Ch.12: Thank You for the Venom
Had that just happened? Had I just destroyed the people I cared about? That couldn't have just happened it's just my mind playing tricks on me, but who was near me as I fell unconscious? I didn't want to think about it, my body slowly lifted from the bed and I could barley stand, I noticed that my head had a large gash and looked like it had dry blood leading to the tip of my right eye! I didn't even want to fix it I coughed and walked into the main room of my HQ, it was cold and empty but it looked like people had been in it and left or went back to sleep, no wonder it was barley 6 a.m. and I could still feel the darkness outside.
I reached into my pocket and pulled out my phone, I turned it on and looked to see I had a message? I clicked onto my voice mail and expected to here Victor or Brumfield but no it was message from Raven!
Hey Garfield it's me, I haven't spoken to you in a while I hope your o.k., I am always here for you, you know that right? Well o.k. let me get to the point I have gotten a couple calls from Victor asking where you were and I had no idea, but I need you to call him he sounds worried, very worried. And if you get this message I want to ask you this, I was wondering if maybe tomorrow after school if you could meet me outside the main entrance and we can head over to one of my favorite café's? If you can then meet me outside the main entrance at 3:30, please come Garfield I want to talk to you.
Love you,
Raven
I thought for a second and gasped did she just say she loved me? No, no it's just another way of saying good bye right? I don't know but I will meet her today after school I need to talk to her as well. Since the Beast didn't fight back I guess that was a yes. The day was actually pretty long; I didn't get to talk to Raven after school because she stormed off to her next class. I really didn't care I wanted to keep as far away from her as possible to try and save her from Slade's wrath.
Before the day was over with I skipped my drama class by giving Control Freak an actually well played stomach ache and ran off towards the bathroom. There I hopped out the window and ran down the hallways towards my HQ. Inside the long staircases I was attracted by the sound of an acoustic guitar. Then the farther I went I began to here the words to the song, they were soft and quick almost like a love song that went something like a tune.
Say goodnight my friend,
If that's what I am,
Because our lives all are at there end,
She doesn't love me and never will,
But that's o.k. because my grave is warm,
Waiting for my body to fall deathly ill,
I love her why doesn't she love me?
Maybe because I never could give her,
The things she deserved to a tee,
It doesn't matter now not even her per,
Because I am o.k. just a little sad,
I didn't mean to be mean,
I didn't mean to be mad,
I'm never around her or never seen,
My eyes say leave,
But my heart keeps beeping for her,
But now it's all dirt on my sleeve,
Times change and people die,
But my love for her never does the same,
All I do now is cry,
But when it is all over with she will remember my name,
Maybe then she will feel the same,
When she writes, with her blood, my true name.
Love Her, Hate Her, I don't know? By Michael Birdsall
I looked through the door and was surprised not to see a guard and the door was unlocked. So I saw through the crack and was surprised at who was sitting there. It was Plasmus with a guitar in hand and a smile on his face! I opened the door and saw him almost jump out of his seat and slam the guitar on the floor.
"What did you hear?"
"Everything, but you shouldn't hide a talent like that man you sounded good who wrote the song?"
"I friends, I sing to remember him…"
"You mean he's…dead?"
"Yes, but I don't want to talk about it."
He gave a smile and picked the guitar up again.
"You really liked it?"
"Yeah you have a real talent there, and sense you do why are you working for Slade?"
"Because…well he was there for me when Michael died, it seemed like he was the first to know and I didn't tell him it, I was going to kill myself and he was there like a figure of heavenly truth! You must think I sound crazy but that's the truth."
"No I don't I guess Slade cares for his people?"
"Of course, he may be a murderer but he's still human, like a brother to all of us. But sometimes I wonder if Michael had taken his life. He had no real reason and I think I have proof he was with someone else that night."
"So tell me man there's a lot on your mind and I have time."
"No its o.k. that's a story for another day, but what brings you here so far from 3?"
"I just wanted to skip the class I had; it was boring so what is there to do here?"
"Not much, I'm the only one in here today, everyone else is off in there classes, maybe we can check Slade's to whack pile?"
"To what pile?"
"To whack pile, that's what I call it, he calls it business, but it's basically information on people that he was given money to 'inform' them that they owe someone money."
"Speaking of money do we get paid for our work like the Hotspot kid?"
"Oh yeah he left a not and envelop for you, might as well give it to you now."
Plasmus ran over to a file cabinet and opened the top one, he pulled out a think file with papers hanging over the edge and a white plain envelop on the top of it. The envelop had my name on it!
"So here you go, and this is the 'To whack pile'." smiled the teen.
I took the envelope off the tight and opened the top up; I nearly fainted when I saw what was inside it. Five 20 dollar bills! Real 20 dollar bills freaks and crisp! 100 bucks for one kid! But as I slipped the envelop into my pocked Plasmus flipped open the file and pulled out a random paper. It had the picture of a kid I found very familiar, it was Rancid, Johnny Rancid, the kid in my drama class with that whore Kitten!
"I know that kid? Why does Slade need us to hit him?"
"It says in the corner he's been messing around with one of our clients. That's a good broken nose right there, but its rumor that the idiot has been pick pocketing kids that are on the low income fund, he needs his lesson taught hard."
"We have clients?"
"Ya we have normal clients like Trigon who just got a lot of money in the bank and are bored with it. Then we also have the rare people, we help anyone in need, the money originally wasn't intended but it just started to come with ease. So that's when Slade's protection service began."
"Cool so we aren't the bad guys?"
"Of course not, but people see us as them, they don't see the real reason as to why we do it. Slade is one of the main problems, I respect him but he is really one messed up kid, if we can get him out of power and someone else in then we will be recognized for our true greatness not our outer hate."
