Chapter Two: Pest Control
As we walked into our apartment area, I noticed two young kids throwing things into a trash bin that was ablaze. I instantly recognized them as Reginald and Gavin, two youngsters that always wanted to hang around us. I laughed and nudged Moses, pointing to the kids.
"Oi, Gavin! You pyro!" Moses laughed.
"My name ain't Gavin! I'm Mayhem! And he's Probs!" The youth exclaimed, pointing to himself and his friend.
"Probs and Mayhem? Seriously?" I scoffed in laughter.
"Couldn't come up with something better?" Pest asked. We walked past them, and they followed after us.
"Wow! What is that?" Reginald asked, noticing the alien Dennis was holding.
"None of your business." Biggz laughed.
"Where you going? Let us come with you!" Gavin exclaimed.
"No!" I exclaimed. They were too young to be getting involved in all this crap… It isn't always fun, and we aren't always lucky.
"Come on Moses! Let us rolls wiv you! We're bad boys!" Reginald begged.
"No Reginald! This is big boy business! You're too tiny!" Jerome exclaimed.
"Yeah, get in touch wiv us when you get your first pube!" Pest said, we all chuckled.
"Go suck your Mum!" Reginald spat back.
"Oh, feisty little bugger." I chuckled. We continued walking and talking, leaving the two behind to cause whatever trouble they're hearts desired.
"Does this mean we're going to chips in our bodies?" I asked, we had been discussing the possible outcomes after finding and killing this thing.
"Wild, fam." Pest said.
"Not as wild as that." Moses pointed to the alien, we all laughed. We dropped our bikes in my garage, seeing as how I had the key, and continued into our building, Pest slinging an arm over my shoulder. When we walked in, I noticed a chap up ahead. He didn't look like no one from the block, so it's our duty to mess with him. We walked up behind him and he about jumped out of his skin.
"I already pressed it….. Take enough time…." His attempt at acting calm made me chuckle. The elevator ding-ed and we all shouldered past him and into the elevator, Dennis, being the last one, stared at him until he stomped at him and the guy jumped.
"Enough, man." I laughed as I looked at the others. Moses nodded. I pressed the button.
"Express elevator to the penthouse suite." Pest smiled. The doors closed on the gaping guy, and we rode up to floor 19. Once there, we walked to Ron's place where I pressed the doorbell. I do like pressing buttons.
"YO RON!" Pest yelled. We got no answer so I pressed it a few more times.
"YO RON!" I yelled this time. I heard noises from the other side and it opened.
"Ready?" He asked, we nodded and he opened it all the way and we piled inside. I made a break for the couch, taking off my beanie and braids, shaking my dark brown hair loose, then collapsing onto the couch, laying down. The boys walked over, each taking a seat.
"Move it." Pest ordered, I lifted myself up enough to allow him to sit, then settled my head in his lap while Moses moved my feet to sit. Dennis grabbed a joint and lit up. The boys were all chatting and I found myself going in and out of focus from being so damn tired.
"Shut up, man!" Dennis snapped at Biggz, for what, I wasn't entirely sure.
"Well done, lads." Ron spoke, I twisted my head to see him walking out of the bathroom with the chap from downstairs. Hm, where the hell did he come from?
"I'm a girl!" I reminded. It really got annoying having to do that.
"You've discovered a species, hitherto unknown to science…. Perhaps non-terrestrial in origin…. And you bashed it's fucking head in!" Ron ignored me and continued his little speech, making us all laugh at the end. Biggz and Pest did a fist pound, Dennis ruffled my hair and I swatted his hand away, laughing slightly, and Moses high-fived Jerome. Ron turned to his mate, whispered something to him, and walked off to the weed room, leaving the chap to us.
"That thing could be worth bare money." I stated after a few minutes. They all looked at me.
"You're probably right love." Pest smiled. Pest and I had known each other since we were 4, so out of all the guys, I was most comfortable around him, even though he was probably one of the biggest, most annoying potheads on the English continent, I loved him anyhow. It was rare to see either of us, without the other close behind, and being in the gang was no different.
"We're getting rich off that, because we discovered it!" Dennis exclaimed.
"EBay, fam!" Pest laughed,
"Alert the media! Exclusive rights to the highest bidder!" Biggz chuckled. I snatched the joint away from Pest and took a hit, he flicked my nose, glaring slightly, and took it back.
"The Sun, fam! They believe anything." I said, looking away from Pest and to the others.
"Nah, not the Sun, they'll just dress it up like one of them Page 3 girls." Pest replied.
"Call the Guardian… If it's a proper paper, people will believe it." Dennis said.
"But tabloids pay more money, bruv." I pointed out.
"We can't go the papers…. The FBI will confiscate it off us." Biggz added.
"FBI? This is England, fam! There ain't no FBI!" I scoffed.
"Yeah, we have like Section 6 or something." Dennis agreed.
"We need an expert to identify that thing!" Jerome said.
"Hey, look in the Yellow Pages, for them scientist people that know about meteor things." Biggz said.
"The Yellow Pages? Like what, a for "aliens"?"Dennis asked, shoving Biggz' shoulder lightly.
"We need a lawyer, or a manager or something." Jerome said.
