AN: hey everyone! chapter 7 is finally here! :D yay! alright, so plez R&R- EVERYONE WHO READS IT! yes everone, including you *points to random reader*

(ps: i went 2 MCR's concert on march 31st! it was the best night of the year! just thought you should know, especially since i mention it in this chapter ^_^)

(pss: the killjoy that dies is my friend Atomic Scarecrow [aka: David]. ok, no more spoilers- enjoy!)

I managed to doze off around dawn, and awoke to find everyone else already packing. I stretched before I stood and began helping them. I couldn't help but be worried the whole time, were Dr. D and Show Pony ok? I know Dr. D told us to stay away, but what if they really needed us? Before I knew it, we had packed everything up and were ready to go. Damn, we're getting good at this.

Climbing into the backseat of the car, I wondered what we were going to do. Ghoul decided to drive, and despite the fact that he was also worried about our friends, he was very…happy. Actually, happy is a huge understatement. Poison climbed into the car next to me and looked sympathetically at me because of the cramped conditions. Eventually we all squeezed into the car and drove off into the desert, tension making the little room we had left feel less and less. I stared out the window, keeping an eye out for the enemy when I saw something in the horizon. A lone figure, running from something I couldn't see. I looked around the surrounding area, narrowing my eyes to try and get a closer look; then I saw it. A small red, blinking light coming from the sand.

"Hey, Ghoul," I said, causing everyone to look at me. "Head over that way." I pointed in the direction of the figure, who was still running from something. Ghoul nodded once before swerving the car off its previous course and heading full speed towards the stranger. Once the stranger came into full view, I realized he was a killjoy and asked Ghoul to slow down. Then we saw who was after him.

Two dracs were chasing him on foot, but not far behind them was a car with one more drac inside. I tried to call to the killjoy but he was just out of earshot. Then I noticed how close he was going to the blinking red light, which turned out to be a BL/ind surveillance camera. "Watch out!" I yelled to him again, but he still didn't hear me. Everyone then started to yell warnings to him as well, but it was too late.

His foot connected right beneath the camera, tripping him. He hit the ground hard; I could tell he would be bleeding. Then there was an explosion. The loudest sound I've ever heard since 2011 (at a concert on March 31st to be exact) tore through the air, causing Missile and C.C. to cover their ears. Dust and smoke filled the air, obscuring our view of the scene before us.

Once the smoke cleared, we all gasped. The killjoy must have landed on a land mine and hit it with such force that it went off, blowing him to bits. One of the dracs who had been after him was dead on the ground; it appeared that the killjoy had been decapitated and his head flew off and hit the drac in the face, crushing his skull. The other drac was also lying still on the ground, fragments of razor-like bone embedded deep within its mask and suit. The remaining drac that was driving had come to a stop just before the explosion happened, though the windshield of its car was shattered.

It stomped in the gas, taking us by surprise as we realized what it planned on doing: it was going to collide with our car. Quickly Ghoul started driving again, narrowly avoiding what could have been a horrible accident. Kobra leaned out the window and shot at the pursuing drac, hitting and killing it on his second shot. We swerved out of the way off the run-away car, and it tore past us before crashing into a tree about 3 miles away. Ghoul stopped the car and turned off the engine.

There was a moment of silence for the fallen killjoy, then Street opened up the car door and stepped out. He walked in the direction of the explosion but stopped abruptly and picked something up off the ground. He turned and headed back to the car, a raygun in his hands. "We could use this." He said once he sat down again. I shrugged as Ghoul started the car once again and we continued to drive to no place in particular.

(That Afternoon)

The sun was still high in the sky when we reached Zone 6, where we decided to stay. I sat on a rock, enjoying the view the clouds provided, when I heard Poison start yelling. "Everybody pay attention to me!" he exclaimed, standing on a rock and waving his arms; everyone looked up. "I can see a bunch of BL/ind cars and dracs coming this way; we need to hide. Missile, take the 'BOOM box' with you- they wouldn't expect that. Leave everything as is and go. Just grab your rayguns and start running." With that he concluded and climbed down to the ground, drawing his raygun on the way.

