Corn had called everyone into a meeting, including Death and I, and we all joined him in the Garage Park. He looked around to us all and cleared his throat. "It's been four days since Yoyo and Beat left the GG's," he started, not looking at us. We were sitting by a punching bag that was near Potts doghouse, and he cleared his throat again. "And also four days since the Death Runners started up. Everyone now knows who they are," He gestured to us and we waved. "And you all know that they are...were...Beat and Yoyo." Everyone was staring at us now and I wanted to hide in the doghouse; the first time I ever felt anxious around them.
"But that's not the point of this meeting. Rok, or Yoyo, and I had been working these past four days to figure out why police stormed our Ball Hog game, and we came to a conclusion." Corn looked at me, hand out, and I sighed as I skated towards him. I stood beside him and cleared my throat.
"As it turns out, there has been incidents like that one where cops have intruded on games and shot up Rudies. The victims have been, and seem to be limited to, the Noise Tanks, the Immortals, the Love Shockers, Rapid 99, Doom Riders, Poison Jam, and the GG's. Everyone that has ever made themselves known as an enemy to the police force are their victims. The only reason Death and I were attacked...well, we were playing Ball Hog with Corn and Aric." I paused, a slight frown on my face. "The police are still owned by Rokakku Corp., which is now run by a guy named Trevor Rokakku." Death and Alicia tensed up; their eyes wide. "Which...I'm sure you all know...is my older brother."
I didn't know what else to say, and paused there for a few minutes, letting everyone get comfortable. The Doctor raised his hand, a strange look in his eyes. I nodded to him, and he stood up, walking towards me. "I believe we need to infiltrate the police force. From what I've gathered, Trevor Rokkaku died at the age of 14, which was roughly 10 years ago." The Doctor had a grin on his face as he said this, and I half frowned, half glared at him. He smiled at me, then continued. "You see, there is more than one reason for us to be here. Aric, yes, wanted to come here and meet you all, but we found traces of an alien here, one that should have been locked up years ago. This alien could shapeshift into whatever it needed to be at a single touch, and for as long as they like. I had met one before, named Sabra, but this one is evil. I believe Trevor is still dead, and this "Rokakku" we seek is the shapeshifter. If I am correct, we need to make sure there is no way for this alien to touch us, which will not be easy. It can replicate clothes, as well, so we have to be extremely cautious." He bowed, then went back beside his son.
Corn blinked, then sighed. "Now, we have a request for some of you. I would like if half of you joined the Death Runners." Gasps were heard from everyone, myself included. "This request may be large for some of you, but please, hear me out." Everyone was now watching Corn intently, and he took his hat off, looking at me. "Yo-Rok...was recently injured. He had a lodged bullet in his left leg, and shouldn't be out skating, or heck; even standing. But we all know how stubborn he is. And not only that, but as he said, the Death Runner's are not being targeted. You'd be safe if you went with him. You can remain as GG's, but under the guise of Death Runner's. If you accept this, then you accept the mission of uncovering the truth involving the Rokakku Corporation."
No one moved. I began to regret having ever come back with them, and looked at Corn. "You...said you're a Rokakku, right, Yo...?" came Gum's voice from the crowd, and I looked towards her. "That's right. I'm Yohan Rokakku." She stood up, and began to skate towards me. "If you're a Rokakku, but not that kind of Rokakku, then count me as your teammate." She stood beside me, then smiled.
I was stunned. Gum was never one to agree with someone; let alone me. Alicia got up and ran to me; Aric following. Rhyth and Jazz nodded to one another, then came towards me. Death smiled, and began to chuckle. I was standing there, shocked, and felt tears well up in my eyes. Alicia wrapped her arms around my neck and smiled. "By the way, I'm his twin sister."
Everyone stopped moving, and looked at us. Alicia blinked, then cleared her throat. "There are four of us; five, if you count Devon. Trevor, myself, Yohan, and our little sister Rose." Alicia looked at me, then back at the rest of the GG's. I was beginning to panic; the crowd causing my head to spin. Alicia cursed under her breath as a small wave came; tripping the crowd. I was panting; holding my chest and head as Death came skating as fast as possible to me, lifting me in his arms. He stood behind Alicia and glared.
