Rodney's Back

 Authors Note: This is a continued piece I wrote about Rodney from the piece On a Usual Saturday.

Rodney from his previous actions of jumping the pool filled of sharks, realized from all of his days of  watching T.V. that there was a scientific project going on to heal the handicapped. Rodney still had the Marquette tickets from when he won the contest of jumping the sharks at 5 in the morning. When Rodney remembered the tickets, he wheeled himself around the house with excellent precision of the strokes he put into his wheels. His heart was pounding from the enthusiasm and the rush going through his mind to get the tickets.

About 45 minutes later he made it upstairs to his safe where he keeps all of his valuable things, and there it was the season print out of Marquette Golden Eagles tickets for the whole year. He immediately called Johnny Tupkins and asked if he could take him to this science lab. Johnny said, "No way, the last time I brought you to these crazy stunts you ended up paralyzed." Rodney replied, "This isn't a crazy stunt, this can cure me and I will not be handicapped anymore." Johnny thought and then said, "Okay I'll do it, but where is it?"Just outside of Detroit Rodney replied." What! You got to be kidding me that is nearly 2 hours away and we are only going to be there for 5 minutes." Rodney said, "C'mon man let's go I really need this." 

About an hour later Johnny took off with Rodney to the Science Lab. Johnny said, remember when you jumped those sharks and I drove you there, you said I would be able to go to every single Marquette game with you. Rodney said then, yes I know you still can once this whole thing is over.

Once they arrived at the scene, Johnny pushed Rodney so hard that his wheelchair launched Rodney right onto the experiment table; where the doctors injected him with a fluid to knock him out for 5 minutes. Johnny went to his knees and prayed when he heard the doctor scream, "No!" Johnny said, "What, What happened" the doctors said, "I killed him, the fluid was to strong your friend he is dead."

Johnny immediately burst into tears when he thought for a second, "I could still go to the market games by myself." So Johnny darted to the tickets and stiffed his friend Rodney as he took off with the tickets and his money, Johnny felt bad, but luckily karma was on Rodney's side, and Johnny got hit by a bus as he was walking to his car. After all nobody got the Marquette tickets.