If this is bad please don't hate I really had no idea where to begin this so…bear with me
!DISCLAIMER! I DO NOT OWN JTHM OR ANYTHING AFFILIATED WITH IT JHONEN VASQUEZ DOES I ONLY OWN ALICE
CHAPTER ONE:
A single act of kindness
A sliver of light made its way past a dark comforter, disturbing the sweet, sweet egress called slumber for a young woman.
She sat up rubbing the sleep out of her eyes, then she stood and walked into the bathroom, there she inspected herself in the mirror.
Her slightly longer than shoulder length hair was messy and knotted, her large bright green eyes were ringed in black from countless nights without sleep due to her working late at the 24/7, her alabaster complexion made the rings look even darker than they were and no amount of foundation could hide them.
To anyone else she would look a mess, but anyone who really knew her would tell you that this was the normal appearance for her before her morning shower and coffee.
She yawned and casually slammed the bathroom door shut, then she undressed and jumped in the shower. About fifteen minutes later she emerged from the shower in a towel and made her way to the closet where she picked out a green t-shirt with a grey stitched up neutral face on the front, a black zip-up hoodie with black and white stripped sleeves, and a pair of worn grey-black skinny jeans. She put the outfit on and stretched, and then she made her way into the kitchen where she made her usual cup of morning coffee
~Alice's POV~
I grabbed a mug from the cabinet and filled it to the brim with the steaming drink that would be needed to keep me from passing out at school. The professor was insanely boring and bland but I had a HUGE final coming up and I needed to pay as much attention in class as possible. I walked out of my kitchen and back into my living room where I plopped down on the couch and turned the TV on where some Barbie look alike was giving the daily report on the news
"Everyone made it out alright and no one was seriously injured." Barbie said
"That's great to hear Trisha, what was the cause of the accident?" her co-anchor inquired
"Well it would seem that the cause of said accident was one of the marauding gangs that run amok here in town" Barbie said
"Shit…" her co-anchor said
This was the only public news channel where no one was afraid to get fired because of foul language
"I know right" Barbie giggled
I was about to turn the channel when..
"In other news, it seems that the murders that ended a year and a half ago have started up again"
"Murders? There where murders here?" I thought
"Yes it's true everyone it would seem the killer has returned, civilians are advised to carry pepper spray, a hilariously large bat, or a Taser wherever they go"
The part about the bat made me chuckle.
I was in the clear, I never left home without a can of mace in my boot. Call it paranoia, but I was freakin terrified of being attacked on my way to campus.
The alarm on my phone began to beep signaling that it was two in the afternoon (Also it was a Saturday and I had taken up a weekend class so I could get some extra credentials) I realized that if I didn't leave soon I was going to be late
So, I put my boots on, grabbed a can of mace (that I stuffed into then right one) and I left my apartment.
Out in the hallway I was greeted by a familiar face
"Hey Alice" the purple haired artist said
"Oh hi Devi, what's up?"
"Nothing much, just going to get some more paint..." she seemed tired
"Oh, well you'd better get some mace while you're out" I said changing the subject
"M-mace? What for?"
"oh well, you see I heard on the news that a string of murders has started up and…"
Devi's eyes widened considerably "W-what?! Oh my God he's back!"
Before I could ask her what she meant she ran back into her own apartment and slammed the door
"That was weird…I wonder what she means..." I shrugged it off and walked down to the front lobby and out the front doors
Once out of the front lobby I noticed right away that today was going to be different, you know why?, there was a gang of really buff guys outside and they gave me the 'oh! Look a girl, let's rape her up the ass' type of look. Since I didn't have a car I was kinda screwed.
"Hey little lady~" the so called 'leader' said
My eyes widened and I immediately took off running down the sidewalk as fast as my legs could carry me
"oh shit, Oh shit, oh fuck, oh shit I'm fucking fucked!" my mind screamed as I turned a corner, and I none-to-gracefully slammed into a random pedestrian knocking him off balance and making myself land dead on my ass
He was about two years older than me, messy black hair, equally black eyes, or was it the light? I don't know, anyways, I jumped up and continued running despite a lot of pain in my rear end
I didn't notice the look of pure hate the man gave me, or that when he stood he didn't continue in the direction he was going. I just ran for dear life as the fall had slowed me down just enough so that the gang of brutish assholes could gain on me.
I turned corners, jumped manholes (and a small child or two), until I reached the mall. It was a Saturday so the place was packed with random teens and families
"Good, this way I can lose those stupid fuckers..." I thought as I ran blindly into the crowd, I hate crowds and small spaces so this was like jumping into a tank of ravenous sharks and I'm covered with meat…
I made it to an office supplies store where I stopped for a breather, the gang was nowhere to be found (thank God!) so I left the store and sat down on a bench outside the store, this was when I saw a really sad sight.
