Young Axl Rose showing up in 2022! :D

Axl wondered how he would get money to survive on in 2022. He had about $300 on him from his last Guns N'Roses show he and his Bandmates did. He was sure $300 was decent money in 1987, but 2022? He wasn't sure. His stomach begun to growl and he went to a Restaurant and had a cheeseburger, soda, and fries that was about $20 including tax and tip at the Restaurant.

He was satisfied with the meal. He now had about $280 on him. Axl begun to feel tired and wondered where he would lay his head to rest. He wistfully thought,"If this were 1987, I could just sleep at either my house, Duff, Slash, Izzy, or Steven's houses." He begun to look for a cheap motel to sleep in for the night. He found a motel for $70. He paid, using his fake ID and settled in. He decided to watch some TV. A Different World Rerun was showing and the theme song sang,"It's a Different World than where you come from," and Axl chuckled at the irony of his situation and the song. "You got that right!" he said aloud wryly. :D During a commercial break, he saw that Guns N'Roses was being interviewed for an upcoming Show.

He was interested in seeing what older Axl looked like. Older Axl came on the screen and was smiling exuberantly. His eyes shone as he spoke about the upcoming Guns N'Roses Show. Axl's mouth dropped in shock. Older me looks awful compared to young me! Axl thought in shock! But at least he's still alive and looks happy.

Axl looked on in wonder as Duff and Slash also happily talked about the upcoming Guns-N-Roses show. Duff and Slash look wonderful," Axl thought, smiling. But then he realized Izzy and Steven weren't being interviewed and wondered who the new Members of Guns N'Roses being interviewed were.

Did Izzy and Steven die? Axl wondered in a concerned panic. He then reminded himself that the Fans said all of the Guns N'Roses Members were still alive. Maybe Steven and Izzy decided to leave Guns N'Roses and start new paths, Axl told himself. At least I still have Slash and Duff," Axl thought, smiling happily. He soon went to sleep.

Axl veered wildly as he stumbled along, the drunken sot.

His head spinning he had a sudden urge to spew; he spun to his left at the moment he heard the sound of a door opening.

Vomitus covered the shocked Walgreen's employee who had been leaving, stopping her in her tracks.

"Hey, what the..."

Then she gaped, a shocked look of recognition lit up her face.

"You...you...you're Axl Rose!"

In response a dose of partially digested bar snacks adrift in alcohol covered her face, neck and upper body.

"Oh My God, I'm the luckiest girl ever!"

Axl hurled again, filling her hand bag.

"Twice blessed!" she purred.

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moral of the story: you usually get what you deserve

Axl woke up, bathed, got dressed(he realized he had to wear the same clothes he wore yesterday as he hadn't gone shopping yet. He checked out and left. He went to Denny's and ordered a Grand Slam with coffee and milk. The Waiter stared at him in shock.

"You kind of look like Axl Rose from Guns N'Roses!" The Waiter said shocked! The Waiter was named Tommy.

Axl said wryly,"I hope you mean the younger Axl, and not the older Axl."

Tommy smiled and said,"Yep, I do mean the younger Axl."

Axl smiled and said, "I heard that yesterday from a couple of my, uh, Axl's fans yesterday. Funny thing is, nobody before yesterday ever told me that I look just like Axl Rose," he said truthfully.

Tommy said,"I'm surprised you haven't been told you look just like Axl Rose before yesterday. You're a dead ringer for him." Axl smiled shyly.

"I'm a huge fan of Axl's myself, " Tommy said with a big smile. Can I take a Selfie with you and pretend that you're Axl Rose?"

Axl asked confused,"What's a selfie?" Tommy said looking confused himself, "A selfie is a picture taken by phone or camera, usually by phone. How did you not know that in 2022? "

Axl responded quickly, "My phones don't take pictures. In fact, my phones aren't portable at all. My phones stay in the house. Tommy responded,"You have landline phones if your phones only stay in the house. "Axl responded, " I'm from a place that lives like the 1980's. It's pretty Rural and simple.
"
Tommy asked him what his name was.

