Life's A Beach

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Jimmy turns to Victoria, no longer looking to her with the hatred he had once for her, but rather the look of someone who's been finally beaten down for good.

Yes, I am. Why?

[artsyGeek]

[Hyacinth was.. once again, hiding nearby. She approaches the two before nodding at Victoria's question.]

"I was, surprise surprise, curious as to why you did this."

[wingedcatgirl]

Eri looks flabbergasted at Jimmy's question, and gestures exasperatedly to everything that just happened. "The killing? The murdering? The trying to spark a literal actual war? Technology is great and all but the purpose of the exercise is to help people."

[Dookie]

“Well, to answer the first question, someone needs to take care of the hotel. The maid and busboy fled at the first opportunity, so I'm alone on it. oh and also you know ejecting poison and cleaning up dead bodies and crying and being depressed BUT MOVING ON!

She walks down, right next to with Jimmy.

”Can I reveal something? Paruko, Kirby, Ribbon, Amanda, Seth, Reina, and all the other past Sharks......I don't hate you. You're fighting for nature, a good cause. And I'm glad some of you stopped while you could, and realized destroying a hotel and the people in it was a bad idea. In fact, the only reason I poisoned Kirby & Ribbon's meal was because of-”

She puts a cold stare right next to Jimmy.

HIM.

“You served an innocent person's dead body to them. You fucking served someone who was here, because they were staying at their uncle's, as a meal. And even worse, YOU SERVED IT TO A BUNCH OF KIDS! THE ONLY GODDAMN REASON I POISONED THAT WAS TO KILL YOU! HOW THE FUCK WOULD I HAVE KNOWN THAT A KID WAS GOING TO EAT THAT?”

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Oh, yes. Peanut. You see, I made it clear that I didn't like her at all. Her uncle worked with the Sharks a while back before he ended up being killed. And even he didn't seem that fond of her either. She lived in a whole other world than we did. Being concerned with her celebrity and all. But that's besides the point. And I served Peanut because I'm someone who doesn't like seeing animals go to waste. Now take this in mind: I'm not a cannibal and I certainly wouldn't eat people. I was just simply putting a deceased animals to good use. Give us all a food source. And you know what? I was originally considering serving her to the survivors after that investigation was over. So what if I served her and you killed everyone else off here? How would you really look, hmm?

He quickly approached her, now suddenly being reminded why he hated her all of a sudden.

And now you want to pull this ploy of being some loner who had to take care of the hotel by herself. You're trying to show respect for the enemy and praise them for a worthy cause? Please! You formed your own gang, the Crows, to not only kill me and my people, but you also send your people after the ones who left our gangs! And here you're talking like you're taking the high road when in reality, you're no different than me. I do at the very least sense Eri and Hyacinth were very genuine in putting an end to the violence in the island. But you partook in the killing just as much as me. And now you want to take the route of being the morally superior one? Make yourself to be this little angel and me this devil? You haven't changed a bit. From day one when you came to this and I tried to stop you from wrecking this fine island, you tossed me away like I'm some common piece of garbage. You didn't care at all what you did here but that damn hotel. You may try to fool some of these people here. But I don't put on airs and pretend to be something I'm not. What you all see, what I've presented to you all here... this is me, front and center. I'm just a man trying to save this island, not only for the nature here, but also just to keep my wife's memory alive. She was the one who taught me how to appreciate nature when her and I ended up being trapped here 25 years ago. I can only imagine how she would feel if she saw what all this ended up turning into.

[Dookie]

“Oh. It seems you caught me in a lie. Good work, Sherlock. Can't you accept the fact that I don't hate the Sharks? Well, most of them, at least. There are some I hate, like that guy who kept switching around the dead people.”

She gets some wine, and then takes a big, long drink of wine.

“I'm 19 by the way. But anyway, I wasn't the one to start this! You were the one to attack! I just formed the Crows out of protection! And if violence can put a stop to this fight, then so be it! Kill ‘em all! JUST LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE!”

“HOW WOULD IT FEEL TO HAVE TO LIVE YOUR CHILDHOOD “RICH” AND “PREPPY”? THAT'S ALL MY PARENTS WANTED OUT OF ME. IF I DIDN'T ACT RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC, I WOULDN'T GET DINNER OR A BED TO SLEEP ON.”

