“He said the meeting was 5:30 right?”

Adam took another look around, hoping to see the truck pull up.

“They told me 5:30, I swear to god”

Martin grabbed the backpack again and took a look at the device.

“Can’t believe they’re paying 70 grand for this piece of shit! Where did you find it again Adam?”

“We found it washed up on Strathemere beach. Must be rare for these guys to shell out that much…thought I high balled them”

A truck starts pulling up from across the street slowly and suddenly stops abruptly. After a few moments, a large man exits the truck from the back seat door, with a large duffle bag. He just stood there silently.

“You got the money? We got the device!”

The man stood silent.

“What the hell is this Adam?”

Another man exits the car from the passenger side door. The mysterious men start approaching Adam and Martin.

“Can we talk first?” The large man said.

Adam and Martin step back.

“What’s there to talk about, we got the goods. You got the money?”

The large man smirks.

“When my men called you last night, they asked you for the serial number on the back of the device, do you remember?”

Adam nods.

“Well you see, that device your holding in your shitty Toyota Camry is very important to me. It was lost on a shipping container 3 months ago. My men and I have been working hard to try and locate it and along came you guys…curious.”

“Our guys found it washed up on shore. This isn’t typically the merchandise we move, it just looked valuable.”

“Valuable!” The large man looked down and laughed. “Do you have any idea who you’re dealing with? Who you took from?”

Adam reaches behind his back and slowly grabs the gun.

“We don’t want any trouble, just tryna make some bread.” Martin insisted.

Martin grabs his gun and before he could even point it at the men, he was put down from a rifle across the street.

Adam lunges toward Martin as he draws his last breath.

The large man removes what was hidden inside the duffle bag.

It looked to be a large alien like artifact. It was indescribable in nature. The man leaned in towards Adam.

“I’m sorry son, this could have all been avoided if you just minded your own business. Not go moseying around with my stuff! I’m gonna let you in on a little secret. You should have turned around that day. Walk away when you had the chance. But instead, you thought you could steal from me and my people. And have the balls to sell it back to me!”

“I didn-“

“Yes you did friend.”

…