By witting this story, I don�t intend to hurt anybody. The characters in this story are people that I know, I just changed their names. The character Syrus in this story is not the same Syrus as the one in Corruption of Mind and Soul. I just happen to like the name Syrus and decided to use it. I know that making threats is no joke, ha, ha, ha. But anyway, this story isn�t describing something that I would do, or anyone I know would do. It�s just a reflection of my anger towards a large number of things. I�m not crazy and I�m not insane for writing this story. It�s just something I was thinking of and I wanted to put it down on paper. If this story offends you, then suck my balls. Nah just kidding, if you don�t like the story then just throw this away or hand it back to me. If you do like the story then tell other people to read it. If you don�t I might blow your head off.
Just kidding.
Methods of Mayhem
By RoAcH
The rain had not stopped all day, it was dark and gloomy outside. Seth and Syrus walked through the front gate of their school. They had ditched that day, they went to Seth�s house to make the plan, and gather equipment. Seth was walking with a nervous stride and Syrus was calm and collected. Seth was dressed in a gray Superman t-shirt covered with a blue bulky jacket and black baggy pants. Syrus was wearing a blue L.A. Dodgers hat with his sweater hood covering it, a huge bulky black jacket, and he was wearing black baggy pants. Both of them knew what they had to do, it was just a matter of executing the plan correctly. Bulletproof vest covered both of their chests, they were both carrying backpacks. Syrus looked down at his watch and it read
12:25pm.
�Right on time, any doubts?� said Syrus.
�Hell no man, I am just feeling a little weird.� said Seth.
�Don�t turn into a bitch on me.� Syrus said with implying anger.
They walked through the tunnel leading into the quad area of their school. The tunnel seemed as if it was never going to end, an endless road to nowhere. Success is not always great, but in this case, it had overtaken the lives of these two young teenagers.
They reached the end of the tunnel and headed for their lockers in the main hall. While Seth gathered his equipment, he saw a picture of his girlfriend taped to his locker door. He took it and put it in his pocket, next to his best friend. Sadness overtook him and he knew exactly why he was doing this, she had ruined his life, school had ruined his life. Syrus opened his locker with a serious, melancholy look on his face. As he gathered what he needed, he saw a picture of his girlfriend taped to the locker door. He took it and put it in his sweater pocket next to his best friend. She cared for someone else and had lied to him, he had taken it with stride but she had belittled him. She had ruined his life, his family had no concern for him, and the world had no concern for him.
Together they walked out of the main hall as they always did, only this time there was a distance in their eyes. Seth and Syrus hardly spoke to each other, but made sure they were on the same frequency. It was now 12:26pm. That one-minute had passed and seemed like a lifetime to the two kids. Kids. They were children lost in their own corruption of mind and soul. Nobody was there to help them, they only had each other, and the justice.
The next two minutes were the longest minutes of their lives. Seth and Syrus stood at the spot where they always stood. Syrus lit a cigarette and smoked it calmly while Seth looked around. All of a sudden the lunch bell rang, Syrus again looked down at his watch, it read 12:28pm.
�Lunch time baby, it�s about fucken time.� Syrus said with a smile on his face as he dropped his cigarette and stepped on it.
Seth did not speak, he took the picture of his girlfriend out of his pocket and felt a form of relief. His love for her was not faded, she was the only thing that mattered in his life, next to the justice. Everything was ok now, Seth felt even more relieved. It was going to be all over, but not for him and Syrus. For Syrus and him it was just the beginning, the beginning to a long afternoon. He kissed the picture of Erika and placed it in his pocket, next to his best friend.
Syrus was feeling as if he was king of the world, nothing could harm him. The plan was excellent and he had the feeling that everything was going to move smoothly. The date was February 14, 2001, Valentines Day. To Syrus it didn�t matter if it was freaking Christmas, he was still going to execute the plan. He took the picture of his girlfriend out of his sweater pocket, and took one last look at the person who made him do this. He kissed the picture of Sarah and placed it back in his pocket, next to his best friend.
Everybody was walking around with balloons and flowers, all this love disgusted Seth and Syrus. In their world, it was lonely and dark, the rain had shattered all their hopes and dreams. Their life had been a career of disappointment, a career of sadness. Seth and Syrus were the smartest students in the school, but never received recognition. They both looked at each other with a satisfying look on their faces. This was meant to happen today, it was a god sent.
