(A/N): So…I posted up the lemon poll up again. A lot of people wanted to vote again. So, please go vote again and hope for the best! Let's see what Renegade does!
Goldeye was walking with Emma after his last class. They were holding hands and smiling. Get this…Goldeye looked truly happy! He had a smile on his face that look like it could stay on there forever.
"SWIFT!" Well…that didn't last long. Goldeye and Emma both froze before turning around slowly to see a fuming Renegade.
"Uh…" Goldeye said as Emma slapped her forehead.
"How dare you do your weird little claim thing on my cousin!?" Renegade yelled as he stomped over to them.
"Renegade…" Emma groaned as Renegade glared at Goldeye.
"Explain yourself!" Renegade yelled as he pushed Goldeye back.
"Look…I didn't choose who I have my 'claim' on." Goldeye said using air quotes. Renegade growled as Goldeye glared at him.
"Renegade…" Emma said as Renegade ignored her.
"MY COUSIN! MY COUSIN!!!" Renegade yelled as Goldeye scowled.
"Yes! Your cousin!" Goldeye yelled as Renegade glared at him. "You can either make the best out of this situation or continue to bitch about!" Goldeye said as Renegade growled and punched him.
"Oh shit…" Donovan said walking out of the building. Goldeye growled as he got up and tackled him. They started rolling around throwing punches where they could before Goldeye yelled out in pain and clutched his arm. He looked back to see Emma with her hands clenched by her side and tears brimming her eyes. His eyes softened as he got off of Renegade and walked towards her. Donovan ran over to help Renegade up as Renegade looked over to his cousin. Goldeye had his hands on her sides whispering things to her as she sniffled. She nodded at him as she wrapped her arms around his back leaned her head on his chest. "Looks like she's pretty happy…" Donovan said as Renegade sighed.
"Yeah…I guess so." Renegade said as Donovan looked over at him.
"I think that's a sign." He said patting him on the back.
"Since when did you all know about relationships?" Renegade said as Donovan rolled his eyes.
"I may be a player, but I know how relationships work." Donovan said as Renegade rolled his eyes.
"Ok…be ready to watch something amazing." Renegade said as he walked over to them. "Fine." Renegade said as the both looked at him.
"Fine what?" Emma said expectantly as Renegade sighed.
"You can be together." Renegade said as Emma smiled brightly. "But! I still don't like you." Renegade said as Emma frowned.
"Fair enough." Goldeye said as Renegade rolled his eyes and walked away with Donovan. Emma bounced happily as she threw herself at Goldeye. A few days past and before you know it, it was HALLOWEEN! Everybody was excited for the Performing Arts Annual Halloween Masquerade Ball. Chrissy was sitting on her couch as she study for an exam next week. Her cell phone rang as she looked at the caller ID. Her face scrunched up in confusion as it said, "Restricted".
"Hello?" She said answering in the phone.
"Nice glasses…" A person said in a total creeper voice. She rolled her eyes as she got up.
"Ok Flash, Shade, or Bolt this is not funny and it's not going to work." She said walking around the couch. The voice chuckled darkly and it was barely above a whisper.
"I believe your answer to that question is in the closet…" The dark voice said as Chrissy rolled her eyes and walked towards the closet. She opened the door and screamed as something fell on top of her. She looked up to see a bloody Shade on top of her. She screamed as she pushed the body off of her. She poked the body and nothing happened. His muscles didn't even contract from the harsh poking. "Bolt was a little harder to…rid of." The voice said chuckling evilly.
"W-who is this?" Chrissy said as scratching came from her bedroom. She slowly walked towards it reaching the knob with a shaky hand. She opened it to see a practically dead Flash on the floor. Chrissy screamed as she ran down the hall, but not before tripping over Lauren's body. Chrissy screamed in terror as the front doorknob started to shake. She pressed herself against the wall as the knob continued to shake. Suddenly it stopped as Chrissy panted. The door was kicked open as Chrissy screamed.
"Happy Halloween!" Bolt yelled along with Shade, Flash, and Lauren. They all started laughing as Chrissy glared at them.
"That was so not funny!" She yelled as Shade wiped a tear from his eye.
