Mister Rich revealed some tantalizing information about Six’s past, although he was wary of Six’s true intentions. After Six had some food, a shower, and some new clothes, Mister Rich was followed by two police officers to the run-down motel that they were staying at. The situation escalated, and Six killed one of the officers with his mind while Mister Rich was wounded in a gunfire exchange with the second officer. Six realized that the cops were fake, but just as he was pulling Mister Rich’s car around to get him to a hospital, a black van showed up at the other end of the motel parking lot.
Episode Eight – The Van
Fuck this. I’ve killed enough tonight – I can’t let someone else die because of my negligence. I lean over Mister Rich and slide my arms under his armpits. I try to pick him up, but his muscular bulk makes it feel like I’m trying to lift a boulder. I switch to his legs to drag him to the car. The fluffy snow helps to slide him along, leaving a red smear on the frozen ground behind him. It’s slow work, and the whole time I look for some kind of super-strength or telekinesis or something that might be lurking inside my brain, but all I get is a bigger headache.
It feels like hours getting Mister Rich to the car, but the van hasn’t moved. A couple of men are standing on either side of the van, wearing thick, black wool coats over button-down shirts, ties and slacks. One is walking toward the pile of meat that used to be Cochrane, and the other is talking into a cell phone while scanning the area.
I realize that how I’ve parked Mister Rich’s car next to the police cruiser effectively hides me and Mister Rich, as long as I stay low. I finish dragging Mister Rich to the car, wincing at every snap of a twig or bounce of Mister Rich’s skull. Once I get him to the open door, I try to fold his upper body up and shove him into the back seat. I’m sure I’m breaking a thousand medical procedures, but he only might die if I get him into the car, instead of certainly dying if he bleeds to death in the snow.
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