Demolition Experts - Mitch x Reader

2 - The New Kids in School

I woke up to the smell of fire. My messy hair, once pulled out of my face, was now down. I felt my head and noticed I had bandages on. AJ... Clem... OH MY GOD! AJ AND CLEM! I jerk up, but my arm is taped to the bed... not a very effective capture but... I take the piece of tape off and look around. It looks like someone lives here. The other bed in the room wasn't made and there were knives and clothing on it. The walls were covered in posters of old bands, singers, and rappers like: My Chemical Romance, Eminem, Falling in Reverse, and a lot more I recognized. Back when I had access to music I used to listen to a good deal of it. Of course that was years ago now, I still hum some of the songs I remember in hopes I don't totally forget.

On the small dresser in between the beds, was all of my equipment except my combat knife, throwing knives, and guitar... Where is my guitar...? I looked down and realized I was only wearing my shorts and black tank top. The jean shorts were a bit tight; I've had them since I was 13. The tank top on the other hand was newer, I found it in an old campsite. But newer didn't matter much anymore, it was covered in mud and blood. I pulled my hair back into a half up-half down and buckled my mini-equipment pouches around my waist before grabbing my knife and trying to open the door. No surprise that the door was locked. I dig around in one of my pouches for a lock pick to unlock the door. After successfully finding one and opening the door, I stalked out of the room and walked around. I could still smell fire... I found an exit and walked out... There were people... then I saw them.

"CLEM! AJ!" I ran and hugged them. "Holy fuck! You guys are ok!" Clem and AJ hugged me back.

"Hey good to see you're awake!" A hand touched my shoulder, and I could tell it was a male, so I elbowed him.

"FFFFFFF-" I heard him groan in pain. "Second time... really? You and AJ are so similar." I looked at Clem and her eyes were wide. I turned around slowly and saw a boy, maybe a year or two older than me clenching his stomach.

"I'm sorry... I have a thing about people walking up behind me..." I heard snickering and saw about 7 people laughing. I gave them all a dark glare and they all stopped and looked away. I let out a sigh before saying, "I'm (Y/N)..."

"I'm Marlon." He let out a large breath before standing up a bit more. "You are exactly like AJ, aren't you?"

"I guess so...?" I paused before realizing, "You walked up behind AJ didn't you?" He nodded. "Ooo... ouch..."

He finally recovered and stood up a little better. "Welcome to Ericson's Boarding School for Troubled Youth." He gestured around himself. I looked around and was in awe.

"Who runs it...?"

"Just like Clementine too." he said, chuckling. "I run it!"

"That's actually pretty cool!" I said smiling. "Is it all kids here?"

"Yup, kids run by a kid." Marlon answers.

"Go ahead and meet the others. Food's almost ready."

I walked over to a red headed girl who stood by the fire.

"Hello. I'm (Y/N)." I spoke.

"Hi Hun. I'm Ruby. How's that head of yours? Out of the three of y'all, you definitely got the worst beatin'. Marlon says you took most of the impact while protectin' the little guy." She said with a sweet southern accent while eyeing my head.

"It's doing fine, thank you for asking."

"Glad. You go on and let me know if it starts hurting at all!"

"I will! Bye Ruby!"

"Bye." She waved and I waved back. Next I walked over to a graveyard area... do people still do this? There stood a boy and girl.