[ WP ] No Good Deed ... ( x-r/promptoftheday )

Call me protagonist. 
 
 My name is really not important. What is important is that you always remember that you should, without question or reservation, mind your own goddamn business. 
 
 Please allow me to explain. 
 
 It was a dark and stormy night. I had been driving for far more hours than I care to admit. I was finally off duty. I cruised by the bars for the umpteenth time that night, on my way home now. I saw, standing at the curb, a young woman dressed only in hip hugging jeans and a white cotton tee shirt. No shoes. No bra. Just her in all of her magnificence. 
 
 She waved frantically to me. Guess I was back on the clock. No way I could just leave her standing there in the rain. 
 
 I pulled over and she quickly opened the door and jumped in. I adjusted the rear view mirror. 
 
 `` Where to?'' I asked while checking out her goods. 
 
 `` Anywhere but here, cabby.'' she breathed. `` Anywhere but here.'' 
 
 I started the meter and pulled out. I drove towards the river, not having any clear destination in mind. I glanced in the mirror, she was busy trying to comb through her dark wet hair with her fingers. 
 
 `` So, what's your story?'' I began. `` You get robbed or...'' 
 
 `` No, I just had a bad night I guess.'' she sad sadly, applying fresh lipstick. `` I seem to have a lot of them lately.'' 
 
 Now, I should have just left things alone at that point. Maybe it was her looks, Almost certainly the fact that her nipples were poking through that wet tee shirt and just driving me crazy. In any event, I never should have asked the next question. 
 
 `` Anything I can do for you?'' 
 
 `` Well... I should n't ask.'' she said quietly. 
 
 `` No problem, anything you...'' I began. 
 
 `` Yes then, pull over.'' she purred. `` Right here.'' 
 
 I just had to ask, did n't I? 
 
 I pulled up next to a decrepit hotel that had seen it's better days long before I was even born. The place just reeked of decay. Some of the windows were boarded over and the light above the entrance flickered in a way that made me wonder in what bygone era it had originally been installed. 
 
 `` Wait here.'' she said as she slid out of the cab and slammed the door before I could respond. Now, I am no dummy. I have seen fares disappear under far better circumstances that this. If only she had n't be so gorgeous. I should have taken off and left her there, without or without payment. Something made me stay. Probably the memory of her perfume. 
 
 A short time later she came running back out into the rain and came over to my window. I rolled it down, allowing the rain to soak my arm and face as she talked. 
 
 `` Do you want to come upstairs and party with me?'' She asked with a beaming smile. 
 
 My mind reeled. What she serious? This was going to be the best night ever! 
 
 I dully registered the fact that the back doors had just slammed shut. I looked behind me to see the two largest men I have ever had the displeasure to encounter in my life. They were both dressed in suits and long raincoats. I turned back to ask the woman what was going on here, but she was already gone. I had been set up. 
 
 The one directly behind me pointed a gun at my head and said in a deep menacing voice `` Start driving.'' 
 
 Well that's when things really started going downhill. Gun shots rang out and I heard breaking glass. I ducked down into the seat thinking he had taken a shot at me. The back doors opened and I heard what must have been bodies hitting the wet pavement and being dragged out of the way. A gruff voice ordered `` Get the driver!'' 
 
 I acted on pure instinct spiced with a touch of adrenaline. I put the car in gear and hit the gas. Fortunately the sudden forward momentum forced the back doors to slam shut. The rear window was shot out as I drove off, glass spraying everywhere. 
 
 I finally peeked above the dashboard long enough to avoid hitting a bridge support and kept driving. Eventually I felt brave enough to sit up again glanced back. Two dim figures in the distance and two laying in the street was all I could make out. 
 
 The boss agreed the next morning that we should keep this quiet. No reason to get involved further. At that very moment, the sun that had been streaming in through the open doorway was blotted out and we beheld the men responsible for the sudden eclipse. They were huge and each held a double barrel shotgun in their hands. 
 
 That's when the real trouble started.
