Jake Elliott: A Short Story

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Jake Elliott woke up from his six hours sleep at five in the morning. That was his usual time to get ready for the day. He showered after his morning run, got dressed, and spent his days either inside or outside of his home. The first thing that he did was his work as a freelance journalist and edited some of the articles that he was working on. They were about the lamest things that you could imagine. He listened to the popular radio station in both Baltham and Bainbridge Island: 91.3 The Mesh. There were several radio stations that he often heard while he typed away, but he liked to hear Sadie Douglas talk about the local news once in awhile.

At noon, he decided to make a ham sandwich from his kitchen and took a break. It was suppose to
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An officer suddenly rushed towards the scene while he shouted out ‘Benjamin.’ He shoved one of the paramedics as he wanted to see if his friend was fine. The paramedics were nearby as the officer checked on his friend. Then, Benjamin grabbed the officer as he lift up and bit into his neck. He let out a high scream as paramedics tried to get the man off of the officer.

Several bystanders screamed out in horror as the paramedics managed to get him off and moved the officer away. The camera was aimed towards Benjamin and the paramedics. He got off of the stretcher, walked towards one of the paramedics, and grabbed him. He managed to bit his arm before the paramedic pushed him towards the stretcher, which fell to the ground. “Take him out!” one of the officer said as two of the officers opened fired. The bystanders ran away from the scene as gunshots rang out.

The officers fired three times in the chest area as Benjamin walked towards them. “He’s not going down!” one of the officers repeated as he kept firing at the chest. Finally, one of the officers fired a shot at the head and he managed to finally collapse. His body fell into the ground and the shooting was finally over. Everyone was in shock as they looked at the body. The reporter was speechless as he dropped his microphone and then looked at the camera before realizing that it caught

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