The True Lives Of The Fabulous Kill Joys

Chapter 44- Dead, Finally.

I stand with my group, the front line. I tap my knee. Im not listening to Gee rant about safety and being clever. Im listening to the thumping of my chest and butterflies in my stomach.

"And most of all," Gee says slyly, "have fun."

Ef and Em have already gone inside. Ar has gone inside. MK has gone inside. Gee and I stand outside.

"Party Poison, Im scared." I mumble, next to him.

"Im not leaving you behind. Im not leaving any of the guys behind. I would even steal their dying bodies."

"How reasuring."

I can feel Destroya in my holster, rubbing against my leg. Gee grips onto my hand and I squeeze his. Its comforting.

"Lets go." He says.

I follow him into the building, the other killjoys surrounding us. Theres nobody in the halls and we follow the dead dracs. Its like a trail of breadcrumbs.

The taste of Na Na Na is on my breath as I try not to sing, or panic.

Our feet patter on the floor as the amount of dracs lying on the ground thickens. The white is almost blinding as we climb over piles of dracs, guns in hand.

Further ahead I see a flash of colour. I rush ahead, running low. Its a body on the floor. Its a killjoy. The first casualty. My heart returns to my throat as I stare in shock. The first casualty.

I cant stare for long, as I get interupted. A white shot almost grazes past me, just missing. I try not to scream, ducking to the floor. I hear everyone run ahead of me, shooting. The sound goes from silence to so loud that my ears buzz. I dont waste time lying on the floor, I jump to my feet.

There are only a few dracs and by the time I am standing, they are all dead. The white wall has a splash of red. I dont look and jog to catch up.

"Sorry." I mumble as I jump over the body.

Gee just sends me a quick look before we turn the corner. "He should be... Just here?"

"Party Poison, Bulletproof Heart! How nice to see you." Its Korse.

My chest tightens as Korse approaches. I lift my gun and wait. There are two dracs behind him.

"Final fight is it? The dracs are controlled from the main centre and unless my specific code is put in, you wont stop the dracs, ever. Thats why you will never-"

A yellow light flies through the air.

Korse falls backwards. Everything slows down and my mouth drops. Korse doesnt move.

"Dead. Finally." Gee says. I hear him switch off his gun.

I dont move. How can someone so monumental be killed so quickly and easily? Korse is dead and this could all be over. This was too easy.

"Now, when you hear the clicking sound, it means MK has hacked the system. All of the dracs will drop and this will all be over."

Im shaking. Korse is dead? Was it that easy?

I dont notice the other Killjoys behind me.

Dracs turn the corner and Korse is still on the floor. The Killjoys are shooting and I dont know what to do with myself. I feel someone shake me but I cant fathom what has just happened.

SuddenlyI snap out my daze and start shooting. Over the sound of our fight is a loud clicking. The dracs just drops all at once.

"We have 15 minutes to get the fuck out of here!" Gee yells and we all run.

We run through the halls, over the bodies. This is surreal and I dont try and count how many people we have lost. Gee seems to know the way he came in, as we are turning corners quickly and seem to reach the door in about 10 minutes.

Outside are the other guys, waiting for us.

"All of the units will blow sky high, everyone leave- get out and run as far as you can! Meet us at our diner." Ef yells at us as we leave.

The five of us remain and Im waiting to wake up, this is too easy.

"Korse is dead." I tell Ef as I stand next to him.

All he can utter is "wow.".

We all stand behind our car and shoot. The dracs have been killed, their batteries dead- all due to MK and his group.

"Lets just go, before we get blown sky high." Gee says.

Everyone climbs in but I walk around the car. Theres a tag on the car, stuck in the door. I read it out loud.

"It says:

Thanks for seven years, you got me! Fun game, wasnt it? Its not over yet. I may be dead, but we still have Bulletproof Heart.

KORSE."

I look up and the guys look confused. Im Bulletproof Heart... But then they look more scared that confused. My eyes flick between theirs and I know we only have minutes to escape.

"Guys?" I ask.

I feel a prick in my neck that spreads down my spine and through my whole body. A wave of pricks forces me to arch my back. My eyes connect with the guys before I collapse, unable to move.

"Jade!" Gee yells.

Its goes black.

Of course its not that easy.