Sweet Misery Love Company--Chapter 2

This is the second chapter, where Chris and Gloria are on a journey that is strange yet exciting as they meet the legend of Katherine Donovan. --KatDon 

Chapter 2: Histories of the Unknown

Boy, the townspeople were awry! They fear for Stephanie as they pray to save them from her madness. Just then, Gloria appeared as she said: "Fellow citizens of Tilbury Town! As terrifying as this may be, let us put this aside and celebrate. For this one day, of course! What a celebration we'll have today, let us have a celebration and finally away from the wicked because we couldn't be happier. Right here, look at what we got. A fairy tale plot in our life." She said cheerfully.  Although they were celebrating, the townspeople were gossiping quite a lot. There were talks of Stephanie: Some say she comes by and lets the citizens she's arrived by letting out a screech as she comes out from hiding. Others say she has extra eyes that are always kept awake, her skin could shed so easily like a snake, and her skin is so unclean. Chris clenched his teeth, he was upset to hear this. “Do you hear this shit?! Ugh, people are so empty-headed they'll believe anything!” exclaimed Chris, a few people turn their heads. Gloria glance at the crowd as she then said, “Excuse me just a moment!” Gloria and Chris talk aside, away from the crowd. “I can't just stand here beaming like the rest of them, imagining going along with all of this!” Chris said. Gloria glance back at him, “Do you really think I like to hear them say those awful things about her? I hate it!” She whispered. Chris looked around with disgust, “Then what are we doing here? Let's go, let's get out of here!” He suggested. Chris looked at him with horror, “We can't leave now, not when people are looking to us to elevate their fortitudes.” She griped. “You can't leave, because you can't resist this. And that is the truth.” Chris pointed out. Gloria sighed, “Oh Chris, I miss her too, but we can't just stop living. No one has searched harder for her than you. But don't you see? She doesn't want to be found. We have to face it.” She explained. They return back to the celebration. In the meantime, a young lady arrived with sunglasses on her face. The person that’s driving her greets her: "Welcome Miss Nelson." The man said. Melody sniffed the air as she said, "It smells like...." The guy smiled, "Fresh air?" He guessed. But Melody shook his head, "Heat and waste in the air, ew! Hate that smell." She said. She then ducked inside the car. She arrived at her destination. There she met Jowan Smallberry, who greeted with joy! "Hey Miss Nelson, You have no idea how excited I am to meet you." Replied Jowan. Melody snarled, "Do you mind? My name is Melody, Mr. Smallberry." She answered. "Oh Melody, you gotta call me Jowan." Said the guy. Melody nodded, she sat down almost at once. "Aww, you look so cute I could just eat you right then and there." Joked Jowan sweetly. "Um, that's quite a cannibal comment." Countered Melody awkwardly. "So, how was life for it?" asked Jowan, smiling. "Fine. A little bit of the old and new so it wasn't so bad." Melody remarked. Jowan nodded, "Cool." He uttered. While with Jowan Smallberry; Melody wasn’t used to things that he did. Like the smell of cleaning bleach she dislike: "Ugh, what is that stench?" Melody solicited. "Sorry, using bleach here." Said Jowan. "Oh, I hate that smell...It's burning my nose. Excuse me..." Melody said, covering her nose in tissues. While trying to sleep; Melody is annoyed with the noises and confronted Jowan and his friends. "I'm sorry, you guys are being loud and so is the TV. I'm trying to get some flippin' sleep already!" Melody snapped. "We're just having fun." Complained Jowan. Melody sighed, "Just simmer down, I don't want to come down and yell at you guys. Please?" She snapped. The others were annoyed with her, "Why can't you have fun?" demanded Jowan. "Why can't you just let me sleep in peace?" hollered Melody as she slammed the door. And the breaking point, when Melody has hypersensitivities to some sounds such as sitcom laugh tracks, audience laughter, and other things that bothers her. Jowan calls her on it one day when it was nice and quiet. "Why do you always cover your ears all the time?" demanded Jowan. Melody looked at him funny, "Cover my ears? I don't know what you're talking about." She said, lying. "You always cover your ears from that sitcom playing." Jowan pointed out. "Sitcom? No, not really a sitcom. Not sure if I was hearing voices." Perjures Melody innocently. "And you try to hum or talk to yourself quietly." Continued Jowan. Melody fibbed as she seem confrontational: "Me? That's ridiculous, what the hell was I saying?" Jowan sighed, "I don't know." He admitted. Melody smirked at him, "Then how do you know that I was talking to myself? Let's just drop it!" She exclaimed. Jowan looked at her funny, "You sure you're OK?" Jowan inquired. That annoyed Melody, "Yeah, I'm fine." She claimed. Jowan shook his head in annoyance. "You think everything is all yours and it's all privileged to only you---" Jowan argued. That made Melody explode with anger, "I AM NOT PRIVILEGED TO HAVE MY OWN ROOM!!!!" She shouted. "Yeah? You always want things around her to be quiet, you hate the sound of laughter, what is wrong with you? Aren't you happy at least?" demanded Jowan. "You wouldn't understand!" Melody remarked. Jowan decides to find out about Melody and learns about her past life from Melody’s cousin who is a psychologist and Jowan confronts Melody with the truth. During the argument they had one day, Jowan cried out to the truth. "YOU HAVE A HISTORY MELODY!!!!!" yelled Jowan. He then spoke in a normal tone of voice, "You have a history of humiliating antics. You've been violent to people as a kid, you insulted your peers in elementary, you wrote on walls of things that were dark and macabre, you drew on yourself and cut your own hair. Then, you attempted to walk alone without permission and other childish shenanigans. You've been having suicidal thoughts, you can't even deal with noises that bother you. Melody rolled her eyes, "My mother and father were both born in the same country from opposite sides. My dad was a bit of a jerk, an asshole. He was no drunkard; he was always a druggie and lost in wonderland. Always didn't do his glucose medication exactly as instructed. My mother was gaining weight after having three kids and thinks she's gross but I don't. My older brother thinks I'm fat and he thinks I’m not good enough. He thinks I don’t know much about the world but I do. I know it’s a cruel place but he treats me like a child. Sure I don’t act my age sometimes but it doesn’t mean I don’t know about life." Ranted Melody. She stopped until Jowan spoke up again. "It's not your father or the bullies, or the people that had hurt you. It's Ms. Blair as well the most of her family." Notified Jowan. Melody glared at him, "You don't know her." She answered. "She hurt you." Jowan said. Melody sighed as she turned away. "She hurt my mom with her put downs, blamed all of the men, treated everyone like crap, fired the best people--even my mother!" Melody said. "You thought she would understand." Jowan said, it didn’t sound like a question. "That's what I thought, until she showed her true colors and my mom was always a wreck by people who abused her that she trusted." Melody explained. Jowan came closer to put an arm around her, "She didn't fully understand you and she wanted you to deal with it." He clarified. "Yes, I couldn't! I try to explain but she still didn't hear me, sympathize me, NOTHING! SHE'S HEARTLESS!!! HER DAUGHTERS COULDN'T UNDERSTAND ME AND ACCUSE ME!!!" exclaimed Melody. 