"I respectively disagree." Shade said as he put his arm around her shoulders. Chrissy brushed his arm off as she tried to hide her smile.
"So…how's the Kim thing going?" Renegade asked as Donovan scoffed.
"There was never a thing." He said as Conner rolled his eyes.
"Ok and some teenage girl is writing our lives." Conner said as Renegade glanced over to the readers. "Seriously." Conner said as Donovan sighed.
"There's nothing. She's with some dude and there's nothing I can do about it. I might as well move on…" He said sadly as Renegade shook his head.
"It's pretty clear that you like her." Renegade said as Donovan shrugged.
"But I liked a lot of girls and got over them. This one isn't any different." He said as Conner and Renegade exchanged looks. "Guys, please don't do that." He said rubbing his face with his hands. "I'll be fine. I'll bounce back at the ball tonight." He said as they both shrugged.
"Just go!" Shade exclaimed as Henry sighed.
"I can do this." He said to himself as Flash rolled his eyes.
"We fucking know that now just go!" He said as they both pushed Henry towards Cherry's door. He glared at the guys as they smiled brightly and jumped down from the stairs. He took a deep breath before knocking on the door. Cherry opened the door confused as Henry smiled.
"You know you could have just walked in." She said as he shrugged his shoulders.
"I wanted to do this right." He said as she looked around confused.
"What right?" She said as he held her hands in his.
"Cherry…would you go with me to the ball tonight?" He asked as she looked at him wide-eyed. She laughed happily as she hugged him around the neck.
"It took you long enough." She said as he laughed and spun her around.
"TOLD YOU!!!" Flash yelled from the bottom as Shade smacked the back of his head. The Plaza was where the ball was being held and students entered in all sorts of costumes, but one thing was in common: masks. Flash walked in and sighed.
"Why?!" He yelled holding his fists in the air.
"Calm down Romeo." Ivy said placing a hand on his shoulder. Flash was wearing a dark green velvet sleeves shirt that had gold piped, vertical stripes. He had a pale green long-sleeved, velvet shirt under and the sleeves were semi-puffy. He refused to wear tights so Ivy made him wear some tight – not too tight – corduroy green pants and brown boots. He had a gold masked with piping around the eye holes and rim.
"But I don't want to perform. Hydro could have done it." Flash said as Ivy sighed. She was wearing a dark green velvet dress with gold bands around her elbows, under her bust, around the neckline, and on the hem. It had bell sleeves and she wore a gold band around her head and her quills were curled and down. She had a fake gold amulet and a gold mask with green sparkles on it.
"You and Bolt are both performing arts majors so it overruled Lauren's band." Ivy explained as Flash huffed.
"Ah, isn't it Romeo and Juliet." Sean said as he and Ruby showed up. Sean was wearing a black t-shirt with black pants that had wrappings on it. He had a long black coat and black sunglasses. Ruby we dressed similar and she had her wrappings around her dreads replaced with black ones and her coat had more flare to it.
"Ah, Mr. Anderson." Flash said as Sean rolled his eyes. "The Matrix…that's really creative." Flash said sarcastically as Ruby rolled her eyes.
"Yours isn't any better." Ruby said as Flash and Ivy looked at each other and shrugged.
"Hey guys." Chrissy said as all their mouths dropped. She was wearing a silver-blue dress with straps around her arms showing off her shoulders. She had swirly, silver designs along her abdomen and the dress's skirt puffed out. She was wearing white gloves and her hair was curled and pulled up in a bun with a few strands hanging down. She had a white choker around her neck and a white mask with simple blue designs. Bolt was wearing a white shirt with puffy sleeves and gold designs along the shirt. He had a gold belt and white gloves with black pants and boots. His mask was white with gold designs along the rim.
"Damn…you guys clean up good!" Flash said as Chrissy and Bolt smiled.