Axl responded,"My name is Michael." He knew he had to get used to claiming his name was Michael.

Tommy smiled and asked where he was from. Axl thought,"I can't respond Lafayette, my Hometown or LA, where I am from now," he responded,"I'm from Alaska.

Tommy responded,"What part of Alaska?"

Axl didn't know much about Alaska, but he heard of Juneau, Anchorage." He responded with a smile,"I am from Juneau, Anchorage."

Tommy laughed out loud. Axl asked him in confusion,"What's so funny about Juneau, Anchorage? Tommy tried to hold back his laughter but was failing miserably. "There is nothing funny about Juneau, Anchorage." He was still laughing as he said this. He told Axl he would be back with his order soon. Axl thanked him and he welcomed him. Axl looked at the Menu still on the table. He looked at all the food and drink choices and the copyright caught his eye. 2022. "I still can't believe I'm in 2022," Axl thought.

Tommy came back with his order and Axl thanked him and was welcomed. Axl ate his food and drunk his coffee and milk and paid. Tommy shyly once again asked him for a selfie with him. Axl decided to oblige his Fan and Axl stood next to him and they both smiled and Tommy took the picture on his phone. Tommy thanked him for making his day. Axl welcomed him and he left.

Axl woke up, bathed, got dressed(he realized he had to wear the same clothes he wore yesterday as he hadn't gone shopping yet. He checked out and left. He went to Denny's and ordered a Grand Slam with coffee and milk. The Waiter stared at him in shock.

"You kind of look like Axl Rose from Guns N'Roses!" The Waiter said shocked! The Waiter was named Tommy.

Axl said wryly,"I hope you mean the younger Axl, and not the older Axl."

Tommy smiled and said,"Yep, I do mean the younger Axl."

Axl smiled and said, "I heard that yesterday from a couple of my, uh, Axl's fans yesterday. Funny thing is, nobody before yesterday ever told me that I look just like Axl Rose," he said truthfully.

Tommy said,"I'm surprised you haven't been told you look just like Axl Rose before yesterday. You're a dead ringer for him." Axl smiled shyly.

"I'm a huge fan of Axl's myself, " Tommy said with a big smile. Axl smiled shyly. Tommy asked, "Can I take a Selfie with you and pretend that you're Axl Rose?"

Axl asked confused,"What's a selfie?" Tommy said looking confused himself, "A selfie is a picture taken by phone or camera, usually by phone. How did you not know that in 2022? "

Axl responded quickly, "My phones don't take pictures. In fact, my phones aren't portable at all. My phones stay in the house. Tommy responded,"You have landline phones if your phones only stay in the house. "Axl responded, " I'm from a place that lives like the 1980's. It's pretty Rural and simple.
"
Tommy asked him what his name was.

Axl responded,"My name is Michael." He knew he had to get used to claiming his name was Michael.

Tommy smiled and asked where he was from. Axl thought,"I can't respond Lafayette, my Hometown or LA, where I am from now," he responded,"I'm from Alaska.

Tommy responded,"What part of Alaska?"

Axl didn't know much about Alaska, but he heard of Juneau, Anchorage." He responded with a smile,"I am from Juneau, Anchorage."

Tommy laughed out loud. Axl asked him in confusion,"What's so funny about Juneau, Anchorage? Tommy tried to hold back his laughter but was failing miserably. "There is nothing funny about Juneau, Anchorage." He was still laughing as he said this. He told Axl he would be back with his order soon. Axl thanked him and he welcomed him. Axl looked at the Menu still on the table. He looked at all the food and drink choices and the copyright caught his eye. 2022. "I still can't believe I'm in 2022," Axl thought.

Tommy came back with his order and Axl thanked him and was welcomed. Axl ate his food and drunk his coffee and milk and paid. Tommy shyly once again asked him for a selfie with him. Axl decided to oblige his Fan and Axl stood next to him and they both smiled and Tommy took the picture on his phone. Tommy thanked him for making his day. Axl welcomed him and he left.