A small boy of about eight or nine was wandering around outside the store calling pitifully for his parents, I saw a rather large man approach him and by the look on his face I could tell that his intentions where a little less than pure. He grabbed the boy and began walking toward the emergency exit, that's when my paternal instincts kicked in I guess and I took off in their direction. I managed to make it out of the emergency exit in time to see the kid close his eyes and the man un-zip his own pants, I then pulled a heavy pipe from the wall (with some difficulty mind you) and I hit the pedo-freak upside the head with it hard, he fell with a loud thud and I heard a sort of shriek from the young boy
"A-are you okay?" I said dropping the now bloodied pipe
"I-I am…" he said, he was trembling
"Oh thank God…." I sighed "I was worried he might of-…are you lost?" the boy nodded and I sighed again
"Do you have any idea where your parents are?" I asked, in response I got a shake of the head
"Oh…well. Want me to help you find them?" I asked
"I-I'd appreciate it…" the boy said
"Okay cool, what's your name?"
"T-Todd…" he said nervously
"Okay Todd, where was the last place you saw your parents?" I bent down to his height
"a-at the office place, but they aren't there any more…"
I sighed at this "well….where do you live? Maybe they went home and phoned the police about you being missing"
Todd smiled at this "uhm….I live at house #779 on Arson Street…"
"Arson Street? Okay let's go then…" I stood and held out a hand that he took warily
"I'm Alice by the way"
"It's nice to meet you Alice" this kid was seriously polite
"Nice to meet you too Todd" I said smiling as we made our way down the sidewalk
About two to three hours of walking and idle conversation we arrived at our destination
"Here we are, Arson Street…" I said as we walked down the left side of the street
Todd seemed to gain a bit of bravery and he walked a few paces ahead of me, but when we came to a house #777 he squeaked and jumped behind me.
"What's wrong?" I asked "that place haunted err' something?"
Todd squeaked again and I took it as a yes
"Well….don't worry about it Todd, the spooks usually can't pass the threshold of their place of decease, so were fine" the kid squeaked again and I sighed
"C'mon your place is like right there…" I said as I began walking again, Todd followed me at a steady pace and we arrived at his home
I knocked on the door and a man opened it
"Dafuq you want?" he said abit pissy sounding
I cleared my throat "uhm yes, I have you son here…." I patted Todd on the head and he smiled "hi daddy" he said adorably
"oh…I thought we got rid of you" Todd's father said with a look of agitation
My eyes widened and I clenched my fists "what?! So they left Todd at the mall to be molested on PURPOSE!? HOW DARE THEY CALL THEMSELVES PARENTS!?"
I don't know how but I managed to calm down but when I did I said
"uhh…what?"
Todd's father gave me a look that said 'you heard me bitch' then he looked down at Todd and sighed in disappointment "get in here you.."
Todd turned to me smiled and said "thanks for bringing me home Alice!" then he bounded through the door, I hadn't noticed until now that he was holding a ragged teddy bear that seemed to mock me as Todd walked away
"we'll see you again soon enough"
My jaw dropped "did I just hear that bear-? No…not possible…no" I shook my head and looked up at Todd's Dad again
"if you all ever need a babysitter…." I wasn't offering because I wanted money I was genuinely concerned about Todd and his situation there was obviously something going on and I wanted to know if he was safe here
"well as a matter of fact, we were just about to call one" the bastard was lying through his teeth but I didn't care "me and my wife are going out…and if you think you can handle a night with the little brat then…feel free to come in"
I walked in and sat down on the couch, whatever I heard was right I was seeing Todd again and it was soon (like one minute soon).
I watched as a woman stumbled down the steps and made her way to the door
"most likely wacked out on drugs…" I thought as I watched her pat Todd on the head, call him Bob and walk out the door.
"bye…" Todd's dad grumbled and he slammed the door
I was a little miffed when the car sped away as if the couple inside where in a high speed chase
"so…your going to be my babysitter?" Todd said with his head cocked to the right
"mmyup…I guess so…" I said, Todd grinned happily and I heard what sounded like a dying moose coming from outside
"EH? the fuck?" I said moving toward the window, Todd squeaked and jumped behind the couch
I looked out the window and didn't see a pained animal, or dying moose, but I saw the same creepy ass house #777 and the noises seemed to originate from there
"weird…" I said and shut the window
Todd still remained behind the couch which I hopped over and crouched down next to him
"its nothing Todd were safe" I said
Todd's eyes were impossibly wide and he shook his head, then I heard another noise a sort of gurgling
"you hungry little man?" I said smiling
Todd nodded and I stood up "well lets go see what's in the pantry shall we?"
Todd nodded again and we made our way into the kitchen where I began to raid the cabinets
"nothing….nada….ziltch…not-AHHHH SHIT!" a large probably disease ridden rat lept out and hit the floor with a loud thud, Todd screamed as I tried to kick the thing, why?, that was my first instinct, my foot hit air and I flew back and landed with a crash on my back, the rat clambered back into the cabinet, hissed, and slammed the door
I laid on my back in the floor for a good two minutes wondering what the fuck just happened ~~~~~~~~
Lol imagine the look on her face!
