Special Guest Appearance_Zabel Zarock! Enjoy!

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"Hey son?" My dad called coming down the stairs. "You're mom ca-WHOA! WHAT IS THIS?!" He looked at Morrigan in amazement.

"Um, this is Morrigan, Morrigan-Dad"

"Did you get permission to let her in?"

"Dad, come on"

"It's ok, this time, anyway, where you two heading off to?"

"We're going to a concert not too far from here" Morrigan cut in.

"I see. Well you look very beautiful Morrigan"

Morrigan smiled. "Why thank you"

My dad looked at me. "I'm gonna head back upstairs for some rest before going to work with the boys. You two have a good time and stay safe"

"Thanks again" Morrigan called to my dad as he went back upstairs.

"You're welcome pretty!" We heard him call.

We looked at each other in relief.

"Well, at least he likes you" I said smiling.

She walked up to me. "C'mon". She kissed me. "Who doesn't?"

"You ready?" I asked.

"Always"

"Then after you'

A few minutes later, Morrigan and I made our way to the concert. We arrived to the stadium a bit early to get closer seats. There were flashing lights, and fancy cars everywhere with the loud sound of firecrackers bursting in the air. I wasn't surprised when I saw so many people already here, or when Morrigan slid her hand in mine. I even caught some familiar faces from school. There were Food stands and carnivals everywhere. Most people around looked to be dressed like rock stars. I checked around as we walked through the carnival area. I didn't see any 'Play To Win a Stuffed Teddy Bear!' carnivals, just stuffed grim reapers and giant 'rock on' hands.

Who want's that?

I was distracted by a vibrating in my pocket. I pulled out my phone. I had a message from my dad:

'Mom said she'll be back soon and be safe, she loves you, BTW I told her about your girl. She can't wait to meet her'.

I smiled, that's nice.

1 new message.

Dang, whose it now?

"Yo, Jay it's Brandon, I'm at the concert, where you at?"

Oh damn it's B!

It's been a year since we've seen each other. We've known each other ever since middle school. We're somewhat like brothers now.

"What are you so happy about?" Morrigan asked.

"My friend Brandon is here"

"I take it you guys are close"

"Pretty much, yeah"

"So is this going to be a double date then?" she asked.

"Good question, knowing Brandon and his history with women, I wouldn't doubt he's here alone"

"So where's he now?"

"Let's see" I texted him. "He should be here any-"

"Ayyye is that Jay?!" I heard a familiar voice to my left.

Aw damn

I turned to see my friend dressed in a red button up shirt and black joggers. He had goin a fresh haircut and some new red and black nikes.

"Yoo!" we shook hands into a hug. "How you been bro?"

"Good bro, I been out here. I see you got your girl" Brandon said, noticing Morrigan at my side.

"Morrigan, this is Brandon. Brandon, Morrigan"

Him and Morrigan shook.

"Shit I see you didn't come along, neither" I laughed.

"Dumbass" he laughed. "You know me"

A girl walked to Brandon's side. "Hey, this is my friend Jay and his girl Morrigan. Jay and Morrigan, Alyssa.

We all greeted one another. The concert was ready to start in ten minutes. I looked unto the stage to see drum sets and instruments being set up by staff. From where I could see the guy's looked fresh out the holocaust. They looked like nothing more besides flesh and bone. Skeletons or at least…zombies even. I shrugged and put my attention back on my friends.

We all walked back towards the stadium.

"Hey, what's the name of name of this performer again?" I asked B.

"Rap Lord, Lord Raptor. Something like that" he replied.

"Lord Raptor?" Morrigan asked surprised.

"Yeah, I think" Brandon responded.

We all found a good area to sit with just the right number of seats unoccupied.

That's what's up

The concert was finally starting. Screams from around the gigantic crown roared all around the stadium.

"WE'COME MATES! WHO'S READY FOR A BLOODY NIGHT?!" the rock star yelled.

From my perspective, for this guy to be a rock star, he looked pretty dull. His clothes were ragged. Pants ripped. Though his guitar looked priceless, it had a face. It must've been custom made. He plucked the strings and the crowd went berserk.

"WELL THEN, LET'S GET RIGHT BLOODY TO IT!" said Raptor. Then he pointed his guitar to the sky and let out a tune.

Morrigan turned to me. "I'm going to the bathroom" she said. As she got up, she winked at me.

"Alright"

A few minutes went by and I made my move. "Aye bro, Ima go check on Morrigan, watch our seats"

"Got you" he replied.

I made my way out the stadium. I looked at my surroundings.

Where could this girl have gone?

I walked back towards the carnivals to look for her.

It can't be that hard to find a girl with green hair

Then I heard some racket a few feet up ahead. I focused in to see a truck labeled, Team-Zarock with a big dent in the side as if someone flew into it.

Dammn. I wonder if this is Morrigan's doing

I jogged to the back of the truck as I made it into the parking lot. There was nothing but security guards knocked out cold, the same zombie looking ones from earlier. Then I heard a yell from somewhere near the stadium. I ran back towards the sound.

Dammit Morrigan, where are you?

After five minutes of straight running around the perimeter of the stadium I found Morrigan making her way backstage. It wasn't that hard finding her this time; just had to follow all the bodies lying around.

"Morrigan, what's going on?"

"Finally you found me. We have to stop this performance before something terrible happens!" Morrigan said.

"Like what?!" I could barely hear since we were so close to the stage.

"Zabel Zarock is having a harvest here!"

"Who?!"

"Za-Lord Raptor!"

I stared at her. "Great, I'm hungry anyway!"

She shook her head and pulled me farther away from the music.

"Raptor is having a harvest of souls here, it's going to kill many people and we have to stop him before he does" Morrigan stated seriously.

That was pretty rare for me to ever hear Morrigan say something so seriously. This is some pretty bizarre shit so I know we're dealing with a life or death situation.

"Shit! I can't let Kurt Cobain hurt my friend…Lets finish this before it starts"

"Not without me"

I heard a peculiar voice behind us. Morrigan smiled.

"Talbain, how'd you get here?"

"I heard there was a concert going on today, didn't mind it until all over town I heard Lord Raptor. So I knew there'd be trouble" he said. "No coincidence I found you guys here"

Suddenly, we heard the distant music grow five times louder.

"C'mon!" Talbain said. "He must be starting!"