McDougall's sat in the dark holding a beer in his hand. " I hate
waiting" he said for about the fifth time.
"They'll be here soon enough" James said from the darkest region
of the room. "You packin'?"
McDougall patted his coat pocket "Always" He took another slug of
his beer, placed it on the coffee table, stood up and stretched.
"I'm getting too old for this shit"
"That's BS and you know it" James said "you do this every time."
He leaned forward into the pale glow of the street light. The scar
on his forehead showed darker then the rest of his ruggedly
handsome face. "I'm the one who should be thinking about quitting.
Last time I nearly died!"
McDougall spit out a short bark of laughter. " You got careless
and you got a wee booboo on yer head." He shook his head "almost
died my ass!"
"Well, it hurt a lot...and it bled a lot. 13 stitches! I thought
I was going to kick it for sure. That nurse sure was cute though"
He stood up and peered out the window silent and lost in
thought."Funny that there is still power across the street"
"Funny strange? Or funny ha ha?"
"Just sayin'" he made his way to the fridge and got them both a
beer. " just seems strange that this side of the street has no
power" He handed McDougall a fresh beer.
"Just the way the grid goes I guess" He twisted the top off his
bottle.Sucks that it happened while I was playing my ACDC cd,but I
don't think it's any kind of nefarious plot against us"
"I wouldn't put it past them. They probably have someone on the
inside of the power company. Probably hates ACDC"
McDougall rolled his eyes in the darkness "Everything is a
conspiracy to you isn't it?"
" I calls 'em like I sees 'em." James said "A little paranoia goes
a long way in my universe"
" I can go get the tinfoil if you need a new hat"
James said nothing, lost in thought. After a minute of silence he
said "What was the name of that woman that almost took you out
last time?"
"Gretchen" McDougall said
" Yeah, the fiery redhead. She was good! almost handed you yer
ass"
"That she did. Feel bad for having to put her down."
"It was you or her dude, you or her"
