Chapter 10: Repairs, Rocket Launchers, and Rescues

Ethan awoke with a start. He was being tapped on the shoulder. Nikki whispered in his ear "Get up already, time's a wasting!"

"Another few minutes" Ethan muttered as he started to drift off to sleep again. It wasn't until he felt a pillow being held against his face that he awoke again. "Alright alright, I'm up Nikki" he said through the pillow which sounded a lot more muffled then it was coherent.

"Get dressed and lets go already, we don't have all day" Nikki said aloud. She was lying. There was no rush. She had a good idea what the time line was and they were not in any immediate rush. Ethan probably also knew this as well but Nikki just got restless if Ethan slept in too late.

"So Nikki, whats the plan today exactly?"

"Well first we have to get rid of the three bodies" she said.

"Three, why three?" Ethan asked quite confused.

"Well besides the obvious one stuck to the front of the car and the postman rotting on your porch steps, remember that we never did get that lawyer to dispose of the body in the back of the car."

"Oh yeah, remember our official story. He crawled into the trunk and died. He was definitely not backed over intentionally, twice.

She sighed. "Lets get a move on." They both went outside and pulled the body off the front of the car dragging it into the empty salt mine underneath the house. They tossed it in the corner before returning outside to gather the body from the staircase. Finally they grabbed the body in the trunk and put it in the pile they had formed in the corner.

Ethan's cellphone started to ring as the two of them closed the doors to the mine and walked back into the house. He answered it suspiciously. Nikki was very amused only hearing one side of the conversation.
"Hello? ....
Oh hi ....
yes she's here too...
You're what?....
Yeah I heard.....
No from Nikki.......
Oh yeah?......
Yes I realize that......
Where did you get a phone from anyways?.....
Out of a toaster? Wow I had no idea......
Sure I could stop by......
I don't think that will be necessary, and besides where would I get one of those.......
no let me check, hold on a sec"

Ethan walked over to the room across the hall from the bedroom and pulled a rocket launcher out of the closet.

"Yeah I found it, where did it come from?......
Russia, so what they just giving these things away?.......
They are. And you ordered this online?.......
Wow free shipping, cool. What's it for? .........
Just in case what?.....
This hardly classifies as that.....
I don't know, that seems a little extreme don't you think?.....
You want to send a message?.......
Sure that would be dramatic, someone might get hurt though......
That's the idea? Yeah fine I'll bring it, but I'm not going to use it.......
Do you even have a permit?.....
You do? Oh yeah here it is....
I'm sure that's still illegal.....
Yes I know they'd never convict you.....
Sure but only when we're driving away if you really want to.....
Also bring what?......
Actually we ate the last of that last night......
Sure after we pick you up, where does he live....
Yeah I know the place, we'll be over in a few minutes......
Yes death to the infidels......
Ok bye bye"

Ethan hung up the phone and said to Nikki, "Slight change of plan."

Nikki nodded. It was going to be another long day.