Fury

[Fraroc]

Chapter Twenty-Two, Part One





“Mike? MIKE?”

A female voice rang out across the path, He didn’t recognize it as Karilla’s and Jennifer was out riding Dancer. It had to be Marissa. Mike wondered what she wanted from him.

“Maybe she just wants to say hi!” He said to himself.




“Mike, I need to ask you something...”
“What is it, Marissa?”
“What the HELL is going on with Jason?! I mean, he’s totally unapproachable! Today, when he was riding Buddy, I waved to say ‘hi’ to him and all he did was give me a dirty look! And even Karilla said that he gave her a ‘tude. Something is obviously bothering him, Mike. Can you talk to him?”
“Well yesterday, he found out about a horse trainer on YouTube that is abusive to horses and I think that he’s still a little pissed off about it. Jason has absolutely zero tolerance towards animal abuse and I like that about him!”
“Oh...I see...”




Later on in the day, Mike and Jason met up in the living room of Jack’s house. Earlier today, Mike contacted the Crystal Falls Humane Society and the Crystal Falls Police Department and exposed Vincent Cormier’s abusive horse training to them. Even though the detectives had horrified looks on their faces when Mike showed him one of his YouTube videos, they simply said “We’ll investigate as soon as we can, have a nice day.”

“What did the humane society say?”
“The same thing that the cops said, that they’ll investigate as soon as they can.”
“That’s a load of horsesh*t, they don’t care about Lightning’s safety. They only give a sh*t about the greenbacks.




“Come on man, you don’t mean that!”
“YES I DO! Look it up online, it’s not just the one here but ALL humane societies don’t give a sh*t about the animals! If that’s not the case, then how come 50% of humane societies are notorious for euthanizing unwanted animals!?”
“J., you’re not yourself right now! Just please calm down...for me?”




Jason takes a huge breath and relaxes....

“Hug?”
“Thanks for the offer, but no.”
“Alright.....So now, are you going be patient and wait for the humane society or the police to get back to us?”





Jason then stares at Mike with a look of scorn and disappointment in his eyes, he then turns around to avoid eye contact with Mike, then speaks up.

“No.....they can’t be trusted....I simply cannot risk the fact of them rescuing the white stallion, and then euthanizing him for no reason after no one buys him. I am going to break into Vincent Cormier’s horse farm, and rescue Lightning myself.......He dosen’t deserve that beautiful stallion, and Lightning dosen’t deserve that kind of mistreatment......”




“Jason, you got to be realistic here! What you’re planning to do may be good for the horse, but in HUMAN law....that’s break-in and entry! AND grand larceny because I’m sure that stallion is worth more than a hundred bucks!”
“Mike, look at this face, does it look like the face of a person that GIVES A SH*T? NO! I don’t CARE about the consequences!!! If it means saving that horse, SO F***ING BE IT! Oh and by the way, when did YOU become law-abiding citizen Mr. ‘I beat a kid up for no reason AND GOT ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT?!?!?!?!??’”




Mike considered relapsing into his old self and picking a fight with Jason for that comment, but his conscience tells him to be the bigger person and to back off. He was angered by the hurtful comment that Jason told him, but he realizes that Jason is right now going full-on Vaas Montenegro (code for ‘insane’) and is best that he doesn’t bother him anymore.





But it was evident that now, Mike had to make a brash decision. He accepts the fact that nothing is going to stop Jason from attempting to rescue the white stallion from an abuser, and now he must choose. Does he let his friend go by himself, or with an accomplice?





Mike makes up his mind....

“Wait!”
“What do you want, Mike?”
“I’m not letting you go rescue the horse............not without me. I’ve got your back, man.”
“.......thank you for understanding me....and I'm glad that you've changed your mind.”




Mike and Jason exchange a quick, friendly hug before getting down to business.



“Mike, this happens tonight.”