AN: To clear up a few things:
Jay - 16 - Male
CeeCee - 19 - Female
Penny - 22 - non-specific
The reason for the genders is to include a little of everything. Penny is meant to confuse people and pretty much have people debating what it was they were born as.
On to the story.
"Jay, how's your ribs doing?" Penny questioned as the trio walked through the barren streets of town.
"Still a pain in the fucking ass, but I'll live." Jay grumbled, kicking a rock out of his way.
"On a scale of one to ten?"
"Seven gnomes kicking you in the balls."
"Well, there's that store." CeeCee interrupted, pointing towards the seemingly safe pharmacy a building or so away.
"Can we get clothes first?" Jay cut in. "I fucking stink!"
"Medication is more important." Penny said, continuing the walk as they neared the entrance to the pharmacy. Penny continued walking through the door, axe out and ready in case any trouble arises. Ceecee continued after, before catching her brother following her.
"Where do you think you're going?" Cee asked, turning to her brother. "Did you forget our number one rule?"
"I thought that would be dead once police disbanded." Jay whined, slouching in place.
"That's not how in works." Cee corrected, one hand holding the door open and one dual tonfa in the other. "Police or not, our rules are rules."
"Ugh, fine." Jay groaned, leaning against the wall by the door. "I'll stay out here." Ceecee nodded, before following Penny's lead into the building. Jay sighed, thumping his head against the wall with an audible thud.
"This is so unfair." Jay moaned, staring up at the shifting clouds. "What if I get eaten out here, they could take forever looking for painkillers." Jay's complaints were met with silence as he quietly complained to himself.
Jay's eyes wander around the town buildings, eyes taking in other shops they would visit in the time they were there. His eyes gathered a motel not far from them, a mall in the far distance, and a Sam's not to far away either. His mind worked on picking the order they were going to go in. Mall, Sam's, then motel because he will not stand another second in this dirty ass clothes.
"I've been alone this long, and nothing has happened…" Jay trailed, green-blue eyes glancing around once before landing on the dirt. "This is bound to go downhill soon, trouble always follows." Jay sighed.
"Maybe I could go into the salon, might be able to find a new hair color." Jay mumbled, only taking a step forward before a voice stopped him.
"Don't you dare." CeeCee's head popped out, giving Jay a look when he looked back at her before disappearing back into the pharmacy.
"Fuck, she knows me too well." Jay groaned, flopping back against the wall. "What. she'd rather I stay out here and be eaten?"
"I mean come on, I'm out here for any Marshmallow to chomp on." Jay's voice increased with every word. "Come one you assholes, a free meal right here!" He cried while flailing arms before his arms dropped to his torso. A groan left him as his eyes shut at the increase of pain from the unforgiving movement on his ribs. "Shouldn't have done that." He whispered, waiting hunched over waiting for the pain to subside.
"What the fuck?" Jay grounded as he was jolted upward, meet face to face with a group of three. The man closest to him had pulled his bag up, thus pulling him up straight as well. The threat of three kept any expression of pain off his face as his annoyance grew with the sharp pain that had followed.
"Well, I wonder what you have hidden in this bag." The man closest smirked, shaking the bag which only added to Jay's growing anger. "A guy like you? Must have some hidden treasures." Dummy number two moved forward, a knife making work of the straps. The release of the tension holding him up caused Jay to stumble forwards, arms wrapping back around healing ribs. The sudden release lead to him stumbling to his knees.
"Someone in your condition shouldn't even be alive at this point." Dummy number three laughed, shaking his head. "Calling for the dead, shows how weak you are."
"If you'd like, we can end your misery now." Dummy number two laughed, raising his knife up before turning his gaze to Dummy number one. "What'd you say? Mercy, or have a little fun with this one?" The laugh was cut short when a knife sailed through the sky and embedded itself into his eye. A thud was followed by silence.
"What the fuck!" Dummy number one growled, staring at his dead friend before landing on Jay, who still stayed kneeling, his breathe heavy from the strain it caused on his ribs.
"I got him." Dummy number three spoke, rushing forward and pulling Jay up and slammed him against the wall. The pain pulled a growl from Jay. Before three could attack, a knife lodged itself through his templed, causing both Jay and him to crumble.
