"where are you going now?" Benny asked.

"we are taking these bagels to the orphanage." said Jack.

"Can I hitch a ride?" said Benny.

"Sure" said Jack. Jack and Guy and Benny drove away from hickory.

"We are going to have to cross through Locust County again" said Jack.

"that is okay. My van is Fast!" said Guy.

They were careful to obey the speed limit of 45 posted.

Then Deputy Zeke pulled a line and the sign changed to 35!

The sirens wailed as three separate deputy cars gave chase. "I wasn't speeding. no point in stopping for the police" said Guy.
The chase was on. Soon they approached the creek!

"The Bridge over the crick is out!" yelled Jack.

"we don't need no Bridge!" yelled Guy. He speeded up. The van jumped into the air at hitting the edge of the Crick! It flew threw the air. "Yeeeeee Haahhhhh!" crowed Guy.

Jack stuck his head out the window and crowed "Yeeeeeeeee haaaa!"

The van landed on the other side of the crick without any damage! But there was a roadblock of police cars ahead! It was a Trap! Guy stopped 40 feet before the roadblock. They all got out of the Van.

"You owe us for some traffic tickets" said deputy Zeke.

"you used a speed trap. so it doesn't count" said Guy.

"The law is the law" said Zeke.

"Make me!" said Guy. Benny mistook that for a cue. He withdrew his sword from the broom scabbard and assumed a defensive posture.

The police drew their guns. "Drop the sword!" they ordered.

"Don't take away my sword!" declared Benny.

"I'm warning you" said deputy Zeke. The police took aim.

"Don't take away my sword!" declared Benny. He assumed a more aggressive defensive stance.

"You had your chance!" shouted Zeke. He fired three shots at Benny.

Benny deflected all three shots with his Sword!
"ha hah hah hah hah" laughed Guy.
"Ha ha hah. Hah hah Hahh" laughed Jack.

"Holy shit! That is some strong kung fu!" said deputy Milford.

"Try it again boss!" said one of the other deputies.

"Yeah! Try it again!" said Jack.

"Alright I will" said Deputy Zeke. He took a more solid shooting posture and took aim. Then he fired off three more shots!

Benny deflected all three shots with his sword!

"ha hah hah hah hah" laughed Jack.

"hah hah hah hah hah" laughed Deputy Zeke.

"Ha ha hah hahhh" laughed Guy.

"That is awesome" said a deputy.

"One more time?" called Zeke.

"Yeah!" said Jack.

"you can do it Zeke" called a deputy.

Zeke took aim at Benny and squeezed off three shots. Benny deflected the first 2 with no trouble. As he deflected the third bullet there was a horrible sound as his forearm broke in a spiral fracture. The force of the impact drove the flat of the sword against Benny's Chest and flung him backwards. He collided with side of the Chevy Astro Van in a loud thud.

"My Van!" cried Guy.

to be continued!!!...

"Del Regt! I want to learn the secret of bagels" said Guy.

"very well. come inside. I will show you how to make bagels" said Del Regt.

"Hey Guy! let me use your van! i want to go fishing" said Jack.

"Here are the keys!" Guy tossed Jack the keys.

Jack got into the van. there were two empty buckets and a few poles in the van. He drove to Grandpa Earl's place.

"Hey Earl. I'm going down to the river to fish. do you wanna come along?" said Jack.

"Sure. we'll take Jamal with us." they got into the Van and went down to the river.

soon they were sitting beside the river on large stone breakwalls.

"This is boring!" said Jamal. Then his Cell phone rang. it rang with loud hip hop custom ring tone. "where you at?" said Jamal. "what?" said Jamal. "where you at?" said Jamal. Grandpa Earl grabbed Jamal's cell phone and threw it into the river.

"turn that shit off" said Grandpa Earl.

After 15 more minutes of fishing Jamal said. "we ain't caught nothing. Why do you even do this?"

"It is about getting away from the Racket. catching fish isn't so important. it is getting away from the racket" said Earl. "You get away from the racket, then work through the racket you carry with you. It is about quieting down the racket"

"what good is that?" said Jamal.

"So you can go back to the racket without getting too caught up in it" said Earl.

"later, you can learn to meditate" said Jack.

"what good is meditation?" said Jamal.

"let me show you" said Jack. He took out his gun and handed it to Jamal. Then he took off his shoes and jumped into the river. He sat on the river bottom below 8 feet of water. Jack sat there for ten minutes underwater.

Meanwhile on the surface, Grandpa Earl said to Jamal. "Jack is a jackass sometimes. but he is a solid guy"

Then he took out a Camel Cigarette and lit it while under water. He smoked his cigarette under water! Then he returned to the surface and climbed ashore. "just something I learned from Popeye" said Jack.

"holy shit!" said Jamal.

"dammit Jack. you know regular people can't do that stuff" said Grandpa Earl.

"I like to meditate" said Jack.

"how can I meditate" said Jamal.

"Not like this. Don't try this at home, kids" said Jack.

"you're getting too crazy Jack. Come on Jamal" said Earl. He stood up and walked home with Jamal.

Meanwhile, in the other county, Boss Bogg was chewing out the deputies. "how can you let them Bagel Boys get away! you know we need them speeding ticket fines for revenue"!

to be continued!