The Lone Killjoy (Party Poison/Gerard Way fanfic)

Burn The Ashes

We find everyone gathered in the diner. Jet's rubbing the sleep from his eyes, looking in need of some serious caffeine, whilst Neon's trying desperately not to look as weak as she's feeling. I think it must be a pride thing, because she knows that we're only looking out for her because we care. I'm not going to question it - there's probably more meaning to it than i know. I can only imagine what she must have been through. 

Silver's resting heavily against her friend, but something in her eyes is brighter than before, and i'm guessing it's the hope that Kobra is providing. He's currently sitting at the diner counter, a whole load of electrical items in front of him that he's working away on with nimble fingers and darting eyes, his tongue sticking out ever so slightly as he pieces various bits together. 

Ghoul takes a seat next to him and me and Party remain standing, looking down at his work. 

"Everyone's here" Ghoul announces, making Kobra look up "now please put us all out of our misery and tell us what it is that you've discovered, because i need to get back on watch and everyone here needs sleep." 

"I know" Kobra rolls his eyes "I wouldn't have got you all up if it wasn't important but look" he holds up one of the batteries by his side. It looks similar to the ones we stole for Neon and Silver in shape, but this one is blue as opposed to a metallic silver, and there seems to be more detail in the various wires running around the outer rim. 

"You'll have to excuse me" I decide to sit down "but i don't know the first thing about these batteries so you're going to have to explain this to me in more simple terms that just holding one up." 

"It's ok, i think me Sil and Neon are the only ones with a clue" Kobra smiles genuinely, something i haven't seen over these past few days. "Anyway, this - " he places it gently on the table "is the new and improved batteries for Neon and Silver. They should last ages - and i'm talking like five years here - without so much as a recharge."

"And they'll give us our strength back?" Neon picks one up with gentle hands and turns it over in her palm. 

"Totally. Maybe even more than you had before. That's if you're willing to try it. I haven't exactly been able to test them on anyone." 

"Do we look like we have a better idea?" Silver chuckles weakly "here, let me try it." 

"Are you sure?" Neon goes to stop her but Silver shakes her head. 

"I'm sure. Just try it" She leans closer to Kobra and he starts to install his creation with remarkable steady hands, despite how nervous he must be. We all sit in silence, waiting until he's finished. I can see the result from the moment he pulls away. 

Silver's skin instantly seems more aglow, and i can practically see the energy flowing back into her as the few anxious minutes go on, each of us searching for a sign that it's not working, or for some side effect that wasn't predicted. There is none. 

"You did it Kobra" There's tears in her eyes as she pulls Kobra in for a hug, wrapping her silky arms around him "holy shit you did it. You've saved us." Everyone cheers at that, and soon the two are being pulled apart so everyone can give Kobra their own hug. 

"Come on Neon" he chuckles "it's time you stopped acting so brave and admit how much you need this" she doesn't say anything, just leans in and let's him get to work on installing her own much-needed battery.

"Kobra, congrats on figuring it out, i knew you would by the way, but Ghoul mentioned something else you'd found out?" Party asks, knowing that as he's closest to Kobra it is his place to ask about his other discovery. 

"Hell yes he has!" Silver spoke for him, gesturing to the other, more simple batteries lying on the table "Go on Kobra, tell them about these." 

"They're batteries for the other droids in the city" Kobra smiled, seeming a little shy with everyone's attention focused on him. 

"Why would we give the normal droids batteries?" Jet frowned "they don't have any sort of personality - they're just manual labour slaves for BLI. They're no good to us at all, let alone with fancy batteries." 

"Not with these they're not" Kobra held up a hand to hush him "when i was making the batteries for Sil and Neon i realised how simple these new batteries are that they give the droids. Once i focused on actually adjusting them with simple commands, the rest came easily." 

"What are you trying to say?" Party asks from beside me. 

"That i've managed to programme these batteries with simple commands. If we give this to one of the regular droids" he holds up the battery, which look no different to the regular ones from the outside "then it'll give them orders to turn against Better Living Industries and even Korse himself. If we mass-deposit them, then we'll have an army of droids on the uprise from within the city. Korse will never see it coming, not from his own creation." 

"That genius" Ghoul gasps, taking one of the batteries to look at himself "Holy shit Kobra, we have to tell Dr Death about this. This could be the thing that leads us to victory!" 

"But how are we going to deposit them" I hate to burst their bubble, but we haven't won yet "we'd have to do it right from the factory so that they get delivered to every vending machine in the city. Which means a break in and some way of hijacking the machines." 

"I could create a virus you could upload into their systems that would re-make the batteries to our new recipe without them being any the wiser" Kobra nods "but someone would need to break it, upload the virus and sneak back out without being detected." 

"I'll do it" i volunteer immediately "I'm always good at slipping by unnoticed." 

"You're not going alone" Party jumps in, placing his hand over mine on the table "if you're going, i'm going to." 

"Are you sure?" i ask "It might be easier if it's just me. I have my bike - "

"No. I'm coming with you. No arguments. But i do agree on taking the bike with us. It'll be easier to hide once we're in the city and we'll be able to get down plenty of alleyways with it" He turns back to Kobra "If you work on a virus, i'll radio Dr Death and tell him everything. We need to devise a concrete plan too." 

"How long will it take for all the droids to be effected and rise up?" Ghoul places a map of battery city down on the table as he speaks. 

"The command won't work until we trigger it. So if we wait for all the droids to re-stock on their batteries, then we're looking at around a week" Neon shrugs "after that we can attack." 

"So if Spark and Party go to the factory" Ghoul points to the building on the map "let's say, tomorrow at nightfall, go in, upload the virus and then get out and come back here. Then we have a week to rally up the killjoys and storm Battery City once and for all." 

"You know, this might just work" Jet grins at us all in the dimly-lit diner. Despite how early it is and how dark it is outside, i can practically feel the hope and excitement radiating from all of us at the thought of finally overthrowing Korse and him minions. 

Of course, first of all i have to break into a top security factory and upload a virus without getting myself or Party killed.

Double update because i really wanna get this story finished now :D