Torn Picture (Mandela Catalogue Adam x Jonah)

Argument

"What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?" He tries to joke because of the situation. "Don't. Just don't, okay? Please." I tell him worried.

"Oh, so NOW you're taking this seriously." Adam says annoyed. "Dude, I don't know what you want from me. I'm as serious as I've ever been!" I tell him

He just laughs at me.

"This whole time, huh? So you fucking with me was you being serious?" He says after he's done laughing at me. "I get that I screw around sometimes, okay?! But that's just what I do!" I tell him. "Well maybe it shouldn't be!" He gets mad at me.

"Look man, I'm just...DEVASTATED...that I'm not as broken as you still are with everything that's happened and I'm sorry that I can't keep helping you carry this burden!" I let my anger out on him aswell.

"What does that have to do with anything??" He gets confused. "But I'm reaching my FUCKING limit here! These things have taken everything away from us, YET YOU STILL RUN TO THEM EVERY CHANCE YOU GET!" I yell at him.

He tries to denial it but I just burst. "FUCKING LISTEN TO ME!!! You're not invincible, okay?!
I know you thought that when we started doing these fucking...death marches...and nothing happened, and I get it! But this, right here, is REAL. AND YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT.
MORE THAN ANYBODY." I yell at him more.

"What's that supposed to mean?!" He yells at me. "I wish we'd never looked for your [BLEEEEEEEP] because she is DEAD AND GONE. AND WE WERE NEVER GONNA GET HER BACK." I yell at him once more. Regretting what I said but it had to be said.

"What did you just fucking say to me!?" Adam screams at me more angry then ever before. "And I'm sorry that these are the lives that we lead today, but Adam, if you walk down those stairs, you'd be joining her. And if by some MIRACLE you come back out, I don't think you'd be yourself. And I'm telling you right now...that I won't be here to confirm that." I tell him calming myself down a bit.

"WELL THEN JUST FUCKING LEAVE THEN!
LEAVE!" He yells at me and then we lost connection on the call.

I let my anger get the best of me and I smashed the radio. I put my hands on my face and slide them down it. I felt really frustrated so I start the car and start driving away from this house.

I hear voices from the radio telling me I left him to die. I ignored them as the best I could, I had to keep calm or else I will crash the car.

I drive to a near motel and decide to get a room there to sleep until the next day to drive away from this hell of a county.

I lay in the bed staring at the ceiling. My gut tells me to go back to Adam but he was the one telling me to leave, plus he must be dead my now anyways, no need to save a dead person.

I feel my eyelids feeling heavy and finally fall asleep.

Adam's POV (this takes place the same time Jonah's POV while he drives to the motel):

I try my best to get in contact with Jonah again and try escaping the damn basement but no luck.

I heard Jonah leave so no use to call him, he's probably too far away already. I start banging of the door to get out.

"SOMEONE, PLEASE LET ME OUT" I yell but there was no use. I was the only one in the house. Angry tears falling down my cheeks as I bang on the door more and finally give up.

"Ugh" I groan but I then remember the window I saw while I was down there. There was also a baseball bat and I got an idea.

I ran down silently and grabbed the baseball bat. I walk over to the window and smash it. Glass shards flew everywhere. I put the bat down and started climbing out from the window.

It was a bit small so I did scratch myself with the glass left on it but managed to wiggle out. I lay on the wet cold grass as rain pours on me. I've never been so happy to be on rain.

I was loosing quite a lot of blood tho. I heard voice coming towards me. I closed my eyes trying to get rid of the pain. "Hey are you okay??" A man asks me. "I'm bleeding so clearly I am not" I tell him.

He gives out a small laugh until him and someone scoop me up and place me in a car. "Are you kidnapping me?" I ask them. "No we're taking you to the hospital" the other one says.

Silence fills the car ride. "I'm Adam by the way" I tell them breaking the silence. "I'm Cesar, and my buddy here is Mark" the one driving tells me.