A brave man is a man who dares to look the Devil in the face and tell him he is a Devil.

James A. Garfield

Monday, December 31st 11:53 PM Franks Phone (Maria) Frank! Frank! Are you okay?! Say something?! Frank! Answer me! El Diablo Frank Ah! Where the fuck am I? *PantPantPant.* Franks Thoughts: I think passed out. What happened?! What the fuck?! I think I hit my head on the wheel. Who the fuck hi? Is that El Diablo whistlerin?! Shit! Shit! Shit! I need to get outta here! This fuckin seat beat wont unbuckle. I am feelin dizzy. Dont pass out. Dont pass out.

El Diablo Frank Unbuckle goddammit! Franks Phone (Maria) Frank! Frank! Fucking answer me, dammit! FRANK! Franks Thoughts: Hes almost here; I have to cut myself out. A victim of El Diablos once told me his whispers are the calmin moments before the storm; right before the real horrors begins. She was very difficult to look at cus this fuckin bastard cut off her nose, lips, ear, cheeks, breast, arms, legs, and lady parts. She looked like Mrs. Potato head without the pieces. I can only imagine what hes plannin to do to me. Fuck! Cut! Cut! Frank Got it! El Diablo Franks Thoughts: I gonna crawl outta of this window, fast. SHIT! I think I just cut my hand on shattered glass. Ah, the cold snow is soothin the glass in my hand. FUCK! My bloody handprint is leavin a trail in the snow. I gotta get on my feet and hide. El Diablo Franks Thoughts: Its so fuckin cold in these woods. I can barely see where I am goin. Hopefully he cant see shit either. A big tree! Good place to hide behind and catch my breath. El Diablo Ay, senor, I know ya out there. Lets make this easy on both of us and have ya die like a real hombre. Do ya hear me, Frankie? Franks Thoughts: Fuckin Gallco knew I would rush to Boston to Maria. That fuckin prick set all this up. I must be a serious threat in his eyes if he sent El Diablo after me. The man is fuckin invisible. He got shot up and took two to the face and he still killed his enemies and their family with a shit face grin. What the fuck am I gonna do with a few shots and a .22 in my boot? Fuck! I feel dizzy againDont paaaaasss ouuuut.

BLACK. Frank *PantPantPant.* Franks Thoughts: FUCK! I passed out! Where is he? El Diablo There ya are, senor. Frank Ahhhh! Franks Thoughts: FUCK! Shoot him! Shoot him! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! Franks Thoughts: Fuck! I only hit him in his chest and arm. I think hes wearin a fuckin vest. The chest shot barely fazed him. I think the arm shot when straight through. This bastard didnt fuckin flinch from the pain. El Diablo CLIK. CLIK. Franks Thoughts: Fuck! I am out! Is he fuckin smilin?! The only other gun I got is in my boot! The smile on this monsters face is a smile of instant gratification. Like he knows this is his moment to inflict his pain on me. Oh shit! Hes goin for his gun. I need to run behind these trees but I can barely see. Blood is burnin my eyes and the darkness is impairin my vision. I gotta move! Dont pass out! Dont fuckin pass out! MOVE! MOVE! El Diablo DAAAAAAAADA! DAAAAAAAADA! DAAAAAAAADA! Frank Hk! FUCK! Franks Thoughts: AW SHIT! He hit my shoulder and ribs! Fuck! I cant breathe! I cant breathe! It burns! It fuckin burns! NO! NO! Keep runnin! NO! Dont fall! Dont fall! SHIT! I

am fallin! It burns! My ribs and shoulder are burin like shit! I cant breathe! Dont pass out! NOOOOOO! BLACK. El Diablo Franks Thoughts: AH SHIT! Frank AH! Fuck you! El Diablo Franks Thoughts: What asshole kicks a man in his wound while hes passed out? This isnt lookin too good. Fuck. I need to get to my boot quickly. Move. Move. Move. El Diablo Shame, hombre, that you didnt listen to Gallco. All ya had ta do was leave the country. Go ta Canada or somethin but ya took his mercy fo weakness and spat the mans face, senor. Look at ya now, lookin like a sangrado cerdo. Franks Thoughts: Move. Move. God dammit, Frank, move! Move! El Diablo Ya wanna know somethin? I am not gonna kill ya, I am just gonna shoot ya in the knee caps and take ya ta yo family and have ya watch me rape yo ex-wife, pipe her down real gud. And then skin yo daughter alive. Ya gonna watch helplessly, hombre. Hahahahahahaha! Franks Thoughts: Hes aimin for my knees! MOVE! MOVE NOW! BLAM! BLAM! El Diablo Ah! My fuckin eye! Mi ojo cojida! DAAAAAAAADA! DAAAAAAAADA! DAAAAAAAADA!

