*Okay so this is the final instalment of When They Took Over. I am sorry to say this, but never fear!! I think I feel a sequal coming on!!! XD I think it'll go by a different title. But I won't be writing it until The Black Parade is Dead! XD (LOL!! XD) So anyways... I'll leave you fabulous Killjoys to read. ENJOY!!*
Chapter Twenty-Five: Birthday Surprise
Thrill Killer started to stir as she woke up to the bright yellow sunrise of a Sunday morning. She expected to see Party Poison lying there beside her.
“Poison?” she called out quietly, sitting up. She ran a hand through her now utterly messy hair. ‘Where could he have got to now?’ she though. Thrill Looked to her alarm clock on her bedside table. It read 9:45a.m 4, June 2012.
“Oh my God!” she thought aloud. “It’s my birthday already?” Thrill was turning 16 today.
Thrill quickly got out of bed and grabbed a fresh pair of her favourite kind of jeans with DESTROYA down the side of the right leg in white and her white mid-drift top. She looked down at her body and saw that she was only wearing her black strapless bra and a pair of Poison’s old pyjama shorts. She peeked outside her door to see if anyone was there. No one was in sight so she ran to the bathroom and showered.
After she got out of the shower, she dressed herself and ringed out the water in her long hair and let it air-dry. She applied her eyeliner and mascara as usual.
She walked out into the diner area to see that no one was there except for Silent Star.
“Hey Silent.” Thrill greeted Silent with a hug.
“Morning Thrill. Happy birthday!” said Silent with glee as she hugged Thrill back
“Where is everyone?” asked Thrill.
Silent shrugged her shoulders, “I don’t know. When I got up they were all gone.” She said simply.
Thrill looked at Silent with narrowed eyes. Something didn’t look right about Silent’s expression. Was she lying? Is she behind the reason everyone went missing?
“Okay.” Was all Thrill said before walking outside.
She sighed opening the door and stepping outside, Silent at her heels. Thrill was about to take another step when, out of the blue, Poison, Ghoul, Jet, Danger, Atomic, Dr. Death, Doom, Paranoia and Kobra jumped out from behind empty barrels and boulders and shouting ‘HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!’
Thrill jumped in surprise. “What’s this?” she asked, dazed.
Poison walked up to her. “Happy birthday, babe.” He said to her before leaning in and kissing her tenderly on the lips.
Thrill turned to everybody else whose radiant smiles shined brighter than the atomic sun.
“Thank you guys! I love you all so much!” she called out to them.
“There’s something I want to show you.” Said Poison, gesturing for Thill to follow him.
She followed him round the back of the diner where the garage was situated.
There, outside the garage, was the most beautiful thing (besides her loving boyfriend) she had ever seen
“I went out and got it this morning, babe. Hope you like it.” Whispered Poison in her ear.
She was speechless, she ran up to the shining vintage black GTO. It had a purple and red pinstripe starting at the bonnet of the car and finishing at the trunk, it had ‘NA NA NA’ in yellow lettering along both sides of the car. Thrill ran her fingers softly along the silver door handle. She finally found her voice and said, “I love it!”
“I decorated it myself.” Said Poison, watching Thrill’s excitement with glee.
She opened the door and sat inside it. She ran her hands on the sweet brown leather interior. It was suede and it felt like heaven. She gripped the steering wheel with both her hands and looked at the rest of the inside.
There was a two-way radio and a stereo in the front. Poison took a seat in the passenger seat. Thrill looked at him with glimmering eyes.
“Thank you so much, Poison!” she said as she pulled him in for a hug then kissed his lips.
“That’s not all I’m giving you for your birthday.” He said with a wink.
“What else is there?” asked Thrill curiously.
“You’ll see tonight. So, you gonna drive her or not?” said Poison playfully as he handed Thrill the keys and she started the car.
The engine roared to life and she slammed her foot on the accelerator. They sped off with unimaginable speed.
They reached the boarder of Zones 6 and 5 in less than an hour.
“Whoa!” shouted Thrill over the roar of the engine. “This is fucking amazing!”
“Go faster!” shouted Poison. Thrill pressed her foot down even further. She turned off the road and turned the steering wheel hard to the right, making the car do a figure 8 on the dirt ground. She then changed gear and sped off once again, leaving a larger cloud of dust in her wake.
After two hours of speeding around Zones 5 and 6, Thrill and Poison decided to go back to the diner for it was nearing noon.
They soon arrived back at the diner when the sun was over head. She parked the car behind the diner, inside the garage. Poison got out and opened the door for Thrill.