Seth and Syrus stood around and waited for the police officer to turn her back on them as she had always done before. Seth took his blackjack and viciously stuck her on the back of the head, she was out cold in a matter of seconds. He then took her gun out of the holster and loaded it. Syrus pulled a shotgun from inside his pants, it was taped to his leg.
Hardly anybody noticed the two boys with all their horrifying tools, but that would all change in a matter of seconds. Syrus cocked the shotgun and moved slowly to the middle of the quad. Seth pulled out his shotgun from inside his pants and moved to the middle of the quad also. Back to back, the boys stared at everybody with smiles and laughter emitting from their minds.
�Pay back is a bitch! Mind and Soul are here!� they yelled in unison.
Syrus fired the first shot, hitting an x-football player named Alex that had betrayed him. The shot rang through the whole school like a sonic boom, echoing like crazy. The shot had hit Alex in the back as he tried to run away, damn linemen. A circle was torn into his back, expelling blood everywhere and horrifying everybody. Alex�s life was taken away as fast as it was made.
Seth fired at a principle that thought Seth was crazy. Ms. Navajo I think her name was, old lady that always wore glasses. Seth picked her because she singled him out all the time. If there was a problem in school, she would blame it on Seth, even if he didn�t do it. She destroyed Seth�s life and now he destroyed hers. The blast blew her head apart into millions of pieces, gruesome was the scene, but in Seth�s mind, it was justice.
As they were shooting Syrus spotted his mortal enemy, his name was Francisco. Seth and Syrus ran together to catch Francisco as he ran away. Seth�s good aiming hit Francisco in the knee and blew it apart. �Bingo�� said Seth as Francisco lay on the floor crying and grabbing his knee that was no longer there, the boys ran over to him. Syrus starred into his eyes and remembered all the problems he had in life because of this person. Francisco begged for his life but Syrus wasn�t in a forgiving mood, it was partly Francisco�s fault this happened. As Syrus raised his gun to Francisco�s head, he said, �I told you to leave me alone, but did you listen? No! Now look at you, crying like a big bitch. Now who�s a bitch huh?� That was the last shot fired in that school. They reloaded.
Syrus�s girlfriend Sarah rushed to Francisco�s side, she had denied caring for him but now the truth had revealed itself. She yelled at Syrus to leave her alone, that he had done enough damage. Syrus raised his gun again, she felt as if her life was over, and to Syrus she no longer existed. He looked deep down into her brown eyes and told her this,
�This is all your fault, all this corruption, mayhem and murder. It�s your fault for taking advantage of something good. Now you die.� In his mind
Seth yelled, �BANG!�
Sarah dropped to her knees crying and begging for the madness to stop. To Syrus she no longer existed, she was gone for good, forever. As Syrus and Seth ran out of the school with the other panic stricken students, they felt a form of relief, everything had gone as planned and no one innocent had died, in their minds.
Justice was partly served as they jumped on the Dash bus across the street from school, the driver just stared at them and thought nothing of it. Seth was wearing only his Superman t-shirt and his jeans. Syrus was no longer wearing his sweater and hat, only his jacket and he was wearing a white shirt that read, �Hawaiian Islands for Relaxation� on it. They had left their gear inside the school next to the bathroom. The police thought they were still in school.
As the bus rolled away, they sat down and starred out of the window, police cars were surrounding the school. Seth and Syrus looked at each other with a big grin, justice had been served, and the plan had been executed nicely, now for the second part. Syrus starred at his watch and remembered what had brought him here, it was 12:31pm
Syrus was born in Lowland Fields, and had lived there all of his life. He met Seth when they played football together at the school. Syrus was interested in books and wanted to become a writer, or a journalist. He wrote a story titled, �Corruption of Mind and Soul.�
Syrus was highly popular with the ladies and very smart too. He always had a 3.0 grade point average and was never sent to the dean�s. In class, he would sit and do his work, or work on a story. At home, he would work on his story again, or do some homework. His life consisted of books and writing, until Sarah came into his life.
