7 years later
I raced through the desert with my brother, Static Silence, behind me, remembering those days so many years ago that had changed my life forever. If Cherri hadn't come to me I still would've been in that city, sitting in that house, high on BL/ind's "happy" pills. But now I was running from draculoids hoping that I could reach other killjoys. Don't get me wrong me and my brother had met many killjoys and they usually asked us to join their groups … but it just never felt right. I was still searching for a killjoy named Fun Ghoul so I could carry on Cherri's message. If we ever found Fun Ghoul then we would ask to join their group … we wouldn't join anyone else's.
Anyways me and Static Silence were running from a couple of Dracs. Static was riding along on his skateboard shooting Dracs from behind. I was riding next him shooting as well. I still used the ray gun that Cherri gave me but I had painted it a deep red. It went well with my new name, Ruby Venom. I heard a thump as one of the Dracs fell to the ground then another thump as the next one fell. I hopped off of my skateboard and shot the final drac. I walked back over to their bodies and ripped their masks off of their faces. All three of them were just random guys I didn't know. Whenever I killed a Drac I looked under the mask to see if it was my mom or dad. After all these years I still hadn't found them. I had told Static that they were dead so he wouldn't worry.
I walked back over to Static and picked up my board. "Why do you always do that?" he asked me.
"Do what?"
"That thing where you always take the mask off of a draculoid."
I had no answer to that so I just shrugged and said, "I don't know why … I just do." I hopped back on my board and started riding. Finding these skateboards had been a great moment. Walking could be really tiring, riding a skateboard was faster and a bit easier once you got the hang of it. I was taken out of my thoughts when I passed by something lying on the ground. I would've never noticed because it blended so well with the desert. I hopped off my skateboard and carried it over to the mysterious object. When I got close enough I noticed that it was a dog! I started running to close the space between us. The dog was a mix between a boxer and a pit bull, it was a girl, and she had tan fur spotted with browns and dark yellows. Parts of her feet were white and so were parts of her head. She was lying on the ground and I could tell that she was literally starving to death.
"Static! Get your ass over here!" I yelled as loud as I could. He rode over to where I stood and took the backpack off of his back. He was already yanking a can of beans out of his pack. This was the only food we have left in the world, beans. He popped the can open and sat it in front of the dog. She ate the can eagerly then stood up. She was obviously feeling better after one can of food. "Hey girlie, you wanna come with us?" I asked the dog. "hmm you're gonna need a name!" Static walked over to pet her head and said, "Im gonna call her Boo!"
"That is an awesome name." I said with a smile. I looked over at Boo and smiled. "I think it's the perfect name. Now come here Boo. We have to keep moving." I started walking in a random direction and Static followed along with Boo.
We'd only made it a few miles but it was getting too dark. "Okay I think it's time to pack up for the night." Me and Static sat down and Boo sat down right between us. I looked around for a moment and saw a dot in the distance. It was pretty far away but I knew that it wasn't a drac. It was a building. "Tomorrow I think we should head that way." While I said this I was pointing towards the dot. Static squinted and said, "Yeah I think that's a great idea … for now im gonna crash." I laid down on the dust that I was so familiar with and fell asleep right away.