After a long night at the hotel we decide to get some miles in. We hope from car to road and from road to bus. we pass about 160 miles. We tried to get some more but our hunger gets the best of us. The map shows no gas stations or diners near us. The only option, a junkyard. We hitchhike and wait or about twenty minutes before someone lets us ride.
The car is soaked in mud and rust. I can hear it dying as I enter. I sit in the middle of Tyler and mason.
"Where to?" asks the driver. His voice is croaky and eerie. I shiver at his unexpected tone.
"Uh, junkyard on the-"
"I know where the junkyard is" I push my head back in confusion and disgust, where'd you learn manners for fuck sake. Tyler looks up in critical manor.
"How do you know where it is?" Mason asks. That's a bit of a stupid question id it not? maybe he just goes there a lot or he lives near, duh.
"I uh-" he clears his throat, "I'm a regular there". I look at mason in sarcasm. We drive for about ten minutes. mason listens to music from his Walkman meanwhile Tyler stares out the window. I track the map and look out for matching land marks. I spot we're heading into Dawnford. I heard that Dawnford is dangerous and filled with criminals. The driver lowers his window and says,
"So uh, what's your opinions on the dead revolt?". I instantly lock my gaze on to Tyler, then i swap to mason. they both have their eyes widened and mouths locked. The silence rings out my brain. I feel the need to say something but my brain holds back my tounge.
"Well?" I can hear his patients thinning.
"Who's the Dead Revolt?" Tyler asks. Smart. The driver looks at his mirror and coughs.
"The group of terrorists planning on blowing up the border". I keep my mouth shut.
"Uh, I guess they're cool" Mason says. The driver immediately locks his gaze on him. My toes crack in terror and my body locks in place. Mason looks unsettled. the driver looks like he is about to pull out knife and slit all of our throats. I wait for him to blow and scream at Mason.
"Do you smell that?" he asks. My body relaxes and I let out a sigh of relief.
"Yes!" i shout, "Y-you should go check that out" I mumble. He groans and pulls his seatbelt off without looking. He opens his car and aggressively fiddles with the engine. We all get scared and start panicking.
"Holy shit how does he know about the revolt?" Mason whimpers. Tyler stares into space, trying to figure out a plan.
"What the fuck do we do" I panic. I shake. the driver speeds up. I tremble, shiver, freeze. He slams the car shut. he's gonna kill us. he's a serial killer.
"Alright, my gas is low. I need to drop you here and you can walk a bit". I scream with joy, on the inside.
"Right yeah that's fine" i have no hesitation in leaving. I fly out and run away from the murder car.
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The sky is dark. Moonlight looks over me like an angel. As we stumble towards the junkyard we notice two disguised figures picking the lock of the main building. I notice and run behind a junk car, Mason follows. Tyler stands still and shouts.
"Hey!" Tyler shouts. Their attention speeds to Tyler.
"Shit there's a kid" one of them mumbles. Why is Tyler doing this. What's going on. I feel my body floating. The robbers dash over to Tyler.
"What the hell are you doing here?" one asks. She has a soft voice but she doesn't sound young.
"we wanna help you guys rob this place" Tyler says. The robbers still don't know me and Mason are hiding. I tremble in fear.
"We?" the male one says. Tyler points at me and Mason. I sit with my eyes wide.
"Hi" I wave slowly. The female robber points her rifle at us and points it up telling us to stand like some general. We stand.
"So why do you want to help us?" the woman asks. The guy cuts her off and says, "wait, how do you even know we were robbing it?". He's an idiot. I really wanna know their names so I can stop calling them 'The guy and the woman' So the guy is now called Ace and the girl is called Macy.
"We saw you breaking in dipshit" Mason says. Macy and Ace get very offended and point the gun at him while shouting things like, "Woah, whoa, whoa" and, "Right no need for that". Mason looks unfazed which is so weird to me. I'm shitting myself and the gun isn't even pointed in my direction.
"Mason we have to be nice so we can get food" Tyler mentions in a frustrated tone.
"So that's why you want to help us" Ace smirks.
"yeah, we really need food and if we help you I'm guessing you would give us money or just fuck off with the money". Macy and Ace look at each other, both asking for approval.
"Ok fine, but only because we need someone to watch the cameras and the other needs to climb through a vent".