Copycatting from a page book of Stan’s killings; Sirk burns the sisters alive, he took down his witness by bludgeoned him over the head and cut his tongue out. He murders a boy with a power drill; Sirk slashes throats with razor knives and chainsaws a homeless man through the skull. Sirk tricks a spoiled rich girl into meeting her out in the woods by an abandoned shack and he stabs her in the back. Sirk hits her with a log, shoves her into an outhouse, and pushes her inside the hole, which is full of feces, urine and leeches, drowning her. He garrotes another person to death and stabs this whiney spoiled brat.  He pours battery acid on his victim’s face, hideously mutilating and killing him. Sirk then cuts a boy's head off with a machete. Meanwhile; Jem and his squad of guards found the first victim cuffed to the bed with a rag in her mouth and a bullet in her cranium. The second victim had been bound with electrical tape gag on her mouth. She'd been stabbed repeatedly and stuffed into a large bag. Last week, a father's little boy didn't come home but he was found in a river. His head bashed in as well as drowned and his pockets full of pebbles. A man found his dog nailed to his door, the head of a handyman was found in the fountain of a habitation, and lastly, in a cruel twist of fate, an old woman was stabbed. By a twist of fate; Katherine came across Chris and Gloria. How? Pastor Malone wanted Gloria’s help as he led her inside of the church where he wanted her help in on something. Gloria agreed to help but she was knocked unconscious and woke up to see that once good pastor turned out to be a foil as he was planning something from the beginning. Gloria was shocked to see the terror of what Sammael did to the city of Tilbury, brought fear and destruction of the undead. Gloria recalled what Stephanie said, “Stephanie was right, she was right about Pastor Malone but why….?” Chris seems to find out what happened to Gloria as he saves her and protects her. But Gloria was shocked by the pastor’s deception, she has tears streaming down her face. “What will become of you, my dear friend? Now that I was tricked by the pastor…” Gloria said. “That’s not true, Gloria! You should know that, we’ll take this city back—you and me.” Insisted Chris. “There’s so much danger to face, Chris.” Protested Gloria. “I’m not worried, I’ll hurry to bring back life to the town.” Said Chris with great confidence, “Now let’s stop this scam the pastor did and save everyone.” He took down the shadow monsters but the shadow monsters and the undead beings as it seems to be overwhelming! Just then, the monsters fell apart by force and a young lady step forward, it was none other than her. “Hello, my name is Katherine Donovan. I came to help.” Said Katherine. The shadow monsters kept coming until Gloria’s powers of light came upon her; she decides to come along to fight. She is shocked by what power she has until she decides to confirm her promise to protect Chris as he had protect her. “You shouldn’t be here, it’s dangerous.” Chris protested. Gloria glance back at him, “I’m scared for your safety, Chris. I have a bad feeling more obstacles awaits for you down this path.” She replied. Chris looked at her with a crooked smile, “Gloria, you give me strength and you show that you care. I can’t fail without you beside me, I’d be lost if you’re not here. We’ll stand together and I’ll tell you why, we’re settling this right.” He said. Gloria blushed, “You two make such a cute couple.” Retorted Katherine, “Come, follow me friend!” And the two followed Katherine out. They came across crazy stuff that involved with Sirk, a crazy killer with a disturbing facial look that is the stuff of nightmares. Around that time; Sirk was wearing nude colored suit on the beach, softly singing to himself and clutching a large knife and he was covered in blood. He stands up in front of Katherine, Chris, and Gloria as he lets out an eerie guttural sound. “Hello Chris, I see you and your girlfriend brought a friend. Do tell; is she part of your triumvirate activity?” He asked in a sugary tone. Katherine made a face, “Dude, that’s disgusting!” She said. Sirk looked innocent at her, “Oh is it? Aww, too bad! I thought you were.” He replied. His face changed as he said in a scary voice, “If you did, I know how to make it more disturbing…If all three of you would just die in a slow and bloodied death.” Katherine was shocked to see him, “So that’s what his face looks like.” She remarked. Sirk let out that high pitched, distorted laugh as he was about to kill the three but Katherine used her telekinesis and took him down! Just then, Annora came to see if they were OK and took them somewhere safe. Then, Annora told Katherine the tale about Chris, Gloria, and everything that has happened. After hearing this story; Katherine begin to assist Chris but he brushes this off. Katherine finds out that Chris is a loner! In the meantime; Jem encounters with Truant Wave leader Jaro Leroy and he listens to the tale of the rivalries between Truant Wave & the Black Parade: Long ago; police cars surround the building, force squads enter it on floor one where thugs were holding hostages there. "Police! Surrender the hostages and no one gets hurt, do it now!" The cop commanded firmly. "Don't count on it, buddy!" said one of the thugs. Just then, the thugs were taken out by a figure who was none other than legendary hero name Jarmo Leroy but friends called him 'Jaro'. He was a teeanger who was not just a protector and fighter but also a singer as well as an actor. One of the thugs held a gun to a boy he had ensnared and cried out, "Don't come any closer, Jaro Leroy, or the kid gets a bullet in his lap!" The kid was so scared that something inside him broke out, a power so strong that it blast the thug away from that force of energy! Jaro was amazed by this, "Well I'll be." He remarked softly. He held out a hand but the boy refused, "Go away." The boy whimpered. Jaro was surprised, "Why's that? You saved my life." He said. The boy shed a fear tears as he replied back all choked up, "I don't need this, this power...I hurt people because of these powers!!!!" Jaro got on his knees as he comforted the boy, "Your powers aren't meant to hurt people, they are meant to save lives. I mean, look at you kid--You saved me. I didn't know what to do but you save me from a lot of trouble deciding and saved yourself." The boy looked at Jaro with surprise, "I saved you? Really?" He asked. Jaro grinned back and said, "You sure did." His voice sounded gentle but with a hint of deadpan yet kindness. The little boy was happy as he beamed with great pride! He found great admiration in his hero Jaro Leroy. This little boy's name is Mogue Furey. And the power inside him was his rage. In the present day; there was a slender and slinky but curvy figure of a young lady. Long beautiful hair in an upper high ponytail as she was in her late teens and eatly 20's. Here she had her bag over her shoulder, she was alone as she stretched for a bit before she started. Her ponytail was now a bun and begin to dance: Pirouette, demi pointe, en pointe, plie, turnout and pique. She lost herself into the dance, it was step by step, a twirl and a leap. This girl was Emily Fritz as her body was like liquid while dancing around and around. From above, there were three silhouetted figures watching from high up above of her entice dancing. "My, my! Darling Emily has really gotten better of herself, oh how she makes me swoon with delight!" said a dainty female man's voice remarked. "Hmph, she's a piece of work to be doing this." Another young man's voice said in a snarky tone, "So, are we gonna ask her?" A third voice said, "Patience my dear boy. She'll be done soon." And so, Emily was done with the lesson and was walking the sidewalk at night until she turned to an alley and grinned this alluring smile. "How long have you been waiting for me boys?" She purred. Those same figures that watched her, they were there. One of them said in that epicene voice: "We were waiting for you sweetheart. You were twirling so gracefully like a music box ballerina that we didn't want to interrupt. Well done, greatly executed on your part." Emily twisted her lips with annoyance, "Cut the flirtatious act, you want something from me?" She snapped. One of the voice, the leader's, is a deep voice with some desperation in them. "Now, now, Emily...We just want to know if I could have the mansion all to myself for next week. I want something special to happen. I'm so friggin' bored." He said. Emily smiled, "Aww Yves, have you been a good boy?" She teased. That set the leader off, because what he said startled Emily only a little bit. "The name is Humbert Dimitru!!!! C'mon Valentine, don't you trust me baby?" The voice said. Emily glared at him, "Not your baby, I keep telling you. And besides, you can be so manipulative, sadistic to others. You want me to trust a cruel ape with no heart to have the nerve to have the base to himself?" She said in a snarky tone. The dainty male's voice was surprised, "She got you there." He remarked. The young voice of a teenage boy spoke out, he sounded as if he was amused: "What a cunning girl to comment in such a way." But Humbert gritted his teeth, "PLEASE VALENTINE!" He practically shouted. Emily thought for a moment, "OK, fine." She admits. Humbert sounded relieved to hear this, "Thank you!" He said. The three figures disappear into the night and Emily walked home, she seemed perfectly content. But what happened next will be the most unforgettable betrayal, Emily got back to her base all smiling and feeling aglow. She opened the door and entered inside where she walks into the room, "Hey Yves, I'm back from...." Emily called but she stopped when she saw a massacre of blood and dead bodies all over the place. "What. Is. This?!" She shouted. Humbert looked up, he was a mess with a bloody face as well as he looked bruised. "Em--Val! You're back, so good to see you!" He said sugary sweet tone in his voice. But Emily wasn't buying it! "Sick bastard, don't play games with me. What have you done to my base? What's with all these corpses? It