Sarah is 18 years old and Syrus is 16, they had been together for 5 months. Syrus tried not to make problems because he disliked arguments. However, once in awhile Sarah did something that ignited his anger. Syrus wanted to be happy, and Sarah made him happy. The incident that started this whole massacre was something of significance. Sarah was caught cheating by Seth, when Seth informed Syrus that Sarah was cheating on him with Francisco it made him even more enraged. He pleaded to her about how he felt and explained him self thoroughly. She was not concerned, and said it was not true, but she did say that she did not care for Francisco.
Syrus demanded justice, justice for him, and justice for everyone who has ever had a loved one stolen. Francisco stole Sarah away and it made Syrus madder than ever. That same night, Francisco and all of his friends jumped Syrus. Justice was not only demanded, it would swift its big ugly head over Francisco for the rest of his life. Francisco left laughing, Syrus had bruises all over his body, and a he could not see out of one eye. Justice was coming. Soon.
The next morning Syrus was already planning his retaliation, he informed Seth of his plan. Seth agreed to it because his life was in shambles also. These two boys never wanted to hurt anybody, and yet they slaughtered half the school like sheep. Syrus was always calm and collected, he refused to lose his composure. When Sarah broke his heart, he lost it completely. All of his life he never received recognition for his good behavior and duty. His parents didn�t care about him, Sarah didn�t care about him, and he didn�t care about himself. This was meant to happen.
Seth sat next to Syrus as the old, creaky bus rolled away from Frankston High School toward Manhole High School, the place of justice. Seth thought back to what got him in this position. The events that took place were mixed together perfectly: sadness, anger, and anticipation for justice, it was a recipe for justice. It had to be cooked, no matter what the extent.
Seth was also born in Lowland Fields, he lived there all his life. Seth was a genius, he was practically the one that devised the whole plan (with a little help from Syrus). Seth was on the verge of going insane, his family thought he was insane, his girlfriend thought he was insane, the administrators at school thought he was insane. It was not true though, Seth wasn�t insane, he was fucken crazy.
Seth�s girlfriend had dumped him three days before the incident at school, she said she didn�t love him, she said he was bad in bed, she said he was crazy. This hit Seth like a bag of bricks in the nuts, it completely turned him into something abstract. He did not speak, he did not write, he did not sleep or eat. Seth just sat in his seat and starred at the wall. The psychologist had examined him at school just yesterday and said it looked like he had his head together. Who would of known?
Seth realized his life was worthless, so he agreed to the plan with Syrus. It had been carried out with great malice. He felt a rapture of anger toward the world for treating him this way, his whole life was nothing. The principle had treated Seth like a criminal because she did not like him. About a week ago Seth and Syrus were standing at the spot where they always stood, the principle walked by and Seth yelled, �Hey, Hey, Hey.� The principle turned around and Seth turned to Syrus and said, �Hey, What�s up?� Everybody around immediately started laughing at the principle, she felt humiliated. Since that prank the principle had picked on Seth for everything, from chewing gum to accusing him to making threats to teachers. All the allegations were false of course, but he was pinged for life.
�Manhole High School, next stop.� The driver said as the ancient bus came to a halt. Seth and Syrus felt very anxious, they wanted to get on with it already. They had a short conversation on the bus as it was making it�s way toward the last stop. The last stop for justice, the last stop for vengeance.
�Man that was fun, you think anybody knew it was us?� Syrus said to Seth in a low-pitched voice.
�I doubt it, maybe just Francisco and Sarah. You don�t have to worry about Francisco because he�s gone now, but you think Sarah will rat us out?� said Seth without looking into Syrus�s eyes.
Syrus looked into his heart and made the decision, �If she does, you know what�s going to happen right?�
�Good-Bye?�
�Yup�
�So let it be grasshopper, so let it be.� Said Seth while he looked at the floor.
The bus came to a halt and both of them got off and stepped out onto the sidewalk. The rain started pouring down on their heads and Syrus had wished he hadn�t of thrown away his hat. They both walked side by side towards the front of the school, their jackets concealing their ammunition, their jackets concealing their hate, their jackets concealing their pain, their jackets concealing their heart.
The two boys stopped ten feet away from the front gate, finding Erika in this madness would be easy, it would also be fun. Justice would be served, one way or another. They knew what they had to do, it was running through their minds like a chicken with it�s head cut off.
