Note-Apologies for an error in chapter 1 I just noticed. The song JD sings is "Don't Stop Believing" by Journey, not "Small Town Girl" by The Feeling. I don't know how I got that wrong!
I woke up at first not knowing where I was. I yelped out when I saw the Janitor next to me, and then remembered what had happened last night.
"Oh it's you…I thought I was having some crazy nightmare…!"
"Yep, I get inside people's heads a lot. I have fun roaming dreams at night!"
Ok…
I had fallen asleep last night listening to Dr Cox's mumbled slurring through the bottle of scotch I had bought for him. I now had a killer headache from the crap night's sleep I had. The smell of soggy cardboard, ketchup and something I couldn't place hovered in the cramped van from the remains of the McDonalds. Still, the Janitor had been awake all night, poor guy. Lack of sleep can drive some people crazy…
The Janitor's eye starts twitching, and he lunges at JD, and starts biting his neck as JD screams. Cut to the Austin Taxidermy competition, where the Janitor wins first prize with a stuffed version of JD.
"Oh God, let me drive!" I yelled out. Janitor gave me an odd look.
"Sorry, I do that a lot" I muttered, mostly to myself.
Something stirred in the back seat. Oh god, here we go…
"Good morning, Lurch, Madison! I'm going with names of states that sound like girl's names today, just to let you know, Newbie!"
"You're being awfully co-operative this morning, Angry Doctor!" called the Janitor.
"Well, I guess I thought over all those death threats I received from you last night, that may have made a difference, or it might have been that it is fairly impossible to report you to the cops, I'm still debating on that one, but I decided last night that I might as well enjoy the ride, I mean it's a 6 day break from that hell-hole they call a hospital and the devil they call Dr Kelso, am I right?"
The Janitor was silent, and gave me a puzzled look. He wasn't as used to Dr Cox's rants as I was.
"So, we're past Phoenix. 1 day, 41 minutes to go"
Wow, the time went really quickly so far!
"When's the next stop, Jumpsuit? Helena here probably needs to redo her makeup!"
"We'll be stopping at a motel at sunset"
"This is like Thelma and Louise…" I muttered. Hmm…
Dr Cox wearing a blonde wig and the Janitor wearing a ginger wig stand over JD. The Janitor is holding a gun, and he shoots JD. The two climb in a car, and drive over a cliff edge. As they fall, they lean in for a kiss…
"Damn it, Perry, we need to get you a blonde wig!" I snapped, banging my hand on the dashboard.
"Charlotte, I'm not even going to ask…"
The motel was small and cheap-looking. A blue neon sign saying "Blue Moon Traveller's Inn" hung askew over the door. A receptionist with dyed black hair and too much makeup eyed us as we walked in. She was smoking and filing her nails.
"We only got a two bedroom" she drawled uninterestedly.
"That's fine!" Dr Cox butted in, before Janitor could say anything. "Put it on my credit card under Percival Cox, thank you, have a nice night!"
He slammed his card down on the counter, grabbed the key and stormed upstairs. I shrugged and followed. The girl watched up suspiciously all the way up the stairs.
Dr Cox opened the door to the room. The walls were grey and the lightbulb was almost completely gone. A small window gave a view of the highway. There were, of course, only two beds.
"Regina, you sleep on the floor, seeing as you're the one who got me into this mess!" my mentor grunted. He chucked me a pillow and a blanked, and lay down on his bed, fully clothed, and went to sleep.
I got him into this mess? What the hell?
Janitor got into his bed. The lightbulb gave up the ghost, and flickered out, leaving the room in pitch blackness.
