PERFECT DARKNESS

It is a dark and stormy night. The air is humid and the lamp posts are very dim. I am walking down the road and as I face the dark parking lot, I see a bunch of nice looking cars spread out. The big Wal-Mart sign is missing the w and l in its name, or at least that’s what it looks like. I reach into my black jacket pocket, only to find two loonies and my tools left. I’ve done this a bunch of times, but every single time I do it, I feel nervous. After my parents forced me out of my house, I’ve been living out here like this and there’s nothing else I can do.  I walk next to Wal-Mart and at this time, there aren’t many people out. A white women steps out of her car and quickly walks over to Wal-Mart. Her high heels making a loud tapping sound as she strolls by. Her car has a nice appearance; Black Mercedes Benz, not quite sure what year, but that doesn’t really matter right now. What matters is getting inside. I quietly walk over, look to see if anyone is watching, and as I’m about to smash the window, I hear a loud voice. “Hey you,” says a stranger’s voice, “Get the fuck away from my car!” Before I even look at him, I run off, not caring if I drop my tools. “Once I reach safety, I’ll look back”, I quietly think to myself. Panting like crazy, I look back to see that the stranger wasn’t a girl, but a man. That meant it’s not his car, I thought to myself. I see him pick up my tools and resume from where I left off. “What a sneaky bastard”, I say to myself. He sits in the car, hastily pounds a screwdriver into the ignition and turns it, which ruins the ignition cylinder. At this point, I feel like an idiot, until I saw a white car from a distance. It looked like it had sirens on it and I suddenly felt bad for the dirty deed I was going to do. It was going by the plaza, but as I start jumping up and down, the white vehicle towards me. “What can I do you for, son?”, the officer says in a loud, hoarse voice. “There’s a man inside that vehicle and he is hotwiring it!” I tell him, “It’s not his car!” He quietly responds, “Don’t worry son, I’ll deal with this fellow”.  I give him a smirk and he slowly drives the car towards the stranger. He pulls up to the stranger, but the stranger doesn’t budge. The officer walks over to him and screams “Step out of the car with your hands up!” The stranger steps out of the car with his hands over his head, just like he’s been told. There is complete silence for about ten seconds, and then they both break out into hysteric laughter and start talking. In my astonishment, I couldn’t make out the words. After minutes of chatting away, the stranger walks back to the car, successfully hotwires it and drives off. The police man, however, pulls his car up to me and says “Get in the car sonny”. I remain silent, as I had just found out what happened. “Get your ass inside the car!”, he screams. I get inside, close the door and he drives off. I kept silent the whole time, as I knew this man wasn’t one to trust. He drives me to the outskirts of town and pulls over on a dirt road. “Get out of the car” he declares. I get out and he violently kicks me to the ground. Struggling to get up, I look up at him. He pulls a gun out, as the stranger from before pulls up behind his car. He gets out of his car and stares with an enormous smile at the officer. I now notice his appearance. The stranger has dark red scars on both sides of his face, and his skin is coloured black. He is wearing a black Armani jacket with mecca jeans, which he probably stole.  “How’s the car?” the officer asks. “Fucking radio doesn’t work”, the stranger responds. The stranger has a thick Jamaican accent and he lisps as he speaks. They both break out into hysteric laughter once again and the officer slowly points his gun to my head. With a great big smile, he points his black, wrinkled finger against the trigger. Suddenly I thought to myself, what point is there in me living anyways? All the horrid actions I have done in my life have all come to me and I regret every single one of them.  I stare right back at the bullet hole, hear a blast and feel an instant of pain. I could see them both grinning for a while, but seconds later there’s just darkness.