Story #1; Chapter Seven

Chapter Seven; Fate Has Other Plans
Clyde began his first day at work, and saw that there was only another worker besides himself that was working there. The other worker was as scrawny as himself, but more built, for he probably worked more than Clyde has, the boy's name was Ridley. Ridley was handsome being European, but Fate had other plans for him too, and it seems that he too has been forced to work under such harsh conditions for reasons close to Clyde as well. Clyde and Ridley hit it off well, from the moment they talked to each other. "How's it going?" Ridley was the first to talk. "Ha, carrying sacks like these everyday's nothing compared to the lives we've had to suffer in before coming here, neh." Clyde replied cheerfully. "You're right, mate, so right. Hey, want to get a drink later? My treat," Ridley said good naturedly. "Sure, just that it won't be your treat, because I will pay for my own drink." "You've got backbone, Clyde, ha, I admire you for that." Birch, their boss always got pretty upset with them, because they were always fooling around, but being a nice person, Birch liked the both of them too. "Hey, you two, three more sacks, and we can finish off for today, neh?" Clyde and Ridley cheered. Clyde and Ridley soon became best friends, and Birch became a close boss of Clyde as well. Life seemed to be peaceful, until... Posters hung from the walls, Clyde was under the Ocean Organization's bounty list. A hundred pounds for his capture. Clyde knew that he was in trouble. He decided not to go back to Birch's, in case he was betrayed, though he trusted Ridley and Birch so much. Still, instead of a week, he had worked a month, and now he was ready for a Fast casino again, now he wore a mask, and nobody asked him about it, even though he did look suspicious. He entered Casino Blight once more, and went to the roulette, with a hundred and ten pounds in his pocket. Fifty on Red, and the ball landed on Black. Clyde's heart dropped once more, he felt the same aching feeling he had the first time, but somehow, he felt that this time could be different. He decided to be daring, with a final breath, he shifted fifty pounds on Black. The crowd around him, gasped, and kept telling him to change his mind. But no, something was telling him to leave those pounds there. Was it Fate asking him to give that money away? Or was it finally his time to have a twist of Fate? The roulette began to spin. Black. Clyde jumped for joy, and filled his pockets with two thousand pounds. He was richer. Now rich enough to get into Tower. He was pleased, and left the casino. He rushed back to the hotel, to tell his mother of the good news. He reached the door, and he opened it, and when he did, he fell back with horror. The room was in a mess, showing signs of struggle, and his mother was nowhere to be found. Clyde entered the room cautiously, the door closed behind him, and he gasped in shock. Upon it, the words, "Ocean Struck Fish" was written in blood. He looked around, and saw hanging on the door knob, was a finger, he nearly fainted, it was his mother's. Clyde's eyes filled with tears of rage. Ocean's here now, neh? Fine, I shall give them a taste of their own medicine, Clyde thought to himself. He rushed back down to where the man at the counter still laid, asleep. "Sir, wake up, tell me, did you allow men to go up into my room?" Clyde yelled from behind his mask. The man behind the counter was rather shaken, then said, "Yes, I think four men dressed in cloaks went up, but I didn't dare stop them, because they were from Ocean." That proved it, Ocean had been here, Clyde's mother had been taken, and he had to find them. "Do you know where are their headquarters?" Clyde said softly, still behind the mask. "Yes, North-East of town, they operate a High Rollers casino, called Casino Eduardo, that's where they gather, but the guards there will never let people like yourself in." Clyde had heard enough, he left the hotel, and headed to the nearest clothes shop, bought himself a huge coat, and a fur hat. This should fit me into Tower, wait for me, mother. He knew he needed help, so Clyde went to his only trustworthy friends in the city, and as he did, he made a wish again, this time, he meant it.