Mindless Self Indulgence (Fuck Off)

Mindless Zombies

I pick up a sticker from Lyn-Z's desk. It has some sort of a symbol on it. It looks like an 'M' and an 'X' and a 'V' on top of each other. On the side it says 'Mindless Self Indulgence'. It has a nice ring to it.

I pick it up from the stack. There are others under it. They're all different but they all have the same things on them. The sign and the words 'Mindless Self Indulgence'. I stuff one in my pocket and walk out of her room.

"Hey Jimmy," Lyn-Z calls out from the couch, "We're going to this club tomorrow do you wanna come?"

"A club? like with dancing and bands?" I've only ever heard of them.

"Yeah, and they're doing this little battle of the bands thing. I was thinking we could do it even if we suck."

"We don't have a drummer, remember Lyn-Z?" Steve joins in the conversation.

"Yeah we do. We're going to," I reach into my backpack to pull out my phone.

"You know if you use that they can track you down?" Steve tells me.

"I know, I'm just getting her phone number," I scroll down the contacts, "You know I'm not retarded or anything. I just don't like paying attention."

"Whatever," He lays back down to fall asleep. He probably hibernates during the winter I bet.

"Well, I'm going into the city to find a pay phone.

"Don't get caught!" Lyn-Z calls out as I close the door.

This is so fucking stupid. But I like it. I start running down the abandoned street back to the fence. I search around for any police before I start heading towards the bus stop.

There's a pay phone there. I put a dollar into the machine. I dial the numbers.

She picks up. "Who is this?" she says yawning.

"It's Jimmy-remember at the nurse's office," she barely knows me.

"Oh yeah! The pill guy," She says excitedly.

"Well, I was wondering...if you'd come down to the ruins with me," This is a bit awkward. Nobody likes going into the ruins.

"Yeah, when do you want me to go," she says eagerly, "because I can go now actually."

"If you want to-do you know how to get there?"

"Everyone does," she says.

"I'll be waiting by the fence then," I hang up.

That actually went better than I'd expected. I'm surprised she agreed to go even.

I thrust my hands in my pockets and start walking back to the fence. The sticker's still in there.

There's really no thoughts in my head when I stick it onto the pay phone. Right on the side for everyone to see. The police doesn't take graffiti lightly. Or is this littering maybe? Both? I don't know.

~

She's at the fence in about half an hour. That was fast.

I step out of the shadows to lead her back to Lyn-Z and Steve.

"Jimmy?" she asks when she sees me.

"Yeah?"

"Why did you want me here?" she cocks her head to the side. This reminds me of a cat.

"You play drums," I state.

"And..."

"We need a drummer."

"Who?"

"Just follow me. If you want to go back-fine-but do it after you meet everyone," I lead her back to the apartment.

"Okay!" she seems excited enough.

I barge in through the door.

"Well shit that was fast," Steve says.

"It was," I say eyeing Jennifer.

"What's your name?" Steve asks courteously.

"Jennifer," she tells him cautiously.

"What's your stage name gonna be?"

"My stage name?"

"If you're in a band you've gotta have some sort of a stage name or something. Stage name. Stage persona. Something."

"I'm not in a band," there's a confused look on her face.

"Didn't Jimmy tell you anything?"

"No. Not really."

"We made half of a song and were going to perform it tomorrow at this club but we need a drummer. That's you," Steve explains.

"Okay," she looks at me suspiciously.

"So what's your stage name?"

She thinks for a while before saying, "Kitty!"

"Here's some drum sticks," Lyn-Z hands her a pair of narrow sticks, "drum sets over there."

She straps her bass on and turns on the amp.

"We're starting now?" I ask surprised. They're really get serious about this.

"You better come up with some good nonsense to shout," Steve says getting off the couch, "and you better scream loud or else we won't hear you."

"Got it."

Shut me up. Right.

Steve and Lyn-Z start playing.

"The bass. The rock. The mic. The treble."

Then after a while Kitty comes up with a beat.

"I CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU TO SHUT ME UP!"

Then as soon as it'd started it ends.

"That was great!" Kitty says.