Something Sinister

the sound of a doorbell is heard. little jimmys mom answers the door and sees the genius with two other men waiting on the lawn. from here they cant be seen, but they appear to be holding something. "Ive got a little surprise for you Ms. Roberts," the genius says with a smile. it looks as if he is up to something.

"wha- what is it," ann roberts ask nervously.

"its a surprise," the genius answers, the grin on his face growing even more. he waves at the two men and they begin moving towards the house. the object they carry looks like the coffin of a young child. without physiclly touching ann the genius leads her into the living room. now he puts his hands on her shoulders and forces her to sit down. "now cover your eyes mrs roberts. ive been doing a lot of thinking over the past few days about my actions and ive decided this is more then nesicary." the woman puts her hands over her eyes and begins to sniffel.

"please," she begs with the sound of tears coming through her voice, "just leave jimmy alone. please." ann roberts begins to almost bawl as she hears the object being set down in front of her.

"jimmy, i have something to show you. why dont you come downstairs and see?" genius yells up the stairs. from the tone in his voice ann can tell that shes in for a surprise once she opens her eyes. just as jimmy finsihes coming down the stairs, the genius grabs her hands and slowly pulls them away from her face. looking her dead in her teary eyes he steps out of her sight, exposing the surprise.

"oh," she gasps, "its beautiful!"

"well, i figured i owed you a new one," genius says gesturing to the old coffee table that the two men are now removing from the room. "since i broke that one from laughing so hard about magma, i thought it was only right. i mean, that guy is such a push over i couldnt help myself. now he wants to step in the ring hardcore? the genius doesnt fight hardcore, the genius fights smart. besides, i have another issue to address and it looks like people are lining up for a piece of magma. so basiclly, i decline the match which i noticed he signed already. its ok, it clearly says 'if a challenge is issued and accepted' under the contract. i should get his ass tossed for that alone."

jimmys mom has a puzzeled look on her face not really knowing what the hell magma is talking about. jimmy, on the other hand, is hanging on his every word. "what about those clowns?" jimmy wonders.

"well, i havent really given jeckels offer any though, and im not going to. see, quitting the clowns was the best decision i ever made. they beat my ass for it too, and then burned my first dojo down!" genius is starting to get mad with a fire of 34 years. "i never asked for that sh!t, cant i just have my own f&ck!ng life?!? i mean i had to move to minneapolis for crying out loud, and now these guys wont leave me alone and want to bring me back into that world of pain!?! well, ill give them a world of pain!" by this point tears are streaming down genius' eyes and jimmys mom put on e protective arm around the boy to show her concern. "im sorry," he appologizes wiping the tears away. "i just get a littl emotional at times, i just want to meet jake jeckel in the ring next week and get it on. ill show him the advantages of intelegence, ill put him though the tests." genius storms out, not hearing a last minute thank you from ann to break the tense mood.

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