Scene 2
Gerard and Mikey pull up at a rest stop from before the nuclear war. It's about 100 miles from Battery City and strangely intact. To the right, there's a diner. Though, the sign is missing its "N" and "R" so it reads "Die." In the center, there's an inn that's three stories tall and the only thing that seems to be wrong about it is the peeling paint. Finally, to the left there's a gas station and convenience store complex that was looted a long time ago, the glass windows are still broken. Gerard and Mikey pull off the highway and park in one of the thousand empty parking spaces and get out. The whole rest stop just screams ghost town.
Mikey: I say we go in. The place looks safe.
Gerard: I don't know, the structure could be destroyed in buildings this old.
Mikey: There could be supplies
Gerard: True, I guess so, but let's not go on any floor but the first.
Mikey nods
Gerard: Let's start at the diner, then we'll go to the inn, finish at the gas station and be out of here before night.
The two of them walk through the doors of the diner and the scene changes into a greasy restaurant with a 50's style. The floor is black and white checkerboard tile. Metal tables are arranged all throughout the center with matching red fabric cushioned seats. There are booths along all the walls and a chrome bar on the far wall that sees into the kitchen. There's a jukebox in one of the corners. The tables are even set as if it's still a functioning establishment.
Gerard: It seems like you could still eat here.
Mikey: I can smell burgers!
Gerard: and the floors are polished…
Male Voice: (yelling) FREEZE!
A man in a Halloween mask jumps out from behind the bar with a gun pointed at Mikey and Gerard. They immediately put their hands over their head and cower in fear. The man motions behind him and another guy in a spaceman helmet comes from the kitchen doors. There's a gun in his hand too.
Halloween Mask: (shouting) On your knees! NOW! (Gerard and Mikey do as their told) Don't move or I'll shoot!
The man in the space helmet now steps forward and searches both of them. He doesn't find anything, steps back, and nods and the guy in the Halloween mask.
Halloween Mask: What're your names?
Mikey: Um, I'm Mikey Way and this is my brother, Gerard. (Gerard timidly smiles)
Halloween Mask: Get up! Come on. Now take your BL/ind scum out of here and come back the way you came. If you say anything to anyone—I'll remember you, Gerard Way and Mikey Way—I will personally kill you and everyone you know. Am I clear?
The space man and Halloween Mask start walking them out the door.
Gerard: (Busts out) But we don't have anywhere to go!
Spaceman and Halloween Mask look at each other and simultaneously lower their guns. Gerard and Mikey hesitantly lower their arms. A few moments pass in silence.
Spaceman: We've been there
A few more moments pass
Halloween Mask: Give us a minute. You can wait outside. It's not like we care if you run.
Mikey and Gerard wait outside. The lights inside the diner are shining on Halloween Mask and Spaceman talking. The sun is setting. Nightfall is only an hour away.
Spaceman: We should recruit them, I mean; they're the splitting image of us a year ago. And let's face it, we haven't done anything to help anyone and maybe they can help us. If it wasn't for Dr. Death Defying, who knows what could've happened to us?
Halloween Mask: Jet Star, think about it. They came in a BL/ind car, wearing BL/ind clothes so therefore, they're BL/ind spies!
Jet Star: They seem legitimate and that's how we came! That's how we all come! It'd be more suspicious if they came in regular clothes.
Halloween Mask: I don't know…
Jet Star: Listen to me. Fun Ghoul, listen to me. We can help them, just like Dr. D helped us. We'll keep them under surveillance and see if they're spies or normal kids.
Fun Ghoul: (sighs) Alright, but just for the night.
The scene goes to Gerard and Mikey. The lights in the diner dim and a spotlight shines on them outside the diner.
Gerard: Let's go
Mikey: No
Gerard: I'm not going to argue with you. These people had us at gunpoint and this is probably the only chance we'll have to escape.
Just as Mikey opens his mouth to reply, Jet Star and Fun Ghoul exit the diner. Jet Star lifts up the screen on his helmet to reveal a huge smile. Fun Ghoul lifts his mask to the top of his head and lights a cigarette.
Jet Star: Welcome to the team! You're now a Killjoy!
Gerard: A what?
Fun Ghoul: You still have a chance to leave
Jet Star: We'll have to introduce you to Dr. D and show you around, find some new clothes for you and give you knew names…
Mikey and Gerard: NEW NAMES?
Jet Star:Well of course you get to pick them (Rambles on)
Mikey: (To Fun Ghoul) What exactly is going on?
Fun Ghoul: Long story short, you're in our gang now. You're our first recruits and Jet Star is a little excited.
Gerard: So his name is Jet Star and yours is?
Fun Ghoul: Fun Ghoul
Gerard: Why aren't they normal?
Fun Ghoul: It's part of the Killjoy thing
Gerard: Since you guys are in a gang, you don't break laws or anything
Fun Ghoul: (Sighs) Look, we break laws but for a good reason. We break bad laws to better serve decent people. We're not criminals. You'll see soon, but before all the glitz and glamour the Jet Star keeps mumbling about, we have to break you.
Gerard: What?
Fun Ghoul:You can't possibly understand now, I get it. Just know that we're the good guys.
Jet Star continues happily muttering to himself while the rest of them follow him into the Inn silently. You can tell they have many things on their minds. The sun now just sets on the horizon and the scene fades to black.