'and just where the fuck have you been?'
'shit' we all said in unison.
party got up from his chair in the corner and flipped on the lights to the entire diner. 'hey guys! get in here!'
fun ghoul, jet, and kobra kid walked in with smirks on their face.
'your gonna get in trouble'! kobra kid said in a singsong voice.
'oh looky here'! frank said skipping around us in a circle. i stuck out my foot to trip him.
he stumbled and fell over in a heap at my feet. he bounced back up and glared at me with daggers. 'why i oughta.....'
i smirked 'why i oughta what you little midget man? what are you gonna do, poke me to death?'
he stared at me with wide eyes. 'thats it, we have to kill her in her sleep. she's just too annoying, theres no other way.
toxic art looked at me and we were doubled over laughing.' HELLP!!! the midgets are coming, the midgets are coming!'
party put up his hand to silence us. 'enough' he hissed. smiles slipped off our faces and i could tell he was furious. 'what the HELL, were you thinking'? he roared. 'did you even know how dangerous that was?! did you even know that a WHOLE killjoy gang got killed by dracs at the edge of zone 6? you could have DIED. your still not good enough to fight on your own, definetly not like the killjoys that took those dracs out.'
'but party-' i said
'no buts. your NOT GOOD ENOUGH.'
'gerard, listen to me!'
'do not say another word.' he said he turned to walk away
'you know what? no. i am gonna say something and damn it you WILL listen. WE went out to the edge of zone six, WE took out all those dracs by OURSELVES. those amazingly skilled killjoys that you heard about? that was US. so you can ditch all that stupid "we're not ready" and "your not good enough" shit. because you know what? we are. and if you freaking stopped for one fucking minute you would have realized that. we even brought back a new fucking member.'
i stepped aside and brought the new kid, adam (he didnt have a killjoy name yet) forward.
'uh hi' he said sheepishly.
jet-star, kobra kid and fun ghoul looked at us in awe. 'well you little munchkins did it! congratulations!' they stepped forward and hugged us tightly. 'way to go kid.' kobra whispered in my ear. i giggled.
i looked up at party nervously. he didnt have any emotion on his face, his thoughts, unreadable.
'come on man! congratulate them. they did amazing.'
'yea they did. but that doesnt change anything.' he turned to me.
'you went behind my back and did something i didnt think you were ready for. you even got them to do it with you. and honestly you got lucky acid. i cant believe you were actually STUPID enough to go do that, because lets face it, it was a lucky chance you didnt get killed and that you didnt get anyone else killed, and how DARE you, come into MY gang and act like the leader.' he was breathing heavily now. i stood rooted to the spot, unable to move or defend myself.
'come on dude,' jet said, lighten up.
'no 'dude' i wont.' he hissed.
'thats it acid. i want you gone by morning.'
