Chapter 34: 34

“It’s like a movie, definitely take me sometime! I can be a sidekick.” Russel said.

“What are you gonna do? Rub them with your rough hands till they die?” his father said.

“I give up kid, holy shit that was intense. Good job on saving some of the bullets.” Oscar said.

“Thanks, you still need to give me those two SPAS-12s, I heard you took them. C’mon man, I found those.” I said.

“What?! You hate shotguns, right? You even gave Ken the Sawed-off Double-barreled Remington!” he exclaimed.

The group is laughing at the banter between Oscar and me but I continued.

“I dislike using them but I found them technically, it was in the armored van that I took. I’ll only accept a trade if you want to keep them. I’ll take the M134 and an AK-47.” I teased.

“Kid?! I only have one M134! That’s my pride and joy! You’re pulling my leg! And an AK on top of that?!” he bellowed.

“I’m just joking, breathe old man, how about an HK416, just one, but you’ll add a laser sight, a suppressor and a scope. Also 2 drum mags.” I negotiated.

“This kid?! Wait, just one? Hmm…” Oscar said while he contemplates.

“How many guns does this two have?” Allan said.

“I think Rin knows the exact number, right?” Kaley said.

“I can’t tell you guys but it’s definitely a LOT.” She replied.

“Argh! I’d really like to have one!” Allan exclaimed.

“Hah! From those two? Aside from them giving it to you willingly, getting it from other means is like taking a coin from a dragon.” Jared added.

“Fine kid! I’ll give you an HK416 with all the attachments and the drum mags.” Oscar had a sly grin.

“Filled with 5.56 ammo, yeah?” I said.

“No! You said mags only! You never said anything about ammo!” Oscar rages again.

“Oscar is getting played around.” Lois said.

The other a.d.u.l.ts left the scene and the younger people just stayed watching us.

“Sky really got good at talking when he started to take over the business.” Nicole said.

“Yeah, he used to just hole up in his room playing games and what not.” Jared added.

“And now he’s leading us all, a good job too. He’s very different from when I first met him.” Kaley said.

Everyone nodded while we continued on not minding them.

“Wait, wait, wait, we’re talking about the 5.56s where did we get to the 7.62s?!” Oscar said.

“Reparations. You used the ammo for the SPAS-12 when you went out earlier.” I said.

“Bah! Fine! Fine! An HK416 with the attachments, 2 drum mags filled with 5.56 ammo and 30 rounds of 7.62 ammo. Deal?” Oscar said.

“Deal. Shake on it?” I said.

“Deal and done! I finally won this time! Hah! You just got ripped off! No taking it back now!” Oscar said with a pose.

I just smiled and said to myself, “I would’ve settled for the HK416 with just a scope and 60 rounds, hah! Man, I’m an honest guy but when it comes to guns, I go crazy…”

We went to his locker and I picked the HK416 up, checked everything and placed the attachments. Oscar even got petty and he made me load all 200 rounds that he threw on the ground in the drum mags but I happily obliged. I pocketed the 30 rounds of 7.62s that he gave me in a magazine and I went outside to where Allan was.

“Here, your gonna do watch duty tonight right? Avoid dozing off yeah?” I handed him the gun and he raised it up like a lost relic being found for the first time.

“Sky thank you for giving me this gun, I-” he was about to claim the gun I lent him so I cut him off.

“It’s just a loan, that’s still mine. But tonight, you can have it temporarily.” I said.

“Sure! It’s heavy though…” he said.

“It has a hundred rounds on it. I’ll grab a normal magazine later. Make sure it stays on semi-auto, that’s the switch right there.” I said as I instructed him on how to use it.

He starts to run to the catwalk and show the other guys lounging there.

The list for the watch duty is now posted on the wall. The rules now are that the list will now rotate between the people that are able and each shift will be three hours long with three people up. It would start at 9:00 PM and end at 6:00 AM. A total of 9 people a night, Ken is watching everything in the morning through the CCTVs and he occasionally flies his drone around while a few rotates at the catwalk randomly.

I saw that I wasn’t on the list so I went to the gym. What surprised me is that a few people also wanted to use the facilities. All the guys were doing arms and their reason was they got jealous of Ken’s arms. Ken was also up there heckling everybody.

“Amateurs! I was pushing myself since I was young, you’re not gonna get results in a day!” Ken started shouting.

I looked at everybody and they were doing all sorts of things and I facepalmed. Some were lifting the equipment for legs with their arms while a few is lifting with their shoulders instead of their biceps. A truly lost one was furiously rotating the elliptical with his hands hoping his arms grows larger.

“You guys will have pulled muscles tomorrow if you continue on doing that.” I said.

“Well tell us a few tips then!” somebody shouted.

I grabbed two dumb bells that are labeled ’40’ and I demonstrated a few exercises.

“Curl it up moderately but try to release it down very slowly so you feel the tension then raise it up again. Only lift it up when your arms are about to straighten. Try doing 3 sets of 15 repetitions and it would hit your biceps. Avoid lifting it with your shoulders if you can’t carry the weight. Use the small ones first and slowly rise to the heavier ones if you could easily lift the lighter ones. For the other variations…” I continued on giving them a small lecture.

I then went on my own and did my usual routine. I stayed there for 2 hours again, only a few of the guys were left after I’m done. They were mostly the guys that worked at my shops. I had a hot shower after cooling down and then I headed to my room. I was exhausted from today and I needed my sleep. I was about to lay down but I heard a knock on my door.

“Hey, still awake?” I heard a voice.

“Yeah, come on in.” I said.

It was the girls, Kaley, Olivia and Rin.

“Hey Sky, can we borrow your laptop to copy some movies? Oh! You have a huge TV here; can we watch it here instead?” Olivia said.

“What do you want to watch? I stored a few drives worth here.” I said.

“What do you recommend then?” Olivia said.

“What kind of movies do you like?” I said.

“Hmmm, everything, pretty much.” She said.

“That’s not much to go on, Kaley? Rin?” I replied as I laughed.

They took a while thinking of one so I decided to pick one at random. I plugged an external drive to the TV and then I pressed shuffle.

“Oh! Sky picked something, what is it?” Rin said.

“I’m not sure, I pressed shuffle because you guys are taking so long. It’s been a while since I’ve last watched a movie too.” I said.

It played an autobiography of a lead singer of a band, F.Mercury the movie title was B.Rhapsody.

I remembered a tune from one of their songs and I sang it instinctively.

“Wow.” Rin said.

“You can even sing?!” Olivia exclaimed as she flaps her hands.

Kaley also looked at me while her eyes are wide open, smiling.

“Well, I dabbled on everything you know, I even took voice lessons when I was a kid though I’m still a beginner. If you let me continue, you’ll be assaulted by flats that would make you cringe.” I explained as I laughed.

The movie’s opening credits finished then it started, all three of them are sitting on the side of my bed while I was laying on the other side of it facing their backs. The sounds eventually lulled me to sleep so I just woke up in the middle of the night where Kaley is sleeping next to me while Olivia is slumped on our feet and Rin is at my chair. I got up and checked the clock, it was 2:16 AM. I then carried Olivia to where I was laying earlier and after that, I covered all of them with blankets and I went downstairs.