Faction War

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     The next morning Trevor wakes up to the sound of an alarm. He leans over and smashes his clock. He rolls out of bed and grabs his arm.

     "Doc could've given me some fuckin' pain meds," he states, softly. He walks into the kitchen and makes a cup of cocoa. He checks his phone to see a message from Spider. 

     "Did you not read the fucking letter???"

     He thinks for a moment, "Fuck, i forgot about the fuckin letter." He replies to the text, "No, i forgot about it. Meet me at the Olive Garden in 20 minutes." He walks to his closet and get dressed.

     He arrives at the Olive Garden right on time, and sees Spider standing out front. He's a short, skinny guy with long black hair. Trevor steps out of the car and greets Spider.

     "What was so important about that letter," Trevor asks.

     Spider looks around, "Look, i got people following me. you should've just read the fuckin' letter. You're in danger being around me."

     "Spider," Trevor starts, "who's following you?"

     Spider takes more frantic looks around, "Ellis and her gang. They know I'm in contact with you a lot."

     Trevor seems shocked, "Wait do you know who Ellis is?"

     "Not really. I just know about her."

     "Her?" thoughts start going through his mind as to who it could be.

     "Yeah, you looking for her? I might know where to start looking if you're interested."

     Trevor stares for a moment, "You'd really give me that type of info knowing they're following you?"

     "Yeah, man. If you get on their trail they might get distracted and stop fuckin' following me," Spider seems almost excited to say that.

     "Write down the address and send it to my office. You need to lay low for a while. Find a place to hold up," with that, Trevor gets back in his car and leaves. He heads back to his office to talk to Jessica. When he gets there he runs into Garrett. Garrett is a computer genius, he's about average height with medium dark hair.

     "Garrett? What are you doing here? I thought you usually work from home."

     Garrett turns around, "Oh, yeah but Jess called me down here. Apparently the wi-fi is down."

     Trevor chuckles, "How does it feel having your crush call you down to fix the internet?"

     "Hey, just another reason to come and see her," Garrett responds.

     "Alright, well you have fun with that. I gotta go talk to Jessica." Trevor walks into her office, "Good news."

     Jessica looks up from her laptop, "What is it?" 

     "Spider might have some information regarding one of Ellis' locations. He's dropping off the address later." 

     Suddenly a voice comes over the intercom in the office, "Uhh Trevor come see me, you got another letter."

    "Or right now," Trevor says jokingly. He walks to the front and picks up the letter. It doesn't look like the other letter Spider sent, but he ignores it. He gets to Jessica's office to read the note with her. When he opens it, he instantly knows this isn't Spider's handwriting. He reads it out loud so Jessica can hear.

     "Trevor, we have your friend. We know he's been in contact with you, and we know you're looking for us. If you value his life you will come to the address listed below. Alone. Hurry, you don't want to be late."

     Trevor looks up at jessica, drops the letter and runs to his car. He's furious. He speeds all the way there. When he arrives it just looks like an empty warehouse. He takes his gun and slowly approaches the door. He walks in and is tackled from the side, his gun slides across the concrete floor. He stands up, prepared to fight. Then he notices the attacker.

     "Zac? Zac is that you?"

     The man looks at him, "It's been a long time, Trevor."

     Trevor looks angry, "What the fuck!? YOU took Spider!? YOU work for Ellis!?"

     A grin comes across Zac's face, "Yes and Yes. Oh, and you don't have to worry about spider anymore. He won't be a bother."

     "You mother fucker! I'll fucking kill you!" Trevor lunges at Zac. They fight for many minutes, exchanging blows to one another. Zac Finally kicks Trevor down, he lands beside his gun. He grabs it and points it at Zac.

     "Zac! Don't make me fucking do this!" Zac walks closer to Trevor. He aims the gun down and shoots Zac in the leg. He screams in pain, Trevor stands up and pulls out his phone, his gun still on Zac. He calls Jessica.

     "Jessica," he says slowly, "I think I might know who Ellis is."

     Suddenly Zac pulls out a knife and throws it at Trevor, luckily it missed, but it knocked the gun out of his hand. He drops the phone and kicks Zac. 

     "Is Abby really Ellis? Is she the one i've been chasing," Trevor asks, demandingly. 

      Zac looks up and spits at Trevor.

      "Fuck it, I've got everything I need." He walks to his gun and points it at Zac. He hesitates for a moment, but he can't do it. He kicks Zac a last time before picking up his phone and leaving. He gets in his car and starts thinking about how to find Abby and get to her without her knowing.

     He takes a long moment, "Ohh fuck today."