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The Mask of Zeo 2

Counter Fight

Life Without Johnny

Part 1

Previously on The Mask of Zeo:

The door bell rang and woke him up.
Johnny got up and put on T-shirt and some pants before going to look out of the bedroom window.
He gasped when he saw who it was.
"Mom."

"Hi mom."
"Johnny, you're coming home with me...I want you to pick a rich girl...not someone who lives in poverty and in this dump of a place."
Johnny growled.
"Mom, I'm with Jess...there's nothing you can do."
"I'm your Mother."
"I can make my own decisions Mother."
"Poorly if you look at this crappy house...now pack your suitcase and meet me in the taxi."
"No...I'm staying."
The women sighed.
"Sorry."
"Sorry what?" Johnny asked
"This," she maced the man.

She just stood there on the doorstep watching the taxi until she couldn't.
When it vanished she fell to her knees and cried.
Oliver had heard the commotion and tried to help but got maced too.
He and the kids also came down to see her crying.
"Jess...I'm sorry," he put his left hand on her right shoulder.
"She...she...she took him."
"I know...what she did was wrong."
Oliver helped her back up inside and took her into the lounge and made her a warm drink.
"I still can't believe that happened."
"Life is cruel...I defiantly think we've all learned that painful message in the past few months."
Oliver was right, life for them was horrible...now this? It was now getting beyond awful and just depressing.

Now the Continuum...

Johnny had been gone a day.
But he left behind one important thing that he would never usually leave.
His old bandanna he kept for good luck which means he was coming back...maybe not now...not tomorrow but he was coming home which filled her heart with one thing...hope.

She lied on her bed looking up at the ceiling, it was about 3PM.
The CD player was on but quiet, just enough so she could hear what was on it.
Just then a tune met her ears.
She sat up and looked at the radio.
It took just a couple of seconds to realize what the song was.
"We used to sing this together..." Jess sighed and lied down again mouthing the words to the song but it made her cry again so she got up and switched off the player and stood there before letting out a long sigh.

She left her dark room and went downstairs.

It was quiet downstairs for once.
Gou had fallen asleep reading a book.
Makoto and Ryoko were out fetching some food which Ling thought wasn't a good idea, she was currently brushing her hair and muttering something in Chinese.

Oliver was sat outside looking at his old Beyblade and eating an apple.
"Hey" he said warmly.
She just smiled faintly and nodded.
Jess sat down randomly in her garden and sighed.
"He'll be back you know," Oliver's voice snapped her out of her thoughts.
"Yeah, I know...I just want it to be soon."

Johnny fell back on to his bed.
He was annoyed.
The girl his mother had picked was the most annoying person he had ever...ever meet...he could stand Tyson more than her.
She was called Mathilda, she was a Beyblader on the team that once beat his in the World Championships...The Barthez Battalion...he knew her team cheated and he hated her for that...he hated each and every individual one on that team...he was also angry at his mother who picked her...she knew Johnny had bad feelings for her.
The time was approaching 9PM.
He felt his eyes slowly start to grow heavy.
"I can't believe I'm tired at 9."
Johnny rolled onto his side and cried a tear.
"That shouting match must have taken it out of me...I hope Jess is okay..."
After a while Johnny fell into a light sleep.

A flash of lightening woke him up about two hours later.
Johnny sat up and sighed.
Thunder rumbled outside and rain drops hit and ran down the glass in streaks of water.
He looked over to see his clock but the display was out.
Johnny tried the bed side lamp but remembered he hadn't changed the bulb yet.
Slowly he stood up and went over to the light switch and tried it.
"Power's out."

He stood there for a few minutes wondering about his love across the ocean until lightning flooded the room.
"Stupid lightening."

He went back to his bed and lied on it facing away from his window.
Johnny listened and let the sounds of the rain relax him slightly but his sadness couldn't rest.
He started to toss and turn trying to get comfy but a question bored its self into his thought.
"I hope she's okay..." He may also and it sounds weird I know but Johnny could be suffering from a little bit of home sickness.
He wants to stay at home over in Japan to make sure the kids and everyone are alright from Zeo.
Once that name popped up there was no chance he was sleeping tonight, he was worried about them now but his mother had taken his cell phone and since the power was out there was no chance of making a call.
Now all different scenario's started playing simultaneously in his mind.

Would he come back and find them all dead?

Would they all be safe?

Would they all be kidnapped?

Would he come back and find the house burned to the ground?

What would he do if he found out something had happened to them all?

His mind was running through too many things but soon again he drifted to sleep.
But as soon as he did the nightmares began to start.

The taxi drove down the road and Johnny could easily see the house where his love was most likely waiting for him.
When the taxi stopped Johnny paid the fare and went up to the door and pressed the door bell.
Then he noticed the door was a jar and there was blood on the door, well only to the side and not much.
His heart sank and he pushed open the door.
"Jess? Ling?"

Johnny stepped inside and saw blood on the carpet.
"Oh no..."
He noticed it went upstairs and a foul smell met his nose, he recoiled at the odor and climbed the stairs, there was blood on the hand rail too.
He went upstairs and the doors to the rooms were open.
Johnny slowly entered their bedroom and in an instant his heart failed.

Johnny woke up and sat up panting.

He wiped the sweat off his forehead.
"Damn...that was horrible."
The man glanced to his left and the clock display said 00:00.
"At least the power's back...maybe I'll try the phone."

He got off the bed and went down the hall to the phone and picked up the hand set and dialed the correct number.

All he got was a continuous dots over and over again.
"Stupid phone line's broke."
Johnny went back and looked out of his window.
It was still very cloudy but he could see the spot where the sun was rising.
"Better try and get some more sleep, I think today is going to be like yesterday."
He pulled off his shirt, socks and trousers before getting under the sheets and tried more sleep but only nightmares came.

Author notes

Beywriter: I was debating if I should tell you what Johnny saw but I decided to leave it to your imagination.
Ray: Johnny's mother is old and evil.
Beywriter: Seems reviews are down accross the board, WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME? *cries*

Story- Beywriter
Editor- Lirin Sama