beyondhuman
12-12-2007, 01:10 AM
Let me just say this is an extremely short story, Shorter than my own mother.
The Dark Man
It was a dark moonless night when Helena came off her shift at the bank late. She decided to take a small Detour when she saw there was a car crash ahead, She turned to the Alley ways. within seconds she found herself lost in the urban maze. She decided to just keep walking until she found her own way out. She was doing fine until she realized a man was following her. Every now and again shed take a small glance to see him still there.
She saw straight before her an exit, but decided not to take it, She wanted to see if he really was following her. So she took a left, The man did too. She took a right, and then up some maintenance stairs. She heard he kept walking then quickly turned back. She stopped, and he stopped. Helena then done either the dumbest thing in her life, Or just a common mistake. She said to him "What the hell man? Why are you following me?" he took his hood down, And looked up. He was a balding man with wrinkled skin and a Scar across his face. He replied with his shrill quiet voice "You dropped this, I just don't really have enough courage to get your attention.", He handed her a black wallet, She snatched it from him, Turned around and snapped "You better not have took anything!" She opens the wallet and see's a small white folded piece of paper, She slides it out of the pocket, And it reads "You better not turn around -Joker"
She stands there still for a few seconds, Terrified for hardly any reason, She decides to do something extremely dumb. She turns around and see's a man with a Tuxedo, A painted white face, and a ridiculous black hairdo. He's holding a night stick, She looks behind him and see's the man from before cowering, He shrieks out "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry!" "Quiet imbecile" Says the Man in the Tuxedo with a grin, The man whimpers as he retreats to the darkness. The Man in the Tuxedo walks towards her, She now realizes he's tall He seems to over power her as he covers her head with a sack.
The next morning, Her boyfriend becomes worried, as she never returned from work last night. He called the cops, They found her body in that same alleyway, She was raped and bludgeoned to death. Her boyfriend Jake descends into insanity. He attempts suicide by jumping off of his 5 story apartment building, And amazingly survives. After waking up in intensive care, Not knowing where he is, or even who he is, He escapes from The hospital, And robs an old lady, Spends all the money on face paint, and a tuxedo. His name is now the Joker, and he roams in the dark. But we all know, The real Joker is out there.
The Dark Man
It was a dark moonless night when Helena came off her shift at the bank late. She decided to take a small Detour when she saw there was a car crash ahead, She turned to the Alley ways. within seconds she found herself lost in the urban maze. She decided to just keep walking until she found her own way out. She was doing fine until she realized a man was following her. Every now and again shed take a small glance to see him still there.
She saw straight before her an exit, but decided not to take it, She wanted to see if he really was following her. So she took a left, The man did too. She took a right, and then up some maintenance stairs. She heard he kept walking then quickly turned back. She stopped, and he stopped. Helena then done either the dumbest thing in her life, Or just a common mistake. She said to him "What the hell man? Why are you following me?" he took his hood down, And looked up. He was a balding man with wrinkled skin and a Scar across his face. He replied with his shrill quiet voice "You dropped this, I just don't really have enough courage to get your attention.", He handed her a black wallet, She snatched it from him, Turned around and snapped "You better not have took anything!" She opens the wallet and see's a small white folded piece of paper, She slides it out of the pocket, And it reads "You better not turn around -Joker"
She stands there still for a few seconds, Terrified for hardly any reason, She decides to do something extremely dumb. She turns around and see's a man with a Tuxedo, A painted white face, and a ridiculous black hairdo. He's holding a night stick, She looks behind him and see's the man from before cowering, He shrieks out "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry!" "Quiet imbecile" Says the Man in the Tuxedo with a grin, The man whimpers as he retreats to the darkness. The Man in the Tuxedo walks towards her, She now realizes he's tall He seems to over power her as he covers her head with a sack.
The next morning, Her boyfriend becomes worried, as she never returned from work last night. He called the cops, They found her body in that same alleyway, She was raped and bludgeoned to death. Her boyfriend Jake descends into insanity. He attempts suicide by jumping off of his 5 story apartment building, And amazingly survives. After waking up in intensive care, Not knowing where he is, or even who he is, He escapes from The hospital, And robs an old lady, Spends all the money on face paint, and a tuxedo. His name is now the Joker, and he roams in the dark. But we all know, The real Joker is out there.