~defy~
Another loose cannon gone bi-polar,
Slipped down, couldn't get much lower,
Quicksand's got no sense of humor,
I'm still laughing like hell…
Auburn rays of sunlight sank below the horizon as Sam stood at the very end of the pier, watching the waves ripple and crash against the wooden posts that held him up. He counted down by the second as the sky became black and the stars above him began to shine. That small excited smile played on his lips as he turned his back on the water and walked towards the crowds that hurried about on the boardwalk.
For the first time since coming to the pier his brother had decided that they could split up; with the promise that if anything happened to him that Sam would find him, but they split up none the less. Of course that also came with Michael's promise to not go with the strange girl from before. The older boy had looked reluctant to say such a thing; in the end however with use of Sam's puppy dog eyes, he promised and the younger was satisfied.
Once the promises and vows had been made, Michael disappeared into the crowd and Sam finally let the excited grin out on his features. He would get to see Dwayne tonight with no distractions from his brother. Sighing in slight contentment, he stepped around the different people and made his way into the Comic Book store that he'd seen earlier. While he liked the colorful books, his brother wasn't fond for them; and this was his first chance to see what they had without Michael's sarcastic comments about how much of a dork Sam was.
As he wondered down the aisles and explored the different shelves, his eyebrows furrowed together in annoyance at the utter disorganization. The Batman's were with the Night Crawler Chronicles; he paused as he glanced down through the mess of comics. After a second glance, it wasn't exactly that everything was shoved together. There were proper sections, the Batman's, the Superman's, the Green Lantern's, and so forth; it was that there were what looked to be Vampire Horror comics mixed in with everything.
Shaking his head at the now prominent organization, he began to leaf through the Superman rack; blatantly ignoring the horror comics. Eventually he sighed in frustration and looked up, before jumping back a step when he found a boy slightly taller than himself and wearing a bandana staring him down, "Can I help you?" Sam put a hand to his chest to calm his racing heart. It was not cool to scare someone like that.
"You like comics?" The question was flat, if not a little creepy and Sam felt himself backing up a step more. He nodded slightly and an indistinguishable magazine was shoved in his face from the side. Yelping a bit he grabbed the book as it fell into his hands and glanced up to see a dark haired boy wearing army gear standing next to him. Shivers ran up his spine at the gazes of the two weird boys as he looked down at the comic; Blood Suckers Last Stand.
Frowning deeply Sam shoved the comic back at the closest boy and looked up, "I don't like horror comics." A small chuckle came from the one across the shelf as he walked away to the register to help someone with their purchases. Shaking his head he started to walk out of the store, silently vowing to himself to never come back, when he felt a hand on his shoulder. Turning slightly he found the second boy staring at him in a way that could be considered stalker like.
"Be careful, they're out there." With the words said the strange boy walked away and disappeared into the shelves. Completely freaked out, Sam rushed out of the store doors and ran into what felt like a brick wall. He fell to the ground with a painful thud, landing harshly on his ass. For a moment he just laid there, collecting the breathe that had been knocked out of him; before leaning up on his elbows and glancing up to see just what he had run into. Chilling blue eyes glared down at him and Sam felt himself sneer up at the leader of the mysterious group that he'd become quite enamored with.
The curly blond haired boy that stood next to the snarling man grinned down at him and reached out his hand, "You alright? Don't mind David, he's a jerk sometimes." His expression immediately morphed at the friendly attitude being bestowed and Sam took the offered hand with a smile. Once on his feet he dusted his clothes of the sand and glanced back at David with a frown. The man was rolling his eyes at the smaller man's behavior and he found himself amused.
"Yeah, I'm fine, needs to stop acting like he's a fucking wall." The startled laugh that escaped the brightly dressed man made Sam's smile widen. As he calmed himself down, the rocker with dark purple jeans appeared from the crowd stepping up to them with Dwayne. Even though he felt the hazel eyes of the dark haired Adonis on him, he refused to be fazed; though when the rocker saw David's expression and the severe amusement of the shorter man, he grinned in delighted confusion.
There was a short moment before he spoke up with a snort, "Who stole the icicle from David's ass and why is Marko killing himself laughing?" This caused Marko to startle in to shoulder wracking laughter once more, this time with Sam joining him. Confused, the man looked to Dwayne with a raised eyebrow, "What did I say?" The dark haired man shrugged in an uncaring way and looked around at the passing crowd.