"That's fucking it." Dummy number one all but yelled as he pulled out his gun and aimed for Jay. " Tell me why the hell I shouldn't put a bullet through your skull right now."
"Because I'm too suicidal to beg for my life." Jay deadpanned, looking up at the man. He took pleasure in the way Dummy number one growl, and his stance tensed. Just as Jay watched the finger pull back and axe lodge itself in the skull. The aim was thrown off, flying into the wall just inches away from Jay's own skull.
"Leave you alone for five minutes, and you murder two people." CeeCee spoke, walking over and picking up Jay's ruined bag. Penny sighed as they pulled their axe and Jay's knife from the corpses.
"It's not my fault." Jay whined, pulling himself up. "As you saw, they were gonna kill me."
"I'm surprised a comment like that would make them want to keep you alive." Cee pointed out, making her way to her brother and Penny did as well.
"What was I gonna say?" Jay grumbled, gathering his knives from Penny.
"I mean he seemed straight." CeeCee point out. "You could have attacked his manhood."
"It would have lead to the same outcome." Penny chimed with another sigh. "It would have decreased his chances of survival. He may have shot faster then he did."
"Damn, I could have actually died." Jay sighed, dropping his head in sorrow.
"Better luck next time." CeeCee spoke as Penny passed Jay some vicodin and water.
"You'll be taking two ever eight hour." Penny shifted the topic, Jay already popping the pills with ease.
"Clothes now?" Jay questioned, pointing towards the mall as Cee handed Jay a fixed bag, held together with sewing string and duct tape. Jay nodded as his sister slipping duct tape and a hand-held sewing machine into her bag.
The trio made their way towards the mall, not bothering to pay much attention to any marshmallows stumbling about unless they were to close for comfort.
"Damn, I missed having a shower." Jay sighed, listening to the sound of the water as Penny worked on his shower. Penny had insisted on Jay showering before him to be able to change Jay's dressing while CeeCee had been the first to shower and dress. "So, what'd you think?" Jay asked, spinning in a circle to show off his outfit to his sister. Jay was dressed in an oversized black shirt with small white print over breast pocket area saying "This black really brings out the black in my soul,'' ripped dark red skinny jeans, black converse with red laces.
All CeeCee did was flash her brother a thumbs up. Jay looked over his sister's outfit, always checking to see if she actually put effort or not. She was dressed in blue varsity jacket, white tank top, black ripped skinny jeans, blue high top converse; her hair was loose and freely rested along her back. Jay nodded, approving his sister's look before settling on one of the beds.
The duo sat patiently, waiting for their friend to make their way out of the bathroom. The water to the shower had long since stopped as the third one was getting dressed. Penny stepped out of the bathroom only moments later. As Jay did with his sister, he judged Penny's look. Penny was dressed in black biker tank top, light cargo pants, and black steel toe combat boots.
"I approve, to the salon?" Jay asked, holding up one septum, one smiley and two hoops. "Penny, your assistance is needed." Penny sighed before nodding, gathering his bags as everyone else did.
"Who's getting what?" Penny asked as they made their was out of the motel and on the road towards the salon.
"I'm getting the septum and the smiley." Jay informed, a skip in his step. "Cee is getting a double on the left side. I have an eyebrow piercing too, if you'd like." Jay offered, waving the eyebrow piercing as he turned to face the others, but continued to walk.
"I'd like not to pierce myself." Penny responded as the trio neared the store.
"I can do it." CeeCee chimed, holding the door as the others entered.
"What training do you have?" Penny asked as they place their gear down, and searched for the equipment needed.
"None." CeeCee answered, before continuing. "However, someone had to take care of Jay with no health insurance." Penny paused, eyes moving to a grinning Jay before landing on CeeCee.
"That's enough." Penny nodded. "Whose first?"
Following the easy and smooth interaction in the salon, the trio was finally on their walk out of the town. The three had since crossed the town border before stumbling across another troubling situation.
"Why we stopping?" Jay questioned, pulling himself to a seating in the back of the truck cab. His eyes settling on the multiple cars that are blocking the roadway, who also came to a stop. "What the fuck?"
