Mike's Hidden Weapon

The rain had been pouring for days. The sky was so dark it felt like dusk in the middle of the afternoon. Mike pulled his hood up over his head and started walking down Main Street, a small road lined with quaint brick buildings, some of them shops and some of them homes.

Mike's legs ached as he walked, but he didn't mind. He was used to walking everywhere. That was how he liked it. His boots squelched through the mud, splashing puddles into the air as he moved forward. As he passed by a shop window, Mike saw his reflection staring back at him. A slightly disheveled man with messy hair and bags under his eyes looked back at him, dressed in all black with a hood up over his head to hide his face from the weather. He looked tired, but he didn't look depressed. Mike had something to be happy about today.

His job at the 7-11 had just gotten better. After another manager quit last week, Mr. Johnson had finally made Mike manager on Monday morning. Most people would have called it a "dream come true," but Mike just liked being able to pay rent and keep food in his stomach without having to worry about anything else in life right now. Being manager meant that he got off work early on Fridays though - with only two other employees there, Friday night shifts were always the easiest shifts to work because there wasn't much to do otherwise except clean up a little bit from the week's business and occasionally stock shelves if they needed filling out again or something like that. This meant that Mike had more time for himself after work on Fridays; this was good because it meant that he could get home earlier and spend time with his girlfriend Anna on Friday nights instead of sitting around an empty apartment by himself for an hour or two before she got off of work at the nearby bookstore where she worked part-time.

Mike turned up another street to head back towards home, excitement in his heart at what awaited him today when he got back from work: a date with Anna tonight! They hadn't been out in days (weeks?), (months?), even though they lived together now! Things had been busy lately, but tonight they would leave everything behind them and focus on each other alone for a night of fun, romance - whatever they wanted to do! There would be no interruptions tonight - their roommates were both working late shifts this evening (one was even gone for the weekend), so they wouldn't need to worry about anyone barging in unannounced or anything like that! They could really just focus on themselves and enjoy each other's company without any distractions tonight - which would be perfect for Mike because he had been having trouble thinking about anything but Anna recently anyway!

He'd been seeing her for almost three months now - ever since she'd moved into town a few weeks after her old roommate had left town one day without telling anyone where she'd gone or why she was leaving so suddenly (at least not directly). Everyone had thought that her roommate's sudden disappearance must have been very sudden indeed - people had reported hearing screaming coming from their apartment one night, followed by the sounds of someone fighting then silence immediately afterwards - but nobody knew what had happened until Anna came into town looking for her missing roommate and went straight to Mike's apartment asking if anyone knew anything about where her roommate was now or if anyone had seen her recently because she'd disappeared one day and never returned home again after that moment without warning...

Mike hadn't known anything about it either; nor did any of his friends who asked around town while they were trying to help find answers for Anna as well; but then one night after work when Mike was walking home from work late one evening through the rain (just like today), he'd heard screams coming from inside an abandoned building near downtown just outside of town limits - screams louder than anyone should scream unless they were being murdered or something like that... He'd dashed across the street towards the building and run inside through its open front door, ready to fight whoever might be threatening whoever else inside... But when he ran inside, there was nobody in the main area besides a young woman lying on the floor strapped down onto a wooden table where they kept all of their  tools  and tools against people who broke laws and stuff like that... She'd stopped screaming by now because she couldn't scream anymore while her mouth was taped shut with duct tape as well as gagged with a rag stuffed between her teeth! Her clothes were torn apart revealing most of her body along with blood all over them in places where fresh cuts covered skin; blood also covered some  of her face which must have happened during whatever fight happened earlier involving them and whoever else might have been here earlier... When she saw Mike standing in front of her next to the table now though, she started screaming again through tears running down cheeks stained red with fresh blood tears as well as sobbing uncontrollably in fear at what might happen next! She tried screaming through every inch of tape covering her mouth and every inch of rag stuffed between her teeth too; but nothing more could come out except muffled sounds as she struggled against straps securing her wrists and ankles down onto the table while gasping desperately for breath because she needed air more than anything right now! Mike rushed over towards her side and tore off some more duct tape covering her mouth before tearing off another piece wrapped around one arm too; then he ripped off even more strips of duct tape which continued wrapping around both arms still tied down onto the wooden table towards its sides until finally freeing both arms completely before running towards its side above where ropes tied beneath its surface held down both legs below its surface together instead before ripping those off too while Anna continued struggling against its surface beneath its surface while breathing heavily through sobs while holding her knees close together tightly because she didn't want Mike seeing any parts of herself that weren't supposed to be seen in public areas like these! Eventually though, Mike got both legs free too; then finally tore off some more duct tape which covered its feet below its top surface despite Anna crying harder than ever now because once again someone else was about to see parts of herself beneath clothes which weren't supposed to be seen naked underneath clothes like these  as well as touching parts of herself beneath clothes like these despite already having enough problems already due to guys seeing parts of herself beneath clothes which weren't supposed to be seen naked underneath clothes like these already long ago when she first met guys who decided they wanted nothing else besides sex instead getting serious relationships with girls they loved sometimes years ago before leaving them behind without any real explanation later on after doing things like this sometimes which led Anna trying hard not to trust men anymore whenever possible back then which helped lead up to why she even moved away from home originally due to wanting nothing more than finding love somewhere new again after all those bad experiences back then which kept happening over and over again eventually forcing Anna into moving away without telling anybody first after spending years staying in one place hoping things would change somehow instead while never changing no matter how many times times ago either whenever possible until finally deciding that it might be worth leaving everything behind forever if it meant starting over somewhere new instead especially if it meant finding somebody special who loved Anna for real instead - somebody who wouldn't hurt Anna anymore or treat Anna badly by cheating on them or leaving them behind or abandoning them suddenly or whatever else besides driving Anna into loneliness all alone only feeling worse everyday from things like this... But just then when Mike grabbed hold of all remaining pieces covering itself around ankles below its surface instead before pulling off all remaining pieces covering itself around ankles below its surface instead before pulling off all remaining pieces covering itself around ankles below its surface instead before pulling off all remaining pieces covering itself around ankles below its surface until finally freeing itself entirely while continuing shouting angrily through tears stained red with blood tears dripping down cheeks stained red with blood tears dripping down cheeks stained red with blood tears dripping down cheeks stained red with blood tears dripping down cheeks stained red with blood tears dripping down cheeks stained red with blood tears dripping down cheeks stained red with blood tears dripping down cheeks stained red with blood tears dripping down cheeks stained red with blood tears dripping down cheeks stained red with blood tears dripping down cheeks stained red with blood tears dripping down cheeks stained red with blood tears dripping down cheeks stained red with blood tears dripping down cheeks stained red with blood tears dripping down cheeks stained red with blood toward whoever might be responsible for this terrible crime done against someone innocent along wwith anger at whoever might be responsible for this terrible crime done against someone innocent along wwith anger at whoever might be responsible for this terrible crime done against someone innocent along wwith anger at whoever might be responsible for this terrible crime done against someone innocent along wwith anger at whoever might be responsible for this terrible crime done against someone innocent along wwith anger at whoever might be responsible for this terrible crime done against someone innocent along wwith anger at whoever might be responsible  for this terrible crime done against someone innocent along wwith anger at whoever might be responsible  for this terrible crime done against someone innocent along wwith anger at whoever might be responsible". Then finally clobbering whoever else stood nearby enough times until everything went black once again followed by a loud crash