Story #1; Chapter Three

Chapter Three; The Giant Falls
The streets were still busy, but with less gusto as the morning, it was evening, and Clyde had spent the entire afternoon talking to Annabelle. He was in a much better mood than when he first left the classroom with her, after the morning incident, and he was doing alittle dance as he walked back down the streets towards his house on the hill. This time, he slowed down to enjoy the sights alittle, and saw that the town was rather beautiful at night, within the windows, lights were being sold, and loads of toys that he never got to enjoy during his early years. It began to rain heavily, Clyde took shelter at an old alley, and waited there for the rain to stop. He was memorizing the chapters he had learnt during lessons that day, when he started to hear voices, coming from the window above him. He wasn't hearing things, there were voices, and he could hear clearly that there were two different tones, meaning two different people, one of them was talking probably on the telephone. He knew it was wrong to eavesdrop, but the words, 'murder', and 'winters', floated into his ears. He listened intently, to the conversation that was taking place above him. "Yes, it shall be done, boss. Tonight, the two of us will sneak up to the Winters' House, and take everything we see, it can be considered as payment to the 'Ocean'," a rough voice spoke. "But i hear, that the man's wife and son still lives in that house," a more manly voice said. "Kill them both!" Upon this words, Clyde started to make a dash for it. Unfortunately for him, the men had heard him, they peered out the window, and saw his skinny figure running into the rain, they immediately gave chase. As he ran, Clyde put pieces together, the organization the 'giant' worked for was now after them again, and this time to kill his mother and himself, taking everything in the house as payment. The two men suddenly appeared infront of him, he took a step back. Under the light of the lamp posts, he saw a familiar face. "Giant," uttered Clyde. The giant spoke, "he looks awfully like him, let's finish this quickly, boy, follow us back to that alley, and we can do this short and sweet." Clyde made another run for it, being skinny, he was fast, and he immediately slipped past the giant and the man that was with him, and continued running up the streets back to his home. He had to get his mother and himself out of Locker Town. He got home, and found his mother asleep on the kitchen table. He shook her awake, told her briefly what needed to be done, and they both prepared to leave the house. As they reached the door, as fate would have it, the 'giant' was already waiting there with a revolver in hand. He fired into the air, and demanded that the mother and child didn't move a single muscle. "We are on a hill, what I do to you, there will be no evidence, and boy, you will die pitifully like your father." Upon these words, Clyde remembered something his father had told him before he passed away. Clyde tried hard not to look triumphant, but he had found a way to save his mom and himself. "Sir, looks like you have gotten us, but Sir, my father told me something that may be of some value to you before he died," Clyde said everything in one breath. "Neh? The boy utters nonsense upon his near death, but I shall be curious to know, what did your father tell you?" Clyde smiled then said, "beneath this house, there lies a treasure that my father kept secret all his life, but when he was fishing he found this ancient artefact, that can grant wishes." The 'giant', burst out laughing and mockingly said, "You amuse me kid, show me this treasure, and if I don't see it, your death would be much slower than a bullet to your head." Clyde crossed his fingers as he walked down the stairs to the dark basement, the 'giant' lighted a candle as Clyde tapped the ground, and Clyde soon found the hollow area his father had told him about, he set about to breaking the floor, and soon, he had dug the entire area up, and all that was within was a dark empty space. The 'giant', now clearly irritated, began to yell. "YOU LIE, BOY, NOW IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO DIE HORRIBLY!" Clyde, turned from his work and faced the 'giant'. "Try it," Clyde said triumphantly to him. The revolver was fired, and yet, there was no yell of pain. "What on earth?!" The 'giant', exclaimed in amazement. His partner had been knocked out, and Clyde, had disappeared. The 'giant' quickly turned around, and saw that Clyde's mother had disappeared too. He yelled in a fit of rage, and the house began to crumble, and he was buried along with his partner, under the house of the man he killed, Dennis Winters. Outside the remains of the house, a mother and son climbed out from beneath the stony front path, it was still raining. "Are you alright, mother?" "Yes, yes, but son, you are one heck of a genius." Clyde smiled, and in his heart, he thanked his father for building that underground passageway that led to their safety. "I sure gave that rascal a huge bump in the head," Clyde's mother was laughing, as she recalled knocking the 'giant's partner with an old broken pot. "You sure did, mother," Clyde smiled. He had done his revenge, his father's killer was dead, but the organization the 'giant' worked for would soon know about it, and thus, they still needed to flee. "Mother, we have to leave Locker Town still, for I fear the 'giant' has 'friends', we shall escape to the town farthest from here, the town of riches, where we may stand a chance of making it big, the town known as, the Casino City." And as he walked down to the house of a 'friend' of his, Clyde Winters, made another wish.