"Hey, bell up Simon Cowell! Aliens Got Talent!" Pest laughed, we all laughed along with him.
"Jokes, man, jokes!" Ron's mate laughed from the corner, we all stopped and looked at him. He stood awkwardly before walking over,
"Actually, I did this zoology module at uni… Primatalogy, Mammaology, all that shizzle." He said, we all just stared at him. What is he on about now?
"That thing in there, don't belong to no taxon, I've ever studied." He said.
"You've met Brewis then… Very reliable customer." Ron spoke, causing all of us to look up.
"What's gwanin?" He asked, moving to fist pound with Dennis.
"Hey, move, blood!" Dennis exclaimed, getting in his face. We all laughed, Pest put his face close to mine, kissing my cheek and forehead, where I had scars from previous fights, and where the street scraped my cheek earlier. I noticed he became very affectionate when stoned…. He lifted back up and turned towards the other two, I sat up all the way, and noticed Moses grab the alien and then saw him and Ron walk off to the weed room. I got up and walked into the kitchen, extremely hungry and thirsty. After searching and finding nothing to satisfy either of my problems, I walked back out to find the guys watching… The Nature Channel. Big shocker. I plopped back into my spot, Pest sliding an arm onto my shoulder.
"Brewis!" I heard Ron exclaim. The chap was so absorbed in his show he didn't notice. I rolled my eyes and scooted close enough where I could reach him with my foot.
"Brewis! Hey, mate!" I exclaimed, nudging him with the toe of my shoe.
"What?" He asked, turning away from the TV.
"Ron, man." I replied, nodding back at the man in question.
"Oh, okay!" He said, he got up and walked to Ron.
"You alright?" Ron asked him.
"Yeah, yeah, fine." Brewis responded. It was then I noticed Moses walk out, a small smile on his face.
"What's up bruv?" I asked him.
"What you smiling about?" Pest asked.
"I bet he got a job!" Dennis exclaimed.
"Is it?" Biggz exclaimed.
"I bet he got recruited, innit?" Jerome exclaimed, Moses' smile just got bigger, we all hopped up from our seats.
"What's that in your pocket?" I asked, pointing. He had pulled something out, and knelt down.
"I bet Hi-Hatz is gonna step you up!" Biggz exclaimed.
"What's that?" We all asked, he stuck whatever it was in his sock, and looked out the window, I did too.
"Yo, check it!" He said.
"What bruv?" Pest asked.
"More!" I exclaimed.
"More what?" Dennis asked.
"Of them things, man! Look!" I exclaimed, pointing out the window where meteor looking things were falling out of the sky. We all walked to the window and stared out.
"It's just rockets, innit?" Dennis asked again.
"Nah, rockets go up before they come down." Pest said, I nodded.
"Them things is pure coming down." I said.
"They're the same!" Moses exclaimed.
"Same as what?" Jerome asked.
"Same as what hit that car, fam." He replied.
"Trust!" Pest exclaimed.
"No! It's more of them little gremlins!" Biggz exclaimed.
"Hey! It's raining Gollums!" Dennis laughed.
"Bare creatures!" Moses exclaimed. Just as he said this, one landed right in the park near the block.
"Look! That one landed in the park, fam! Close!" I exclaimed, pointing.
"Oh, lovely fireworks." Ron said.
"Nah, mate, it's an alien invasion!" Dennis exclaimed.
"Of course it is!" Ron laughing lightly.
"Let's go fuck them up!" I exclaimed.
"I'm killing them! I'm killing them straight!" Biggz declared excitedly.
"Let's get tooled up, blood!" Pest called, we all turned and made a dash to the door and out of the apartment.
"Hey, somebody call pest control!" Pest's lame joke made us all chuckle as we ran for the stairs. Flying down them, Jerome was the first to make it to his floor, then Biggz, then Pest and I. I ran into my apartment and found my uncle on the couch with his current slut,
"What the fuck are you doing?" He slurred.
"None of your business." I snapped, continuing into my room.
"You fucking bitch!" He yelled, I was aware of the sound of a bottle hitting the wall behind me, but since he was drunk, his aim was off. Ignoring him, I ran into my room and over to my bed, I grabbed out my trusty metal bat from underneath, and the nunchucks I had borrowed from Dennis, I shoved them into my back pocket, and then I yanked off my black sweater, throwing on a tighter hoodie and fixing my hair. After I was finished, I ran out.
"I hope you fucking die!" My Uncle shouted, another bottle hit the wall as I bolted out the door. I barely got it shut as another one hit the door. I looked up to see Pest standing there, staring at me.
"What do you think your doing? We've got monsters to kill!" I exclaimed, I grabbed his hand and pulled him to the stairs. We ran to the garages and met up with everyone.
"Pogo!" I exclaimed, noticing Dennis' dog.
"Dad forced me to bring him." Dennis said, I pet the animal on the head, and grabbed for my motorbike.
"Ready to go, fam?" Pest asked.
"Hell yeah, bruv!" I smiled.
"Let's go kill some Gollums." Dennis agreed. Biggz, Moses, and Jerome nodded. We all got on our bikes and rode out.
Tell me what you think! I don't own Attack The Block, I do own my OCs. So, R&R for cookies! Well... The virtual kind at least...
Rhey.
