Shawn was worried. Why? He had a date. Sure he'd had dates before, but this was the one date that would seal the deal. He and his girlfriend, Katherine, had been going out for quite some time, and he figured tonight was as good a night as any to pop the question.
He had this planned to perfection. He would take her to her favorite restaurant, order some wine, and, once the wine came, he would get down on his knee and ask. What could possibly go wrong?, he thought. Now he realized that the only thing that could go wrong is her choosing the other option. A quick, cold-hearted "No". Sure, the blow could be softened, but it wouldn't make it hurt any less.
He would go through with his plan however, in spite of the inevitable doubts.
Later that night, Shawn and Katherine were sitting at a table at the Chaetae le Moushe. Everything had gone according to plan, including the wine bit. The wine arrived, and he knew that he had to ask now or it would never happen. He got down on his knee and began to speak. "Katherine, we've been going out for a while now, and I feel we've made a connection. So much so that I feel the need to ask you something. Katherine Marie Bates, will you marry me?"
Katherine, through tears of joy, cried "I thought you would never ask! Yes, Shawn! Yes, I will marry you!" Both Shawn and Katherine stood up. Katherine excitedly threw her arms around Shawn's neck. "When will it be? What should I wear?" Katherine asked enthusiastically.
"Shouldn't we leave that until later? Right now let's just celebrate!" He picked up his glass to give a toast. Suddenly, gunfire rang out. A voice, tinted with an Asian accent, yelled "Everybody on the ground, now!"
Shawn, Katherine, and everyone else in the restaurant did as told. Katherine whispered "What would an Asian gang want with this place? It's French!" Then the voice yelled out again. "Good. You can follow orders. Now do me another 'favor'. Tell me, where is Shawn McAcvoy?"
People started talking, saying they had no idea who this person was or where he is. "Shut up!" the man yelled. He picked up a man in his mid-twenties. "Shawn, where are you? You wouldn't want this man to die, would you?"
Shawn, now seeing that lives were at stake, bolted from his position on the floor. "Let him go! I'm the one you want." Shawn said.
"Stupid American. You would give your life for a stranger?" The man turned to two men on his right. "Grab him and load him in the car." Suddenly, Katherine sprang from the floor. "Shawn, what are you doing? Come back to me!" The man who called for Shawn reaimed his gun and shot Katherine. "Stupid Americans. Load him up. Let's go."
Shawn, grieving over Katherine, broke free of his captors and punched one of them hard in the face. But before he could do the same to the other, the guard grabbed his arm and twisted it behind his back. "Let this teach you a lesson."
He quickly spun Shawn around and gave him a powerful head butt. The guard laughed. All the while, for Shawn, the world was going black.
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