Two Seconds (ABQ)

Two Seconds is the first episode of 737 Down Over ABQ. It was written by Valvedian.
== Plot ==
Theodore, a family man living in Salt Lake City, receives a strange message in the mail.
== Synopsis ==
Albuquerque.
The bald man makes his way outside to his backyard. He walks towards a chair, and slowly sits down. He is wearing a pair of glasses, and a pink sweater. He also has a goatee. In front of him, is a pool covering most of the backyard.
He stares into it.
Void. The void fills his chest. Everything that he had been attempting to acquire for his family; lost. Yeah, sure, he still had the money, but the money wasn’t for him. It was for his wife, son, and infant daughter. His family.
Walter White.
The man, Walter, continues to stare into the pool. He ponders about what is to come next. The Mexican wind causes the tree in the backyard to wave. The birds chirp.
BANG!
The silence is interrupted by a large bang coming from the sky. Walter is shocked as he looks up.
An explosion.
Two planes.
One explosion.
Sorrowfulness fills Walter’s eyes. Hundreds of people, gone within a second, right before his eyes.
He stares at the blast for a few seconds. He then notices an object, slowly approaching his backyard. The object lands in his pool.
A pink teddy bear.
Walter gasps, as he notices that half of its face has been burned away.
Written by Valvedian
Based on the AMC hit show “Breaking Bad”
737
Down
Over
ABQ
December 21st, 2008
Salt Lake City, Utah
The Kellner Residence
It is early in the morning. Silent. A house located in a middle class neighborhood is seemingly already awake, as a scream interrupts the silence.
“MOM!!!” Riley shrieks at the top of her lungs. “WHERE THE FUCK DID YOU PUT MY MACBOOK?!”
Riley’s mother, Mari, aggressively sprints up the stairs. “Nah-huh, Riley.” Mari yells in response. “You forgot to do your chores yesterday, even though I told you over and over again to do them.”
Riley frowns at her mother.
“You’re such a BITCH!!!” Riley screams in anger. “I need it for my school project!”
Mari gapes. “What the hell did you just call me?” she questions in a demanding tone.
“I HOPE YOU HEARD ME, BITCH!!!” Riley yells, again. Mari marches toward her. 
“Oh, you are SO NOT getting that Mac back now.” she asserts. 
“Fuck you…” Riley utters in a cold tone. To the door to the right of her, is the room belonging to the son of the house; Richard John Kellner. And as Riley and Mari continue to argue, he rams into his door, pushing it open completely.
“Can you guys just shut up for two seconds?!” he demands, attempting to calm the situation. His face is filled with visible annoyance. “It’s fucking five in the morning.”
Riley and Mari both passes over Richard’s pleads and they continue fighting.
Richard flips both of them off, as he pushes his way through. He walks down the stairs. In the living room, his dad Theodore is sitting in the couch.
“Good morning, RJ.” Theodore greets his son. “You want the last croissant?”
Richard sits down on the couch next to Theodore. “I am not even close to being hungry right now, dad.” he responds. “I am just really sleepy.”
Theodore nods. “Same here, son.” he remarks. “With your mother and your sister being the bestest of the friends in the world right now, I completely understand you.”
Richard giggles. “I’ll take that statement with a pinch of salt for now, pops.” he adds. “Just wait until later today, they’ll be hugging it out.”
Theodore smiles. “I see that Riley already used her trigger word on your mom, at least.” he ‘cheerfully’ insists as he points towards where Riley and Mari are arguing.
“SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!” Riley screeches. Richard covers his ears. Riley strikes her mother in the face, leaving a scratch mark.
“Holy shit…” Theodore utters, as he gets up and walks towards the staircase. “RILEY! CALM THE HELL DOWN, RIGHT NOW!”
Riley, knowing that she will be punished for her actions, tries to make a run for it. Theodore manages to stop her.
“LET GO OF ME!!!” she yells. Theodore struggles to keep her still.
