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Message: <blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 5364728" data-attributes="member: 3285">The Music of the Spheres: Part 3 – Take Me Out to the BallgameRandy's cruiser screeched to a halt in front of the local high school. Donny arrived a few seconds after.A baseball game was being played under the lights. Students, faculty, and townspeople filled the wooden bleachers.  "Regional playoffs!" Randy shouted to Donny, jogging out of his cruiser.  "Everybody's here…"The mayor, the pastor, and all the VIPs a small town had to offer were present.   All eyes were on the sheriff and his deputy.Donny's hand was on his holstered pistol.  He kept a low profile as they advanced on the stadium.Now they knew why Annie was urgently trying to get in touch with them. A dark figure walked out of the shadowy woods beyond the outfield. Weaving like a drunkard, he walked right onto the playing field, oblivious to the game. "Is that…Rory?" asked Donny uncertainly.It was a man of fifty.  A local pig farmer."Yeah," said Randy, his lips a thin line.  "That's Rory Hamill all right. And he's carrying a shotgun."Heads turn and mouths fell open in the bleachers and dugouts, everybody staring in collective disbelief. It was surreal. A guy with a gun walked past Petey Jenkins in left field."Want me to start evacuating folks?" asked Donny."Too risky," said Randy.  "He might just start shooting 'em.  I'm going to try to calm him down.  You approach from the side, out of his line of sight.  And for Pete's sake keep your weapon holstered!"Donny nodded but didn't take his hand off his holstered pistol as he ducked. Randy approached Rory, hands up. "Rory!  Hey Rory!  What's going on, huh?"Rory got as far as the infield before Randy got his attention. He stopped, glassy-eyed, head lolling sickly to one side. "Rory?" Randy tried to keep his voice modulated and calm, but it was difficult knowing all eyes were on him. "What's up?  You okay?" Rory cast a glance around the field. A dizzying number of faces out there. All eyes on him. He wobbled a little, caught himself."Rory?  You realize you're standing in the middle of a field with a shotgun?" Randy continued his approach, hands up. "Why don't you put that down, huh?" Rory's gaze floated back to Randy.  This time it was different. Harder. Deadly. "Now Donny!" shouted Randy.Rory leveled the shotgun, bringing his eye to the sights. He drew back on the trigger and…The shotgun blast went wide as two hundred pounds of former Hayden football star Donny smashed Rory sideways.  It was a perfect tackle – if a high-speed camera could take a snapshot of the moment Donny was parallel to the ground and he hit Rory with his shoulder.  But that was only the adrenaline pumping through Rory's veins and in another second Rory was on the ground.  Randy tore the weapon away from him.  Only then did he become aware of the screams and the scrambling in the stands.</blockquote>

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