Beavis swung open the door to Trent's R.V. He breathed heavily, clutching his stomach in pain as he limped toward the R.V.'s bathroom. He was thankful that Trent and his band had surrendered the R.V. to him and Deidra upon finding out that Diedra was pregnant with his child as he did not wish to draw attention along with suspicion to himself. Once the blond had entered the bathroom, he removed his leather jacket along with his shirt, revealing a large bruise on his stomach from where Jane had kicked him. He then turned his torso slightly to reveal another large bruise on his back from where he had crashed into the rail of the nature walk bridge during his previous scuffle with Jane. Tears welled up within the blond's eyes as he bit his lip and hissed lightly in pain.
The painfully-tender, dark, purple marks that coated his body only served as reminders that he had just taken the life of someone that he once loved dearly along with the life of an innocent girl that was only trying to protect her friend. Deciding that he needed to apply some heat to his wounds, the blond stripped himself of his remaining clothing before climbing into the shower. As the warm, comforting water streamed down Beavis' milky chest, the blond took some time to gather his thoughts. He mentally questioned what he had just done and why he had done it as well as fear of what Deidra and the band would do if they were to ever find out what he had done. He did not care about being kicked out of the band as much as he cared about losing the closest thing he had ever had to a loving family.
Beavis burst into tears and light sobs of shame and anxiety as he buried his face into his hands. He was really beginning to regret what he had done now as this was not like him at all but with everything that had been happening to him over the past, few weeks, he had finally snapped from all of the mental and physical abuse that he had to endure, ultimately taking it out on Daria. As for Jane, she had threatened to take his family away from him and there was no way he was going to let that happen, even if he had to silence her permanently.
"Beavis?" Beavis' thoughts were interrupted by a familiar voice as he gasped and quickly spun around to face a concerned Deidra. Still rather shy about his body, a blush crept over the blond's countenance as he self-consciously used his hand to cover himself. Knowing this, Deidra removed her own cloths to make her boyfriend feel more comfortable before stepping into the shower with him.
"You're hurt...What happened?" Deidra asked in concern once she had taken notice to her boyfriend's bruised body.
"O-Oh, those? I-It's nothin', I just like...tripped and fell down this steep hill and stuff...Hm-hm-heh..." Beavis lied to his girlfriend which made him feel even worse than he already did but there was no way he could tell her the truth about what really happened to him.
"Aw, my poor baby...Try to be more careful, okay?" Deidra seemed to believe it as she pulled beavis into a gentle hug, careful not to further irritate his wounds. The two blushed at the closeness of their naked bodies as Beavis returned the embrace.
"Deidra..." Beavis whispered as tears began to fall.
"Beavis? What's wrong?" Deidra questioned, pulling away from the hug in concern upon feeling his tears on her shoulder.
"I-I'm just...So scared..." Was all the blond could manage to choke out through his stifled sobs.
"Of me?" Deidra questioned as she placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. She of course knew that she was not the source of her boyfriend's fear but she still needed to offer a few random suggestions to reveal the source of her boyfriend's dilemma.
"N-No! No...I'm scared that...I'll wake up and this will all be just a dream...or that it won't last...t-that I'll do somethin' to...drive you away..." beavis tearfully admitted between sobs.
"You're not going to drive me away! I wouldn't leave you even if you committed a murder!" Deidra reassured as she pulled her boyfriend into a tight and comforting embrace.
"OUCH!" Beavis shrieked once his bruises were pressed on.
"Oh my goodness! I'm so sorry!" Deidra apologized as she attempted to pull away but Beavis held her in place.
"No! Please stay..." He softly begged, tightening his embrace on her. Deidra smiled softly as she enjoyed both the warmth of the shower water and their embrace when the two were suddenly interrupted by the sound of sirens. Beavis turned off the shower and wrapped a towel around his waste as Deidra put on her bathrobe before the two headed outside to inspect the source of the commotion.
"What's goin' on? Heh-heh!" Beavis questioned in concern.
"We're not sure but the ambulance is here so it must be serious..." Nicholas replied.
"Well, let's go check out the carnage; it might be great inspiration for our next album..." Trent suggested as the group began to approach the source of the noise.
"Look! The nature walk bridge collapsed!" Jesse pointed out.
"I knew that thing wasn't up to code!" Nicholas complained.
"Jane?!" Trent gasped once he noticed his sister's mangled corpse being placed into a body-bag by one of the paramedics.
