Rage, Love, Lust

Deal

"I thought you said Robert wasnt here." Tess crosses her arms, sarcastically questioning the man while her eyes werr locked onto Roberts.

"Hey! Tess, Joel." The man says in an overly enthusiastic tone, mimicing bowing as he names the two. "Hello pretty lady!" He stops at Eleanore , his voice in the same tone as before. Eleanore's eyebrows tightly furrow in disbelief and confusion. What the hell is this weirdo doing? She questioned in her head.

The strange man takes a step back and turns his head to Tess.
"What brings you three here anyways?"
"Dont play dumb, Robert." Tess spits out with slight aggression. He stares at her, not responding. "Our guns?" His expression changes ever so slightly, his eyes widening.
"Shit. My bad Tess I-"
"What the fuck, Rob, we had a deal!" She yells.
"I owed the Fireflies!" Eleanore darts her eyes up as soon as she heard the name 'Fireflies'.

Joel steps forward, storming towards Robert. When he reached him, he  grabbed his tshirt, pushed him against the wall behind him and pulled him up. The sound of guns clicking behind him travel through his ears, but he ignores it. Roberts eyes are darting between Joel's and his men.
"You're gonna tell us where to find these Firefly pricks, otherwise ill break your fucking jaw."
Robert reaches his arm out to his men and moves it down gently, signalling for them to put their guns down. Joel pulls him off of the wall slightly then bashes him against it.
"Alright, alright." Joel looks into both of Roberts eyes, scanning him to make sure his expression shows no signs of bullshit. He suddenly releases his grip from his tshirt and Robert falls on the ground, wobbily landing on his feet.

He gathered himself up and cleared his throat.
"The Capitol building." He turns to Joel. "You know where it is?"
"Yeah. I know." He replies almost immediatly.

He turns to Eleanore and Tess and nods his head in the other direction.
"Cmon." They follow behind Joel, making their way out of the base.

"We'll go in the morning." Tess tells the other two. "Gotta get back before curfew."

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After they say their goodbyes to eachother, Joel and Eleanore walk side by side towards their house.
"You really wanna do this?" He questions. She turns her head to him and looks back down at the ground when he doesnt look back at her.
"Yeah. Why not?" He lets out a small forced laugh, surprisingly not an aggressive one. "I get to know the area  better, and I need that gun."
"Why do you need that gun so bad?" He looks at her. She turns her head to face him.
"Im gonna get out of here. I need that gun before I do." He scoffs.
"You really think none of us have tried runnin off?" He rherorically asks slightly angrily. They reach their housr and Joel pulls the doorknob and enters, Eleanore follows.
"Its worth a try."
"No. No it aint." He turns to her and says coldly. "Not unless you wanna be hung." He sharply exclaims, turning around as the silent tension builds up.  I am getting out if here. No matter what it takes.