The taxi drivers words had left me shaken and as if to prove his point he hadn't he hadn't hung around to long either and i was left in the eerie woods chasing after a group of supposed friends, i was trying to keep my distance and it was a struggle keeping sights on the group they're flash lights almost lost in the fog and the dense forest. After what seemed like an eternity the group came to a halt i hung back they took they're back packs off and produced long whites robes from them similar to what a monk would wear and promptly changed into them the hoods cloaking they're features so it was very difficult to tell who was who, when they'd changed they began to move again but not for long, there was a clearing about half the size of a football pitch completely surrounded by trees and in the middle a group of about thirty cloaked figures stood in a ring seemingly gathered round what can only be described as an open grave, the figures were slightly illuminated by a glow coming from the grave and when they saw the rest of the group approaching they nodded sollomly and shuffled aside to allow them to join the group. My mind began to race from my hiding point behind a tree, was the grave the group where lookin into the final piece in my search? could it be someone the group had killed? could it be snowballs ma was entertaining a lover in the hole and the group had paid a few pounds to witness the show or maybe it was something completely innocent and the hokey cokey was about to ring out from some hidden sound system and the group would start dancing about in good spirits at which point a small boy would surface from the grave and start making animals from balloons and other amusing magic tricks.....i doubted it.

My stupid thought was interupted when the group broke into a low monotoned chant i couldn't hear what they were saying but i knew i needed to get closer to the grave so i could find out the reason behind this unholy union, the chant grew louder and some of the words were becoming clear, BRING BEFORE US THE SPECIAL ONE, BRING BEFORE US THE SPECIAL ONE they chanted, suddenly i heard a movement behind me i spun round just in time to see a cloaked figure with a shovel above they're head before they rained down a blow to my head.


I'm not sure how long i'd been out but when i opened my eyes and tried to focus i was aware that the cloaked figures were stood over me looking down, they seemed incredibly tall and were swaying from side to side as my head struggled to come to terms with the hefty blow it had just recieved. But wait it wasn't that they were tall i was lower, i was in the grave, i sat upright quickly a searing pain shooting through my head as i did so "what the fuck are you doing?" one of the cloaked figures spoke "what are we doing?" i recognised the voice, it was the borg "for years now you've tortured every single one of us" i couldn't believe it sure i may have been the culprit of the odd prank over the years but did i deserve this? "what did i ever do to you?" i shouted "oh where do i start?" he replied "lets see, every time i went to bed you tortured me, poured water round me, slapped me, you put pictures of me sleeping on bebo, you screwed my door shut so i couldn't get out and you convinced the group i went out with a women with more tattoos than a long distance lorry driver and for all this you'll pay", "but what about my search" i quivered " there never was a search everything you've ever done has led up to this we've planned everything to get you out here were no one would ever find you, this will be your final resting point". Everything became clear now all those knowing looks i'd often seen the group exchange and deny to me, everytime i'd walk into a room and the conversation would dry up, and why no one else shared my interest in my search. Another member of the group stepped forward i could tell by the way the hood wouldn't go over the ear that it was hampty, "but your dead" i stammered "thats

MAN OR MYTH PART 7


I had no time to lose, but i hadn't the first notion were to even start, think man think, was there anything he had said that could possibly have given it away, i tried to rack my brain but was drawing a blank, there was nothing i could do, maybe something would come to me after a nice cold beer and some of amsterdamss finest weed. I sat at the bar and took a long sip of my beer it tasted good and followed it up with a drag on my reefer, then it dawned on me maybe leeanne deano's long suffering girlfriend might have heard from him (came up with this idea all by myself, honestly, fuck you sweenian dont try and act like you had any hand in this or i'll have you killed in your sleep i mean it, i fucking mean it) i made my way to the pay phone nad dialed her number, no good straight to answer phone, i hung up and dialed in the number of her house, it rang a few times then a amns voice answered "hello" it said "hi could i speak to leeane" i said "sorry she's not here" he replied "do you know when she'll be back" "i think she was just flying out to meet dean in brussels she wont be back for a day or two" i thanked him and hung up the phone, i couldn't believe this i just about expected this sort of thing from deano but i never in a million years thought leeane would fuck me over, his plan made sense now he had used me to get to holland then he planed to cross the boarder into belgum, at least i had something to aim for now, he couldn't be that far ahead of me if i could get to the airport i could find and tail them and they'd lead me straight to wherever it was they were headed. I caught a cab to the airport and luckily enough it wasn't long before the next flight to brussels was due to leave i booked my seat and made my way to the departure lounge and before long was airbourne and belgum bound, as soon as the plane touched down and we got off i made no time in getting to the arrivals board to check the next flight in from ireland 21'45 said the time, i glanced at my watch it was just after nine now, i'd need to make my way to the arrivals to wait being careful that deano didn't make me or the game would be up. i kept my distnace hanging back and studied the area looking for deano and sure enough there he was, sat on the seats reading a copy of retard monthly his favourite magazine, i stayed well clear and took a seat several rows back and behind him so i could have a cler view of the back of his head. The flight was slightly ahead of schedule and people started filtering through the arrival gates. After a while a tall and slender figure i recognised came through the gate it was mc grath alright deano got up to meet her and gave her a hug and a finger up the hole, but wait a minute she wasn't alone, with her was none other than vajenna and dee, this just got better, i didn't know what was more surprising that she was ther or the fact that dee was awake, they stood and talked for a minute then started making they're way to the exit, i followed keeping a safe distance as not to be caught, the four headed to the taxi rank and got into a taxi, i myself got into one and said to the driver "can you follow that taxi and keep your distance i dont want them to know they're being followed" he nodded his head "ya no problem, so what you some sorta weirdo or rapist or something" he said "nah just wanna surprise them" he gave me a cheeky smile and said "hey your the boss". The taxi drove for miles and miles away from the city and out into the country until the roads became narroww and windy, the look on the taxi drivers face was becoming more and more concerned, we had travelled to a forest and a thick mist had gathered round the trees creating an eerie atmosphere after several more miles they're taxi up ahead stopped, i signalled for the driver to stop and kill the lights "how much for this journey i asked " he looked st me like i was a mad man "your getting out here" he said "looks like it" "but haven't you heard the s

