We Are the Kids From Yesterday

Think Happy Thoughts

Days weren't always like this. There was a time when people were able to live uninterrupted, before BL-Ind took over. But before BL-Ind took over was when murder was just crawling in the streets. People who displayed too much individuality were killed by BL-Ind and it got to the point where they got fed up with the posters, the warnings, the arrests... and that was when the Analog Wars, better known as the Helium Wars occurred. So much death all around everyone, including Party, Kobra, Ghoul, and Jet. It was shortly after they got together that they decided to serve in the wars, their leader getting brutally killed. What was sad was she had a daughter who pretty much disappeared after the war and her death. Nobody really knew where the child was, but Party had spent a few months searching. They were fairly sure she had died at this point, if nobody was able to locate her in the years following the wars.

But the wars came and went and BL-Ind took over, putting people under their spell. They controlled the minds of pretty much everyone who wasn't a Killjoy. Their TV programs and pills got in everyone's minds and suddenly if you weren't a Killjoy you were one of BL-Ind's zombies. But in the past few days, some of those zombies, called 'Draculoids' were out. They were attacking 'joys left and right, not sparing anybody. So about midway into Zone 4, the guys stopped at one of the most well-known hideouts among the Killjoy community, a hotel. Somehow, it stayed concealed despite the amount of people who knew about it and people constantly hiding there.

"You sure this'll be safe?" said Party. "I mean, it's a pretty well-known spot and Ghoul and I have a pretty penny on our heads. You guys might too, we have no idea what Blade's done since we left."

"It'll get us away from Draculoids," said Jet, leading the guys into a building. "That's better than being out. We'll just stay here a few days, don't worry."

"A few days?" continued Party, going in front of Jet to stop him. "Jet, do you know how risky that is? This is such a well-known place, I don't want someone just strutting in here one day to get us."

"Party, most Killjoys would never turn in another," said Ghoul. "Bad experiences aside, I've never met a 'joy who would do that. It's a pretty close community."

"I guess that's true."

Finally, Party agreed to enter. Once they got in, they realized the hotel was rather full, lots of people around, sitting and talking all over the place. The place had definitely seen better days, with faded and peeling wallpaper, complete with dirty rugs and cracked marble on the floor. That contributed to the 'abandoned chic' vibe the whole building gave off. But as long as it was safe, which it was somehow. It became a common hideout that hadn't got out, thankfully so that's where the boys decided they'd stay.

As usual, Jet being the group father, he managed to get rooms. They didn't have too many carbons to spend so Jet got two rooms, turning to Party and saying, "The rooms are connected so you wanna share a bed with Ghoul?"

"Oh, we're getting beds?" said Party, sounding a bit excited. It had been a while since he actually slept on a mattress. "Oh, but yeah, obviously," he finished, realizing he hadn't answered his question.

"I mean, it's a hotel." said Jet, counting out some colored plastic before handing it to the bored looking girl at the desk who blew a bubble with her gun and popped it as she took the carbons and grabbed two keycards.

"You know what'll be really nice?" said Ghoul. "To be able to take a nice bath or something. At least to like dump water over myself. We have the worst hygiene."

"Oh yeah," said Kobra.

"Especially you with your 'overactive sweat glands,'" said Ghoul, grinning and kissing Party on the cheek as they headed into an elevator.