"Scarecrow!"

Those pricks always choose the worst possible time ever to show up, couldn't they have waited another half an hour?

No, apparently not.

It was amazing watching everyone's reaction to that one shouted word and incredibly terrifying at the same time.

Before I could even blink at least fifty Killjoy beamers were drawn, ready to dust at a moments notice.

Despite the coming threat Poison merely crossed his arms over his chest with an amused smirk lingering at the corner of his mouth.

The silence with everyone waiting for the Scarecrow to show his or her head was almost deafening until Party broke it, the smirk finally appearing for everyone to see.

"Zone Six claims this clap!"

I have no idea what he's talking about but for some godforsaken reason nearly everyone holstered their guns and moved behind stalls, crouching down.

There were only six people standing now.

Jet Star,
Kobra Kid,
Fun Ghoul,
Sunshine Throttle, the honorary member of Zone 6,
Party Poison
and me,
Electric Revenge.

There was the sound of a car approaching and the roaring of engines, great there's gonna be some dracs as well.
By the sounds of it a lot of them.

"I call dibs on the Scarecrow!" Party called out just as the engines stopped, leaving more silence in its wake.

"Fuck you man!" Kobra yelled back to him then suddenly dropped to the ground when a beam of light flew over his head.

Without a word everyone knew the fight was on.

What was originally a fun fair quickly became the site of a huge firefight with laser beams flying through the air left and right.

Draculoids came running from all directions, their plain white zaps drawn and ready to be put to work.

"How will I know who the Scarecrow is?" I asked Party, taking my blaster out of its holster and taking brief glance around me.

"Oh you'll know." He told me, grabbing his ray gun, spinning it around his finger with his grin just getting wider and wider.

"To your left." He added before running off towards the largest group of draculoids.

In a second I heard the loud pew sound of a beamer being fired and barely managed to dodge in time as a shot ran past me.

Clicking the safety off I lifted my arm, aimed at the ugly ass drac standing there and pulled the trigger, thoroughly ghosting him.
A smile appeared and I took my aim again, taking out two more who'd been trying their best to drop me.

"Fuck you and you and you." I said, sadistically enjoying the clap I was smack dab in the middle of.

A draculoid was leaning over Bluejay who'd taken refuge behind a stall, before the thing could get its creepy hands on her I'd pulled the trigger and dusted the fucker.

My palms were sweating up a storm, my breath was coming to me in tiny gasps and my mouth felt as dry as the desert beneath me.
I'm loving it.

That's until I felt the barrel of a blaster being pressed to the back of my head, uh-uh, you don't do that shit to me.

Suddenly the zap dropped away and I spun around to see Ghoul flat out beaming with a dusted drac at his feet and what was almost a smoking gun.

"Thanks man." I said to him and really meaning it then taking out the draculoid running up behind him.

"Don't mention it, bes-" He was cut off by the sound of Girl screaming at top volume, her voice piercing through all other sounds.

"Party!" She yelled, standing up and pointing at him, I spun around so fast I almost made myself dizzy and without even absorbing the scene in front of me sprinted flat out.

Somehow a chick in a white suit had managed to get Party Poison on his back and was standing over him, taking aim.

It didn't occur to me until later just how close I'd come to losing him, if ran a little slower it would have been too late.

But at that exact moment there was no possibility that I could lose him, there was only that fucking Scarecrow who would meet the ground in just a moment.

"Hey bitch!" The orange haired chick looked up, a malicious rubber melting expression on her face before it was erased by me full body tackling her.

We rolled across the sand and rock, with me actually being able to feel the bruises I was getting before we came to a stop.

There was a brief scrabbling for the ray guns we'd both dropped after the body tackle but I got my zap first.

One smack across the face with the butt of my beamer and she dropped with me now pinning her down by a knee on her chest.

"See this is the precise reason you never get invited to our parties." I grinned at the carrot top who was attempting to give me a literal version of 'if looks could kill.'

When she realised it wasn't working I got a mouthful of blood spat in my face which was definitely not the most pleasant thing I've ever experienced and this is coming from someone's whose eaten Power Pup.
The epitome of unpleasant.

