Amy's Adventure With Green Day, chapter 14
I heard a shot and then everything faded and went black.
"She's awake!" a girls voice yelled. My eyes flickered and then opened, I saw the worried faces of Mason, and all three members of Green Day hovering above me. Then, slightly out of focus, I saw the giant concert screen looming above me, worried faces of the members of the crowd showing. Mason's eyeliner had run slightly and even the eyes of the members of Green Day were a bit red.
I rubbed my head, it hurt where it had hit the ground.
"What happened?" I asked, I had no idea about what was going on, shouldn't I be dead?
Mason sat down on the ground next to me, Green Day did the same. They must have been standing there for a while if they were so tired that they had to sit down. But if it had been a while, why hadn't I been taken to first aid or something?
"Okay," Mason said and thought for a minute. Then he looked at Billie Joe, I understood that it was still a bit confusing for him to understand.
"Ummm," Billie said. "How do I explain... Okay, well, you know how Big Jonno has always hated us?" I nodded. "Yeh, well, he was planning on doing something to us. He said it was because we had done something to him... what that was, I dont know." Billie paused, Mike and Tre' had gone silent and both looked serious, even though Tre had a slight, comical twitch in his left eye. I was wondering why the band seemed so worried, this must happen to them all the time. Then Billie answered my wondering...
"You must be wondering why this time is different?" Billie asked, I nodded. "Well never has one of our sons sisters been held at gun point."
My eyes widened in suprise. Did I just hear them right? "WHAT?" Billie turned to Tre', who shrugged.
"One night stand." Tre' said. I heard the audience gasp, they must have heard through the microphone that Tre' was holding in his hand, the crowd must have been following this whole experience.
"Mason is Tre's son?" I asked with disbelief.
Billie raised his eyebrows, "Ellen never told you two, you lived off the child support she forced Tre' to send, didn't you wonder how she could affort her habit, and buy you two new clothes? The thing I just dont see is why she never told you. It's just by chance that you two ended up here at this time. We only just figured out who you were when Ellen stumbled in."
My mind was like a whirlpool. "Does that mean I'm...?" I didn't get to finish.
"No" Billie Joe replied, "We are not sure who your father is." he blinked, his eyes were a bit watery, I wondered if he was thinking about his own father.
I nodded. "Why arent I dead?" I asked, it sounded a bit blunt but at least it got straight to the point, I thought I got shot, obviously not, but I still thought so.
"Well," Billie Joe explained, "Steve shot Big Jonno, he's not dead, just unconscious, and we thought the bullet must have hit you, because you fell on the ground too." he looked over to a point ahead of me. I realised that I was still laying on the ground and suddenly felt stupid. I quickly sat up and felt my head spin, everything faded to black for a second and then back to normal. I looked at the point behind me where Billie was looking. A group of paramedics was attending to an unconscious Big Jonno.
"We thought the bullet passed through and killed you." Mike said "But on examination of the paramedics and us, we saw no blood, it turned out that you had just fainted, because of shock we think"
I smiled "Probably... I remember getting really freaked out"
"Yeh, that usually happens when you get a loaded gun pointed at your head." Billie laughed.
I laughed, Green Day, Mason and the nearest moshers did too. I knew that they would see the light in this situation, or at least make some sort of funny comment. Thats just what they do, thats one of the reasons we love them. Steve came walking over to the three of us, his face was sad. The smiles of three of the four men kneeling over me quickly faded.
"Whats up?" Mike asked Steve.
"I'm busted," Steve said.
"Huh?" was Billie Joe's reply, "what for?"
"They found out that I'm not a real security guard." Steve said, his voice slightly cracking. "They said that a real guard would not aim for a criminal like that if he had a hostage."
"WHAT!" I yelled, "Thats a load of fucking bull shit! and they know it!" I looked around. " Who said it?"
"The tour managers." Steve said "and the SCG security personnel managers"
"Well, they should have checked your records before!" I said angrily.
"Ummm, Amy?" Billie Joe said. I looked at him."They were illegal documents that we got from an anonimous source." he said and grinned as he said anonimous, then his face went back to the worried expression.
"Oh..." I said and looked down at the ground for a moment then I looked back up. "Well then, we will just have to make sure that the documents never get checked for authenticity and make sure Steve gets to keep his job" I looked at the big man standing in front of me, his eyes were sad and hopeless.
"I'm afraid that this will have to be the end of Steve as Green Day's security guard" He sais.
"How dare you give up like that!" I yelled, "what the fuck makes you think that quitting will do anything! Dont let yourself get pushed down!" I angrily waved my arms around. I heard Tre' laugh softly. I realised I must have looked like a frustrated dodo trying to fly so I stopped. I gave Mason a stare of desperation. 'Help' it said. He nodded slightly.
"She's right." He said, the others turned to look at him, he had barely said a thing over the past five minutes. He took the microphone from Tre's hand who let it go without protesting. He held it to his mouth and took a breath.
