Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Skrillmau5, Joel/Sonny
Warning: Swearing
Summary: Sometimes the world isn't such a nice sprite
AN: I'm not feeling too great today. I've been working on this for a while, so I hope you enjoy..
Joel's POV
I'm actually starting to forget what normal feels like. With all the crazy shit going on these days, it's almost impossible to remember what it was like when things were normal.
All of the shit that cost me my sanity happened on a day I really wished it fucking hadn't. Sonny's birthday.
Me and the Owsla gang were having a great time, jamming out to some loud, obnoxious music, as usual. Everything was perfect. The birthday cake was made, the food was served, the alcohol was poured. All that was left was for Sonny to blow out the colourful candles on his cake.
Sonny shyly shuffled over to his cake, and smiled at all of his friends.
" Man, all of you are the fuckin' be- "
" Just shush so we can sing happy birthday, dude " I laughed, as Rob turned the lights down.
We all began to sing Happy Birthday, some in tune, and some not. But nobody cared. We just all happily circled around the birthday boy, reveling in the moment.
" Blow out the candles Sonny! " Ellie cheered in her sing-songy voice.
He quickly nodded, lowering his head over the festive candles, and in one swift exhale, the candles went out, and everything was dark. But before anyone could cheer, the most blood curdling scream erupted from Sonny's lips, scaring the shit out of everyone.
I was shoved out of my seat, and forced down onto the floor, along with getting my legs tripped over, but I didn't care. I wanted to find out what was going on.
I could barely see Rob run to the light switch, but he didn't quite make it, since everybody was going out of control. Eventually the lights were flipped on, making almost everyone gasp in horror.
Sonny was gone, and a disturbing picture was displayed for everyone to see. It's the picture that still to this day, keeps me up at night.
The cake had been smashed by Sonny's own hands. He clearly made an effort to try and escape what ever the fuck that grabbed him. Little gobs of blood were on the chair, the floor, and the only thing remaining were his dorky glasses. They were painted with red, and slightly cracked. My heart dropped as I saw that there was a fucking trail of blood, that led to the front door, which was thrown wide open.
We followed the trail, trying to find him, but nothing came up.
That's what I fucking hated about this world. There could never be one happy thing in my life. It would always end up leaving, or get destroyed. I didn't know what to do. My best friend just got abducted by some fucking animal. I clenched my teeth, right as Ellie screamed.
" What the fuck is that? " She screeched, as we all watched some… animal walk towards up. It obviously was human, before it turned into some kind of… fucking zombie.
" Don't just fucking stand there! Shut the damn door! " I yelled at her. And what made it even worse was that there were MORE of them, running around on the streets, dragging around dead people.
All I cared about was that one of these things took my friend from me. My only ray of sunshine. I promised myself I would find him, whether it be the death of me, or not.