Chapter 6 - Prisoners

Norman never felt more alive than getting his hands on live animals to torture.He felt as if it gave his life meaning for taking the life of another.Forget this animal killing for a moment and indulge in one of the factors that Norman how he is, love.He's been looking at this girl from his school, he never forgot her face.Blonde hair with black eyebrows and pale white skin, Agnes May.

Norman was sitting in his room as he was about to finish up another class online as he scrolled through his phone as the teacher said

"Alright that is gonna wrap it up for us today, I hope you all have a good day but uhh- any questions ?"

Norman paid no mind to the talking as he saw a post from Agnes.He saw the picture and smiled as she posted a picture of her celebrating a day out with friends.He slid through the post as he saw one with her and another man, his smile quickly dropped.He left the class as he put on his shoes and headed for the door.

He walked down the stairs to see his mother watching tv,

"Where you going ?" She asked as he replied

"Going for a walk …"

He was at the front door as he was half way out until he heard from his mother,

"You need money ?" She said calmly as he hurried back in, he stood at the hallway as he said

"Alright …."

His mother got twenty dollars out of her purse as she waved it in the air.Norman quickly took it and went out as he said

"Thank you " Norma quickly responded,

"You're welcome and don't be out so late -"

The door shut as Norman was on a mission, he went to look for Susan.

Norman wore a long-sleeve button up shirt with denim pants and a blouson jacket.His hair was being blown by the wind as he put on his headphones as was ready to search.As "Get Off My Cloud " by The Rolling Stones started to play he began to walk around the neighborhood he first saw him.He walked and walked but no dice, he was exhausted.He saw random people walking there dog as he kept thinking it was him, he apologized every time he got near some of the people .

"I'm sorry "

"Apologizes"

All sorts of different regret is given with each person he accidentally mistook for Susan.He was defeated as he sat down on a pavement as he looked at the sun start to set.

"Christ where is guy, I should've got his number "

He said out loud as you hear

"You should've man…" Norman knew that voice as Susan sat aside him on the pavement.

"How you been kid " said Susan as Norman felt relief, he smiled and laughed.

Susan saw this as he asked

"What's so funny ?" Norman smile faded away slowly as he asked back

"Man where the hell do you live ?"

They let the wind hit as Susan got up as he responded

"I don't stay in one place man, I'm a nomad; I keep moving- you feel me ?"

Norman got up as Susan started to walk, he followed,

"Yea I get it …" replied Norman but deep down, he thought he was homeless.

They walked the sidewalk as they headed to a gas station,

"So tell me, how's school been ?" Asked Susan as Norman replied

"Well it's been easy man …."

It was dead silent for a couple blocks as Norman just couldn't hold it in no more.

"Hey man you ever fall in love ?"

Susan scoffed at this as they got to a light, the gas station was right across the street.

"I guy like me doesn't fall in love man, I simply fuck n go …"

They both laughed but Susan was serious,

"I'm serious man, I'm like a fast food spot, you take a look at the menu …"

He said as he pointed as his crotch,

"You take the order, I serve and see ya next time if I feel like it …"

He said as they walked the cross walk, they made it to the gas station as Norman laughed even more.

"That seems dumb " said Norman as they were a couple feet away from the station door.

"Take it how you want but my degenerate mentality is the type for woman I know you'd die for …"

Norman was quiet for a moment as they entered, Norman followed Susan to the fridges as he was in search of alcohol.

"You want anything ?" Asked Susan as Norman looked around and saw nothing pleasing.

"No I'm alright, I appreciate it thought " Norman said this as Susan was already at the clerk.Norman changed his mind quickly as he got a candy bar and a cinnamon roll.He threw it on top of the beers he bought as the clerk looked at the two in annoyance.

"Can I see some ID ?" She asked as Susan laughingly reached into his pocket and handed it over.She checked it quickly as Norman looked to the poster that were posted on the glass walls of the station.

