Killjoys Of Yesterday

Look Alive Sunshine

Party Poison has always had a small crush. Ok so maybe more than a crush, but it doesn't matter because the person obviously doesn't like him back. It was hard because it was Fun Ghoul, his best friend. Ghoul had no idea how Poison felt but Poison just knew he didn't like him back.

Poison is sitting in the abandoned diner, daydreaming and waiting for his friends to return.

"hey buddy! You alright?"

Poison snaps back to reality, to see a hand waving in front of his face. He moves his face to identify the owner of the hand.

Damn it.... Fun Ghoul sits down in the booth next to Poison, followed by their other best friend Jet Star and Poison's brother Kobra Kid.

"what's our move?" asks Jet as he settles down next to Kobra.

Three pairs of eyes turn to Poison, who looks thoughtful. "well I was thinking we could go check for survivors down in Zone 4?" he suggests.

Ghoul stands up and smiles. "you're the boss"

The other three stand and they all walk out the back to the garage. The KillJoys get their gear and grab their ray guns. Kobra practices a few kicks and punches while Poison starts up the car.

"get in losers" he calls, poking his tongue out.

Jet and Kobra climb in the back and Ghoul takes shotgun. Poison revs the engine and speeds out the garage, into the blistering desert.

They set off towards Zone 4, the site of a recent BLI attack. From what they heard, the draculoids had surprised the zone by dropping bombs over them.

After a few minutes, the silence was too much and Poison turns on the radio. The crackling static thins and they hear the voice of Doctor Death-Defying.

"Look alive, Sunshine.... 109 in the sky but the pigs won't quit. You're here with me: Dr. Death Defying. I'll be your surgeon, your proctor, your helicopter. Pumpin out the slaughtermatic sounds to keep you alive. A system failure for the masses, empty matter for the master plan. Louder than God's revolver and twice as shiny. This one's for all of you rock'n'rollers. All you crash queens and motor babies....Listen up!"

"The future is bulletproof. The aftermath is secondary. It's time to do it now and do it loud. Killjoys, make some noise!" his voice cuts off and is replaced by a very familiar song.

Ghoul laughs and turns it up loud. "it's our fuckin song!" Kobra calls over the music in disbelief.

-FLASHBACK-

The four of them had a band. They were called 'My Chemical Romance' and they were pretty damn good. They were living the dream, concerts and fans screaming the lyrics of their songs.... Gerard was lead singer with Ray, Frankie and Mikey on guitar.

Then BL industries came and took over. They exploded the cities, splitting everyone into zones and killing innocent people.

The band then released their last album 'Danger Days' and now the band had joined the KillJoy rebels and were fighting for their world back.

-FLASHBACK END-

The song intro finishes and the first verse starts. Ghoul sings along at the top of his lungs.

"drugs! gimme drugs! gimme drugs! I dont need it but I'll sell"

Jet plays out the old chords on air-guitar, while Kobra closes his eyes and listens. Ghoul continues yelling out the lyrics, but only the backing.

Poison laughs and starts singing lead. "for more security. To every enemy. I think we'd rather be burning your information"

•-•-•-•-•

the four of them arrive at the edges of Zone 4 and Poison cuts the engine. The silence spreads through the car and the KillJoys survey the scene in front of them. They were the first to see Zone 4 since the attack, because everyone was too busy or too afraid of what they'd find.

Poison pushes his brightly dyed red hair out of his face and looks at the remains of Zone 4. "oh shit..."

Bits of rubble and smoking remains of building surround the four killjoys. They stand and stare at the destruction until Poison snaps into action.

"search for survivors!" he calls.

The other three nod and set off. Party Poison walks off for a bit before he's stopped by Fun Ghoul.

"mind if I search with you?" Ghoul asks.

Poison shakes his head. "I was gonna search over by that building" he says, pointing to a large apartment block that appears to have caved in.

Ghoul walks over and starts sifting through the rubble. Poison joins him and off in the distance, hears Jet Star calling out. "'can anyone hear me?"

A few minutes pass in silence. Poison walks over through the caved in hall and shoves through a broken door to an apartment. He slowly wanders around the small rooms and stops suddenly.

What was that?

Poison turns slowly and starts searching.

There it was again!

Poison stops and listens.

A voice.

Poison runs swiftly towards the sound. He skids to a halt at the bathroom door and listens. It seems to be coming from behind the door. Poison tries opening the door, but it's blocked by a giant block of granite, fallen from the wall.

"fuck..." he mutters. He turns and shouts "GHOUL!! I found someone!!"

He distinctly hears a gasp from the bathroom and goes back to the door. "it'll be ok! We're here to help....we're killjoys. It'll be ok.." Poison calls through the door.

He hears a sob from behind the door. Then there was a noise behind Poison.

He whips around, pulling out his ray-gun and is met with the sight of Fun Ghoul, hands raised defensively.

"hey just me" he says, jogging towards Poison. "in there?" Ghoul asks.

Poison nods. The two of them grab the granite block and start pushing. Eventually the rock moves and the two killjoys are gasping for air.

Poison opens the door and walks into the bathroom. "Ghoul...." he calls uncertainly.

Ghoul runs in and stops when he sees the scene in front of them.

"holy damn..."