"Cinderella and Prince Charming!" Suzy said as she came along with Shade. She was wearing a black flapper's costume. It had sleeves like Chrissy's and a sequined line along the neckline and sleeves. It had the little ropes like you see on tassels on the skirt along with the sleeves and it ended pretty short. She had black stockings with lace at the tops and black Mary Jane heels. She had a lacy black and white garter around her thigh and a silver necklace. She was wearing black gloves and a silver band around her head with a black feather sticking up. She had a black mask with silver sequined designs and black feathers on the side. Shade was dressed as a 1920s gangster with a long black coat with white pin-stripes. He had a black buttoned-up shirt under with a white tie and white suspenders. He had black pants and shiny shoes and black fedora with a white strip around it. His mask with plain black with a white strip around the eye holes.
"Oo! I love the 1920s!" Ivy said as Suzy smiled with her. (Best time era ever!)
"We're the modern day gangsters so move away Shade." Lauren said as she and Hydro walked up. Lauren was wearing a tight black cropped shirt with ¾ sleeves and had three white buttons in the middle. She had baggy black, cargo pants with classic white and black Nike's. She had leather black fingerless gloves with a yellow bandana tied around her mouth and nose. Her hair was tied up in a bun with a few strands hanging loose and she proudly flaunted her belly piercing. Hydro had a large white t-shirt with baggy dark jeans that had a chain hanging off it. He had the same gloves as Lauren and was wearing white, red, and blue Nike's and had a blue bandana around his mouth and nose.
"You kids wouldn't be able to handle it back in the day." Shade said as Lauren rolled her eyes.
"Why are ya'll standing here? It's a ball which means a dance. Dance!" Bianca said showing up in a purple southern belle dress. It had white lace and bows around it and puffed out. She had white lace gloves and a curved up hat with white lace around it and a purple ribbon around it and another one the tied under her chin. She had a white lacy mask and the sleeves of the dress were like Suzy's. Wilmer was next to her in a gray Confederate army outfit with a black mask covering his eyes.
"Wow you're really a southern belle." Shade said as Bianca rolled her eyes.
"No honey, I'm the southern belle." She said as everybody headed for the dance floor. Donovan showed up as an old school pilot using his goggles as his mask. He had a black pilot's cap on his head a black pilot's jacket with a fluffy collar and black pants with black boots. Julian came as Hugh Hefner…I'm just kidding. Julian came as the Joker his heavy make-up being his mask. He had a purple suit with a green vest and orange tie and he died his quills a sickly green color. He even colored his teeth a nasty yellow and wore purple gloves. He scared the shit out of Luca. Izzy came as Harley Quinn wearing a skin tight red and black suit. The bottom half was red on the left and black on the right while the top was the opposite. There were black diamonds on her left thigh and she had a white joker's collar around her neck. She had black and red gloves with white frills around the wrist and a black and red joker's hat. She painted her face white and wore black lipstick along with a black mask.
"Damn…it's like the whole college is here." Donovan said as Julian licked his lips like the Joker.
"Mmm…seems so." He said as Donovan sighed.
"Dude…Luca's not here. You can stop doing that." He said as Julian smiled.
"Why so scared?" He said as Donovan shivered.
"Because it's fucking creepy." Donovan said as Izzy pranced to his side.
"I think it's cute." She said as she pecked Julian on the lips as Donovan gagged. Donovan froze as he saw Kim enter. She was wearing a sparkly red dress with a long slit up the leg and a low neckline. His jaw dropped as she looked around with her eyes that were behind a black mask with red designs. The same guy Julian and Izzy saw wrapped his arm around her waist as she smiled. He was dressed in a classic tux with a black bow-tie.
"Oh…James Bond and a Bond girl." Julian said as Izzy elbowed him. Donovan closed his jaw and sighed sadly. He recovered quickly as Julian looked over at him.
"I'm going to find myself a girl." He said walking away. Goldeye and Emma entered the ballroom. Goldeye was dressed as an old school detective with a tan trench coat and tan fedora with a black strap around it. He was wearing black pants with black shoes and had a black mask covering his eyes. Emma was dressed as one of those girls who always seduces the detectives. She was wearing a long red dress with a small slit and red gloves. She had her hair curled and was wearing diamond earrings, necklace, and bracelet. She had a white mask covering her amazing eyes.