Seth and Syrus strolled into the underbelly of urban life, into the underbelly of all corruption. The lady standing in front of the gate asked them if they went to this school, they tried to ignore her but she shoved her fat ass right in front of their faces. Her glasses made her eyes look squinty, she was wearing a brown jacket, a couple of earmuffs and purple pants. She was the antithesis of Seth and Syrus, she was the antithesis of everybody, except herself.
Syrus turned to her with anger in his voice, �Excuse me lady, but I have to see someone, it�s real important.�
�Go to the main office and obtain a pass young man.� The fat lady said with a strange tone of authority.
Syrus did all the talking, Seth just stood their looking at the picture of Erika, �The main office? You have to be kidding Ms., I�m not about to walk all the way over there just to have 5 minutes with somebody. Your fucken crazy.�
The music coming from the quad was louder than ever, everybody was surrounding the quad and nobody cared if it was raining. The sky was dark and it was windy, thunder would soon follow the rain.
�Don�t get that tone with me young man, how would you like it if I called the police on you?� the fat lady said with a higher tone of authority.
Syrus returned with a smart-ass comment, accompanying a smile, �How would you like to suck my balls?�
�What did you say?� the old lady returned.
�I said, how would you like to suck my ----�
BANG!
Seth shot the old lady square in the chest, she held onto her wound but died soon thereafter. The gunshot was not heard due to the loud music in the quad. Syrus bent down and took the Twinkie from her pocket, he took her keys also. Syrus looked at his watch as it read 12:45pm. Right on time.
Seth and Syrus dragged the fat lady�s ancient body and threw her behind a bush. Their hearts were set to the task at hand, nothing would hold them back, not even sadness. They both entered the school and walked for a while, there was a party in the quad and people were dancing and having fun. All this enjoyment during Valentines and these two boys had mayhem on their minds. Mayhem, it�s a form of expression for the two boys from Lowland Fields, a form of justice. Justice can be carried out in many different ways, but there is a right way of doing it.
Finding Erika would be easy, she always wanted attention and was a major drama queen. She blew things out of proportion and made it seem as though she is the victim. Syrus wouldn�t be surprised if she made it seem like Seth was being a bad guy, killing isn�t right, but somebody has to carry out justice with a swift blade.
The boys made their way through the crowd and headed for the stage. There were two humongous speakers on each side, each rattling with music, rattling just like the hearts of the whole crowd. Seth and Syrus stood near the stage and looked for Erika.
�Find the bitch yet?� said Syrus half laughing and half serious.
�Nope.� Returned Seth with a serious, distant look in his eyes.
They each took a side looking for Erika, it was hard to find her due to the fact that she was about 4�11�. A girl bumped into Seth and he almost dropped the police officer�s gun. Syrus was worming his way through the crowd looking for this little, fairy tailed princess. Erika was standing all the way on the left side, near the back of this big crowd. She was standing with some of her friends, and her new boyfriend. Trouble was coming, and it had Seth�s name on it.
Syrus spotted Erika and slowly crept up to Seth. His words wear almost whispers but loud enough for Seth to comprehend.
�I found the smutty hoe, she�s over there wearing a sweater that says, �Rock Star� on it.� Seth said, and Syrus followed his eyes to the one person who meant something to him.
She was standing there wearing blue jeans and a black sweater, her boyfriend was wearing a Batman shirt and black jeans. Her boyfriend was hugging Erika from behind and had his arms around her waist, he was kissing her neck. This made Seth slip off the deep end, this made Seth go insane. The plan was scrapped and now it was a free for all, Seth made his way toward her and sneaked up from behind. Seth exposed the police officer�s gun from his belt and raised it to the back of the boyfriend�s head. Syrus looked down at his watch, it read 12:53pm.
Seth tapped the boyfriend�s shoulder and as he turned around, he pulled the trigger. To Syrus everything happed so quickly, but for Seth watching the bullet penetrate his skull happened so slowly. The gun exploded and made a sound as if the whole world was ending. The bullet exited the chamber and made it�s way through the air, speeding towards justice. The bullet entered his skull in between his eyes, blood splattered everywhere including on Syrus�s white shirt.
