Good deed
Me and a mate did something that I was very proud of last night. Let me regale you.
Working through the wee hours as I have been lately, I have lunch with a friend at about 4am. We work in Auckland City, so wander down to the town square, which is called Aotea Square, to watch all of the early morning freaks out and about as we munch and swill coffee. I've seen some funny stuff sitting in the square. Last night was not so funny.
We went to take our usual seats and we heard a woman screaming. It was shrill and full of horror. Instinct took over; we both ran towards the commotion. It was coming from an alleyway near the square.
I got there first. My mate Semisi is a huge Samoan, 18 stone of Polynesian muscle, but he wasn't far behind me. The scene that greeted us was of a hysterical woman screaming at three guys as they were beating the shit out of a man whom we later learned was the woman's husband.
It amazes me now that we didn't even think of consequences, Semisi and I just whaled in and started banging. We Kiwis have a very finely honed sense of supporting the underdog, and the guy receiving the bash fit well and truly into that category.
Semisi picked up one of the assailants as if he was a ragdoll and threw him against the wall of the alley. I heard a satisfying crack of a rib or some bone breaking as he hit. I was busy pummelling the other guy, and the third piece of shit did a runner before we could dispense violence on his ass too. The guy against the wall was bleeding, my opponent, also bleeding from the nose, gave up too and they both decided to leg it - I'm glad my bro was with me or things could've been the worse for me. The only bummer was that we couldn't hold them to hand them over to the cops.
The woman, whose name was Karen, explained that one of the scumbags had asked her husband for a cigarette, and when he was told that neither of them smoked, all three set upon her poor man. He was much the worse for wear. They were tourists from England. I cringed at that. What a great advertisement for my country that makes.
Karen tried to give us both money which we turned down. Semisi and I offered to accompany them to the police station, but they said no, they just wanted a taxi and to get home.
I'm proud that my friend and I helped, but I can't wait to get back onto the day shift and back to sanity. But I'll be keeping an eye out for those scumbags, and it'll be round two if Semisi and I see them again.
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