"JANE!" Trent momentarily broke out of his laid back demeanor as he was restrained by Jesse and Nicholas. Trent quickly used all of his strength to break free as he rushed over to his sister and gently carried her lifeless corpse into his arms.
"Jane?! Janie?! It's your big brother, Trent...Please wake up..." Trent begged in between sobs as tears flooded from his eyes, spilling onto the pale face of his lifeless sister.
"I'm sorry, son...She was killed upon impact; no one could have survived that fall..." One of the paramedics explained before removing Jane's corpse from Trent's arms.
"Janie?! NOOOO!" Trent sobbed as he dropped to his knees and burst into tears. His band huddled around him to console him but Beavis could only remain silent, knowing that he was the cause of this.
"You..." Trent suddenly growled, breaking the silence as he glared intently at Beavis.
"Who? Me? Heh-heh..." Bevis questioned in confusion as he pointed to himself for conformation.
"YOU DID THIS!" Trent accused as he attempted to lunge at Beavis only to be restrained by Jesse and Max.
"What?! No, I didn't!" Beavis lied.
"Oh really?! Then how'd ya get that bruised on your stomach?!" Trent snarled.
"He tripped and fell down a steep hill!" Deidra came to her boyfriend's defense as she protectively stood in front of him.
"THAT'S BULL! If you don't think for a second that I know you had somethin' to do with this..." Trent began.
"He tripped!" Deidra defended.
"I KNOW YOU DID THIS! I'M GONNA GET YOU FOR THIS!" Trent shouted as he struggled against Jesse and Max's grip on him.
"Trent, calm down! He didn't do it, man!" Nicholas defended the couple.
"Yeah! He didn't do it!" Deidra growled, standing her ground.
"Sleep with one eye open..." Trent snarled before storming off into the woods.
"Trent?! Trent, come back! Trent!" Nicholas called out after his friend but Trent merely ignored him.
"Relax, little man; he's just upset right now...He'll come around..." Jesse reassured, placing a hand upon Beavis' shoulder unpon sensing his nervousness.
"DON'T TOUCH ME!" Beavis shrieked in horror and discomfort before smacking Jesse's hand from his shoulder. Jesse's eyes widened in surprise as he fearfully backed away.
"I-I'm sorry..." Beavis apologized before nervously making his way back toward the R.V. to change back into his everyday wear. Deidra of course ran after him in concern.
"Beavis? What's wrong?! Hey!" Deidra gasped when she noticed that her boyfriend was hiding beneath the covers of the bed in the R.V.'s master bedroom, crying softly. She sat next to the huge, shaking lump in the covers and placed a hand on his back to sooth him.
"You can talk to me...You can tell me anything..." Deidra reassured as she gently pulled the covers from his face. The blond sat up with tears still gushing from his eyes as he reluctantly made eye contact with his girlfriend.
"A-A little while back, this kid died at my school..." Beavis began to retell his story.
"I'm so sorry! You must be traumatized..." Deidra frowned in sympathy.
"N-No! No...It's not that at all...I didn't even know the kid's name but when he died...They sent in this counselor for me and Butthead to talk to...Rick...
Me and Butthead thought it was so cool how he rolled up his sleeves and sat in his chair backwards...until he..." Beavis trailed off, averting his eyes from Deidra's worried gaze.
"He what? What did Rick do to you?!" Deidra protectively demanded.
"One day, after school, he invited me over to his house for spaghetti..." Beavis continued.
"You didn't go; did you?" Deidra worriedly questioned as she had a less than pleasant feeling about where this was going. Beavis nodded in response to confirm her thoughts, a small sob escaping his lips as he did so.
"W-When I got into his car, he...h-he..." Beavis burst into tears before he could finish his story as Deidra pulled him into a gentle, comforting hug.
"Does Butthead know?" Deidra asked, receiving yet another nod from her boyfriend.
"He didn't believe me..." The blond choked out in between sobs. Though Butthead seemed not to believe him, Beavis could remember the amount of panic and anger in his voice when he had said, 'what?! You've never told me this!' He sounded almost protective?
"I'm so sorry, Beavis...I won't let anyone hurt you ever again..." Deidra promised as she tightened her hug on her boyfriend's shaking frame.
"T-Thank you..." Beavis sobbed as he continued to cry softly into her shoulder. Beavis and Deidra just spent the rest of the day talking to each other before finally deciding to head out and check up on the rest of the band once it had hit nightfall. Jesse, Max and Nicholas were all sitting around the campfire but Trent was still missing from their party.
