Here we are with chapter 3
Chapter 3: Comma White
Klutch had rolled into the sea in his sleep and was now floating away, but had yet to awake
Tabby stirred awake, rolling over slightly on the sand. She opened her eyes slightly, and then searched around for Klutch.
"Klutch?" She called out warily, propping herself up on the sand.
What looked like a snoring raft with morning wood was floating out at sea, but said 'raft' awoke when some salt water seeped into his mouth
"Tabby?" He called back as he stood up
"Klutch?!" Tabby shouted, a little shocked to see it was him,
"What the hell are you doing out there?!" She started to get up, when she realized she was still missing her clothes. She groaned slightly, immediately sitting back down on the sand and folding her arms over her chest.
"I tend to roll in my sleep" Klutch yawned as he walked onto the sand
"I see," Tabby giggled, starting to stand up,
"I better get changed back into my clothes, the sun's almost up."
"I guess I should too" Klutch said, giving her a quick peck on the cheek before heading to his car
Tabby smirked and followed him, remembering she had changed in there. She climbed into the back, quickly finding her clothes and starting to change into them.
Klutch hastily changed into the clothes he had bought yesterday and pulled back his dreads into a high ponytail before sitting in the driver's seat
Tabby changed quickly and jumped back into the passenger's seat,
"Alright, I'm decent," she laughed slightly, starting to fix her hair a little.
"Where to now, School doesn't start for another four to five hours" Klutch smirked as he started the car
"I don't know, have anywhere in mind?" Tabby asked, looking over at him
"Not sure, where do you wanna go?" Klutch asked as he drove out of 'Sunset Bliss Cove'
"Well, it's a little early to go shopping, so we can head back to my place or yours, it really doesn't matter to me," Tabby reassured him.
"Okay" Klutch mumbled as he hit 600 MPH and began to drive through 'Sidewinder's Path'
Tabby let out a slight screech as she clung onto the seat.
"My god, isn't this a little dangerous?" She said through clenched teeth, taking her eyes off of the road.
"Not really" Klutch said as he flipped a purple switch causing the top to go up and adamantium armor plating to cover the vehicle as they sharply turned onto 'Dead Man's Curve' still going faster until they began to pass Mach 1
At this point, Tabby shut her eyes. Sure she liked danger, but this was just a death wish. "Wouldn't you think you should take it kind of slow on a road called 'Dead Man's Curve'?" She laughed slightly.
"I'm going to my home" Klutch said as the road began making a very steep climb before ending suddenly
"Alright..." Tabby said nervously, opening her eyes. She breathed a sigh of relief when the climb ended.
"Wow, are we there yet?"
"Almost" Klutch said pressing a blue button making a pair of jet wings come out of the sides and a joystick come out of the console
"So, custom huh?" Tabby rose with a smile,
"Is this thing safe?"
"Unless you're pregnant or have any serious medical conditions, yea" Klutch said as he began to pilot the car onto a landing strip in the middle of a forest with a gigantic castle behind it
Tabby relaxed and laughed slightly.
"Alright," she smirked; just happy they were back on the ground. She looked at the castle,
"Wait...you live there?"
"Yup, 22 bedrooms, 14 bathrooms, each with a Jacuzzi tub big enough for the entire football team and a king size tepurpedic mattress" Klutch said as he turned off his car and got out
"Wow," Tabby breathed, getting out of the car,
"This is seriously cool, but I'm sure it gets lonely." She nodded, walking over to him.
"Yea, then again I've got people like Ozzy, Bam and Amy Lee visiting and spending the night all the time" Klutch said as he walked up to the front door and registered in the palm and retina scanners
"Really?" Tabby gaped,
"Wow, you really are different." She giggled, watching the scanners carefully.
"It's a good thing" Klutch said as he opened the door and was tackled by Hayley Williams
"True," Tabby replied, blinking when she saw Hayley.
"Seriously? The Hayley Williams from Paramore?" Tabby gushed, immediately rushing in, "any other celebs I should be warned of?"