Deanos car sreeched to a halt on the pavement beside me "quick get in" he said "whats going on" i said "you remember that cunt mc creanor?, well word has it that he's got a source who's give him good information and he's close, i mean really close to uncovering the truth". Shit this was bad mc creanor had been a good friend of mine we had searched for the truth about christ together for years but we had fallen out over a drunken game of poker, since then he had lost interest and had took solice in asian prostitutes and moved to the other side of the world to quench his thirst but his interest in the devine one had obviously got the better of him, "fuck" i had put too much time and effort to let him beat me to the truth "do you know where he is" i said "last i heard he was about to board a plane to amsterdam from bangkok with some thai girl with an unusually big adams apple" he replied. Well it looked like we had no choice but to get the next plane to holland, no doubt my girlfriend vajenna would be none to pleasedi hadn't been home for weeks and although she put up with my infatuation with christ i sensed that sometimes she just wanted me to stay at home for a good ride, i looked at deano "fancy a wee trip to amsterdam" i said "do i not" he replied a broad grin spreading over his face, i began to wonder if his interest was purely professional amsterdam was to someone like deano was the proverbial red flag to the bull or the cock to snowballs ma. It seemed like no time from we boarded the plane until we landed i must have slept the whole way i was exhausted plus it beat listening to deano's shite. We caught a cab from the airport into the city, "fuck were do we start man?" i said "i know exactly were to start" he said "ah come on man thats not gonna help us is it?, well actually one wont hurt, will it" we headed in the direction of the nearest coffee shop and ordered some coffee and some super strenth ganja, we sipped our coffee and chatted while puffing away, i went to the toilet and returned deano passed me the joint i took another puff then lifted my coffee and had a drink, it tasted strange but i drunk down the last swallow anyway "i reckon our best bet is to search the red light district, if he's gonna be anywhere thats where he'll be" deano agreed and we got up and left the coffee shop, we started making our way towards the red light district i was begining to feel really strange and light headed everything was started to spin, i knew it couldn't be the joint we only had one between us after all, "man i feel really screwed up" i said slurring my speech even worse than i usually do" deano looked at me smirking his head was going all sorts of strange shapes, my god i was fucked and i was getting worse, i was starting to stagger and lose my balance "whats happening to me" i could hardly see now and was hallucinating big time this was scary, i stumbled over and fell the sky was changing colours going from dark to really bright purple the pink, deano was standing over me looking down, i was losing consciousness my eyes were closing and i couldn't fight it.

I opened my eyes and wiped the vomit from my face everything was still really hazy but not as bad, "what the fuck?" where was deano, i looked at my watch 4.15 i'd been out for nearly four hours, i was confused, i stood up maybe deano had went on to look without me, i'd probably find him there, i began to walk again, it wasn't long before i was in the heart of the red light district, and my head was being turned by all means of women in next to nothing in window fronts, yep this was mc creanors sort of town this is where he'd be alright,i was starting to feel alot better but i'd still not come across deano he was probably wiped out somewhere, up ahead of me i saw a group of people one of them was a young asian the rest seemed to be locals one of the group had they're back to me and i could hear him saying "look half the price and the best of both worlds", wait a minute i k