A/N: Your reviews make me lol *literally*. And don't you guys worry I have plans for Gee and Victory ;D I'm glad you guys are really liking this one *Whispers* to be honest I thought it was going to be the worst one! *stops whispering* Ok well without further ado let there be poof!

They packed what little they could in a small back pack they found. They had Mikey wait in the motel room while they looked for supplies. Victory wasn't happy as to where they had happened to find the back pack. She looked away while Gerard out it off of the arms of an elderly man. Gerard's theory was they did what they had to so they could get by. It had a small blanket, a few old cans of beer and large red jacket.

When they got back Mikey was sitting on the bed reading a car magazine. Gerard tossed the jacket at him and went to the table to pack everything.

"What's this for?" Mikey asked sitting up and looking over the jacket. He brushed his fingers over the leather. It had a three on one arm and Cobra on the chest.

"Well." Gerard said putting cans in the pack. "Typically people put it over their arms and back to keep warm at night, or keep the sun off their back during long trips." His voice was overly sarcastic.

"Where'd it come from?" Mikey put it on. The sleeves hung over his hands. Victory sat on the bed with big eyes.

"Don't worry about it." She managed a smile.

Finally they were ready to go. The sun gave them no mercy. Not a single cloud touched the sky. Gerard pulled a pair sun goggles from his pocket and put them on. Victory had to stop and take off her jacket revealing her white lace top and tugged at her gray pants. Gerard and Mikey felt awkward until they realized the bottom part unzipped into shorts. She tossed the bottoms into the bag as well and sighed.

"That's much better!" She said stretching out. "I had my tailor put a secret zipper in their for the hot summer days." She said simply when they looked at her strangely.

"Yeah, whatever princess. Let's just get moving." Gerard said throwing the bag onto his shoulder.

They walked all day only stopping for water or food breaks. They finally stopped when the sun dropped behind the horizon of the city. They were well into the desert now. Gerard set up a fire and Victory and Mikey rolled out blankets. Victory handed out the cans of Power Pups to everyone and they all sat around the fire.

"You don't look so good, Victory." Mikey said licking the lid from his can. Gerard looked up from his can to see her with her blanket wrapped around herself.

"I'm fine. It's just really cold." She said with her eyes half closed. Gerard and Mikey exchanged looks. It was well over eighty even in the dark.

Gerard got up and pulled the blanket down. Her skin was beat red. She let out a gasp of pain as his cold fingers touched her skin.

"Gah! Don't do that!" She shouted and bit her lip. Gerard sighed in annoyance.

"Damn it. Drink this." He mumbled and tossed his water bottle at her. She guzzled it down."

"What?" Mikey asked worried. "Is she sick?"

"No. The City Princess has sun poison." Gerard said digging through the bag. "She'll be fine. It's not that bad…where the hell is the..ah!"

He came back with a small tube with the BL/ind logo on the side.

"Put his on your arms and back." He said handing it to her. "It'll get rid of the sun poison and keep you from getting burned."

She took it and undid the lid.

"Thank you." She nodded and started rubbing it in. Instantly her skin felt better. It was a strange mix of cool and warm.

"Good to know something good is coming from Better Living Industry." She mumbled and put her head down on the pillow.

"How much more walking do we have?" she asked hugging her bottle of water close to her and closed her eyes.

Gerard sat next to Mikey and tossed another log on the fire.

"I'd say about a day in a half." He said lying down. "So…is it helping?"

His voice crackled a little.

There was no answer. He sat up to see her fast asleep hugging the bottle like a teddy bear. He laid back down.

"The second we make it to the city we are so ditching her." He whispered to Mikey.

Mikey rolled over and shrugged.

"I kinda like her." He said yawning. Gerard looked up at the stars.

"That's the problem."

