There's No Such Thing As Heros, chapter 5
Billie Joe stared at the ground of the cell. He hadn't taken his eyes off it except when a large black hawk had flown in and began to address both him and Tre. And even then he had gone straight back to looking at the floor. The hawk, Jhar, or what it was was called, had seemed very concerned about both of them. He had told Tre that Mike was free for the moment and that his mage, his mistress, Lyla, was devising a plan to help the two of them escape. Tre was unsure about the talking hawk but seeing as he had no other hope of escape he trusted him. He gave Billie Joe another worried glance. The bruises covering his arms and face seemed darker. If that was possible. He wished he knew what the guitarist was thinking. He wished he knew what had happened. Somehow he didn't believe that Billie's strange behaviour was anything to do with his ego being severley dented. He hadn't just been beaten up. Hadn't he mentioned that Skilfazar had threated to have him raped? That would explain it. Maybe he should try asking him again. Maybe he shouldn't. It didn't take a genius to see that Billie Joe was in a brittle state. If he said or did the wrong thing he dreaded to think of what would happen to the frontman. Something nasty, a mental breakdown or something of the sort. Fuck it. He needed to just bite the bullet,
"Billie?" he didn't look up
"Billie Joe?" nothing
"Billie!" he said a little louder making the other man jump but it did the trick. Billie looked up but avoided his eyes
"What happened?" his friend closed his eyes for a moment as if trying to remember something that had happened many years ago. Without opening his eyes he just shook his head.
"Bill. C'mon. Tell me"Billie Joe shook his head again
"Did he, did he rape you?" Tre regretted asking, for when Billie Joe finally made eye contact, the despair and desolation that had consumed the light and sparkle of his eyes seemed endless. Tre shuffled across the room so he was sat next to Billie and simply wrapped his arms round the guitarist. Billie didn't move for a moment then broke down, sobbing into Tre,
"I just can't take it Tre. I'm stuck in some fucking world. I don't know when I'm going to see my kids again and I'm being held captive by some fucking lizardman who likes fucking people up the ass!"
"I know Bill"
"I know you know Tre and I'm such a dick"
"You're not"
"I just want to get out of here"
"Jhar, that hawk, said he knows a mage who might be able to get us out of here"
"Yeah, but he's a fucking hawk Tre. And even if he has a mage friend Skilf said that no one knows the spell thing"
"Least we can get out of here and away from him"
"Yeah. I don't want to go through that again and he sure as hell ain't touching you or Mike"Tre smiled and hugged him tighter
"Thanks Billie but better me than you. I ain't letting him anywhere near you after what he did"
"Aww Tre. What would I do without you?"
"I don't know"the two grinned. At that moment a cracking noise made them look up. Billie Joe froze and Tre held him closer. None other than Skilfazar stood in the center of the room. He cackled,
"Sorry to interrupt such a... 'intimate' moment between you 2 but I think it's about time I introduced you to my most trusted subjects. And I suppose you want to know why you are here so I'll share that with you too"he watched for their reaction but was disappointed
"Get up then"he said impatiently. Tre stood up slowly helping Billie Joe. Skilfazar muttered a few words and the door opened. He pushed the two out of the door in front of him and followed. He then took the lead and led them through many corridors until they came to a set of wooden double doors. He turned,
"Just a warning;I don't adivse any smart ass comments in front of ANYBODY. Understand? Cos, well, unless you have faggish tendancies you won't enjoy the consequences"Billie Joe slid his hand into Tre's and held on tightly. Without another word Skilf opened the doors and they walked into a magnificent chamber. It was huge and elaboratley decorated. Eventually, the rockers' eyes landed on a group of creatures. Some reptiles like Skilfazar, others resembled fish and mammals. Others looked like nothing either of them had ever seen before. Skilfazar spoke briefly with them before taking a seat in the center of a cresent panel that Tre and Billie had failed to see. The group of creatures filled the seats on either side of him. A guard came up behind Billie Joe and Tre and pushed them closr to the cresent so that its occupents could all get a good view of them,
"It's like being on fucking trial for murder"whispered Tre. Billie Joe stifled a laugh. Skilfazar cleared his throat,
"Welcome ladies and gentlemen to The Court Of Lord Skilfazar"
"Billie?" he didn't look up
"Billie Joe?" nothing
"Billie!" he said a little louder making the other man jump but it did the trick. Billie looked up but avoided his eyes
"What happened?" his friend closed his eyes for a moment as if trying to remember something that had happened many years ago. Without opening his eyes he just shook his head.
"Bill. C'mon. Tell me"Billie Joe shook his head again
"Did he, did he rape you?" Tre regretted asking, for when Billie Joe finally made eye contact, the despair and desolation that had consumed the light and sparkle of his eyes seemed endless. Tre shuffled across the room so he was sat next to Billie and simply wrapped his arms round the guitarist. Billie didn't move for a moment then broke down, sobbing into Tre,
"I just can't take it Tre. I'm stuck in some fucking world. I don't know when I'm going to see my kids again and I'm being held captive by some fucking lizardman who likes fucking people up the ass!"
"I know Bill"
"I know you know Tre and I'm such a dick"
"You're not"
"I just want to get out of here"
"Jhar, that hawk, said he knows a mage who might be able to get us out of here"
"Yeah, but he's a fucking hawk Tre. And even if he has a mage friend Skilf said that no one knows the spell thing"
"Least we can get out of here and away from him"
"Yeah. I don't want to go through that again and he sure as hell ain't touching you or Mike"Tre smiled and hugged him tighter
"Thanks Billie but better me than you. I ain't letting him anywhere near you after what he did"
"Aww Tre. What would I do without you?"
"I don't know"the two grinned. At that moment a cracking noise made them look up. Billie Joe froze and Tre held him closer. None other than Skilfazar stood in the center of the room. He cackled,
"Sorry to interrupt such a... 'intimate' moment between you 2 but I think it's about time I introduced you to my most trusted subjects. And I suppose you want to know why you are here so I'll share that with you too"he watched for their reaction but was disappointed
"Get up then"he said impatiently. Tre stood up slowly helping Billie Joe. Skilfazar muttered a few words and the door opened. He pushed the two out of the door in front of him and followed. He then took the lead and led them through many corridors until they came to a set of wooden double doors. He turned,
"Just a warning;I don't adivse any smart ass comments in front of ANYBODY. Understand? Cos, well, unless you have faggish tendancies you won't enjoy the consequences"Billie Joe slid his hand into Tre's and held on tightly. Without another word Skilf opened the doors and they walked into a magnificent chamber. It was huge and elaboratley decorated. Eventually, the rockers' eyes landed on a group of creatures. Some reptiles like Skilfazar, others resembled fish and mammals. Others looked like nothing either of them had ever seen before. Skilfazar spoke briefly with them before taking a seat in the center of a cresent panel that Tre and Billie had failed to see. The group of creatures filled the seats on either side of him. A guard came up behind Billie Joe and Tre and pushed them closr to the cresent so that its occupents could all get a good view of them,
"It's like being on fucking trial for murder"whispered Tre. Billie Joe stifled a laugh. Skilfazar cleared his throat,
"Welcome ladies and gentlemen to The Court Of Lord Skilfazar"