"Aw why did you have to do that? I felt like we were really having a bonding moment there with you trying to dust my man and all." I spun my zap around in my hand before pressing it to her throat, I didn't feel like talking anymore.

"Fuck your world." I told her, pulling the trigger.

"Revenge!" Party called out, pulling himself up off the ground and running over to me as I stood, looking down at the body.

He wrapped his arms around me at the same time when my body started sinking towards the ground.
I'd just had one hell of a rush and was now crashing.

"You cool, sugar?" He asked and I felt my heart speed up a little, it didn't matter how many things I'd just ghosted I could still be girly.

"Not with those words." I mumbled, getting a chuckle out of him and managing to stand upright by myself.

"Holy fuck, Tricky! You just went Costa Rica on that Scarecrow's ass." Kobra yelled, running up with a joyful smile that I'd never seen before now.

"Hell yeah I did, bitch spat in my face." At mention of that Party handed me his red checkered scarf and I wiped the remaining blood/spit away.

"So it had nothing to do with her being about to ghost me?" With a small laugh at his words, that he wouldn't understand, I handed him his scarf back.

"It might have had a little something to do with that." They all knew I was just kidding, since the shower it'd become really fucking obvious how much I liked Party.

There was another yell and I responded to it with a sigh, lifting my head and looking around to see what the latest problem was.

Another friggen drac, this time it'd succeeded in grabbing Girl, I was having none of that shit right now.

I lifted my arm for one last time today, aiming at the sweet spot between the eyes and pulling back the trigger.

"Tag you're it." I mumbled, it dropped, instantly letting go of Bluejay with her running to the safety of Ghoul who crouched down to talk to her.

"Alright everyone, back to firing on all pistons!" Party called and in almost synchronisation the rest of the Killjoys stood up, looking around to evaluate the damage.

"You want some Ambrosia?" Jet asked, dropping a box on the ground so I could sit and rest my legs.

"Yeah, that'd be good." I told him, wincing when Party checked the cuts on my hands that I'd gotten from tackling the (now) dead human carrot.

Jet walked off, leaving Kobra and Party with me before Ghoul came over with Bluejay.

"Hey, you alright kiddo?" She could deal surprisingly well with everything thrown at her but it was still worth checking.

In response she half climbed on my lap, giving me a hug but unintentionally making me aware all the bruises I had on me.

"Thank you and thanks for Party Poison, he forgets to say it sometimes." She said, I smiled, giving her a hug, I don't know if I had a sister before this but if I did I hope was as cool as Girl.

"Alright Bluejay, be careful with Electric, she had a little tumble and she's a bit roughed up right now." Party told her and she climbed off my lap, I do have to admit I had a lot more bruises that I thought I did.

"Party say thank you to Electric." Girl ordered him firmly, putting her hands on her hips with a frown.

"Thanks, 'Lectric. Would you like me to climb on your lap?" I snorted at the incredibly serious look on his face as he said it then flinched when he moved forward as if he was actually planning to sit on me.

"No problem and yeah I think I'll have to pass but if it's the other way around I don't think I could object." Party cracked a smile and Ghoul made gagging sounds, real mature.

"Bitch please, I've seen you and Sunshine, you practically have your tongues down each other's throat. Where is Sunshine by the way? Shit, she didn't get hit did she?" Ghoul held up a hand, telling me to calm down.

"She got hit in the leg but she's completely fine, Cola and Chimp are just fixing her up now." I sighed in relief, I don't remember having friends but Sunshine was without a doubt as close as I had to one now, well besides the Killjoys.

"Actually, um, I'm gonna check on her." A look of concern flashed through his eyes, he hid it before anyone could really notice but not before I saw it.

Ghoul walked off, jogging more like it and I watched him for a moment before turning to Kobra and Party.

"He's in love with her." I told them, I was a girl, I could see that shit a mile away and he was in love with a capital L.

