Reddit Challenge #26

Reddit user DNAsly submits: At my nearby grocery store, many bottles of wine and almost all footlong subs ring up as $9.11. Please make a conspiracy thriller about this.

I present: The Killing of Danger's Brother, an action adventure conspiracy thriller.



Danger's brother was dead- blown apart by government agents at the grocery store.

Danger McDeadly was in the pastry section at the time, scoping out some croissants and wondering which jam they might go best with in the morning. As his thoughts turned to the strawberry preserves in the fridge at home, his brother Mistake McDeadly was heading to the checkout counter. Mistake's hand held a bottle of wine and foot-long meatball sub.

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In a dark room in an unknown location, government agents crowd around a computer screen. The agent manning the computer let the others know that the man on the screen- Mistake McDeadly- was the man they were looking for. The screen showed McDeadly approaching the grocery checkout counter and making small talk with the cashier. As soon as he handed his items to the cashier, the room grew silent. One of the agents got on his radio and issued an order to prepare for action.
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Mistake McDeadly loved this grocery store. He'd gone here for years and he knew all the staff; he was even talking to his favorite cashier, a cute girl named Rose whom he had known since grade school. After he and Rose exchanged pleasantries, Mistake handed her his two items. Rose took the wine bottle, scanned it and then- just as she had done for the last 5 years- she announced the price: nine dollars and eleven cents. She then picked up the sub, scanned it and announced the very same price: nine dollars and eleven cents

The next second, lights were off in the building and an explosion could be heard. Danger McDeadly hit the floor instinctively, but being across the store from Mistake, he had no idea what was coming. Armed government agents burst into the store and surrounded Mistake and Rose.

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Back in the dark room, the agent manning the computer turns to the others and they all nod to each other. He reaches for his radio and issues one last command: Rose and Mistake are too dangerous to be left alive.
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The chaotic burst of bullet fire only lasted a second or two but when it was over, the sound of bodies hitting the floor was unmistakable.

By the time Danger arrived at the scene the agents were gone, leaving only the shells from their weapons as evidence. Seeing his dead brother on the floor, Danger shut his eyes tight and balled his fists. Slowly, he exhaled and let the tension dissipate from his body. Leaning down next to the bodies of his brother and the innocent cashier, Danger picked up one of bullet shells and inspected the backside. He could see the lettering and knew they were FBI standard. He looked up toward the corner of the store ceiling, and then walked out the front door, the automatic slider closing behind him.

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The men in the dark room were shaking hands and smiling when they spotted him. The shadowy figure approached the bodies, picked up a bullet casing on the ground, then looked at their security camera, smiled and walked off. Instantly, all the men in the room turned white.

"Oh shit" the computer operator gasped "Thats Danger McDeadly"
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THE END???