smells like death in here!" She demanded. Humbert got his feet as he held his hands up, "Baby, I can explain--!" He said but he got a face slapped by Emily, "I AM NOT YOUR BABY! WHAT IS THIS?! YOU---!" She shouted. That's when she saw a young man with a face that was full of emotion and Emily pointed a finger to him, crying out: "Who are you? APPROACH NOW!!!" The man did and what Emily saw was something rather familiar, she gasped in horror. "Jaro Leroy, my god....I don't believe it!" Emily whispered. Jaro bowed his head with a look of grief on his face, "Forgive me, this cruel man killed my friends and I beat him so hard that he might have broken a bone or bursted a blood vessel....He had done terrible things and I....I kicked the crap out of him!" He choked out. Emily placed a hand on his shoulder, "Jaro, listen to me, what happened wasn't your fault. This monster, mound of disease is responsible and this was also my fault for I put my trust as well as responsibility in Humbert but he ultimately failed me! I trusted him so now...." She pulled out a gun and headed towards him, "I'm going to take care of our little problem." Humbert looked terrified, "Emily, I mean Valentine, Have mercy on me...." He pleaded. "I gave you plenty of chances and forgiven you but this what I get payback in return? Well now....We can't happen to that again, can we?" Emily said. Humbert's eyes were filled with fear, "PLEASE, NO!!!!" He shouted. Too late, the gun went off and he fell over dead as a trickle of blood came pouring out. Jaro was shocked to see this sight, he glanced at Emily who had her back turned. "You want to kidnap me and my Black Parade? Go ahead and try." She said. Jaro begin to smirk a little, "Yes, you're Valentine and I'll be Kevin Thearch. How's that?" He said. Emily turned to him with a look of competitive sport on her face, "Let the games begin, may the best leader win." She said. Her hand held out to him. Jaro took it and shook her hand as he confirms by saying, "Affirmative." And Jaro escaped as Emily watched him go. Boy, what a long line this was but this was the line to get a sign autograph from the legendary Jaro Leroy, who is the one signing them. A yound adult Mogue Furey, his devoted fan, waited in line as he was distracted by a girl who was reaching for her purse from a guy who snagged it. Mogue could see this happen, so he walked over and grabbed the guy's wrist as he glared at him. "Let go, now!" commanded Mogue. The guy did and he walked off. Mogue returned the purse to the girl, who accepted back with a grateful look on her face. "Thanks, you help me got my purse back." The girl with the red hair said, beaming with happiness. Mogue only shrugged, "No problem." He said. The girl then introduced herself, "I'm Selena Lincoln by the way." She said. Mogue also introduced himself, "I'm Mogue. Mogue Furey, I'm here to meet Jaro Leroy." He said. The two of them got back in line, waited and waited until Mogue's face broke into a grin and begin to let out a crazy, happy laugh of excitement that made a few heads turn, some gave him the annoyed looks of the stink eye. "I can't believe I'm standing right here!" Mogue said, ignoring the glances. Selena couldn't help but smile at his excitement, "Did you hear his band's new album yet?" She asked. Mogue looked at her with confusion, "Their new album?" He asked. Selena giggled a little bit, "Yeah, silly. I'll take you to a nearby music store afterwards. OK?" She said. Mogue was interested in this girl, she seemed interested and nice so why harm could it be anyway? "All right, cool." Mogue answered. Now it was his turn to his autograph. He saw Jaro there and his heart raced with excitement. "It's him!" He thought. Mogue approached the guy, "Mr. Leroy?" He asked. Jaro looked up, "Yes? Oh hey, aren't you an eager guy. What's your name?" He said. Mogue grinned, "Mogue Furey." He answered. Jaro wrote down the name, "Cool name." He said with a nod. Mogue seemed pleased, "Yeah, hope you don't mind me saying this but you're awesome. I think you're a really cool guy and you're my hero." He said. Jaro smiled, "Thank you." He said. Mogue held the paper with Jaro's autograph and replied back honestly, "No, thank you. You made my day and hers. I'll see you around some other time." He waved goodbye and said to Selena, "I'll meet you over there, 'kay Sela?" Selena nodded, "Sure." Later, they walked to the music store and talked for a bit. Selena mentions of an alter ego name, which she tells Mogue about. "An alter ego name? It's Bellona Linus?" Mogue asked. Selena nodded her head, "Yup." She answered. "Why an alter ego name?" Mogue asked. Selena seemed shy about answering to him but she admits it, "I guess I like the idea of an alter ego. You can be whoever you want. It's sexy, isn't it?" Mogue wasn't too miffed about it, in fact he thought it was all right. "Interesting." He said, he just looked at Selena, who glanced away a little relief on her face. They managed to get the new CD and head back to Selena's place to listen. After listening to a couple of the songs on the record; Mogue was truly impressed. "Well?" Selena finally asked. Mogue nodded, trying to keep his composure and shrugged: "It's cool." He replied. Selena playfully punched his arm, "You love it!" She exclaimed. The two of them laughed, it was a good feeling. Mogue said, "Yeah, it's awesome." He answered truthfully. The two of them became close friends, and they were really good with each other's company. But one day, there was going to be a panel with Mogue as a guest as Mogue asked if Selena wanted to go but Selena was too tired from work and lets him go. Mogue was disappointed however he understood as he promised to be home soon. While at the panel, Mogue had a good time there. Things got worse when someone raised up their phone. "Hey Jaro, what about your lack of heroship?" A guy who seemed to be a hater called out. Jaro looked at him with confusion, "Sorry?" He inquired. The hater smirked and laughed at him, "You didn't save the people you cared about the most from Humbert and his torture chamber? See you guys? He posted grisly photos--Look!" He said showing the photos as everyone is shocked to see those. They didn't laugh but instead glared at the hater, who laughed to himself as he ranted: "The hero is zero! Right guys? Huh? Who's with me on this?" He stopped after a gun made a hole in his photos he held up. Jaro was responsible as everyone gasped with horror. "Display those photos again and I'll kick out, got it?" Jaro threatened. The hater was mad, "YOU SON OF A BITCH, WHY CAN'T YOU FACE THE FACTS? YOU'RE NOT A HERO AT ALL!!!!" He screamed. "SHUT UP, ASSHOLE!!!" Mogue shouted. "IT'S TRUE, HE COULDN'T SAVE HIS FRIENDS FROM A MONSTER!!!!" The hater argued back. He must've caused a storm because fans then pummeled him while Jaro made his escape. But only Mogue chased after him and found him at the staircase near some buildings. He caught up to his hero and wanted answers from him! "Can you tell me who exactly is Humbert? Who was he?" Mogue demanded. Jaro couldn't face him, "Can we not talk about it, please?" He asked. Mogue was starting to get upset, "You're hiding something and I'm going to find out what it is." He said. Before he got the chance, Jaro knocked him out and the next thing was Mogue's wrists were bound together and he looked up as Jaro stood before him. Mogue wasn't sure what was going on but he knew he was deadmeat for sure! "I want to tell you the truth...This monster was once the leader of the Black Parade and he trapped me there as well as my friends. He killed them all right in front of me....There was nothing I could do, I was helpless....Pushed too far and I snapped so I beat the son of a gun to a bloody pulp and watched him die...." Jaro said, edging towards him. Mogue backs away from him scared but yet it was impossible since he was bound together, "Why are you telling me this?" He asked. Jaro kneeled besides him, "You need to understand, the world can be beautiful and cruel at the same time. It's so beautiful it makes people like you and me want to cry." He said in a soft tone. "Don't kill me, Jaro! Let me go! Cut me free!" begged Mogue. Jaro replied back, "Oh don't worry, Mog. I'm not gonna kill you my friend." Mogue looked up confused, "You....You're not?" He asked. Jaro placed a hand on Mogue's head and said, "No, I'm going to show....The true torture inside your mind." Mogue looked scared, the next thing that happened was his scream. Later, Mogue got back all exhausted. He collapsed onto the couch where there was a fireplace and Selena noticed how tired he was he asked him if he was OK. Mogue could only wrapped his arms around her, cradling her. Selena was surprised but she felt a little giddy. She wasn't sure she was ready for this, she always thought of Mogue as a friend but for some reason, they knew each other for awhile so they were just friends. Maybe not friends anymore, maybe something more than just friendship. "Selena...." He whispered, embracing her. Selena giggled, "What's got into you, Mog? When did you get so romantic?" She asked. "Maybe it's because you're so beautiful." Mogue said. Selena blushed, she try to turn away. Maybe he was just kidding however what happens next was something nobody saw coming. Mogue inclined his head towards her as he osculate his mouth on Selena's and they both kiss. When Mogue pulled away, the two of them laugh with red faces. They were both quiet for awhile. "You know, you're right Sela, an alter ego is sexy indeed." Mogue said. "Did you come up with your own?" asked Selena. Mogue nodded, "Yeah, Torque Phoenix." He said. Selena smiled, "Really? Sounds nice, I like it." She said. Mogue snuggled next to her, "I love you, Bellona." He confessed. Selena snuggled next to him too, "I love you too, Torque." She admitted. The two of them laughed, it felt pretty good as their lives would never be the same again. There was announcer at the club, Elastic Heart as the people turned their attention as the announcer spoke: "Welcome to the Elastic Heart, we got a great night in store for you. I can see we have some freshly new faces...As well as