“Goddammit, Riley, calm down!” the man exclaims, angered by the situation. “This behavior is NOT helping your cause right now!” 
Riley frowns at Theodore. She once again attempts to break free.
“Pops!” Richard yells from downstairs. “Did you forget about your work?!”
Theodore gapes as he remembers that his work starts at 5:45 AM. “God FUCKING dammit!”
He lets go of Riley, and sprints down the staircase. He runs to the wardrobe, where he gets his jacket and puts it on him. He proceeds to put on his shoes, before he grabs his car keys and rushes out of the house. His car is a gray Nissan 7-seater. He unlocks the car, and runs to the driver seat.
As he is about to start the engine, Mari storms out of the house. She approaches the car, and Theodore rolls down his window.
“Drive safe, hun.” she desires. “I’ll deal with the thunderstorm of the house in the meanwhile.” Theodore nods. “I gotta go, Mari.” he reaffirms, as he starts the engine and puts the car in reverse. On the seat next to him, is a pink teddy bear. He switches between the radio channels before he ends up on a country channel. He turns up the volume. El Paso by Marty Robbins.
“Out in the West Texas town of El Paso, I fell in love with a Mexican girl.”
He silently murmurs the song, as he drives off towards his workplace.
“Good morning, dude!” Bernard greets Theodore. Theodore smiles and nods in response. Theodore is a cashier at a local pawn store. He is well-paid, and enjoys working there.
As he approaches the counter, a man grabs him by the shoulder.
“Aye, I brought ye something, pal!” the man aggressively exclaims. His voice makes him sound scrawny. “Can I perhaps have some of that money for this?”
Theodore turns around, and sees a hillbilly looking late 50’s guy staring right at him. He turns his eyes towards the object the man is holding. A book.
“Uhh… that’s a book.” he carefully utters as the man leans in. “I can check how much it’s worth, if you want-”
“HELL YEAH!” the man yells. “Let’s go!”
The man hands Theodore the book. It’s a crime novel.
“Uhh, sir, write your personal info on this note, please.” Theodore commands. “Just- um, your name, surname, house address and phone number.”
The man agrees, and grabs a pen from the counter. He writes down the following:
Name: Jason Charleston
House Address: 1 Lincoln Range Drive, Summit, Utah
Phone Number: 801-796-4577''
“Here ya go, pal.” the man, revealed to be Jason says as he hand Theodore the note.
Theodore doesn’t think too much about it. He looks down on the book. A relatively new one with no value at all. He shakes his head, and looks up at Jason again. “Sorry, man, but uh, this isn’t really worth anything at all.”
Jason’s smile turns into a frown.
“Oh well? Fuck you, then.” he asserts, as he grabs the book, and exits the store. Theodore sighs.
Right outside by the entrance, we see Joseph. He is wearing a pair of sunglasses and a black jacket. He gazes at Jason, who walks right past him.
“Finally…” he utters to himself, as he reaches into his pocket and grabs his phone. He sends a text message to an unknown contact.
“Eyes on target.” the message says. He closes his phone and puts it back into his pocket. He then grabs a pack of cigarettes, and proceeds to put one in his mouth. He lights the cigarette. The smoke comes out of his mouth. His phone rings. The unknown contact has responded.
“good. make sure u track him and bring my sista back home aight, man.”
Joseph looks up. He notices Jason entering his car, and driving away.
A few hours pass, and Theodore’s work schedule is finished. He says goodbye to his colleagues, and exits the pawn store.
His phone rings.
Mari.
He picks up.
“Hey, honey.”
“Hey… I was just calling to tell you that I’m sorry for the fighting this morning. Both me and Riley have talked and we have come to an agreement that we will stay calm and I will return her Macbook.”
“Wow, uh… that’s great, Mari. I’m on my way home right now, actually.”
“Oh, that’s good to hear. I’m preparing dinner right now so it might be done by then.”
“Cool, Mari. See you, hun.”
“Bye, baby.”
He hangs up. He jogs towards his car, and unlocks it. He gets in and drives off back home.
