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\chapauth{Irish Joe}
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\chapter{The Boy That Lived}
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It all started when Luke Bavarious was aroused by a knock at his
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door. ``Who is it?'' the mighty detective shouted from the comfort of
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his bed. No answer but the sound of more knocking. Disgruntled,
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Luke raised himself to his feet, still wavering from a night of
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heavy drinking. ``Damn you all'' he shouted, approaching the door.
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Leaning against the frame, he began to undo the lock when a shot
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rang out. Looking down he saw a smoking crater where his peep hole
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used to be. Thanking God he was too hung over to see anything, let
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alone use his peep hole, Luke staggered back from the door and
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reached for his Magnum Revolver lying on the coffee table.
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The second shot didn't startle the brilliant gumshoe as much as the
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vintage leather Ottoman lying between him and his gun. Falling head
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first into the coffee table, Luke was barely able to grab his
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Magnum Revolver, roll over, cock and fire the gun twice at the man
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kicking in his front door before he passed out.
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Luke awoke in the darkness of a car trunk. 'Its eerily quiet,' the
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great protagonist remarked to himself. He then felt a sudden warmth
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on the back of his leg. Luke reached around his muscular thighs to
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feel about and find the source of the warmth. Blood! A second man
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lie with Bavarious in the trunk. Before he could ponder further
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upon this discovery, the car ground to a halt. Luke furiously
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grabbed at the darkness searching for something, anything that
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could be used as a weapon. As the mysterious driver exited the car
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and approached the rear, Luke grasped on to the only thing he could
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find, a large black iron tire iron.
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The rattle of keys. The click of a lock. The sound of fury and
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bone, crushing and yelping, cries of disbelief, anger and surprise.
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Then silence as Luke Bavarious stood alone.
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The awesome dick did not know who the two men were: one lying
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bloodied on the ground with grey matter strewn to and fro on the
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road, the other in the trunk, intestines drooping from a Magnum
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hole in his stomache and half his face missing from one in his
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head. It did not matter, for though it may sound strange to you,
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dear reader, the fickle nature of Lady Death was all too familiar
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to Luke Bavarious. She has pusued him with a vengence since the day
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he was born all those years ago in an abortion clinic. 'The Boy Who
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Lived' they called him. Lady Death had another name for him, 'The
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One That Got Away." She tried as she might to catch him throughout
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the years: car crashes, earthquakes, sicknesses and contagions,
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shipwrecks. However, nothing could kill Luke Bavarious. And as the
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trail of bodies he leaves behind continues to grow it seems that
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nothing ever will.
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