"Listen to me! If you have a problem with who we were raised by, then I suggest you don't join the Death Runner's! What we ask is for you all to accept that we may've been raised by a monster, but we are in no way monsters ourselves!" Death stated very loudly, causing everyone to stare at him. I wished I was tinier, so I could hide and not be stared at. I looked at everyone as they turned their attention to Alicia, who had a hand out, the wave fading away. Death cursed faintly, and everyone backed away.
Alicia didn't have a single emotion on her face, staring at everyone. She looked over towards me, and a smile formed. "Yeah, maybe I'm a monster." she said as she turned back to them, chuckling. She put a hand on her hip, and sighed. "I can control water, yes. Only if I have a water source, be it rain, toilet water, bathes..." She chuckled. "Even boiling water on the stove. Kind of like "The Last Airbender", except I can turn into a water form with enough concentration." She then sat in front of us, and Clutch looked down at his empty water bottle.
Corn slammed his hand against the wall, and everyone turned towards him. He looked angrier than I have ever seen him, and he lowered his hand. "Enough! We need to work together, not against!" he snarled, everyone stepping back. He glared at everyone; his blue eyes almost invisible under his lashes. He was shaking; still making fists, and taking deep breaths. "If we want to keep this country safe, we need to work together. If we want to prevent anymore deaths, we have to FUCKING GET ALONG!"
Everyone was silent. No one moved even an inch, and Corn continued to shake. I got off of Death, and skated towards him carefully. "Yo...Corn, you oka-" I started; getting cut off by his hand across my face. I fell backwards, feeling my injured leg snap under the pressure, and let out the loudest scream of pain I could. Corn blinked at the noise and looked down; his whole body freezing at the sight. I tried to sit up and screamed louder; the Doctor and Gum rushing to me. Corn was pushed away from me by Death, and I was lifted.
As I was being carried to the infirmary, I noticed just how badly injured my left leg was. The bone had come right out of the shin; blood gushing everywhere. I let out the weakest sound at the sight; eyes wide with horror. I couldn't move, and I heard Corn begin to apologize like crazy; skating after me. Everyone else was silent.
The Doctor laid me down on the bed, immediately using his tool on me. I could hear the whirring as my vision was blacking out; Corn's skates bursting through the door and his body on top of mine. He was apologizing like crazy and crying. I wanted to reach out and hold him, but everything was spinning and fading. I could hear him arguing with somebody, and I lost all consciousness.
"YOHAN!" Death was clinging to me; his entire body shaking. I groaned, and refused to move. He was sobbing, holding me close to him and kissing my head. My dream seemed so dark, so dreary. There was blood everywhere, and I looked at him. "Devon...?" I breathed, gasping for air. He quickly loosened his grip and pulled me into a deep kiss; his tears mixing a bit into it. I didn't know how to react, so I just laid there. He pulled away and wiped his eyes; staring at me. I was staring at him, so confused, and noticed how badly red his green eyes were.
"Heh...crying for me...?" I managed to breathe, and he cracked a bit of a smile. He touched my cheeks gently, eyes wandering. He then touched my left leg gently; eyes so filled with anger and hate. I sat up slowly and looked at my leg; noticing the fact I had been amputated. I winced, tears filling my eyes, and I looked at Death, who was starting to cry again. I hugged him tight, and he kissed my head. I slowly relaxed, and woke up.
I slowly sat up, looking around the entire room. Spotting a window in the west corner, I glanced outside and noticed it was about nighttime. I was on the east bed, and slowly moved until I was sitting on the edge of the bed; my right foot barely touching the ground. I was the only one in the room, and I could faintly hear arguing outside the infirmary. I sighed, and found crutches nearby. Grabbing them, I slowly moved towards the door, and opened it to Death and Corn at each other's throats: Aric trying to break them up. I cleared my throat, and no one moved.
"Uh...are you two seriously fighting over me?" I tried joking, only to be met with glares. I raised my hands up, and shook my head. "You guys, please stop...I'm okay, really. I'm not even mad at Corn. Can't we just get along...?" I moved closer to them, moving slowly, and set my head between their arms. They both paused, snarling, then lowered their arms in defeat. Aric let out a sigh of relief, and the Doctor came towards us.