"Ben Burnley's crashed on the couch, Shaun Morgan, Brian 'Head' Welsh, Corey Todd Taylor and David Michael Draiman are play video games up stairs and all of Blink 182 are playing drinking games with Bam Margera, Missi Margera and Amy Lee" Klutch said as he walked inside
"Excellent," Tabby smiled,
"I get pretty dangerous when I drink though, so I'm going to stay away from the drinking games. Unless you want to see me go a little bit wild." She smirked, looking around the large castle.
Suddenly a buzzed Bam 'yellow snowed' the sleeping breaking Benjamin vocalist in the face "Dude!" Ben grumbled as he spit out out the chunks of frozen piss
"Things are never boring here" Klutch laughed as he grabbed a bottle of his home brew from the fridge
"I can see that," Tabby laughed slightly, walking over and kissing his cheek.
"Thanks for letting me come over, this had been interesting."
"No Problem" Klutch said as he Shaun, Ben and Travis walked down stairs two floors to the third basement where you will find a recording studio
Tabby decided to follow, seeing as though they still had quite a bit of time before school started. "So, did you by the place yourself?"
"I inherited it from my biological great great grandfather" Klutch as they kept walking
Down
"Wow, it's very nice," Tabby smiled, following him down. Seeing the many steps in front of her, she smirked lightly. She didn't want to climb down all of them, so she improvised.
"Watch out!" She shouted, jumping onto the railing and sliding down.
Klutch just stood back and laughed as Tabby slid down the railing of the polished black marble spiral staircase
Tabby laughed slightly, making sure she kept slight balance. The last thing she wanted was to fall.
"Woo!" She laughed, jumping off as her feet hit the floor at the bottom,
"So much better than an elevator." She dusted off of her hands and turned around, a clear smirk on her face.
"We have an elevator too" Klutch commented as he and the other three dudes entered the recording booth
Tabby waited outside, sitting down on a black leather couch. She didn't want to interrupt anything, so she simply laid back with her hands behind her head.
Klutch grabbed a BC Rich Perfect 10 Bich Electric Guitar with a spiked black leather strap on it and slung it around him before beginning to tune it to Drop D
Shaun Morgan did the same with a BC Rich Zombie Revenge Bass with a strap that looked like police tape
Travis Barker sat down in the middle of a Roland electric drum set
Ben Burnley grabbed the microphone and began checking the acoustics
Tabby watched, fascinated with what was going on. She crossed one leg over the other, looking towards the ceiling as she listened.
Then Klutch and Shaun stood up followed by Ben starting to sing
"Fingas bleeeeedin'....Eyes a screamin' Guts 'N' gore is all ah've seen for years...Glass is shattered brains are splattered....Ah'm as bored as a two bah four an' Ah need summin' ta doo 'cause ah think Ah've gone wa-kay AN' SOMEONE NEEDS TA SMACK MAH......My guts been busted. you can't be trusted...this is the seven car pile up my ears are burnin' by blood is churnin'.........Ah'm as bored as a two bah four an' Ah need summin' ta doo 'cause ah think Ah've gone wa-kay AN' SOMEONE NEEDS TA SMACK MAH.....Ah've just dahed an' ah don' know wah...Ah think it's 'cause mah hearts been FRIED!"
Tabby listened, but more so jumped when the song began. It wasn't the quietest music, and the lyrics weren't the kindest, but it was good nonetheless.
"What did you think Tabs, I wrote it myself" Klutch said as they began to put things away
"It was fantastic!" Tabby smiled, sitting up on the couch,
"I really liked it."
"C'mon, you have to get some clean clothes on before we leave for school" Klutch said as he walked out of the booth
"Oh...right," Tabby smiled, getting up from the couch. She looked down at her own clothes; they were a little messed up.
"Go upstairs and find Haley and Amy then tell them you need too barrow some clothes and tell them I sent sent" Klutch said as he headed to the kitchen for some breakfast
"Alright," Tabby nodded, starting to head up the stairs. Too bad she couldn't slide up stairs... She eventually reached the first floor and quickly found the two.