After having breakfast at Denny's, Axl went shopping at TJ Maxx for cheap clothes. He chose long sleeved shirts to hide his Tattoos and a couple of jeans. As he was shopping, he heard a familiar voice playing on the store's music system. It was his voice singing. Axl wondered what song this was.

He asked an Employee,"What song is this playing?" The Employee answered with a smile,"November Rain by Guns N'Roses." Axl smiled and asked,"What year was November Rain released?"

The Employee answered, "It was released 1991. It was around the time Axl was acting crazy."

This piqued Axl's attention. "Axl was acting crazy?"

The Employee answered,"Yeah, he got divorced that year(Axl thought,"I was married?"), accidentally started a Riot, he was showing up to Guns N'Roses Concerts looking like a mental ward Patient, he was even acting crazy on his Use Your Illusion Albums (Axl thought,"I have albums called Use Your Illusion?" He was in a bad spot in many ways. Axl's a really good Singer, but he was messed up really badly in 1991."

Axl responded,"Hmm. I don't remember any of that. I wasn't born yet. I was born in 1997, so I definitely don't remember any of that happening to Axl. I don't remember November Rain either."

The Employee responded,"I was born in 1970, so I'm 27 years older than you and remember that crazy era of Axl vividly. (Axl thought,"Actually, you're 8 years younger than me," but he couldn't say this aloud he knew.) That era of Axl was a REALLY bad time for him. "

Axl asked, Axl is in a good spot today, right,? " he asked the Employee hopefully.

The Employee answered with a smile,"Yeah, Axl is pretty mellow and chill today. He's gotten a lot better over the years. "

Axl smiled happily and paid for his items and left.

Whistling his favorite tune "The Merry Widow" by Johannes Heesters, Axl shivered with anticipation as the LSD / cocaine / heroin concoction began to course through his body.

"Off to the park" he thought, then entered the treed area, all of which was not illuminated by street lights.

Deep within he heard moans, groans, sobs; curious, he investigated and saw a black woman curled up in a fetal position, sobbing uncontrollably into her phone.

As the hallucinations began Axl could not differentiate fact from fiction: not that this was a new state for him.

"I've been a baaaaad girl" whined the lady to herself; "I got suspended AGAIN from another gambling forum; I just want to die."

Hearing this, Axl decided to accomodate the distressed damsel, but first he'd have some fun; he quickly knocked her out with one punch, then pulled down his custom made leather pants...

to be continued

Axl's money was running low. Axl wondered how he could make some more money quick. He passed by a Convenience store that said it does Lottery. Axl decided to play 1987, the year he was from, 1962, his birthyear, 1997, his fake birthyear, and 2022, the current year. All straight. He went to a movie theater to go see a movie and have some popcorn and a Coke. After the movie, Axl went to a nearby Convenience Store and checked his Lottery tickets. 2022 came up, and it was a $5,000 winner! He was excited! He went to the Lottery Clerk who congratulated him on his big win. Axl thanked him and asked him for the $5,000. The Lottery Clerk pointed out that Lottery wins over $599 were paid at a Lottery Office or mailed in. He would have to mail it to a Lottery office or go to Lottery Office to claim it and wait 30 days to get his money and would most likely pay about $1,600 in taxes. And his identity would need to be verified by The Lottery Officials before he could get any money.

Axl didn't want to wait 30 days for his money. Not did he want to pay about $1600 in taxes. Nor did he want his identity to be verified. He was pretty sure he could land in jail in 2022 if he gave the Lottery Officials a copy of his fake ID. He asked if there was a way he could just sell the ticket itself under the table. The Lottery Clerk told him,"I'll help you out if you promise not to tell anyone what I'm thinking of doing for you." Axl was interested and asked what it was. The Lottery Clerk says,"I'll pay you $4,000 cash for that ticket right now. Please promise to not tell anyone.

Axl was desperate for money, so he promised not to tell anyone. So desperate he was willing to take a $1,000 cut from the $5,000! Still better than paying about $1650 in taxes, he reasoned. He agreed, and he handed the Lottery Clerk the $5,000 ticket and received $4,000. He thanked the Lottery Clerk and was welcomed. He left with his $4,000 win. He booked a hotel for a week and put some money on prepaid gift cards.

