The uncaring and the Insecure

          The car ride was dead silent, Luca and Damian sat apart in the back seat while one of his men drove and another sat comfortably in the front seat. They had been on the road for more than an hour and Damian hadn't uttered a single word, he just kept his gaze on the tablet in his hand like his existence depended on it, On the other hand, Luca was going crazy as a result of boredom, awkwardly sitting with nothing to do but be alone with his thoughts and stare at the blackness of the tinted windows as they drove to a location undisclosed to him. He rested on the chair, then straightened up, then put his head on the window, then lifted it, He continued till Damian eventually got tired, put the tablet down and turned his eye to him.

“What's wrong with you?” He asked, faint hints of annoyance present in his voice, Luca turned to him.

“I'm tired of being cooped up in this space with my only comoanion being your silence,” Luca spat.

“So your solution is to annoy me into giving you attention.”

“Who said anything about wanting ‘Your’ attention,” Luca fired back, his eyes burning with anger as he spoke, The two men at the front briefly turned their head to observe the exchange before turning their heads back to the front.

“Don’t make me regret keeping you alive Luca.”

“I never asked you too, it's not like human life is precious to you or anything.”

Damian was about to reply but stopped himself short of the word leaving his mouth, He leaned back picked up the tablet and went back to acting like Luca wasn't even there.

The Deathly silence returned but this time with a wave of awkwardness that made it unbearable to just sit and do nothing, His eyes began roaming around the small space, looking for something that would spark his amusement or at the very least kill a tiny bit of the boredom he was feeling and just when he was about to go fully insane he felt the speed of the car slow down and the road suddenly become uneven, on que Damian put down the tablet and turned to him.

“If you want to find the person who murdered your brother you'll have to first understand his world.” Damian said as he shoved a gun towards him, Luca turned his eyes to the gun then back to Damian.

“You seem to be confused,” Luca said with a small smile curving his lips “I've been in this world a lot longer than you think.” 

“Good.” 

The car came to a halt and the two men at the front stepped out and shut their doors then after a couple seconds there was a knock at Damian's window that signaled for him to come out, He stepped out gracefully and Luca followed, Flinching as the bright light hit his eyes, He covered his eyes for a few seconds, letting them get used to the sudden change in light and when he took his palm away from his eyes he saw that he was in a place he had never seen before.

“Where is this?” He asked as he looked around the deserted land, red soil covered the ground and shipping containers where stacked like bricks behind them and in front was a whole lot of nothing but red sand as far as his eyes could see.

“A place.”

“Ohhh that answers my question.” Luca said exhaustedly as he continued looking around till one of the men walked to Damian's side and whispered something in his ear.

“Stand straight and hide your guns.” An order and the two men immediately followed, Luca was hesitant but after a few seconds of deliberating he obliged.

They stood in one line with Damian slightly infront of them as a black van heading towards them came into view. Luca's heart began to beat as a thought hit him.

“This is a set up.” He started reaching for his gun “Whose in that truck Damian?” Luca demanded with his gun pointed at the back of Damian's head.

“Answe-” Before the words could completely come out of his mouth the man of his left had disarmed him while the one on the right attacked him from below and sent him falling violently on the ground, before Luca could even react one of the hand placed his foot firmly unto his chest while the other pulled out his gun and pointed it directly at Luca's head.

“Say the word boss.”

“Let him go.” Damian said with a level of nonchalance that made Luca realize that Damian had predicted he would do what he did. With a sadistic smirk then man took his leg off Luca's chest and turned back to the direction of the truck heading towards them.

“Why did you give me a gun if you knew I'd point it at you, why risk it?”

“Risk?” Damian repeated with a chuckle “ There was no risk, You couldn't have done it if I gave you the chance,” He mocked as he handed the gun back to Luca, hesitantly Luca took the gun from him and out of curiosity checked the magazine, Empty. A chuckle almost escaped his lips but he held it back, Of course he wouldn't give a man who wants him dead a loaded gun.

“To answer your question, That truck contains the brief case from the auction.” 

“The one with the information about Matteo's death?”

“Yes.”

The truck stopped a few meters away from them and Luca could feel his heart pounding inside of his chest but now it was for a completely different reason. The driver of the truck jumped out and looked at Damian for a few seconds before he began to approach.

“Damian Moretti?”

“Yes.” An exhausting formality but ever so necessary. The man nodded and began walking back to the truck, he walked around it and undid the locks on the back but as he opened it—