some new ones." He said with a wink but then he got right to it, "Well, I'm not going to yammer all night so please enjoy the service, the scenery, and of course the show. And now, kneel and admire at the feet of this lovely dancer--By the name of Valentine!" He steps away as a young woman in a reddish black bikini appeared before the crowd! She was a slender, buxom young woman with long black hair, her lips were deep red and soft complexion. It was Emily but under the name of Valentine and she was a pole dancer. She took hold of the pole where her left leg straightened as the right bend slightly as she pivoted the pole gracefully, Valentine hook the pole with a grip, arching her body backwards! Then, she seized the pole with both hands as she swing around it, she spring up the pole and spun downwards. Emily stand up straight and her hands were behind her head. The next thing she was gyrating her hips side to side but she crouched down as her hands ran down in front of her body all the way to her knees. Valentine's knees were pushed apart as her legs momentarily spread and she pops back to the standing position. She did the same dance but this time, she faced the pole with her feet at a comfortable distance. Valentine gyrated her hips sideways again, she crouch down once more and pushed her hips back and raised her body until she uncurls into the standing position. Emily shimmied her knees bend slightly but straightened one leg as she lift one side of her hip and returns her leg while making the other straightened. Her feet were flat on the stage floor. Her arms were kept up in a parallel to the stage. Her elevated arms stretched the muscles of her stomach tightly to give her belly a taut appearance. Valentine elevated her arms into motions like waves, she shakes them to the beat and makes flirty gestures. During the dances; she made herself look sexy yet mysterious with her back to the crowd. But glanced back at them slyly and has a mischievous grin on her face. Valentine winked at the audience, she danced her way to someone at the table and then what she did was a turn on. She rolled her hips, withdraw her chest to circle it and her hips and chest pop! Boy, did this guy's friends went crazy while the females looked at Valentine with jealous glances. Smiling; Valentine danced back to the stage and did more dance moves: Gyrating her hips, she waltz with a passion as she puts her soul to the technique and lifted her arms as she flex her stomach slaightly. She drop her left hip and raised her right one. Hips circling, her toned stomach ripples back and forth as she isolated yet clenched her belly muscles individually. Once she finished dancing; the crowd went wild--Cheered loudly and clapped so much that made her smiled. She tossed her hair, wave to the audience after taking a bow and sauntered away. In the meantime, a girl who watched the dance broke out of her spellbound behavior and managed to gather her things as she looked around the club. The girl has brown hair, blue eyes and skin not so pale but radiant in the neon lights of the club but she managed to come across a bar and sat there but she learned that she wasn't alone. "Hello there." A figure said. The girl briefly smiled, "Hi." She said. The second voice was a familiar dainty sound, "Do you come to the club here, hon?" He asked. The girl nodded, "A lot." She said. The second was examining her arms and the rest of her body. The girl tensed up, she hated how people look at her body that way! "Hmm, you look very thin dear." He said. The girl shrugged, "Just recovering from a malnutrition disoder. It could've killed me." She remarked. "Sounds deadly." The first voice said. "It was. Excuse me, have you seen my 'date'? I have an appointment with her." said the girl. "Who is her?" asked the first. "Emily. Emily Fritz." The girl clarified. "Why do you want to meet her?" asked the dainty second voice. The girl looks annoyed, "None of your business." She said. Those figures looked like they were going to attack her, the girl was scared and turned away until she heard a cry of pain and an 'ooh!' She looked and try to run but tripped. She cursed to herself for making a klutz of herself. Then, she felt someone standing over her. "You have to excuse my friends, they are overprotective and skeptical of newcomers." A voice said. The girl looked up, a young lady who has black hair and pretty eyes, while her fingernails are painted dark red. She wears a dark-red, off-the-shoulders, v-neck minidress with yellow designs which the length of the dress ending just above the knees. The woman standing before her helped her up and she couldn't take her eyes off her but said, "Thank you." The woman titled her head sideways in confusion. "For what?" She asked. "For saving me. Are you Emily Fritz?" The girl inquired. Emily nodded with a smile, "That I am. And you are?" The girl introduced herself. "Lena Gayle." She replied. Emily knew who she was: "Ah, yes, for the interview." She recalled. Emily lead Lena to the office upstairs, but Lena caught sight of the strangers observing her while brushed a strand of brown hair from her face. She saw that there was a feminine man with white lipstick, a low cut hairstyle, and some colorful glasses. He had retro clothes, fringed pants, a frilly long sleeved shirt and a scarf. A young teen boy who has messy, black hair that reached the nape of his neck as it sweeped in front of his eyes. That boy has a rough-looking, rebellious appearance and he was somehow attractive. He wore a leather jacket with a hodd, black pants as well as knee high boots. Lena blushed, she was looking down shyly but glanced at the other strangers of a tall man who wore a white and blue attire of a cloaking trenchcoat, dark jeans and brown shoes. Next to him was a strange, petite girl with uncombed hair, a hoodie jacket with droopy ears attacked to the hood. She has an unkempt beauty to her, the next one was a whitish blonde haired boy combed fully back and pitch-black shadings on his eyes and wore a sleeveless tunic. Underneath was a long sleeved shirt, trousers, and ankle boots. Then, there were two twins who were tall, has muscular arms, sunglasses and hooded coats. But the only difference was one had black on the left and white on the right. The other has white on the left and black on the right! And lastly, there was a dark black haired guy who has silver streaks in his hair. He was stoic, cold but the look he gave to Lena was a glance out of kindness. Lena nearly stumbles but managed to recover, luckily Emily waited for her patiently until Lena picked up her pace and followed her. "Did you like the dance performance?" asked Emily casually. Lena nodded, "Yeah, she's so amazing. The way she gyrates her hips and she was sensually steamy." She complimented. Emily smirked, "It was." She answered. Then, the two girls disappeared into the office room and the door closed behind them. "My, she's quite a fragile lamb. Shy, cute, and clumsy--Why would she have any business with someone as vulnerable as her." The dainty voice said. "Well she did tell you guys to back off." The girl notified. "Innocent, this girl is innocent. Emily wasn't so innocent, but now she takes this beauty under her wing? Ridiculous." The tall guy said. The dark haired boy scoffed at this, "Innocence is dead." He said. "Not really however it depends on the situation." The girl said. "Very." agreed the tall guy. The dark haired guy rolled his eyes, "Hmph." His response was. Surprisingly; the interview went well as Emily worked as a singer and songwriter however afterwards, Lena was about to leave when she realized she forgot her pen and decides to go back. She went back to the office until she heard shouting of an arguement: She took a closer look to see that the guy with the whitish blonde hair was shouting at Emily and attempting to strangle her, "You selfish witch, you can't do this to me! You can't!" He was saying. Lena entered the room, no one could hear the arguement because of the loud music but she called out: "What's going on here? Leave Emily alone! Get off her!" She ran over however Emily saw her and called out, "Restrain her, boys!" Lena was apprehended by the dark haired boy and the other boy with the silver streaks. "Lena, don't! I really don't want you to get involved." Emily said. Lena watched helpless until she gasped as Emily mananged to get the boy off her and cornered him as she exclaimed, "I'M RUNNING THIS CORPORATION AND I HATE HOW YOU HAVE TO GO AND MAKE THIS HARDER FOR ME!!!!" She then calmed down and the two made up in the end. Once that ordeal was over, Emily looked over at Lena and said to the boys: "OK guys, you can let go of her." At once, Lena was let go as she almost fell but she was caught by the boy with the silver haired streaks, who gave her an innocent look as his glance of ruthlessness had vanished. "Are you OK?" He asked. Lena caught her breath, "Yeah, thanks." She said. Emily smiled as she introduced her to the group, "Lena, this is my crew.....Coco Robin, George Porter, Salem Grundy, Adam Drummond, Julian and Stone--The twins." She said. Then, she hooked her arms around the two boys that apprehended Lena earlier as she grinned brightly--Much to the dark haired boy's annoyance, "And these two lovely boys of mine are Mason Staudt and Jean Flynn." She gave them both each a kiss on the cheek. Lena smirked, Emily beamed with extreme giddy. Mason just smiled while Jean rolled his eys. Lena then explained how she came back for her pen and Emily handed it to her. Lean looked over and said, "You are so lucky to have these people. I find them all very fascinating and strange." Jean glared at her and Lena regret saying that so she turned and walked off. "Seriously? She did not just say that! 'You are so lucky to have these people. I find them all very fascinating and strange.' Is she friggin' kidding me?!" growled Jean. Emily placed a hand on his shoulder, "Down boy. She was just complimenting us. She wasn't trying to insult you or me." She whispered. Jean glanced back at Lena, then he smirked arrogantly as he knows what to do if he ever comes across that girl Lena again. 

