Grand Theft Murder
The kid explained the controls to his old man – again! “Most important. Never press these two buttons together.”
Frain said, “These two?”
“Dad!”
Suddenly, Frain was in Grand Theft Auto.
“I told you it was immersive,” his son said through his headset.
“Yeah, I just never imagined –” A Camaro ran Frain over. He was reborn in three seconds. Scraped the dirt off his arm. “Wow, video games. I can beat death here.”
“I respawned you. Otherwise, you’re dead. Let’s discuss allowance. I’d like to double it.”
“Yeah, I don’t think so.” A gunshot. Frain jumped the bullet. “You see that? I’m awesome in here.”
“Me again, Dad. Hit your ‘X’ button. Let’s talk frequency. Allowance twice a week.”
“Stop distracting me. I have to steal a Lamborghini.”
The son kept his old man alive to finalize details on allowance and create new terms for bedtime. But a new problem arose.
“Sorry about this, Dad.” He guided his old man to steal a jet ski and crash in the ocean. In seconds, a shark was circling. It poked Frain with an evil fin. Cackled. Then swallowed him whole.
“You always said you wanted to swim with a shark. And I couldn’t let you beat my record.”
I believe this is a dream-come-true for my oldest son. He’s going to want to create the movie version of this flash fiction story. Sorry, dude, not in the cars. (That was not a typo; it was a lame attempt at a Grand Theft Auto pun.)
JD Frain 
Every boy’s dream, even the grown up ones 😉
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Boys grow up? Who knew!
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Hahaha, not always, I bet!
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Video game death. It’s the best. And you’ve already been devoured by a shark. Best you can hope for is regurgitation.
2 more deaths. The last on a Monday. Fitting.
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It’s a sad commentary when the best you can hope for is regurgitation. Yikes!
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You cheated! You can’t get killed in a video……oh. Ha, now I see. That was intentional! Entertaining as always Mr. Frain. The dialogue is superb, btw.
😉
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That’s high praise coming from a best-selling author! Soon to be a two-time best-selling author, but I’m getting ahead of myself there.
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No jinxies! 🙂
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Are you sure Frain wasn’t just gnawed on?
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Gulp! I noticed the VIP tent had a second bar added for the Friday post. Now everything is starting to make sense.
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Ooh, be careful, John, that Shark is still swimming *wink*.
My son loves the Gameknight999 series of books (by Mark Cheverton) where a boy is transported into the Minecraft game. He’d relate to this story =)
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It’s hard to be original, ain’t it? I ran this story by my son. Oh, he was up in arms! “I would not steal a jet ski.” “No way I would crash in the ocean.” “There isn’t a shark in GTA.”
On and on. “It’s fiction,” I told him.
“Yeah, I know. Because no way would you come near my record in real life.”
‘Nuff said.
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Love it. That’s what my boys would say too.
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Loved it, even the lame pun 😉
Phillip | X is for Xanthophytes | And they’re on XL mail
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I can’t seem to break myself of the lame pun habit. Instead of killing my darlings, I need to learn to kill my puns.
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I wouldn’t have thought you could come up with one for this! 😀
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Ply me with a couple drinks, and I can do tricks with numbers too. They may not make sense when I’m finished, but I can do something.
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Brilliant – I thought a simple hit and run would get him, didn’t see the cackling shark coming. How have I missed so many of these??
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Time, Nick. A lack of time. My family kidnapped me and took me on vacation and I’ve been without Internet, so I’ve not been able to visit blogs for more than a week. Ugh! I feel your pain, brother!
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The best deaths always come from the family…
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Eva – Mail Adventures
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Isn’t that so true, Eva. And it’s why they’re the first ones we suspect too, right?
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ohhhh – that’s harsh. Somehow it seems to hurt more when it comes from the offspring.
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So true, Joanne, so true. It’s like that love-hate thing. The more you love someone, the more you can hate them. If you’re indifferent, it’s hard to gather the strength to hate ’em.
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No way – the Sharque we all know and love might gnaw on you but would never actually KILL you.
I don’t think so, anyway.
I hope.
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I think you’re right, Celia. A few fin slaps maybe. For good measure. But I agree, she’d stop short of murder. I think.
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Now the son gets in on the act – at least only a virtual death today, save something for the big finale over the weekend.
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Excellent point, Iain. Save the flourish for the finale!
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Hehe well, this would be a good movie so I’m with your son on that one! (And no xylophones in sight 😉 )
Here’s my “X” post 🙂 http://nataliewestgate.com/2017/04/xanthium-secret-diary-of-a-serial-killer
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No xylophones, but I bet you could blog hop a little and find a fair share of them. I’m finally back in town Sunday, so I can get the Internet and catch up on your story, Natalie. Here I come…
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I guess the son decided to take his chances as well. No body. No lawsuit. Frain still dies and he manages to get away with it! I wonder what’ll happen to that agreement about the allowance!
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