Killjoys: Another storyline (Book #1: The Begining Of A New Time)

Aftershock

It's been about a day since Poison's anxiety ended. Poison's sitting in the dark on the couch. He isn't paranoid anymore but he's still suffering a little migraine and the pain of his injured side. Star was sleeping on his arm, tired from the past few sleepless nights and days he and the others took to care for Poison. And Poison at the moment felt bad, for letting himself get caught in the clutches of the enemy. He hates that they forcefully cared for him even though he didn't need it, or at least he thought he didn't need it. That wasn't even the beginning of the problems, he was left alone with Star and his brother Kobra, who currently wasn't in a Good mood. That was all thanks to him and Ghoul arguing all the time for the past few days. Poison sighs and looks around cautiously, "Good thing they're asleep...", he mumbles quietl. He carefully moves Star on the couch and put a blanket on him, "Sleep well, I guess...". Quietly he exits the room, the hallway was brightened with light and is causes Poison to recoil in pain due to his migraine. "F---ing Kobra leaving all the d--- lights on...again.", he flicks the switch off and the hallway goes dark, like the living room was. But after a second, he realizes that the light wasn't only in the hallway. He waltzes straight to his brothers room, the door being open slightly. "Kobra? Are you awake?", Poison asks in a stern tone. No response comes and despite not wanting to go in due to the brightness of the room, Poison enters the room in a confused and curious manner. The light shines in his face, he shuts his eyes as pain fills his head again. "Oh sh--! I didn't know you were awake!", someone says and the light tones down to a dim lamp, a switch being flicked off as the light tones down. Poison opens his eyes, seeing Kobra on his bed writing in a notebook labeled 'Things we need for the house'. He also had his earpieces in, now one being out. It must explain why he didn't respond before. Kobra has a bandage on his cheek and his shirt was sew in a few places. "I didn't know you were awake either. What the h--- are you doing?", Poison asks unamused. Kobra smirks, seeing Poison back to normal, "Ah, I was just writing down the things we need to scavenge or buy, Jet said I had to since Star's new and you were supposedly sleeping.", "Where is everyone?", "They had to take care of some stuff with Lucid Dream.", "Dream?! What the h--- does he want?!". Kobra goes back to writing, "Geez aren't you cranky...I dunno. I think they were talking about making him a killjoy again.". Poison suddenly seems to be enraged by this, his bright green eyes darkening with anger, "Oh f--- no! We ain't doing this sh-- again with him!", "I know you're mad about what he did but-", "WHAT HE DID WAS WRONG KOBRA! HE BEAT THE F--- OUTTA YOU FOR NO D--- REASON!". The blonde stares at him with a bit of anger, "Who gives a sh--? I don't, and we need new recruits so you can get over it. Now go lay down before you fall or something.". "I'm the leader! And plus we have new recruits!", The leader states boldly, fire deep in his eyes. It takes a second before Kobra looks over at him. Their eyes meet and glare at one another in fury, before Kobra takes out his other earpiece and tosses his phone on the pillow along with the notebook and pencil he had. Slowly he stands up and walks over to Poison, getting in his face yet keeping at least 9 inches away, "Alright since you wanna act like a b----, the person you recruited is too merciful! And you only technically recruited one person cause the other two recruits aren't ever around!", he grabs both of his shoulders and glares into his eyes, "Now get the f--- outta my room and go lay your stupid a-- down before you hurt yourself!". The shorter man opens his mouth to protest, but Kobra slams his hand over his mouth, "Shut the h--- up. Don't even f---ing say anything. Just get in your d--- bed and go to sleep. I dont give a sh-- if you're older just go to f---ing sleep.". Any other time, Poison would have refused. But his head was overweight in pain from all the screaming, and he complies, leaving the room. Kobra watches him walk down the hallway to his place on the couch. "He's never gonna heal if he keeps doing this sh-- when he gets hurt..", Kobra whispers as he shuts his door. It's obvious he's talking to himself, sitting on the bed and getting back to what he was doing. He keeps one of his earpieces out in case someone knocks. And after what felt kinda like forever, someone does knock. It couldn't be the other two killjoys, surely Poison and Star were asleep. It had been hours since the fight by the time there was a knock, and he hadn't heard anyone move from the living room. The question now was, who else is in the house. Kobra takes out his other earpiece and places the notebook and pencil