Chapter 3: The gang's all here

"SOLAR FLARE!!!" screamed the voice. All of the sudden a bright light flashed. Everybody was blinded for a few moments.

As soon as everyone was able to see, Jay yelled "What the fuck was that?" But Dawn noticed something odd. All the vampires were gone. In there place was a lot of dust. She looked up to see a boy about her age floating in mid air. He had black hair, and was wearing one of the weirdest outfits she had ever seen. He looked at her and grinned. He started to float down towards the group.

"Is everyone ok? I've never used that to kill anyone before." said the boy, in a very polite and shy manner.

"Yeah, i'm ok. But who are you? and what did you just do?" asked Dawn.

"Fuck, I ain't ok. I think I'm blind yo. I think junior here needs to be smacked upside his head."

"Jay, you're fine. And besides, he just saved our lives. Show some gratitude."

"He didn't fucking save no one's life. Me and tubbey were about to open some kick ass on all those pale face mother fuckers. Till the mighty fucking midget here showed up with the fucking light show."

"I'm sorry if I startled you. My name's Gohan. I just recently arrived. And i was told that vampires are some what common here. So i thought that the solar flare might do something against them. Oh, and that's what i just did. Its a martial arts technique called the solar flare. It reproduces the sun, sort of." said the newcomer.

"My name's Dawn. The tall skinny guy is Jay. The other guy is Silent Bob, he doesn't talk much, go figure. And the little one around his neck is Suzanne. So tell me Gohan, what brings you here?"

"Its a long story. But the short version is, I was asked to look after a young lady accompanied by two 'profits' and an ape. I saw you guys in trouble and thought i would help. When i got closer i saw Suzanne, is it? and figured you guys must be them."

"Yeah, i was told one more would join us. The 'Protector'." Dawn said. She was sizing up this boy. He was suposed to be able to handle all the bad things that got in there way? He didn't really look like much, but then it was kind of dark out.

"I don't know about 'Protector'. I just don't want to see anybody get hurt" Gohan could tell by the expression on Jay's face, that he was about to attack. "Um....excuse me Jay, but i don't think you want to get into a fight with me. You might be a good fighter, but i'm a lot stronger then you, and i wouldn't want to hurt you."

"Yo, i don't need to waste my time beating up little kids. That's why I got tubby here. Get him lunchbox. Kick his ass." Silent Bob just looked at his clueless friend. He then stuck his hand out towards Gohan. The two of them shook hands, which caused jay to say "Fucking traitor....you're suposed to have my back bitch...."

"Now that the introductions have been made, maybe we should get moving on?" Dawn didn't want to chance her luck with this new guy, and thought it best if they get off the streets.

"Sounds like a good idea." said Gohan. Dawn noticed that Gohan had trouble looking her in the eyes. He seemed to stare at the ground a bit.

"Jay, where are we headed?" asked Dawn.

"Fuck if I know. Lunchbox is in charge of where we go. Where we headed fat ass?" Silent Bob reproduces their tickets, and hands them to Dawn.

"Ok, that's right, we're headed to Montana. But we only have two tickets here. What about me and Gohan?"

"I can fly....." said Gohan. With each moment, Gohan seemed to get just a little more shy.

"Cool. But that might not be a good idea. It might draw attention to us. Anyone know how much tickets cost?" Dawn asked, pulling out her purse and peering into it.

"Don't fucking worry about it. Me and lunchbox's treat. Just as long as junior here doesn't blind me again. Or i swear to god i'm going to get nasty on his ass." At this last remark, everyone stares at Jay. "You alls know what i mean."

"Well, thanks Jay. That's very nice of you. And i promise not to blind you again." Gohan extends his hand towards Jay, hoping to bury the hatchet. Jay says "fuck it" and shakes his hand back.

The group starts off towards the bus station. Which of course, only Dawn knows where exactly it is (Silent Bob has an idea). As soon as they get there, Jay and Silent Bob head towards the ticket counter, leaving Dawn and Gohan alone, sort of.

"So, um...Gohan, how old are you?" Dawn asks, with a little bit of a shake in her voice.

"14."

"Cool. Where are you from exactly?"

"From the way i understand it, a different dimension...."

"Oh, i see.....if you told anyone else that, i'm sure they'd be freaked or wouldn't beleive you. You just happened to luck into probably the only girl in town who would."

"That's good. I wouldn't want to freak you out." Gohan sits down on a bench, with his hands in his lap, starring down into them.

"You know, for someone who's suposed to be really strong and everything, you seem really shy and nervous."

"Well....ummm....i haven't met too many cute girls before...and i'm not entirerly sure how to act around them....." This took Dawn by surprise. She never really thought of herself as a 'cute girl'. As she was about to say something to this, Jay and Bob show up beside them.

"If anyone fucking asks, you two are under 12." Gohan and Dawn stare at him. "Don't ask." was the only thing Jay said to them. He handed them their tickets, which Dawn starts to read right away.

"Wow, i didn't think there'd be any trains leaving at this hour." Dawn said with amazment. "But then, this is the hellmouth, and we have quite a few residents who can't travel during the daytime...."

"Yeah, this place is pretty friendly about weird shit. They didn't even have a problem with us bringing Suzanne on with us yo. Most of the other trains and planes and what not were total assholes about it." The five of them head off towards the train, which wasn't exactly crowded this time of night.