Somebody shot a lady in a mansion.... a young kid was kidnapped….. more satellite warfare ...the T.V news seems as usual. It's surprising it still exists and has an audience.
Saïd was facing the T.V ... looking at it, But not watching it. This place felt corrupted; it smelled rust, piss and drugs. His dad was nervously twiddling his mustache fixing the doorway leading to the next room. Gradually, a sound of wheels echoed from it, And The creaking hinges Announced the arrival of the person he had been waiting for.
An aging worn figure emerged from the doorway; Rami, an old friend of Ali rolling in a mechanical wheelchair. He seemed careless; he never bothered investing in a smart one.
"You think you became that important to make me wait all this time bastard! Were you pimping for your mom or somethin'?" said Ali with a malicious smirk Shocking Saïd who never heard his father use such language.
"With the news I have for you, I think you're the one who should think about doing it with your mom's dead corpse." responded Rami.
A concerned expression crossed Ali's face "What do you mean?"
"I got insight, you got down ranked from AB to B" he responded while searching on his old smartphone.
"What the hell ?!! Do they actually expect me to do something about the situation I'm in?!! Do they want me dead?!" screamed Ali in frustration, then angrily sank down onto the sofa.
Rami stoically observed him, then continued, "Yes, they want you dead, as if you didn't already know."
Ali glared at him aggressively but averted his face and twiddled his mustache again.
"You had to look at it positively" Said Rami,"You've worked for the system for so long, it's a miracle you still didn't get hurt, I know of people who were Tagged as D's or Even E's and completely vanished from the face of earth. you're still here buddy."
Ali wasn't trusting him. He felt he was hiding something "I've been on the system for so long like you said, and you too, every time these liberals act like this, they want some extra dangerous work from us."
Rami slowly smiled showing his decaying line of teeths, then said "Exactly, and there you go."
Ali heard a notification sound on his smart watch, he noticed an incoming message, then projected the hologram to see what it was about, as it materialized, Ali's face turned from anticipation to pure horror.
"THIS…..THIS GUY IS FROM MY VILLAGE!!! I CAN'T HANDLE HIM! I DON'T WANT TO DIE!" Ali exclaimed, completely overwhelmed.
Rami's eyes got wide open with a broad grin as he enjoyed Ali's freaked-out state. And With a degenerate laugh he said "You think this is it, huh? Haha, glad to have crossed paths with you buddy! See you in hell !"
He didn't seem to be scared of the fact that Ali was enraged nor that he was a disabled man in a wheelchair unable to fight back.
Saïd meanwhile was going backward with little step towards the corner of the room, his father going insane and Hilarious laughs of Rami shivered down his spine. This is the first time he's witnessed his father in such a way, and everything about the other guy horrified him:, his laughter, his smell, his decaying teeths, his two tumors, and the worst, his total lack of compassion.
Saïd was desperately trying to make sense of the situation: is my father going to die? Is this the ritual to go to adulthood? Am I an adult now?
His thoughts were cut by A sudden sense of pure despair. As he lifted his head, he was met with the bulging eyes and smile of Rami piercing his weak soul with a predator look.
As a child Saïd used to run behind his father for safety. Now, even his father didn't feel safe.
After a last kick on Rami's dining table, Ali headed to the doorway. Saïd quickly followed him, he didn't feel like staying alone with that man.
Rami observed with a smile, then headed back to his room and continued watching porn on his wall size TV.
Ali stepped out oblivious to the fact that his world was about to change. Little did he know, the decision had just been taken. 42 minutes ago….