"Hey guess what Venom?" Static said.

"What?" I groaned. I was still half asleep and Static had tried to wake me up by poking me multiple times.

"You're 22."

"Umm … no I'm not. Have you already forgotten? I am 21 and you are 19." I was awake now so I sat up and rubbed at my eyes.

"You are now. Happy Birthday Venom." He said with a smile.

"Wait … it's my birthday?" I asked. Had it really come so fast?

"Yup it's the 9th of April. And I got you a present."

"But … how? All that's out here is desert. It's not like you can just run out to a store."

"Actually I've had this since everything was normal. It was moms." After he said this he placed a thin silver bracelet in my hand. It had intricate leafs carved into it. It was beautiful.

"Omigawd Nick this is amazing! Thank You so much!" I yelled. I reached forward and pulled him into a hug. He seemed like he was in shock from me using his real name. I pulled back from the hug and started blushing; I hadn't done anything like this since we were little. I put the bracelet around my wrist and said, "You know what let's get going. I want to see what's in that building over there." I woke Boo up and she jumped around barking and started running as soon as I got on my feet. I put my skateboard on the ground and rode off following Boo towards the building.

It had taken all day but we were finally approaching the building. Above the doors was a sign that said DINER. I hopped off of my skateboard and signaled for Static to do the same. I walked closer to the diner with my hand on my ray gun the whole time. As soon as I was at the door I listened. I could hear people singing Happy Birthday. I was confused for a moment but then I realized that singing of any kind meant that killjoys were in their, not draculoids. I let go of my raygun and knocked on the door. Things suddenly got really quite and someone came to the door.

A man a little bit taller than me opened the door. He was holding a yellow ray gun but I knew he wouldn't shoot so I ignored it. He had shoulder length red hair and he was wearing a blue jacket with worn skinny jeans. "Who are you?" he commanded.

In my most confidant voice I said, "I'm Ruby Venom and this is my brother Static Silence. Who are you?"

"I'm Party Poison. You wanna come in?" he asked. I nodded my head and we all went inside. Party Poison led us into the diner towards a large group of killjoys. "Okay guys this is Ruby Venom and that is her brother Static Silence." I smiled at them and they all smiled back. A boy about my brothers age wearing roller-skates skated towards me and said, "Nice to meet ya. I'm Show Pony." Show pony was wearing polka-dotted leggings with a thong over them and a crop top that said noise on it. Another man stepped forward and shook my hand my hand, "Hey I'm Jet Star, the guy in the power chair is Dr. Death Defying and the blonde over there is Kobra Kid." Then a ten year old girl walked over to me and said, "Hi there … my names Missile Kid. OH MY GOD IS THAT YOUR DOG?" she practically screamed the last part.

So I said, "Yes it is. Her name is Boo and she is really friendly. Why don't you go play with her?" Missile squealed and ran off to play with Boo. The last guy stood up and said, "Hey, I'm Fun Ghoul." I couldn't believe it. I had finally found Fun Ghoul. 7 years ago Cherri had told me about him, and now I found him. "We were just celebrating Poison's birthday." This day just got more and more shocking.

"Holy fucking shit!" Static yelled. "It's Venom's birthday today too!" Now I was blushing. Poison walked over to me and said, "Well then Happy Birthday to us." He was smiling and it was contagious. Then he pulled me into a long hug. I think it was love at first sight. While we were hugging he whispered in my ear, "Later when everyone goes to bed meet me in here." When we finally pulled away from each other I was smiling like an idiot.

We all sat down at one of the tables and I saw that they had a small cake sitting in front of them. Everyone sang happy birthday again and we dug into the cake. Before I knew it it was time to go to bed. We had to share rooms with someone so I ended up sharing with Poison while Static went with Kobra. Before we went to our rooms though I found Ghoul. "I need to tell you something. Back in 2012 not all that long after the bombs hit a killjoy named Agent Cherri Cola came and found me. She was shot by a Drac and she told me to tell you that she loved you. She loved you so fucking much." Ghoul didn't cry at all he just said, "Thanks for telling me Venom." He wandered off to his room and went in the opposite direction to meet with Poison.