Shipwrecked On Emo Island

◌ Twenty Three ◌

Pete grunted as he lunged at Patrick (who was standing up, thinking the stress was done) trying to grab him before he hit the floor.

He failed of course, considering he was much too far from Patrick to save him in time. Patrick's head hit the ground but thankfully, his fedora was there to cushion the fall.

"Woah! Is he okay there?" Billie Joe asked, running over to help.

"Y-yeah but let's just hurry this part up so we can get him back to his room. Tony can you let us know what you changed your score to quickly?"

"If Tony brings his score down too much we might go below a 70% and lose the house and go back to sleeping on the dry sand in the cold night air." Dallon said, swallowing nervously.

Joe started quietly crying.

"Look at them. Pitiful." Jaime said, pointing at Joe and Patrick. "All of them. Pitiful."

"Jaime Alberto Preciado." Billie Joe warned. "You be nice to them."

"Sorry, sir. I-I didn't mean that."

"Do I have to remind you of the time you guys got lost in a cave in Mexico? And how I bent over backwards to save you guys while I was busy managing Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown World Tour?"

"No sir. You do not need to remind me."

"Aw come on, Jaime!" Vic said, whining. "Now you reminded him of that incident!"

"Now he's not gonna stop talking about it!" Mike complained.

Billie Joe was referring to a dark day in 2009. Pierce The Veil had been heavily working on their second album, Selfish Machines, when they decided it would be best to take a break and head down to Mexico to rest their minds and have a fun vacation.

Some say it was Vic's fault and others say it was Jaime's. Either way, the foursome ended up lost on a dark, creepy cave somewhere underground. None of them remembered quite how they got so lost but it was not one of their shining moments. Vic was bawling his eyes out on the cave floor in fear while Mike tried to comfort him. Meanwhile, Tony was trying to catch some of the bats as food. He was terrified that they would starve to death. Jaime was in a state of shock and lashed out at everyone.

Eventually, Billie Joe came to their rescue and helped them out. Green Day was supposed to be on stage in forty minutes and instead of warming up his glorious voice, he was busy helping four fools out of a freaking cave.

A cave.

How often do you get lost in a random cave?

"Alright alright fine." Billie Joe said, cracking up. "I won't bug you guys about it but oh my goodness, Vic you should have seen the look on your face when I showed up. And Jaime I think at one point you literally said word for word, 'Oh thank you, dear Billie, I owe you my life and soul forever now."

Pierce The Veil rolled their eyes. It helped the eleven cooks to know that they weren't the only ones who needed lots of help by Billie Joe at some point.

"Okay!" Billie Joe clapped his hands together. "Where were we?"

"The cave incident?" Gerard asked.

"Uh no, before that."

"I was gonna change my score." Tony answered.

"Ah yes. Okay what do you want to lower it to?"

"An 8.5 instead of a 9. That pee taste had a weird after taste. I didn't like it." Tony said.

"Wait that's it!? You lowered it by half a point?" Billie Joe face palmed but he accidentally smacked his face too hard and yelled out in pain. "Gosh I suck at face palming. But really? That's it? You made a big ass deal over it. And poor Pete fainted over it!"