Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys

Dolly Pop placed the map of Battery City on the wall with some thumb tacks. I placed my mask next to Fun Ghoul's cheap Frankenstein mask and Kobra Kid's yellow motorcycle helmet that read 'good luck' on the visor. She had circled several areas surrounding the boarder to Battery City and a big black and white smiley face, the logo for BL/Ind, in the center of Battery City.
"The circled areas are entrances into the city." She said.
"What are the easiest?" I asked, as Kobra Kid walked into the room.
"East of BL/Ind is where my main contact is. She's already in the loop."
"Good. Kid, are you gonna hack into their main servers?''
''Yeah," he replied, "shouldn't be too difficult. But I need to be in Battery City before I can. Zone five is too far for my receiver." One thing I loved about my little brother was that he was the smart one. Mom always said he would be a genius when he got older. She was right. The kid was able to hack into servers, destroy mainframes, kill any firewalls and basically build a robot with no help at all. He even took apart our old TV back at home and put it all back together.
"Okay" I nodded. "Is there anything else we need to becareful of?"
"Yeah, the amount of Exterminators and Dracs they might have out on the street" Dolly answered, her tone sarcastic.
"Why the attitude?"
"I don't know. Maybe it's because you told Korse that we're breaking in."
"I said we we're doing it next week" I replied, annoyed.
"He's still gonna put a shit ton of assholes on the streets because of you"
"Guys..." Kobra Kid said, causeing Dolly and I to look at him. He looked realy uncomfortable too. "I understand that you two may be a thing, but now is not the time for a lovers spat. Besides, Dracs and Exterminators are nothing too difficult to handle."
"We just need to ghost them. Maybe get into a clap with them" I said
"Once inside, it will be difficult to get Girl. There will be guards every where." Dolly stated.
"And once we get her, a fire fight will happen."
"Exactly. There's no way we can get her out of there with some casualities"
"Doll, you're gonna hate me right now"
"What..."
"I need you, Dr. D, Show Pony and Agent Cherri Cola to have the van ready." I said, looking down to her short level. "In case we all dies, I need someone who will be there for Grace and watch out for her."
"So, I'm not going in"
"No, Korse only wants me and the guys. He didn't even see you in the Transmission."
"So, I have to stay in the Zones"
"No, we need you to help us get into Battery City, but you can break into BL/Ind with us. I need you with Girl in the end" Dolly didn't reply. She simply nodded.
"Poison!" Fun Ghoul exclaimed, running into the room. "Everybody is set to go"
"Then let's hit the red line"

We watched from the Trans Am as Dolly Pop, who was now wearing a leather jacket and back helment, pulled up to a garage entrance just of Battery City. This is where a wall (which we called the Great Wall of Assholes) had a loading dock. we could see Dolly get off her bike and meet up with an all white figure. A robot.
Robots in these times ain't like Wall-E. They're built to look and feel like people, and mostly used for sex. Lately, The bots were programmed to be emotionless and to just follow orders. But This one looked like a really old model. A model who still had her feelings.
"All clear" Dolly's voice said over our radio.
"Coming behind." I replied into the walkie talkie part of my 2 way. "ACC. Time to come in"
"sweet!" Agent Cherri Cola replied, her van right behind the Trans Am.
Once into the garage, we all parked and climbed out of our vehicles. It was midnight, and we had some time before we were going in. Kobra and Fun Ghoul walked off to smoke, while Jet, and the riders of the van walked off to who know where. That left me, Dolly and the bot alone.
"Party Poison, this is Blu" Dolly said, introducing me to the bot.
"Hi" I nodded.
"Hello" Blue replied. "I believe you're planning on entering Better Living Industries"
"Yeah, that's the plan."
"Well, good luck. I hope you come out alive" She said, before turning and walking away.

The stars were shining. We could never see the stars back in the Zones. They had all gone dull. Dolly Pop said that they weren't even real that BL/Ind had projected them onto a dome above the city. I didn't mind. They were still fuckin' pretty.
"So" Dolly said, looking to me. "You're going to come out alive, right?"
"I don't think so, Doll" I replied, leaning back against the wall we sat by.
"Well, in that case, do you believe in an after life?"
"I believe that we die, and we don't come back. This stupid acceptable death thing that BL/Ind invented is a freak of nature."
"Yeah. So, no Pheniox Witch or Destroya to save you"
"Nope, just a case of death."
"I believe that each time a person dies, a star burns out. Like space is crying from above."
"That's some cartoon shit"
"Yeah, but it's what I believe" I looked over at her and wrapped an arm around her shoulder.
"I believe that if I had met you earlier, we could have had one hell of a time"
"I agree" She smiled, leaning her head against my shoulder. I placed a small kiss on the top of her head and sighed. I raised my hand to scratch my neck, where the Radio Rash had grown to fill the entire left side of my neck. Good thing I would have to worry about it anymore.

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