Don't Panic (Jalex)

I Actually Am Incredibly Anti War So I Don't Know Why It Ends This Way

Zack called his sound guy friend, Kevin who brought his boyfriend Jeffery to help set up a makeshift mini stage on the back of a large, stolen, 18-wheeler truck.

The plan is to play simple songs without words while Alex calls people out of their homes to help them gather an army to defeat the fake military that kidnapped Jack again.
Richard is also going with them, mostly  because he feels bad for letting the bad guys take Jack.

In Richard's defense, Alex is his best friend and as far as he knew, Jack was still Alex's douchebag ex-boyfriend.
It's all been explained now and all is resolved, but Richard still wants to make it up to Alex, so the giant purple octopus monster with three giant yellow eyes decides to follow them on their journey.

While Kevin and Jeffery set up the mini stage, Alex, Rian, and Zack go search the rubble of the gay bar from the other night in hopes of finding some pride merch.

Alex finds a rainbow flag that was only a little burnt at the edges and Rian finds a cool t-shirt that's just full rainbow and says "gay" on it. Zack grabs a baseball cap with the bi flag colors the front. He scrawled the words "fuck you" on the front of the hat in black sharpie.

They also find some face paint and painted each of their respective flags on their cheeks.
They looked like they were about to go to a pride parade, not a murder scene.

Maybe that's what this should be instead. Technically, the first pride was a riot.

Rian grabs some random spray paint he found and they walk back to the hotel parking lot where everything is being set up.
Rian decides to spray paint the side of the giant truck trailer with the words "PRIDE STILL EXISTS IN THE APOCALYPSE" and the band's signature skull and crossbones.

And then they're off.

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They drive through as many towns as they can, telling people to call their friends and tell them where they're going, all over a loud speaker so everyone can hear. It's early morning now, so most people are just waking up.

Despite the early morning sun, and complete lack of coffee, they give hope to those who've lost loved ones and promise freedom to those who survive.

When they've got a big enough following, Alex gives one last speech.

"How many of you have lost someone important to you to those motherfuckers over there pretending to be the government?"
Millions of shouts are heard from the crowd as the angry gays begin to riot and protest.
"Alright, alright," Alex continues, waiting for the people to calm down. "I lost my fiancé to them not once, but twice, and I'm currently in a position where I can make this speech and empower people to help me bring him and everyone else that fucked up fake government took from us!"
More shouts ring out from the crowd and Rian drums along for a moment, trying to rile the crowd up.

Alex waits for them to calm again before continuing once more. "For those of you who don't know, my name is Alex, that guy over there on bass is my friend Zack, and behind me is my friend Rian on drums," Alex pauses for a second to let the crowd cheer as Rian drums some more, "and this empty space to my left is where my fiancé, Jack, is supposed to be. And we're All Time Low, and we're head to start a riot!"

The crowd roars with pure rage as lesbians in war paint and battle armor stand on top of their cars, raising swords to the sky. Drag queens, looking majestic as ever, still manage to prepare for battle in the most badass way.
The LGBT youth look terrified of what is to come next, knowing their parents are gone and not knowing where to go or what to do. But they know they want to help, so they stand in the crowd raising their fists to the sky as the scream out against the bullshit they've faced their whole lives.

Alex strums the beginning of something angry. His guitar screeches and screams as the truck moves forward, leading a pride parade of doom directly to the front doors of the false government who hurt so many people.

It's the beginning of a war that should have never been started. They should've known not to pick fights with the people who have been waiting their whole lives to unleash the rage they've built up inside.

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