Franks Thoughts: GOT IM! Get up! Move fast! Hes shootin wild from the pain and panic. Fight the pain, Frank! Grab his gun! Shit, hes stronger than he leads on to be! Fuck! Hes diggin his thumb into my fuckin shoulder. Frank AH! Fuck you asshole! AAAAAHHHH! El Diablo My fuckin eye! Ya mother fucker! My eye! DAAAAAAAADA! DAAAAAAAADA! DAAAAAAAADA! Franks Thoughts: Go for his eye! Get him off his game! Push down harder! Drive that fuckin thumb into this bastards eye! Dig! Dig deeper! Fuck you! El Diablo AHHHHH! DAAAAAAAADA! DAAAAAAAADA! DAAAAAAAADA! Franks Thoughts: The pain is causin him to lose his strength. YES! Push! Bend his fuckin arm! Cmon! Push! Yes, right there! Right under this pussys fuckin chin! SQUEEZE! El Diablo AHHHHH! BLAM! Frank AH! *PantPant* Franks Thoughts: His fuckin brains blew from the top of his head like popcorn on a hot stove. All his brain matter is on my face and clothes. I glance at myself in the reflection of his chrome dessert eagle; at the moment when the moonlight hits the chrome of his gun the moonlight made his blood and brains look like dark syrup, cranberries on my face and clothes. Fuck you! I hope youre enjoyin hell, mother fucker! I feel dizzy. This monster is fuckin dead. Frank I guess youre not invisible after all, El Diablo.

Franks Thoughts: I feel dizzy. My chest is feelin tight. I can feel the warm blood oozin down my pants leg from my ribs. I have to make it up this hill back to the road. I feel dizzy. Dont pass out! Dont pass out! Dont fuckin pass out, Frank! I made it to the road. I feel so weak! I guess I should take his truck since the asshole wreaked my shit. The truck is still runnin. Lucky me, huh? Let me lay my head on the wheel for a second. I am tired. Frank I am tired. BLACK. Tuesday, January 1st 12:09 AM Frank AH! *Pant! Pant! Pant!* Fuck! I have to make it to Boston! Maria. 12:45 AM Franks Thoughts: Park the truck. No. No. Dont crash into her garage. Fuck! I had to jump the sidewalk. Make it outta the truck! Cmon! Dont pass out! Ya almost there! Lets do this shit old school style and have Maria stitch me up. I cant go to the hospital. What am I gonna tell them, I was in a shootout with an ex-Mexican Cartel muscle now C.I.A. rogue agent hired gun? Fuck. That. Cmon, one foot in front of the next foot. I am almost at the front door. No. No. Dont pass out! Fuck! My legs are startin to feel numb. I am almost at the door. I am here! Ring the door bell! YES! Just rest your head on the door for now. I am cold; my pants are soaked from snow and my blood. Cmon Maria! Cmon! I know youre thYES! YES! Salvation! There is she, so fuckin beautiful! YES! Maria! Maria Oh my God, Frank! Are you okay! Franks Thoughts: Smile. Fuckin smiiile! Frank Ma-Ma-Maria. Thank you. Franks Thoughts: I am tired. I am gonna close my eyes for a bit. Frank BabeBabeBay, I am tired.

Maria NO! FRANK! Dont close your eyes! FRANK! BLACK. Maria Frank! Frank?! Frank?! Come on! You cant die on me and your baby! Come on! Baby girl, go get the first aid kit outta my closet! You father is here and he needs our help! Hurry! Baby Girl Yes momma! Maria I am here, Frank! Stay with me! Stay with me! Come on! We gonna fix you up like old times. You did good, Frank. We are here for you now, babe.

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