Joker a second of great pleasure

Joker a beckoned runaway leisure

~oOo~

The rustling of someone else getting out of bed brought us away from our conversation. It was Ellis and Rhianne. They both came over and took a seat by us.

"Heya," I said, putting on my best smile. I saw Nick eye me out of the corner of my eye. I was going to pretend the conversation we just had never happened.

"What's up?" Nick asked casually.

"Couldn't sleep," Rhianne mumbled.

"Liar. You kept kickin' me," Ellis grinned. Rhianne laughed, but it didn't touch her eyes.

"What's wrong Rhi?"

"Nothing….its…..its Katy," She said. The three of us shared a look, then looked back at Rhianne, and waited for her to continue.

"Is she healthy enough to continue?" She asked.

"Even if she isn't, she would still keep going. Plus we couldn't leave her behind," I said simply.

"I know, but if we keep going she's just going to slow us down," she said each word with care, almost as if she said it wrong she would be in trouble.

"….What are you getting at Rhianne?" Nick asked.

"I think we should mercy kill her." Everything in the room seemed to stop. Suddenly we were all standing, watching her every move.

"You're kidding right?" Venom dripped from my words. I felt like I was in defense mode.

"No." That's when I saw it: the magnum that had been attached to her leg was now in her hand, her finger on the trigger.

"That's just wrong Rhi! We ain't got the heart to kill a kid!" Ellis argued.

"If you won't, then I will," She growled. Her words stung me like a thousand bees.

"No, you won't," I snarled.

"And what's going to stop me?" she laughed, as if the idea was absurd.

"I will," I said, taking a step forward. Suddenly, the gun was pointed at me. I took a sharp intake of breath, and didn't move.

"I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU TOO. I WON'T HESITATE. I'LL PULL THE DAMN TRIGGER AND SEND YOU ON YOUR MERRY FUCKING WAY!" Rhianne yelled, the gun was still pointed directly at my forehead. Rochelle and Coach stirred, and looked over at us.

"What the hell?"

"Young'un, what the hell are you doing?" They demanded.

"STAY OUT OF THIS!" She cried. I couldn't believe it. THIS was my best friend, and now she wanted to kill Katy AND me?

"Go ahead." I said. Everyone stopped.

"Bri are you insane?" Nick said harshly.

"No, I'm not. If you're going to kill Katy, or me, just do it already! If you're so fucking sure of it, DO IT!" I cried. I wouldn't show her just how afraid I was.

"Why?" she finally asked.

"Why? If you kill Katy, what do I have left? Isn't it obvious Rhi? I just lost you too."

"But you haven't lost Katy yet," She said after a few seconds. The gun was lowering, slowly, but steadily. Oh god, I said too much. They didn't know…

"Not yet. Which means we can still avoid it," I said, taking a step closer. I reached out towards the gun, but she flinched back.

"Do you really think I would let her kill me?" The voice made me stop. Oh no….Katy woke up.

"Of course not. We wouldn't let her anyway," Rochelle said.

"Drop it Rhi," Katy said, getting up slowly. Rhi turned the gun to Katy, almost as if to say come closer, I dare you.

"Rhi, I don't know if you remember, but we're best friends. If that means anything to you, you're going to drop the gun." She hesitated, which scared me, and I acted. I grabbed the magnum from Nick's holster on his leg (which he was obviously shocked by) and attempted to hit Rhi upside the head with it. Yes, I was aiming for a pistol whip. But she turned at the last second, and hit me instead. As the gun connected with the back of my head, my vision went black. I felt myself hit the ground, but didn't have the strength to get back up.

"WHAT THE HELL?"

"She started it!" I heard a something along the lines of a struggle, and someone being slammed against a wall.

"You listen to me you little brat," Nick's voice….. "You hurt her again and I swear I'll shoot you. I SWEAR to god, I WILL SHOOT YOU." I tried blinking, and my vision returned. It was blurry, and the back of my head was throbbing. As I tried sitting up, my head exploded with pain. I reached my hand back as a natural reaction, and felt something warm. I pulled my hand back, and the red blob of color immediately made me aware of the fact that I was bleeding.

"You ok Bri?" Nick's voice was soft, and I could tell he was right next to me.

"Well, my best friend wants to kill my other best friend, she pistol whipped me, I'm bleeding, my vision is blurry as shit, and my head hurts like a bitch. I'm just fuckin' dandy," I said harshly.

"Yeah you're ok," Nick laughed. I didn't laugh along with him. I kept blinking, but my vision still wouldn't re-adjust.

"Fuck, I can't see," I muttered miserably.

"Sorry Bri," I heard Rhianne say from the other side of the room.

"Fuck you," I spat at her without a second thought. I was apparently still in defense mode.

"Just ignore it," Nick said. I sat back against the wall, trying to avoid placing my head against it.

"We need to bandage that up," He said.

"No shit Sherlock," I bit back. He sighed, and I felt pressure applied on my head.

"OW." I complained. He pressed it again, and my vision went back into focus.

"What the hell….?" I murmured to myself. I looked around the room, and noticed Ellis and Rhi in the corner. They were whispering to each other, but I couldn't hear them. Rhianne looked extremely guilty. She should. Rochelle and Coach were tending to Katy, and Nick was with me.

"Done." He said. The bandages had literally been wrapped around my head.

"Not bad for a con man," I smiled. I sighed, and leaned against him. My head was still throbbing, but I felt extremely weak. I closed my eyes, and let my nightmares take over.

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Oh my, I'm sorry if that didn't make sense. XD But Rhianne actually did say that if Katy broke her leg that she would want to mercy kill her. Well, this chapter was the result. ^-^;; Review? :D