The Fallen Ones
~Chapter 1~
That fucking screech. It never got old, in her opinion. God, that was the only sign that they were close; that she had to speed up.
How many bullets had she wasted? How many arrows, grenades, and throwing knives? How much blood layered her sword and body? How long had she been alone?
Being abandoned while on a mission was a bitch move, in her opinion, but after seeing many other Gs that were left behind, she figured Arlon did it for the good of the gang. She just wished her friend would've stayed behind with her. She was alone now, only being accompanied by her weapons and mind.
"We're G-Kings!" Chiro had said once before to her. "Even when we're all separated, we're still together! Nothing can ever split us all apart."
That skater had always been by her side, along with the others, but Chiro seemed to stay the most. He was the one who gave her the tattoos she had today. He was the one who taught her how to skateboard when they went to New Cross to harass Gumball and Rabbit. He was the one who gave her a home when she was kicked out her own. He was the one who truly cared.
When she noticed Arlon, Harmon, Gumball, or even Birth weren't at their normal post, she went off to find Chiro. She knew she couldn't rely on Rabbit, seeing as how the girl was always moving around San Paro. But when she got to the tattoo shop, Chiro wasn't anywhere to be found. Just a note on the front door saying: 'Out of Business. Be safe and good luck'. At first, she didn't know what to make of it. Chiro was always tattooing or hanging around, waiting for someone to drop by. Now he was gone?
That was when she noticed Shift sprinting after her, eyes completely white and blood pouring from her mouth, an inhuman scream escaping her bloody lips. The G-King was also missing her mask that covered half of her face. And as she got closer, a gunshot sounded, Shift falling to the ground, a bullet hole in her head.
How many others did she have to kill? Homicide, Double B, Terri, along with countless others who she didn't even know the names of. A few enforcers and maybe even a Blood Rose or two. They all came after her; they all had the same traits that Shift had. And they suffered the same fate.
Survival was key, she knew that. Rabbit listened to Javez, always taking his saying: 'Gotta keep movin'. Don't let 'em get a fix on you. You stop, you're dead.' Now, she followed that rule. She continuously ran throughout San Paro in search of others. She found some citizens, but they all got themselves killed. Fucking idiots. She figured it was best to stay alone. Everyone slowed her down and nearly got her killed. Traveling alone was safe, easy, quick and quiet.
How she ended up at the asylum, she didn't know. She didn't care, either. No undead inside the gates for now. The herd that followed her was about to fill up the area in a matter of a minute, though, and she knew she had to find somewhere to hide. Almost out of ammo and arrows, and her throwing knives had ran out long ago. Maybe she could find someone dead in there and take their things. Not exactly nice, but who cared? She wasn't going to go down without a fight.
When she entered those gates, along with those zombies close behind, someone opened fire. She wasn't sure who it was, but she didn't care. They weren't aiming for her, and she knew that.
Bullet after bullet, those damned things fell and she was closer to being free. That's when she found her saviors. A Blood Rose with icy blue eyes and red hair. She knew him all too well. He barely knew her. An enforcer with a familiar tiger mask. She barely knew him, only heard stories from Rabbit. He knew about her, though. Said G-King often talked about her.
"What the hell are you doing out here?" he asked once no one was left standing. Devil Dog watched for a moment, before moving back inside the building so he wasn't leaning out the window.
"What does it look like?" she snarled her reply, glaring at him. "I'm trying to find a place to stay so I don't die!"
Before Jeung could even get a snarky remark out of his mouth, he noticed her hoodie. The G-King symbol was on her right shoulder, not too big, but big enough to see. Now he was pissed. Those G-Kings had another member still alive? God, he should have let her die.
"Who else is in here?" she asked, her sapphire eyes glistening with hate as she stared at him longer.
"Why not find out for yourself?" His voice was low and dangerous; she could almost see venom dripping from the words that spilled out. He lashed his hand out, grasping her white hair and wrapping it around his knuckles, making her cry out in both surprise, anger, and a bit of pain. He practically dragged her into the asylum, the Blood Roses watching. Charlotte was laughing, Suji was in shock, Seung looked like he was about ready to get up and beat his cousin, Fox didn't care, and Byron was working on something, telling Jeung to stop before he got his ass beat. The other was just sitting in the corner, watching quietly. No one moved though. No one tried helping. A closer look and the poor G-King saw that Suji's leg was cut, wrapped in bandages that still leaked with blood. Seung, too, had his ankle wrapped up, wrist also stained with blood, but he didn't look as bad as Suji. Fox, though. The little fucker wasn't harmed in any way. He just sat there, watching.