I scrambled down the rock to, eager to get away from the enemy. Drawing my gun, I took off running, soon catching up with Missile. I expected her to be scared, but when I saw her face I was shocked: she looked excited. Probably since she was allowed to carry a raygun with her. We silently agreed to hide behind two tall rocks that separated slightly in the middle; allowing us to have a watch post and a cover.

I stood in front of Missile, keeping watch for dracs when I heard Missile stutter something. I turned to ask her what it was when I saw what caused her to be so nervous: a draculoid was charging towards us. I brought up my gun and instantly started firing but the drac took me by surprise and leapt towards us, bringing me down with it. "Missile, run!" I called up to her while I continuously kneed the drac in the ribs, though it seemed unfazed. "I can't just leave you here!" she replied, stepping towards us. "No! Missile, go now! You have to protect the BOOM box!" I yelled back to her.

As soon as I said "BOOM box" the drac looked up at Missile and started towards her. "Oh no you don't." I muttered as I took advantage of this moment of distraction and pinned the drac to the floor. My eyes met Missile's for a split second before I nodded at her and she ran away, clutching the BOOM box to her side. I threw the drac into the side of one of the rocks and picked him up by the collar of its shirt before I brought my gun up beneath its chin and blasted its brains out. I let go of the body and it hit the ground with a "thud."

I ran after Missile in hope that she was ok and not being confronted by yet another drac, only to run into C.C. She was trying to ward off three dracs that were circling her, but it was clear she needed assistance. I took aim and shot the drac closest to her in the chest. She looked relieved when she saw but continued to fight the dracs. Her fist connected to one drac's face and a crunching sound was heard. The drac dropped to the ground so C.C. took this chance to shoot the last drac point-blank.

I gave her a thumbs up as she shot the drac she had punched in the face. She smiled and thanked me for my help before we both ran off in different directions. After I while I spotted Missile, but soon felt anger and worry bubble up within me when I saw who she was with. She was scooting backwards on the ground in an attempt to get away from the drac that was looming over her, like a predator stalking his prey. I was about to fire when I saw Poison appear and shoot the drac in the head.

Missile looked up admiringly at him, and for the first time I noticed how close she was to him, almost like a father and his daughter. She ran up and hugged him and he hugged her back. I felt somewhat awkward standing there so I decided to go look for some more dracs when I heard Poison call my name. I turned around and noticed for the first time a BL/ind car heading towards him. "Look out!" I called to him. He turned and his eyes grew wide at the sight of the car.

He leaped out of its path just in time and began shooting at the car from his spot on the ground. "Did you see who was in that car?" he asked me, breathless. I shook my head. "It was Korse…" he nearly whispered. My mouth dropped open- how did Korse know where we were?

I shook my head before walking over to Poison and helping him up. "Thanks for the warning. If you didn't say anything I would have been dead. And that would have totally sucked!" he said. I laughed at his casualness. We walked over to Missile who was visibly shaken up by that encounter, so I took her hand and squeezed it gently. She clutched onto my hand and I decided that we should keep moving, just incase Korse comes back for round 2.

We ran back towards camp and noticed the two cars parked there. I froze when I saw Korse, and we locked gazes. I glared at him, wanting nothing more than to see him die by my hand. I broke the gaze and turned around when I heard footsteps, relieved to find that it was just Ghoul, C.C, Kobra, Jet, and Street. I nodded towards camp and they peered down at it, shocked expressions gripping hold of their faces when they saw who was there.

We all started walking towards camp, rayguns in hand, when I felt a hand on my arm; it was then that I realized that it no longer hurt. I looked to see who the person was, happy to find it was Poison. "Good luck." He said before walking to the front of our group. We stood before the enemy in a line, they did the same. Korse stood to the side, watching with a sadistic smile on his face. The coward wouldn't even fight his own battle.

Missile stood to the side as well, but slightly behind Ghoul, who was at the end. We all drew our guns at the same time; Korse's wicked grin grew wider. Missile brought up the BOOM box and held it firmly in her hands. Holding our guns up to each other, both lines began firing at the same time- that's when all hell broke loose.