8====D of teh day 05/27/08
Logan hated the night. As grueling as the day was, with the endless training, there was no time to think, or remember. At Night however, that’s all he could do. He should be asleep right now, even over his roommate’s snoring. His body was exhausted, but not his mind.
After Hollywood, he did just as Adam suggested. He went home to see his family, only to discover his kids, Alex and Rachel, had disappeared, just like Wagner. Jean left him again, she said she couldn’t be around him. It reminded her of them too much.
Partner gone, wife gone, kids gone.
All in less than a week.
And what did he have to show for it? Days of sweat and pain, nights of memories and agony.
Logan rolled over. Hand to hand training in four hours. He wished he could sleep.
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“Closing statement from the plaintiff?”
Benny Goldstein stood up. “Your Honor. Ladies and gentlemen. Throughout this trial, we have proved, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that my client, Jesus Christ, never authorized any of the crimes committed in his name. Murder. Torture. Rape. Enslavement. Persecution. Genocide. The man we’ve all read about in that book each of the witnesses has sworn on doesn’t exist. All my client wants is his life back. He preached love and peace, and yet so much hate and war has been committed in his name. We have the opportunity to right a terrible wrong here today, and perhaps give a little dignity back to a good man, who’s had his name sullied for the last two thousand years. Thank you.”
“And from the defendant?”
“Your Honor, what the plaintiff is asking for would alter the very fabric of the spiritual lives for millions of people. Surely we all know the price of fame. Once everyone knows about you, you have no control over what’s said about you. The plaintiff has verified that he is indeed the man written of in the new testament, and has admitted that enough of the events were portrayed accurately enough that I see no point in telling every Christian on earth that they’ve been living a lie. If the man’s the same, you must keep the name!”
“I’m sorry Mr. Cochrane, but rhyming won’t help you this time. I find for the plaintiff, His name, and those of his family shall be stricken from every copy of the Holy Bible. Furthermore, I’m fining each of the defendants, that is, Mel Gibson, and all of the major Christian and catholic churches, one billion dollars each, said money to be paid to the plaintiff. Court adjourned.”
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“Hey Adam, it’s me.”
“Oh hi, Jesus. I heard about your day in court. Congratulations.”
“Thanks man, I guess it’s a good thing you talked me into coming back after all.”
“Well, there’s a few things that needed to be done, and you’re the man to do them.”
“Yeah. Hey. Speaking of that, I have a favor to ask you.”
“What’s up?”
“Well, there’s a lot of work that still needs to be done, and I’m afraid the only way to do it is to go into politics.”
“The way I remember it, you weren’t so successful last time you tried that…”
“What, you mean in Russia? That’s because I didn’t stick around for the heavy lifting. I just came up with the idea, and let others twist it around. This time will be different.”
“Yeah, how’s that?”
“Look, I want to run for president.”
“Of what?”
“What do you mean, of what? Of America.”
“But you’re not even a citizen!”
“Who cares, we can work around it.”
“Ok fine, work around it. Where do I come in, you want me to be head of security?”
“No Adam, I want you to be my VP.”
“Wait. What?”