"Trent still not back yet?" Beavis questioned, voice still strained from crying earlier.
"No...Why don't you take the R.V. and look for him?" Nicholas suggested.
"I dunno; he was like...real mad at me when he left...Mm-heh-heh..." Beavis hesitated.
"Nah, man he likes you; he'll listen to you..." Jesse insisted.
"We'll watch your girlfriend for ya, if ya like..." Max offered.
"I'm staying with Beavis..." Deidra insisted before stubbornly storming back into the R.V. Beavis merely shrugged in agreement and entered the R.V. as well, unaware that Jesse, Nicholas and Max were all glaring at him menacingly as he turned to leave.
"Beavis...Are you sure it's a good idea to go looking for Trent?" Deidra questioned out of fear for her boyfriend's safety.
"He prob'ly didn't go that far and if he's still mad, we can just drive off and leave him, if he tries anything..." Beavis reminded her when their conversation was suddenly interrupted by a loud pop and the R.V. slowing to a stop.
"GREAT GOLLY OH MIGHTY!" Beavis complained upon realizing that they had just encountered a flat tire as Deidra screamed in surprise.
"Stay here..." Beavis ordered as he grabbed the tire iron from the glove-compartment and exited the R.V. to repair the flattened tire. Once the blond had stepped out of the R.V. he stared at the punctured tire in slight fear and disbelief as he took notice to the nails and screws that had clearly purposely been scattered all over the road. To make matters worse, the R.V. had come to a stop in the middle of a bridge so finding someone to help him or keep him and his pregnant girlfriend company would be highly unlikely.
"Flat tire?" Trent spoke up as he stepped out of the shadows. Beavis turned to face him, tire iron still in hand.
"Oh, heh-heh! Hey, Trent! Been lookin' for ya hm-hm-heh!" Beavis grinned in relief but his relief was short-lived when Trent suddenly punched him in the jaw, hard enough to send him spiraling into the dirt, dropping his tire iron upon impact.
"Ow! Heh-heh! What'd ya do that for, butthole?!" Beavis demanded as Trent picked up the tire iron.
"Don't play dumb, man...I know you killed Daria and when Janie tried to intervene, you killed her too..." Trent accused.
"N-No! No, I didn't!" Beavis defended as he weakly picked himself back up.
"SHUT UP! Just shut up! I know you killed them! I know you took my sister away from me and now I'm gonna take somethin' from you..." Trent growled, swinging the tire iron at Beavis but the blond swiftly dodged the swing, tripping over a rock and falling onto his back in the process.
"Whata ya mean?!" He questioned.
"This whole thing was a set up to get you alone; my boys prob'ly ripped your girlfriend limb from limb by now..." Trent admitted before raising the tire iron above his head, prepared to strike Beavis once again. Though Deidra was safe and sound in the R.V. unknown to Trent, Trent's confession to harm her and his unborn child was still enough to enrage the blond as he quickly picked up a rock that was next to him and threw it at Trent, hitting him in the head and knocking him to the ground, causing him to drop the tire iron as it rolled off of the edge of the bridge.
"Trent, don't do this..." Beavis firmly pleaded as he stood over Trent but Trent merely sprang back up from the ground with a war cry and punched Beavis in the jaw once again, this time leaving a bruise on his cheek. Trent then trapped Beavis with a choke-hold from behind as the blond desperately gasped for air, drool seeping from his mouth as he struggled against the older boy's embrace. Beavis was growing increasingly uncomfortable as the lack of oxygen along with the closeness to Trent brought to surface all-too unpleasant memories of what Rick had done to him.
"Beavis!" Deidra shrieked when she had come out to inspect the commotion only to find Trent about to murder her boyfriend.
"WHAT?! You aren't supposed to be here!" Trent growled now distracted by Deidra long enough for Beavis to escape Trent's grasp.
"DON'T TOUCH ME!" Beavis cried as he threw Trent's arms from his neck, unintentionally throwing him over the edge of the bridge. Trent screamed in both rage and fear as he fell to his death, onto the concrete street below with a sickening crack.
"TRENT!" Beavis cried out as he looked over the bridge's railing to view the lifeless, mangled corpse of Trent.
"Beavis! Are you okay?!" Deidra asked, quickly rushing over to Beavis. The two tearfully embraced each other as Beavis cried hysterically into Deidra's shoulder.
"I'll tell you...I'll tell you everything..." Beavis sobbed, much to Deidra's confusion.
TO BE CONTINUED...