#Today's #flashfiction #ProfitingFromUnnaturalDistasters

“You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours.”

Edward Scissorhands* #quote

Today played some video games and managed to not make anything explode. Anyway onto the flash fiction!

Profiting from Unnatural Disasters

     “I'm simply genius in more ways than one...” the mad scientist chuckled. His black rubber gloves held stacks of money and ruffled through him. It was his split from the latest scheme. “I'm so brilliant. I'm so brilliant! I'M SO BRILLIANT!!!” The mad scientist laughed, the sound vibrating through the evil laboratory.

       One of the ten co-conspirators of the mad scientist rolled her eyes. And another groaned but muffled it so the mad scientist couldn't hear him. The co-conspirators didn't complain though. All they had to do was buy properties and insurance and take the money.

      The mad scientist was evil, crazy and uncaring, but still able to be sane enough in some areas to hatch a scheme. He needed ten realtor investors to leave less of a pattern and money trail in his insurance fraud scam. Most mad scientists may use a weather control device in a plan to take over the world. But he chose to make money. Granted there was collateral damage. But his co-conspirators were the worse, greediest men and women in the buying business that they wouldn't mind being in on a money making scheme that involved a tornado or two.

     A few knocks at the door.

     “Police, open up, we have a warrant!”

      The mad scientist's jaw dropped. “What are the police doing here? If they investigate here they'll find my equipment! My plan was perfect, how did you screw it up?”

      All of them looked at each other. The married couple among the buyers looked the most afraid. The wife spoke up. “We may have a habit of tax dodging and smuggling. They may be thinking we're hiding things here.”

      “They're here investigating you? You fools! Tax dodging and smuggling? You've brought the I.R.S. upon me? You'll pay for this!”

      Since no one opened the door the police broke it down. The mad scientist chose to do crime and consort with criminals and it backfired. He is now serving life in prison due to all the deaths from his machine.