The True Lives Of The Fabulous Kill Joys

Chapter 30- Drac Attack

Surprisingly, MK didnt want to volunteer again.

Gee stepped in this time because Em and MK are working on cures for things, Ar and Ef are out and about, getting food and killing dracs.

Earlier I practiced my walk, lots of hips and movement. Ive practiced the whole act a lot, trying to be perfect. Now Gee stands in front of me and is telling me some final instructions.

"Question." I ask, stopping what we are doing. "What do you know about seducing people?"

He looks slightly offended. "Ask me that again later."

I roll my eyes, getting into stance.

"Ill stand by the wall and you approach me. I work for BL, remember."

I nod, switching between feet.

He walks and stand by the wall. I catch my breath and prepare myself. I flip my hair out of my face and open my eyes. I am now sexy.

I saunter over to Gee, focusing on how I walk and how I look.

"Hello there, I need some help." I say.

Gee lifts his gun up and points it at me as I approach him.

I batt my eyelids and lean on the wall. I move close to him, his gun is now trained to my head. I bite down on my lip, pulling his jacket out straight. He is frozen and I look up into his eyes. Theres an emotion in them I cant tell. He is a good actor.

"Can you help me?" I murmur.

He swallows as I trace a line down his chest. I look up at his eyes again, he hasnt dared to move. I have him in my power. A smirk pushes its way onto my face, but I push it away and Gee swallows.

Who would have thought you could have power over someone by doing this?

I push his gun down slowly, the only thing protecting his face. My lips curl into a smirk. I step close to him, barely a few inches between us. He leans in with his lips and I panic, pressing my finger to them. I hold my finger there for a moment. He opens his eyes and we make eye contact. I count myself down under my breath.

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I slam my knee into his crotch and tackle him onto the floor, again he wasnt prepared. I hold him under my knee and hold his gun to his head.

"How was that?" I ask.

He groans. "Kicking me in the balls hurts!"

I hear a gun shot and I climb off him, passing him his gun. I lift my gun, turning it on and looking around to see where the shots are coming from.

"Go and get the guys." Gee shouts.

I sprint inside.

"DRACS! Help!" I yell.

Everyone runs after me outside and we all line up, guns held out. Down the motor way there are four cars steaming towards us.

"They dont know we live here. They dont know we live here." I repeat under my breath in the hopes it becomes reality.

I hold my gun up, pointing at the driver of one of the cars. I shoot. Once. Twice. The driver drops and the whole car careers into the sand, rolling down a sand dune.

The guys start shooting too- hitting all the cars, sending them off one by one.

Soon there is only one more car, swerving and spinning around the road. Closer and closer the car screeches, rays flying at it, none hitting the driver.

Gee aims at the wheels and shoots two gaping holes in the tires. I copy, lowering my gun. Soon all the wheels are broken except for one, which is unreachable. I wipe my hand over my sweaty forehead, we arent done.

The remaining drac jumps out of the car. It runs at us shooting long white rays.

In that moment I wonder- how can it see out of that mask? Ive seen what its like but it makes no sense.

But I cant get lost in my mind for long as I have to dodge an oncoming ray. The drac is running close, none of the rays effecting it. I hear Em shout, running up to the drac. I instinctively follow.

I scream out as she spins around and around, then collapsing to the floor.

I turn and wave Ef at her.

I run at the drac, pushing the gun out of its hand with a grunt. I kick it to the floor, Ar arriving and holding it down. I look up at him and he nod down at it. I shrug, putting the gun on its head.

"Bye." I whisper.

But then I see Aces eyes. She cant have finished training yet. But-

"Hurry." Ar grunts.

Im shaking, I saw this coming in the dream. I shouldve known...

I get off her and stumble backwards. Before I can do anything I hear a shot. I scream, running at the drac. I can see the light leave its eyes. The softest grey with glints of silver. A tear drops onto her mask. I swear I feel my heart rip out. BL knows. They know how to get to me.

"What the hell?" Ar asks, wiping sweat from his forehead.

"We killed her." I state plainly.

"Pretty sure thats a dude. Due to how he reacted a lot when you kicked him in the nuts."

"Can we take off the mask?"

Ar kneels at the head, taking of the mask. Its a guy a few years older than me. He has soft skin when I touch his face. He has Aces grey eyes and perfect blonde hair, strewn across his forehead. I brush my hand past his face, over a small scar by his lips.

Ace has two brothers, right? With the same eyes? I hope this isnt one of them.

I come back to reality, Ef and MK are pulling a limp Em to the side of the desert.

I sit in the sand and cross my legs. I put my face in my hands. Ive never seems Aces brothers, but Im sure they would look like this. She said one of her brothers is out fighting currently, didnt she?

I take my mind back to when I tried not to pay attention to her, when she talked about her brothers. I was jealous, obviously, I wanted to be taken care of, to be loved. She talked about how they looked, from the freckles on their cheeks to the waves of their hairs. One of them, Billy, has a scar on his face from when their cat attacked him. Cats dont exist anymore.

A feeling is struck into my heart. This could be Billy, a scar on his face. I swallow hard. Her brother is dead, she could be next. I could kill her. I need to ask her about her brother, tell her Im sorry.

I lift Billys arm, and I drop it. I lift and I drop. He is dead, gone, finished, dusted, ghosted.

Ar has gone and Im still sitting by the body. No more tears have been shed but I feel empty, even though I dont know who this guy is. It is probably Billy though.

Billy became more popular name when BL took over, some kids being called Bli like b-h-li. Named after BL, its gross.

Suddenly a huge bird swoops in from the sky, its wing span around six feet wing to wing. Its black, probably a mutation. BL probably sent it.

I shuffle back as it lands by the body. It leans forward, its long beak holding Billy around his waist. He snatches Billy back and flaps its wings. Before I can do anything it has left, Billy in its clutches.

I almost want to wave goodbye to the body, but that would be weird as he cannot wave back.

BL sends the mutations to pick up the bodies- so they can be buried in a nicer way than they would be out here. Thats the only thing I like about BL...

I stare at the dent in the sand. He is gone, dusted.

Soon I think about Em, she would be angry with me, and sad.

I feel numb as I walk inside, just after sunset. I have to continue on, and focus on Em and her health.