He went to a phone store and bought a no contract phone and put 500 minutes on it. The Phone Clerk pointed out he looked just like Axl Rose from Guns N'Roses. He smiled weakly and said,"I have been hearing that a lot lately." The Phone Clerk smiled and handed him his new mobile phone. Axl thanked him and was welcomed and he left.

His hair itched, and he decided he needed to go to a Salon and get his long hair washed and styled. He went to a Salon and the hairdresser pointed out that he looked just like Axl Rose from Guns N'Roses. Axl smiled wearily and said,"I've been hearing that a lot recently." He asked the Hairdresser,"Is there a way you can please temporarily dye my red hair jet black so that I don't get so many comments about me looking like Axl Rose? The Hairdresser said with a huge smile, "Sure, I can dye your hair jet black!" Axl thanked her and she washed his hair, gave him a jet black hair color and styled his hair as he relaxed. When she was done, he thanked her and paid her and gave her a 30 percent tip. She was grateful. He looked in the mirror and smiled at his jet black hair. "Now, people will stop telling me I look just like myself! "Axl thought happily.

He went to the Hotel Restaurant and had Lobster, fries, a glass of Champagne, and chocolate cake with ice cream. He decided to allow himself to just lay back and relax in 2022. After his meal, he went to his Hotel and took a nap. When he awoke, he went to the pool and decided to lounge . A couple of guests who were married decided to shoot the breeze with him. They told him they were vacationing from Fairbanks, Alaska. The Husband said his name was Tom and she said her name was Ashley. They asked him what his name was and he said in a slightly rehearsed sounding voice,"My name is Michael. " He smiled and said that he was from Alaska too and they asked him what part. He replied with a smile,"I'm from Juneau, Anchorage. " They gave him confused looks.

"Do you mean you're from both Juneau and Anchorage?" Ashley aasked. Tom looked confused.

Axl asked,"Aren't Juneau and Anchorage the same place?

"Anchorage and Juneau are not the same place," Tom responded. Are you sure you're from Alaska?" Tom questioned. Ashley replied,"They are almost 850 miles apart. Anyone from Alaska should know that.

Axl blushed. He remembered the Waiter laughing when he claimed he was from Juneau, Anchorage," and now fully understood why the Waiter laughed.

"Okay, I lied," Axl admitted blushing. I'm not from Alaska at all."

They asked him where he was REALLY from. He responded,"I live in Los Angeles." He responded truthfully.

They questioned why he didn't just say that from the getgo.

He responded,"It's complicated, let's just leave it at that." Axl couldn't tell them he was really Axl Rose who somehow traveled to 2022 from 1987.

They agreed to leave it at that and chatted with him about other things. Axl politely chatted back.

Soon, Axl said,"Goodbye," and left to his Hotel. Axl looked at his phone and realized he could have just looked up Alaska on the internet. He kicked himself for that. He decided he wanted to call Slash and chat with him and called Slash's phone number. When the caller picked up, Axl reflexively said,"Hey Slash, how are you?" The person on the other line answered,"I'm not Slash. You have the wrong phone number." Axl immediately realized he just called a 1987 number in 2022. He immediately apologized for dialing the wrong number and was told it was okay. They both hung up.

Axl watched some TV and went back to the Restaurant, and had a medium ribeye steak, some fries, and a glass of Pinot Gris. Then he had a Baked Alaska. After his meal, he went back to his hotel room and bathed and got dressed for the night and watched TV and soon fell asleep.

Axl woke up the next day and had breakfast at the Hotel Restaurant. Pancakes,eggs, sausage, bacon, orange juice. He paid and went to a store and bought a pack of cigarettes. He chose Marlboro Red, showed his fake ID and paid and left. He hadn't smoked in a couple of days and his body was screaming for nicotine. He went to a Library and begun smoking right there in the Library! :O A Librarian politely told him that he wasn't allowed to smoke in the Library. He apologized and quickly put out the cigarette with some water he had been drinking. And then dried it up. He decided to ask for a guest Pass to use the internet and was granted one. He surfed the internet for a while, gazing in wonder at how different 2022 was from 1987. After his guest pass expired, he left.

