Remember When You Were Madman?

"Anyone seen Ghoul lately?" Party Poison had just came back from doing a sweep of the area for survivors. He took off his gun holster and gloves as well as his mask when he arrives at the base.

It had been awfully quiet without all the fire fights and blasting music that usually went about the day. Music attracts the undead and now isn't the best situation to be wasting precious battery energy on a few Dracs that simply didn't bother going out looking for Killjoys, not all of them but most of them.

"Hahaha well you see that's funny you mention it uh... He kinda left out to the zones closer to the city saying he saw someone there. Last time he radioed in he was in Zone Two and that was around 9 o'clock this morning " Kobra explained.

Party Poison frowned as he checked that clock on the wall. It was now 6 pm. Why would he even allow Frank that close to the city and alone at that ,without his approval?

"Alright we're taking take Midnight's truck out to look for him. Anyone up for it?" Party smiles as Midnight throws up her fist up in the air in excitement.

"Hurry. I want to get back here by before the ice melts!" Party said as the gang headed to Midnight's beat up truck.

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Nova's POV

"So you've got this place to yourself, got anyone else with you?" Frank asks as I sit down with a bowl of dry cereal since there's no milk around here. I shake my head No.

"Nope just me and my brother's ca-" I suddenly remember another fragment of today's events. I'd lost sight of Arcane for just a moment and then this Frank guy tells me we have to leave without him then I passed out. I've lost my only friend...

"What's with you and that cat? I'm guessing he's important?" He sounded annoying.

"Yes Sherlock , he's my ..brother's cat.. and I promised I'd take care of it when he died." I snapped back at him. "What are you still doing here anyway? Shouldn't you get back to your little so called resistance?"

Frank chuckled, "I like you're attitude kid
Sssssskkkkkkksssshhhhhhs. A type of static sound rang out. Frank dug into his vest pocket and fumbled with the buttons of a beat up looking walkie-talkie. He pressed the button and answered it then waited.

"Dammit Iero where have you been! We've been looking all over for you!" Another guy spoke through. They must be somewhere close since those devices don't exactly go long range.

"Sorry Mama, I'll be home for dinner later than I thought" Frank laughed into the mic.

"Where are you then? Are you stuck somewhere?" This time a girl's voice responded.

"Nah, I'm homed at the old painters building on the west end of the town in Zone Two. I've got me a Battery Baby here I think she needs some stitches" He called back.

"A Battery Baby?! Whoa! I thought they all went into hiding! How'd that happen?!"

"I don't know but we have to get her there fast...it's kinda important that we get her to Base.."

"Why in such a hurry to get her back to base Ghoul? Can't wait to get in her pants?" The girl radios back laughing. Frank goes red in the before making a face.

"Haha, I'm just messing with you Ghoul! Alright I'd say we'll be there in a few minutes!"

Frank gives an ok before getting up and grabbing my backpack then fills it with any food that can be salvaged. "Don't worry about Nessa, she jokes around like that. I'm sure once we get there you could get some help"

A car horn honks a couple of times which I'm guessing is there signal to go outside. I stand back and scan the room for anything else I might need then I slip on my jacket and strap on my katana holster.

Frank first throws the bag out the window and I hear a whoosh of cheers from outside as I'm guessing they've seen the contents. I let down the platform and Frank jumps down then off first. I scan one more time. I don't know why I'm doing this. I don't even know theses people. But something is pulling me toward the idea and I want to know what it is.

I swiftly jump out but end up slipping on the ice that'd built it on the platform which makes me crash into another person sending us both hurling toward the ground. "Whoa!" I look down and I'm nose to nose with a blonde but slightly brown haired guy. I shuffle off quickly and stand up offering my hand to help him up. He takes it but as he fully looks at me in the light he let's go and falls back onto the ground in utter shock.

"Hello?..." As I said this the others all charged at me except the one with flaming red hair and a blue jacket. All of them asking me questions at once, not that I can answer them all nor did I have a chance to with all of them yelling. I looked at the two others one at a time. The girl we had heard on the walkie talkie had deep brown hair and about half of it was looked like every color under the sun and, a cut off t-shirt and ripped camo jeans, and an abundance of bracelets. Now the other guy had longish extremely curly hair, and a simple black jacket with matching colored shirt and jeans.

The red haired guy loudly clears his throat and the three settle down immediately. "We better get going..." He eyes me menacingly as he throws open the door of the car and jumps in without a word.

The whole way no says a word. Just shocked stares that burn.

We arrive at this place that looks really like a small house looking building connected to a gas station and everyone files out of the car.

"Get her inside, do what ever you have to do. But she's gone by morning" He says bluntly against the other's objections.

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The blonde guy,named Mikey, leads me to the center of the dinner and tells me to sit down on one of the tables while gets the stitching supplies. I swing my legs absentmindedly as it wait. I'm not very fond of needle...especially if I'm conscious...

Mikey returns with the kit and begins to go to work.

"It's you isn't it...the one who broke out" Mikey suddenly breaks the silence.

"Excuse me?"

"The one me and my brother found on the road... They said you broke out of the Siren Facility..."

After what seemed like forever of thinking to myself I still hadn't exactly caught on. "Um, excuse me I uh... I need to go outside for a moment" He's insane and this sure as hell doesn't make any sense to me. It's confusing and I haven't got any idea of what to do.

"Wait I haven't finished stitching you up!!" Mikey yells.

As I walk out I keep my eyes on the floor. Suddenly I run into something quiet hard that sends me flying onto my ass. Grreeaattt exit Nova.

"Get up will you, I can't walk down the hall if you're sprawled out like that" The red haired guy snapped at me and crossed his arms impatiently.

I get a really good look at him this time... I can't focus on anything as I try to get up. I see flashbacks of headlights and being thrown onto concrete. Only it was a raven haired boy instead of fiery red, he had the same crooked lips and face.
Soon I felt sick to my stomach like I wanted to vomit. Slowly I begin to try and walk back inside but as the blood quickly inched down my forehead, I felt dizzy and next thing I know everything is blurry except a flash of red hair in front then peaceful darkness.

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