"What do you mean," Robbie seethed. "You got him to jump?"
Travyl simply gave him another grin. "Are you sure you want me to give you the details on how I killed one of your closest friends in a fucking dream?"
Robbie's lip curled. "No, I wouldn't."
Travyl nodded. "Exactly. You see... it goes like this." He began to walk around Robbie slowly, making gestures with his hands as he spoke.
"I don't want them around. Those fucks you call friends, and I don't appreciate you calling me out here, whether I agreed to meet here or not."
"Forget that, what did you do t-"
"SHUT THE FUCK UP." Travyl screamed, fists clenching as he took on a violent stance. "Shut the fuck up. Okay?" Robbie tried not to let the fact that he was now talking and walking with a casual tone again unnerve him. "I'm fucking talking, Rob, don't be fucking rude. You wanna hear about your little friends nightmares? Fine. Just fucking wait for me to fucking finish. Okay?" Robbie nodded. He'd somehow forgotten this guy was more bipolar than Cat.
"Good." Travyl's small circling around Robbie continued. "I... am tired. Exhausted... because, well, we're only a few fucking days in, that's not long enough for things to work out. Your sister kicked the fucking bucket and, while I'm sad for you, 'cos I get it, bro, I get what it's like losing a loved one, I need you to get over it asap. Understood?"
"Wh-"
"Don't ask why, just fucking do it, okay?"
"That's not what I was gonna ask."
"Really? Okay then, ask away, man." Travyl's friendly demeanor returned.
"What the FUCK did you do to my friends?!" Robbie screamed.
"Ohhhh, that," Travyl suddenly had the air of a child caught in the act by a strict parent. "Do you wanna hear about everyone, or about Harris and Vega?" Robbie stared. "You... WHAT?"
"I visited everyone... except the older Vega, I kinda pity her."
"Explain. Now,"Robbie was shaking in anger. This... guy... had the nerve to approach his friends? What had they done to him?
"Well...There's Vega and Harris. You know, I got Harris to jump off a building and I watched Vega get... Actually, I think I'll just skip the details," Travyl added hastily, seeing Robbie tense up even more at his words.
"Anyone else you want to tell me about?" Robbie said impatiently.
"I met the gang's resident 'happy' couple."
Robbie gave him a blank look. "You what?"
"I saw them. Well, ACTUALLY, he saw me, the girl was asleep." Travyl let out a bark of laughter, excitement in his voice. "Who'd have thought someone other than you could see me, eh? I feel like Jack fucking Frost! He fucking saw me, Rob! He could see me!"
"But," Robbie backed up a bit, temporarily thrown off guard. "How...how could he see you?"
Travyl shrugged. "I don't know, man, you tell me. I wish West was awake. And YOU, my friend," Robbie jumped at this. "Have been holding back on me, haven't you? Man, why didn't you mention West was that hot? I'd have tried meeting her when she was single!"
"Excuse me?" Robbie noticed him changing the subject.
"I'm just saying, bro, I'm not above causing pain, but I'm not going to make a move on a taken women."
"Wha-? No! Stop trying to vhange the subject! You always do that!" Robbie was becoming more exasperated than angry. "One day your talking to me about suicide, the next you're blabbing about fucking Pokemon! Just answer the question! What did you do?"
Travyl hadn't reacted to Robbie's words. He let out a soft whistle, turning to look out at the lights of the rainy city.
"I didn't want them getting near," he said. "I just wanted to deliver a message." He turned again, looking at Robbie with sincerity. "I'll fix up Vega, if that's what you want."
"I..." Robbie shook his head. "No. I would like that, but I'd appreciate it more if you just left them alone. I wanna get out of here before I learn what you did to everyone el-."
"I didn't go near Valentine, if that's what you're wondering," Travyl raised an eyebrow. "Couldn't if I tried."
"You didn't? Oh, okay, the-" The last part had caught his attention. "Wait, you tried? What do you mean you tried to touch her?"
Travyl backed up, wrinkling his nose. "I didn't try, I just know I can't. The girl reeks of her brother."
Robbie blinked. "Who? Dante?"
"That's his name? How do you go from Dante to Cat?"
"He was named after their grandfather! Anyway, what's wrong with him? Besides the usual stuff, I mean," Robbie added, remembering his own encounters with Cat's older brother. What was it about Dante that had thrown Travyl off.
"You'd like to know, wouldn't you?" Travyl gave him a smug look. "In that case, I won't tell you," he looked up as a small rumble of thunder reached them, Robbie jumping a bit at the sound. "You should go now. Someone's waiting for you on the other side."
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Robbie's eyes shot open to a strange sight.
From what he could see in that first split second, he concluded that he'd somehow been removed from the bathroom. And he was now back in the guest room, on the bed looking up at the roof. Strange. These were the only thoughts to enter his mind before Jade West had slapped him hard across the face.
SMACK!
"OW, WHAT THE FU-" was all Robbie could get out before the pain in his cheek caused him to grasp his face in pain. "Oh... CRAP!"
"Jadey, stop! He's awake now!"
He quickly sat up, looking around to see all of his friends. Tori was awake once again, looking a little less panicky now, Andre just stared, Beck's hair looked a little less tamed than usual and Cat... was, once again, staring at him with those damning chocolate eyes. He turned back to Jade, who looked a little miffed to see he was awake, ignoring the stares of his friends. Cat's especially.
Clutching his red cheek, he gave Jade the best death glare he could summon. He willed himself not to act like his normal wimpy self as he took in the less-than-pleased look on Jade's face.
"Jade," he started quietly. "What the FUCK?!"
She just gave him an incredulous look.
"Robbie," she mimicked his tone. "What the FUCK WAS THAT?!"
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Hey! Yeah, I'm sorry about the slow update. I've had a long week, filled with homework, detention, a mild case of insomnia and people telling me I look like I haven't slept in days.
And I apologise for cutting it off so quickly. I just needed to let the world know... that I'm still here to wreak havoc.
Hope you enjoyed this. I'll update asap to make it up to you guys, you humble few who bother to read this. This is my first legit story, so I appreciate just knowing someone out there reads this.
Thanks.
