     aahh!! my eyes are sizziling! *NM*Grunt§niper 1/12/03 3:24 p.m.
           Re: aahh!! my eyes are sizziling!Louis Wu 1/12/03 3:31 p.m.
     love it! ntchrisbisoski 1/12/03 4:04 p.m.
           Re: love it! ntLord Elliott 1/12/03 7:04 p.m.
                 Re: love it! ntoddworld18 1/12/03 7:43 p.m.
     YES!! LOL!!! MORE!!!Napoleon 1/12/03 7:49 p.m.
     DON'T LISTEN TO ANYONE ELSE...Random Hero 1/12/03 8:33 p.m.
     I BELIEVE YOU, SKAV!!!Red Loser 1/12/03 9:03 p.m.
           THANKS FOR BELIEVING IN ME MAN.....skavenger_s7 1/13/03 12:51 a.m.
                 Re: THANKS FOR BELIEVING IN ME MAN.....Elan Sleazbagano 1/13/03 1:17 a.m.
                 Re: THANKS FOR BELIEVING IN ME MAN.....SnipersLaww 1/13/03 8:34 a.m.
                 Re: THANKS FOR BELIEVING IN ME MAN.....Red Loser 1/13/03 1:00 p.m.



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