Fury

[Fraroc]

Thank you so much for the comments! By the way Misty, I loved the Van Halen comment because they're one of my favorite bands \m/ And I took a lot of inspiration from Heartland, The Saddle Club, and even the Lord of the Rings Trilogy!


Chapter Four, Part One





He woke up groaning...

“Good God....what happened last night?”

His eyes burned like two marbles of molten magma were in his eyes. His nasal passages burned like he just inhaled a flame.




He sat up and was horrified to realize that the clothes he was wearing were all orange...

"Hold up, I didn't wear orange last night!!” He said as he looked around the perimeter. Stone floor, stone walls, and the bars made it an instant giveaway.

Michael Schaefer was incarcerated in Crystal Falls Penitentiary.

He had no idea why he woke up in jail. He seemed to been suffering from complete amnesia of the past nigh...he simply couldn't remember what he did last night. He could remember the farthest childhood memories of playing football with his dad or making cupcakes with his mom, he could remember his first day of preschool, elementary school, middle school, high school. He could remember when he lost his virginity.

He couldn't remember the past 24 hours of his life.

Michael felt disgusting, both of his eyes and his nose felt as if they were on fire and his breath had a peppery aftertaste...

"Holy Sh*t.....OC Spray? Oh God...what did I do last night? Did I break into a store? Did I steal something extremley valuable? Did I .....KILL someone?"




Mike looked up in fear as a sullen police officer glared down at him in a silent rage.
Before Mike could even say a single word, the cop spoke...

“Do you really want to know what you did last night?” Mike's throat hurt so much that he couldn't speak a single word, he just nodded.

By now, Mike was confused, sad and angry. Why was he incarcerated? Why couldn't he remember anything? What could he have possibly done?




Minutes later, the police officer walked down the prison hallway to Mike’s cell with his rap sheet.

“Michael Alexander Schaefer, you are hereby charged with battery and assault of a teenager at Crystal Falls City Place. Eyewitness reports from your friends and pedestrians on the street at the time tell us that you allegedly thought the teenager was quote “starting sh*t with you” so you called him an anti-gay slur and the next thing they saw was you punching him in the stomach and slamming him against a brick wall."







It was as if someone had hit him upside the head with a shovel. Mike didn’t know how to feel at that moment. He suddenly remembered what exactly happened that night...He beat up a kid without any provocation or reason....For the first time, he felt regret....genuine regret for his actions.....A tear flowed from his eye with the realization that with so many years of MMA experience, he easily could have dealt the teenager serious harm.

"The kid wasn't doing anything to you and your friends. He was simply walking down the steet, minding his own business and you beat the sh*t out of him for no reason. I really hope you're proud of yourself."
“Is......is...he OK now?”




“Judging on the fact that I know damn well you only feel bad because you got caught, I HIGHLY DOUBT YOU WANT THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION!!!!!!” The cop screamed. He took a deep breath and gave Mike a calm but blatant warning.

“You better pray that the family of that poor kid will be nice enough to drop the charges, or else you are going to be in here for a VERY long time. Assault carries a hefty charge in Crystal Falls.”




Eventually, everything got all sorted out in an out-of-court settlement. The exact words of the mother of the boy were as followed...

"I am going to drop the charges against you. I do not believe you truly are an evil person and I can tell you feel genuine regret for your actions. However, there is ONE condition. You must stop being a goddamn bum on the street! I suggest that you get a job and clean up your actAND FAST"

It seemed like an easy task for Mike, however there were a few issues...Due to the fluctuating economy, almost NO ONE in Crystal Falls was hiring, and the fact that Mike now had a rap sheet didn't help his case either.




Then....he found the answer on a billboard near a train terminal. It was an advertisement for a place called Six Gable Stables, a horse farm on the outskirts of town. The ad itself consisted of offers for riding lessons, rehab for problem horses and not only that, they were also in need of new stable hands and was advertised to be an equal-opportunity employer.

Mike had never told this to any one of his friends, but he had always admired horses. He always thought they were beautiful, graceful, and intelligent creatures on the planet. When people discuss what the strongest animal is in terms of wit, intelligence, and brute strength. He thinks of not a tiger or a lion, but of a mighty stallion....None of his current friends also know that he had previous experiences on the back of a horse already, thanks to one of the many girlfriends he had over the years...

The only way for Mike to redeem himself was to become a cowboy.