Us vs. Them
Ignorance is Bliss
The ride was unbearable. My leg was on fire and my head was pounding. The three men were bickering back and forth, trying to be quiet but not succeeding.
"What do you mean, 'knows who we are'?" Ghoul asked between gritted teeth.
"What part of "Jet Star's sister" do you not understand?" Gerard retorted.
Ghoul sighed. "Has he answered yet?" he asked, tilting his head back to Kid.
"Not a thing, man." he answered. He looked down at me, stroking my hair out of my face. "Hey kid. How ya holding?"
"Daddy?" I asked, disoriented. "Daddy.. My leg.."
"Uhh guys?" he looked up towards the two in the front seat.
"Hey, sugar. We're almost there, okay? Hold on." Gerard said from the driver's seat.
He turned left and the car started shaking violently, my guess is we were driving on the dunes.
"Poison?" his walkie rang.
"Chaos.."
"How is she doing? Is she okay?"
"She's fine, she's fine. A little disoriented from the infection but.."
"Do you have any meds for that? The most we have is pain killers."
"Yeah, yeah we're good. We ran out of P.K. a while back so they ought to come in handy."
"Alright, I'll see you there. Kobra?"
"Yeah, what's up?" he asked.
"Don't let her fall asleep. She'll start having nightmares and they're never pretty."
"Roger that."
We stopped after another 15 minutes of bouncing. The back door opened and Ghoul's face came into view. His eyes looked tired, bags underneath his orbs. He had a cut above his left eyebrow and his hair was scattered this way and that.
"Easy now," he whispered to Kobra. "You okay, hon?"
"Dad.." I whispered.
"Alright, 3..2..1.."
They lifted me out of the back seat and I screamed in pain again.
"Secure her fucking leg, you guys!" Gerard gingerly grasped my ankle. "Jesus.."
"Alright, c'mon." Ghoul led the way down some stairs and into a cold room.
The temperature drop made me queasy and I reached out and grabbed someone's sleeve.
"Throw... up.. Gotta.. throw.. up..."
I heard some scrambling and someone came by and tilted my head up and I vomited twice.
"Alright.. Sugar, we gotta lay you back down on the bed, okay? It's gonna hurt like a bitch, I know."
I looked over to Gerard, who had lost his mask and jacket. I shook my head in opposition and he just snapped his fingers and Ghoul and Kobra lifted me on to the bed, gaining a scream of protest from me.
"Poison?" Chaos yelled from upstairs.
"Down here!" he answered. "Kobra, go get some hot towels. Ghoul, take her jeans off."
"Wait.. What?" Ghoul asked in astonishment.
"For fuck's sake, put your dick back in it's hole and take her fucking pants off!"
"Baby?" Chaos came into my view and stroked my hair back. "Are you okay?"
"Momma.." I reached up and touched her cheek. "Momma, pleeeease."
"What's wrong with her?" she looked over her shoulder.
"Infected. The Drac bit her deep, too. That's what causes the disorientation."
"Jesus.. She'll be alright, though, yeah?"
"Not if we don't get moving.. Kobra! Towels!"
"I'm here, I'm here!" Kobra came into the room with the towels, and Gerard wrapped one of them around my upper thigh.
A few minutes passed as they waited for me to regain some of my sanity. I looked up at Chaos, who smiled weakly down at me.
"You ready, babe?" she whispered.
"Wh..What?"
"NOW!"
A sharp pain was sent to my ankle and I screamed out in pain. I started kicking out and thrashing my arms out wildly. I looked up at Chaos, tears in my eyes, and begged her to stop.
"Are you almost done?!" she yelled at someone.
"Kobra.." Gerard said.
Kobra came around into my view and held my head still. He looked into my eyes and I focused on his features.
"Mikey.." I whispered, falling into a deep sleep. "Mi..key.."
"Momma! He hit me!" I whined.
"I did not! She grabbed my walkman and I simply swatted her hand away!" my brother fought.
"You two!" my mother warned. "If you can't learn to behave, we're going to have a major crises."
"Daddy!" I whined.
"Taylor.. One more time, and we're going home."
My dad looked over at my mom with a smile on his face and a grin in his eyes. The rain fell down upon the windshield and the wipers made symphony of it. I lay my head in my brother's lap as he stroked my hair. We generally never fought but hey, I was 7 years old, he was 17.
"Daryl!" my mother screamed as a pair of headlights came into view.
"Raymond, hold on to your sister!"