"Alice are you okay?!" Todd squeaked
I blinked three times and looked up at him "Im okay, I think my spine exploded, but, Im okay"
Todd sighed and I stood up "how about we order a pizza" he didn't complain so I took my phone out and ordered a pizza while he walked into the living room
After ordering I followed him into the living room where he was watching TV with his creepy ass teddy bear. I decided that I wanted to be THAT babysitter and sat down next to him
"what's your friends name?" I asked
"Shmee" Todd said looking at over at me "he's my best friend"
I smiled "you know I used to have a friend like Shmee here"
"really?" he said looking bewildered
I nodded "yup! It was a purple bunny with a missing eye, I called her March…"
"why March?" he asked
"why Shmee?" I replied
"touché.." he grinned
I smiled "I carried March around all through elementary school….and some of middle school, I kept her a secret by hiding her in my backpack….I never felt truly safe without her, she was the last thing my Mom gave me before…" I stopped, I hate talking about the 'accident' even though its been ten years It still hurts to talk about it
"before what?" Todd said
I cleared my throat "never mind that, do you have any board games?"
"uhh….I think so…let me check" he stood and walked up the stairs, a few moments later he came back with two games, candy land, and monopoly.
"oh sweet lord you have Candy land!" I gasped
He smiled and placed the games before me on the coffee table
"can we play Monopoly first?" her asked, I sighed
"okay sure…" I opened the game and placed the board on the table
"I wanna be the shoe" Todd said
"the shoe? Why?" I asked, Todd shrugged "I don't know I like the shoe"
"y-you could be the dog, or the racecar, or the cockro-wait….there's no Cockroach piece in Monopoly.."
Todd yelped "o-oh no! kill it!" I chuckled "okay" I raised the game board to swat the roach when it decided to suddenly sprout wings and fly around our heads
"DEMON FROM HELL! DEMON FROM HELL!" I screamed and dove behind the couch, Im okay with killing roaches but when they sprout fucking wings and attack me Im outta there!
Todd screamed and followed my example "WHAT DO WE DO!?"
"YOU FUCKING KILL IT!" I yelled "ME?! WHY ME?! I CANT KILL THAT THING!" he yelled back "OKAY! OKAY CALM DOWN!" I said swatting at the air "GET ME A POT!" Todd ran into the kitchen and grabbed a pot then gave it to me, as the roach dove at my head. I screamed and threw the pot like an idiot, it hit its target….and somehow lodged itself into the wall
"OH SHIT" I yelled looking at the damage, I then looked at Todd "that..that was already there, right?" Todd nodded vigorously and looked on the verge of tears
"hey,hey,hey…" I said crouching down next to him "its okay, its gunna be okay"
That's when Todd full on broke into tears
"no, don't cry Todd..sweetie..dont cry" I said
Ive always had a soft spot for children and it killed me to see Todd so sad so, I wrapped my arms around him and pulled him into a hug "its not okay!" he sobbed
"Mommy and Daddy are gunna be so mad! I don't wanna make them mad!" he hugged me back
"its okay….dont worry I'll fix the wall" I said, Todd hiccupped a couple of times before settling down "p-promise?"
"I promise" I said
"how the hell am I gunna fix THAT?!" I thought "how the HELL does a pot get stuck into a wall?!"
The door bell rang and I pulled away from Todd who looked downright pitiful
"pizza" I mumbled and opened the door
"here you go ma'am" the teen said with a dopey look on his face
I paid the teen and shut the door
"pizza? Yay!" Todd seemed to have cheered up and he sat back down on the couch
"mmyup" I said sitting the pizza down on the coffee table, Todd smiled and took a piece out of the box and began to munch on it
"geeze…how did I get myself into this shit? Now I gotta pay for a damaged wall and Im not gunna make it to class today….and its like eight-o-clock…" my mind began to wander and I hardly noticed when Todd asked me question
"Alice?...you okay?" he said with a look of fear
"EH? Oh…heh..yeah Im fine Im just thinking…"
"oh….wanna play candy land?" he asked "you know it bro!" I grinned and the fearful look in his eyes went away
We played Candyland for the next three or four hours when I noticed he started to get really sleepy, I smiled
"you sleepy little man?"
"yeah…a little, but I don't wanna go to bed yet Im having to much fun…"
I audibly 'awwed' and smiled "we can play more in the morning…" "what am I saying?! I'll be gone by then….." I thought
"you'll be here still?" he said with a hopeful glimmer in his eyes "I don't know…but If Im not I swear I'll say good bye..okay?"
The glimmer faded "okay…"
I walked him upstairs, waited outside the bathroom door while he changed (his idea not mine), checked in his closet, under his bed , and in the vent (again his idea), then I tucked him in
"goodnight Alice…" Todd said smiling sleepily
"nite Todd.." I said as I shut the door
I made my way downstairs and sat on the couch a few hours until I eventually passed out from exhaustion
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~okay that took me for fucking ever to write hopefully the next chapter will be up tomorrow….oh and Johnny WILL be in the next chapter and he is none-to-happy about Alice knocking him down and running away without an apology so…..yup good luck to you Alice
