The Ongoing Adventures of Nathan Bridger


The timer was ticking down, and time was running out...

Bridger had been waiting for thirty minutes to use the bathroom, but someone was having stomach problems. Bridger really wanted to take a piss before he had to slide, but it would seem that would be an impossibility.

"Well, damn." Bridger said. "Looks like I won't be able to drain the old radiator until I get to the next world." Bridger looked at the timer, which just hit zero. He activated the timer, and opened the portal, and he slid to the next world.

On the other side, he checked the timer; eleven minutes until the next slide. Bridger wondered around town, looking for a bathroom, when he was greeted by a survey team; two men.

"Excuse me, sir, would you like to take a survey?" one of the men asked.

"I'm sorry, but I really can't right now..." Bridger said, striving to hold it.

"Please sir, it will only take a moment." the man persisted.

"I can't. I really have to go to the bathroom! Would you please tell me where the nearest one is?" Captain Bridger asked.

"Only if you take our survey." the other man said.

"Forget it!" Bridger shouted, "I'll find the damn bathroom by myself."

Bridger resumed searching for the bathroom, with only seven minutes left. All seemed lost until Bridger, out of the corner of his eye, spotted a filling station. Bridger walked quickly to the station, when he was stopped by an adorable little girl scout.

"Excuthe me, mithter." The girl said with a lisp, "would you like to buy thome of my girl thcout cookieth?"

Bridger was stunned; this girl was precious, but he didn't have time, or the money to buy any cookies. "I'm sorry, little girl," Bridger said, "but not this time."

The little girl started to cry. "Now I won't be able to get thoth roller thkates!" the little girl wailed.

"Fine, fine! Here's a dollar! Take it, but I really have to go to the bathroom!" Bridger shouted as he started towards the filling station again.

"Wait mithter!" the girl scout shouted, "Don't you want your cookieth?

"Not really..." Bridger said, making the girl tear up again. "Fine, damn it! Give them to me, quick!" Bridger shouted, making the girl cry. The sound caught the attention of the girl's father, who was, to put it simply, a very large man.

"What did you do to my daughter!?" the man shouted.

"Nothing! I gave her a dollar for her cookies!" Bridger replied. the girl ran up to her father.

"The mean man yelled at me, and he thwoar too!"

"And why did you yell at my little girl?" the man asked.

"Because I'm in a hurry!!" Bridger defended.

"I think you can be a little more courteous to a girl scout, buddy."

"Fine! I'll be nice next time, but I've really got to take a piss right now, so if you'll excuse me..." Bridger said as he, once again, started towards the filling station, now with only a minute left.

"Hey!" the man shouted at Bridger, "What do you think you're doing, swearing in front of a little girl!?"

"SORRY!!" Bridger shouted at the top of his lungs.

"That's it! You've had it!" the man shouted as he started rolling up his sleeves, as he walked towards Bridger. Thirty seconds were on the timer.

"GOD DAMN IT!!" Bridger started screaming. "ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS TAKE A @#$&ING PISS!!! WHY DON'T YOU GO HELP YOUR DAMN LITTLE GIRL SELL HER @#$&ING COOKIES INSTEAD OF @#$&ING WITH ME!!?" This sent the man over the top. He started running towards Bridger, fists clutched, and eyes closed.

The man was about to clobber Bridger, when he began to feel a warm spray on his face. This was followed immediately by a gush of what felt like warm water saturating his entire body, clothes and all. When he stopped getting sprayed, the man opened his eyes, only to find Bridger situating his fly, and jumping into the void.

Bridger laughed all the way to the next world.



Gate Haven : Ongoing Series : Adventures of Bridger