He took her hand and led her inside that diner where everybody was waiting, wearing party hats.
There were streamers everywhere and a large chocolate cake sat on a plate on one of the tables.
“Wow!” gasped Thrill as she took in the scenery. She was surrounded by the people she loved the most and she felt like things were about to get a lot better.
“Happy birthday Thrill Killer!” chimed Ghoul and Paranoia at the same time. They both walked up to her and Ghoul gave Thrill a small blue box.
“I think you’ll remember this one.” Said Ghoul as he backed away a little. Thrill looked at both of them, curiosity glistening in her dark brown eyes. She opened the box to reveal a white gold cross on a white gold chain.
“Oh my God!” Thrill gasped again, “This- this is the one my parents gave me when I was little! How did you find it?”
“We went with Poison to the part of Battery City that hadn’t been rebuilt yet and we found our old houses, so I went to go see if there was anything that meant something to you and what you got in your hands is what we found.” Said Fun Ghoul, holding Paranoia Destroya closer to him and they both smiled at Thrill.
“Thank you so much you two! This means so much to me!” Thrill said as she hugged them both.
“Hey Thrill! We got a little something for you!” called Jet Star, holding Danger Zone’s hand and a small package in his other hand. Poison helped Thrill put the necklace on and then she almost bounced over to them.
“Here. It’s from Danger and I.” said Jet as he handed her the package. Thrill tore the wrapper off eagerly.
Thrill held in her hand, a red photo frame with a photo of Poison, Kobra, Ghoul, Jet and her of when they were still ordinary misfits in high school. It was Halloween and they were all dressed up in costumes. Gerard had his homemade Wolverine costume, Ray was dressed as Anakin from Star Wars, Frank was wearing a Grim Reaper costume, Mikey was dressed as a zombie from Resident Evil and Rhonda was dressed up as a vampire, pretending to bite Gerard’s neck.
“Such good memories we all had.” Said Thrill as one single tear rolled down her cheek. “Thank you Jet and Danger.” She said before turning to Kobra, who had tapped her on the shoulder.
“A little gift from us.” He said as Blue Collar Doom hugged Thrill and gave her a gift.
It was purple hair dye.
“How did you know-“Thrill started.
“Poison told us about how you wanted to colour you hair.” Said Doom, “We even got some red for Poison too! Kobra found the right red, didn’t you Kobs?”
“I told you not to call me that!” he whispered harshly to her.
Doom and Thrill giggled. “Thanks guys!” Thrill said to everyone.
“Here Thrill. Its small but it’s the thought that counts!” said Atomic. “This one’s from me, Silent and Pony.” Atomic handed Thrill a pair of mean looking aviator sunglasses.
“They’re awesome Atomic!” she said
“Cake time!” shouted Ghoul as he went to the table and handed the knife to Thrill. He lit the candles and Silent Star turned off the lights.
They all sang happy birthday, Poison singing a small solo near the end. He sounded so beautiful it made angels cry.
After they finished singing, Thrill cut the cake and they all ate and talked.
Dr. Death put on some music. They were the songs that the boys recorded before BL/ind took over.
Early Sunsets Over Monroeville was playing and all the couples swayed slowly to the music.
“This is the best day ever.” Said Thrill as she swayed with Poison in his strong arms.
“It’s not over yet. But I’m glad you’re having fun, it is your birthday after all.” Said Poison as the song ended.
They all danced as the night started to fall and the sky got dark. Once the clock struck 10:00 p.m. they all cleaned up the streamers and party hats and went to bed.
Poison took Thrill’s hand and led her to her room once more.
“Wait here.” He said to her. She stood at the door and Poison went inside and closed it.
After waiting two minutes Poison called from inside the room.
“You can come in now!” he called out.
Thrill opened the door to see Party Poison lying on her bed shirtless with a red ribbon tied around his neck.
Thrill giggled and went to lie next to him.
“So is this my surprise?” she asked.
“Yes. Why? Aren’t I good enough?” said Poison with a playful glance at her.
“Yes, way too good. I wouldn’t have it any other way.” She said.
Poison slipped of her jacket as Thrill untied the ribbon on his neck and leant down to kisser once more.
Weeks passed by and the Killjoys lived in peace. Poison dyed his hair back to its brilliant red, Thrill dyed hers a vibrant purple and Danger Zone used the left over hair dye to return her hair the way it used to be with red and purpled highlights.
They all lived without any interference from BL/ind and their annoying Draculoids. So I guess it’s safe to say that they lived happily ever after. Well, for now at least.
(The End)
