She Rides Shotgun

A bad man lived in a world with no night.

He was to his own mind.

A god.

But he was a god made of other men.

He had men for a mouth.

He had men for hands.

He had men for eyes.

He had men for blood.

Forever steal.

Steal forever.

Hey.

Sorry I'm late.

Alright.

Alright, let's get you in the car.

You waiting on someone, huh?

My mom.

Do you want to go inside and call her?

No, she's just a little late sometimes.

Okay.

Hey.

You okay?

You come over here.

Let's see, come on.

I just need to talk to you for a second.

Hey.

Where's my mom?

It's Ryan's.

Are you glad to be here?

Yeah, I'm out.

I got out, so... Come on, we gotta go.

Let's go.

Get in the car.

Hey, Holly.

Get in the car.

Let's go.

That's it.

Come on.

In the car.

Let's go.

That's it.

That's broken.

This is as good as I can afford right now, so...

So you hungry?

Huh?

No.

I'm starving.

That'd be a place for McDonald's.

Is this your mom?

No.

But something's happened.

I don't know.

Everything's fine.

You're sick, am I?

None.

Mom, I'm not gonna hurt you.

What if you didn't look back?

Hey, hey, hey, Holly.

Don't do that, Holly.

I told you once.

I haven't done anything.

Okay.

Okay.

That's my suitcase.

Is it?

And that's Tom's jacket.

You stole it from my house.

You got some walking to do.

Where?

Come on.

You gotta find him or I'll get some sleep.

The hotel's a party once too, you know.

And not as big as this one.

We got motels, airport, interstate.

Anyone looking for me might be looking for that car.

One room for the people, please.

You guys up right now?

Uh-huh, thanks.

Okay, you ready?

You're still hungry.

Jesus Christ.

Can I have... There you go.

Okay, come

on.

Holly, come on.

Thank you.

Uh, yeah.

No, I know.

I know.

Please, man, please.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

Don't hang up, please, please.

Carla, hey.

Hey, it's me.

It's Nathan.

Nathan.

No, yeah, yeah, I'm out.

Right, yeah.

Listen, onion... No, no, wait, wait, wait.

I just need a second.

I just need a second.

All right, look.

I don't feel good about it, but I am... It's nothing.

Call in favors like any I can get.

Do you still run this scummy?

Come on.

Are they cute?

Oh, come on.

Please, please, please.

Please, don't make me back here.

I gotta get going.

No, I got it.

Yeah, sure.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah, you could.

It's funny how your friends disappear when you need them.

Watch it.

Close your eyes.

Eat it.

Guess the flavor.

Close your eyes.

Mm-hmm.

It's barbecue.

Barbecue.

You got it right.

Let's just do it quickly.

Get it over with.

You gotta trust me.

Come on.

No, I don't want you to.

Look, I promise.

It's gonna be fine.

Watch it.

See?

Look, gone.

I want things.

Yeah?

Not too long.

Make sure it's not over the eyes.

It's there.

Okay.

Have you done this before?

Yeah, thousands of times.

Now you see?

How much shorter are you gonna go?

I don't know.

I'm feeling my way.

Let me see.

I look bad, don't I?

You never wrote to me.

You know, you put us.

I tried.

I'm not living here, nothing.

You've definitely not done this before.

Bust it.

One.

Two.

Three.

Feel good?

I love this.

It's a little shorter than I expected, but I love it.

This is what I was going for.

Put your hand here.

Swing with your whole body.

Whole body.

Not just your arms.

Feel that?

Yeah.

Your heel has to come off of the floor.

Oh, that's where the power comes from.

Off the floor, like mine.

You see mine?

Like this?

That's it.

Whole body.

Okay.

Show me again.

Am I gonna hate you?

No, it's fine.

Whole body.

Okay, now the first thing to remember...

You gotta hit him in the knee.

As hard as you can, right through that son of a bitch, okay?

That's gonna make him bend over a little like this.

And you hit him on the back of the head.

Not the front.

Do you know why?

Come here.

Knock me on the front of the head.

Like a door.

Go on.

Harder.

Why?

Harder.

See?

The front of the head is hard.

It's like a helmet.

You gotta hit him in the back.

You do that.

Hit him hard as you can.

And then you look.