7

Poison and the others arrive at Kobra Kid.

"Kobra, what happened?"
"It's…I… he"
"Calm down, Kobra. Take a deep breath and tell us what happened."
After a minute Kobra manages to calm down.

"Kid and I were walking here when we saw this BL/ind car. Kid ran off to you guys and I shot at the guy in black, he was in the car. He jumped out of it and we started to fight. He tried to run away and I shot him in his shoulder. I could catch him, but he broke free again. That's when his shirt was torn apart and I saw his tattoo." Everyone was silent.

"It was a lizard." Kobra says the last part while looking at Smiling Bomb. The later eyes' widen, "What? No…it… it can't be. He's dead. I… I saw how he got killed!" Bomb steps back, "It can't be."
"Are you sure, Kobra?"
"Yeah, Poison." Bomb sits down with his head in his hands. Jet sits next to Bomb and puts his arm around the younger man's shoulders.
"I'm sorry, Bomb."
"I don't understand, Jet. Why'd he do that?"
"I don't know."
"Next time we see him, we'll make sure he tells us." Ghoul sounds angry.
"Let's go back to Dr. D."

--

When they arrive, Show Pony's all happy and active but when he sees the sad and worried faces, he frowns.
"What's wrong?" they all look at Bomb who looks at his feet. Jet answers instead, "We know who the guy in black is." Pony quirks an eyebrow, "Who?"
"Static Moon." Ghoul says his name like it's something dirty.
"C'mon, let's go tell Dr. Death." Everyone goes inside except for Kobra and Bomb. "You comin'?"
"Nah, I'm just gonna stay here.
"Do you want me to stay?"
"No, just… leave me alone for a while. I need to think." Kobra smiles slightly and goes inside.

Bomb wanders off to a dune and sits down. He looks at the landscape in front of him without really seeing it. He thinks about his brother.
Why would he betray us to BL/ind? He hates Korse. It makes no sense. Did they brainwash him?

The otherwise so happy man sits like that for hours. When it gets dark he sees the lights go out at the radio station but doesn't go in. Bomb has the feeling he won't be able to sleep anyway.

--

The next morning Poison is the first one to wake up. He steps into the sun to get some air. The redhead sees his friend on the same spot where they left him last night.
"Did you stay here all night?" His friend nods, "Couldn't sleep."
"I know that I don't know how you feel, but-"
"No you don't. your brother didn't betray you! He'd never turn you into BL/ind!" At this point Bomb is shouting at Party. The others come out, awoken by the sound. Suddenly Bomb lets himself drop on the ground and starts crying. For the first time in a long time the Fabulous Killjoys don't know what to do.