The next morning they woke up and started walking. Victory was amazed at how much the cream had worked. Her skin was completely gone of red blemishes or sore spots. This time she kept her jacket on as they walked. They walked for most of the day when they saw several figures in the distance. Gerard pulled them behind a rock to get a better look.

Two boys were kicking what looked to be another person. A third was going through a few bags and tossing everything out.

"Aww, what's the big scary guy gonna do?" One of the boys jeered. The second kicking stopped and held up a small white rabbit.

"What's a matter? Were you trying to save your little bunny?" The second teased.

"Let it go!" The victim shouted. They kicked him hard in the stomach.

Gerard looked up from behind the rock.

"I think I know that guy!" He whispered. Mikey stuck his head out too.

"That's the guy from the camp!" Mikey said. "The one who kept that other guy from fighting with us! Wasn't his name like Ray or something?"

Gerard nodded.

Ray rolled on his side and spat up blood.

"I don't wan' any troub-ble." He tried to talk but his cheek was too swollen. He went to get up but the first boy planted a foot hard into Ray's back.

"You're not going anywhere." He chuckled darkly. He nodded to the other boy. "Marcus! What do you say we have this little bunny for dinner?"

Marcus nodded and got out his knife.

"NO!" Ray shouted and held out his arm.

Mikey shoved Gerard.

"Do something!" Mikey pleaded. Victory nodded.

"We can't just let them do this!" She said.

Gerard hopped out from behind the rock and held out the lazer gun.

"NO BODY MOVE!" He shouted. The three guys jumped up and put their hands in the air at the site of the gun. The one they called Marcus dropped the rabbit which scampered off.

"RUN RUN BUNNY! RUN!" Mikey popped out and shouted. Gerard glared at the attackers.

"Easy!" The one said taking his foot off of Ray's back. "We were just joking around, right kid?" He nudged Ray who winced in pain.

"I suggest you three get the hell out of here before I count to three." Gerard said pulling back the hammer of the gun. "One…"

The three boys dropped their things and scattered. Gerard put the gun down and watched them fade over the hill. He looked down to Ray and offered a hand.

"Thanks man." Ray said getting up. He had several cuts on his cheek and lips but all in all he would live.

"No problem." Gerard shrugged.

"Hey!" Ray said taking a step back. "You're the guy from the camp! Damn man you really know how to pick your fights!" He said laughing.

"I could say the same for you!" Gerard laughed and scratched the back of his head. "You are easily twice those guys size. Why didn't you fight back?"

Ray got a little red in the face.

"I'm not much of a fighter. There's already too much violence in the world." He looked down.

"Then why'd you start anything with them in the first place?" Mikey asked.

Ray bit his lip.

"There was a…bunny in a trap….I was trying to save it and they jumped me….." He said ashamed.

It was awkwardly silent for the next for moments. Victory finally nudged Gerard.

"Well…um…we're heading to the city. You could um…come along if you want. You know, incase those guys try and like…come back or something like that." Gerard said.

Ray's face lit up.

"Really?" He said. "I was heading that way already! I heard they are setting up new camps there that will keep everyone safe."

Gerard nodded.

"Sure. This is Victory." He said pulling her forward. "She's the daughter of Korse. We're following her back to see if we can get things settled for ourselves."

"NO WAY!" Ray said backing up. "But she's dead! It's all over the news!"

"It's a little complicated." Victory said. "I'll explain on the way."

Victory and Gerard explained everything from the bombing up till the broadcasting. It was a little hard for Ray to comprehend androids taking over but he said he did see a few men in Dracula masks searching the camps after the bombing. Finally they stopped for the night and set up camp.

Victory and Gerard noticed Ray was very shy and kept mostly to himself. They all sat around the fire and the boys told stories about life in the refugee camps. Gerard pulled out the cans of beer and handed them to Victory and Ray. The three of them cracked them open. They were warm but the bubbly feeling reminded them all of pop. After a few sips Victory already felt the alcohol going to her head.

