Mosaic/Issue 4

This is the fourth issue of Mosaic by Dixonlovessquirrels, titled "Fight Fire with Fire".

This issue was released on June 20th, 2014.

Legend
Present

Flashback

Dream

Fight Fire with Fire
He was surrounded by zombies, the same man who was once slitting a boar's throat in front of a hoard of them. He held his knife tightly in his hand, a circle of them forming around him like they were being drawn by a pencil.

He knew what to do, but didn't know if it would work. But here he was, with probably only a few seconds left to live. There was no way he was dying, though. His mission wasn't finished, he still had things left to do.

He raised the knife over his shoulder, shooting it forward towards one of the zombies. It went into his head, he flew back against the tree, the knife going into the tree, hanging him up by his forehead.

The man had a window, and now was his time to move.

 The Day of the Murder

'''Michael stood in the warehouse, his arms folded as he watched the three guys who were going to accompany him pack up the van. Those three guys, Michael and Mitch were the only guys in the warehouse that day, somebody else was in the office. Michael knew who he was, but usually avoided him because of his... rough personality. Michael knew that one day he would see him in prison... but Michael didn't know which one of them would be on the inside.'''

'''Mitch walked up to Michael, getting ready for their mission. Mitch handed him a gun, slapping it against Michael's hand as if he was forcing him to do this. Of course, Michael really didn't want to do this, but it was too late to back out, he never really had a choice to back out anyway.'''

'''As Michael had the other gun already hidden in the back of his pants, he put the other one down in his sock, pulling the leg of his jeans over it to keep it hidden. It was slightly visible, but Michael was panicking too much to care. Mitch then handed him a brown paper bag, Michael opened it and looked inside.'''

'''Meth, their biggest seller. He put that in his jacket pocket, tucking it in to the right. He looked up at Mitch, obviously Mitch could see the fear in Michael, even though part of Michael's initiation was learning how to keep fear to himself.'''

'''"You'll be fine," Mitch assured him, placing his hand on his shoulder. Michael nodded, his voice wasn't exactly steady enough for him to say; Go fuck yourself.'''

'''He had no sleep the night before, and usually when he had no sleep he was more prone to panic attacks. He was surprised he hadn't had one yet, instead just feeling a bit nauseous. Nonetheless, he was ready, he just wanted it over with.'''

'''The van was packed, everything was ready and set up. As Mitch patted Michael on the back, escorting him in the van, the man in the office stood staring at them from the door. It made Michael feel uneasy, almost as if his every move was being watched... which it was. He kept telling himself that it would be okay, but then he'd come to the conclusion that if he screwed up, his family would die.'''

'''Mitch closed the door, hitting the back of the van and ordering the man to drive. He stood in the warehouse, watching the van drive away. Looking back at the man in the office, he gave him a look, an unsure look... as if their own plan wouldn't work.'''