Meanwhile, Jaro was at a meeting with some figures and talks about how he is thinking about recruiting some new people for an assignment to discover the secrets of Black Parade's leader Emily Fritz. He displays some photos of the people he's chosen and the figures looked over but they are not too thrilled to see what they say. At first, no one didn't say anything into one of them voiced their opinions: "These guys are uncommon." The figure pointed out. Jaro nodded, "I know." He replied. He doesn't seem to care if these recruits he's chosen are uncommon to him, but the figure persisted. "Jarmo, what makes you think you can take control of them?" He asked. Jaro glanced at the figure and said, "Because getting people do my work is what I do for a living now. Once hero, now a hell bent vigilante." He smiled darkly. In the meantime, there was a young man with ebony black hair and snow white skin. He was at the piano playing and humming to himself. After his fingers were done plunking at the keys, a single clap was heard from the entrance as it got closer. The young man turned over and try to adjust his eyes to the darkness as he heard a voice say, "Flawlessly executed, my mortal soul." The young man didn't know who he was. "Are you a fallen angel?" asked the guy. Jaro steps forward, "I'm your new boss, Jaro Leroy." He said. The guy looks back in amazement, "Leroy? You gotta be kidding, the legendary Jaro Leroy?" He inquired. Jaro held his hands apart as he made a grand entrance, "The one and only, are you avaliable?" He said. The guy thought for a moment, "Besides being in the theatre guy, actor, and singer? Yeah, sure what do you need?" He questioned. "What's you name?" askd Jaro. "Sven Baxter, but my real name is Sweeney. I hate that name, it sounds like a crazed, murderous barber in that musical." The dark haired guy remarked. Jaro simpers, "I see." He said. A young woman was walking home in the city at night, when a car was driving next to her as two men were whooping and shouting. They seemed to make the young lady very nervous and tense as she did her best to walk away. "Hey sweetheart, bring your birdy over her. We're your bees pollinating for your flower!" One of them called out. The two men howl with laughter, but the woman kept walking a little faster. The man roared at her angrily, "Hey, you get your ass back here!" The young woman cried out, "Get away from me!" She ran as her high heeled shoes tapped against the pavement. But the men chased after her until they were taken out as there was a scuffled and the woman nearly fell but she looked over to see her savior was coming towards her in the shadows, "Don't worry miss." He said, "They won't bother you anymore. "You save my life, who are you?" The girl asked. Jaro revealed himself, "Jaro Leroy." He answered. The girl gasped as she edged herself away but Jaro leant out his hand to her. "I want to recruit for a crew that I'm creating in development. What's your name?" He asked. The girl looked at him and replied back, "Angelique Sparrow." Jaro grinned slyly, "The dancer, huh. Do you have a female roommate who is a part time hitwoman?" He asked. Later, a knock on the door and a woman with dark hair, tan skin and wore blue answered it but her face fell when she saw Jaro. "Who are you? Where's Angelique?" demanded the woman. "Safe with me. Ae you Flutura Shylock?" Jaro said. The woman crossed her arms, a look of suspicious crossed her face. "Who wants to know?" She asked. "I'm Jaro Leroy." Jaro said. The woman was shocked to hear this, her expression changed from shocked to a sexy smile. "What does an amazing legend like you want with a woman like me?" She asked. Jaro smirks, "You'll see." He said. A female secretery knocked on the door and she looked all flustered when she approached her boss name Lawrence Hunter. "Sir, I do apologize for interrupting you from your work. I understand your on a deadline." said the secretery. Lawrence shook his head, "No, it's fine. It's part of the business, so who is here to make an appointment?" He asked. The secretery wasn't sure how to tell him this, "Um, it's...." She was about to say but Jaro steps in and says, "...Jaro Leroy, sir. It's a pleasure to meet you--Lawrence Hunter." Lawrence is surprised. Moments later, Lawrence and Jaro were alone in the meeting room where Lawrence is shocked to hear Jaro's proposition. "You want me to join a corportation by you? You got to be kidding me." Lawrence said. Jaro looked at him, dead in the face as he was actually serious about this deal. "We're living in a crazy, mixed up world an you are not a man of knowledge but you also work part time as a man who cannot turn a blind eye on the path of justice now can you?" He said. Lawrence looked at him, then he begin to chuckle softly and looked at him with a dark look. "Hm. You know me too well. All right, I would be delighted to join you." He said. Jaro smiled, "Excellent decision." He said. There was a big brute of a man who could never be defeated until one person decided to and he actually defeated him. The brute couldn't believe he was beatened...By someone stronger than him. "Damn, you're....Jaro Leroy!?" He exclaimed. "You're a sight to be reckoned with....Bartel Coby." Jaro said. Bartel felt as if he pissed himself and was extremely petrified to be defeated by the legendary Jaro Leroy. "Shoot." He muttered. Jaro let out his hand to help the big guy out, "Want a job?" He asked. Bartel grinned with excitement, "Sure, what the hell?" He said and pulled himself to his feet thanks to Jaro. The doorbell rang of an apartment and slinky, thin Rusty Knudson looked through the peephole: "Hello? Who's there?" He said. "Rusty Kundson? Forgive the intrusion, I heard you were looking for a job." Jaro said. Rusty was surprised to hear this and answers the door, "Who wants to know?" He asked. "Just who are you, really?" Jaro smiled, "I'm Jaro Leroy." He said. Rusty was shocked to hear this, "It can't be." He gasped. "DAMMIT SELA, HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU NOT TO CALL ME BEAR?!" exclaimed Mogue. Those two were at it again, they were rowdy with their tickle fights and other playful tactics that weren't raunchy but these two were always like this. Lover and friend, it went very well. "Oh, c'mon! You're like my very own grizzly bear, my snuggle teddy." cooed Selena, hugging him. Pretending to be annoyed, Mogue pushed her playfully as he whined mockingly, "Stop it! It's embarrassing!" He laughs. "I know you are but what am I?" Selena teased. "Cute?" guessed Mogue, smiling like the biggest dork he's ever been. Selena rolled her eyes, "No, I'm not. You're cute." She replied. "Selena, be honest with yourself--You are the most spectacular woman I've ever met." Mogue said. "Well, you are the most spectacular man I've ever met." She said with a smile. Mogue wraps his arms around her and remarks, "Guess it makes us even." Selena giggles as they both kissed and embraced one another. Just then, the phone rang and Mogue glanced at Selena. Selena nods so Mogue answers it, it might be important. "Hello?" Mogue said, after picking up the receiver. On the other end, he knew it was him: "Mogue Furey, are you coming?" Jaro asked. Mogue nodded, "Yes." He replied. "Good, I'll be waiting." Jaro said. Mogue grinned, "I'm coming, Jaro Leroy." He said and hunged up. Mogue turned to his girlfriend looked sad, "Duty calls, huh." She guessed. Mogue felt bad. "I'm sorry, Selena." He apologized. Selena embraces him firmly yet gently as she said in a choked up voice: "Come back safe, Bear." Mogue hugged her back, "I will. Love you, Sela." He said. Selena laughs a little, "Love you more...Bear." She whispered with a giggle. After one last embrae, Mogue left as Selena watched him go. She knew he was going to be OK. Later on; Jaro was faced with his new squad as he spoke to them, "Welcome! As you know, you all work for me now. I am your boss, not your friend or brother like figure. Don't fail me on any assignment because is going to die on me." He walk around them and he continued to speak, "In this squad, Truant Wave, you will be given alter ego names to conceal your identities to protect your loved ones, family, friends, and dearest co workers from your workplace. Give out your alter ego names immediately." Mogue was the first, "Torque Phoenix." He said. Sven was second to say, "Raspuiten Requiem." Angelique replies with her alter ego name, "Cecilia McCloud." Lawrence spoke out, "Dottore Long