When he'd gained back the ability to speak and was in no way going to start laughing again Marko looked at Sam with a grin that would surely split his face, "You're not too bad kid. I'm Marko by the way, that's Paul," the rocker nodded, "You've met David and that's Dwayne." Sam's eyes drifted to the towering man with a nod of his own, meeting his eyes for only a second before turning back to Marko.
"Nice to meet you, though you're friend could work on his personality." David looked ready to bite his head off, if Marko hadn't been standing between them; something about his attitude just rubbed him the wrong way. All Sam did was tick an eyebrow at him and cross his arms, cocking his hip to the side. He knew in fact that he was striking the very pose a girl would if she was severely pissed off, so it was no surprise when Paul laughed happily and even Dwayne gave an amused smirk.
"We're still working with him on it," Marko almost tripped when the taller man shoved him harshly, but all the blond did was grin back over his shoulder, "As you can see our efforts aren't going well." Sam nodded as he finally noticed Michael walking through the crowd looking as if he was searching for someone. Rolling his eyes he looked at Marko with a sheepish grin.
Suddenly Michael spotted him and Sam felt the blood drained from his face; though he had to be thankful that from where his brother was standing he couldn't see the group of boys. This was not how he foresaw his brother meeting them. In a quick rush to prevent the premature meeting, Sam laughed nervously and started to skirt away towards the crowd, "You know it was nice to meet you all, but I've got to go." As his brother started to weave through the crowd, Sam panicked as he waved quickly to the men before rushing forward into the people to meet Michael half way. "Mike!" He called as the older boy almost passed him.
"There you are Sammie," When he finally saw his brother close up Sam couldn't help the wide grin that took over his face at the large overstuffed dog that Michael held in his hands. A bright orange ribbon was tied around its neck and the red cloth tongue hung out of its stitched mouth. He laughed as the taller boy gave him a small embarrassed shrug before handing the dog to him, "You just seemed let down the other night."
Red flushed Sam's cheeks as he held the large animal close to him, his turn to be embarrassed; he had acted like that hadn't he. "Thanks Mike," He smiled at his older brother and the boy smiled back as the awkwardness was lifted, "You wanna grab something to eat?" For a moment Michael looked around searchingly before shaking his head in the negative.
"I'm not really hungry yet, I'm gonna walk around a little more. You go ahead and get something though if you're hungry," Sam nodded and with the go ahead, Michael turned and disappeared into the crowd once more. A look of confusion and worry placed itself firmly on his face until he felt warm breathe on his neck, causing him to yelp loudly and whip around to find Marko standing behind him with a smirk.
Rolling his eyes, Sam rose his eyebrows in a clearly annoyed expression. The smirk widened as he motioned towards the dog, "Boyfriend of yours?" Bile rose in his throat as the images of his brother and him in forbidden positions raced to the forefront of his mind. For a moment he gagged and went green in the face before shaking it off to glare at the short blond.
"That is utterly disgusting, he's my brother." Marko only chuckled at the information and once more motioned to the dog in Sam's arms, "He got it for me because I had wanted it the other night and apparently I seemed let down." The colorful man nodded with a smile as he chewed on the pinkie of his glove, looking off into the crowd. When it seemed that he wasn't going to speak again, Sam turned to walk off towards the food booths.
Before he was our of earshot the man behind him spoke up, "But you still like Dwayne's panda better." It was a statement instead of a question and it caused Sam to stop in his tracks, his eyes going wide in shock. Long seconds of screaming silence rang in his ears, even though he knew that the noise around him was staggering. He whipped around to question the man, but when he did Marko was gone having disappeared into the sea of people.
How the hell did Marko know about the panda? Did the group tell each other everything? Were they that close? He had a feeling that everything that was happening had just shifted in a steep downhill slope and that his stomach was going to have that free fall feeling until he found the next scene. As his heart rate rose, Sam's vision went white and he fell limp to the ground as his body seized; the vision flashing through his mind.
You think that by crying to me,
Looking so sorry that I'm gonna believe,
You've been infected by a social disease,
Well then take your medicine…
~defy~