It all started because of that kid

The silence hung between us. I can’t tell what he’s doing and I can’t exactly turn around.

“Party? Party Poison? Earth calling!” I started snapping my fingers, this was just boring.

Ugg why do I have to be such an impatient person? I’m starting to get really annoyed here, why is he just standing there? I asked him a question.

“Answer me bitch. Where are the towels?”

“Huh, ohh they’re just in that basket over there.” Poison finally answers, pointing to a basket in the corner of the room.

“Thanks…”

I start walking over to the basket and pull out a towel to dry myself. I don’t really know Party Poison but it just sort of seems strange for him out zone out like that. Never the less I know basically nothing about him so I can’t really make a judgement. Right I’m all dry now except for my hair, time to get my clothes back on and hopefully get some food. I put all my clothes back on, including my mask, and squeeze as much water as I can from my hair. I notice Poison stepping out of the shower and he immediately pulls his clothes back on except for his jacket. He must be dry from just standing in the shower. I head towards the door.

“Ohh Chaos, by the way don’t ever call me bitch again or Insult me because I’ll have you on your knees begging next time.” Poison spits.

And just like that we’ve managed to go back to meaningless rivalry. Hmm maybe it’s because we both now have our clothes on. However that doesn’t matter, what matters is he thinks he could actually even get me on the ground, I snort. What a preposterous idea.

“Good luck with that.” I say and close the door behind me.

I begin to walk out of his room and down the stairs. I’ve reached the main part of the diner only to find everyone has already started eating.

“Any left for me?” I raise an eyebrow. There better be, I am looking out for Missile Kid after all.

“Ohh yeah, you and Poison’s are on the counter over there.” Fun Ghoul waves a hand towards a small counter in the corner of the room.

Beans… hmm haven’t had these in a while. I wonder if they are just a tasteless as I remember. I pick up the pot and sit down in the booth that is furthest away from everyone. I really don’t like having to converse. I tip the can up and let a mound of beans land in my mouth. Uhh god, just as bland as ever. However I haven’t ate in two days and my stomach speaks loader than my taste buds so I just start emptying the whole can into my mouth, wolfing down the beans. I lie back, getting comfortable in my booth. It feels good to have my hunger pains gone. You know I think if I actually trusted everyone here I could fall asleep right now, that would be so nice if I could give into this temptation as I haven’t slept properly in some time but I mustn’t. I still don’t know anything about anyone here except for their names, for all I know they want to kill me even if I know Dr. Death Defying. For now I’ll just close my eyes and think.

“Hey.” Someone says as they sit opposite me.

I open my eyes to find Fun Ghoul watching me. Ugg can’t he tell that I sat he in order to not be disturbed? I just groan in response to him but I don’t shut my eyes. Always got to keep a look out.

“So how are you finding your new home?” Fun asks

“Ok first; this is not my home, second can’t you tell I don’t want to be disturbed? And third, sorry if this offends you but I don’t get why you are acting so chummy with me. I am not your friend, I am not anyone’s friend so please just leave me alone.” I reply dryly, I would go on about how I understand that he is just trying to make me feel welcome but to be honest I don’t have the energy nor do I care to do so.

“Okay, jeez sorry. I was just trying to make you feel welcome.”Fun Ghoul scoots out of the booth.

***one hour later***

Nothing interesting has happened really, I just watched as they went about their daily lives. Fun Ghoul seemed to be the technician of the group, Kobra Kid seemed good with gadgets too-not creating them but he was good as understanding how they worked and how to use them, Jet Star seemed to give the most attention to Missile Kid and it looked as if he was good with things like maps and location of things and Party Poison well I’m guessing he was the brains out of the whole group. The overall conductor of the group however I already figured that out when we met.

Missile Kid, now she’s an interesting character, she seems to want to help the group as much as she can. Doing favours for the men at every opportunity but she also finds time to just be a kid. She plays with her toy lion, colours occasionally. It’s fascinating to watch how she forgets what is really going on in the world and carries on having fun.

It’s starting to get dark now and everyone is making their way upstairs. Perfect maybe I’ll get a little shut eye knowing that they are upstairs and I’ll have time to react. I’ve put the knife back between my breasts that I took out before my shower.

“Goodnight Crash Chaos.” Fun Ghoul calls before turning off the light and heading upstairs.

I close my eyes it feels good to be well fed, warm and sort of safe. I can’t help but fall asleep.

***the next morning***

I wake up and look around. Huh, no one’s downstairs yet, I’m not dead or tied up either. Well things are running smoothly! God my back is killing me though, it must be with me sleeping on my ninjatos. I take my holster and blades off and place them on the table. I guess I could do a quick check of my weapons before breakfast. My blades seem fine, still sharp. My gloves are still intact. The only thing that needs some help is my gun but I’ll just ask Fun Ghoul to charge it for me today. Someone is bounding down the stairs laughing and I think I hear someone else as well. Missile Kid comes running into the diner followed by Jet Star. I watch curiously as Jet Star catches her by waist spin her around, a big smile plastered on both of their faces. My father never used to do that with me, how strange.

Jet Star puts Missile Kid down and walks into the kitchen. Kid, still giggling, shuffles into my both.