The cars' tires screamed and I felt the car jolt as we came head on to the other car.
"Momma!" I cried. "Momma! MOMMA!"
I bolted straight up and narrowly avoided hitting my head on the overhead lamp.
"Welcome back, sugar," Gerard whispered. He was the only one in the room with me. I looked down and noticed that my shirt and pants were on the floor, leaving me in my bra and boxers.
I gathered the sheets around my chest protectively and he smiled at me.
"Calm down, honey, we're grown men, not animals."
"Makes you even more dangerous."
"True." He smiled at me, showing his little pearly whites.
"Gerard?" I whispered, tears in my eyes.
Gerard came and sat down in front of me. He tucked a piece of my hair behind my ear and took me in his lap. I inhaled his scent, stale cigarettes and.. Power Pup? I smiled in his neck and pulled away.
"It is you.."
"Of course, sugar. Were you expecting Freddy Kruger?" he laughed.
"Of course not, it's just.. It's been so long.."
He laughed again and threw me a tshirt and a pair of cut offs. He looked the other way as I got dressed and stood up, pulling my boots on. He took my hand and we went up the stairs, into the living room, I guessed.
"Taylor!" Chaos whispered, as she gathered me in her arms.
"Hey, Core." I smiled.
"We thought we lost you.." another voice whispered. I looked up into Mikey's face and smiled.
"Hey Mikes," I smiled, hugging him even tighter. "My best friend.."
"You were mine first.." he smiled in my hair, kissing me above my ear.
A small crash from the back of the house made me jump a bit. Then Frank appeared.
"Jesus Christ!" he laughed, pulling me into his arms as he picked me up. "Taylor! Jesus Christ.." he laughed again.
"Hey, Frankie." I giggled, using his nickname I'd given him years ago.
A car approaching made us all a little stiff. When the car door opened and slammed shut, Gerard looked out the window.
"Ray.." he whispered.
Everyone looked at me, even their fucking cat.
"Ray.." I whispered, opening the front door, stepping outside.
I rounded the corner and Ray and I both stopped in our tracks. We looked each other up and down, taking the other in.
"Ray.." I whispered.
"Taylor..?"
I swallowed my pride and exhaled a deep breath.
"What do you mean, 'knows who we are'?" Ghoul asked between gritted teeth.
"What part of "Jet Star's sister" do you not understand?" Gerard retorted.
Ghoul sighed. "Has he answered yet?" he asked, tilting his head back to Kid.
"Not a thing, man." he answered. He looked down at me, stroking my hair out of my face. "Hey kid. How ya holding?"
"Daddy?" I asked, disoriented. "Daddy.. My leg.."
"Uhh guys?" he looked up towards the two in the front seat.
"Hey, sugar. We're almost there, okay? Hold on." Gerard said from the driver's seat.
He turned left and the car started shaking violently, my guess is we were driving on the dunes.
"Poison?" his walkie rang.
"Chaos.."
"How is she doing? Is she okay?"
"She's fine, she's fine. A little disoriented from the infection but.."
"Do you have any meds for that? The most we have is pain killers."
"Yeah, yeah we're good. We ran out of P.K. a while back so they ought to come in handy."
"Alright, I'll see you there. Kobra?"
"Yeah, what's up?" he asked.
"Don't let her fall asleep. She'll start having nightmares and they're never pretty."
"Roger that."
We stopped after another 15 minutes of bouncing. The back door opened and Ghoul's face came into view. His eyes looked tired, bags underneath his orbs. He had a cut above his left eyebrow and his hair was scattered this way and that.
"Easy now," he whispered to Kobra. "You okay, hon?"
"Dad.." I whispered.
"Alright, 3..2..1.."
They lifted me out of the back seat and I screamed in pain again.
"Secure her fucking leg, you guys!" Gerard gingerly grasped my ankle. "Jesus.."
"Alright, c'mon." Ghoul led the way down some stairs and into a cold room.
The temperature drop made me queasy and I reached out and grabbed someone's sleeve.
"Throw... up.. Gotta.. throw.. up..."
I heard some scrambling and someone came by and tilted my head up and I vomited twice.
"Alright.. Sugar, we gotta lay you back down on the bed, okay? It's gonna hurt like a bitch, I know."
I looked over to Gerard, who had lost his mask and jacket. I shook my head in opposition and he just snapped his fingers and Ghoul and Kobra lifted me on to the bed, gaining a scream of protest from me.
"Poison?" Chaos yelled from upstairs.
