Day two for Freddy, still visiting with himself back in the past.
Today is Thanksgiving and the Freddys decided to go out for lunch then come back to the apartment to play some video games. During lunch Freddy one was attempting to sell the idea to Freddy two that he should not kill anyone. He was pointing out how much nicer his life would be if he did not have to worry all the time about the police finding him.
All the time that Freddy one was preaching how good it would be to never have killed someone, Freddy two was thinking, it isn’t fair that Freddy one got to kill 3 people, but he doesn’t want me to kill anyone!
Back at the apartment they got the game box out and were ready to play the game. Both Freddys were wondering who might win since they both thought just alike. Will they make the same moves, will they have the same defenses, only time would tell.
It didn’t take too long for them to find the answer. It wasn’t any fun at all. It was like someone playing checkers alone, he knew all the moves and it wasn’t any fun!
After some more preaching from Freddy one, it was decided that they would watch TV. At least they could agree on what to watch as they both were of the same mind.
The day passed slowly and there were repeated conversations about why it would be good to not kill anyone.
Freddy one was beginning to realize that Freddy two was not responding to his repeated requests to agree to never kill anyone. What can I do to convince him to my way of thinking, thought Freddy one.
What if I can’t convince him to never kill anyone, what do I do then?
Could I take him back to the future with me, which would guarantee that he hasn’t killed, but not guarantee that he wouldn’t!
Is it possible to take him with me?
Is there room in the time machine for both of us?
If I take him to the future, will he kill someone in the future?
If he did the police might come after me thinking it was me. What do I do?
If I can’t get him to agree, I could kill him and make it look like suicide. The DNA and finger prints would be the same. Freddy one did not like the idea of killing himself, but, it was a possible solution to his problem.
Night had finally came and it was nearing 8:00pm. Two decided he would go get his supper at the quick shop. One gave him some money and asked him to bring his supper also.
Two went to get their supper of hot dogs, chips and grape soda. Arriving at the quick shop the clerk asked, where is your brother? Two, not thinking said, “He isn’t my brother he is me from the future”.
The old lady knew she had a real nut case on her hand and she reached for her gun. She didn’t show the gun but it was ready if she needed it.
Two gathered up the 4 hot dogs, the bags of BBQ chips and the two grape sodas, then walked to the cash register. He lay everything on the counter and reached in his jacket pocket for his money. The old lady mistook his reaching for the money thinking he had a weapon and she pointed her gun at him.
Surprised, two grabbed at the gun and it went off. He was able to get the gun away from her and that is when he realized that he had been shot. She had shot him in the stomach.
As he stood there in shock, they both were looking at the blood coming from his belly. Two did not say anything. He turned the gun on the old lady and without saying a word shot her one time in the stomach. She doubled over and fell to the floor. He then walked around behind the counter and shot her again, this time in the head.
Two then put his food in a sack along with the gun and walked to his apartment.
“What is wrong with you”, asked one. “I got the hot dogs for free”, said two. “What, that old woman gave you the food for free”, asked one. “Not exactly”, said Two, “She don’t know she gave it to me for free, she is dead”, replied two!”
There was a moment of silence and then one screamed, “What? Say you didn’t kill that old woman, please”! I did and I have her gun.
“You took her gun! Don’t you know the police can use the gun as evidence that you were at the scene?”
Two asked, “How will they know I have it”. One said, “Don’t you know all those quick shops have cameras, they probably have video of you killing the old woman”.
“I never thought of that” replied two. “Your right, you never thought”, said one as he took the gun from the food sack.
At that moment he noticed blood on the sack and looked at two saying, “you have the old woman’s blood on the sack”?
“Not exactly”, said two as he open his jacket. “The old lady shot me when I grabbed the gun from her”. Freddy one said, “Sit down here and let me look at the wound”. It was bad, two had lost a lot of blood and the bullet had gone through him and out his back.
One asked if it hurt, and two said, “Not really”. One knew the wound was bad and he believed that two saying it didn’t hurt, probably meant it was real bad.
One knew that two didn’t have a first aid kit, so he asked two to lie down and said he would go to the drug store and get some bandages.
One was gone about 25 minutes. When he returned, he found two, on the floor dead.
Although one would have preferred this to have turned out differently, the death of two was a solution to his problem.
The police would find two and know he had killed the old lady. With Two dead, he can’t kill anyone else, so one would be free to live a normal life in the future, all his problems were solved.
To be continued…
Don Ford
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