(A/N) Hello! Today, I present to you a happy chapter to make up for the previous misery and misery to come in the future. I made them play Never Have I Ever... heh.
Erm, I got Pony's epic name from Chloe. So go thank her for her lovely contribution!
The Killjoys awoke the next day exhausted, mentally and physically unable. They had taken the entire morning to grieve their second loss of Cherri.
It was about three o' clock when they finally kicked into gear. Gee had also had to spend a while pondering what to do next, before he decided to just keep aimlessly moving. Find shelter, find food, and hopefully have no tragedies in between. As easy as that may sound, it wasn't easy for the Killjoys.
Gerard called the Group together, and they all sat down on the sand, waiting for their leader to speak. Finally, he did:
"Okay guys, when I woke up this morning, I honestly wasn't sure what to do. Obviously we lost Cherri last night… but I'm not planning on going into that. I don't wanna be preachy- however you wanna mourn, do it. Whatever helps, I'm okay with. But that's not what I wanted to talk about. The past, I mean. We need to start discussing something more important- the future.
"I think that now that Cherri's gone, we should be even more tightly- knit. I don't want ANYBODY feeling alone…"
Pony sighed inwardly. He had been alone for so long now. He almost couldn't stand hearing the Killjoys talk about how close they were, how much they loved each other, when he had no one that cared about him.
"…Which is why I'm officially inviting Showpony into the Killjoys."
Pony's head shot up. Had he heard correctly? Party Poison was asking him to become a Killjoy?
"R-Really?" Showpony stuttered. "This… this is amazing! Thank you so so soooooo much, Poison!"
Poison nodded and smiled sweetly at the newest recruit. He was very pleased at the reaction he got from the rest of the Killjoys; he had worried that people would be objective to a new member, for whatever reason, but Alyxx and Trevor and Star looked joyous, Frank's eyes were twinkling, Ray was nodding, his 'fro flying, and Mikey was smiling for the first time in ages. "That's another thing I wanted to get to- Names. We've never been properly introduced, Showpony. My name's Gerard Way."
Showpony bit his lip. He never gave out his real name because he was worried people would call him by it. The last person to ever call him by his true name was his brother, and that would just bring back memories. But, after all the Killjoys had done for him, it was the least he could do.
"I'm Zander. Zander Clark."
Gee nodded. "I like it. Has a cool ring to it, huh?"
"Don't ever call me that, though."
Shrugging, Gee complied, "Sure. I'm too used to calling you Showpony to change now, anyways."
The rest of the Group formally introduced themselves to Showpony, smiling all the way. It seemed that they were getting some sort of compensation for Cherri's death in having Showpony out with them; it was like a light within the dark.
"The next order of business: Where to go, what to do. Well, as for the 'where to go' part, we're in the zones. There isn't a specific destination we have, so I was just thinking wander, find food and shelter? Keep safe? What do you think? I know it's not too exciting, but it's really all I got." No objections were made.
Frank, to the point, said, "When do we leave?"
Gee shrugged. "Everything's pretty open at this point. When do you WANNA leave?"
"Tomorrow?"
"Sure. What do you guys wanna do 'till then?"
Star's eyes twinkled. "Let's play a game!"
Ray smiled. "What game?"
Star smiled evilly. "Never have I ever?"
Gerard raised an eyebrow. "Where'd you hear of that game, Star?"
Star raised and dropped her shoulders. "When I was little, back when we had TV's, I saw it on some show."
"How do you play?" Alyxx asked.
"It's pretty simple," Frankie took over. "Basically, you start out with some pawns. Then you say something you've never done, and if anyone else in the Group's done it, they put a pawn in the middle. Whoever gets rid of all their pawns the fastest, wins. What should we use as pawns, though?"
Everyone looked to Alyxx. She wore over thirty bracelets, which was basically the only things they had numerous amounts of. Sighing, she took them all off and distributed them so that everyone had four. A unanimous vote said that, against his will, Gerard would go first.
Sighing, he said, "Never have I ever… Erm… Kissed a guy."
"Wait, wait. I'm a girl. Does it count for me?" Alyxx asked.
"I think so…"
"Probably…"
"It SHOULD…"
Alyxx heaved a sigh. "FINE!" She threw a bracelet into the middle, but no one else did.
"Who have you kissed?" Mikey asked, curiosity getting the better of him.
Alyxx's face reddened. "None of your business!"
Smirking, Gee said, "Hmmm, I can guess!"
"Shut the fuck up, Gee!" she growled, and this time it was Gerard who blushed.
Showpony took the next turn, saying shamelessly, "Never have I ever been GOOD at guitar. I suck." He sniggered.
No one put in a bracelet. After a bit of hesitation, Frankie and Ray both did.
"Frankie? Ray? You can play guitar?" Gee asked incredulously.
For some reason, they both looked embarrassed. "Yeah…" Frank started.
"Before all this stuff went down, I played lead. Frank, didn't you tell me you played rhythm…?" Ray continued.
After a ten minute long conversation about guitars, frets, and chords, which no one really understood besides Frank and Ray, it was Trevor's turn. He complied: "Never have I ever been so desperate for food that I've eaten a bug."
Gerard, Mikey, and Showpony sadly put in a bracelet each, reminiscing about their sad times before they got into a Group.
Mikey's turn went like, "Never have I ever… been able to see without glasses."
Everybody, now, put in a bracelet, to Mikey's great dismay.
Frankie's turn brought great surprise. "Never have I ever eaten Power Pup."
Mouths dropped all around. "WHAT?" Ray cried. "You've never eaten Power Pup?"
Frank looked humiliated. "No…"
Gee gave an evil grin, and responded, "Well, that's gonna change right now!"
Frank looked pained. "Gee, please, no. It's dog food!"
"Hey, we've all had to eat it at some point, even Star! Now it's your turn," replied Gerard with a cocky wink.
Mikey ran over to Showpony's backpack and pulled out a can of the pre- moistened kibble, and an old spoon. Handing both to a grimacing Frankie, he smirked just like his brother.
Ray contributed a can opener, and Frank opened this can. He winced just from the smell. Ray smirked.
After putting as little as possible on the spoon, Frank gave his Group one last pleading look, like, please, please don't make me do this, but the Killjoys were unforgiving. Frank hesitantly brought the Power Pup to his lips and swallowed.
His stomach lurched- he had just eaten DOG. FOOD. Dog food! It wasn't as bad as he had expected, but it was still disgusting.
Glancing up, he realized his Group, his family, the people that love him most, were laughing their heads off at his facial expressions. Upset that his friends got so much pleasure out of his pain, he grumbled maligns under his breath and put the can down.
After the laughter had died down, it was Star's turn. "Never have I ever…" she started in her adorable, innocent, little girl voice, "gotten… hmm! Ooh! Never have I ever gotten drunk or done, like, drugs."
Everyone stayed put. They were about to move on, but then Gerard's movement made them all stop. With a flick of his wrist, he tossed his last bracelet into the middle.
No one spoke; their leader had just made a big confession, without ever speaking a word. It was quiet for a long time.
"Gee wins!"
The kids smiled and slapped their "experienced" leader on the back. They talked and laughed a bit more, and before they knew it, the sun had sunk down low, turning the sky shades of pink and purple. They gathered into the tent, but before they fell asleep, Showpony proclaimed, "Group hug!"
And so, they hugged. Little did they know that their happiness wasn't going to be around for long…
(A/N) DUH DUH DUH! Yeah, I left with somewhat of a cliffie. What 'cha gonna do about it, hmm? Yeah, I thought so.
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