A loss, Then A Gain. (A Billie Joe story), chapter 13
*With Billie Joe*
Billie woke with a start. He tried to move, but he couldn't. He discovered that he was chained to a wall.
"Help!" Billie yelled.
There was no answer.
"Help!" he cried, even louder this time.
Then Billie herd a horrifing sound: the crack of a whip.
"Oh shit." he whispered.
Billie could hear approaching footsteps outside.
*Out in the middle of nowhere, with Mike, Victoria & Tre*
Victoria woke up. Mike was awake too.
"Did Tre's snoring wake you up too?" he asked.
"Yeah." said Victoria.
She looked at Tre. He was sound asleep, snoring loudly.
"Did you bring your laptop with you?" Victoria asked.
"Of course!" said Mike.
"What are you thinking of doing?"
"I'm going to see how many miles it is Portland." said Victoria.
Mike nodded and handed her his laptop.
"You charged it in the car, right?" asked Victoria.
"Yeah. The battery should last for about 18 hours." replied Mike.
Victoria turned it on. She got their location, and how far it was to Portland.
"Holy shit." wispered Mike, when he saw how far it was.
"50 miles!" yelled Victoria.
That was just enough to wake Tre up.
"I FUCKED YOUR MOM!" he yelled.
Mike and Victoria fell over, laughing their heads off.
"Whoo....scary dream about fucking somebody's mom..." mumbled Tre.
"Tre...are you okay?" asked Victoria.
"No. I'm really hungry." said Tre.
"Oh shit!" yelled Mike, hitting himself in the face.
"What!? What!" asked Tre.
"We don't have any food!" yelled Mike.
"Portland is 50 miles away. They're bound to have food there. And if we run, we'll get there faster." said Victoria.
So, they started running. Mike was the fastest, and he was way ahead of Victoria and Tre.
"Mike! Wait up!" panted Tre.
"If you run too fast, you're gonna break your laptop!" yelled Victoria.
Mike immediately stopped to check on his laptop, which was in his bag. This gave Victoria and Tre time to catch up with him.
"Can we please take a break?" asked Tre.
"Fine. I'll run slower." said Mike.
So, for the next 4 hours, they were running.
*After those 4 hours*
"I NEED A BREAK!" screamed Tre.
He fell down on the road, panting. Victoria fell beside him.
"Guys! Only two miles!" panted Mike.
"Can we walk?" asked Tre.
"Sure." said Mike.
*After a 30 minuute break*
They started walking again. A few hours later, they reached the city of Portland.
"Can we get something to eat?" asked Tre.
"Look! McDonalds!" said Victoria.
Tre looked up and smiled.
Victoria and Tre ran for it.
"Guys! Wait up!" yelled Mike.
*Inside McDonalds*
"Tre, do you have any money?" asked Victoria.
"No. Do you have any money, Victoria?" asked Tre.
Victoria shook her head.
"Mike?" asked Tre.
"I'll pay." sighed Mike.
Victoria and Tre smiled at him.
While they were eating, Mike's cell phone rang.
"Hello!?" he asked.
"ARE YOU GUYS IN PORTLAND YET?"
The voice was so loud, that Victoria and Tre could hear it.
"Yes, we're in Portland." replied Mike.
"ALRIGHT! LISTEN UP!"
Victoria and Tre leaned in.
"FOLLOW THE HIGHWAY TO BLOSSOM AVENUE, I'LL GIVE YOU FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS WHEN YOU GET THERE!"
The voice hung up.
"We're gonna need a car." said Tre.
"Let's go see if there are any rental-car places around here." said Mike.
"But I haven't finished my chicken nuggets!" whined Tre.
*With Billie Joe*
"Why are you doing this!?" Billie asked.
A person in a ski mask had just slashed him with the whip.
"You'll soon find out." said the person.
Just then, another masked person came in.
"How's our prisoner doing?" she asked in a cruel voice.
Billie gasped. The recognized that voice.
"Jenni!?" he asked.
The girl took her mask off. And, yes it was, Jenni.
"Mike just kept spending too much time with you, and not enough time with me..." she said.
"You fucking bitch!" yelled Billie.
"Ah, temper, temper." Jenni corrected him.
She snapped her fingers.
The other person took off the mask, and it was...David!
"You....you're Victoria's dad!" said Billie.
David nodded.
"A seventeen-year-old girl doesn't need to be with a 38-year-old man." he said in a sinister voice.
Billie shivered.
"Shall we proceed?" asked Jenni.
"Of course." David wispered.
Billie gulped.
*With Tre, Mike & Victoria*
"Get the hummer! Get the hummer!" begged Tre.
They were at the car-rental place.
"Tre, we can't afford the hummer." said Victoria.
"Pwease?" asked Tre, in his best little-kid voice.
"We'll take that one." said Mike, ponting to a red car.
