novel 88 - 10. a good plan

by nick nelson

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davy crockett lost his license as a trained deadly assassin. panhandling was beneath him, so he decided to rob the payroll of the new time and space center in the mongolian desert where professor isaac newton was building a new model time machine. but first he needed to get a good crew together. but before that he needed a drink. alcohol had been banned for years except for party members, of which davy, as a certified assassin, had been one, although he had never taken any part in party affairs pr politics. in the first shock of losing his license, this had not occurred to him. now it did. who could he turn to? he decided to look up his old friend alexander the man. even if alexander did not want to join his crew, maybe he could find him a drink. he took his phone out of his pocket to look up alexander and give him a call. what was his shock when he found that his whole contact list had been wiped out! of course - what had he expected when he was expelled from the party? should he keep the phone? he decided he might as well, even though the phone was a way of being kept track of by the system. after al, who knew how many things there were in his brain and body that enabled the system to know his every move and thought? but he could not give up. he decided to go for a walk to clear his head. the streets were deserted. what else would they be? eventually a patrol car would come buy and ask him where he was going. he would say, i don’t know, where should i be going? the officers in the patrol car would tell him to get in. they would drive him to a shelter. he would hook up with some guys in the shelter. they would form a crew - a good crew. they would make a plan. “make a good plan, and stick to it.” the whole cycle would start over again. what else could he do? next