A Change of Sides
Part One: Beware the Swans
By Charles Mento
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"No need, I can handle myself," Chris laughed.
"It looks like you can." A voice from a tall, blonde woman, echoed behind
Chris. He turned to eye the young statuesque blond. She was beautiful and
nearly faultless.
"Hey, where did you spring from?
"Valerie," she smiled, which captivated Chris. "Valerie is my name."
"Alright, funs over," an old man was pushing the stander bys into the disco,
"Get back to your dancing." He turned to Chris, "And don't forget you're
working." The boss and everyone else flowed back inside. Chris and the
blonde girl remained outside.
"Would you like to work for me?"
"What? For you? Doing what?"
"Oh, the same thing you do here---only more of it."
"Well, I don't know. I'm new in Canada. I need the money more than..."
"Well, if you don't think you're tough enough," she turned to walk away.
"There is much more money in it for you---more than you've ever imagined."
Chris looked into her yellowish red eyes, "Yes, I guess I will. The old
geezer never treats me well anyhow. When do I start?"
"Now," she laughed. Chris vanished in a blast of red smoke. The woman now had
on an outfit of a warrior, an ancient warrior. Then she, too, was gone into
thin air.
ALL of these are finished in handwritten form except TRIAL OF THE TOMORROW
PEOPLE...which I fear might never be finished although I had ideas for it.
A large swan gracefully floated across a lake only partially lit by the
setting rays of the sun. In a large city nearby two equally large men were
fighting a smaller one. The smaller one threw them from a disco and using
advanced judo, managed to finish the fight, sending them running. Another
bouncer came running out of the disco, "Good job, Chris. I'm sorry I wasn't
around to help ya."