Joseph gets into his own car, and follows Theodore.
As Theodore rolls into his driveway, he notices that Joseph’s car has been tailing him. He blows it off and exits the car. He walks up to the door, and enters.
“Honey! I’m home!” he yells.
“Theodore! I need you to do me a favor real quick!” Mari responds, from the kitchen. “You need to go to the store and buy some iceberg lettuce! We are completely empty and I need it for the burgers.”
Theodore sighs. He takes off his jacket.
“I just need to relax for two seconds, darling.” he replies. “Besides, it’s just iceberg lettuce.”
Mari storms into the living room.
“Please.” the woman begs. Theodore looks at her for a second, before sighing.
“Fine, I’ll go now.” he reluctantly agrees. Mari smiles and kisses him on the cheek, before he exits the door.
As he walks towards the car, he notices that the mailbox is wide open. He stumbles towards it.
Inside of the mailbox, is a letter. He picks it up and opens it. Theodore gapes as he sees what it says on the inside.
“GET IN YOUR CAR NOW”
Theodore slowly and reluctantly turns around. He glances over at his car.
“Jesus fuck.” he whispers to himself, as he notices Joseph sitting in the front passenger seat. He proceeds towards the car. He opens the door.
“Eh… sir?” he questions with a frightened voice. “W-What are you doing in my car, sir?”
Joseph grunts, and pulls out a 9mm. He points it at Theodore. “Get the fuck in, close the door, and I’ll explain.” the man replies.
Theodore obeys. He sits down in the driver seat.
“Listen carefully…” Joseph continues. “The man you met in the store earlier? The guy with the book? You had him give you some of his personal information. What I need you to do, is to drive me to his house.”
Theodore turns his head toward the man.
“Uh… W-Why?” he inquires. Joseph frowns at him.
“You see, this man, he’s been keeping a girl hostage for two days now. And before you ask, no, I’m not a cop, I’m a fixer. People give me jobs, and I do ‘em. When I’m done, I’m rewarded with money. Now, I’m not the specific type to go after civilians like you for information, because they can rat on me to the police. But, the only way I can get to this asshole, is through you giving me his address. So please, take me to his place.”
Theodore nods quickly and starts the car. He backs out of the driveway, and pulls out the note Jason gave him at the pawn store.
“Here- this is his address.” he states as he hands the note to Joseph. “Wait- how’d you know this is the guy you’re looking for? Maybe you confused him with another guy?”
Joseph reads the note, and hands it back to Theodore.
“We knew his name from a former encounter with the guy. We tried to search for him on the web, but there was no phone number or house address registered on this guy. So I had track down some of his friends, and they told me he was going to the city today. And so, I ended up at your pawn store where I eventually found you.”
Joseph rolls down his window. Theodore puts his eyes on the road in front of him as they cruise towards Jason’s home.
After driving for almost an hour, Theodore’s phone rings. It’s Mari. He glances over at Joseph, who nods.
“Don’t say anything about this.” Joseph says.
“Theodore! Where are you?”
He stresses to come up with a reasonable answer.
“Uhh, hey darling, I’m stuck in traffic.”
“Oh- well, we’ll just eat without you- and the lettuce, I guess.”
“God dammit, Mari. I’m sorry, I’ll be back soon. Bye.”
He hangs up the phone. Not even two seconds later, the phone rings again. Leonard is calling.
Leonard puts the phone in speaker mode. While waiting for Theodore to pick up, he sits down in a sofa.
RING
RING
RING'''
“Yo, what’s up, Leo?”
Leonard lightly coughs.
“Hey, Ted. I was just uhh- wondering if you and Mari would like to come to the talk show next Saturday. Free entrance, backstage, all that stuff.”
“Oh, yeah, yeah… Sure.”
“Alright, thanks for clarifying, man. See ya.”
He hangs up on Theodore. Suddenly, his phone rings again. He looks down on the caller’s name. As he notices who it is, he ignores the call.