She takes another drink of wine.

“SO, I ABANDONED THAT. I RAN AWAY FROM MY PARENTS, GOT SOME CLOTHES FROM GOODWILL, AND USED MY FORTUNE TO BUILD A HOTEL HERE. I LIKE LIVING THE “POOR” LIFE. ALONE. AND THEN YOU COME ALONG ON YOUR HIGH HORSE AND TELL ME TO FUCK OFF!”

“And despite being war enemies, you've never heard this before. Because you can't get it through your thick fucking skull. You have to preach to everyone here about how great nature is and how I'm satan. And at this point, fuck nature. I would burn this island down if I could.”

She takes another drink of wine.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Hm... so you're just a poor little rich girl, couldn't handle the privileged life, I see? Admittedly I do admit it's a shame you went through all that, having to deal with abusive parents. No child should have to go through being neglected basic needs. And I'm sorry that happened to you. And yes, I do admit, I did send my people to attack you first. Those were the same people who couldn't stand working under you, by the way. Who couldn't handle being beaten down and treated like dirt because they didn't have the wealth you all had. And you say you don't hate anyone, but your people still killed not only my people, but some of the victims were your own former gang members too. Don't forget that. And I only caused the attacks just to get your attention. And truth be told, I didn't originally intend for blood to be shed. But somewhere down the line, our people died. I honestly don't remember whether or not it was your people or my people who spilled first blood. But I suppose it doesn't matter anymore. We've all lost. And this whole war just ended up turning into a waste of time.

Jimmy then grabs some wine for himself and starts downing it.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Jimmy steps away from the others for a brief moment and walks to a small area with a very unique looking stone. He falls to his knees and pulls out his wallet. He pulls a picture out of his wallet.

   

An old, faded photo, from 25 years ago, when they were a happy couple, before they ended up stranded on the island, before Hyacinth was born, before she herself passed away.

I will always love you... Amelia.

[Dookie]

“Well...”

She looks at her watch.

“A boat's coming in 20 minutes. You can come on, if you want.

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Jimmy sits on his knees for several minutes hearing Victoria's offer. He puts the picture back into his wallet and looks at her for a few seconds before nodding.

It's going to be weird readjusting to society again after being on this island for 25 years. Yet, I am curious to see how much has changed since then. Very well, I'll come along.

[wingedcatgirl]

"I'm certainly not staying here after this shit!" Eri declares.

[artsyGeek]

[Hyacinth simply nods at Victoria's offer.] "..can't see why not."

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

And with that, Jimmy, Hyacinth, and Eri all joined Victoria along the survivors Reina, Seth, and PBJ onto the boat. It sets off, forever leaving the island which has left the hotel, a gang war and several dead people in its wake. It seems like there is peace between a group of people who were once mortal enemies, who have fought over this island. After everything that was fought for, it is now destined that the hotel would fall into nature, doomed to be taken by the elements...

SOME TIME LATER AT ANOTHER ISLAND NOT TOO FAR OFF....

A big, burly man in a golden longcoat sits, sitting in the shadows, watching a window when all of a sudden, RIIIIINNNNNNGGGGG! He answers his phone.

Yea? So the lucky participants are about to come by, huh? Excellent, excellent. This contest we just had will provide an excellent promotion for my new resort. Everything here is the best money can buy and I can guarantee you, people will flock here and this will be one of the greatest vacation spots ever. What? What do you mean, some gang is hanging around my island? Can we send some police here and fight them off? No? I understand. I'll figure something out. And what else? A couple of them want to kill me? Heh! It doesn't matter. They will be all squashed beneath my feet and I will promote the hell of this place to kingdom come! Maybe our arriving guests can sus out these killers. Don't worry, it will all be fine and I will pay everyone off if I have to. Everything will be taken care of. All right, bye.

The man gets up and walks to his nearby light, revealing himself to be an older African-American man with a thin mustache, beard and golden sunglasses.

Everything will be just fine. All the money will get me out of another jam. Because, nobody, and I do mean nobody, messes with George Washington Columbo.

THE END

Life's a Beach 2 coming soon!

[wingedcatgirl]

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