I nodded at Plasmus's feelings; he was just a good kid hanging around with the bad kid. Everyone in the group was. Slade was a problem but as long as he held all the cards no one can really do anything, there just has to be a way to beat him, but how? It didn't matter now, it was almost time for school to end and I was going to meet Raven at the entrance.
"I gotta get going soon man, we can hit Rancid tomorrow, tell Slade that I have something important to do today."
"Sure man, so what you gotta do? Meeting a chick? Ha I hope so you need some love in your life dude!"
"Whatever Plas, see you latter!" I yelled as my feet ran for the door and I darted up the labyrinth maze, I fell down twice and swear I broke my nose.
I didn't care about anything I was to busy to care, I ran down the long alleys of the school and ended up in a crowd of early leavers. They all pushed me towards the exit; luckily I swung into a small room near the exit and sat on a chair as the early leavers left the building.
My breath was gone, everything was swirling and I gave a small chuckle. It was the first time I did in I didn't know. I waited for my love to walk the hallways and it felt like forever but finally Raven turned the corner and gave me a small smile.
"Hey Gar what's up?"
"Rae? You ready to go?"
"Sure, I mean, wait you don't think its lame that were going to a café?"
"No, I think it's cool, something different to do." I lied.
"O.k. then lets go, it's a short walk."
And so we were off, the walk down to the café was short, it was 5 minutes away and Raven put her hand through mine as more and more people crowded the streets! It was a school night but no one seemed to care. They were partying and laughing with there friends, everyone except the green kid and the Goth angel, we weren't partying we were hanging out! The café was actually smaller than I thought, but it wasn't the first floor no it was the lobby, the bottom floor is were all the people hung out and did other things.
"Hello Ms. Roth very nice to see this evening, it has been almost 2 weeks since your last visit, do you want your usual area?" said the kid at the front of the door.
He was tall and lanky with long blue hair and a fang coming out from his lips. He gave me a weird look and I gave him one to, he opened the door and we walked in as he followed behind me,
'And they think I'm weird!' I laughed in my head.
'There not weird there different, you need to remember that. And you yourself are different to Gar!' laughed Raven's mind to me.
'Forgot you could do that.' I sighed.
'That will teach you to think like that!' laughed Raven.
I gave her a nudge and saw the bright red blush on her cheeks and the large smile on her face. The kid gave us a booth and a menu. The kid went back up the stairs and I gave Raven a small smile from across the booth. The café was filled with teens with some sort of smile on there face. In front was a stage with people singing or reading poetry. The one that caught my eye was playing while I and Raven talked. It was a band with two guitarists, a drummer, and a leader with long black hair and blue eye liner. Half his hair was spiked and the other was flattened down and he had black lipstick on half of his lips and eyeliner on only on eye. He sung with a soft and yet strong voice.
Sister, I'm not much a poet, but a criminal
And you never had a chance
Love it, leave it, you can't understand
A pretty face, but you do so carry on,
And on,
And on
"You know Garfield I haven't spoken to you in a long time, what's going on with you?" Raven asked casually.
"Nothing much I am just tired lately and really I don't know what to do since that day."
She put her hand on mine and smiled.
"I am always here for you Garfield you know that right?"
"Yes of course I do."
'Then why don't you open yourself up more to me?' came her voice in my mind.
'I am open why don't you think I am?'
I wouldn't front the scene if you paid me
I'm just the way that the doctor made me, on
And on,
And on,
And on
Love is the red of the rose on your coffin door,
What's life like bleeding on the floor?
The floor,
The floor
'I can tell there is much inside you Garfield, very dark and evil feelings and I know that's not you in there open up to me.' She whispered in my mind.
'I can't there is too much at stake if I do…'
You'll never make me leave
I wear this on my sleeve
Give me a reason to believe
So give me all your poison
And give me all your pills
And give me all your hopeless hearts
And make me ill
You're running after something
That you'll never kill
If this is what you want
Then fire at will
She smiled at me and moved her hand up mine more and I felt like she was interring my soul and looking into myself. I couldn't hold back, her hands were warm and soft velvet and almost perfect. Her eyes were a deep purple that dug into your mind and her smile made your outer shell crack and make your feelings spill out like blood.
Preach all you want but who's gonna save me?
I keep a gun on the book you gave me, hallelujah, lock and load
Black is the kiss, the touch of the serpent's son
It aint the mark or the scar that makes you one,
And one,
And one,
And one
Her face moved closer to mine and the world seemed to hold in place. It felt like all the people were gone and the music of the band blasted into our ears begging us on.
You'll never make me leave,
I wear this on my sleeve
Give me a reason to believe
So give me all your poison
And give me all your pills
And give me all your hopeless hearts
And make me ill
You're running after something
That you'll never kill
If this is what you want
Then fire at will
Our bodies were in the emptiness all my thoughts were on her, our lips were centimeters apart and the music still sliced at our ears. My eyes closed as did hers and her breathe was coming into my forming one of love.
You'll never make me leave
I wear this on my sleeve
You wanna follow something
Give me a better cause to lead
Just give me what I need
Give me a reason to believe
So give me all your poison
And give me all your pills
And
give me your hopeless hearts
and make me ill
You're running after something
That you'll never kill
If this is what you want
Then fire at will
So give me all your poison
And give me all your pills
And give me all your hopeless thoughts
And make me ill
You're running after something
That you'll never kill
If this is what you want
Then fire at will!
I lips touched one another and closed on tope of each other! Our hearts fluttered and our mouths took over. Or kiss was long and passionate and for once in my life I was loved. I was in love with Raven, and she was with me.