"Swift…" Renegade said passing by as Goldeye rolled his eyes. Renegade and Alana were dressed up as a dead prom couple – Julian's idea. They both had ripped outfits and made their skin paler and made their eyes darker with bags underneath them. Their make-up served as their masks and they walked hand and hand. Goldeye simply nodded in his direction before walking away from them.
"You could be a little nicer." Alana said as Renegade shrugged.
"I'm letting them be together. That's plenty nice." He said as Alana rolled her eyes. He looked at the readers and rolled his eyes. "Don't you guys give me that look!" He said as he walked away with Alana. Bolt and Chrissy were slow dancing together having a great time as Sean and Ruby danced not too far from them.
"I'm with you on the whole 'they need to get back together ASAP'." Ruby said as Sean shook his head.
"Maybe they might realize tonight. They're looking pretty intense." Sean said as he froze.
"Chrissy?" A voice said as Chrissy whipped around. Standing in a simple black tux with a white mask was a very handsome brown fox. He had sandy colored speckles all over his fur and a gold tip on his tail. Even through his mask you could see his alluring sapphire eyes.
"Stephen?" She said as Bolt looked at her confused. Sean let his head drop as he sighed.
"Fuck…his and my life." Sean said as Ruby looked at the guy and gasped. "Yes, it's him." Sean said as Ruby continued to look at him with her mouth open.
"I haven't seen you in forever!" He said as she hugged him and laughed.
"More like six grade! I didn't know you go here!" She said as he smiled at her revealing blinding white teeth.
"I am and majoring in architecture." He said as she smiled up at him. Bolt cleared his throat. Both heads whipped towards him as he looked between the both of them.
"Oh! Stephen this is my friend Bolt Solari. Bolt, this is my old friend Stephen Crowee." Chrissy said as they both shook hands.
"Ex-boyfriend?" He said as Bolt looked at him confused.
"Excuse me?" He said offended as Chrissy laughed nervously.
"Um…you see Stephen is able to see every past and present thought a person has or haves." Chrissy said as Bolt scrutinized him. Stephen raised one of his eyebrows as if challenging him. Bolt scowled at him as Stephen glared slightly.
"I hope you don't mind if I steal your date for a dance?" He asked as he offered his arm to Chrissy. Before Bolt could say anything Chrissy took his arm and walked away from him.
"Oh…that's harsh." Ruby said as Sean rubbed his temples.
"Why now?" He muttered as Ruby held his hand. Donovan left the girl he was dancing with and decided to do something bold.
"Kim, if it's not too much trouble. Can I ask for a dance?" Donovan asked as Kim looked at him confused and back at her date.
"Do you mind Mason?" She asked as the fox shook his head and walked away. "What is that you want?" She asked as they slowed dance together.
"Why? I take you out on a date – a very nice date - and then I hear you start hanging around this guy that you never mentioned the same day." He said as Kim looked down.
"We just met and it started to flow." Kim said as Donovan sighed.
"You could have at least told me. I don't like hearing things through my friends." He said as Kim rolled her eyes.
"It's not like you can't get any other chick." Kim said as Donovan shrugged.
"True, but who says I want another one?" He said as Kim looked at him shocked and to see he was completely serious. Izzy and Julian were dancing when Mason approached them tossing red and black dice in the air.
"Why isn't it Isabella?" He said as Izzy cringed and looked the other way.
"Chris…" Izzy said through her teeth as Julian looked down at her confused.
"It's Mason now." He said with a smirk as Izzy growled.
"You know him?" He asked as Mason smirked.
"Oh…she knows me quite well." He said as Julian looked at him confused and back at Izzy.
"He's one of my exes." She said as Julian looked back at him to see he was wearing a wicked smile.
"I believe there's more than that dear." He said as Julian scowled at him. Izzy looked down ashamed as Julian looked at her worriedly.
"Izzy…what is it?" Julian asked as Mason chuckled.
"I'm her baby's daddy." He said as Julian looked at him shocked.
"You didn't accept him then what makes you think you can now?" Izzy snapped at him as Mason chuckled.
"I told you I want nothing to do with him. I'm just telling your boyfriend what he should know." He said tilting his head as Julian growled at him.
"He's not your son. He's ours." Julian said as Mason looked at him surprised.