"That's not a hummer!" said Tre.
Victoria shook her head.
Mike got the keys, and they got in. Mike used the auto-pilot system to find the highway.
"I still don't understand why we couldn't get the hummer..." mumbled Tre.
That was the last straw for Victoria.
"TRE! JUST SHUT UP! YOU WANT A HUMMER! I'D LIKE TO SEE BILLIE JOE! DO I GET TO SEE BILLIE!? NO! DO GET A HUMMER?! NO! NOW SHUT UP AND GO F.O.D.!" Victoria shouted.
Tre was shivering. Mike's eyes were wide open.
"Vicki..., are you okay?" Mike asked.
"Yeah...I just really needed to let that out." sighed Victoria.
*With Billie Joe*
"Uuuhhhhhh....." Billie moaned.
He was lying on a cold stone floor, in a really creepy room, with no lights. He started to move, but he remembered that he was chained to the wall. He sat up, and looked around. Nothing. Nothing but black walls surrounded him.
"Well I've got some scattered pictures lying on my bedroom floor..." Billie started to sing.
Then he started to cry. "Scattered" was one of Victoria's favorite songs. Billie sighed. He missed Victoria so much. Would he ever see her again? Would he ever see Mike or Tre? And would he ever see Joey, Jakob, and Adrienne?
*With Victoria, Mike & Tre*
"Hey, what's that noise?" asked Tre.
"Sounds like the car..." said Victoria.
The car engine suddenly stopped.
"What the fuck!?" asked Mike.
He tried starting it, but it wouldn't.
"Aw shit." said Victoria.
Mike got his laptop out. He quickly got their location.
"We can walk to Blossom Avenue, it's not far away." said Mike.
So, they all got out and started walking.
*In a few minutes*
"Look!" said Tre.
They were on Blossom Avenue.
"Now what?" asked Tre.
Mike's cell phone rang.
"Hello!?" he asked.
"ALRIGHT! YOU'RE REALLY NEAR HIM! NOW IF YOU WANNA SEE HIM, SURRENDER ONE OF YOUR OWN!"
"What the fuck do you mean?" asked Mike.
"COME HERE AND TRADE ONE OF YOU FOR ARMSTRONG!"
"Ok, THEN WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?" asked Mike.
"7496 Blossom Avenue, it should be right in front of you." said the voice, not yelling for the first time.
The voice hung up. Mike looked around. And there it was. He started running towards it, Tre and Victoria followed.
Billie woke with a start. He tried to move, but he couldn't. He discovered that he was chained to a wall.
"Help!" Billie yelled.
There was no answer.
"Help!" he cried, even louder this time.
Then Billie herd a horrifing sound: the crack of a whip.
"Oh shit." he whispered.
Billie could hear approaching footsteps outside.
*Out in the middle of nowhere, with Mike, Victoria & Tre*
Victoria woke up. Mike was awake too.
"Did Tre's snoring wake you up too?" he asked.
"Yeah." said Victoria.
She looked at Tre. He was sound asleep, snoring loudly.
"Did you bring your laptop with you?" Victoria asked.
"Of course!" said Mike.
"What are you thinking of doing?"
"I'm going to see how many miles it is Portland." said Victoria.
Mike nodded and handed her his laptop.
"You charged it in the car, right?" asked Victoria.
"Yeah. The battery should last for about 18 hours." replied Mike.
Victoria turned it on. She got their location, and how far it was to Portland.
"Holy shit." wispered Mike, when he saw how far it was.
"50 miles!" yelled Victoria.
That was just enough to wake Tre up.
"I FUCKED YOUR MOM!" he yelled.
Mike and Victoria fell over, laughing their heads off.
"Whoo....scary dream about fucking somebody's mom..." mumbled Tre.
"Tre...are you okay?" asked Victoria.
"No. I'm really hungry." said Tre.
"Oh shit!" yelled Mike, hitting himself in the face.
"What!? What!" asked Tre.
"We don't have any food!" yelled Mike.
"Portland is 50 miles away. They're bound to have food there. And if we run, we'll get there faster." said Victoria.
So, they started running. Mike was the fastest, and he was way ahead of Victoria and Tre.
"Mike! Wait up!" panted Tre.
"If you run too fast, you're gonna break your laptop!" yelled Victoria.
Mike immediately stopped to check on his laptop, which was in his bag. This gave Victoria and Tre time to catch up with him.
"Can we please take a break?" asked Tre.
"Fine. I'll run slower." said Mike.
So, for the next 4 hours, they were running.
*After those 4 hours*
"I NEED A BREAK!" screamed Tre.
He fell down on the road, panting. Victoria fell beside him.
"Guys! Only two miles!" panted Mike.
"Can we walk?" asked Tre.
"Sure." said Mike.
