Chapter 8- Good Company

Before she knew it, Scaramouche was being tied up by a very strangely dressed girl who was obviously the one who had shouted. Gaz on the other hand was standing with his back against the old van they had seen earlier with a very large man, equally strangely dressed standing in front of him. "Talk quick bitch, where did your boyfriend get the words?" she spoke in what was an unmistakeable Scottish accent,

"What words? And what boyfriend?" Scara asked not knowing what the flaming hell they were on about

"He calls you Scaramouche! He's read the fragments! He knows the Holy Text!" this time she spoke with impatience, getting annoyed that they were not answering her questions.

"I don't know any Holy Text. I don't know what you're talking about!" Gaz spoke up this time seeing as he, like Scaramouche, had no idea what they were talking about

"Long Tall Sally", "Honky Tonk Woman"… The words, man, the words from the past". The othert man spoke this time getting equally annoyed

"You've seen the fragments! You've been to the Heartbreak Hotel! You're a spy" it was the girl again this time who still had a tight hold on Scaramouche not to mention the flick knife she held to her throat.

"I said I don't know what you're talking about. I just hear these things in my mind that's all!"

"Who are you?" the man asked looking curiously at Galileo "oh yeah coz that questions going to get a straight answer, we'll be here all night at this rate" Scaramouche thought but Gazza's answer was worse than she thought it would be.

"I don't know! Why do people keep asking me that! I am the Walrus. This is Major Tom to Ground Control. Do you hear the drums Fernando? I am- the Dancing Queen" "you're what? Wow that really changed my view on him or was that just another one of those weird phrases?". The other two exchanged confused glances and the girl let go of Scaramouche who went and stood by the van, then the man turned back to Galileo "You… just hear there words? In your head?"

"Yes, I don't know where they come from, it drives me mad, all these phrases and sounds and stupid, useless questions. I mean what the hell is a Tambourine Man? Who was The Real Slim Shady? Who Let the Dogs Out? It's torture, all I know, and I don't know why I know it, is that I really really really want to Zig-a-Zig Ah. "wow I thought he was joking but I really did get stuck with a loon" Scaramouche thought whilst the other two walked off to the side close enough to make sure that Gaz and Scara didn't run off but far enough to not be overheard. Galileo came over to check on Scaramouche but then they stayed silent and Scara took this as an opportunity to get a better look at them, the girl had bushy blond hair with random colours in different spots and was wearing a black and purple corset with metal studs on the front, then she had a pair of ripped up black and red hot pants with fishnets attached to them that ran down into big black leather boots, she also had some more ripped up fishnets attached to her corset around her arms and was wearing a leather glove and some metal studded leather bracelets on her wrists. The man on the other hand was wearing a black bandana, a pair or red sunglasses, then a black tank-top with some gold chains around his neck, he also wore a black kilt with boots partly covered in fur. They came back over to the van but where still talking

"No, he's the dreamer, the one we've been waiting for, this is him" the man said but the girl still argued back

"Test him… and his chick" "I'm sorry, His what?" "his chick? What am I now, poultry?" Scaramouche asked giving the girl a half confused half angry look and adding in a little head jerk but before they got a chance to say anything else Gaz spoke up.

"I don't have to prove myself to you" the girl was still not satisfied

"Test him!". The man moved in front of them then did some weird karate move thing along with sound effects then he started singing-

Mama just killed a man

Put a gun against his head

Pulled my trigger

Now he's dead

Then he pointed at Gazz who seemed scared and then he was the same as when he would repeat those phrases in his head.

Mama, life had just begun

But now I've gone and thrown it all away…

"He knows the holy text, but he never read it! He's the man" the man spoke with excitement in his voice but then the girl, equally excited, turned to Galileo

"Then what does it mean! Tell us! Who is mama? Who's been killed? Why has it all been thrown away!"

"I don't know!" "wow nice answer Gazza, even I could've told you that" Scaramouche thought sarcastically.

"We've been searching for the meaning all our lives" the girl had only just let go of Galileo and was still full of excitement

"I tell you I don't know! I just… hear the words, that's all" he then started to sing again

Mama- Ooooh…

The other two quickly shut him up but they had obviously made their decision

"You have to come with us" the man said to Galileo, it wasn't an offer but more like an order then the girl spoke referring to Scaramouche

"Not her. She isn't the one, we don't need her"

"I'm not going without Scaramouche" Gaz said standing defensively next to Scara. "Gazza, who says I want to go anywhere? These people could be killers" she said, carefully eyeing the other two,

"We are baby. Killers, thrillers and Bismillahs!" the man spoke proudly "killers, thrillers and Bis-what?"

"We're the resistance. The last hope" this time the girl spoke, then the man stood up next to her and proudly said

"We are the Bohemians" they then both started talking a bunch of nonsense in Scara's opinion but she didn't say anything because it was quite fun talking to people who weren't shouting insults at her but then again the girl, who spoke first, was starting to get a little bit annoying.

"And now you have a choice! Are you ready to break free?"

"Do you want it all?"

"To be a shooting start! A tiger!"

"Defying the laws of gravity"

"Are you ready to be Champions?" the girl spoke last and looked to see how the other two had reacted to there oddly well rehearsed speech "I don't know why but I have the smallest feeling that they've said that before, oh well, better humour them" Gaz had a smile on his face but Scara, as always, kept her sarcastic manner

"Nah, sounds a bit boring if you ask me" that got Galileo's attention

"What?"

"I'm joking Gazza. Of course I want to go"

"Alright!" then the man spoke seriously to them both.

"Then understand this, if you come with us, if you join the Bohemians, there's no way back to Gaga land, you'll be an outcast for ever. No longer a member of the Cons- Human Race!" "oh yeah coz I really wanted to stay and get arrested again"

"sounds perfect. Let's go!". They walked for a long time not talking much to keep up there energy, they past through wasteland, old streets that looked as though they hadn't had people walking down them in centuries, then more wasteland until they started walking through a well hidden tunnel, Scaramouche could see an opening up ahead, she had the man in front of her, the Gaz behind and the girl behind him as though they were trying to keep them surrounded. They finally got into an opening and it looked like another big tunnel besides the fact that it was tiled, had light and there was a large sign that said "Tottenham Court Road" on it. Just as they got fully inside the man turned around and said

"Welcome to the Heartbreak Hotel".