Hurricane // Danger Days (Book 2)

19.

Alien, Revolution, and the Palaye guys arrived at their bar at 2300 hours. They would have got there later, but they were speeding through the desert at top speed away from the Pit, in fear of being caught. Fortunately, they made it to safety.

When Palaye were playing a show away from their bar, they turned off all the lights, locked all the doors, and hung a sign on the inside of the door that said "OUT ROCKIN'!" so that it was clear that the bar was closed. But for some reason, there was a giant van parked next to the wall, and a person leaning on it.

"Hey G, someone's here," the Pirate said from the passenger seat.

"Yeah, I can see that, Captain Obvious," the Gentleman replied.

"Wait, someone's here?" the Vampire rolled his eyes. "Can this motherfucker even read?"

"Yes he can," Revolution said. "He's my friend. Killer King."

"Of course it's him," Alien sighed. "It couldn't have been someone who doesn't hate me?"

"He doesn't hate you," Revolution said. "He's just very annoyed by you. He considers you a frenemy."

Alien raised an eyebrow. "Oh really."

They pulled up behind the building and hopped out. Alien soon spotted Killer coming around the corner.

"Are you guys okay?" He asked frantically. "I heard about the shooting."

"We're fine, Killer," Revolution told him.

"We were until you got here, anyway," Alien said, just to rile him up.

Killer rolled his eyes and smiled slightly. "Yeah, me too, believe me." He walked over to the three guys. "Hey, I'm Killer King, I'm a friend of SIR's."

Each of them introduced themselves. After a bit, Revolution suggested that they and Alien go inside, and she graciously accepted. They went in through the back door to the kitchen, where all three boys' sleeping bags were. It looked painfully like the Fab Four's diner, so Alien forced herself to pay no mind.

They emerged into the main room of the bar. It was the same sized room as the diner, but the aesthetic was much darker and consisted mainly of black and red. The wall behind the bar was covered in shelves, which were filled with every variety of alcoholic drink imaginable. There was a small stage in one corner. It kind of reminded her of an old Irish pub she used to go to back in Maryland. She imagined her dad and his band playing on the stage in the corner, and smiled at the thought.

"We're gonna have to stay here for the night," Revolution said. "You might want to call Cola and tell him everything."

"Yeah, I can do that," Alien replied monotonously. She took out her communicator and entered Cola's code.

The call lasted all of five minutes. Cola yelled at Alien for going out without his permission, and she yelled back at him for telling her what to do. Then she told him where she was, and he said that was fine as long as she was with allies. Then it was over, no big deal.

The Palaye guys managed to find three extra sleeping bags in a closet in the back, and set them up for Alien, Revolution, and Killer. They all went to sleep without much event, under a general consensus that they needed rest after what had just happened.