A/N: Hey! First of all, sorry for leaving you on a cliffhanger like that. I promise you all that I wanted to update but my STUPID COMPUTER broke and then today decided randomly that it wanted to work again. Ugh. I don't know why. Annnyyyywaaayyyy... I have every intention of finishing this and my other story (this one will be much shorter than the other. I've actually already written the ending to this) but the play I'm in is going to be taking over my life for the next week because we have our shows, but after that I'll have more free time!
Seven
Party Poison and Kobra Kid were the first ones to arrive back at the cars. Dr. D and Adrenaline were hiding in the back of the van, waiting.
"Anyone else here?" Poison asked breathlessly. They had run the entire way back after killing the Draculoids. They didn't know if there were more around, and with Kobra not in top shape to fight, not wanting to take that chance, they had hurried back before the flare even went off.
"No, you're the first ones back," Adrenaline said.
Dr. D just looked worried. He was probably thinking about his daughter. So was Poison. He didn't really know what their little moonlight kiss had meant, since an alarm went off before they even had a chance to say anything. They hadn't had a chance to talk since.
Poison sighed. Just a day in the life of a Killjoy.
Fun Ghoul and Jet Star were the next two back, followed not long after by Pony and Cola.
"They're running like a thousand Dracs are chasing them," Ghoul muttered. Then the Killjoys all froze, because maybe a thousand Dracs were chasing them.
But it turned out Cola and Pony were just taking precautions because they thought they were being chased by Dracs.
That left Blaze and Midnight still out there.
"Maybe we should take one car and the plans back," Adrenaline suggested hesitantly.
"I'll stay!" Poison volunteered immediately. This earned him a glace from his brother, who raised an eyebrow, but didn't say anything—like usual.
Just then they saw the form of a guy running towards them. As it came closer, they saw it was Battery Blaze. He kept turning partially around and shooting at something behind him. Probably Dracs.
Breathlessly, he arrived at the cars.
"Where's Midnight?" Dr. D asked.
"Had to…split up," Blaze said between breaths. "Too many…outnumbered…split them up."
"Let him catch his breath," Adrenaline ordered. It was clear who second-in-command was now.
When he recovered Blaze looked around. "She's not back yet? She's a much better runner than I am."
"No, not yet," Adrenaline said slowly.
Midnight pulled her ray gun out in front of her and started firing away. She managed to hit a two Dracs before they dodged her blasts and started doing evasive maneuvers. Evasive maneuvers? Draculoids weren't smart enough to do that.
In her moment of surprise they surged forward. Shit. This was really it. She just hoped the Killjoys got out of there fast with the stolen plans before they encountered these new, less mindless, Dracs.
She spun out of the way of one Drac, colliding with another. The Japanese woman was standing in the background, head cocked to one side, watching. Midnight kicked the Drac closest to her square in the chest, and it fell back. Then she spun to her left, lowering her gun to take aim at the other Drac. Midnight was still a little confused as to why it didn't shoot her, but she didn't question, only fought.
She was about to take aim when the Drac reached up its hand and caught her wrist. It pushed her back against the wall, and black spots danced in front of her eyes as her head collided with the hard surface. The shock was enough to force the gun out of her grasp.
Inhuman, unseeing eyes stared at her from behind the mask, and Midnight wondered who the creature in front of her had been before BLI had gotten a hold of it.
Then the Draculoid slowly raised the gun and pressed it against her temple.
"Should we go after her?" Poison asked, starting to get really worried.
Dr. D looked torn. "It's so dangerous," he said. "Maybe someone should start to head back with the plans."
A few of the Killjoys nodded in agreement, and Adrenaline stepped around the edge of the van to get to the driver's seat.
And that was when she saw the wave of Draculoids approaching.
Midnight squeezed her eyes shut, but nothing ever came—no sound, no pain. She opened them to see the Japanese lady walking towards her, sword held in front. It was almost comical.
The Dracs all backed away from her. It was like they were parting the red sea as she walked through and up to Midnight. She held her sword across Midnight's throat so if she moved it would cut into her skin. The Drac released its grip on her wrist and backed away.
"Now," the lady said, "I believe you Killjoys have something that we want."
"Uh, Dr. D? Now would be a good time to have a plan," Cola said through clenched teeth. The Killjoys were all backed up against the van. Draculoids were coming at them from one direction, but it wouldn't be long before they were surrounded.
Only he, Poison, and Jet had fully charged ray guns. Everyone else was running low. Blaze and Ghoul probably only had a few shots left, and Kobra was completely out. He didn't know how much Dr. D, Adrenaline and Pony had, but he guessed it wasn't much.
"Dr?" he said, more urgently.
"I'm thinking!" But it was almost too late.
"Got it!" he said, just as the first wave started to attack.
Midnight knew she meant the plans, but didn't let it show. Instead she did the best thing she could—she spit in the stupid chick's face. She was taken aback, and the sword was lifted off her neck ever so slightly, but that was all that Midnight needed.