"Really now? You adopted the little bastard." He said as Julian growled and punched him in the face. Mason rubbed his jaw with a smirk as he chuckled. "Quite a punch there. I can see you really care for whatever that child is." He said as Julian growled at him. "If intimidation is what you're trying to peruse I can tell you now it's not working." Mason said as Izzy stepped in front of Julian.
"Just leave Mason." Izzy said glaring at him. Mason chuckled as he fixed his suit.
"Very well. I'll make sure to see you two around." He said as he casually walked away. Izzy sighed as she rested her head on Julian's chest.
"He's the bastard…" Julian mumbled as Izzy laughed a bit. Bolt was leaning against the snack table, arms crossed, and gnawing on a carrot.
"Dude…what's with the carrot?" Henry said dressed as a 80s rocker with big hair and leather pants. He had a white t-shirt with a red and black pattern around his head. He had black boots on and a studded belt and studded bracelets. He even had guy-liner!
"They were all out of celery." Bolt muttered as Cherry looked at him confused. She was matching with Henry with her quills teased and colorful streaks following through her hair. She had extreme eye make-up and had a red and black zebra print bandana folded and wrapped around her head. She had a cut-up white shirt with a blank top under and a black vest over it. She had leather pants with black boots and fingerless gloves.
"Uh…He means why are you glaring and biting crazily at that carrot?" Cherry said as Sean came up with Shade.
"That's why!" Sean said as Shade, Cherry, and Henry all looked over to Chrissy and Stephen.
"OH MY GOD! It's him!!" Shade yelled as Bolt looked at him confused.
"You know him?" Bolt asked as Sean slapped his forehead.
"He was great friends with Chrissy until he moved in sixth grade. He used to have a huge crush on her." Shade said as Sean whipped around and looked at him confused.
"What?" Sean and Bolt both exclaimed.
"Are you getting any of this?" Cherry whispered to Henry.
"Not one bit." He said as they continued to watch the three guys.
"Uh…" Shade said nervously as Lauren came running towards Shade.
"Shade! Did you see Stephen! He's hot! Of course he's nothing compared to Hydro, but damn!" Lauren said as Shade sighed and Bolt clenched his fists. "Oh…" Lauren said as she noticed Bolt's presence. "But he's not Chrissy's type!" She said quickly as Bolt pinched the bridge of his nose.
'I know you're lying.' Shade thought as Lauren crossed her arms avoiding his glare.
'Well Mr. Honesty, if you want to tell him that Chrissy had a crush on him too, then be my guest.' Lauren thought back as Shade grumbled. 'That's what I thought.' She said as Shade rolled his eyes.
"NNNOOO!!!" They heard a familiar voice yell. Flash was there in a second looking at Sean panicky. Sean only nodded as Flash slumped forward and groaned. "B-b-b-but why this early!?" He yelled as Bolt looked at him confused.
"You guys are hiding something from me…" Bolt said as Sean, Lauren, Flash, and Shade smiled innocently.
"No we're not." Flash said as Bolt raised his eyebrow. Bolt grabbed Flash and started dragging him towards a wall. Flash eyes widened in fear as he started to struggle against Bolt's grip. "Please Bolt! Anything but that!" He yelled as Sean, Shade, and Lauren held back laughter and Henry and Cherry looked at them confused.
"All you have to do is tell me." Bolt sang as Flash tried to shock him making Bolt laughed. "You forgot I learned how to repel electricity." He said as Flash cursed.
"I'm serious! We're not!" Flash yelled as Bolt sighed. He pushed Flash's head against the wall and phased it through the wall. He stopped when he saw that his head was completely gone. All you could hear was loud mumbling through the wall as Bolt whipped around and glared at Sean.
"Oh shit…" Sean said as Bolt started to walk towards him. "Ok! Ok! Ok! I had a vision after you and Chrissy broke up of her meeting Stephen!" He yelled shielding his face.
"What did you say?" Bolt froze as Sean lowered his arms. "That's why you guys were so persistent!" He said throwing his arms in the air. "Oh my God! I can't believe this!" Bolt said as he started to pace.
"Can someone please tell us what's going on!?" Cherry exclaimed as Henry nodded furiously. Lauren put her arms around both their shoulders and started walking away from the scene.