"Alright, that'll be 25 dollars…" said the woman as Susan handed over a twenty and ten dollar bill.Susan waited for his change as he noticed Norman dozing off, he softly smacked Norman's arm as he said

"Hey don't be going full retard on me now …"

The woman heard as she felt offended but shrugged it off, he got his change.

"Thank you ma'am, have a Goodnight …"

They exited as Norman started to eat his candy bar and Susan began to drink.Susan looked at Norman and felt bad,

"You want one ?" Offered Susan as Norman declined the beer.

"No thank you " he responded as Susan chugged the beer he had and threw at a trash can as the walked by.The light was green as they walked towards a street that had an alley way on its direction.

"Hey you want to go on a quick trip ?" Asked Susan as Norman cautiously replied

"Sure….where too ?"

Susan entered the alley as Norman followed, Norman was worried.They walked and walked as they took a left turn as Norman asked

"Where we going ?" Susan had finished his second beer as threw the can at a wall as it fell.You hear the can as Susan said

"Well I got a friend around here who kinda of fucked me over in life, he really did so now it's time to seek my vengeance "

Norman was really dumbfounded by this as he said "what the hell are you talking about, you sound stupid- hurting someone for a little vendetta ?"

This got too serious for Norman to handle as Susan scoffed at this and said

"Oh come on man, If you could-wouldn't you want to get revenge on a person that did you wrong ?"

Norman shook his head as Susan added

"Oh come on man- come on- don't give me that bullshit, you know you have some asshole who did you wrong in life …"

Norman kept saying "no- no, I don't- come on man . . .that's insane "

Susan interrupted as he said in fury as they kept walking the alley.

"Oh don't do that, don't do that- that's horseshit- You have someone in this world that you want to show the same pain you endured from them, a trade for a trade- blood for blood…"

Norman thought about it as he looked forward as the darkness of alley had felt as it consumed Norman.He felt free in this type of environment as he responded

"Yea, yea I do …."

Susan was happy as he was on his third beer,

"There you go, who ?- who was it ? "

Norman thought about it for a moment as Susan began to duck behind a trash can and began to pee without saying a thing, this was a pit stop.They stood there as Norman said

"Pent Jones …" the stream is heard as Susan felt relief as he asked

"Pent Jones ?"

"Yea Pent Jones, a real asshole …"

Said Norman as Susan asked

"What he do ?"

Norman felt a bit of sadness as he said his story,

"In freshman year, he humiliated me, made me look like a fool- beat on me and that really- really pissed me off …."

Susan finished pissing as he zipped up his pants as he said

"Alright, good you have a target- let's go get this motherfucker right now !-"

Susan was hyped as he didn't even seem drunk, Norman stopped him as he said

"Well we can't …."

Susan was confused as he asked

"What why, come on- don't tell me you're getting cold feet already ?"

Norman replied

"He killed himself…."

Susan was drinking his fourth beer as he spit it out in shock.

"Jesus -" said Susan as Norman added on,

"Yea, it's tragic- I mean fuck him but very tragic …"

Susan was even more interested as he asked

"I mean what's the story there ?"

Susan sat down as Norman joined as they sat on a wall of the alley.

"Well I guess he was depressed you know- just all alone and he hanged himself, I think the report said his little brother found him -"

Susan started to laugh as he said

"Jesus Christ, haha- I mean like you said- tragic but fuck him …"

Norman smirked as he said

"Yea but I mean I feel bad -"

Susan was a bit angered as he said

"Na don't be feeling bad, fuck him- he showed no mercy to you and you got to react to his consequences for his idiotic actions….it comes full circle "

Norman took that into account as Susan added on

"He's probably in hell right now getting fucked by John Wayne Gacy- so lucky you… hehe"

They both started to laugh as they sat there for a moment.

It was silent as Norman asked

"Aye where's that person you wanted to get revenge on ?"

Susan had now been on his fifth beer as he replied

"He should be down there, you see that little blur of a black ball, that should be him- curled up and sleeping…"

Norman suddenly realized it was a homeless man, a man who's luck is already out.