Gun." Bartel answers his alter ego name: "Butch Bandore." Flutura responds, "Artemis Pythias." And Rusty says his alias name, "Trivelino." Jaro nodded as he said, "Excellent, you are under my command. As the leader for my alias name, Kevin Thearch, you are given your first assignment....Kidnap the Black Parade." There was a moment of silence as then there was a lot of complaints. "Aw, c'mon!" Bartel exclaimed. "You gotta be kidding me!" Lawrence retorted. "That's insane! Screw that!" complained Flutura. "I don't deal with those hooligans!" Rusty piped up. But not everyone was complaining; Angelique was thrilled with the idea: "Sounds like fun!" Mogue smiled, "I like it." He said. Sven also agreed, "So, what's the plan?" He asked. Angelique turns her head and saunters over to Mogue and Sven, "Oooh, I like what you two got. And me think you're not like the others in this madhouse." She said as she inched towards them but Sven moves them as well as Mogue. "How do we start?" asked Sven. "Take them down, don't kill them--Bring them back to me alive, I'll interrogate them alone." Jaro said. Sven nods, "Deal." He said. "Good enough for me!" echoed Mogue. "Show time!" Angelique cheered. The others weren't so thrilled. "Great." Lawrence said in a deadpan tone of voice. Bartel's hand slapped his forehead, "Shit." He replied. Rusty bowed his head in defeat. "Crap. This is not what I had in mind but let's do it." Flutura said. Jaro smiled, "You guys are a good choice. From this moment, whatever you do---Do not fail me now, my soldiers!" He instructed. And he leaves. Mogue has a mischievous smile, "I get it, we're assigned to be errand boys. So, why are we standing around here? Let's go catch the Black Parade!" He exclaimed. Off went the Traunt Wave team! Standing before them was a huge building; they got inside without being detected and looked around. "This is the Black Parade? Pretty dark huh." Angelique remarked. Bartel shrugged, "It could be a haunted house for all we know." He said. "Oooh, I'm so scared. Right!" laughed Mogue. Then, Sven startles him from behind: "Boo." Mogue almost tripped and managed to get back his footing as he glared at Sven's blank gaze. "Frick man, you scared the hell out of me!" He exclaimed. Sven pretended to be surprise, "You got scared? I am utterly surprised." He said. Lawrence chuckled while Flutura sighed. Just then, they all heard a moan and someone is in pain. Sven and Angelique managed to find out where the sound is coming from a room inside. Angeliquie called out to the figure, "Hello? Are you OK?" In the darkness, it was something black and shrouded in mystery. "Don't be afraid, we're looking for...." Angelique said, inching closer but was pulled back by Sven who held her close to him. "Hold it!" He said softly. From outside, Rusty could see black shrouded figures coming in their direction as he was horrified while crying out: "Oh crap! Crap! GUYS, GUYS, HERE THEY COME!!!" As he says this, he found Angelique and Sven, who turned to him and saw the figure growled as it looked angry. Rusty was terrified, but it was too late. "RUN LIKE HELL!!!" Angelique screamed. Rusty was left to fight that figure! The alarm went off as things got into a panic for the Black Parade. "'The hell is going on?" demanded Jean. Mason turned to him, "We're under attack!" He called out. Back out there, the fight continued. "Take that and that!" shouted Rusty. Flutura calls to him, "Don't fall behind!" There was more of them coming and one of them was about to attack Mogue from behind but is knocked out. Mogue was surprised, he glanced at the smug Sven. "What the--?" He was about to ask, however Sven said: "You're welcome by the way." There was more black cloaked figures coming so Angelique gave them the smack down with her combat attack as she shouted, "GERONIMO!!!" But then, there was more coming and it was like a swarm was surrounded them. "This is so unnecessary!" groaned Bartel. It got very difficulty but with teamwork and fighting the rest of the figures, Truant Wave won. "We did it, yes we took 'em all down!" Mogue cheered between the breaths, but Sven spoke up to clarify things, "Torque, we took down the security. We need to get to the main lobby of this place." He explained. Mogue grinned excitedly, "Take down the Black Parade, that was the official instructions." He reminded everyone. "Aren't the Black Parade known for its most lethal member? Y'know the torturous one?" asked Bartel. Lawrence has a dark look on his face, "Looks like he's no longer in this world anymore." He said. Mogue shivered as he tried his best to look brave as he knew the task wasn't done but he wasn't sure about doing all of this. That's when Flutura put a hand on Mogue's shoulder, "Hey, take down the Black Parade right my friend?" He inquired. Mogue nodded, "Yeah. I did not come this far to die now." He said. "This won't end well." remarked George. Sure enough, he was right as they were apprehended! "Told you." He said later. Emily was irritated, "Shut up." She rasped. Mogue managed to speak into the communication device, "Kevin, we got 'em. The mission has been completed." He said. He heard his leader's voice speak to him: "Well done, Truant Wave, I am impressed with your determination." Later, Emily and the rest of Black Parade were held prison at Truant Wave's base. Emily and the others were presented before the leader, "Hello Black Parade, you too Valentine....Or should I say, Emily Fritz?" announced Jaro. The rest of Black Parade are shocked to see Jaro Leroy is responsible but Emily wasn't so surprised as she replied back with a grin. "Kevin Thearch....Or perhaps rather, Jaro Leroy." She said. Jaro made a gesture with a hand as he said, "In the flesh, remember me?" He asked. Then, he got down to business as he got the members of the Black Parade--except Emily--all seated and record them on a recorder with an interview: "Listen, I need you to tell me all about Humbert and Emily Fritz." He said. George was the first to speak, "First of all, his birth name was Yves Sado." He said. "He was a monster, he had no soul." Mason replied. "Does Emily know what happened to him? To my master? Who killed him?" asked Adam. "He was always bugging Emily, calling her baby all the time." said the first twin name Julian. "It's possible he had a romantic interest in her." The second twin name Stone replied. But Jaro knew the real names of the Black Parade: Coco Robin is Jeanette, George Porter is Emmanuel, Salem Grundy is Ross, Adam Drummond is Holland, Mason Staudt is Vaclav, Jean Flynn is Noel and Julian & Stone are Imar and Channing. In her profile; Coco doesn’t eat in order to keep herself pure. She’s happy when she sees she’s lost weight and she can see the shape of her bones beneath her skin. While he’s all dressed up in an exuberant way, Salem’s a timid guy questioning himself whether he is a boy or a girl. Salem struggles with his orientation and identity--That's what it said his agenda. On his file; Jean likes to take his dad’s scissors to his skin and cut himself, because it makes him feel better. He knows well how to hide the scars of his self-mutilation from the other people pretending he’s just fine. Now Adam is probably addicted to the medication he’s been given to alleviate the symptoms of abstinence. But still, the adverse effects are bearable, considering that the only other choice is to take his own life with a gun. Which his profile says it says. And in his file, George is drowning his pain in alcohol in a bar. After reading the profiles; Jaro then spoke out: "People...You should try to understand, even if your story is different from those of the characters above, even if you’ll never be an malnutrition sufferer, a female impersonator, a cutter, a drug addict or a man wasting himself in a bar." Now the Black Parade was tensing up, this guy knew their real names and past lives. Things they wished to forget and now he has the nerve to bring this up! "What do you want, Mr. Leroy?" Emmanuel/George asked in a biting voice. He sounded really mad. Jaro displayed a mischievous smile, "Tell me everything you know about Valentine...Or perhaps better yet, Emily." He answered. Once he heard this, Jem asked: “Why are you telling me this?” He demanded. Jaro leaned over and whispered, “Pastor Malone is not the man you once knew. He has tricked your sister. Come with me, I can help you.” Jem looked at him with shock, “What?!” He gasped. Jaro smirked, “You coming or what?” He inquired. 