The boyfriend collapsed onto Erika while burst of blood exited his head. Students ran and the school police officer was drawing her gun. Her body was torn with bullets before she could take it out. Syrus shot anybody that came near them as Seth starred at Erika with disgust, with hatred, with the feeling of justice. Seth put his backpack on the floor while Syrus put the gun to Erika�s head, he pulled out another clip for his handgun. The backpack was full of shotgun shells and clips for handguns, Seth handed Syrus a brand new box of shotgun shells so he could reload. While Syrus was reloading, Seth pushed the clip into the handgun. He put it up right next to her ear so she could hear the click.
CLICK!. Erika�s eyes started tearing. She was crying her little drama queen eyes out, the little fairy was no longer happy. Erika kneeled next to the corpse of her boyfriend, she starred at him in a puddle of his own blood. Panic-stricken students ran across the quad yelling and screaming. Erika said the same phrase repeatedly as she looked down at her poor honey.
�I love you Fabian. Don�t die, please don�t die.�
Seth had murdered Fabian, he felt no remorse for what he did because justice had been carried out. No on innocent had died, in his mind. There were a million different scenarios that could of taken place, Seth picked this one. The only right one.
Seth and Syrus started gunning down students at random, a kid would run by and Seth would shoot them in the knee. Someone else would run by and Syrus would shoot them in the face or in the chest. The plan was gone now, only mayhem occurred. Erika stood their witnessing all this mayhem as the two boys played target practice with her fellow classmates.
�Watch this! BANG! You see that? Right in between the eyes!� said Syrus.
�That ain�t nothing, watch this. BANG! I bet you�ve never seen that much blood before.� Seth said as he blew apart the head of a faculty member that was running for cover.
Erika was running away and Syrus didn�t want to let her go. He pointed his shot gun at her and was about to shoot when Seth grabbed the barrel and moved it. Syrus got one shot off and hit her in the leg. Seth was just standing there starring at Syrus with his gun pointed at him. Now it was time for real justice.
Syrus remembered something, he remembered that Seth had betrayed him. Seth had kissed Sarah too. Seth said it was an accident but Syrus refused to believe it. Syrus�s anger erupted, he was so enraged and wanted to shoot Seth. Now is the time, Syrus has a gun, Seth is turned around, he could do it and run out of school and everything would be fine. Syrus turned and looked at Seth, his best friend had done something of immeasurable pain. It was time for vengeance and justice. Syrus cocked his shot gun and starred into Seth�s eyes.
Seth realized something, Syrus had betrayed him. Syrus told Seth he would always look out for him, now look at Seth. He was shooting and killing people he didn�t even know. This wasn�t justice, it was murder and corruption. Syrus shot the one person Seth truly cared about, Seth was angry and sad at the same time. Seth cocked his shot gun and pointed it at Syrus.
The two boys starred into each others eyes. Syrus took a glace at his watch as it read 12:58pm. Right on time. They just stood there starring at each other for what felt like an eternity. They looked into each other�s eyes and started talking.
�Why�d you shoot her?� Seth said with anger in his voice.
�Because she was running away dick, what the fuck was I suppose to do?� Syrus said with anger in his voice.
�How bout running after her, or letting her go?�
�Yeah ok, but where�s the fun in that?�
�Listen, how bout you go pick her up and bring her over here?�
�How bout you suck my balls you cock sucker?� Syrus said.
�How bout I shoot you right in between your fucken eyes. Huh? How bout that?� Said Seth.
Simultaneously they said, �Fuck you� and two shot�s rang. Seth was hit square in the chest and died instantly. Syrus was shot, right in between the fucken eyes. Justice had played itself out to the full extent. It didn�t matter if they were friends. Justice needed to be served. It was a necessity.
As the two boys fell to the ground and layed in a puddle of blood. Their spirits were going nowhere. They had corrupted themselves, and there was no way out of their fate. Valentines day was a day for love, not for corruption. For the two boys from Lowland Fields, their lives were over long ago. They were both living on borrowed time.
The police arrived at the school and had the coroner pick up the bodies and put them in a bag. The guns were striped from each boys dead, cold body. As the police searched through their backpacks they found a bundle of roses in Syrus�s bag, they were for Sarah. Erika looked up at the sky as she was being wheeled on a stretcher towards the ambulance. When she looked over at the bodies of Seth and Syrus, the sun rose high above the clouds and gleamed down on everything. Except Seth and Syrus.