Good with Hostages

Written by Anakin McFly

(Written in response to a Yahoo!Answers question in which the asker said that he had Keanu Reeves tied up in his basement, and which movie he should shoot him for acting in. I got awarded Best Answer.)

A SWAT officer hops out of an unmarked van and looks up at the house before him.

"Traven, hold position," chirps his walkie-talkie. "We're hoping to negotiate with him."

Officer Jack Traven glances around. He spots the telephone pole fallen over and lying on the roof, its wires dangling uselessly to the ground. "I'm afraid you can't do that, sir," he says into the walkie-talkie. Communications are down. The driver was drunk."

Jack winces as loud swearing erupts from the speaker.

"I can go in, if you want," he offers. "I'm good with hostages."

"No, Traven, you're not. You just shoot them."

Jack concedes that he has a good point there.

Then a resigned sigh; "All right. You can try. But if Reeves gets hurt, you're in for it."

"I'll do my best, sir."

Jack runs up the doorway, holds his gun at the ready, and bangs on the door. "SWAT! Open up!"

Then he gives up and kicks the door down. "Basement," he mutters, and looks for the stairs; finds them, and barrels down the steps until he arrives at the basement and looks in.

Reeves is tied up in a chair looking upset. You have your back to Jack and your fist raised at Reeves, taunting him about some still earths or other.

Jack creeps up behind you and points the end of his gun right at your head.

"Pop quiz, hotshot," he breathes down your neck. "You've got my guy tied in a chair and I've got a gun to your head. What do you do? What do you do?"

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