"D-deal? What deal? What are you<em>talking</em>about!?" The boy was panicking and near hysteria. He knew that he didn't have time to ask questions now. Any inquiries about the situation would have to be saved for later, but still, there was something about this whole situation that felt strange... almost ominous. Just who was this person and how did they manage to show up at exactly the right time, just as the teenager had been pleading with the universe to send help.<br/><br/>There was still a part of the teen that didn't believe any of this was real. It was a nightmare and he was going to wake up from it at any moment. He even wasted a precious moment clenching his eyes shut and then popping them open to see if anything changed. But, no, the sky had been such a strange dusk-like dark that had seemed real. The footsteps of the two men were growing ever closer and that pale hand was still extended forward, waiting for him to take it. To shake on a deal.<br/><br/>Extending his own hand, the boy knew that it was now or never. Whatever this deal was, he was going to have to agree to it. He placed his smaller palm against the the one offered to him and took a deep breath.<br/><br/>"I'll take whatever the consequences are, just please, help me!" The boy finally said again, his words coming in a rush of fear and desperation. He had no idea what was he was roping himself into, but at the moment, he didn't care.