003 (Billy Hargrove x OC)

Chapter 6

-003/Trisha Henderson POV-

"Stay behind me" said Steve and I slapped his arm.
"Still the girl with powers" I said. "You have a bat"
"With spikes" he defended.

"Shut up and walk" I said.
Steve whistled to the creature.
"Are you serious?" I asked.

"You have a better idea?" he asked. "Come on, buddy"
I was sensing more than one creature...
"Come on, buddy" he tried again. "Come on. Dinner time. Human tastes better than cat, I promise"

"Steve..." I said and grabbed his sweater.
"Not now, Trisha" he said.
"Steve!" I shouted and saw another creature. "There's more!"

"Steve! Three!" shouted Dustin, he had opened the door... "Abort! Abort!"
The creatures went to attack, Steve dodged and I sent the creatures flying into each other.
"Steve! Three!" shouted the kids. "Trisha! Hurry!"

"Run!" I screamed and when we got into the bus, I closed the door with my mind.
"Are they rabid or something?" asked Max.
Steve closed the door with another layer of metal.

"They can't get in! They can't!" shouted Lucas.
The whole bus was shaking...
One got through but I held it off with my powers.

"Steve!" I yelled. "On top of us! Help them! I can hold this one off!"
Max was screaming...
"Out of the way! Out of the way!" yelled Steve. "You want some? Come get this! Kids! Go to Trisha!"

They were hiding behind me, while I was holding one of them off.
But suddenly... it ran away.
I fell backwards and Max caught me.

"Oh my God!" she said, my nose was bleeding.
"I'll be fine" I said. "Need a minute"
"What happened?" asked Lucas, when we walked outside, Max was helping me stand.

"I don't know" said Max.
"Did Steve and Three scare them off?" asked Dustin.
"No" said Steve.
"They're going somewhere" I said.

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-Billy Hargrove POV-

I was going to surprise her. Tonight was gonna be the night.
I light another cigarette, and smiled.
Trisha Henderson really was something else. She made it at least difficult. It kept me interested.

Now I had to make sure she stayed interested as well, and since I hadn't seen her today... Well, she'll be surprised. Tonight I'm gonna step up my game, win her over.
I looked into the mirror, yes, this was good.

'She won't know what hit her'
"Billy?" it was Susan, she was knocking on my door.
"Yeah, I'm a little bit busy in here, Susan" I said.

"Open the door. Right now" it was my father...
I opened the door... He did not look happy...
"What's wrong?" I asked.

"Why don't you tell us?" asked dad.
"Because I don't know" I said.
"We can't find Maxine" said Susan.

"And her window's open" said dad. "Where is she?"
"I don't know" I said.
"You don't know?" he scoffed.

"Look, I'm sure she just... I don't know, went to the arcade or something" I said and walked back into my room to put on my jacket. "I'm sure she's fine"
"You were supposed to watch her" he said.

"I know, Dad" I sighed. "I was. It's just you guys were three hours late, and well, I have a date. I'm sorry, okay?"
"So that's why you've been staring at yourself in the mirror like some faggot instead of watching your sister?" he asked.
"I have been looking after her all week, Dad" I said. "Okay? She wants to run off, then that's her problem, all right? She's 13 years old. She shouldn't need a full-time babysitter. And she's not my sister!"

I turned off my radio and my dad pushed me against the wall.
"What did we talk about?" he asked and hit me in the face. "What did we... talk about?"
"Respect and responsibility" I said.

"That is right" he said. "Now, apologize to Susan"
"I'm sorry, Susan" I said.
"It's okay, Neil, really..." said Susan.

"No, it's not okay" he said. "Nothing about his behaviour is okay. But he's gonna make up for it. He's gonna call whatever whore he's seeing tonight and cancel their date"
I knew he didn't know who he was talking about, but hearing him call Trish a whore... it really made me angry.

"And then he's gonna go find his sister" he continued. "Like the good, kind, respecting brother that he is. Isn't that right, Billy? Isn't that right?!"
"Yes, sir" I managed to get out, not trying to let my voice tremble...
"I'm sorry" he sighed deeply. "I couldn't hear you"

"Yes, sir" I said louder.
"Find Max" he said and they left my room.
The tears fell and I hit the wall.
'I'm sorry, Trish...'