Anything For Mum

Jeremy sneaked through the harbour and spotted the man who he had been told to meet. Though he had never seen the man before, the man waving to him fit perfectly into the description which he was given.

He walked stealthily to where the man stood and the man gave him a small package. Jeremy feared the contents of the package, since he had to collect it so sneakily and he was being paid heavily for just collecting it.

What if it was drugs? Or a gun,no it couldn't possibly be, it was too light but what if it was a bomb? Jeremy tried to shake off the bad thoughts. Whatever it was,he had already agreed to deliver it,he would take the risk just for mum,he could do anything for mum.

He knew that if she found out the kind of things he was involving himself in,she would be heartbroken but the truth still remained that he wasn't doing this for himself, he was doing this for her. It would be just one job and she would never have to know. If she asked where he got the money he would come up with some kind of lie,about a loan or something.

That was by the way,he shifted his attention to the present and realized that the man was gone. He shrugged and made his way back to the meeting point, hiding the package in his oversized sweater.

When he got to the meeting place, which was an abandoned warehouse far from residential areas,he called out to the man who had hired him.

"I see you're back." The man said,walking out of the shadows. Jeremy only shook his head,this man was seriously creeping him out and he wanted to get out of this place as soon as possible.

The man took from him the package and opened it to see if it was the right package before nodding and sealing it back up swiftly but Jeremy being tall,had already caught a glance.

He was filled with mixed feelings. He didn't know if to be happy that the contents of the package wasn't drugs or to be curious about what the grayish silvery powder was.

"What's that and why's it so important? Jeremy couldn't help asking. "It's polonium and you should mind your business boy or else your curiosity's gonna end up killing you one of these days." The man warned.

Jeremy remembered what polonium was from Chemistry class,some radioactive element that was very dangerous and poisonous. He had known that the package wouldn't contain anything good but he was more curious to know what the man was going to use it for.

Thinking it through, he decided it better not to ask.

"I've done the job so where's the money I was promised?" Jeremy demanded not wanting to spend one more minute in the presence of this odd but dangerous man.

"Why the hurry? Haven't you heard that good things come to all those who wait? I'll have to test it first to make sure it's the real deal and then you can have your money." The man countered and he groaned in anger but there was nothing he could really do but wait.

The man walked into a larger room and he followed. Getting there, he saw various chemical apparatuses,what the fuck was going on?

The man brought out a beaker containing some greenish, glittery liquid and added a little of the silvery powder. The substance gave a low boil and a light fume before changing color to a light gray.

"I don't care about whatever wacky experiment you're doing, just give me the money so I can get back to the hospital, and to my mum." Jeremy was already pissed.

The man left and came back with a small bag,he opened the bag and brought out a wade of cash in thousand dollar bills. Jeremy's eyes sparkled.

The man threw the money to him and he caught it,he thanked the man and was leaving happily.

Immediately he got to the door,he met two hefty and mean looking men blocking the exit. "Um....... Would you mind moving aside a bit? I'd like to leave." Jeremy asked politely, trying to sound as bold as he could muster.

"Where do you think you're going boy,we aren't done yet." The oh so annoying voice of his creditor wafted into his ears.

He turned back and saw the man coming towards him with an evil smirk and he knew he was really in trouble. Looking at the door,there was no means of escape and so he did the only thing that came to mind,he screamed for help. He screamed until his voice went shrill but his own voice kept echoing around him and then he realized that the room was soundproof, he suddenly felt cold.

Before he could take any other action, the men grabbed both his arms and before he could say Jack, he was tightly and skillfully tied to a chair.

It was so tight that even moving a muscle seemed practically impossible. "What do you want with me?" Jeremy gathered a little courage to ask.

"Oh sonny,I don't want anything from you. All I'm doing is according to the Master's order." The man said and moved back to his work table.

He brought out the beaker filled with the grayish liquid and sucked some into a syringe.

By now,Jeremy could practically feel that he was peeing his pants. "Please stop whatever you're doing now and let me go. I don't want the money anymore, you can keep it,just let me go please." Jeremy pleaded, his eyes starting to water.

"I wish I could do so but disobeying to Master is inconceivable. As for the money,it's yours,you can keep it if you survive and you'll get much more than that when you're finally under the Master." The man said and advanced towards him.

Before Jeremy could utter another word,the man had stuck the needle in his wrist and injected the contents into his bloodstream.