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http://i38.tinypic.com/20zczua.jpg The Prime Target III: Let The Bodies Hit The Floor
The date was Thursday July 21st, 2005. My name is Jonny Baptist Jr. My father was killed when I was 6. My brother was just 3 1/2. Last Month was my 21st birthday. Most of my classmates went out drinking on there birthday I had other plans. I am very superstitious. It’s now Friday August 19th 2005 I have just gotten out of the Hospital. This is my story.
It all began Thursday July 7th, 2005, wait lets go back a little further too when I was 6. I vaguely remember being held by my Mom as she was in tears. I asked her why she was crying. She said my parent’s best friend Jason, the man I called Uncle Jay, had been found dead. I felt her tears drop on my cold face as I tried too understand why someone would hurt my Uncle Jay. The man was so kind he could catch one small fish and he'd take it and turn it into a soup that fed him and all that didn't have food. He would watch me while my parents were out.
Not long after that I was playing outside with my younger brother when suddenly there was a loud howl. It was loud and angry. People were screaming. Suddenly I saw it. It was the Nuk-Luk. I forgot what happened after this but my mom told me. She said a rock hit me on the head and people were screaming the creature was large and hairy. It smelt like death. It attacked a hut with a rock and some brave men shot at it with arrows. They'd just gotten back from spear fishing. The creature screamed in pain and then ran off after giving a loud roar, a roar that had actually made a young child deaf.
They said 3 hours after that they came upon a man dead beheaded in a pool of his own blood. That man was my father. He'd fought hard as his arm was bent backward. His hands covered in bruises and cuts, his chest had bruises and bumps and a bones sticking out. This moment changed my life forever. Ever since then I have been scared of that area. My mom and I moved too the city. We began a new life. However since I turned 11 I have began planning my way too take the beast out. At 13 I got my first gun. I have spent my free time ever since then at the shooting range.
At 15 I was very sad as it was coming up on the tenth anniversary. I begged my mom too let me go too the forest and deliver justice upon that wretched monster. Of course she said no. Later in 2000 I was woken by my mother she told me they found another victim. Officer Carl Richards had been there searching for answers too my fathers death. I attended his funeral Donny Ford was there. He was very quiet and didn't speak much. He did say that he believes, no knows that the Nuk-Luk caused this.
At 18 I didn't have enough money and none of the pieces fell together. Well the month before my birth day I realized it would be a full moon on my birthday. The perfect timing too find the creature. All the creatures will be out. I thought this was perfect as I'm turning 21 and my birthday is on the 21st. I took the moon thing as a good omen. It said that I should go play black jack too get the money. Well it was right. I went too the alcohol free casino and on my first hand got 21. I bet $50 I won $50. I bet $25 and then won another $25. I bet $50 and won $50. I now had $175. I quit and went shopping. I got $50 in ammo. I also got some food $30 worth. I got an orange suit $40. I got a pocket knife with a sharp blade for $5. I got a can of pepper spray for $10. I got a taser gun for $30. I got a belt too hold stuff for $7. After tax I had 21 cents. I gave that 21 cents too a hobo. It's always good too donate money.
I went and saw Don Ford 2 days before my birthday. We talked about the best possible way too take the Nuk Luk out. He said fight like hell. He said I better pray and even with that he said I'll need a whole lotta luck. I spent the next day at my father’s grave and the church praying for guidance and wisdom. I went too bed early that night.
The next day I woke up bright and early when I checked my cell phone I noticed I got a phone call. It was from a number I didn't recognize saying, "I'll see you in the forest tonight." It was kind of weird. I knew it couldn't be the Nuk-luk but at the same time I didn't know who it was. It did worry me as I have several enemies. Did I forget too mention I'm a meter maid. Well I am its quite boring most of the time. However you do make a lot of enemies. I saw this as a bad omen. So I grabbed my lucky horseshoe and put it in my belt.
I drove too the forest anyway. I was determined too make it too the forest. When I got there I suited up and took a drink of water. Suddenly the hairs on the back of my next stood up. I looked down and there was a boot print. It was fresh I know because it just stopped raining and this foot print had no water in it. It looked like a man’s boot print. I figured it was just a hunter’s. However the fact my hair stood up before seeing it kind of scared me. I kept on walking. It was 1/2 a mile too the cabin so I just kept on going. After walking for 15 minutes I noticed that there were boot prints going in the same direction just 10 feet over. They kept on going for quite a ways. The boot prints then went up a trail into the forest.
I got too my cabin in about 30 minutes. Suddenly my hair stood up and I got a weird over coming sense of cold that made me shiver and I gave out a loud shout. Then I got hit on the back of the head with a rock. I walked over and looked in the forest and didn't see anything. Then they hit me again only from the other direction. I pulled out my shot gun. I tried turn off the safety but it jammed. I dropped it and pulled out my other shot gun. I turned around and saw a dark shadow come out of the cabin. I pulled out my pepper spray and slowly went inside. I got in and there I saw him. Covered from head too toe in leaves and mud. He was my brother.
