Carter/Hollywood
“It's freaking Halloween, everybody's in a costume!” I yell to Rage,the maniac.
“Well, I'm not fucking everybody, so stop stepping on my balls, I already said no.”
He doesn't even look at me.
He's got his eyes fixed on the computer screen and his fingers glued to the keyboard. His mood goes up and down like a fucking slide directly into madness. From the moment he said goodbye to Sarah, he’s been fucking hostile.
Hostile Rage level, practically a poisoned thorn bomb.
“Rage...” I call again, trying to get his attention.
“I said no.”
“Just look at me for a second.” I whisper in a serious tone.
He stops pressing the keys, and his dark eyes look at me curiously.
“You'd make an excellent Gandalf.”
He takes the stapler from his desk and throws it straight at my head. I get my fucking ass out of the chair, but I'm not fast enough.
“That hurts, you idiot!” I scream as I massage my head to calm the pain.
“You deserve it.” His voice again becomes monotone.
My cell phone starts ringing.
“Shit...” I whisper.
My cousin's name is on the screen.
“I won't fall for that.”
“No asshole, it’s my cousin.” Rage gets up quickly from his chair and walks towards me.
“And what the hell are you waiting for, Hollywood? Answer the fucking phone!”
I'm afraid to answer it, I don't want to hear bad news.
I slide my finger on the touch screen and put the phone in my ear. I swallow a hard knot.
Maybe it's not my cousin.
“Hello?”
“I need a favor.” Bruno's thick voice slips through the earpiece, giving me a shock wave of relief.
“Bruno! What the hell, man?! Talk to me.”
Rage signals me to put the speaker on, but I ignore him, so he just puts his ear close to mine.
“We managed to escape, we are traveling towards the border but we're being followed by a fucking army, it's gonna take a few days to get there, I need you to be ready when we arrive.”
“Wait...wait, are you guys okay? Sarah? Dante? Tell me something, man!”
“Dante is here with me and Sarah is very badly hurt.”
