The Killjoy from Yesterday

Chapter 7- Counterparts

"Cass!" Mikey reached out and caught her before she hit the floor. She was completely unconcious. "What did you do to her?" He looked back at Party Poison. Poison raised his hands up in defense.

"I didn't do anything." He replied, raising his hands in defense. Mikey took her pulse. She was still alive, just asleep. He picked her up bridal style and carried her into the adjacent bedroom. In the room, he found her badge and lab coat lying on the floor next to a very colorful looking box in the closet. He looked inside the box. There wasn't anything suspicious, just a bunch of old photographs of him and Cassadee. He smiled, they both looked so happy. He picked up a really old one of Cassadee on stage with her guitar. He remembered that night vividly; it was the night he finally got the guts to ask her out.

"You still don't know me, do you?" A voice interrupted his thoughts. He spun around to find Party Poison in the doorway.

"What are you still doing here?" Mikey asked.

Poison pointed at Cassadee's sleeping form. "They did something to her, I need to find out what."

"You do know that you're only one call away from being taken away forever." Mikey warned him.

"Yes, but I know you won't make the call." Poison grinned. "I remember this box." He traced the fine brush strokes on the lid.

Mikey began to grow suspicious, "Who are you?"

Party looked at his badge, "Level 5 clearance and you still haven't gotten to the Killjoy files." He commented. "Geez, one change in hair color and you can't even recognize your own brother."

That word rang in Mikey's ears. Poison smirked back at him. "Gee?" He couldn't believe it, his own brother was a wanted criminal.

"Hey Mikes." Gerard smirked mischievously. The smirk was quickly wiped off his face as Mikey's fist collided with his face. "Ow!" Gerard yelled, rubbing his now bruised cheek, "What the fuck was that for?"

"Four fucking months you asshole!" Mikey snapped, "I thought you were dead! Then you came back and attacked me! I got stuck with damn office work for two months because of you!" His face turned as red as Poison's hair.

"Hey, you could have come with me." Poison defended himself.

"You never even tol-" Mikey was interrupted by a high-pitched scream from behind him. The brothers looked back to find Cassadee awake and breathing heavily. "Cass!" They both said at the same time.

"Holy smokes." She muttered.

"Weird dream?" Poison suggested.

Cassadee nodded, "Same one as last night."

"What do you mean the same?" Poison sounded interested. Cassadee explained to him as much as she could remember, of the escape from Battery City, to Ripper, to the Diner, to the project, to even Jack. "Do you remember the names of any of the Killjoys you saw?" He asked.

She nodded. "There was you, three guys named Jet Star, Fun Ghoul, and Show Pony. Mikey was there too, his name was Kobra Kid I think, and my name was Alkaline Army."

"I know Show Pony quite well actually." He explained, "As of whoever this 'Jet Star' and 'Fun Ghoul' is, I have no clue."

Suddenly, the trio heard a loud crash from outside and there was a blinding white light. Cassadee's eyes widened and she leapt out of bed. "We have to get down there."

"Why?" Mikey asked suspiciously.

"Because I saw that same white light in my dream." She explained before bolting out the door to try and get some of her own answers about whatever Jack Carraway did to her.

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The sound of cars filled Alkaline's ears as she regained conciousness. She looked around as her vision began to clear up and found the Fab Four all in a similar position as her. They were in some run down alleyway, but definitely in the city.

"Uggghhhhh" Fun Ghoul groaned, peeling himself off the sidewalk. "Where are we?"

"Battery City, I guess." Party Poison answered, brushing dirt off his black and red jacket. "More importantly, how did we get here?"

"Carraway." Alkaline spoke up. "My guess is that whatever he used on us was probably that "PROJECT TWO-ZERO-ONE-NINE-X" or whatever it is and that is how we ended up here." She explained.

"So, now what do we do?" Jet Star asked. "If this is Battery City, we can't just go and walk around unless we want to get caught."

The rest of the Killjoys agreed with him. If they were in Battery City, they all would need to find some clothes and possibly some hair dye or wigs for Alkaline and Poison. Suddenly, they heard a voice cry out.

"Cass, wait up!" The five of them turned around to find three figures running in their direction. One was a girl who looked a lot like Alkaline, except for that she was in black skinny jeans, a black leather jacket and a grey beanie and she had light brown hair like Alkaline's natural hair color. The other were definitely guys, one was an Exterminator with a big black X on his sleeve and a pair of black rimmed glasses like the ones Kobra had back when they busted Alkaline out. The other one was definitely a Killjoy, they could spot his bright red hair from a mile away and his face was obscured by a yellow mask very similar to Party's. The girl stopped at the entrance to the alleyway.

"Are you Alkaline Army?" She asked.

"Who's asking?" Alkaline replied.

"This may sound crazy, but I'm you. The not-killjoy you." The girl explained, stepping into the light. Alkaline stared at the girl in shock. It was definitely herself, down to every little detail and freckle. "Hi, my name is Cassadee Barnes."

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Another cliffhanger! Sorry this one took so long to put up, school has been a pain lately. I'll try and post when I can.

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