*After a 30 minuute break*
They started walking again. A few hours later, they reached the city of Portland.
"Can we get something to eat?" asked Tre.
"Look! McDonalds!" said Victoria.
Tre looked up and smiled.
Victoria and Tre ran for it.
"Guys! Wait up!" yelled Mike.
*Inside McDonalds*
"Tre, do you have any money?" asked Victoria.
"No. Do you have any money, Victoria?" asked Tre.
Victoria shook her head.
"Mike?" asked Tre.
"I'll pay." sighed Mike.
Victoria and Tre smiled at him.
While they were eating, Mike's cell phone rang.
"Hello!?" he asked.
"ARE YOU GUYS IN PORTLAND YET?"
The voice was so loud, that Victoria and Tre could hear it.
"Yes, we're in Portland." replied Mike.
"ALRIGHT! LISTEN UP!"
Victoria and Tre leaned in.
"FOLLOW THE HIGHWAY TO BLOSSOM AVENUE, I'LL GIVE YOU FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS WHEN YOU GET THERE!"
The voice hung up.
"We're gonna need a car." said Tre.
"Let's go see if there are any rental-car places around here." said Mike.
"But I haven't finished my chicken nuggets!" whined Tre.
*With Billie Joe*
"Why are you doing this!?" Billie asked.
A person in a ski mask had just slashed him with the whip.
"You'll soon find out." said the person.
Just then, another masked person came in.
"How's our prisoner doing?" she asked in a cruel voice.
Billie gasped. The recognized that voice.
"Jenni!?" he asked.
The girl took her mask off. And, yes it was, Jenni.
"Mike just kept spending too much time with you, and not enough time with me..." she said.
"You fucking bitch!" yelled Billie.
"Ah, temper, temper." Jenni corrected him.
She snapped her fingers.
The other person took off the mask, and it was...David!
"You....you're Victoria's dad!" said Billie.
David nodded.
"A seventeen-year-old girl doesn't need to be with a 38-year-old man." he said in a sinister voice.
Billie shivered.
"Shall we proceed?" asked Jenni.
"Of course." David wispered.
Billie gulped.
*With Tre, Mike & Victoria*
"Get the hummer! Get the hummer!" begged Tre.
They were at the car-rental place.
"Tre, we can't afford the hummer." said Victoria.
"Pwease?" asked Tre, in his best little-kid voice.
"We'll take that one." said Mike, ponting to a red car.
"That's not a hummer!" said Tre.
Victoria shook her head.
Mike got the keys, and they got in. Mike used the auto-pilot system to find the highway.
"I still don't understand why we couldn't get the hummer..." mumbled Tre.
That was the last straw for Victoria.
"TRE! JUST SHUT UP! YOU WANT A HUMMER! I'D LIKE TO SEE BILLIE JOE! DO I GET TO SEE BILLIE!? NO! DO GET A HUMMER?! NO! NOW SHUT UP AND GO F.O.D.!" Victoria shouted.
Tre was shivering. Mike's eyes were wide open.
"Vicki..., are you okay?" Mike asked.
"Yeah...I just really needed to let that out." sighed Victoria.
*With Billie Joe*
"Uuuhhhhhh....." Billie moaned.
He was lying on a cold stone floor, in a really creepy room, with no lights. He started to move, but he remembered that he was chained to the wall. He sat up, and looked around. Nothing. Nothing but black walls surrounded him.
"Well I've got some scattered pictures lying on my bedroom floor..." Billie started to sing.
Then he started to cry. "Scattered" was one of Victoria's favorite songs. Billie sighed. He missed Victoria so much. Would he ever see her again? Would he ever see Mike or Tre? And would he ever see Joey, Jakob, and Adrienne?
*With Victoria, Mike & Tre*
"Hey, what's that noise?" asked Tre.
"Sounds like the car..." said Victoria.
The car engine suddenly stopped.
"What the fuck!?" asked Mike.
He tried starting it, but it wouldn't.
"Aw shit." said Victoria.
Mike got his laptop out. He quickly got their location.
"We can walk to Blossom Avenue, it's not far away." said Mike.
So, they all got out and started walking.
*In a few minutes*
"Look!" said Tre.
They were on Blossom Avenue.
"Now what?" asked Tre.
Mike's cell phone rang.
"Hello!?" he asked.
"ALRIGHT! YOU'RE REALLY NEAR HIM! NOW IF YOU WANNA SEE HIM, SURRENDER ONE OF YOUR OWN!"
"What the fuck do you mean?" asked Mike.
"COME HERE AND TRADE ONE OF YOU FOR ARMSTRONG!"
"Ok, THEN WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?" asked Mike.
"7496 Blossom Avenue, it should be right in front of you." said the voice, not yelling for the first time.
The voice hung up. Mike looked around. And there it was. He started running towards it, Tre and Victoria followed.
