"I was just playing." Said Vinny as he pulled up his pants and put his shirt back on. Tina didn't know how to react to the situation. Should she laugh? Should she cry? What was her best move here? She put on a flirtatious look, nudged him in the shoulder, and brushed past him while waving her fanny. Vinny laughed and then caught up with her. He let out a whistle and then checked her out once again.
They walked across the lawn and headed back to the barn. Two headlights illuminated them and stretched out their long shadows. Vinny shielded her from the headlights almost as if he was trying to hide her.
"Rat's! This wasn't supposed to happen!"
He spit in the grass and tightened his grip on Tina's arm." We've got to move faster." He said picking up the pace and heading towards the barn.
When they got inside Vinny had Tina hide behind the boat and stay there until he said she could come out.
"Stay back there until this guy leaves and don't make a sound!" He said walking over to the work bench and trying to look busy.
He could hear the cobble stones ping from the tires of Peter's red truck pulling into the driveway. This was not good. Vinny did not want Peter to see Tina but maybe he hadn't and everything will be alright. He forgot that he left the side door ajar and when he went to go shut it the door swung wide open and Peter walked in.
"Hey Vinny,buddy ole pal." Peter tried to embrace but Vinny took a step back.
Peter looked like a mess and Vinny could tell he'd been drinking heavily. He wore a black T-shirt with holes in it and blue jeans that were way too tight. He had a barbed wire fence tattoo going around his right bicep that had prominent veins throbbing out because he always worked out. His green lucid eyes had an assuring look like a Charismatic preacher telling someone about God. His head was shaved completely bald and the nape of his neck looked corrugated. Peter looked like an ugly version of Stone Cold Steve Austin.
"So why do you seem all uptight little man?" Asked Peter.
Vinny had a sullen look on his face and he tried his best to cover it up.
"Do you have my merchandise?" Asked Vincent.
Peter grinned and then pulled a bag of crystal meth out of his pocket.
"Sure I have it. It's out in the truck. But first I thought we could do some of this." Peter waved the bag and grinned while Vincent stared at his rotten teeth." You know, I could've sworn I just saw you with a woman when I pulled into the driveway."
Vinny took his gaze off Peter and fished in his pocket for a cigarette. As he lit it he mumbled through his breath." I don't know what you're talking about."
"Aw come on buddy, don't hold out. Where is she?"
Peter started gallivanting around the room kicking over empty boxes as if a woman might be hiding under it. It only took a minute for Peter to find Tina curled up in a ball hidden behind the boat.
"Sweet Mary! Would you look at that! Where'd ya pick up this foxy lil lady?"
Vinny looked agitated as he stepped in Peter's way to block his view."Just leave her alone okay."
"Sure,whatever man. But what's with the black box around her neck?"
Tina looked terrified all hunched up in the corner not sure of what to do.
"Oh it's just a little game we play." Said Vinny looking more nervous than a child at his very first spelling bee.
Peter pursed his lips and then made obscene gestures with his tongue at Tina. The hide and seek game was over so Tina went back over to the sofa and read her People magazine.
"Come on Vinny,let's do this stuff!"
Vinny followed him over to the work bench and cleared them off a spot to do the crystal meth. Peter looked at all the electrical gadgets and circuit boards that had been tampered with.
"Hey, what's with all this crap? You're planning something big aren't you?"
"Don't worry about it. Let's just do this okay."
Peter reached in his wallet and pulled out an old credit card and then started cutting lines for them to snort.
"You go first buddy ole pal." Said Peter slapping him on the back. Vinny rolled up the dollar bill and jammed it in his nose." Nothing like skiing." He said as he bowed his head and snorted the first line.
Tina was getting nervous. She was amidst two horny guys standing aloof and hovering over a work bench snorting drugs. God only knows what could happen next. She wondered about the bomb around her neck and if it was real or not. Judging by all the tinkering Vincent did with electrical equipment she surmised there was a good chance it was real. And gosh did she miss Steve. He would do something about this.
She stared over at the counterfeit license plates welded together that hung from the wall while Vinny and Peter giggled and made perverted jokes. It seemed like they were progressively talking louder to each other as if they couldn't hear one another. The constant snorting and laughter was bothering Tina and she had already looked over every page in the magazine.
Moments later Peter came over and sat next next to her on the couch while Vinny played with a blow torch. When he sat down Tina pushed herself to the far edge of the sofa completely ignoring Pete. Faster than a bolt of lightning Peter pounced on her. He pinned her down and started kissing her. She tried to squirm her way free but the big burly man on top of her was too heavy and strong. She heard a chain saw start up and that's when crap hit the fan.
Peter became startled at the sound of the chain saw and jumped up from the sofa. There stood Vincent in a psychotic state of mind laughing up a storm and brandishing the chain saw.
" Ha! Ha! Ha!" Said Vinny swinging the chain saw through the air.
Peter raised his hands and took a step back while trying to calm his friend down. Vinny swung the chain saw towards his head but Peter put out his hands to shield himself. The chain saw cut right through his hands and all but one finger went flying through the air. One of the fingers landed in Tina's lap and she screamed like a mouse was on her lap. Vinny laughed once again while his friend backed up even more.
" Ha! Ha! Ha!" He said. This time he poked the chain saw right into his abdomen. Peter's guts and intestines went flying everywhere. Peter went down while his eyes continued to dilate.
Vinny wasn't done having fun yet. He revved up the chain saw and cut off Peter's head then punted it like a football. The fumes from the chain saw plus all of the excitement was enough to make Tina pass out. When the show was finally over Vinny grinned and took a bow.