"Hey, do you guys have some clothes I could borrow? Klutch sent me," she mentioned.
"Follow us" Amy Lee smiled as Haley Williams nodded and they headed up stairs
"Yay, more stairs," Tabby laughed slightly, following them up.
They stopped in the middle of a hallway on the second floor to the left was a room that obviously belonged to Amy and Shaun and to the right was a room that looked more Hayley's style
Tabby looked around and smiled.
"Wow, very cool," she nodded, looking at the two rooms.
"Are you looking for a feminine Goth look?" Amy began
"Or an indie punk look today?" Hayley finished
"Hmm, I want to try something a little different, so let's try the Goth look." Tabby nodded, looking to Amy,
"But nothing too extreme." She added with a slight smile.
"So? No body art?" Amy joked as she walked into her room and opened the closet
"I'd prefer none," Tabby laughed slightly,
"I've been considering one, but maybe not yet." She followed her to her closet,
"Wow, I absolutely love your clothes!" Tabby complimented.
"Just start grabbing things and trying them on until you're comfortable with an outfit" Amy instructed as she lyed on her bed and began flipping through a copy of 'Punnisher #1'
"Okay, thanks," Tabby smiled, walking into the closet and looking around. She picked out a black and purple dress and tried it on, looking into a mirror.
"What do you think of this one?" She asked Amy, turning around.
"Try this instead" Amy said grabbing a black denim mini skirt with studs and chains on it and handing it to Tabitha
"Ooh, I do like that better," Tabby smiled, trying on the skirt. She looked at it in the mirror, and then she began looking for a top. She found one and tried it on,
"And this with it?"
"This looks better with that" Amy said holding up a black corset with chains, buckles and studs
"Very true," Tabby smiled, switching with that top,
"There." She admired herself in the mirror, and then put on a pair of black leather knee-high lace-up boots.
"Thanks a lot for the clothes," she thanked Amy.
"You're welcome, but I'm not sharing underwear" Amy said as she hugged the mutant
"Hah, totally understandable," Tabby laughed, hugging her back.
"Well, I better scout out Klutch again," she sighed,
"god knows where he is now..."
"See ya later, Boomer" Amy said as she watched the fellow female leave
Klutch was in the dining room eating a southwestern omelet with some chicken fried rice and a 1.5 liter bottle of Mountain Dew: Code Red
Tabby walked into the dining room, eyeing Klutch.
"Hey you," she greeted, leaning against the wall.
Klutch immediately noticed the rather revealing gothic attire and began to choke on his breakfast plus pop began to shoot out of his nose
"Hey!" Tabby yelled worryingly, rushing over to him,
"Are you alright? You don't like it, do you?"
Klutch tryed to tell her something but couldn't manage to stop choking as he fell out of his chair
Tabby immediately grabbed him and proceeded to do the Heimlich maneuver.
"I'm sorry Klutxh, come one, just spit it out..."
Klutch then coughed up a large chunk of omelet that launched itself and wacked Head in the face
Tabby stifled a laugh and helped Klutch back on his feet, giving him a worried look.
"Klutch? Are you alright?" She asked, placing a hand on his cheek.
"Yeah, I just never thought you'd wear something like that" Klutch said as he put on his gothic black biker jacket and grabbed skeletal biker helmet
"Well, I thought it would be fun to try something different," Tabby smiled. She looked over his attire,
"Wait, are you a biker too?"
"I guess you could say that" Klutch smirked as he tossed Tabby a helmet and grabbed a set of motorcycle keys
Tabby caught the helmet and put it on.
"What do you mean by that?" She rose curiously.
"I don't really wanna talk about it right now" Klutch said as he got on an exact replica of the bike from Ghost Rider
"Oh, alright," Tabby nodded, climbing on behind him,
"Nice bike." She complimented, putting her arms around his waist.
Klutch then put the key in, revved it up and sped away with a smirk
Tabby held on tight, but she wasn't frightened. She loved thrills, and this was fun.