"Hey! I got you guys something!" Jeung snarled once he reached the bottom of the stairs, removing his hand from the soft snow white locks and pushing her down the rest of the way. His outburst woke Chiro first, then Birth. And before you knew it, the two males, and Rabbit who had also been startled awake, were all jumping up and running at Jeung. Harmon and Javez were the ones who caught her shoulders, making sure she didn't face plant into the dusty floor below.
"I'll kill you the next I see you, you fucking bastard!" Rabbit's voice was loud; the enforcers probably heard the promise. Jeung just flipped her off, going back to his own gang. Hate burned inside of the G-King, but Birth gently laid a hand on her shoulder, leading her back. The girl had all this pent-up energy. He knew she had to do something to get rid of it, so why not kill something? Gumball rarely let her out anymore.
"Teddy!" Chiro's hoarse voice still sounded so soothing to the white-haired girl. He was next to her in a few seconds, arms wrapping around her in a tight hug. "Are you okay? Fuck, I'm so sorry I didn't find you before we left!"
She looked up into Chiro's eyes, her sapphire orbs locked with his dark brown ones. God, it had been at least four months since she had seen him. His eyes were still soft; touch still gentle. She nodded, the Mexican helping her to her feet, allowing for her to dust off the little dirty partials that was now attached to her. Upon dusting herself off, she noticed something was missing. Her beloved weapons.
"I'll be back," she sighed, turning her heels to walk out of the room, Rabbit close behind her as Gumball practically demanded she returned.
Up the stairs and out the door. A quick trip for Rabbit, seeing as Jeung was going through Teddy's weapons, loading more ammo into the empty pistols and rifle. Body tense and that's all the younger G-King needed to see before she ran back to the gang, calling for Chiro and Gumball to help.
"What the fuck do you think you're doing?" Teddy snarled as she approached the Blood Rose. "That's mine."
"Not anymore, you little G-King bitch," he sneered, watching as the fire seen to grow in her eyes. "This belongs to me now!"
Before Jeung knew it, Teddy was throwing a powerful right hook to his jaw, knocking him backwards and out cold. She grabbed her things, walking back to the asylum, seeing Chiro, Rabbit, and a laughing Gumball.
"Jesus, Teddy!" Rabbit spoke, a smile breaking out. "I thought you would've shot the hell outta him!"
"Heh. Surprise," she chuckled, walking back to the gang. Gumball took Rabbit to the fire, holding her in his lap and telling her how he didn't want her to leave the asylum ever again.
"Hey, Teddy!" Harmon called to the white-haired girl. "What happened to your hoodie? Even we still have out clothes in tact!"
"What?" She looked down, frowning when she saw the large tear in the material. With a small sigh she left the group, hearing the small murmurs of questions coming from the others. She walked down the empty hall the asylum had. Old footsteps. She knew the others didn't go back here often. Why would they?
Removing a brick or two and Teddy was pulling out a spare hoodie, exactly the same to the one she had ripped.
"Damn, Teddy!" Chiro's voice caught her attention, making her turn around as she slipped on the hoodie. "How many of those things do you got?"
"Thousands," she giggled, leaving the old one behind as she walked back to the group. "Just in case this ever happens!"
The Mexican smiled, pulling her into another hug, looking back at the others. They were all around the fire, joking and laughing, trying to get their minds off of all this bullshit.
"You know I love you, right?" he spoke, voice soft and barely audible. She looked up at him, only to have his lips press to hers softly. Her face lit up, but it was amazing.
"I love you, too," she replied once Chiro moved away.
"I'm still sorry we left without you."
"Don't worry. I'm back now."
Walking back to the group, Teddy found that Rabbit was sitting by the door, a familiar ALIG 762 in her hands, a couple grenades scattered by her side.
"You sure you'll be fine tonight, bunny?" Birth asked, watching as the girl nodded.
"As long as Harmon can trade off with me, then yeah, I'll be fine," she replied, smiling back at Harmon. Teddy saw him wink. Birth didn't. Chiro didn't. And neither did Javez, Gumball, or Kolima. But she did.
"Alright. Well, I'm gonna go to bed then," Birth yawned, stretching his limbs. "Night, you guys!"
"Night!"
Everyone slept close to each other. Gumball, Birth, Chiro, Teddy, Javez, Kolima, and lastly Harmon. Rabbit watched them for a little bit, before poking her head out into the hallway. Soft shuffling of feat. She could only smile as she looked back at the sleeping Harmon.
"Thank you, Benjamin."