Get Up Blacky: A Narrative Fiction
It was still dark out and Pickels came running into the cabin. He was yelling and screaming about a shooting at the pub last night.
“Shooting! SHOOTING! SHOOTING!” Pickels yelled and screamed
“Pickels shut it.”
“But Shooting at the pub last night.” Yelling as he ran out.
Everyone ran out the door following but not me. I stumbled out of bed and got dressed. As I began to walk to the door I noticed Blacky was still sleeping. I hazily stumbled over to his bunk. “Get up Blacky.”
“Ah, Piss off,” he mumbled pulling the sheet over his head. Did he think I was lying just to get him out of bed or something?
“Get up. There’s been a shooting.”
“Bull.”
“Fair dinkum. Down at the Pub.”
“Pull the other one.”
“Would I make something like this up mate?”
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got up and we headed down to the Pub. I saw Blacky’s excitement swelling as we approached. By the time we got there the sun was only just coming up and the Pub was cordoned off. Police cars were all over the place along with three ambulances. I saw some other men, they looked like the cliché Detective from the movies.
“Who are they?” Asked Blacky.
“Dunno. Wait looks like those Detectives from the movies.” I said.
“Ah.”
There was a massive crowd standing out front of the Pub waiting for something to happen.
I could see Arks and the others just over to the left of the crowd. I decided to head over to them slowly pushing through the crowd.
“What happened Mr. Robertson?”
“Don't know. I can’t really see what’s happening,” said Arks.
“Oh well let me know when something happens, K.”
“Yeah will do.”
“I heard people saying something to do with some Boongs,” Pickels replied.
I turned back to find Blacky, but he was not in sight.
“Hey, Dazza. You see Blacky?”
“Nah no idea.”
“Look, they’re bringing one out now,” Arks shouted.
I could only faintly see two officers were carrying a stretcher out the Pubs doors. On it was a body covered by a white sheet. Blacky started to push the front so he could see more. I noticed Blacky at the front talking to the police. Maybe he knew what happened.
“Blacky!” I shouted. But he mustn’t have heard me, he was too focused on the shooting. “Oi you, shut up about Blacky.”
“Yeh piss off mate.”
I decided to push through the crowd to get to Blacky. That way I could ask him what happened.
“You right.”
“Hey!”
“Can’t ya just wait?”
People in the crowd didn’t seem happy about me but I didn’t care. I just wanted to get to Blacky.
“Blacky! You right?” I yelled, but he still didn’t respond he was too focused on the
shooting.
Blacky began to stumble to the back of the crowd. It looked like he was right to fall over.
“Steady there, Blacky. What happened?” I shouted as he walked past, but he didn’t do anything. Except ignore me and kept walking away. No, he had to have heard me, he was right there.
“What’s wrong with Blacky?” Arks.
“Dunno.”
“Ah probably just faint heart.”
“Yeah, something must have happened.”
“Yeah don’t worry about him he’ll be right.” Arks calmly said.
I turned my head to check on Blacky, but he was gone.
“Shooting! SHOOTING! SHOOTING!” Pickels yelled and screamed
“Pickels shut it.”
“But Shooting at the pub last night.” Yelling as he ran out.
Everyone ran out the door following but not me. I stumbled out of bed and got dressed. As I began to walk to the door I noticed Blacky was still sleeping. I hazily stumbled over to his bunk. “Get up Blacky.”
“Ah, Piss off,” he mumbled pulling the sheet over his head. Did he think I was lying just to get him out of bed or something?
“Get up. There’s been a shooting.”
“Bull.”
“Fair dinkum. Down at the Pub.”
“Pull the other one.”
“Would I make something like this up mate?”
He …show more content…
got up and we headed down to the Pub. I saw Blacky’s excitement swelling as we approached. By the time we got there the sun was only just coming up and the Pub was cordoned off. Police cars were all over the place along with three ambulances. I saw some other men, they looked like the cliché Detective from the movies.
“Who are they?” Asked Blacky.
“Dunno. Wait looks like those Detectives from the movies.” I said.
“Ah.”
There was a massive crowd standing out front of the Pub waiting for something to happen.
I could see Arks and the others just over to the left of the crowd. I decided to head over to them slowly pushing through the crowd.
“What happened Mr. Robertson?”
“Don't know. I can’t really see what’s happening,” said Arks.
“Oh well let me know when something happens, K.”
“Yeah will do.”
“I heard people saying something to do with some Boongs,” Pickels replied.
I turned back to find Blacky, but he was not in sight.
“Hey, Dazza. You see Blacky?”
“Nah no idea.”
“Look, they’re bringing one out now,” Arks shouted.
I could only faintly see two officers were carrying a stretcher out the Pubs doors. On it was a body covered by a white sheet. Blacky started to push the front so he could see more. I noticed Blacky at the front talking to the police. Maybe he knew what happened.
“Blacky!” I shouted. But he mustn’t have heard me, he was too focused on the shooting. “Oi you, shut up about Blacky.”
“Yeh piss off mate.”
I decided to push through the crowd to get to Blacky. That way I could ask him what happened.
“You right.”
“Hey!”
“Can’t ya just wait?”
People in the crowd didn’t seem happy about me but I didn’t care. I just wanted to get to Blacky.
“Blacky! You right?” I yelled, but he still didn’t respond he was too focused on the
shooting.
Blacky began to stumble to the back of the crowd. It looked like he was right to fall over.
“Steady there, Blacky. What happened?” I shouted as he walked past, but he didn’t do anything. Except ignore me and kept walking away. No, he had to have heard me, he was right there.
“What’s wrong with Blacky?” Arks.
“Dunno.”
“Ah probably just faint heart.”
“Yeah, something must have happened.”
“Yeah don’t worry about him he’ll be right.” Arks calmly said.
I turned my head to check on Blacky, but he was gone.