Join the black parade

Gone

I didn't understand, it had been months since I arrived in the black parade. Day after day they'd leave to go "defeat the cancer" but only come back looking like they'd die again. It was stressful and depressing, the worst part, they wouldn't let me do anything about it. I had asked so many times for them to let me help, that one extra person could change how they approach the situation. I even asked if I could form a plan of attack so they didn't go in blindly.

Most of the excuses were that I hadn't been here long enough, or that I was a girl and that it would hurt me too much. It made me boil with anger.

I sat on the couch, staring at the ceiling on the brink of tears. This time, I was angry because they had been missing for days. I had been alone in their gigantic hideout, no one to talk with but my own thoughts. I squeezed tightly on the ball that Frank had given me for when i'm stressed. What if they were truly gone this time? What if I was alone in this depressing world? Was it even possible for them to die a second time? I bit my lip, a lump in my throat had formed as I tried stopping myself from crying.

My thoughts were interrupted by the door being swung open, a bloody and tired looking Gerard stumbled in. "Gerard! Oh my god!" I shouted jumping up and running to his side holding him up and basically giving him complete support as he collapsed in my arms. "W-What happened?! Where is everyone else?!" I asked, with wide eyes and a worried tone of voice, tears now rolling down my face. Gerard looked up at me, mouth open slightly, as he tried to catch his breath.

"Cancer, it took them, Frank, Ray, Bob, Grace, a-and my brother....they have Mikey...." He mumbled out, almost crying as he gave up on standing and fell to the ground. "We need to go back, we need to get them back Tami what are we going to do..." He breathed, his voice cracking.

I rubbed his back, "First, we're going to get you back up to health, then we'll find a plan of attack, and go after them." I nodded softly resting my head on his shoulder comforting him.

He looked up at me, "No, I can't risk your life too, I'd never forgive myself if something bad happened to you.." He gave me sympathetic eyes, but I just glared at him.

"Gerard, you have no choice, you can't go back alone, you'll just end up like the rest and then I'd have to save everyone by myself anyway. So it's either we do this together now, or I do it by myself later. You choose." I helped him up, and he sighed closing his eyes, proceeded by rubbing his face.

"F-Fine," he mumbled touching his split lip gently looking confused. "How bad do I look?" He asked shyly.

"Gerard, you look even more dead than usual." I sighed. "Go wash up, I'll be at the desk forming a plan, you come join me once you are rested and cleaner, okay?" I rested my hands on his shoulders and he nodded looking down at his feet.

"Yes mom...." He smirked before walking away and I laughed lightly rolling my eyes. Dork.

I sighed once he was gone and sat down at the desk grabbing papers, writing down everything I knew about the Cancer.

No one knew what it looked like, legend says it looks like a terrifying beast.

We won't be able to get to the cancer until we defeat it's army of the dead.

Frank, Mikey, Ray, Grace, and Bob are all gone, taken presumably by the Cancer.

I paused and tapped my chin with the pen. I didn't know a lot about the situation, Gerard was the only one who understood a lot of what we needed to do.

I felt my eyelids droop and noticed I was falling asleep, I figured I could take a small nap, and wait for Gerard to come back. So I laid my head down and closed my eyes.