AN: hi! :D how u guys liking the story so far? (review plez!) i wont be updating for a while, i hav a history test coming up soon :'( i'll update asap ok? now- on with chapter 5!

"…Rose…" a familiar voice called. "Rose, wakeup…" the voice at first sounded distant, but became nearer and nearer as I was pulled from my peaceful slumber. "Wha'?" I asked groggily. Opening my eyes I saw Missile's cheery face. "I just came to see if you wanted some dinner before everyone turns in for the night." I nodded slowly and dragged myself out of my much-to-comfortable-bed.

Missile grabbed the hand on my good side, and pulled me out of the room, down the hall, around a few corners, then we were face to face with the others, who were eating. Wow, walking in right in the middle of dinner- that's not awkward. Everyone looked up from their can of power pup, and I received some 'this is totally embarrassing' waves, which I returned. "You must be Marvelous Cyanide Rose." A man who was seated in a power chair said, rolling over to my side while extending his arm.

I shook his gloved hand and interpreted this was Dr. Deathdefying. "Have a seat. Hey, Pony! Grab another can of power pup!" Pony nodded once before skating out of the room, only to return moments later, a can of power pup in his hand. I gratefully took it and chowed down- I was starving. But, no matter how starving, I still made a face at the taste- you never got used to the taste of this stuff, even if you ate it everyday.

Devouring the first can, I looked around noticing that some of the others had retreated to their rooms; all except for Ghoul, Poison, C.C., Dr. D, Pony, and I. I watched as C.C. chatted with Ghoul, laughing at some joke he made. I smiled; they looked so happy, even with the current situation. Poison was picking at his leftover power pup with a disgusted expression, much like I had made. He excused himself from the table and started heading for his room.

"So long, and goodnight!" I called and waved to him, just in time before he turned a corner. He smiled warmly and waved back, then disappeared from sight. I got up from the table as well, my stomach suddenly feeling weird. "Oh, I'll walk you back to our room. I should probably turn in too; bye Ghoul…" C.C. said quietly before walking over to my side and linking arms with me. "Bye C.C…" Ghoul said as we walked away, sadness obvious in his words.

I looked over at C.C., she was obviously upset. "You don't have to walk me back to the room, I'll be ok. My stomach actually feels better now." I said in an attempt to cheer her up. Her lips turned up slightly at the corners, but it instantly changed back into a frown. "No, it's ok. But thanks for the offer." She said, looking at me with a forced smile. I shrugged, and looked down towards my feet, not wanting to see her sadness anymore.

I should have been watching where I was going, because I practically slammed into someone in front of me. I gasped and felt a deep blush spread across my face. I glanced up at the person I ran into and saw it was Poison; I felt my blush deepen even more. He was blushing just as much as I, possibly more, and we simultaneously apologized. "It's my fault," he said. "I should have been watching where I was going."

"No, it's my fault. I wasn't paying attention…" I said. "Well since you just came from the dining room, is Ghoul still there?" C.C. perked up when she heard Ghoul's name and nodded rapidly in response to Poison's question. "Oh, ok. Hey, can you do me favor and go tell Ghoul that he needs to get his stuff off my bed?" he asked C.C. This seemed to cheer her up even more and she dashed from the hallway back towards the dining room,

leaving me alone with Poison.

The feeling in my stomach returned once again and I finally realized what the feeling was: I was nervous. Why was I nervous? I shouldn't have been nervous. While I was lost in thought, I must have had a frustrated expression on my face because Poison asked me what was wrong. "Oh, uh, nothing." I said, not very convincingly. He raised an eyebrow, but didn't ask anything more.

"Well, I guess it's time to go to sleep…" Poison said turning to go. "Shit…" I muttered under my breath, hoping Poison couldn't hear. Unfortunately he did: "What?" he said, turning once around to face me once more. "Nothing…"I said trailing off, trying to push past Poison but failing. He put both his hands on my shoulders, holding me in place.

"Tell me what's wrong." He said as I struggled under his grip. I sighed, "I don't actually know where the rooms are…" I muttered, completely embarrassed. I looked up as I felt his grip loosen, and saw that he was trying to hold back laughter. "Hey, not funny!" I said, though I knew it was. "Sorry, I can lead u back to the rooms, c'mon!" he said, taking my hand and leading me to the rooms.

I actually paid attention this time and soon had a layout of the building in my mind. I felt disappointment wash over me as our rooms came into view. I slowed my pace, hoping to take as much time as possible to get to rooms; Poison slowed his pace to match mine. But, all too soon, we stood before the doors. "I guess I'll see you tomorrow…" he muttered, mimicking the same tone that C.C. had earlier.

"Yeah… Bye…" I said trailing off. I turned towards my door and unwillingly opened it. I could hear the slight creaking as Poison opened his door, and I patiently waited to hear it squeak shut, but it never did. I stood frozen in the doorway then looked over my shoulder to find Poison standing in his doorway, smiling at me. "Goodnight, Rose." He said softly, almost melodically, then I heard his door softly shut.

I quickly clambered into my own room and shut the door, leaning against from the inside. Suddenly the door was pushed open from the outside and I was sent tumbling to the floor. "Oh my gosh, Rose, I'm so sorry! I didn't know you were there! Are you ok?" C.C. exclaimed when she entered the room and saw sprawled out on the floor. "Yeah I'm fine." I said, standing up slowly and rubbing my injured arm. C.C. looked sympathetically at me, but I reassured her I was fine.

"Well, if you say so…" she said before crawling into her bed. "Goodnight!" "Goodnight." I replied as I crawled into my own bed once again, thinking about the events of today till I eventually drifted into sleep.

I awoke from my dreamless sleep to a silent room. From my bed I could see C.C.'s sleeping figure beneath the sheets of her own bed, her chest rising and falling slowly. I looked over at Missile's bed, but noticed that it was empty. I got out of my bed and changed into a fresh pair of clothes. As silently as possible, I crept out of the room and headed for the dining room.

I stalked into the dining room, glad that I hadn't gotten lost, and sat down in the empty seat next to Kobra. He didn't seem to notice I was there, he appeared to busy studying a map. I glanced over at the rest of the killjoys at the table and noticed that only Missile, Kobra, and I were awake. I decided to help wake them up…again. Pounding my fist on the table, this caused everyone to jump.

Everyone glared at me sternly, so I just grinned and smiled. Kobra rolled his eyes and went back to studying his map. "Look alive, sunshine." Dr. D said as he rolled into the room and putting his hand on Ghoul's shoulder. He then rolled over next to Kobra and began studying the map just as intently. I caught a glance of the map and realized it was a map of the zones.

I began to wonder why they were studying a map, when Poison unintentionally answered my question. "We need to go teach BL/ind a lesson. They need to know that we mean business; that's why were going to Battery City. We're leaving this afternoon." He said, glancing over at the map as well. I nodded, a smile spreading across my face. Watch out Battery City, here we come.