I said, "Wayne what are you doing here?"
Wayne said, "I told you I'd see you here."
I said, "What are you talking about Wayne."
Wayne said, "I sent you a text message from my girlfriend’s cellphone."
I frustratedly said, "Wayne how was I supposed too know it was you."
Wayne said, "Well derr don't you recognize your own brother?"
I angrily replied, "Yeah if I hear his voice, or if it’s his number, or his smell. Man
you still stink up a room."
You see Wayne is my younger brother. He's not exactly the smartest man on the planet. I remember once he ate a gallon of gummy worms by himself. Wouldn't of been that bad but it was bear bait. It was old. I thought Wayne smelled bad all the time. You haven't smelled anything as bad as Wayne's farts. Boy were they ripe, especially that night. You see Wayne has a really weird smell too him. Kind of like a combination of bad BO and rotten fish with a hint of Old Spice. The smell takes a long time too get used too. I haven't seen Wayne in 4 months my sense of smell was just beginning too come back.
I curiously asked Wayne, "Wayne what are you doing here?"
Wayne said, "Well brother what else could I possibly be doing here? I'm here too bag me a Nuk-Luk. I got all the weapons I need. I got my glove of many tacks and my trusty Rifle. The one dad left me."
I said, “Well Wayne I’m glad too have you here. But this is really risky. When it's 2 people someone always gets killed. I am not taking the blame with mom if you get killed by that thing."
Wayne said, "Well, well, well you think I can't handle myself out in the woods with that creature. Why am I not surprised. I mean I trip and shoot your foot one time and suddenly I'm dangerous."
I said, "One time Wayne? What about the time we were playing pin the tail on the donkey and you pinned it on me?"
Wayne said, "I was 7 your pants felt like felt."
I angrily replied, "What about the time we were walking too the shooting range too shoot targets with our BB guns and you stubbed your toe and shot me in the stomach with it."
Wayne said, "Come on Johnny that was one time. Was it my fault the gun shot it off when I stubbed my toe?"
I furiously said, "Wayne you should've had the safety on. You should've been looking where you were going. I mean seriously how do you not see a parked car. It's not like it hit you."
Wayne stupidly replied, "I was playing my Game Boy."
I replied, "Yes and how many times did I tell you not too walk while playing your game boy. You'd think you'd of learned your lesson when you fell down an open man hole. You’re just lucky we got you out of there in one piece."
Wayne said, "Well Johnny I'm 18 now and you and I have one thing in common."
I stupidly replied, "What is it Wayne?"
Wayne with a tear in his eyes said, "Our dad was killed by this Nuk-Luk thing and we both want him dead. Now are we going too let the past come in-between us gaining justice for our father or are we going too have a Nuk-Luk body too sell too the Cryptozoology museum for thousands of dollars?"
I wish I could tell you I didn’t fall for it but I’m a sucker for Wayne’s good speeches so I said, “Okay Wayne you win let’s go get us our revenge,” Wayne got so excited he tripped over my boots and knocked me over. When I looked over I saw Wayne was tearing up. I said, “Wayne what’s wrong?”
Wayne said, “I fell on my glove of many thumbtacks!” I wasn’t surprised I expected something like this would happen.
I said, “I’ll grab the antibiotic spray.” You see when you’re around Wayne you need too be ready too catch things and dive out of the way. Wayne wasn’t only reckless but he was just naturally a klutz. I remember one time when we were young on his 10th birthday we had a Piñata. He hit it with a bat. He broke the piñata and my collarbone. He hit the piñata with the bat and the bat broke in half and part of it ricocheted back and hit me on my upper back.
As you can tell by that story trouble just always seemed too follow Wayne. One time in high school he was mixing chemicals. One of the tubes was miss marked and a huge green eruption happened. It caused his skin too turn green. It faded off after a month. However you’d think that, that would’ve been embarrassing. No, Wayne had a good time running around in his green Speedo chasing people around town with his laser gun making them think he was a Little Green Man from Mars. That was until he scared the wrong old man. When he scared Old Man Jenkins, Mr. Jenkins scared him back when he tasered him. Poor Wayne wet his Speedo. His Speedo turned a weird Greenish Yellow color.
Luckily after that Wayne didn’t dress up as little green men from mars again after that. He did however have his good share of laughs dressing up as red demons from hell. I still have nightmares from that. That younger kids older brother chasing me around saying I’m gonna get you Baptist!
It took 10 minutes but the blood stopped. Wayne took off his pants and put on a large Band-Aid. He put on a fresh pair of non bloodied pants and we discussed strategy for a few hours while drinking some rootbeer. You see ever since Wayne and I were young we had always loved rootbeer. I remember one time I had one great burp. Wayne tried so hard too beat me he puked. It ruined his shirt. Unfortunately that day he had too wear my lucky shirt. I still miss that shirt. I don’t miss that smell though.