"How's your ribs?" CeeCee asked, bypassing Jay's first question as she gathered her weapons.
"Sure as hell don't hurt now." Jay responded, sitting up and following his older sister's lead.
"Good." Cee responded, turning her attention to the quieter of the three. "You ready?" Penny nodded, double checking their guns before placing the car in park and gathering their axe.
"`I'll go out and talk, you guys lay down." Penny informed, keeping an eye as a man stepped out of one of the cars. "Better for them to think there's only one." The duo nodded, leaning across the seats and penny stepped out and slammed his door shut. Jay chuckled at the sight he caught of the man, before he laid down..
"Fucking Pedos." Jay mumbled, CeeCee smiled briefly at the comment before the two focused their senses on the situation ahead.
"Would you mind letting me through?" Penny questioned once they stood a bit before the truck. Their stance was pretty loose, the axe resting loose in their belt as they watched the more tense man.
"Where you folks headed?" The man asked, his hand resting against his gun in an offensive stance.
"It's just me here." Penny shrugged. "I'm headed wherever the road takes me."
"Nobody's alone these days." The man responded, shifting his weight on his feet. "So, who you go in the truck with ya?"
"Still just me." Penny responded, keeping his pouster relaxed. "I have no reason to lie to you." Penny watched as the other man's pouster tensed more, annoyance filling brown eyes.
"Wouldn't mind if we checked?" The man asked, eyes narrowing on Penny.
"I don't mind." Penny responded, shifting his stance away from the check. "I don't see why, if I'm just looking to pass." The man turned to his own cars, making a wave before a few men stepped out of the cars.
"Just to be safe." The man answered, motioning for his men to move forward. "In this world, you never know who's looking to loot."
"From where I stand, you look like the looters." Penny responded, letting the men pass. They kept their distance from them, trusting the other two would be able to handle anything that may arise. Penny wondered if Jay and CeeCee would pick the smarter option.
Penny sighed as they watched the two men that opened the doors fall with a thump. If you hadn't closely focused on the cab, you wouldn't have caught the slight shadow shifts inside before the men fell. "I guess they opened it wrong. Forgot to mention it's booby trapped." Penny informed, turning their attention to the main man who had his gun raise and aimed. Penny took in three other men who made their way out of the cars and stood with weapons drawn. Annoyance filled Penny, if only their friends had taken the smarter choice and stayed hidden.
"Sure as hell don't look like there's a trap." The man growled, gun raise and aimed at Penny's head.
"Simon." A voice cut through as a leather cladded man stepped out of the car. A bat wrapped in barb wire rested against a shoulder and he made is way up. "Why don't we ask him what happened to my five men." The man drawled, sarcasm clear in his voice.
"Five?" Penny asked, keeping a neutral and confused look on their face and in their voice. "Only two opened the truck."
"The three men you ran into in town." The older male spoke, twirling his bat in the air before resting it against the floor. The man stopped a few feet away from the truck.
"I didn't see anyone living in town." Penny responded, being sure to hold themself as less as a threat as possible.
"Town's not that big." The man whistled, resting the bat on his shoulder and shifting his weight to his left foot. "Can't miss a group of three, especially assholes like them."
"Never seen them." Penny shrugged.
"Jake and Natasha, check the cab." The man ordered, eyes trained on Penny as a duo walked forward on either side of the car. Penny held back a sigh as they knew this wasn't going to end well.
Penny kept their eyes on the man with the bat as noises erupted behind them. Jay and CeeCee had launched themself out of the truck cab and worked to disarmed and subdued the people that were sent their way.
"Would have figured smart folks would know it ain't easy to trap a car." The man responded, before twirling his bat in a menacing way. "Now, what was that shit about the men in town?"
"Maybe if they weren't suck assholes, they'd be alive." Jay spoke up, tightening his grip on Jake, when the man struggled some. "I don't like dicks,unless it's the other kind."
"Never seen those two in my life." Penny spoke, voice even and undoubting. Much to Penny's dismay, Jay, being the idiot he is, spoke up.
"I feel the love Penny, I feel the love." Jay sighed as CeeCee face palmed, twisting Natasha's arm more when she struggled.
"So, you're the one that took three of my men down?" The man asked, eyes trained on Jay. "Sure as hell don't look like it."