"This could take a while." Lauren said as they both nodded.
"You hid this from for almost four years!?" Bolt said looking back at Sean and Shade.
"Uh…" Shade said awkwardly.
"Holy shit! I just let her go off with him and he likes her! Oh my God!!!" Bolt yelled as Flash kicked him in the shin. Bolt hissed in pain and grabbed his shirt and phased him back into the room. He pulled him towards his face and glared at him angrily.
"…Never mind I want to go back." Flash said as he tried to break free, but Bolt had him in a death grip. "I swore not to tell! It would have hurt you!" Flash pleaded as Bolt looked back at the other two.
"We didn't want to hurt you." Shade said as Bolt looked at Sean who nodded. Bolt sighed and let go of Flash.
"Whatever…" He said as he walked back to the snack table. They restocked the vegetable tray so he started chewing down on celery.
"One day we have to break this habit." Sean said as Flash fixed his costume.
"No kidding." Flash said as Sean and Shade rolled their eyes.
"Donovan…" Kim said as he tightened his grip around her.
"Kim, just hear me out." Donovan said as Kim pushed him away from her.
"It's too late for that…I have Mason now." Kim said as Donovan looked at her sadly.
"It's not too late for you to realize. It's never too late. Just…please…" He said holding her hands as she looked down at them.
"Kim." Mason called out as she jumped back removing her hands from his. "Let's go…this is getting way too boring." He said tossing some red and black dice.
"I'll…see you later." She said turning and walking away with Mason. Donovan watched sadly before Mason turned back and smirked at him. Donovan glared at him as he walked away. Flash mounted his guitar as he sighed.
"Here we go again." He mumbled as he stepped onto stage as the crowd cheered. Bolt was sulking in the corner, Sean was staring at him feeling guilty, and Shade was just trying to get them amped up. "Yeah…this is going to be great." Flash said as he looked at Bolt. "WHAT'S UP NYU?!" He yelled into the microphone as the band looked at him confused. "LET'S GET READY TO ROCK!" He yelled as Bolt smiled a bit. Sean hit the drum once before everybody joined in slamming on their instruments.
It's time to let it go
Flash sang as the audience started jumping up and down. They started to play a little slower as Flash sang the verse.
The world's got a funny way of turning 'round on you
When a friend tries to stab you right in the face
Losing faith in everything I thought I hoped I knew
Don't sweat it, set a false pretense
Betray, you're not gonna be willing to change
Yeah, and it doesn't seem likely to fade
Betray, you're not gonna be willing to change
Ca-ca-ca-cause you know
Bolt, Sean, and Shade all slammed on their instruments like they did in the beginning as Flash went into the course.
In Sacrifice
False Pretense, you'll learn again
Stop pretending, don't deny
False Pretense, you'll learn again
All along you know you thought you got the best of me
You were wrong and I'm laughing right in your face
I can not believe you claimed you were my family
Don't sweat it, set a false pretense
Betray, you're not gonna be willing to change
Yeah, and it doesn't seem likely to fade
Betray, you're not gonna be willing to change
Ca-ca-ca-cause you know
In Sacrifice
False Pretense, you'll learn again
Stop Pretending, don't deny
False pretense, you'll learn again
Walk it tall
Flash started a rhythmic clap as everybody joined in. The rest of the band continued to play Flash grabbed the microphone again and started to sing.
It's time to let it go
I can't seem to understand it how you turned out to be so cold
You tried but were caught red-handed, are you happy with your role?
It's funny to me how you've turned into such a joke
In Sacrifice
False Pretense, you'll learn again
Stop Pretending, don't deny
False pretense, you'll learn again
So play-ay-ay the game until you run out
And play-ay-ay the game into my hand
The band finished as everybody clapped and cheered. They took their bow as everybody cheered louder.
"You were really great." Chrissy said as Bolt jumped off the stage. Bolt smiled at her as she led him back to dance floor. Sean smiled slightly to himself, but deep down he knew that it wasn't going to last long.
(A/N): Woo…some shocking stuff this chapter. Go vote!!!
Song: "False Pretense" by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus.