Beavis stared intently at his own reflection in the bathroom mirror of the R.V. as he secretly questioned what he had become. He felt empty inside, like a piece of him had died and that piece was Butthead. Though the duo fought a lot, they were closer than brothers and though Beavis would never admit it, he felt incomplete and dark without the other half of him that he referred to as Butthead.
"Beavis? Are you okay?" Deidra interrupted the blond's thoughts with a hug from behind when she noticed the tears that were beginning to form around the brims of his eyes.
"Y-Yeah...I'm fine, babe...just..." Beavis lied before trailing off into another train of thought. Before Deidra could say anything else, their conversation along with their thoughts were interrupted by a loud, desperate knock at the R.V.'s door.
"Let me handle this..." Beavis instructed with narrowed eyes as he cautiously began to approach the door. Remembering his dream from the night before, the blond feared that it might be his girlfriend's father but once he had snatched open the door, he was not expecting Daria to launch in and deliver a rough, passionate kiss to his lips. Rage and jealousy began to well up within Deidra's chest as she slowly approached the kissing couple, prepared to punch Daria right in the face and she would have too if Beavis had not done that himself before she could have a chance to. Daria fell from the front steps of the R.V. from the force of the impact of Beavis' fist, landing on her back with a rough thud as her shattered glasses landed next to her.
"What the Hell, man?!" Trent demanded as the rest of the band rushed to Daria's aid. Nicholas helped Daria up as she now had a blackened eye and a bleeding nose.
"She can't just go around kissin' people; I'm like...a taken man and stuff...Heh-heh..." Beavis replied, flashing Daria a knowing smirk as he had just repeated to her what she had said to him a long time ago. Deidra quickly rushed over to Beavis just in case he needed protection from Trent and his band and hugged his arm protectively.
"Well, you can't just go around hitting girls!" Trent argued.
"Aw, is Trent the dark and powerful too much of a goody-goody to not let chicks beat him up?" Beavis teased provoking an annoyed growl from Trent.
"She wasn't even trying to hurt you, man!" Nicholas defended.
"She already did; a long time ago...I'm just like...returnin' the favor and stuff...Hm-hm-heh..." Beavis nonchalantly replied.
"Do it again and you're out of the band!" Trent threatened before storming off with his group, Nicholas shielding Daria all the while.
"You don't need them, Beavis; your voice is too amazing for a band anyway..." Deidra comforted the now seething Beavis.
"It's not their fault...She's like...got them under her spell and stuff..." Beavis explained in denial that his band would really betray him of their own free will as he angrily stormed back inside the R.V. He then snatched up a piece of paper along with a pen and aggressively began to write a letter.
"B-Beavis? What are you doing?" Deidra asked out of both concern and curiosity.
"Takin' care of a little problem..." Beavis replied with a sinister grin. His now straitened bangs covered his eyes as he finished the note he was writing with a roughly placed period.
"He did what?!" Jane shrieked when Daria had finished recounting the story of why her eye was now blackened.
"Yep, right in the eye...He broke my glasses and everything..." Daria sighed in defeat.
"I'm gonna tear that blond hair of his right out of his head!" Jane growled when their conversation was suddenly interrupted by the sound of Daria's doorbell ringing. Daria got up to answer the door but when she had opened it, there was no one in sight. When she looked down however, she took notice to a crudely-sealed envelope.
"Who's that from?" Jane asked as Daria opened the letter and began to read through it.
"It's from Beavis...He wants me to meet him at the Lawndale's nature walk bridge..." Daria replied, in slight surprise at her ex's sudden change of heart.
"I don't think you should go...If he's unstable enough to hit you, who knows what else he's capable of..." Jane worriedly pleaded with her friend as she placed a hand on her shoulder.
"He was just upset and after what I did to him, I don't blame him...Besides, he did apologize to me and he wants to start over..." Daria explained the contents of the note before handing it over to Jane.
"Fine but I'm going with you..." Jane insisted after inspecting the note for herself. Later that night, Daria and Jane made their way over to the long, wooden, nature-walk bridge that was located in the forest of the LawnDale camp grounds.
"This is as far as you go..." Daria instructed, stopping her friend from following any further.
"What?! No way!" Jane refused.
"He instructed me to come alone; if he sees I brought a friend with me, he might fly off the handle again. Look, just keep an eye on things from here; okay?" Daria explained.
"Fine..." Jane agreed with an annoyed huff and a roll of her eyes as Daria made her way up the stairs that lead up to the bridge. As Daria walked along the bridge, she peered over the bridge's railing and down at the river below. She then questioned if the rickety, wooden bridge she was on was even up to code when her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of heavy footsteps approaching her.
"Daria Morgandorfer...I knew you'd come..." Beavis stepped out of the shadows and into the moonlight with a small smirk as his now straightened hair blew gently in the wind.
"Beavis I..." Daria began with a blush when she was silenced by Beavis placing a black, leather gloved finger over her lips.
"Shhh...I know..." He whispered as he moved his hand over to caress her cheek, rubbing it in gentle circles with his thumb.
"Daria...my sweet, sweet Daria..." He continued as he moved his hand down to feel the diamond-shaped pendant she wore around her neck, gently clasping the sharp, metal charm in his gloved hand.
"Think you're too cool to wear a real diamond...You're not flawless like one either! Hm-hm-heh!" Beavis snickered before suddenly stabbing the sharp, metal pendant into Daria's jugular vein. Jane gasped in horror from her hiding place as Daria clutched her wounded-throat and began to gasp for air. She attempted to cling to Beavis for support but the blond merely kicked her off of him, causing her to tumble over the railing of the bridge and disappear into the darkness below.
Jane let out a war cry as she charged at Beavis, prepared to avenge her best friend. She however, was not prepared for Beavis to swiftly step to the side and stick out his arm, catching Jane's throat on his forearm and causing her to fall roughly onto her back. The rotting wood of the bridge cracked beneath her upon impact.
"If ya know what's good for ya, you'll like...leave now and not tell anyone what happened...Hm-hm-heh..." Beavis threatened as he glared down at his potential, next victim. In a vein attempt to avenge her friend, Jane delivered a swift kick to Beavis' genitalia. The blond let out a small shriek before dropping to his knees as Jane picked herself back up.
"I'm not scared of you...I'll make sure everyone knows what you did...You're going to jail, Beavis...You'll be kicked out of the band, you'll lose your girlfriend and you'll never see that child of yours..." Jane growled as Beavis let out a growl of his own that soon turned into a war-cry.
"YOU LITTLE SLUT!" He shrieked as he shot back up to his feet, slamming his forearm against Jane's throat and pinning her over the rail of the bridge.
"NO!" Jane cried out, clinging to Beavis for support as she looked down at the darkness beneath her. She then fearfully glanced back up at Beavis who was now glaring down at her with a deranged look in his eyes. Jane released her grip on Beavis to grab ahold of the bridge's rail as she kicked Beavis off of her. Beavis let out a small grunt as he roughly slammed against the rail on the other side of the bridge, grabbing ahold of it to keep himself from falling over completely.
"What's so funny?!" Jane aggressively demanded once she noticed the smirk plastered across the blond's countenance along with the soft yet audible snickers emitting from his grinning teeth. Without a word, Beavis relied on the strength of his bulky, biker boot along with his own strength as he stomped on the ground of the bridge as hard as he could. He put every amount of strength and energy he had in his body to make sure that the impact of his stomp was forceful as he once again grabbed ahold of the rail that was behind him to prevent himself from falling forward. Jane looked down at the rotten wood beneath her feet in horror as it was now beginning to crack profusely beneath her. Beavis held onto the rail as the wood beneath him and Jane gave way, sending a screaming Jane falling to her death.
"Heh-heh...No one's gonna walk all over me again...Hm-hm-heh..." Beavis snickered with a dark smirk as Jane disappeared into the darkness. He then used the rail to climb back onto the remaining portion of his bridge and began to make his way back toward the camp site.
TO BE CONTINUED...