"You can't be serious, how do you know this is that guy- I mean his consequences have been shown- he's homeless …"

Norman tried to plead with him as Susan slapped him in the face, not to rough but some pressure.

"No don't be thinking like that, this guy is an asshole- he's my Pent Jones …"

Susan got up quickly and rushed over to him, he was about fifty feet away as Susan yelled out

"Hey….hey !- hey pal wake up !"

Norman felt embarrassed as he said

"Jesus Christ …" he whispered as the homeless man got up slowly as he said

"Huh….what ?"

They hovered over him as Norman looked both ways, a lookout.Susan kneeled down as he said

"How are ya Mickey ?"

Mickey was confused as he asked

"Who are you, how do you know my name ?"

Susan began to grab on Mickeys shirt collar as he said

"Mickey Keswick, age 27- in September 8th, 2012, you bullied a young man who did nothing wrong, you made him feel miserable for months…"

Mickey was realizing what he meant as Susan Yelled out

"I was that young man, I was your victim and I shall have my justice …"

Susan got brass knuckle on his right arm as he swung over and over as Mickey grunted.Norman backed away as Mickey began to gush out blood from all over his face.

Susan got him in the nose, eye and mouth; a fair shot for a gruesome sight.

"Please- Ahh, stop please …I'm sorr-"

He tried to apologize as Susan swung more, he beat the man badly.Norman saw his face as he looked deformed now, he backed away and vomited.

"Come on now Norman, I'm just warming up…."

Said Susan as he tosses the brass knuckles a few feet away as he got out a switchblade.Mickey was to weak and beaten to move as Susan picked him up a hit and laid him against the wall.

Mickey breathed heavily as you feel his perspective, an atomic bomb size of a migraine felt in his head and the amount of pain shivering in his body as the coldness outplayed the saddening warmth he felt as his eyes burned from blood that dropped down his face hit them.He felt broken as the pain in his him felt like tumbleweed rolling around, imagine the feeling a hammer that had the feeling of needles hitting you over and over.

"Please for the love of god …." Whispered Mickey as Susan said

"Oh no no no- no don't call upon your god now Mick, remember that I begged as well but you showed no restraints…."

The blade went into his shoulder and stomach as Mickey gasped in horror and suffering.

"Now Mick, in a couple minutes…" he said as he went in and out with knife as he marked different parts of the body.

"In a couple of minutes you shall meet your god and explain to him how he failed you …"

They locked eyes once again as Norman was in disbelief, he was shaking his head as he said to himself

"Oh this can't be real, I'm dreaming- I have to be-"

Susan stopped as he let Mickey lay there in painful silence.Susan went to get his blanket and laid it over him.

"I'll give you this, a man should never die naked, that's just cowardice…."

Mickey took his last breaths as he couldn't say a word, Susan took out a camera as Norman just watched.

He took a picture of him as he turned and smiled at Norman and asked

"You want a picture ?"

Norman saw Mickey again and turned away as he felt nauseous.Susan had one beer left as he reached over to it and placed it next to Mickey.

He took one last picture as Susan went over to Norman and said

"Let's go, come on …"

As they walked away, Susan turned a bit and finally said to Mickey as he felt his final seconds on this earth,

"Safe travels old friend …"

He gave a menacing smile to him as Mickey fell over.What Norman just witnessed had scarred him as they made it back to the same pavement they met at earlier.Susan looked over at Norman as they sat there,

"Hey, you want to hang out tomorrow?"

He asked as Norman slowly turned and said quietly

"Sure…"

Norman was like a church mouse now, he saw Susan differently.Susan noticed as he put his arm around him and brought him closer and said

"Hey Remember what I said- don't feel bad for the miserable prick, god gave man free will for a reasons…"

Susan let go as he got up and started to walk as he said

"Til next time cowboy, safe travels …"

Susan walked away as Norman sat there as he still had the cinnamon roll in his pocket, smushed.He tossed it as it gave him bad memories already.Norman has now given himself a bigger step into becoming what he now was afraid of witnessing.