The two women were jolted out of their gossip by a high pitched scream. The two women ran towards the alley knowing the youngest of the trio had just stepped down to dispose of a bucket of water. The two women met the youngest staring into the dark alley.
"What?! What is it?" said the oldest while the second lady walked angrily towards the youngest.
" Blasted girl, what are you screaming ab– Oh good haven!!" The second lady was shocked out of her words by what she saw.
In the shadow of the alley, exactly where the youngest lady had dispose of the bucket of water, a huge bear of a man was sitting with his back laid on the alley walls.
This giant of a man had black long and unkept hair which was now drenched by both the bucket of water and the heavy rain, his hair that was stuck to his shoulders and face prevented anyone from getting a good look at his face. Although they could not see his face they saw everything else, the man had a toned brown skin, a strong chiseled jaw and muscles...muscles in all places that could have muscles; 'This is the most taut man I have ever seen' thought the tree women.
" We have to help him, h-he looks hurt" the youngest of three said.
She wasn't wrong, if you were to ignore his tauten physic, the man was a mess. His shirt which were doing a poor job on holding back his chest muscles were in tatters with mud all over it; 'He looks like he wrestling a boar in the mud ' she thought.
"Aw just leave him, blasted fool probably drank himself half to death, Tsk! Men are all the same" the second woman said not hiding her disgust.
" Well… I don't know about that, he's not like any man I've ever seen" the oldest woman defended the unknown man while still staring at his muscles.
"For the love of–, would you quit your drooling woman! Have some self respect!" The second woman chided
"W-What? I'm not drooling! Y-You're drooling!!"
"Look at you! Can't even make a proper sentence "
" Why you little–"
As the two of them were arguing, the youngest ignored their chatter and drew closer to the man sitting on the wet floor; ' So at the end of the day, I have to be the one to wake up Mr drizzled in the rain here, fine then ' She encouraged herself to take action.
"Emm…excuse me Sir?…Hello?" She gave the man what she thought was a strong tug but he wasn't even budging which for some reason annoyed, so she put in more strength.
" Sir it's raining, you're going to catch a cold" She still got no response from her strongest push.
"Sir?" Still nothing and her poor hands were starting to get tired from trying to move this mountain of a man.
" Damnit! You hunk of a–Oh! WOULD YOU WAKE UP!!"
*SLAP!*
" Argh!!!"
"Arghhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Two screams echoed through the alley, one was deep and masculine while the other was high pitched and lasted longer…way longer.
" Oh my–, what is she doing?"
" See! I knew we shouldn't have helped him"
" That's enough from you! Help her while I'll go call for help "
Needless to say, the alley was in chaos as more and more people were attracted to the noise even with the heavy rain they were like moth to a flame. As the people's focus was on the woman screaming for help no one noticed the bear sized man hunched over whispering to himself.
...…
" Where am I? No, who am I? A-Am I me this time?"
" Am I still in that t-terrible abyss or–"
The man's words trailed off as he caught sight of his own reflection in a puddle
*Gasp!*
" I'm back! I'm really back! T-That's my face! THAT'S MY FACE!!"
My confusion soon cleared as I stared at my own reflection. My deep green eyes, raven black hair and a strong chiseled jaw that could cut diamond's, on any other day I would say that I looked gorgeous but right now I was just trying to make sense of it all, that is until I heard someone call my name.
"Gaston?"
" GASTON! Is that you!"
My thoughts were drawn to the familiar voice calling my name, I looked towards the direction of the voice.
"Lafool? Lafool is that you! Haha, by the blue skies I really am back!!"
I shouted these words as I saw a short statued man running towards me, actually short wasn't enough to describe him, he looked like his body decided to stop growing at the age of seven. He had a big nose that took up half of his face and two big eyes that he was currently squinting, probably because he lost his glasses a while back. All in all he was an ugly imp, but he was my imp and he was a sight for sore eyes.
"Hahahahahaha!!!!!"
My laughter echoed through out the alley walls, it displayed my madness and relief at its finest. Everyone was looking at me with caution even Lafool had a look of concern but I didn't care. I immediately stood up and walked towards Lafool, my mind filled with conviction and a new purpose, I now know what I had to do with my second chance.
...…..….….
When the laughing mad man suddenly stood up, everybody in the alley took a step back, taking in the sight of this giant of a man was beyond intimidating. The bear like man was walking towards the dwarfed man with a big nose who looked even shorter standing next to the giant man. This odd coterie displayed a funny scene as they left the alley.
....
" Emm... Gaston…are you feeling okay?" Lafool spoke up after we left the alley
" Hahaha! Yes I am l, in fact I've never felt better, Hahaha!" I responded still happy about surviving that abyss.
" Really? Are you sur–eh! I–I mean, of cause you are okay, you're the GREAT GASTON! Nothing can bring you down" Lafool said returning back to his bootlicking habits.
" Their is no need for such acts anymore Lafool, I am a different man now and as for the reason for my most recent behavior, I'll explain that eventually but first we need a roof over our heads and food on our bellies." I ended the conversation there.