Chapter 37: Charge of the Linebacker

Randall Adams and Rachel Tims had actually been following some distance behind Jack and Susan all the time. They had hoped to catch up with them as they walked home. These two then lost sight of Jack and Susan when Jack and Susan absent-mindedly turned the corner and headed into the alleyway.

Randall and Rachel walked passed the entrance to the alleyway but did not think to look down there and so had missed seeing Jack and Susan. When someone in one of the shops said something about a fight breaking out in the alleyway Randall and Rachel went to have a quick look. That was when they saw Jack and Susan and the predicament they were in.

Rachel stifled a scream through the hands that were over her mouth as she saw what was unfolding 250 yards away. Randall started into a run immediately as he got the full weight of his naked body down into ramming speed. He saw Jack go down under that blow to his head which just made him increase his running speed even more. Moments later Randall Adams was crashing his two hundred and fifty five pounds into the guy that had grabbed Susan’s arm. Susan heard that horrible crunch of bone as the weight and momentum of the linebacker’s shoulder slammed into the rear rib-cage of Susan’s captor.

The force of this collision sent both parties flying. Randall was up again in an instant but not so the other guy. He had fallen forward slamming his head into the fence knocking himself out for a few seconds. When he recovered he was on the ground and in terrible agony from Randall’s tackle. He wasn’t going to be going anywhere anytime soon.

Randall quickly scanned the scene again and saw the guy with Jack’s stick about to rain down another blow on Jack’s head. Randall was not going to let that happen. He was onto that guy in a flash. He picked the scrawny youth up and just tossed him right over the fence into an open dumpster on the other side. The force of the guy hitting the dumpster’s bottom forced the lid to rattle itself down into the closed position. Everyone could hear the moans and scratchings of this very unfit youth trying to climb out. It was no use however, because the walls of the container were just a bit too high and too smooth for him to get a good purchase. Eventually he just collapsed back into his new prison and waited ... cursing and swearing the whole time.

Meanwhile, Randall had one more delinquent to deal with. No sooner had Randall tossed that one guy over the fence when he turned and saw the guy with the knife get up off his knees and lunge at him. Randall very deftly feinted to the left and out of the path of that deadly blade. He then grabbed the arm that held the blade and used it to swing the guy’s body mass hard up against the fence. Randall then took one step back and drove the full force of his right fist right into the guy’s solar plexus.

The young man gave one big scream of pain then just went still. This was the second time he had been badly winded in the stomach in less than 10 minutes. The knife fell from his hand and clattered to the ground as his mouth started sucking in air. His eyes were also big and round from sheer surprise at what had just happened. Randall was about to land one final blow to the guys midriff just for good measure when he heard Susan scream.

Randall let go of the knife wielding guy’s arm and watched as the guy slid slowly down the fence and onto the ground still gasping for air like a dying goldfish. Randall then turned to see why Susan had screamed and saw Jack slowly keeling over on the ground in a pool of blood flowing from Jack’s own head.

Randall went over and knelt beside Jack as did Susan. Rachel had also ventured up by now and was standing there too.

Randall cupped Jack’s unconscious head in his hands and said, “It’s OK now, buddy. We’re here for you. You’ll be OK. Help is on the way.”

Susan watched quietly as Randall spoke to Jack. She could see Jack’s lips moving slightly but could not hear what ever it was he had tried to say. Susan did not have very long to ponder any of this as the place was soon crawling with paramedics and police officers. They seemed to have just come out of no-where.

“It’s a pity they weren’t here fifteen minutes ago” Susan said to herself but to Randall and Rachel she just said, “Thankyou. Thankyou both, very much.”