"We know, he likes to pretend he's not though." I guess it was kinda weird for him to be in love with a robot but when you knew Sunshine you didn't think that.

Neon Kiss the droid at the club looked like an android with the weird eyes and the freaky skin.
Sunshine Throttle looked almost exactly like another person with the exception of the seam running up her back.

I thought of her as just another Killjoy and if Ghoul loved her then I supported him.

"Here you go." Jet handed me a cup with perfect timing just as the pain from my cuts started to kick in.

I downed the Ambrosia in one go and almost immediately felt the pain ebb away. I know we're supposed to hate BLI but whoever invented this stuff is beautiful.

Ghoul came back with a slightly hobbling Sunshine who had a bandage wrapped around her calf.

"You okay, Throttle?" I asked, I didn't like seeing my friend hurt and it made me want to hurt the drac who did it.

"Yeah, half an hour and my system'll fix it. I saw you ghost that Scarecrow. Nice takedown by the way." I laughed a bit at my thoughts of dusting the orange haired chick.

"I was halfway through my dive when I realised it was a bad idea. The ground's hard, did you know that?" Party snorted, being amused by words before ruffling my hair like I was a kid.

"Yep, trust me I know. So you think you're ready to hear the song now?" I stood up, wobbling a little and crossing my arms over my chest.

"No I think the question is are you ready for what will happen after I hear it?" I raised an eyebrow, hearing Girl's amused giggle at the banter going on between Party and I.

"We'll have to see won't we?" He cocked a smile before turning to Jet and putting his hands on his hips.

"Do you know where Fallout is?"

Fallout?
As in Fallout Fumes?
As in Revolver Kill's friend?

"I think he was talking to Acid I'll go get him." Jet muttered, jogging off with Kobra Kid hesitating before following him.

"Alright this way ladies and gents." Party said with an English accent, gesturing for me to follow him then walking ahead and leading us heaven knows where.

Sunshine, Ghoul, Bluejay and I followed him with Fun looking like he wanted to say something.

"I was thinking, Electric...truce?" Oh so this meant he wasn't planning to tease me anymore, this is one of the greatest things I've heard today.

"Okay, truce." The second the words left my mouth I started wondering how long this would last for and who would break the agreement first.

"And here we are." Party stopped in front of the stage that Jet had set up earlier on today.

Originally it'd been bare but now there were some instruments on it, old looking but obviously well cared for. There were some speakers sitting on the very corners of the stage, it was obvious what for but I was still trying to figure out what was going on.

Poison noticed the look on my face and answered my thoughts, smiling at the same time.

"Everyone seemed to like Bulletproof Heart so I was thinking why not let them hear another one?" His smile turned into a grin before he put a hand on the side of the stage and boosted himself up.

Ghoul gave Sunshine a kiss before following Party onto the stage and jumping up.
I guess I'll finally get to find out who plays what.

The only thing I knew for sure was that Party sung but he could probably play another instrument and I wouldn't know.

Jet, Kobra and Fallout came over, looking from me to Sunshine to the stage and getting up just as easily as the other two Killjoys.

I wonder why they need Fallout, I thought and my question was answered when he sat behind the drums.
Then following that I found out who played what, Fun Ghoul and Jet Star picking up guitars and Kobra Kid with a bass.

Yeah I guess I kinda imagined them playing those ones.
I just couldn't visualise Star or Ghoul with a bass just like how I couldn't imagine Kobra with a guitar.

Party picked up a microphone, turning it over in his hands like it was a familiar object.

Noticing that something was happening zonerats, motorbabies, wave heads and rubber burners came over, crowding around the front of the stage.

Sunshine and I moved to the side, getting out of the way but still being close enough to hear the banter between them.

This is really fricken exciting and I'm not sure what makes my heart beat faster.
The fact I'll get to watch Party sing or knowing what will happen once the song has ended.

Cola wandered over to the edge of the stage, pushing some buttons on the back of a speaker then giving a thumbs up to the Zone 6 Killjoys onstage.

The microphone in Party's hand started amplifying everything he was murmuring to the group, he quickly noticed and stopped talking to them.

