Another early morning walk to the 24/7 marks only the second day back for Johnny after returning from "holiday". Johnny walked into the store to a scene unfamiliar to him, mass chaos NOT done by him. Looking around the store noticing the cashier dieing in the corner behind the counter, covered in gore and squishy- wait squishy(double-take), and on the back wall behind the counter was a message written in what looked like a mix of blood and squishy: Always leave the machine on. The machine was now running; so getting what he came for, a cherry freezy, he left thinking about how someone shared his "love" of a squishy.
Sipping a cherry freezy and wrapping a trench coat closer around herself, a girl walked under the street lights of the sidewalk. Listening to music was a comfort after being denied her favorite drink and taking it into her own hands, or sword, which ever. Flicking a speck of gore off her jacket and changing the track so it now played her favorite song, Incubus's Pardon Me; she walked down the street with no destination really in mind. Walking along she started singing, not caring if anyone would hear her.
Feeling reenergized, Johnny started looking for new prey. As he walked he found what appeared to be a teenage girl listening to a very loud adult alternative song.
"Pardon me while I burst
Pardon me while I burst
A decade ago, I never thought I would be.
A twenty three on the verge of spontaneous combustion. Woe-is-me
But I guess that it comes with the territory.
An ominous landscape of never-ending calamity.
I need you to hear. I need you to see.
That I have had all I can take
And exploding seems like a definite possibility
To me
So pardon me while I burst into flames.
I've had enough of the world, and its people's mindless games
So pardon me while I burn, and rise above the flame
Pardon me, pardon me. I'll never be the same.
Not, two days ago I was having a look in a book
And saw a picture of a guy fried up above his knees
I said I can relate
Cause lately I've been thinking of combustication as a welcome vacation from.
The burdens of the planet earth, like gravity, hypocrisy
And the perils of being in 3-D….
And thinking so much differently.
Pardon me while I burst into flames.
I've had enough of the world, and its people's mindless games
So pardon me while I burn, and rise above the flame
Pardon me, pardon me. I'll never be the same
Never be the same….yeah.
Pardon me while I burst into flames.
Pardon me, pardon me, pardon me.
So pardon me while I burst into flames.
I've had enough of the world, and its people's mindless games
So pardon me while I burn, and rise above the flame
Pardon me, pardon me. I'll never be the same.
Pardon me, never be the same. Yeahhh."
Slightly stunned by the sound of her voice and the words to this song Johnny tries to shake the feeling of the hunt. Thanks to the holiday he's usually much better at controlling his predator urges and human feelings were starting to reappear. Slowly though. Passing under a street lamp the girl suddenly appeared fully. She seamed about 5'10 but noticing her boots had almost 2½ inch heels she was probably around 5'8. Her hair was flame red, straight, and looked slightly like Devi's actually. Her eyes were emerald green and more beautiful than even Devi's, though. Long eyelashes surrounded them in shadow; full lips, slightly red; and on her wrists were dozens of multicolored bracelets. By the look of it she had no make-up on and her trench coat, invader zim shirt, and pleated thigh-length skirt were covered in gore. And in her hand, a cherry freezy.
Author's mental note Her hair actually looks like Aikma's from Titan A.E. but Johnny wouldn't have seen that of course, and I can't help it if it looks like Devi's. It also makes even more sense in the later chapters, with the long bangs and very short back. It's actually the haircut I have so there.mental stick out of tongue