Chapter 3: SING

[THE FABULOUS KILLJOYS]

When Fun Ghoul woke up, he found himself lying in a dark room. There were bars all around him. He slowly got up and felt a throb in his head. 'Ow,' he mumbled.

'Fun Ghoul! You're awake!' Party Poison said, relieved.

'What's happened?'

'They captured us, the Draculoids did. There were so many of 'em, more than we thought at first! You, Kobra Kid and Jet Star were all unconscious. They abducted us, and then brought us here. This is a prison, probably somewhere in the Better Living Industries building.'

Kobra Kid and Jet Star, who were also lying on the ground, woke up. 'Where are we?' Jet Star said. Party Poison explained, once again, what had happened.

'So we're in Korse's clutches,' Kobra Kid said.

'Yup. He's got us,' Party Poison agreed.

'Yes, I have,' a voice said, and the lights went on. The Killjoys could see they were in a sort of cage, in a dark room. Korse stood in the dark room, looking through the bars at the Killjoys. He looked the same as ever: bald, intense brown eyes and a murderous face. He grinned at the Killjoys. 'Not so courageous now, are you?'

'I'll rip yer fucking face off!' Kobra Kid screamed, pressing himself against the bars and reaching for Korse, but he was out of reach.

'You wish,' Korse grinned. 'But it seems I've got you.'

'One thing I don't understand though,' Party Poison said. 'Why didn't you kill the other Killjoys in the camp? You've been looking for our camps for a long time, haven't you?'

'Yes,' Korse agreed. 'But not to kill them. I need them alive, I need them to follow me. Now I've got you, what can they do against me? They'll have to support me!'

'They never will,' Fun Ghoul said angrily.

'We'll see,' Korse said.

'So you're just keeping us locked up?' Jet Star asked.

'Yes. The Killjoys have to make sure you're alive, so they don't think I'm really bad. But once they're supporting me I might as well dispose of you. Till then, you'll stay alive.' Korse smiled, then walked out of the room.

'What do we do now?' Jet Star asked. 'We can't ask of the Killjoys to fight Korse. Loads of them will die.'

'Yeah, and we literally can't ask of them to fight Korse, 'cause there ain't no way to contact them,' Fun Ghoul said.

'True,' Party Poison said. 'But we can ask of them to try to free us. Then we'll deal with Korse.'

'Yeah, but we literally can't,' Kobra Kid said. 'Cause how can we contact them?'

'I know something,' Party Poison said. 'We sing.'

'We what?' all other Killjoys said at the same time.

'We sing. With passion. And we hope someone will hear.'

'Has he gone mad?' Jet Star asked.

'Definitely,' Fun Ghoul agreed.

'No,' Kobra Kid said. 'I think he's right. We can try to make telepathic contact, by singing.'

'I suppose we can always try,' Fun Ghoul said.

'Let's go!' Jet Star called out.
And they started singing.

[BLACK TRANSMISSION]

In my dream, I heard faint singing and I saw four people sitting in a cage. After a moment I realized the singing I heard came from them. 'Hello?' I tried.

The four people looked up, seeing me. And then I realized who they were. 'Party Poison? Kobra Kid? Fun Ghoul? Jet Star?' I asked. 'Yer real? But… what're you doing there?'

'Hello,' Kobra Kid said friendly. 'Who are you?'

'I'm Black Transmission. 15 year. I live in zone 2,' I told them.

'Hi Black Transmission,' Party Poison said. 'Yeah, we're the fabulous Killjoys. But – we're trapped. Korse's got us.'

'Oh, great,' I sighed. 'So we really ain't got no hope.'

'Yes, we do!' Fun Ghoul insisted. 'We just need someone to free us. Then we'll defeat Korse.'

'But… she's just a kid,' Jet Star said softly. 'We can't put her in danger.'

'Listen,' I said. 'I don't know what yer doing in my dream, but if this is real, then I'd love to save you! I need danger! It's so boring in this camp, only having stupid Killjoy training – as if I don't know how to fight! I want to go out there! So I'll save you! Where are you?'

Party Poison smiled. 'You're a bit like me. I was also bored of Killjoy training when I was younger. We're in the Better Living Industries building. You know where that is?'

'Yeah,' I said. 'In the city. Where I'm absolutely not allowed to go.' I grinned at this, and the fabulous Killjoys grinned back.

'It's terrible we have to ask this of you, but can you go there to safe us?' Party Poison asked. 'It's our only hope, and I trust you. I know you can do this.'

'I'm comin',' I said. 'You better be ready for me, 'cause there ain't nothing that's stopping me!'
And then I woke up.

[THE FABULOUS KILLJOYS]

And then the projected image of the girl disappeared.

'How could we do this to her? She's only a girl!' Jet Star said.

'We had to. And I think we can depend on her. Why else would she be the one we managed to contact? She didn't seem to mind, by the way,' Fun Ghoul said.

'That don't say nothing. I think she will mind when she gets shot by a member of Better Living Industries.'

'Put some trust in her, will you?' Kobra Kid said. He said this so fiercely that everyone shut up.