“Wow, these are really cool.” Kid inspects my blades which are on the table.

I like this girl, she seems to know good stuff when she sees it. Jet star walks back into the diner holding some bread and nutrition bars.

“I could show you them in action, if it’s ok with Jet Star that is.” We both look over to Jet Star and he nods.

The girl’s face lights up and I grab my swords from the table. I follow her outside and walk over to a shrub. I slice through the top and watch as the dead leaves fall to the ground.

“Wanna have a go?” I smile and raise my eyebrow, Missile Kid frantically nods her head up and down.

“Please, that would be amazing.”

“Ok, but you’ll have to just swing at me and not cut down any of the plant life because it’s just blunting the blade for no reason.”

“A-alright, but what if I hit you?”

“You won’t, trust me.”

I pass my ninjatos to Missile Kid who is now shaking.

“Just relax, you might hurt yourself if you continue and worry and not focus.”

Kid nods and gets a determined look in her eye. She goes straight for the jab and I jump back. She swipes near my shins and I jump. She tries many techniques to try and hit me but I keep dodging them. I wouldn’t expect her to even cut my clothes, she has no experience with them but this is still good practice for me and her.

“Hey what are you doing!” someone shouts

I watch Missile Kid drop my blades on the sand and turn. I pick my ninjatos up and put them back on my back. Party Poison comes rushing over to Missile Kid and hugs her.

“Are you alright? You didn’t get cut did you?” Poison asks while inspecting Kid’s body

“I haven’t hurt her in any way.” I say, slightly offended that he would think I would do that do a child.

“Ohh yeah, well what if she hit you and you died? She would have had that guilt for the rest of her life!” Poison snarls.

“You think a small girl, with no experience, could get a hit on me?!” I spit back

“For a matter of fact I do, I think you’re just over confident and eventually you would have lost concentration and she would have killed you!” Poison shouts standing up and getting close.

“Missile Kid, go inside. That is not a request.” I say, not looking at her.

Missile Kid runs off back to the diner. As soon as she’s gone I punch Party square in the face. I feel the pain shoot through my knuckles, damn it feels good to have that pain again. Poison starts falling so I grab him by his jacket and pull him up. I turn him around and pull the blade from my chest out, I hold it up to his neck.

“Never question my ability Party Poison. I will show you if you still doubt me.” I whisper into his ear.

“Shit, Chaos don’t kill me, shit please. I’m a killjoy, please” I feel him start to shake.

I smirk, I’ve got him right where I want him. I’m about to carry on winding Party Poison up when Jet Star, Kobra Kid, Missile Kid and Fun Ghoul come rushing out of the diner. Aww here to spoil my fun!

“PUT MY FUCKING BROTHER DOWN!” Kobra Kid shouts raising his ray gun.

Brother? Well at least this was a good way to get information on these killjoys. Hmm for people so high up on Korse’s kill list I thought they wouldn’t let their emotions get the better of them like this. I smile, I’ve gained enough info here to blackmail either of them in a sticky situation.

“Kobra!” Poison hisses, clearly annoyed he let that piece of info slip into untrusted hands.

I let go of Poison and shove him a little. That amused me for some time anyway.

“Aww my little bitch had to get his brother to save him.” I taunt, cocking my head to one side.

Party Poison just gives me daggers and walks off with Kobra Kid. Damn I was sure that would get a reaction. I guess he couldn't keep his promise of getting me on my knees.

“What happened?” Jet Star asks, a look of concern on his face

“He questioned my ability, that’s what happened.” I say coldly

My mood has gone from amused to bored again. I really can’t be bothered with people right now. I mean for goodness sake, I had Jet Star’s permission! Plus she probably had never even held a sword before! How on earth would she get a hit on me!? Ugg Party Poison is literally a killjoy.

“I would continue to have fun with you Missile Kid but it seems Party Poison has banned me from doing so. I’m terribly sorry.” I say before walking off back into the diner. I need to get my holster.

As I walk into the diner I don’t see Kobra or Poison anywhere. I casually walk over to my holster which has remained untouched on the table and I slip the knife I used to scare Party with back into its slot. I secure it around my waist. Fun Ghoul walks into the diner, now’s my chance.

“Hey, Ghoul. You wouldn’t happen to have a spare battery I could charge my ray gun with would you?” I ask, putting on a fake smile.

“No need to act chummy with me Crash Chaos and yes I do.”

Hmm seems my comments yesterday actually got to him.

“Well… can I charge my gun then?” I go for the blunt option

“Fine, follow me.” Fun sighs before walking off into the ‘getting ready room’ from the tour earlier

I walk in and find Fun holding a small battery and a gun hacker; this lets you charge your gun so you don’t need a new one, I don’t have a clue how it works though. Fun Ghoul passes me them and I set the thing up.

***A few hours later***

Again nothing really happened, I did some training while everyone else did their own thing. Pretty boring but hey as long as I’m looking after this kid then I get free food and water so who am I to complain? It’s getting dark, I better hit the hay. As I get comfortable in my booth everyone heads up stairs, Fun Ghoul being the one to turn the lights off again. I can feel the darkness edging in on my eyes now. Wait what was that? Breathing? Someone is in the room with me.

Notes

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