down, reaching under his bed and getting out his ray gun. He then gets up, slowly and quietly making his way over to the door. Another knock bounces off the door from the other side. Many thoughts run through his head as he unlocks the door slowly. Maybe Jet and the others were here, or maybe an intruder. All he has to do is open the door to find out. With his free hand, he gently turns the doorknob. And to his surprise he was met with Ghoul. "Ugh...what do you want?", Kobra says in a calm yet agitated tone. Thought he tried not to look mad, he couldn't help it around his frenemy. "Don't be a b----, it's only me here. Jet sent me to tell you that there's a problem. We're gonna be attacked and we didn't want you guys alone. Since Poison is in no condition to fight and Star just won't.", Ghoul looks away as he sighs as he speaks a but more calmly, "He sent me cause we need to start getting along better...and I think maybe he's right.". The words surprise Kobra, he just gets shocked. "Ghoul do you really think us two can ever get along?! Why in the h--- did Jet think we'd work together?". Ghoul puts his finger over his lips, "Shush, Star and Poison are asleep. And I really don't want to f--- around with a crybaby or a pained man.". "Ghoul don't say that sh-- about them. And already...you're p---ing me off.", Kobra narrows his eyes at the shorter killjoy in anger, tempted to push him out of the doorway and slam the door in his face. But the thought of his brother and Star being in danger pulled him into a more sensible side of himself. The look Ghoul gives him after that thought nearly destroys him, it was unlike anything he's ever really seen from Ghoul. His brown eyes seemed tired in a way and his expression was like a parent who lost their kid. All Kobra usually sees from him is anger, intimidation, or joy of sorts. Yet this look, as he looks up with a hint of fear in his eyes, it was far from either of those usual looks he had. "Dude...I really don't wanna fight Ok? We have more...important things. And everyone's hurt enough. Just stop, alright? Don't do it for me but...do it for them. Do it for yourself.", his tone carried a sadness in it, and like his eyes he seems tired. Kobra backs away a few inches, "D--- it....what the h--- are you trying to do here? Make me feel bad for you or something? Or are you tryna p--- me off more by faking whatever you're doing?". Ghoul just looks upset and the sorrow in his face washes away like sand on a beach, "What? No! I'm just...ugh...can we get along just this one time? I'm tired, and I'm not in the mood for your bullying bullsh--. I mean, can you not be an a--hole for like five seconds?". "Then why the f--- did you look at me like that?", Kobra wants answers, about everything. It seems that maybe Ghoul was having some sort of emotional spiral, and despite how much he dislikes Ghoul, he cares enough to be there for him. They used to be really good friends at one time, but that was lost long ago. Why? He has no idea, but he still has a sliver left of care for the man. In response, the other killjoy scoffs and slaps the gun out of his hand and unexpectedly, Kobra does nothing but look at the gun on the floor. "What are you doing...trying to start a fight? Well guess what, I'm not doing this. Like you said, we have more important things. But trust me, if you ever do that again I'll beat your a--.", he picks up the gun and walks to his bed, sliding the gun back in its place under it. As he does this, Ghoul enters his room uninvited. It doesn't seem to bother him much that Ghoul's in the room, but honestly he had no business in there. "Go watch over Poison and Star or some sh--. I'm gonna grab my jacket and then we can scout around the headquarters if we need to.", Kobra gets up from next to the bed and walks to a closet in his room, his jacket hung on a hanger inside as well as a few shirts and some jeans, as well as his boots being in the corner. Ghoul exits the room and waits outside of it, lighting a cigarette and smoking. His head turns as Kobra exits, "You know, that's bad for you, right?". Ghoul smirks and blows smoke in his face, "I know that, it's why I don't smoke all the time, dumba--.". Kobra coughs and walks past him, "Whatever, let's just go.". After getting to the door, Kobra waits for Ghoul to finish checking up on Poison and Star. It takes a second, but eventually Ghoul walks out of the room and over to Kobra, "They're fine, let's go.", "Are either of them awake?", "No.", "Ok good. Hopefully they don't get up.". Kobra opens the door and walks out, Ghoul following him. They start walking around the house, not saying a word to one another. The only real sounds heard are the insects outside and the silent puffs Ghoul makes every once in a while. The sun slowly rises off the horizon, indicating it would be daylight soon. And that was just enough time for any attacks.