"Aric, are you awake? Well, obviously, since you're right here. Ah, yes, sorry, Yohan; I mistook you for my son." He paused, then gave me a smile. "Ah, sorry. Rambling. You see, you need to go back into the infirmary. You're not ready to be up yet. You have something we need to take care of. And we," He grabbed Corn. "Are going to make you better!" Death snarled, and folded his arms as Aric clung to his arm; desperate to make him calm down. I sighed, and began to go back to the infirmary. Death opened his mouth, but closed it as I closed the infirmary doors, sitting back down on the bed. I could hear arguing again, then Corn was shoved into the room; the Doctor following.
No one spoke a word; Corn walking over to his computer from before and the Doctor fiddling with a machine. I shifted uncomfortably for a few minutes before blurting out, "Okay, what's the point of this?!" The Doctor looked up at me, then to Corn. "You didn't tell him?" he asked, and Corn shook his head as he typed away at the keyboard. The Doctor sighed.
"We're going to give you a leg. You are going to become sort of like Corey here; except for only one piece of yours being...new." He said new like it was a bad thing, and I stared at the Doctor. "Then why aren't you happy about it?" I asked, and the Doctor chuckled. "Why, because this is risky. I don't know how Corey put himself together, but it's far worse when it's someone you love."
Corn tensed as his typing stopped. I looked towards him, worried about him, and he turned to me. "Yohan, I love you. I'm worried about you, and I'm very sorry I hit you. I thought you were someone else, and when I saw what happened, I panicked. When you were out, we received a phone call...for you. Someone was on the other end, a guy. He wanted you, he wanted to see if you were okay...and I lied. I told him you were fine, just napping. He wants to see you, so we're doing this to keep you looking normal for him." Corn ranted suddenly, and I blinked. "Who was it?" I asked. Corn shook his head then shrugged. "I don't know. But he wants to see you tomorrow...so we have to rush."
I nodded, and laid back as the Doctor pulled out a leg from the machine; looking at my stump. He smiled, and held it close to mine as these tiny yellow lights appeared around the injury; mending my leg. The Doctor chuckled, and Corn watched silently. I laughed a bit as it tickled my skin, and soon the lights vanished. The Doctor held out his hand, and Corn blinked like crazy. "What are you doing?! We haven't attached it yet-"
I stepped off the bed, standing on both feet with eyes open; amazed. I jumped on the spot then did jumping jacks, before break dancing. I started laughing, and sat back as they gave me weird looks. "Corey, I'm fine! I don't know what happened, but it worked! I can't even tell it was ever gone!" I said happily, moving the gown slightly to show him that, in fact, there were no scars. The Doctor seemed proud, and Corn heaved a sigh of relief. "Good...good..."
I ran outside and pounced on Death; who yelped and fell on top of Aric. I laughed, and climbed off of him. "Sorry 'bout that, yo-" I blinked, looking down at my handiwork; realizing I made the two kiss. Aric went from his lightly tanned skin to extremely red, and Death went from pale white to bright red. I couldn't help but laugh harder as they moved from one another; embarrassed.
Corn came running after me as I was laughing; Death completely red. He was also staring at me. Corn sat by me and looked at the two red boys, a small smile and chuckle escaping. Death went more red and began to stammer; Aric smiling like a madman. Death smacked his arm lightly, and hid his face in his hood as the Doctor walked out. "Now what's this?" the Doctor asked, and Aric hid his face.
I smiled, relaxing, and leaned into Corn, who held me. "I'm sorry, Yo. I did a lot of bad things, I hope you can forgive me...and I hope you still want to be with me..." Corn sighed, and I pulled him into a soft kiss. He kissed me back, moving one hand to beside me as he deepened the kiss. I smiled, and watched as Death copied me out of the corner of my eye, to Aric. The Doctor chuckled, and looked up.
"Lights out. Tomorrow is a big day." I said softly as I finally pulled away. Everyone nodded, and we all went to bed.
