A The Hills Have Eyes Fanfiction:

Summary: Fred the Gas Haven guy has a daughter named Eden who is in trouble with the law. As a favor to Fred for sending meals out the mutant's way, Papa Jupiter and Big Mama take Eden to live with them in their house out at the mining town. Eden makes some friends and some enemies, but the biggest thorn in her side is Lizard. They seem to hate each other . . . but do they really? LIZARD/OC

Rating: M for violence, language, and sexual scenes.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of The Hills Have Eyes characters. I just own any original characters and the plot of this story. I'm not making money off this story so please don't sue.

It's A Thin Line between Love and Hate

By

Princess Angelita

Chapter One: Enter Eden

Eden Angel Leavitt sat on the dirty counter of her father's gas station/convenience store, staring at the two figures walking slowly towards the building from the empty desert beyond.

"You sure I'm staying with Jupiter?" she asked her father.

"Eden, I'm tired of tellin' you that ya are," Fred Leavitt said with a grimace as he glanced out the window to look down the road in front of the Gas Haven.

"Why'd this have to be the answer to my problem, Dad?" she asked, kicking her combat boots against the counter.

"You know it's 'cause that's the safest place out here, sugar. It ain't like they're gonna eat you. Jupiter won't let 'em."

"I know, but staying with him and Big Mama is not going to be fun."

"Then ya shouldn't 'ave popped off that bitch and her man."

Eden sighed loudly and stretched her lean frame over the counter before jumping down. "Well shit, Dad, it's not like you've never offed someone before!"

"Yeah, but you're my little girl, so tha's different, Eden."

"What am I, a delicate little flower?" she laughed. "You can't think that if you're sending me out there . . ." She flicked her head toward the desert and the approaching figures.

"Fuck that poetry shit, Eden, and get your ass ready. Jupiter's almost here. And . . ." he shielded his eyes and squinted into the sunlight, ". . . fuck, so is Lizard."

"Who's Lizard?" Eden walked over to her father so she could see outside. She had only met Papa Jupiter and Big Mama, for Jupiter often brought Big Mama to the mobile home Eden lived in, so Eden could help his wife mend and wash clothes for all the inhabitants of the Test Village. Jupiter paid Eden in stolen jewelry and appliances, which she sold at a pawn shop in Santa Fe once a month. Eden and the clan leader had long ago struck up an odd friendship based on mutual respect and a love of drunken violence.

She was pulled from her thoughts as the front door of the store burst in and Jupiter strode through the opening.

"Where's th' lil' bitch?" Papa Jupiter roared the moment he saw Fred.

Eden stepped out from behind her father and hung her head, waiting for the onslaught.

"What's this I hear, girl? You've gotta hide from th' authorities? What the hell's th' matter wit' ya? Are y' fuckin' stupid?"

She waited until Jupiter had finished before grinning up at him. He grinned back and slapped her on the buttocks fondly.

"Where's your shit?" Jupiter asked finally.

Fred pointed towards a small duffel bag beside the counter. "It's there, Jupiter. An' I got your licker in the wagon out back."

"I hope so, Fred my boy, 'cause Lizard's out there lookin' for it right this minute."

"Well if ya got him with ya . . ."

"Yep," Papa Jupiter said as he hefted Eden's bag over his shoulder, "we're leavin' before he comes in. Don't yew worry none now, Fred."

"I ain't worryin'," Fred mumbled as his daughter pecked his cheek.

"See ya later, Dad," Eden whispered in his ear. "Love ya."

Fred nodded and watched as his daughter followed Papa Jupiter out the door. Suddenly, a feeling of foreboding washed over him and for a moment, he wanted to call her back. But the door slammed shut, jolting him out of his thoughts and he turned back to the window to watch Eden disappear into the horizon.