As they told stories she listened intently. She had no idea it was so bad outside of the city. What amazed her was how close they all seemed as they told the stories.

"How can you all be so happy with out anything?" Victory finally asked. "You have no house or electronics or cool clothes…how do you guys do it?"

"What you are." Gerard started as he stared into the fire. "It's just what you own. What have you become when they take from you almost everything."

"Free." Ray chuckled. Mikey and Gerard laughed lightly.

"Exactly. Once they take everything you have all you have left is each other." Gerard said looking at Mikey who was poking at the fire. "It brings you closer and lets you realize what you do have."

They let it fall quiet for a moment as they pondered this idea.

Finally a scream broke the silence.

They all jumped to see Ray jump back several feet.

"What is it!" Victory shouted as she got to her feet. Gerard stepped forward and lifted a snake from the ground. It hissed at him and coiled around his arm. They all looked at Ray.

"I don't like snakes ok!...or spiders." He said crossing his arms.

"Oh my god." Victory huffed and sat back down.

"Really dude?" Gerard said tossing the snake into the bushes.

"I just have a problem with creepy crawly things!" Ray retorted.

"I can't believe it." Victory laughed hard and knocked her beer over. They all turned as she laughed so hard she fell off of the log she sat on.

"Cut it out!" Ray glared.

"Yeah…it wasn't that funny." Gerard said raising an eyebrow.

"No…hahaha…no you don't get it. Haha!" She tried to compose herself.

"Care to let the rest of us in on it?" Gerard motioned his hand in a circle.

Finally Victory sat up and tried to catch her breath. She picked up her beer and leaned on the log.

"I just realized…"She said between snickers.

"This trip just suddenly turned into the Wizard of Oz! Haha…I'm Dorothy, you're the cowardly lion." She pointed to Ray.

"You're Toto." She pointed to Mikey. "And you're the Tin Man!" She pointed at Gerard.

They all stopped for a moment and thought then erupted with laughter. All except Gerard.

"Why am I the Tim Man?" He asked. Victory giggled and stood on the log wrapping an arm around his neck. He could feel the heat from her skin on his neck. She pointed at him with her index finger while she held her beer.

"It's cuz yer so serious." She giggled and tried to make a stern face. "errrr!"

"Haha, nice one!" Ray started chuckling again and sipped his beer.

Gerard took the beer from her hand.

"I think that's enough for you…" He said setting it aside. She pouted and rested her head on his shoulder.

"Party Poison." She grumbled.

"What?" He said trying to step away but she wrapped her other arm around him and kept her head on his shoulder.

"You're a party poison! You don't know how to have fun." She stuck her tongue out and made a face at him.

"Let's just go to bed." Gerard protested. He felt something warm on his cheek. His heart skipped a beat as he realized it was her lips.

"Good night Party Poison." She giggled and crawled under her blanket. His face flushed. He tried to rub his where she had kissed but no matter how much he tried he could still feel those soft lips on his cheek.

"Everyone just get to bed!" He growled and crawled under his own blanket.

"Wooah. Who pissed in your Cheerios?" Ray said laughing again.

"Let's just get some sleep so we can get up bright and early tomorrow." Gerard rolled away from the circle. "I wanna get to the City as soon as possible."

And away from that damn girl. He thought.

"Okay, Party Poison Tin Man…" Victory chuckled to herself and pressed her face into her pillow.

"Great…now all we need is a brainless Scarecrow and we're a full set." Gerard said to himself and scowled into the dark. Slowly he brought his hand to his cheek. A thin smile crept over his lips.

A/N: hope that holds you off untill we get to the good stuff. I mostly wanted to write the Bunny part so i could have the line "Run run bunny run" from Destroya. Such a random lyric. bet you cant guess who the next person we meet is...O.o...ok bet you can because foreshadowing is like that but it'll still be worth it and i swear there'll be some sort of surprise...just you see. something you never expected O.o MIND FREAK BITCHES