"Really?" Jay asked, offense filling his voice. "Cause my ass took down two of your men with broken ribs."
"You really need to learn when to shut up." CeeCee mumbled loud enough for her brother to hear.
"If they hadn't picked on someone who was injured…" Penny cut in, turning his attention back solely on the man. His posture shifted for relaxed to defense, hand resting tightly on his axe. "There wouldn't have been a problem to begin with."
"Should have trained your men better than that." CeeCee responded, subduing the woman with one arm while her other pulled out one of her bricks.
"So, who killed my men?" The man asked, before pulling this bat forward to point at Penny. "Before Lucille gets too thirsty here."
"Whose lucille?" Jay asked, quirked an eyebrow at the statement. "And who the fuck are you?"
"Lucille is my baby over here." The man responded, resting his left, gloveless hand resting on a clear section of the bat. "And I am Negan." Negan finally stated, offering the trio a smugged smirk.
"So, your dating a bat?" Jay asked, holding back a laugh, but a smirk slipped past. "Must be painful as fuck."
"Jay." Penny gave a warning statement, flashing Jay a look before focusing on the enemy.
"You'd be surprised." Negan smirked, flashing Jay a winked before eyes landing on Penny. " Now how about you tell me who killed my third man before Lucille takes it all out on Jay over there."
"Why do you think we'll just let you swing your bat around," CeeCee stated, alluding to that the situation wouldn't be easier. Bright blue eyes narrowing on Negan, and giving Negan her infamous death look.
"Shit like this tickles my balls." Negan laughed, sharing a glance to Simon before turning back to the group. "Simon, Dwight." Negan spoke. The voice of the higher man was enough to put Simon, Dwight into action.
The trio decided to play along, following the other mens' commands and falling to their knees. Jay and CeeCee choosing to release the two they held instead of killing them as to keep Penny from getting angry and making the situation much worse.
"This shit, killing my men, won't stand." Negan spoke, moving close enough to stand a small distance from the three. "This, this ain't cool. Kill my men, then kill the other men sent to you. Not cool, not motherfucking cool." Negan growled, aiming the bat at Penny.
"Why you focusing on Penny?" Jay spoke up, keeping his head high and maintaining eye contact with Negan. "I'm the one that killed three of your men, already more than fifty percent." Jay explained, a smirk resting on his lips.
"Stop trying to get yourself killed first." CeeCee answered, shaking her head at her brother's antics.
"I followed your advice this time." Jay whined, shaking his head. 'Don't fucking ruin it for me this time."
"Well this is a dumb way to die this time."
"Bro, he's a seemingly bad ass villian with a bat he named lucille." Jay responded, nodding his head towards Negan. "Mind you that bat is fucking loaded with barb wire. Seems fitting as fuck."
"Mind you, your kneeled down." CeeCee bit back. "Willing to die and not fight."
"I mean you right but…" Jay paused, glancing at Negan before meeting his sister's eyes. "Kinky."
"Sometimes I wonder is this is worth being around." Penny sighed, shaking his head.
"Now." Negan cut off any sidebar, turning his attention to Jay. "It's unusual for someone this time to want to fucking die, let alone not doing it themselves. It's sure as motherfucking hell weird as fuck to find someone who ain't got an ounce of fear in them. You sure as hell is one odd as treat to kill, but I can't leave killing my men go unpunished."
"Are… Are you complimenting me?" Jay asked. "I'm flattered."
"What is it you're proposing?" Penny questioned, eyes stoned and trained on Negan.
"Jay over here, comes down to the compound." Negan spoke, motioning to the green haired teen with lucille.
"You want that nutcase in your home?" CeeCee asked. "Good luck with that." She warned.
"Hey!" Jay cut in as Dwight pulled him to a stand. "I'm a pleasure to be around!"
"Only if you like your home to be burned down."
"That happened one FUCKING time." Jay groaned. "Can't we let it go?"
"Only the one time you remember." CeeCee corrected.
"Drunk or high or both me doesn't count." Jay complained.
"Put him in the truck." Negan ordered. Jay caught Penny's eyes as he was dragged towards the truck. The clear statement to behave in their eyes