Jet Star

We hit jackpot. Kobra and I were poking around the offices, and we found something that was never intended to be found. A secret door. It let down to a private room, which led to an enormous lab. A… chemical lab. We looked around carefully. All the BL/ind drugs seemed to be made down here.

Kobra suddenly froze in front of a flask. His eyes went wide.

¨Thats it.¨ He choked out.

¨What?¨

¨That.¨

I looked to see a small flask of opaque liquid. I reached for it and Kobra slapped my hand away.

¨Lets get Dr. D.¨ he said immediately.

I nodded and followed Kobra upstairs. We then led Pony and Mad Gear down to the lab, since it wasn’t wheelchair accessible. Pony took one look at the liquid and nodded.

¨THIS was what he injected you with?¨ Mad Gear asked.

Kobra nodded silently and looked to the floor. Pony took up the flask and turned it in the light. Then, he placed it in a test tube holder and went on looking about. He took a sample of everything in the lab and handed it to Mad Gear, who went to put it in the holder.

¨We need to get these upstairs for testing.¨ Mad Gear said. He’d become very good at guessing what Pony had to say. He called it ‘intuition’.

Pony peeled off his latex gloves..

Mad Gear giggled.

¨My boyfriend’s a scientist.¨

Pony turned red and smiled.

In that moment, the unfortunate happened. The test tube holder snapped from all the weight and the tubes went rolling across the table. We all scrambled to catch them and managed to get every single one of them before they shattered against the white floors and killed us all.

¨We’ll get this upstairs.¨ I said, pulling Kobra up the flight.

I could’ve sworn Mad Gear was right behind us. But as we reached Dr. D’s testing room, it was revealed that he wasn’t. We put the test tubes on the table. Then, Kobra and I looked at each other awkwardly.

¨I’m not going down there.¨ Kobra said, after a few seconds. ¨If Mad Gear stayed down there with him, I doubt they’re talking about science. Pony can hardly talk right now.¨

¨If we leave them for too long, though…. And we need Pony up here.¨

A second of silence.

¨Flip a coin?¨

¨Fine.¨

Kobra pulled out a coin and turned it over so I could see he wasn’t cheating.

¨Heads.¨ I said.

Kobra threw the coin up in the air and caught it on his wrist. Tails.

Shit.

I flipped the bird at Kobra and made my way down the hall. Then, I entered the room and went down the secret passageway.

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Show Pony

Mad Gear caught me around the waist. I flipped around and my eyes scanned the room. Jet and Kobra had gone.

He lifted me on a table and I pulled him close. Then, his lips were on my neck and he was whispering sweet nothings against it. Despite how good it felt, I needed to go upstairs to check the medicine... so I tried to move. Mad Gear got my gist and pecked my lips before helping me off the tables.

We were about to go upstairs when Mad Gear saw a can of peas on a shelf.

“Score!”

He took out his knife from his belt and opened it. I watched and laughed silently as he began to eat. Hungry fellow, he was. He offered me some, but I shook my head.

I took a seat on one of the white chairs while he finished. Finally, he was done. I was about to take his hand when I realized he was reeling back and forth.

“M-Ma-ad?”

I went closer to him. He couldn’t see me. Holy shit… he was higher than a fucking KITE!

His pupils were extremely dilated. I put my hand on his face and he hardly reacted to my touch. What… had he gotten his hands on?!

I tried to call him again, but he silenced me with a kiss. He tasted… oddly familiar. Kind of like… the peas we had been-

Shitshit shit SHIT

¨M-Mad?¨

¨Yeah, baby?¨ he mumbled, his eyes adjusting on me. The outer ring was barely visible.

¨You ‘kay?¨

“I’m feeling GREAT!” He slurred, laughing like a maniac. “LOOK AT ALL THE COLORS!”

He blinked slowly and wrapped his arms tighter around my waist. He then began to kiss my neck. I shook him off.

¨M-Mad! Think! Pe-eas??”

“How would I k-know? I chugged it down so fast I-... I….”

His eyelids drooped and he fell to his knees. That was the moment Kobra ran into the room.

“What the FUCK?!”

I went over to the can and picked it up. Slips of acid paper had been glued to the inside of it. Someone was using the food to get high… or perhaps to drug OTHER people.

I showed Kobra the can and he thought for a while.

“If more cans have acid…” He muttered. “It’s not long before people….”

Overdose.

I ran over to Mad Gear and held one of his sides. Kobra held the other. Then, as fast as we could, we began pulling him up the stairs.

¨P-Pony it… HURTS….¨ Mad Gear moaned.

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Three hundred cans with acid were found and disposed of.

The rest, were distributed among all the people.

Slowly, other killjoys began coming in from the zones. Dirty, young and loaded, they paraded into battery city displaying battle scars. Some were bright and hopeful… others… weren’t so happy. I even caught a glimpse of one who was too paranoid to go into the BL/ind building.

They gushed over us as if we were celebrities. Party had to sign autograph after autograph. I even got to meet some of Mad Gear’s friends. They were a little shaken up about everything that had happened, but they were cool to hang out with.

At the end of the day, I could hardly keep my eyes open. The BL/ind buildings were now full of family members, seeing their loved ones. Slowly, they began to file out one by one… until only a few were left. These kids either had no home… or didn’t remember anything anymore. PArty told them they could stay for as long as they’d like.

Mad Gear took my waist and guided me carefully along the halls. He was looking better and feeling better,

“D-you think we should get out of here?” Mad Gear muttered. “See what happened with the rest of the world? What if… it’s safe now?”

I was about to mime a response when we heard a soft noise. MAd Gear stuck his back to the wall and tightened his arm around me. We listened again. A soft, girly giggle. We looked over the corner to see…. Jet? He was hugging a short girl with purple hair. He was crying.

In all my time with him, I had never seen Jet hug anyone like this. She was melting into his arms as he held her as close as humanly possible. Then, he took hold of her chin very gently. He looked into her eyes for a moment… then he kissed her.

Mad Gear pulled me away from the corner and began to walk in the opposite direction.

“As much as I want some good dirt, I know my limits.” He murmured.

I pouted and he laughed lightly.

“What do you say we get into bed and I give you a nice massage?”

I nodded happily and leaned my head on his shoulder.

Notes

uh... it's been forever, i know. I'm really trying... but it's been hard. I'm falling deeper into depression... and the thoughts aren't so "happy ending"

anyways, please tell me what you think :)
i accept any critique