Day twenty-three of the Nate and Sully friendship
Nate and Sully were in Oregon. Sully had a few old acquaintances he had to run some business by, but they had the day off. Nate intended to make the most of it. There were thousands of things he'd never seen, and he was adamant he would before he died. Sully had shown him a few things here and Nate had taken it all in, eyes wide and mind open. Now it was night. Sully and Nate were kindred spirits, they both enjoyed night better than day. Nate loved the feeling of mystery the night brought, whereas Sully loved watching the stars. The stars were out tonight, shining in their clusters. Sully couldn't help pointing constellations out to Nate every once in a while. Nate just nodded, taking it in, but Sully knew that it probably went in one ear and out the other. The pair walking down the street, currently making their way over to the town. It was about 19:30, and the streets were empty.
"Whoa, kid, did you just see that?" Sully put an arm out in front of Nate, making Nate immediately stop. He looked at Sully, who was looking up at building. Nate followed Sully's pointed stare and saw Sully was looking up at a building. Nate followed Sully's pointed stare and saw Sully was looking up at something gleaming, situated on a roof. Nate was confused how it had gotten up there, but looked away uninterested and almost resumed walking. The only thing that stopped him was the fact that Sully was still staring. After standing there for a few more seconds and making the very right assumption that Sully was not going to budge, Nate rolled his eyes and shrugged out of his jacket. "Kid, what are you doing?" Sully queried, clocking all of Nate's movements. Nate's eyebrows knitted.
"I'm going to go check it out for you." Nate looked a bit puzzled, wondering why Sully even asked since it was pretty obvious. Sully raised his eyebrows, taking a step back and sweeping a hand forward, showing Nate that he was going to watch. Nate tilted his head. He walked over to the wall closest to them and, after surveying it, began to climb. He did it quickly, his eyes used to finding crevices in the wall perfect for climbing. Sully looked back at the gleaming object, lit a cigar which he promptly began to smoke, before peering at Nate. After glancing around and seeing the street was empty, he looked back up. Nate was almost up two storeys now. Sully looked past Nate, wondering if he would have climbed the same route as him. Probably. Sully was staring at one of those street signs that protrudes out of the wall. The sign was made of metal, as well as being heavily rusted. Sully could see that what used to be black metal was now a heavily rusted brown. The sign was directing people to Main Street. It looked quite heavy. Sully looked back at Nate, who was about to climb onto a metal pole sticking out of the wall. Nate would then swing onto the sign. Speaking of Nate, Sully saw how quickly and efficiently Nate did all of this, like he'd been doing it for years. But Sully knew he hadn't, Nate had told him that he had only been doing the whole climbing thing for a couple of months. Nate's upper body strength impressed Sully, because for someone who'd only been climbing for a couple of months, Nate could kick most people's ass at it. Sully felt a twinge of pride in his heart, almost like he'd been the one to teach Nate what to do and now he watched his new protégé in action. Truth be told, Sully had only taught him a thing or two so far. Nate was already very good. Nate wanted to learn from Sully, in fact he was eager to, and the fact that Sully was a treasure hunter sparked a lot of interest in the kid. Sully smiled, but snapped himself out of his thoughts before delving further and began to look at the sign, scrutinizing it. He looked at the screws closely peering at the heavily rusted screws, realizing that they were too damaged and they definitely weren't going to be able to hold Nate's weight. Sully switched back to Nate quickly, his heart suddenly feeling like it was going to beat out of his chest. "No, Nate, wait!" Sully ran forward, arms outstretched, watching Nate swing to the sign. Nate made the swing and looked down at Sully confused. The sign suddenly snapped and fell. Nate fell too. They fell two storeys and landed hard, the unmistakable sound of bones breaking proving the land. The sign had fallen on top of Nate. "Shit! Nate? Nate" Sully shouted, running over to him. He threw his cigar away in a desperate movement. It took Sully a couple seconds more than he would have liked, but he got the sign off of Nate. The sign had proven to be ridiculously heavy. "Nate? Kid, get up! Nate!" Sully's heart was racing a mile a minute. He fumbled in his pocket, his hands shaking, but he managed to get his cell out. He dialled the hospital.