Meanwhile; Stephanie sat quietly in the back seat of the car, which is driven by a young lady with platinum blonde hair and her bangs parted from her face. Next to her in the passenger seat was a young boy with tan skinned and white hair in a buzz shaved hairdo. He looked like a bodyguard, because he had a gun in his hand. Stephanie was staring at her hands, earlier she had been wandering the streets when the strange young lady with a Cheshire grin stopped and offered her a ride. Stephanie tried to refuse however the lady insist out of kindness, she then include that she would include Madame Sarita, Lulu, and Meredith. Stephanie was surprised by this, so she takes the woman's offer. "I don't think we've been introduced." the woman said in the driver's seat, interrupting Stephanie's reverie: "So, where did you from? Walking by yourself?" asked the woman. Stephanie looked up, not meeting her eyes in the review in the mirror, however she pretended to. "I...I don't want to say much personal information if that's OK." replied Stephanie, nervously. The woman nodded, understanding. "Yeah, OK. I won't probe anymore." She said, looking at the road. "but I do have a question." "Sure." whispered Stephanie. "You've heard of Sirk, right?" asked the woman. Stephanie looked up, "You--you know about that place?" She asked. Eirene gritted her teeth and clenched the steering wheel tightly, "You mean that wretched place?" She said in a biting tone. "Yeah, Sirk....His face is the stuff of nightmares.” In the van were a muscular man with a jumpsuit that outlined his chest quite well and an Amazonian beauty with a lean figure and fibrous arms that are svelte. "So, who was that girl?" asked the Amazon beauty. "I don't know, but she looks like a trouble." said the buff guy. He turned around to see Madame Sarita, Lulu, and Meredith. Then he leaned over and whispered, "So, why are they with her?" "How should I know?" muttered the Amazonian beauty.  At once; Eric, Luke, and Mynfray appeared as they told the feminine lady about what happened when they confronted Katherine Donovan: They had called out,  “BEWARE STRANGERS, WE ARE TRUTH AND JUSTICE AGAINST THE LIKES OF DISCRIMINATION!!!”  Katherine and the others were startled. They turned around to see three teenagers—there were two boys and one girl. The first boy was dark haired, fair-skinned and slim kid. The second boy was also thin but he was black with curly trimmed hair. And the girl has blonde hair that reached the nape of her neck. “I am Eric Korrick!” announced the first boy. “I’m Luke Havengal!” hollered the second. “Mynfray Chevy, and don’t you forget it!!!!” shouted the blonde, accidentally fired her gun and nearly hitting those two. The boys glared at her, “MYNFRAY!” They both said. Mynfray felt bad, “Sorry, I didn’t mean to!” She said. Katherine was baffled by this sight. “Man, misfits aren’t they?” Mogue said to her softly. “You betcha.” Katherine muttered back. “They’re teenagers, how about that?” Sven remarked in a whisper. The trio turned to them and one of them ask, “Hey, have you seen someone by the name of Katherine Donovan?” The others chorused in agreement: “Yeah, Katherine Donovan.” Katherine had a sneaky smile on her face, “Hmm…Katherine Donovan, Katherine Donovan…Isn’t she that Freak Girl?” She inquired. “Yeah, yeah!” The trio agreed with extreme delight. “And she was once a hero?” asked Katherine. “Yes!”  The trio exclaimed with approval. “And she is an atoner after falling into darkness?” Katherine solicited. “YEAH!!!!” The teens yelled. Katherine and the others walked off as she said, “Nope, sorry. Never heard of her.” This was disappointed to these three adolescents. “Awww!” The trio moaned. As they were walking away, Mogue and Jean made fun of them. “Wow, they seemed so smart than we thought.” Teased Mogue, laughing. Jean agreed while he sniggered, “What a bunch of retards!” Mogue, for once, agreed with him: “Ha, right.” Then, Katherine begins to sense a click of a gun and she grabbed the boys and forced them down while shouting: “GET DOWN!!!!” They ducked down as gunfire went off! “HOLD IT RIGHT THERE, KATDON!!!” shouted Eric. Katherine, Mogue, Sven, Mason, and Jean looked behind with shocked expression as well as fear. “Yeah, who do you think we are? Stupid?” remarked Luke. “Don’t move a muscle!” Mynfray threatened. The trio glared at them as the leader beckoned her, “OK, Katherine! Get on over here, you’re coming with us!” Realizing the situation was bad; Katherine glared at them and fakes a smile, “Sorry, ain’t gonna happen!” She retorted. Then she said to the others, “RUN!!!!” And they scampered away. “HEYYYYY, COME BACK HERE!!!!” shouted Mynfray. Katherine and the boys ran away from these kids but found that they were a lot faster than they thought. However, Lara stepped in along with the others and took down the trio!

Subsequently; Stephanie meets the members of the mysterious woman’s crew: Heron Hillel, Magnolia Hollis, Ferris Gabor, Acacio Cherubino, Ronald Palmer, Sapphire Maslan, and Corey Hardy. Remembering his past, Heron sees his favorite memory, his father taking him to see a parade, as his passage. His father asked him to overcome his difficulties in life and help the people around him that were in difficult situations and to be an awesome person who would stand up for the weak and be confident in himself. The father is saying that he will soon die and join the supernatural procession that leads the patient into the Beyond. Heron is reminiscent of his childhood and the memory of his father as he slides down into the world below. His father is asking him if he will be some kind of hero for the miserable people when grown up. Death has constantly an eye on him because he will have to die soon. He feels like he’s being watched yet he is alone, He fells lost yet he knows where he’s going. And the people he passes along the way think he’s crazy or insane, also in the last line the narrator is assuring the patient that he’ll not be forgotten. The people who knew him will still have to continue their lives, going through the pain, but eventually getting better. His friends and family will never forget him, consoles the patient by assuring him that life will go on, even though he’s presumably dead. Something stirs up so much memories and emotions that the words and music while doing a great job to try and explain it somehow fall short. Everyone’s dreams die at a point, but if anyone wallow in them, then the world will wither in other people's eyes. So paint it black by becoming numb to it and move on. Be one's self are no matter who tells that person otherwise – dreams only die if let them. He knew how even though the person is dead, he will still live on through their memory. and he will still carry on their legacy. And even as his father is gone, he lives to carry on his memory! Heron is left behind. It was about how he’s always had trouble through his life, and how he’s carried on until now, as he dies. Everyone around him is disappointed in him because he didn’t follow along with him but he doesn’t give a rat’s ass about what everyone else thinks. It is a testament to his own integrity and perseverance through adversity and peer pressure. Basically telling the world to go beat on someone else because he will never succumb to the pressures to change put on him by society. He won’t let the fact he’s dying keep him from playing his part in the world. He’s the savior now, the dying savior, and he won’t let death get the better of him. Heron won’t apologize for who he is or explain, no matter how the society puts pressure on him. The Patient won’t apologize for his death, nor will he explain why he must go. He’s not ashamed to finally admit that he’s led a broken life – he’ll show his metaphorical scars to the world. The true hero is not the hero most stories tell about. Normally, it is an average man and the ending is not happy. His dad wanted him to be the savior of the broken, beaten and battle scarred, something that he simply became and already was. By not giving up, staying true to his dreams and persevering past sorrow, he stood up for the damned and became the heroic man he was meant to be. He’s daring the people to try and stop him they won’t. He wants it so bad so he’ll have to kill him to stop him. Heron cast off the mask that they are using to cover up their true feelings and let their despair at the current situation show. Dressing for one's self and mix all those hateful emotions out. With all this trying to be someone else, he is losing sight of who he really are. If he isn’t happy with himself, he is not alone! He just living a day in his lives. Heron is an intelligent but he often get teased. He is asking the outcasts that people don’t know how to appreciate to unite, and kiss this miserable society goodbye. He could be asking his loved ones not to mourn his death and instead celebrate his life. People are the first to be full of sorrow and regret. The patient at this point is screaming and crying out for somebody to save him, because he thinks that he’s much too young to die at this moment in time. However, his disease is terminal, and it’s gonna kill him anyways, very soon. If anybody can hear the patient just come and take him out of there! Magnolia lives a very unstable life throughout the course of life. On a superficial level, she’s literally going to leave her lover for whichever drug dealer can get her the highest bid. Magnolia is getting ready to take the leap to faith, but this can only happen after she has found an object of belief which is sufficient! If they go ahead and get high, she will be unable to continue holding a meaningful conversation. Magnolia is a reserved girl, probably due to her upbringing which seems to find peace in her unstable life in the gaps that make others uncomfortable. As a promiscuous girl, she slept with a lot of skater kids who spent all their time watching the big skate videos of the day. Magnolia is all alone with some money, and the guy who’s going to get her the highest has a number for the dealer. Solving the problem for both of them. The guy at the door knows anyone asking for her is buying drugs so he makes things simple. Magnolia goes to parties a lot. All these parties are the same: They start out awesome and end badly. Everyone’s having a good time, but ultimately, the substance abuse at these parties ends up going beyond booze and weed leads to hard drugs. Things get out of hand and people start becoming mean and bitter, then aggressive, which leads to fighting, injuries, beat downs by cops. Instead of being angered by the interruption of his service, he is pleasantly surprised by Magnolia’s commitment to sharing what she’s learned with the congregation and allows her to proceed without interference. Magnolia is stumbling in looking like a junkie. She fell off the face of the earth and descended into drug-addled debauchery. Here, when she comes back bruised and battered from the party scene, it’s her resurrection herself into a new light from the old life she was in previously. In the beginning; Ferris is but a baby born into the world, and sees the water as warm and the sky as blue, they have a positive and harmless outlook on life. As a child, Ferris begins building a mental wall between himself and the world so that he can distance himself from the pain of life, such as having to grow up without a father, killed in battle. With bitter satisfaction, Ferris recounts how the teachers of his childhood would stop at nothing to humiliate their students and crush the children & their individuality, but would then get their comeuppance at home where they suffered the abuses of their wives. But he is against the cruel teachers of his childhood whom he blames for contributing more bricks to his wall of mental detachment. Ferris’s overprotective mom trying to control every aspect of her life; the mother of the child is protecting him and thus once again trying to make him stay away from the pains of life, but really what it’s doing is putting another brick in the wall and distancing him from the world. The fear induced by war and the anxiety felt by a country still transitioning from conflict back to normalcy as he lights out on his own into the world. Now all grown up; Ferris wonders how he will fill the remaining gaps in his mental wall. Ferris becomes a rock star and throws himself recklessly into the hedonism of the dark side of life! After calling home and discovering that his girlfriend is having an affair, Ferris invites a groupie back to his hotel room before emotionally erupting, destroying the room and chasing the groupie away. Ferris mentally lashes out at his adulterous girlfriend, between threatening her and begging her to come back to him. Ferris decides to completely isolate himself from the injurious world full of darkness! Ferris bids farewell to the outside world as he locks himself in his room and places the last brick in his wall. He begins to wonder whether he’s made the right decision in completely isolating himself from the world. Ferris begins to realize the expansiveness of his wall and the consequences of his self-imposed reclusion. Though there will almost always be personal and social barriers erected out of fear, oppression, pain, and isolation, it’s the job of every socially conscious individual and community to never rest in tearing down the walls that separate us. Ferris recalls the last morning of his father’s life, who was killed in the battlefield. Ferris feels betrayed by his country and those in power for sending his father to war and subsequently treating his sacrifice as just another statistic.