We turn towards his phone to see the name of the caller.
Gustavo Fring.
“We’re almost there, uhh- what’s your name?”  Theodore inquires as he glances over at Joseph. Joseph shakes his head.
“I don’t think I can tell you.” he replies. “As I see it, it’s pretty fucking confidential.”
“It’s okay- I swear. I just uhh, I think I should know- ya know- because you dragged me into this shit.”
Joseph sighs. He shakes his head again, before turning back to Theodore.
“My name is Joseph.” he states. “Now, shut the fuck up and drive.”
Theodore kicks the pedal, and races down the open national road.
After driving for a couple of minutes, Theodore drives off of the national road and onto a dirt road, leading to a ranch. Joseph pulls out his handgun. He reaches for his backpack in the backseat of the car, and he pulls out another one.
“Take this.” he insists. Theodore reluctantly agrees and takes the gun. He stops the car a-while-down from the ranch, and turns off the car engine.
Joseph taps his shoulder.
“Look, here’s what we’re going to do. We only have one shot at this, so we gotta make it quick, soundless and of course stealthy. We gotta find where this fucker is hiding that poor girl and then we can think about an escape route. Cause if he sees us, we have two options; we either run, or we kill the guy. Understood?”
Theodore nods. His face shows visible fear.
“Good. Let’s move.” 
Both of them step out of the car. Joseph walks in front of Theodore. They walk towards the main house of the ranch, and as they pass the basement door, they hear crying and banging coming from inside of it.
“We found her.” Joseph whispers to Theodore, who clinches the handgun. Joseph notices an axe leaning towards the wall of the house. He tip toes towards it. He puts his handgun in his pants, before grabbing the axe, and lifting it. He silently walks back towards the basement door. He gives the axe to Theodore.
“Get it open. I’ll keep the asshole away from us.” he whispers. Theodore nods, as he swings the axe.
CRACK
He swings it again.
CRACK
One more time.
CRACK
He pulls the door open, and sprints down the staircase.
The entrance to one of the houses on the ranch flies open, as Jason comes out. He’s locked and loaded, with a shotgun in his hand.
“WHERE ARE YOU MOTHERFUCKAS?!?!” he yells at the top of his lungs. Joseph aims the pistol at his head from a distance.
Theodore notices the girl in the basement. As soon as she sees him, she crawls up against the wall. Theodore tries to calm her down.
“I- I mean, we’re here to save you.” he carefully mentions. The girl carefully walks towards him, and falls into his arms.
“It’s okay…” he assures her.
“Anna.” the girl reveals. “My name is Anna.”
“Alright, Anna, I’mma get you out of here, okay?” Theodore continues. She nods and grabs his hand, as the jog up the stairs.
Joseph keeps his dead-eyed aim on Jason’s head. Jason notices him, and fires a shotgun shell at him. Joseph manages to duck.
“Let’s go!” he yells, as they run towards the car.
“I WILL GET YA ALL!!!” Jason screams. Theodore, Joseph and Anna gets into the car, and they drive down the dirt road.
Jason gets into his pickup truck. He starts chasing after them. 
Joseph rolls down the window, and sticks the handgun out. He starts firing at Jason’s car.
“Drive, drive, drive…” Anna mumbles, horrified by Jason.
They end up on the same national road they were driving on before. Joseph stops shooting, and closes the window. He’s exhausted.
“Keep driving. Back to SLC. I know a guy, who- MIGHT be able to fix our problem.”
Theodore nods, and speeds down the empty road.
== Deaths ==
* None
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== Trivia ==
* First appearance of Theodore Kellner.
* First appearance of Mari Kellner.
* First appearance of Joseph Siciliano.
* First appearance of Leonard Paradis.
* First appearance of Riley Kellner.
* First appearance of Richard Kellner.
* First appearance of Anna Pfeifer.
* First appearance of Jason Charleston.
* The title of the episode, "Two Seconds", refers to how fast things are happening in the episode and how Theodore is almost unable to handle it.
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