Axl was walking down the street, and saw a sign offering free Covid testing and free Covid Vaccines. It caught his eye, and he wanted to know whether or not he had Covid. He felt fine and wasn't coughing or sneezing and didn't have a fever or anything like that, but he decided to get tested for it.

He was asked if he was Vaccinated against Covid. He responded he was not. He was asked if he wanted to get a free Covid Vaccine. He replied he wasn't ready yet. He wondered about getting a Vaccine for something that didn't even exist where he was from! He was tested and the nasal swabs hurt like hell! He was soon given his results. Negative for Covid. He was elated that he didn't have Covid. He then decided that since he was in 2022, maybe, just maybe he should get Vaccinated. For now, he lived in 2022, not 1987. He went to get the Vaccine and was asked to fill out Consent Forms.

He filled them out and got the first Vaccine and was told he had to come back in three weeks for his second dose. He nodded and received his vaccination card. His Vaccine card had his fake ID information. He wondered if he would still be living in 2022 in three weeks. He left soon and went back to his hotel and ate and slept.

Axl stood there above the sobbing damsel, his throbbing love missile ready for action.

A moment of clarity hit him: "Wait, WTF am I doing?" he thought: he put the bus back in the barn, crouched down and ran his fingers through her nappy hair, admiring the flames and shooting stars the movement precipitated.

"Good acid." he mused.

"What you need is something or someone new to believe in" he said, his voice echoing in his noggin.

"Huh? Can I believe in you?"

"Hell no, I'm Axl Rose, I only sing for my supper, I'm nothing special; but I'll tell you what: you can believe in Mr. Trump, he's saving millions of previously lost souls, giving them someone and something to believe in."

And the nightmare began...

*to be continued*

Axl woke up and got ready for the day. He decided he needed a bank account for 2022. At the Bank, he was helped by a Bank Teller. He said he was interested in opening a Bank Account. The Bank Teller smiled and said he would be happy to help him out. Axl thanked him. In the Bank Teller's cubicle, he asked Axl if he had any ID and Axl gave him his Fake ID. The Bank Teller ran his ID and said,"Michael, your ID is fake. Axl blushed uncomfortably. Do you have a valid ID? Axl replied, "The real ID I have expired a long time ago. The Bank Teller asked to see it. Axl reluctantly showed him his real ID. The one that said Axl Rose.

The Bank Teller quizzically said,"This ID says you're Axl Rose. The only Axl Rose I know of is the Guns N'Roses Singer and he was born in 1962. You look way younger than him. Axl blushed and told the Bank Teller to take a good look at the birthday on his ID. The Bank Teller did and realized the birth year said 1962. He looked at Axl quizzically. Are you the real Axl Rose?"

Axl pulled up his sleeve and showed him his Appetite For Destruction Cross Tattoo. "Here's my Appetite For Destruction Cross Tattoo, Axl said. The Bank Teller took out his phone and looked up Axl Rose Appetite For Destruction Cross Tattoo and realized it was the same Tattoo that his Client was showing him in real life. In the same exact place.

"Oh my God, you're Axl Rose!" The Bank Teller said in amazement.

"Please don't tell anyone else," Axl pleaded. You're the only one who knows for sure."

The Bank Teller promised he wouldn't tell anyone else. Axl thanked him and asked him if he could open a Bank Account for him under the table using his fake ID.

The Bank Teller said,"Normally, I wouldn't open a Bank Account for a Prospective Client using a fake ID, but for you, I'll do it. I happen to be a huge Guns N'Roses Fan. Axl blushed shyly and thanked him.

The Bank Teller welcomed him and opened the Account for him using his fake ID. Axl thanked him and was welcomed. The Bank Teller shyly asked him for an autograph and Axl gave it to him. The Bank Teller thanked him and Axl welcomed him and he left with his new bank Account.