In Corey’s life was a wreck that turned good: Mrs. Hardy has been left to raise a child alone. Captain Hardy is missing in action, presumed dead. Captain Hardy became missing in action and it is believed that he was killed. Mrs. Hardy is alone having her baby, name Corey is born! A few years later; Captain Hardy turned out to be alive as he finds his wife with a lover. This is a threat. Earlier; Captain Hardy was missing in action, reported dead. He managed through by thinking of his wife. But there was violent action previously as Captain Hardy killing his wife’s lover. Corey witnesses the violence. The parents tell their son that nothing happened forget it. This buckles under the pressure of cognitive dissonance. He takes their words to heart and develops a psychological condition! He has been left traumatized. In his youth; Corey has been rendered to his mentally scarring from the traumatic events of his life as he lives in a world of something new only to him. He seems to suffer from a something where he interprets sights and sounds as color and music. Even though Corey seems almost insentient to the outside world, inside his mind he can still think and experience life. He isn't within the average are able to see things differently than what just the average person can see. He is describing is the form that his sub-consciousness has chosen. All of the sights and sounds around Corey are being interpreted by him as music. His parents have no time for Christmas. They believe in old men in red coats, going down chimney and getting to homes the world over in only one night! Since Corey is unable to hear, see, or speak he is completely ignorant as to what Christmas or religion is. As he is completely unable to do either of these things, his parents are worried about his future, and that he won’t be accepted into heaven since he can’t practice religion. The parents think Corey’s inability to hear about the Son of Man has cost him his soul. If, as Evangelical claims, the only path to salvation is through accepting the Son of Man what about people who have never heard the Sacred Good News? Billions of people have lived and died without even hearing about Evangelical and they are condemned in hellfire. Since Corey is like this his cousin can’t play with him so he tortures him. His cousin probably has no friends to play with because of the fact that he is a bully. His cousin complains that it would take Corey a week to find him, considering he can’t see or hear. His cousin feels no need to use politically correct language! On the contrary, dehumanizing Corey allows his cousin to feel even less that there is anything immoral in torturing him. Of course, he also seems to think that the only reason to behave well is the fear of retribution; since Corey can’t tell on him, there can be none. His cousin threatens to drown Corey in a bath tub; he wants to burn Corey, to see if there is any reaction. After seeing what his cousin did to Corey, his parents grapple with the idea of leaving him with his uncle who they know is dangerous, but they decide to leave him with his uncle anyway as they feel a need to have some time to themselves. When Corey’s uncle is left to watch over him, he abuses Corey’s psychopathic disabilities and forcibly violated him. His uncle proceeds to abuse Corey, continuing the trend of his family members exploiting his disabilities to their own personal gain. In his teen years; Corey meets Hawkins who is a hustler, then this couplet could have a dual meaning: he made his hooker attractive, and her hustler taught her how to act aphrodisiac. Corey has just visited the Queenie, and been given many hallucinatory drugs. Queenie takes Corey and after giving him hallucinogenics, tells his parents his mind is alive. However he is still traumatized. The hooker makes the boy Corey into a man by being immoral with him. One day; Corey's father found someone who could relive Corey of his deaf, dumb, and blind afflictions, and that he should be immediately seen to help Corey’s and their sadness. The Doctor is perplexed that Corey is medically fine but there is something psychological preventing him from interacting with the world. He seems to be calling for the world to see him not as a medical problem but as a human being. The doctor hints that if Corey regains his senses, it might not necessarily be a good thing. It would take a lot to undo the years of isolation. Corey is fascinated by his own reflection as he must overcome this self-perception to be able to hear and speak and see. After the procedure; Corey’s mother is trying to reach Corey. Corey’s trauma over seeing his mother’s lover killed way back in his past. It seems to have manifested itself as a severe trauma, rendering him incapable of communicating with anyone. But he is aware of himself – the problem is entirely psychological. This image he has of himself must be destroyed – both figuratively in his mind and literally in the mirror – for him to regain his senses. The news of Corey’s cure spreads by way of the newspapers, allowing more people to come to Corey’s cause. Corey revels in his new found consciousness and decides to use his following to show them his experiences. The cinema’s closed. It’s implied that the all-night watchmen have been leering at people in the movie-theater! There is a punky young man living in the city.  He is pinned to events nobody can’t recall too well and he hates people but some folks like Acacio as they have good feelings about him. The weary guests are asked to leave the warmth of the all-night theater, having slept on pictures that others only dream on. Like Acacio, the all-night watchmen are stuck in a fantasy world. Unlike Acacio, they’re not just about to have the trip of their life, resulting in one of the greatest concept albums ever made. Cars are just coming out on the road. Beneath his leather jacket he holds a spray gun in big letters on the wall leading underground. Acacio is a vandal but for spray painted with casual sideways glances along the wet street, he checks the motion in the steam for potential obstruction! Meanwhile it seems the world doomed to insanity. People genuinely believed that the human race would be wiped out by nuclear war though that's not true. The anguish in Ronald’s face shows through the streams of tears that flow down his face that the information he is passing is true and that the world will end in five years. His mind fills with memories of things he considers important to him, or things he like. His favorite melody, electrical irons and so on. Ronald is frantically preparing for the end of the world by stockpiling thoughts, knowledge and memories, rather than physical supplies that you would store in a warehouse. His brain that has no room to spare. It’s like an overflowing warehouse, and it is giving him a headache. Ronald thinks of all the people in the world that he’s going to have to live without, although they are different and unknown to him, he needs them to live a sane life in life. Ronald observes that not everyone is going crazy over this news, he sees someone simply relaxing as they are so chilled out they don’t even though they are being teased or mocked at. Now that the world is going insane, he longs for the security and love that his mother gave him. And finally, Sapphire’s memories come back to her: Sapphire sees the truth now that she was blind in the past but is awake and see’s the truth. She was blinded by love, falling for her man and giving him her all! Sapphire realized what was happening in her life, she believes that reading the stars as the stars is telling their future. Sapphire made the wrong decisions in life that created her destiny. After everything Sapphire went through, she learned that sometimes things aren’t really what they may seem to be. She acknowledges she kept living in her dream and couldn’t see what really happened in her relationship. Sapphire wishes that she knew what was going to happen so she wouldn’t waste her time and energy on a relationship that she knew was going to end. If she had known that things would end up so bad she wouldn’t have committed to the relationship and when she was with him she was on cloud 9 and had a sweet and wonderful time with him but now she has fallen back to ground of reality. The woman realized something, “Oh wait! I forgot to introduce myself and this boy here…My name is Ingrid Mischa and this is my assistant, nice to meet you Stephanie Redford.” She said.