The Plague Of Beevile

 

The Plague Of Beevile

By Paul McCann

 

In an old timber shack, by the railway track, in town of Beevile, lived Jigger Mc Teague , the hermit with no permit , who made himself a home with things that no one wanted or owned .

He prayed everyday and stayed well away, from every one who lived in the town . The townsfolk were good and they always brought him food, leaving it down outside his front door .

Once a month Jigger ventured out for the free lunch in the church hall, near the centre of town, but when the gangs started to arrive in town , Jigger was not seen around and he kept to himself in his home . As time passed the people continued to bring food to his door .

 

Things got worse it was like a curse had been sent to the town with people being shot down on the street . Night after night there were gunfights and chaos in In the town of Beevile .

 

It all happened so fast and as time past, the fat cats of society sat beside the cruel rank and file, gangster style outfits,

who now occupied most of the important buildings around town .

The police station had been unattended for six months and the court house had become the residence of one of the gang  bosses  who controlled law and order by maintaining street gangs who

patrolled and  punished people if they complained or made any negative statement about the goings on around town .

.The fire brigade station was now home for a small group of  mercenaries who were employed as hired killers for the gang leaders protection . The gangs had too many pokers in the fires of hell for their own liking and were aware they had a growing number of enemies who would love to put them out of business permanently . At both ends of the town boom gates had been constructed with armed guards on duty 24 / 7 stopping and searching all of the veichles coming and going into the town .

 

Apart from a few kind hearted people who  brought him food, no one rally knew about Jigger, the hermit of Beevile .

Every day and night Jigger prayed for the safety of the kind people in town and prayed that criminal gangs in the town would be destroyed   .

 

For over a year not the local residents of Beevile were trapped inside their town and they hadn’t got a hope to get out .

They could not sell their home as the real estates were controlled by thugs .  They could not escape because there was surveillance cameras all around the town , watching them night and day .

 

The locals learnt to accept how it was and carried on regardless with daily threats and taunts from the towns corrupt officials who walked tall  around the town with their heads held high .

No one dared to confront them and if you had scruples of any kind you would be taken down and made to look like a fool in front of all the community . If you had any kind of decent morals or ideals

you could be run out or burnt out of your home .

 

Most of the people in Beevile kept to themselves and did as they were told . Over the past few months a number or residents had discovered the short way out of town and the local cemetery was

now almost full of people who had rebelled against the hard steel hand that had taken a grip of the town .

 

Those who ran the show , never smiled , their stern faces looked with disgust on everyone . They shared the spoils of their wicked deeds in their devils lair and sold shares to anyone who wanted to join their ranks . Their cold hearts refused to warm to anything and anyone , except the gun in their hand and those who run contraband in and out of town .The mob ruled the town with an iron fist and no one ever stood in their way .

 

One stormy night , Jigger sat in his shack and was visited by an angel who said ,

 

“You will be a plague and wherever you go  , let them know that God almighty sent you . Tell them to let this town go and if they will not listen to you a terrible wrath will follow   .“

 

Although Jigger was passed out on the floor ,  he could still hear every word that was spoken . All of a sudden more information came flooding into his mind and Jigger Mc Teague knew exactly where he had to go and what he had to do .

 

The storm continued all night but had gone by the dawn of the day Jigger looked out through a crack in window and as if in a trance like state he opened the door and walked out of his shack .

He made his way along the railway track looking up at the sky above . Then he went through a hole in the fence and into the streets of the town . As he walked through the shopping centre

he knew every place he had to go .

 

The first place he stopped at was the courthouse  . 

He knocked on the door three times and it was opened by a man who stared coldly at Jigger . He spat on the ground and said

 

“Who are you and what do you want ?”

Jigger replied ,

 

“It is time for you to let this town go”

 

“I’ll tell you what , you have two minutes to walk away, if I were you

I’d start running now .“

 

“ God sent me to your door , my name is Mc Teague and I am a plague that is standing here at your door .“

 

Not another word was spoken , Jigger raised up his hand and the first plague started to come .  From cracks and crevices in the ground , rats scurried out and from around and about drains And gutters everywhere , more and more huge black rats infested with disease emerged , smeared with mud and blood  and each one of their victims had been already marked down as doomed .

In a matter of minutes only their bones remained and the rats then returned where they had come from .

 

Jigger left the courthouse and made his way to the fire station where he knocked on the door .

A man armed with a gun opened it up and he spoke in a rough voice as he puffed on a big cigar .

“Who are you and what are you after?”

He blew out smoke into Jiggers face .

 

“God sent me to tell you, its time to let this town go “

 

“God sent you .Well I’ll tell you what . I’m going to send you back to him with a message . We’re not leaving :

He put the gun to Jigger face and pulled the trigger but nothing happened .  Jigger raised up his arms to the sky and spoke

 

“My name is Mc Teague and I am the plague , see the wrath

that  God  sends to you  .“

 

A swarm of black insects came flying down from the sky  . Into the building they went devouring every single thing inside .

 

Jigger walked along the road looking at every building and shop .

He visited the places where he saw a darkness fall down around and spoke to the people who lived there .

Not one of those he spoke to took up the offer to leave .

Jigger Mc Teague was a plague to them all and there was nothing

could stand it its way .

At the boom gates on each side of the town a deep dark shadow fell down and went Tigger approached he was met a ghost who spoke to him in a harsh evil voice .

 

“I am the spirit of Beevile . Who are you and why are you here“

Jigger responded ,

“I have a message from God . You must let this town go or you will know the wrath to come  .“

The evil spirit screamed and spat words of hate  ,

“Your God is a fake and I hate and despise you .  I have seen what you’ve done now its time for you to feel the power of the evil one.’

 

Tigger raised up his hands and said  ,

 “My name is Mc Teague and I am a plague evil one .God of the universe let your wrath come “

 

Bolds of lightening fell from the sky as an Angel of wrath put to the  sword the evil spirit with one almighty blow . Then the angel smashed the booms gates on both sides of the town before leaving in a bright flash of light  .

As Jigger returned to his shack on the railway track , the sun shone down on the town .  

Life was good in the neighbourhood and happiness had returned again . There were no more gangs and peace had returned again.

Some of the residents of the town shared the story of the day the storm came but no one ever mentioned anything about a plague .  

In the years that followed Jigger was never seen again . He lived alone in the shack and prayed everyday . Thoughtful people came with food every day and no on bothered him at all .

 

The End

 

 

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