"Down here!" he answered. "Kobra, go get some hot towels. Ghoul, take her jeans off."
"Wait.. What?" Ghoul asked in astonishment.
"For fuck's sake, put your dick back in it's hole and take her fucking pants off!"
"Baby?" Chaos came into my view and stroked my hair back. "Are you okay?"
"Momma.." I reached up and touched her cheek. "Momma, pleeeease."
"What's wrong with her?" she looked over her shoulder.
"Infected. The Drac bit her deep, too. That's what causes the disorientation."
"Jesus.. She'll be alright, though, yeah?"
"Not if we don't get moving.. Kobra! Towels!"
"I'm here, I'm here!" Kobra came into the room with the towels, and Gerard wrapped one of them around my upper thigh.
A few minutes passed as they waited for me to regain some of my sanity. I looked up at Chaos, who smiled weakly down at me.
"You ready, babe?" she whispered.
"Wh..What?"
"NOW!"
A sharp pain was sent to my ankle and I screamed out in pain. I started kicking out and thrashing my arms out wildly. I looked up at Chaos, tears in my eyes, and begged her to stop.
"Are you almost done?!" she yelled at someone.
"Kobra.." Gerard said.
Kobra came around into my view and held my head still. He looked into my eyes and I focused on his features.
"Mikey.." I whispered, falling into a deep sleep. "Mi..key.."
"Momma! He hit me!" I whined.
"I did not! She grabbed my walkman and I simply swatted her hand away!" my brother fought.
"You two!" my mother warned. "If you can't learn to behave, we're going to have a major crises."
"Daddy!" I whined.
"Taylor.. One more time, and we're going home."
My dad looked over at my mom with a smile on his face and a grin in his eyes. The rain fell down upon the windshield and the wipers made symphony of it. I lay my head in my brother's lap as he stroked my hair. We generally never fought but hey, I was 7 years old, he was 17.
"Daryl!" my mother screamed as a pair of headlights came into view.
"Raymond, hold on to your sister!"
The cars' tires screamed and I felt the car jolt as we came head on to the other car.
"Momma!" I cried. "Momma! MOMMA!"
I bolted straight up and narrowly avoided hitting my head on the overhead lamp.
"Welcome back, sugar," Gerard whispered. He was the only one in the room with me. I looked down and noticed that my shirt and pants were on the floor, leaving me in my bra and boxers.
I gathered the sheets around my chest protectively and he smiled at me.
"Calm down, honey, we're grown men, not animals."
"Makes you even more dangerous."
"True." He smiled at me, showing his little pearly whites.
"Gerard?" I whispered, tears in my eyes.
Gerard came and sat down in front of me. He tucked a piece of my hair behind my ear and took me in his lap. I inhaled his scent, stale cigarettes and.. Power Pup? I smiled in his neck and pulled away.
"It is you.."
"Of course, sugar. Were you expecting Freddy Kruger?" he laughed.
"Of course not, it's just.. It's been so long.."
He laughed again and threw me a tshirt and a pair of cut offs. He looked the other way as I got dressed and stood up, pulling my boots on. He took my hand and we went up the stairs, into the living room, I guessed.
"Taylor!" Chaos whispered, as she gathered me in her arms.
"Hey, Core." I smiled.
"We thought we lost you.." another voice whispered. I looked up into Mikey's face and smiled.
"Hey Mikes," I smiled, hugging him even tighter. "My best friend.."
"You were mine first.." he smiled in my hair, kissing me above my ear.
A small crash from the back of the house made me jump a bit. Then Frank appeared.
"Jesus Christ!" he laughed, pulling me into his arms as he picked me up. "Taylor! Jesus Christ.." he laughed again.
"Hey, Frankie." I giggled, using his nickname I'd given him years ago.
A car approaching made us all a little stiff. When the car door opened and slammed shut, Gerard looked out the window.
"Ray.." he whispered.
Everyone looked at me, even their fucking cat.
"Ray.." I whispered, opening the front door, stepping outside.
I rounded the corner and Ray and I both stopped in our tracks. We looked each other up and down, taking the other in.
"Ray.." I whispered.
"Taylor..?"
I swallowed my pride and exhaled a deep breath.
Notes
Again, I got bored. My little "boyfriend" wanted another chapter..I think I've converted him.
WHOOO!
WHAT NO it cant just END THERE I. Need. This.Book. for my HEALTH its not making my fangirlia (a brain disease) any Better. Its too mush of a cliff hanger I just love it so much....
6/11/14