The Lonely Boy

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    Ah yes, Santa Carla, the murder capital of the world according to the word on the streets it's a drug-filled place where if you come here you're either going out by drugs or you're going out by somebody's gun but hey that's how most places are now and days, right? there isn't any place safe in the world anymore and it's one of the things that people gotta deal with and move on to whatever the hell they were doing when they got up the next day. leaned his head back against the leather seat as he was looking out of the window as they soon passed the sign that read "welcome to Santa Carla" and as they passed it, he soon read on the back of the sign in red and black spray paint "murder capital of the world", causing him to move his sunglasses from his face some as he soon felt the back of his seat get kicked by his younger half brother, leading him to look back, "kick my seat again and I'm gonna throw you out on the side of the road", he said furiously as Sam soon smirked at his older sibling as he then lifted his leg to kick it before Mattais reached back grabbing him by the shirt, "dad!! the psycho has me!!", Sam yelled as Sam's father and Mattais' stepfather, , reached over with one hand moving Mattais back around in the seat, "stop it", he scolded him as Mattais rolled his eyes before putting his sunglasses back on, fun family moving day. The past year had been rough for Mattais, he had lost his mother due to the heart disease she had since she was born and now he was stuck living with his step father and his younger half sibling that he sometimes wished he could strangle for one solid hour and he'd be fine, he was a brat but he was also just 14 years old. "Look I know you guys don't wanna come out here to Santa Carla but your uncle is offering to help us get a fresh start", Carter said as Mattais scoffed lightly before looking over at the man, "you mean Sam's uncle. Your family isn't my family", he snapped before he looked back out the window as Carter sighed, "I know you're upset about your father not taking you in but Matty you're my son just as much as Sam is", he said as Mattais shook his head and put his headphones on his head as he turned the music on his phone up as it played, When You're Strange by Echo & The Bunnymen as he leaned his head back against the seat closing his eyes. 

as he then rose an eyebrow before he got out of the car and took his sunglasses off and looked at before looking over at Carter, "you have got to be joking right? this place is the house from wrong turn before we know it hillbillies are gonna try and eat us", he said as Carter shook his head, "he's a private guy", he said as he shut the door before calling out, "Edgar!", he called out as Mattais shook his head before looking around, where the fuck was he really living? "so these are your kids?", Mattais heard a man with a rather raspy low voice say causing him to look over at him, "kid, he has one I'm stuck with him", he responded as the older man chuckled, "yeah I know that feeling with Carter and I was the adopted one", he said as he walked over to him, "what's your name?", he asked as Mattais rolled his eyes before he took his sunglasses off, "Mattais", he said as the older man held his hand out to him, "Edgar, Edgar Frog", he said as Mattais laughed lightly before he seen the man's facial expression hadn't changed causing him to slowly stop laughing, "wait your last name is actually frog?", he asked as Edgar nodded causing him to shake his head chuckling as he looked over at Carter, "so is your last name frog? cause you act slimy like one half the time anyways", he said as he soon felt the older man beside him pull him down by his hair to his level, "what the hell?! get off me!", he yelled before the older man whispered, "show some respect to your old man", he said as he soon let him go causing Mattais to hold his head as he looked at the man shocked, who the fuck was he to grab him like that? he didn't even know him but nearly five minutes now, "you're fucking crazy", he said as he grabbed one of his bags out from the back seat as he then made his way into the house as he soon looked around, the house was honestly something you'd see in a horror movie, he shook his head as he walked over to a crate that was on the couch as he looked through it seeing there were some stakes in there causing him to pick one up, "what in the hell is wrong with these people?", he asked as he touched the end of the stake feeling it pierce the tip of his index finger leading him to drop it back in the box, "son of a bitch!", he yelled as he looked at his finger before he then groaned lowly to himself as he then walked into the kitchen as he looked around for some paper towels as he soon opened one of the doors on the wall as he soon covered his nose from the strong scent of garlic causing him to move away a bit, "this house is fucking crazy", he mumbled as he then shut the door and walked over to the sink as he then turned the water on letting it wash over the small cut as he then stopped the water and dried his hand off on his shirt before he walked over to the fridge and opened it as he then noticed there were canteens with crosses on them causing him to scrunch his eyebrows in confusion before he shut it, "it's for safety reasons", he heard somebody say from behind as he turned around and see the older man who owned the house, "Santa Carla isn't exactly human friendly", he said as he walked over to the boy, "you need to be smart about your choice in friends around here", he said as Mattais scoffed before adjusting his bag on his shoulder, "or what? The boogieman gonna come out of my closet and eat my brains?", he asked sarcastically as the older man rolled his eyes, "the boogieman is a old story to scare brats and I see you didn't get told about him enough", he said as Mattais shrugged lightly before he walked out the kitchen as he seen his step father and younger sibling walk into the house, "your rooms are upstairs, Carter your room is across from mine and your kids rooms are down the hall from us", Edgar said as he walked up the staircase with the three, "again he's got one kid I'm not his son", he said as Edgar shrugged, "tomato, potato", he said as Mattais furrowed his eyebrows in confusion at the analogy before he seen the man open the door to a bedroom for Sam then one across from the room to show Mattais' room causing him to walk in as he tossed his bag onto the rather big bed as he then walked over to the window and went to open it only to see it had been bolted down causing him to groan, "great now if he chops us all up there's no chance of escaping", he said as he walked over to the bed as he unzipped his bag, grabbing pack of cigarettes and his , it was a special lighter to him due to it being from his best friend Michael back in Phoenix, he then put his sunglasses on and walked downstairs as he walked past his step father and "uncle" as he then walked outside as he sat on the steps of the front porch, opening the pack of Marlboro as he then took one out placing it between his lips before he then flipped the zippo lighter open letting the flame flick from the fuel as it lit the end of the cigarette causing him to then close it and take a rather long drag from it before he moved it from his lips, exhaling the smoke from his nostrils before he began to scan is now home's surroundings causing him to sigh a bit before he then stood up and began to walk around the land a bit.