"What, you think this is Halloween?" he replied.

He pulled out a pistol. I fired, knocking the pistol from his grip and into the Brass Monkey aisle.

Suddenly, Joe Tweed and some cop stood up from behind the counter. The cop proceeded to arrest and handcuff the Chinese guy.

"You’re a hero, son!" proclaimed the cop. "Thank you for disarming this madman. I’ll see that the mayor himself pins a medal on you."

That night I watched Donald O’Brien and Irene Spencer play the security camera footage and exhibit me as the city’s man of distinguished valor. What a suck.

Think I'll go play chess.

© 1997 kyle t.

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