Klutch began going faster and faster, too bad he didn't see the low billboard a mere twelve and a half miles in front of them and crashed...the bike was fine and his adamantium bones were fine, but he had a major concussion, a ruptured kidney and a collapsed lung all because he forgot his helmet and didn't pay attention to the road
"Klutch?!" Tabby cringed, attempting to get up. They had crashed, that she knew. She hit her head hard on the pavement. She reached up to touch her head and winced when it came back bloody. Her helmet had prevented any major damage, but it had fallen off and caused this. She looked around and tried to move, only to find that her leg had been caught underneath the motor cycle. She tried again and failed, only to be met with a jolt a pain. She looked around more, this time in a panic, and she soon spotted Klutch.
"Klutch?!" She called to him desperately, seeing if he was alright.
Klutch had flown off the bike half a mile and into a tree, where he was out cold and barely breathing with a major brain hemorrhage from his brain sloshing about at high speeds against his adamantium skull
Tabby could see him, and he didn't move. She couldn't just lay there and do nothing, so she thought fast. She charged her hands until there was a small glowing orb in the palm, and then threw it on the bike that was crushing her leg. It exploded and she shielded her face from it, and her leg was free. She started to stand up, wincing as her leg gave out another sharp pain. It was broken, that she knew. She ran as fast as she could over to Klutch into his tree, jumping onto a branch.
"Klutch? Can you hear me?!" She asked quickly in a panicked voice, gently shaking his arm.
Klutch didn't reply at all because he couldn't in his current condition, but when she shook his arm he fell out of the tree and on top of her
Tabby winced when he fell on top of her, letting out a slight cry when he hit her leg. At least he didn't hit the ground and she had broken his fall. She gently rolled him off of her, looking him over. He didn't look good, not in the least. She looked around for help, and sort of help, she couldn't handle him on her own.
Klutch didn't budge, minus what looked like a mix between a seizure and an aneurism
Rogue was riding with Gambit, leaning back in the passenger seat.
"Remind me where we're going," she laughed slightly, looking out at the road.
Tabby searched around frantically; there were no cars in sight. She felt tears stinging at her eyes, there was no way she could carry him.
Klutch's heart was starting to halt, if he didn't get to a hospital soon he would die
"Wait, what's that?" Rogue pointed out, seeing two people on the side of the road, "gawd Remy, pull over!" She screamed, recognizing Tabitha right away. Despite the still moving car, she jumped out over the side of the car, being that it was a convertible, and ran over to the two.
"Come one, we have to get you two to the hospital," she nodded, helping Tabby up, "Remy, come over here and help me with Klutch!" She called over to him.
Remy did as he was told
"One question, how do you do surgery on someone with adamantium bones?" he asked as he placed the larger man in the back
"Ah don't know...weld 'im togetha?" Rogue guessed, assisting Tabby into the back as well. She climbed back into the passenger seat as Tabby held Klutch's head, gently moving her fingers over his face.
"Now drive!" Rogue shouted to Gambit, worrying about the two.
Gambit just nodded and drove as fast as he could while still being safe
Tabby kept Klutch close to her, not wanting to let him go for anything. She watched as the hospital soon came into view, breathing a slight sigh of relief.
Klutch's heart had almost stopped when they arrived at the hospital
The doctors and nurses immediately took the two away into separate rooms, tending to Klutch immediately. Tabby protested by thrashing around, not wanting to leave Klutch. She was eventually sedated and placed in her bed.
Klutch was being rushed into surgerying where the doctors soon found out that they needed to operate on him with a proton laser
Tabby was currently in some sort of state of sleep, she couldn't comprehend what anyone was saying. Rogue waited in the waiting room, worried about her somewhat teammates and friends.
About an hour and a half later Klutch was in a coma in the ICU with an IV in his arm and a tube in his throat
Tabby woke up a little later, looking around warily.
"Where's Klutch?" She asked one of the nurses in the room, who told her about his current condition.
"What?" Tabby shouted in alarm, immediately getting up from the bed despite her now wrapped broken leg. The nurse grabbed her before she could go any further.