He smiled at the audience that had gathered, pushing his crimson hair out of the way before clearing his throat.

"So I'm pretty sure that you've all heard the latest warble on the waves and I know everyone's been asking who it is." Party was briefly interrupted by Ghoul strumming a few chords on the guitar which resulted in him getting a look.

"I'd just like to say it's us, Zone Six and we've got something new, inspired by a little deal I have going on with a friend of mine." Party looked at me and his smile got wider, I bet he can't wait to for me to hold up my end of the bargain.

There was the strumming of guitars in the background and my gaze flickered to Kobra, Ghoul and Jet who were looking very focused along with Fallout.

To top that off I noticed Chimp for the first time who was sitting on a small area of stage available, hidden behind a speaker with a busted up laptop on her lap.

"So here's one that I like to call Zero Percent."

The second the words left his mouth I saw Hot Chimp typing away furiously on her laptop.
A strange techno sound that definitely wasn't from the Killjoys instruments poured from the speaker.

Moments later it was joined by the guitars and drums, holy shit this is fabulous.

"I don't like being alone, run up these streets. Turn up the stereo. Synthetic animals like me never have a home."

Party's singing, I'm watching him sing, it's beautiful and amazing and I think I just died and went to heaven.

"I'm not the one you will be walking through and if you kill him for me. Well, then I'll kill him for you."

Next to me Sunshine was nodding her head in time to the music and drumming her hand on her thigh.

"I'll meet you down at the metro station. 'Cause motherfuckers got the motivation. Now I'm gonna show you how much I love you. Oh, my magazine is full of ugly things."

Ghoul was doing the exact same head movements as Sunshine but he seemed more likely to hurt himself while doing it.

"Don't need the system. We can kill them if we try. Shoot up everything we see and we'll find it on the wall. I hope you die."

The crowd looked like they were really enjoying it and were actually dancing which was impressive.

"Manipulation just to form an alibi. You're the one that's right for me. And if heaven wants to take us they can try."

Party looked at me, his hazel eyes turning almost green with a mischievous grin plastered to his face

"Oh ah. Sometimes I sleep I like to talk about television. Oh, I'm so glad right now. Heartbreak, heartbeats. Got the eyes on you. And give us something to say. 'Cause I got something to prove!"

Officially not giving a fuck anymore Sunshine and I were shamelessly dancing and enjoying the hell out of it.

"I don't have much of an education. But I got a knack for elimination. Now turn up the dial."

Party was throwing himself headfirst into the song just like everyone else and it was truly amazing to watch.

"Hit the tires that screech. Let's go. Right here, right now. This is the bonus stage!"

"Don't need the system. We can kill them if we try. Shoot up everything we see. And we'll find it on the wall. I hope you die."

He is definitely getting a kiss after this.

"Manipulation just to form an alibi. You're the one that's right for me. And if heaven wants to take us they can try."

Then he can sing it again.

"I want annihilation. A new design for X and Y. I want your violation." He winked at me.

"Deflect the system with our mind. Exterminate the dream. Extermination you can, buy."

I swear watching him sing is killing me.

"Don't need the system. We can kill them if we try. Shoot up everything we see. And we'll find it on the wall. I hope you die."

Kobra ducked just in time to avoid being knocked out by Ghoul's guitar then glared at him.

"Manipulation just to form an alibi. You're the one that's right for me. And if heaven wants to take us they can..."

Party strode over to the side of the stage, right next to where I was standing.

"I. Hate. You. Kill everybody!"

He jumped off the stage, landing slightly crouched on the sand with a light thud then stalking purposefully towards me.

"I. Hate. You. Kill everybody!"

Before the last note had even finished, he threw the microphone in the general direction of the stage.
Party put his hands on my shoulders, pressing me back against the speaker.
He was panting, breathless from the performance and his hazel eyes looked completely feral.

His lips curled up at the side, giving me a wicked grin.
I felt his hand run up the back of my neck before he curled his fingers into my hair, wrenching my head back and slammed his lips against mine.