Kings Dominion

Part 5

"Where the hell are we?" Marcus asks. You lower the comic and look at him. "Where did everyone go?" He continues, looking at Billy, who's sitting in a chair next to the tv.

"They went to get smokes and snacks and stuff. I told you that like six times dude." Billy replies. You go back to reading the comic, listening to what they are saying, but not really processing it.

"I have to call my parents. Apologize for killing myself. For being such a fuck up." Marcus says.

"Marcus, dude, aren't your parents, you know-" Billy says. Marcus starts flipping through the tv channels. "Okay." Billy says as he stands up. "Enough of this bullshit." He says.

"My parents are going to be so disappointed in me." Marcus says. Billy lays a hand on Marcus' shoulder. You peek at them from behind the comic. Billy starts walking towards the door.

"Dude, your parents are dead, Marcus. And speaking of dead parents...my old man is staying next door. I'm gonna go set the door to click, let us know when he comes in. You okay in here watching tv, acid king?" Billy says.

"Now is all we have. Here and now. Being here now is the real focus." Marcus says and starts flipping channels again. You close the comic and shove it in Marcus' backpack.

"Hey, when my dad gets back we're going to...you know...you still up for this?" Billy asks, looking at Marcus.

"Uh, yeah. Sure. I'm okay. I'm cool." Marcus says, looking at Billy. He turns to you.

"Of course I'm going to help you, Billy. You're my friend." You say. Billy walks to the bed and gives you a hug before he leaves the room. Marcus stares at the tv as you get up and get all of your and Marcus' things packed up. You hear a thump and think nothing of it, but then you hear another thump and a crash. "Oh shit! We gotta help Billy!" You say and pull Marcus up and out of the room.

You and Marcus run into the other room and see Billy with a belt around  his dads neck.

"Fuck you!" He says. He sees you two in the doorway. "H-Help me!" He says.

"Cock sucker!" Billy's dad yells as he reaches up and grabs Billy's shirt collar. He throws him against the wall and jumps on top of Billy, pressing his hands against his throat. You run over and start punching Billy's dad. He tries punching you, but you jump out of the way. You try to punch him again, but he was expecting it. He punches you in the face, then the stomach then sweeps your legs out from under you. You fall and the breath gets knocked out of you.

"All I ever wanted was your obedience, peckerhead! But you couldn't even succeed at-" Billy's dad says. Marcus interrupts him by smacking him in the head with a metal candle holder. He falls off Billy and slumps to the floor, a pool of blood forming. Billy sits up clutching his throat, his face covered in blood. You raise a hand to your face and it's wet with blood. You wince as your fingers touch where he hit you.

Marcus kneels next to you and gently moves your hand. He looks at your cheek and lightly touches it. You flinch away. He moves his hands down and grabs the hem of your shirt. He looks up at you for permission and you nod your head. He lifts your shirt to reveal a bruise already forming where Billy's dad punched you. There are marks from the rings he was wearing. You move Marcus' hands away and crawl over to Billy. You set a hand on his shoulder.

"I never asked you for anything!" Billy says as he cradles his dad's head in his lap. "Why? He says as tears start running down his face. "What was so bad-you couldn't even love your own son?!" He yells. He turns and throws his arms around you. You rub his back as he cries. Soon Marcus grabs your arm and pulls you up.