We’d decided too stick together with a few feet in-between us. Luckily Wayne actually thought too bring Walkie-Talkies. Unfortunately the ones he’d brought were the same ones he brought last time we went hunting, which is when we got massive amounts of snow causing them too be extremely staticy. It got rid of the element of surprise being that we had too shout into the Darn things but I personally think that its several steps ahead of us and it’ll likely try and kill one of us which is when we kill it.
We went out into the yard and set up some traps usually used too catch bears. Then we went and fried up some bear meat for protein. We ate that with some berries and a loaf of whole grain bread. The berries and whole grain for energy if we have too outrun this thing and the meat for strength when we have too carry the Darn thing out of here.
By then it was getting dark. I put on my night scope goggles and we went out into the forest too get the retribution we have waited 15 years for. It was dark out and it was a full moon. I chose this night for several reasons. Animals act different on full moons. It’s a proven fact animals are way more active. I knew that the only way I could kill the Nuk-Luk was if I came into contact with it. I knew my best chance of finding him was if he was out and about. I knew that my best chance of that was during a full moon. We stayed pretty close but not too close. We stayed within sight of each other at all times. We walked for quite awhile.
Suddenly Wayne stopped ahead. I caught up and there right in front of us was a giant footprint. It was very large and had cloth patterns. It was fresh it had no animal tracks on top of it and no rain in it.
Wayne loudly said, “Hey brother look there is another.”
I said, “Keep it down man I don’t want any noise.”
Wayne said, “Well that’s exactly what we need. Think about it brother all attacks happened after the person made a loud noise screaming. This thing can hear and if we want it too come too us we need too be loud.”
I said, “Well I guess you’re right Wayne.”
Wayne said, “See Wayne the Brain has it all figured out. It’s a Darn good thing I’m here brother.”
Well I hated too admit it but It was a good thing I had backup. The first victim died alone. The person with him fled and didn’t follow the creature. The second time the guy with him got attacked and lived. If we are too have the highest chance of success we need too have weapons for both of us that are close range and long distant. That’s when I realized my chances of success with Wayne here was double my chance without him. I’m glad Wayne had showed up.
Wayne said, “Let’s follow these tracks maybe we can actually get a jump on this creature.”
I shouted in an angry voice, “You know Wayne I think that’s a Darn good idea! Now we are going too follow these tracks because we both think it’s a good idea.”
Wayne confused said, “Why are you yelling at me Johnny I ain’t did nothing wrong!”
I shouted in an angry voice, “I am yelling and acting like I’m angry because it will lure this Darn creature. I am not mad at you Waaaaaaayyyyynnnneeeeee! Now act like me and act angry and loud!”
Wayne screamed, “That’s the can do attitude working for you! Now let‘s keep going”
We quickly kept walking and following the tracks as quick as we could. We followed them for hours.
I said in my continued loud voice, “Wayne I think this Darn beast tricked us and that this trail is as old as Aunt Pearl! Let’s head back too the campsite. You walk 10 feet over that way and I’ll walk 10 feet over that way so that dumb creature thinks we done got in a fight.”
Wayne said, “Wait a second Johnny I think I see something over there.”
I looked and was confused. It was our cabin we’d just walked in a big circle. That’s when it came too me.
I said, “Wayne you didn’t throw a rock at me when I first showed up at camp, did you?”
Wayne said, “Well dur I learned my lesson from the last time. Rocks don’t seem that dangerous but when thrown with the force of Wayne the rocket they can crack a skull.”
That’s when I saw something. It was a black shadow. I got hit on the head with a rock, this time a large rock. I fell on the ground. I was dizzy and seeing double. I knew I had too get up but my whole body was numb. I looked up and saw Wayne standing there. He was standing there like a fighter, strong and brave. I remember it like it happened in slow motion. I saw Wayne reach into his pocket and pull out his gun and he fired. Then suddenly I heard a loud clunk and Wayne fell on top of me. The pain was too much and I passed out.
I remember waking up hearing Wayne screaming we did it Brother! Wayne had bandages soaked in blood wrapped around his head. I suddenly noticed so did I. That’s when I noticed I was on a hospital bed. Suddenly it hit me. Wayne’s one shot killed the beast. I looked up at the face of Wayne which had so much happiness and smiling that I started too well up. I realized Wayne saved my life.
I said, “Wayne you got him! One shot and you got that sucker. You okay man; you’re not looking so good.”
Wayne said, “I feel great Johnny I may have had a terrible head injury but that medicine they put me on is like a beer, just makes all the pain go away.”
I said, “Wait until tomorrow for your hangover.”
Wayne said, “Enough with the talk about me we got a news reporter waiting outside that door just waiting too hear about how we killed that monster.”
I sat up and said I’ve been waiting for this day almost my entire life, send them in.
Well that’s what happened. That is my story and I’m sticking too it. My younger Brother Wayne is a Hero. He’s my hero and the entire town’s hero. I’m glad Wayne is my brother.
The Prime Target III, Let The Bodies Hit The Floor! PG-13
