39 BRUTHA RAJ NO!
Zach thinks through his options,
Kido? Broken arm...
Tom? Ignoring calls...
Zoey? Could patch me up but might be busy.
Fuck it, call Zoey, then Tom and if they are both down and out... Kido.
Beep Beep,
.Hey... Zoey?.
"You visited in the morning, Could it be you fancy me?"
.Stop joking around, i'm really hurt. Could you pick me up at...
Zach realises he doesn't know where he is,
.One sec, don't hang up!.
He listens for the cars going over, vibrations let him know when its safe to go.
... annnnd NOW!
Zach phases one last time out of the man hole and end up laying down on the street with traffic heading for him.
BEEEEEEP!
"GET OUT OF THE ROAD PSYCHO!"
Zach limps to an alley way and tears the mask off of his face.
.Zoey, i'm in an alleyway on Holborn road... Bring a car, i don't know where my hand is... Bring something to stop bleeding....
"Zach? Speak to me!"
Zoey shouts at her phone while on the till at the costume shop, her manager realises something is wrong.
"Is it something urgent?"
"Yes, i think so..."
"You can go, you will have to do overtime though."
"Ok!"
She runs out of the store and calls a taxi to take her to where Zach is, she stops at a pharmacy while waiting for the taxi and buys bandages and bad pain killers.
It doesn't take long luckily due to the good traffic.
She pays the taxi,
"Stay there, ill be back in a minute... I need to pick up my friend..."
The taxi driver speaks in a heavy Indian voice,
"Hallo, please note, i cannoot take sumbuddy ho is too drunk."
"Hes not drunk, stay here and i'll pay extra."
She runs down the street looking into every dark crevice looking for Zach. After about six minutes of looking she stumbles across a boy covered in blood laying on the floor unconscious.
Passerby's must have ignored him for fear of getting involved, she approaches him and tries to wake him but stops when she sees his severed hand.
Zoey pulls all the medical supplies out of the bag she had brought and starts treating it,
"Really, what the fuck have you been doing to get your hand cut off?!?!?"
After creating a makeshift tourniquet she rolls him over to pick him up and drag him to the taxi. Somehow, she is even more surprised... A tail drops from Zach's lower back and creates a metallic sound as it scrapes across the floor.
...
Zoey doesn't know how to react, her day is getting weirder and weirder. She doesn't even know how she became friends with this weird kid!
"Fuck, I'll ask when he wakes!"
She tries to sling him over her shoulder like a fireman but finds his slightly chubby frame is impossibly heavy.
...
She ends up dragging him to the taxi leaving a trail of blood from his shoes on the floor.
"I am sorry miss, but i cannot take your friend in my car!"
"ILL PAY, JUST TAKE US HOME!"
"NO TANK YOU FOR CUMING GUD BUY!"
"WAIT!"
Zoom!
He drives off leaving a trail of smoke.
...
"I'll call another one!"
Beep beep
"Hallow, dis is Brutha Sanjay's Taxi service! Wut can i do, for you to day... MY BRUTAH"
"Me and my friend were just at a fancy dress party and need a taxi home, could you pick us up on Holborn Road."
"Yus, I can do dat. It will cost 40 rupie-pounds"
"Ok, be quick... I'm in a hurry."
She sits Zach down on a trash and props him up against the lamppost directly next to it, after a while of waiting they're taxi shows up.
He rolls down his window and introduces himself,
"Hallow! My name is Raj, are you the young lady who wanted a taxi?"
"Yes, my friend fell asleep so i would rather not wake him!"
"Dat is fine, please jump in!"
She drags Zach into the car and puts a seat belt on him.
Unbeknownst to her a surprised taxi-driver behind they're own is following them.
The taxi driver starts to ask Zoey about all sorts of things, Where they are going, where they come from, they're relationship, whether shes a virgin...
The conversations start getting really personal when he asks her whether or not people know where she is.
She tries to ignore it but starts to panic as the taxi drives past her house.
"Hey, you missed my house"
"Ah! My bad, let me find a good place to turn around."
The doors lock to prevent any escape, due to the car separating the driver and the passengers there is no chance of escape.
"STOP, WHERE ARE YOU TAKING US!"
"I am taking you to you're destination young miss!"
She can see a vicious smile appear on his rotund face when she looks into the rear view mirror.
