The Boy and The Psycho

Man on the Moon

Five and I are sitting in an alley outside the doctor's apartment waiting.

"Here he comes." I whisper and point out the doctor carrying his dog to his car.

Five grabs my hand and waits until the doctor is in the car. As soon as he shuts the car door Five teleports us.

I fall into the backseat with the dog on my lap and I begin petting and cooing at the dog. Five falls into the passenger seat as the man shuts the door and turns to him.

"Oh, Jesus!" 

Five puts a knife up to the doctor's throat as I sit calmly in the backseat with the dog.

"One chance. That's all you've got. One chance to tell us exactly what's going on in that lab."

The doctor looks into the rearview mirror at me. I smile and drag my thumb across my neck and he quickly looks back at Five.

"I... I manufacture prosthetic devices for fake patients. I bill the insurance companies and then sell them for cash on the black market." 

"Including eyeballs?" Five questions before the doctor even finishes his sentence.

"Yeah, they're my biggest seller. I mean, they sell like hotcakes. I-- I've got a list, a waiting list, probably about 20 buyers."

"So, the serial number I told you..."

"Uh, could've already been bought. Yes, off-- off the books." The doctor sighs as he finishes his sentence still shaking.

"We need that list, Lance." I tell him from the backseat. "Names and numbers, and we need it now!"

"I don't have it. I mean, not on me. The only copy's in my safe at the lab."

"Well, you start the car, then." I say and smile from the backseat. " 'Cause we're going on a field trip."

"Okay." The doctor shakily puts his seat belt on as Five brings the knife down from his throat.

"Now." Five repeats and sits back in his seat.

"Okay." 

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Five, the doctor, and I all make our way up the sidewalk to the office.

Five and I both notice the building smoking and we run-up to the front steps as fast as lightning. 

Glass shatters and flames are billowing out of the building as we make our way to the front. Seconds later, the building blows up and Five and I are thrown backwards onto the street.

I slowly bring my head up and realize I'm on top of Five. I quickly sit up and regret it instantly. I grab my head and groan as the pain takes over my mind.

Five sits up slowly and grunts as he looks at the building as realization hits.

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