F is for Friendship

On the other side of town Bruno was in a panic. Elmo had escaped the clutches of his henchmen and had managed to arm himself at the same time. Bif and Sully were missing and with all the other chaos it was going to be tough to maintain a low profile.

He contracted a few new faces that Elmo wouldn’t expect to hunt him. Telly, who had just gotten out of prison for armed robbery of the Sesame Street Wal-Mart, was a low profile but ruthless signing. Partnered with Telly was worm, another friend of Oscars who had surprising ability for his stature, as you may remember, worm could whistle and spell out sentences with his body. He would never be suspected and could get closer to Elmo without being detected.

They set out on their way through the usual hangouts for a thug in hiding and asked around, Elmo had all but vanished from the Intel they gathered.

Back at the riverside Gordon poked his head out enough to spot the silhouette of a burly character easing two large sacks into the river. The river had a wicked undercurrent and whatever these “packages were, they wouldn’t be seen again for a long, long time.

As quietly as the figure had appeared, it disappeared again into the shadows of the bush that surrounded them.

“Bird, we need to find you a safe place to hide.”

“I’ll be okay Gordon, if anything happens to me remember that I didn’t do it and there may be a killer on the loose.”

“If you should need anything, Bird, just mark the sidewalk near the alley behind the apartment and I’ll find you here. Keep safe.”

“Thanks Gordon.”

Gordon returned to the street above and made his way home, the streets were quiet. Under the porch light was Telly with worm, Gordon greeted them and asked about why they were there. Telly explained that he was now reformed and was looking to reconnect with his roots.

Gordon spoke with them at length about how he was coping and promised if he ran into any of Telly’s old pals, he would let him know.