The True Lives Of The Fabulous Kill Joys

Chapter 16- Training With The Best

I wake up suddenly with a gasp, fully awake and upright. We just went over a bump. Ef, from the front, is leaning over with a camera and I make a face.

"Nothing." He says.

I shrug, adjusting my numb butt. Gees head is lolling about and Ar is staring out into the distance.

"This is a long way?" I say.

"We should be there any moment." MK clarifies.

"Right. How long have we been out here?"

"Two hours at least. Sun set about twenty minutes ago."

I nod and look at my surroundings.

"Was I right or was I right?" MK mumbles as the buildings come into sights.

I wake up the guys and we run inside, slamming the basement door behind us. Im not really paying attention as I hear the guys gasp, picking up a piece of paper in the centre of the room. Gee stuffs it in his pocket.

"Everyone, pack up your stuff, we have to leave, BL know." He says.

"What?" I ask.

"No time, talk in the car."

After getting brushed off I grab the small pile of things that I own, putting them into a bag. I help pack away the food and a few dozen water bottles. Within ten minutes everything is packed. I even saw some sleeping bags and pillows being packed.

We stand at the door, it still looks like the guys live here, except, I guess they dont now?

"Whats going on?'' I ask.

"Im just going with it." Ef shrugs.

With one last glance we leave the basement, each carrying half a dozen bags. Stuffing them into the boot we all climb into the car. Before I could say goodbye, we are gone, back in the desert.

The journey is silent as Gee calls Doctor D and drives at the same time.

"Do you think we are ever going back?" I ask.

"To our basement? Doubt it." Ar says.

"Its real now isnt it."

"It realer than ever."

I knit my eyebrows together as Gee rants to Dr D about BL and ask where we should live.

"This isnt good is it?" I ask.

"Its not exactly a holiday." Ef says.

"Where are we staying?"

"With Dr D tonight, just tonight." Gee says, putting his phone down.

"What is going on?" Ef asks Gee.

"BL are investigating the suburbs for Killjoys and people not taking the drug or people defying BL. The city isnt safe anymore, we need to live in the Zones, for us Zone six. Dr D is taking us tonight, but tomorrow we are finding an abandoned house or something. Thank fuck there was a warning..."

"Great." I say under my breath.

"It is. Jay we need to teach you more to be a good Killjoy because we need you. This isnt about the fun adventure anymore. This is about staying alive."

In that moment I wondered, was leaving safety with a bunch of Killjoys I never met wise?

Probably not.

***

"Hello guys, theres a room made out of mattresses in the back, made it myself. You can crash there tonight and your missions are on hold. But tomorrow you find a new building and relocate as soon as possible." Dr D lectures us as we take out of clothes bags from the car.

We only remove our pyjamas and our sleeping bags. I change into my pyjamas as they are more comfortable before returning out to talk to Dr D.

We tell him about our most recent events and missions, someone besides Dr D writing it all down. We explain how we blew the place up and how we all reacted. My 'mysterious' injury is quietly itching under the table.

Eventually, each of the four guys chose a wall to sleep by, and I sleep in the middle of the room. We all have our personal space but when they slowly fall asleep I notice them roll around, coming towards the centre of the room. I sigh, curling up in my sleeping back and squeezing my eyes shut. Its still more comfortable than my old bed, so I am thankful for that.

***

I wake up, the guys curled around me. I shuffle uncomfortably, people are too close to me and Im uncomfortable. I sit up and I can see that Ar and Ef are whispering about something, I give them a nod. MK is drooling, mouth hanging open, a light snore is being emitted from his mouth. Gees hair is in his face and he is smirking, probably at his dream. I climb out of my sleeping bag and walk to the door, stopping myself before I leave. I take a chance I would have never taken if we were back at the last basement.

"Wake up fat asses. If we wanna find somewhere to sleep, we better get going!" I yell.

Gee and MK both jump awake with a shout. Ef is clutching his stomach, laughing like a maniac.

"Go on, lets get going."

I walk off and change, letting Gee and MK deal with themselves.

***

As we approach a small village in the desert, made of only a few abandoned buildings, I aim and shoot off parts of cacti, for practice. I cheer when I knock a part of a cactus off, success. We slow down at a bar door, Ar jumping out to find out what is inside. Minutes later he comes out, looking no wiser than before. He shrugs.

"She doesnt know, just that this village is full." He says, climbing back in the car.

We all sigh, we have been going for a while and its getting tiring.

"Said theres an abandoned coffee shop down the road though?"

The car speeds off, onwards we go, to find a new home.