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Danger408.The_Torrid.tex

  1\chapauth{Danger408}
  2\chapter{The Torrid Connection}
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  5Cleaning his Beretta for the third time that day, and taking a swig
  6of cheap whiskey, Luke Bavarious pondered his current case.
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 10``This is going nowhere'' he thought. The case was
 11different, it wasn't about helping others --- it was
 12about helping himself. After seeing the face, the one so much like
 13his own, yet so different; things had changed. He tried to forget,
 14but all he could remember was the blood, all of the blood, the
 15blood everywhere. ``Was that really me?'' He didn't
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 20He glanced down at the picture of his son he always had on his
 21desk. The divorce had been rough, and he hadn't seen him in
 22while. Taking another swig from his bottle, suddenly he turned as
 23he heard a knock at the door, followed by two more in quick
 24succession. He hid the bottle behind his desk, hoping to appear a
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 29He didn't have to respond however, as the mystery person had
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 34``Hello,'' A beautiful woman started, ``I need your
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 39``Have we met?'' He asked.
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 43``I don't believe we have,'' she replied. ''I
 44got your name from a friend. It's doesn't matter though
 45- I have a case for you. My husband is missing. I need you to find
 46him, and I hear you're the best at what you do.''
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 50``I'm not taking any more cases{\ldots} I have a lot of
 51personal shit to deal with. Besides, you really don't want me
 52to take the case.'' He paused for a moment. She looked
 53familiar, a face he knew he had seen, perhaps in another life, but
 54couldn't put his finger on who it was. She looked good
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 59``I'll do anything.'' She pleaded as she removed
 60her shirt. Luke had always prided himself as being a man of ethics,
 61but ethics only went so far. As he removed his shirt, he added,
 62``I'll take the case!''
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 66They commenced sexuality. It had been a long time for both of them,
 67too long in fact, as it seemed like it would be over before they
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 72As he lit up a pair of cigarettes, he once again got the feeling
 73that he knew her from somewhere. He knew her named started with an
 74``L'' but he couldn't remember the rest.
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 78``Are you sure we haven't met before?'' He
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 83``Now that you mention it, I think we have.'' She added
 84as she began to pull at her face.
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 88She stretched and tugged, as vomit-like ooze poured out of her. She
 89tore away pieces of herself, discarding them on the floor like a
 90used condom. It seemed that the only thing left was a bloody mess
 91--- until she wiped it off, revealing a familiar face{\ldots}
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 96Scared half to death, and knowing that the other half would soon be
 97complete, he managed to say, ``Listen to me{\ldots} Whatever
 98you do{\ldots} Don't touch my son{\ldots}'' He knew he
 99should have spent more time with the kid.
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103Finishing him off in more ways the one, the once-woman's
104transformation was complete. Dressing in his cloths, and putting on
105his badge, she was the new Luke Bavarious. Was it a monster? Or
106could the real Luke from the future? Some questions aren't
107meant to be answered. 
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