"She's awake!" a girls voice yelled. My eyes flickered and then opened, I saw the worried faces of Mason, and all three members of Green Day hovering above me. Then, slightly out of focus, I saw the giant concert screen looming above me, worried faces of the members of the crowd showing. Mason's eyeliner had run slightly and even the eyes of the members of Green Day were a bit red.
I rubbed my head, it hurt where it had hit the ground.
"What happened?" I asked, I had no idea about what was going on, shouldn't I be dead?
Mason sat down on the ground next to me, Green Day did the same. They must have been standing there for a while if they were so tired that they had to sit down. But if it had been a while, why hadn't I been taken to first aid or something?
"Okay," Mason said and thought for a minute. Then he looked at Billie Joe, I understood that it was still a bit confusing for him to understand.
"Ummm," Billie said. "How do I explain... Okay, well, you know how Big Jonno has always hated us?" I nodded. "Yeh, well, he was planning on doing something to us. He said it was because we had done something to him... what that was, I dont know." Billie paused, Mike and Tre' had gone silent and both looked serious, even though Tre had a slight, comical twitch in his left eye. I was wondering why the band seemed so worried, this must happen to them all the time. Then Billie answered my wondering...
"You must be wondering why this time is different?" Billie asked, I nodded. "Well never has one of our sons sisters been held at gun point."
My eyes widened in suprise. Did I just hear them right? "WHAT?" Billie turned to Tre', who shrugged.
"One night stand." Tre' said. I heard the audience gasp, they must have heard through the microphone that Tre' was holding in his hand, the crowd must have been following this whole experience.
"Mason is Tre's son?" I asked with disbelief.
Billie raised his eyebrows, "Ellen never told you two, you lived off the child support she forced Tre' to send, didn't you wonder how she could affort her habit, and buy you two new clothes? The thing I just dont see is why she never told you. It's just by chance that you two ended up here at this time. We only just figured out who you were when Ellen stumbled in."
My mind was like a whirlpool. "Does that mean I'm...?" I didn't get to finish.
"No" Billie Joe replied, "We are not sure who your father is." he blinked, his eyes were a bit watery, I wondered if he was thinking about his own father.
I nodded. "Why arent I dead?" I asked, it sounded a bit blunt but at least it got straight to the point, I thought I got shot, obviously not, but I still thought so.
"Well," Billie Joe explained, "Steve shot Big Jonno, he's not dead, just unconscious, and we thought the bullet must have hit you, because you fell on the ground too." he looked over to a point ahead of me. I realised that I was still laying on the ground and suddenly felt stupid. I quickly sat up and felt my head spin, everything faded to black for a second and then back to normal. I looked at the point behind me where Billie was looking. A group of paramedics was attending to an unconscious Big Jonno.
"We thought the bullet passed through and killed you." Mike said "But on examination of the paramedics and us, we saw no blood, it turned out that you had just fainted, because of shock we think"
I smiled "Probably... I remember getting really freaked out"
"Yeh, that usually happens when you get a loaded gun pointed at your head." Billie laughed.
I laughed, Green Day, Mason and the nearest moshers did too. I knew that they would see the light in this situation, or at least make some sort of funny comment. Thats just what they do, thats one of the reasons we love them. Steve came walking over to the three of us, his face was sad. The smiles of three of the four men kneeling over me quickly faded.
"Whats up?" Mike asked Steve.
"I'm busted," Steve said.
"Huh?" was Billie Joe's reply, "what for?"
"They found out that I'm not a real security guard." Steve said, his voice slightly cracking. "They said that a real guard would not aim for a criminal like that if he had a hostage."
"WHAT!" I yelled, "Thats a load of fucking bull shit! and they know it!" I looked around. " Who said it?"
"The tour managers." Steve said "and the SCG security personnel managers"
"Well, they should have checked your records before!" I said angrily.
"Ummm, Amy?" Billie Joe said. I looked at him."They were illegal documents that we got from an anonimous source." he said and grinned as he said anonimous, then his face went back to the worried expression.
"Oh..." I said and looked down at the ground for a moment then I looked back up. "Well then, we will just have to make sure that the documents never get checked for authenticity and make sure Steve gets to keep his job" I looked at the big man standing in front of me, his eyes were sad and hopeless.
"I'm afraid that this will have to be the end of Steve as Green Day's security guard" He sais.
"How dare you give up like that!" I yelled, "what the fuck makes you think that quitting will do anything! Dont let yourself get pushed down!" I angrily waved my arms around. I heard Tre' laugh softly. I realised I must have looked like a frustrated dodo trying to fly so I stopped. I gave Mason a stare of desperation. 'Help' it said. He nodded slightly.
"She's right." He said, the others turned to look at him, he had barely said a thing over the past five minutes. He took the microphone from Tre's hand who let it go without protesting. He held it to his mouth and took a breath.