She surged forward, only to find it pressing dangerously close to her artery. Raising her hands in defeat, she backed up against the wall.
"I think you know what I'm talking about," the BLI lady continued, as if nothing had happened. "And I think I know how you're going to help me get it."
She snapped her fingers, just like in a stupid movie, Midnight thought, and a Drac walked over to her. He held something in his hands, and Midnight realized at the last minute that they were some type of BLI cuffs. That was not good.
But between the sword and the number of Dracs, there was nowhere for her to go. The Drac came over and clamped her hands behind her back, and turned her to face the Japanese lady.
"Time to go," she said.
Despite being really outnumbered and outgunned, the Killjoys were managing to hold their own against the Dracs attacking them. Ghoul had run out of charge in his ray gun and was hiding near the back, unable to be of any use anymore.
Dr. D's plan wasn't amazing, but it might work.
"Get in the van and get to the front," Adrenaline hissed to Ghoul. "Be ready to start the car on our signal. But stay low, don't let them see you."
He nodded and crawled off.
Cola had been grazed by a blast, but there wasn't time for Jet to fix it. He had to keep fighting.
Then, suddenly, all the Dracs stopped. The Killjoys weren't stupid. They knew that wasn't good for them.
A small Japanese woman in a ridiculous frilly suit with an even more ridiculously long sword emerged from the mass of Dracs. And behind her came two Draculoids, one of which was holding Midnight roughly by the shoulder.
Poison inhaled sharply. Next to him, Dr. D seemed to freeze. Blaze didn't look so hot either. This really wasn't good.
"Hello," the Japanese lady said. Well, that wasn't exactly the opening they were expecting. "I'm here to offer a trade. We know you have our plans, so here is what I offer. You give us back the plans, and we'll give you back your man, or in this case, your girl. And from what I've figured out in my research, she's pretty valuable," she added with a wink towards Dr. D.
Poison couldn't help but hysterically think that this was sounding a lot like Star Wars what with the plans and all. Maybe BLI was building a Death Star.
He mentally slapped himself. Get it together, Gerard, jeez!
Midnight looked at her father and shook her head no just the tiniest bit. But the other Drac saw and punched her in the gut. She doubled over, wheezing, and Poison, Dr. D and Blaze all tensed up.
The Drac holding her then pulled out its ray gun and pointed it at her head. Midnight didn't even wince.
"Don't!" Dr. D said. "We'll give you the plans."
Midnight looked furious, and wouldn't meet any of their eyes.
Dr. D nodded at Adrenaline and she stepped forward. Holding her hands out to show she had no weapons, she slowly reached into her back pocket to pull out the plans they had stolen. The BLI woman nodded to the Drac holding Midnight and he slowly marched her forward.
They met halfway between the two groups, and came to a standstill. The Drac released his grip on Midnight, and Adrenaline held out the plans in front of her. Blaze and Poison had both stepped forward. In a second, the Drac swiped them out of her hand, and Midnight rushed forward—right into Poison's outstretched arms. He wrapped his arms around her protectively and turned away.
Blaze frowned at the two of them, but didn't say anything.
"Everyone in the cars!" Dr. D yelled, and the Killjoys dispersed. Poison started to follow him into the van with Midnight, but she shook her head no.
So instead they piled into the backseat of the Firebird, driven by Kobra, with Jet in the front. They were silent for the first few minutes of the drive, before Poison gently touched Midnight's shoulder and turned her around.
"Let's try to get those off," he said, motioning to the cuffs.
She glowered at him, angry at the world. He didn't really know what to say. Jet didn't seem to either, but strangely enough, Kobra did.
"Oh quit feeling sorry for yourself! Jeez, so you got caught, big deal! It could happen to anyone. Besides, we weren't getting out of there anyway. In case you didn't notice, we were surrounded. And only your little distraction there gave us time to get away."
Midnight kept glaring, but soon she couldn't help it. An involuntary smile broke out across her face. "So he does speak," she said.
The others cracked a few smiles, and she let Poison work on getting the cuffs off. It was difficult, but with all of Jet's medical equipment, it wasn't impossible.
But when they arrived back at the diner, she was in a bad mood again. She let her dad and the rest of the Killjoys hug her when they got out of the cars, but she did notice that only Blaze stayed back.
She felt a little bad about that. She had known how he felt about her, and didn't exactly want him to find out about her and Poison that way. After all, she and Poison were together now. They had made that a little obvious. Not that it mattered, but she was still a little worried he would be upset.
After the hugging was done, Purity came out, and demanded to know what happened. Midnight took that moment to excuse herself and headed straight for her room. They gave Purity the short version of their adventure, and she sighed. No one knew Midnight better than she did, maybe not even her dad. She would go talk to her.
A/N: Sooo... I appreciate reviews. I allow anonymous ones, although I think there are some people out there following this story. Anyway if you read this and like it, please let me know! Or if you just have thoughts in general, I'm not particularly picky. :] Thank you!
