Chapter 3 - Everybody Wants Some!!

Jack and James drove to downtown in the beautiful evening sun. Neon lit the streets as a host of beautiful women trod carefully past douchebags in pastel suits. James’s lead was at Club Sexx �" a typical hangout for twenty-something’s who had little more to do on a Friday night than screw and do blow. The whole club was hung in a lilac neon glow which contrasted with the crimson of its sleazy halls in and out of the place.

“Turns out” Began James, after Jack had stuck in a Guns N’ Roses tape. “That drugs bust you broke up was a dummy operation. They made a later haul which was... almost successful” He winked at Jack.

Jack laughed. “So you do actually get some work then! How did you break that one up?”

“I didn’t. I let them complete the transaction” He ignored Jack’s look of surprise “I was outnumbered Jack.. and the backup was a bunch of kids who didn’t know a gun from their a******s. Besides” He paused to smile “if my lead is correct, we’ll catch the brains of the operation here.”

Jack looked out onto the Miami streets deep in thought. He himself would have took them down with no questions asked. But then.. James wasn’t getting chewed out every Goddamn week.

“Don’t be too downhearted Jack”. It just means I am a better cop than you”

James laughed as Jack punched him in the shoulder. He let a smile escape momentarily.

“This is the place” said Jack, pulling up opposite. The club was barricaded by a long line of hopeful twenty year olds hoping for a bit of action. A douchebag with a New Wave haircut tried slipping past the bouncer who knocked him on his a*s.

Jack and James marched by and before the bouncer could halt then, both had whipped out their badges. They walked straight in and found themselves on a flashing disco court as the DJ pumped out some Synth Pop fluff.

“One second” muttered Jack who stormed over to the booth and held up the DJ by the throat. A second later, he released the string-vested guy who looked foolish in eye liner and the record changed. The crushing chords of Motley Crue’s Ten Seconds To Love rang out onto the dance floor. Some of the patrons looked scandalised while most of the women began to bump and grind (many of the men followed suit hopefully). The DJ looked at Jack warily and busied himself in a pitcher of a blue-coloured drink.

“That’s better” said Jack who seemed relaxed. “Well hello sweetheart!” He said, as a nubile, young lady began eyeing him up. James could not tell what struck him first; the fact her hair was stuck rigid with hairspray akin to Brett Michaels or that her chest stuck out under the eyes of every lustful man who walked past. “Whose this dirtbag then?” he asked, suddenly serious.

James scoured the club. Mostly New Wave rats and Synth louts but no drug dealer. However, the doors to the toilets swung open with an alarming frequency.

Jack looked to James. “Either he’s in their or someone’s mixed laxatives with the vodka”. James laughed in response as he motioned to the bar “Go get yourself a drink. This shouldn’t take too long”. Jack nodded and made his way to the barman who didn’t even look up as he slammed a bottle of Budweiser on the table. Jack himself had done a lot of busts here in the past.

Jack took a long drink as he took in the club. Same as ever; there were those secretively doing lines of chop while eyeing up what woman happened to wander past. The heat in the club seemed to make it an unwritten rule that every woman wore less than a tube top and hot pants. The blonde with the Brett Michaels hair eyed up Jack, who though not returning her lusty gaze, was enjoying the attention all the same.

A petite brunette was leaning over beside him, evidently she had too much to drink. But, the guy behind her in a red suit felt otherwise. His small, dark eyed twitched darkly as he dropped a couple of pills into her vacant drink. She looked up at the drink, then at him as she realised what happened.

“You... mo-“ but she stumbled into him before leaning uneasily on the bar.

Jack saw this and beckoned the red suited man towards him. The red suited man however seemed rather pleased with himself. “I think I’m gonna hit the jackpot tonight” he said in his oily voice.

Sighing deeply, Jack suddenly grabbed the man by the throat and pummeled his face repeatedly. The man stumbled in a daze before Jack dealt a haymaker to his stomach. He fell over in apparent discomfort before Jack dragged him by the hair and threw him out at the emergency exit.

Jack then stormed back to the brunette who was close to falling unconscious.

“Can you hear me? Are you okay?” He asked as she nodded twice slowly. Despite her response, she seemed to be slipping into unconsciousness.

He looked to the barman “Can you call me an ambulance please? This girl’s drink has been spiked by that”. He pointed to the exit to signify the red suited man.

The barman nodded as he grabbed the telephone. This was the third time in two months that Jack had thrown some sleazebag out of his club.

Author's Note

I'm hitting a good stride now! As you can tell from the first few paragraphs, the differences between Jack and James are apparent. I never initially planned much for James until I noticed the (unintentional) similarities between their names. So James is essentially Jack minus the collateral damage. However Jack is more effective though he does earn his boss's ire.
We'll see how the next chapter goes, eh?

Playlist:
Everybody Wants Some!! by Van Halen
Balls to the Wall by Accept
Knock 'em Dead Kid by Motley Crue
Kickstart My Heart by Motley Crue
Thunderstruck by AC/DC

Reviews

[Infinity Blues]

Damn, do I see a slow start to an incredibly awesome plot!
I like how you have detailed and described ~and pretty damn well~ of the friendship between Jack and James. It's always a good thing to see, a cop bonding in a story line, makes it more meaningful :P
I found it hilarious, I was actually listening to Balls to the walls while I read this....never gets old ;)
Defiantly does not lack originaltity, and always funny to see the hero all the time :P
Hahaha, another masterful piece, and looking forward to seeing chapter four :D