Pip watched Kenny walk away to find Damien after they had constructed the scheme together against the raven. Pip still wasn't sure he agreed with Kenny's level of confidence in him, but he felt exhilaration at the thought of finally doing something for himself- even if it was with the help of someone else.
Kenny's form disappeared on the trial to the lakes of fire.
"I've said it once and I'll say again:
I've got something hanging over my head.
I was laying on your shoulder perfectly content
Until you told me all over again.
I ain't got no sob story to write
But just like everyone else I'm living this life."
He thought back on how strange and frustrating Kenny and Damien were acting lately: caring about Pip was out of character for the both of them.
"And you don't need to win me over
And there ain't no other side
To shelter me from; I belong where I decide."
***FLASHBACK***
Pip lay back as his friend Damien sat beside him, leaning against the log at Stark's Pond. The eight-year-old spoke without turning to face the raven.
"It sure is a gloomy day isn't it, Damien?" Damien glanced up at the sky, saw the sun shining dimly from beneath a thin layer of clouds, and replied, "I suppose…" The raven glanced at the Brit with never-ending onyx eyes.
"Pip?"
"Hmm?" The blond mused with his eyes closed.
"I wanted to kill Cartman today." For a kid who usually had anger problems, Damien had said this calmly.
Pip's eyes snapped open. "What?"
"I wanted to kill Cartman." Damien repeated, more amused this time.
"Yes, Damien, I heard you the first time." The British boy huffed. "But why…besides obvious reasons; what did he do?"
"Because he was pissing me off." Damien said bluntly. "But of course I didn't.' He stated, cutting Pip off before he could speak. "In fact," he continued, "I didn't do anything."
"This caught Pip's rapt attention. "Why not?" He asked, confused. This was a kid who did not hesitate to burn and kill.
Damien had an almost unnoticeable flush to his cheeks now. "Oh, I remembered a little angel's advice on leaving well enough alone. I also thought about what he would say if I got suspended or expelled over something stupid." He said sincerely.
***END OF FLASHBACK***
Pip's scowl darkened.
"Well I suppose you think I'm so flattered to hear
That I'm the whispered conscious in your ear.
And that's exactly the reason that I'll never fit in here.
But nothing's ever that black and white, my dear.
No, 'cause you say we don't mess around,
You've got no freedom to come down;
We don't take angels from the sky.
We don't mess around,
You're meant to be among the clouds
'Cause your angel, but that's a lie."
Pip smirked an evil grin that Saddam Hussein would've shrunk away from, at the thought of his revenge.
"I'm not your angel, darling,
I'm not your angel, darling;
I'm never gonna be."
