Underworld, chapter 1
Mike's POV
When you hear my name you probably think of the bass player from a band called Green Day. Yes at one time Billie Joe, Tré, and I were in the band, but that was long ago. After American Idiot we made one more album. It was after American Idiot, and went platinum only because people expected it to be like the others, but it wasn't. Those were some of the worst songs that ever came out of Billie's head.
After hearing all the bad reviews Billie lost it. He was always drinking, and he just wasn't himself anymore. The day he beat Adrienne was the day she filed for divorce. It went through and she packed up and left with the kids, not even saying goodbye. Then Tré and I tried our best to help him, it was no use. He just started yelling and told us he just needed some time alone. We left not knowing it would be one of the last times we ever saw Billie Joe.
He called me the next day and told me he had told MTV, Fuse, and all the other music chanels that Green Day was over. Within a week nearly the whole world knew. But now Billie Joe didn't have anything to live for. He completly shut down. He locked himself in his room and wouldn't answer the phone.
I remember going to his house and finding him laying in bed, smelling of beer and wiskey, and silently crying to himself. I tried my hardest to get him to talk I really did, but it was like he wasn't even there so I went home not knowing that was the very last time I would see Billie in my life. When me and Tré went in his house the next day we found a note.
Dear Mike and Tré,
I want you guys to know I love you. You guys were the only reason I didn't try to kill myself over the last week, month, year. Hell I don't know. I know you guys are worried about me and I don't want to waste your lives as well. So I've decided to leave. Don't look for me I'm already gone. I left the night Mike last tried to help me.
You won't know where to find me, fuck I don't even know where I'm going. Just know you did nothing to cause this. If Adie calls tell her I still love her with all my heart. I always have and always will. Please tell her I'm sorry. Tell Joey and Jakob I love them as well. I love you guys too. I just can't take this life anymore.
Your best friend for life,
Billie Joe Armstrong
It killed me inside to find that note. Of couse we started a worldwide search for Billie Joe. He left his passport at his house so he couldn't have left the country. We looked everywhere.
Adie broke down when she found out. She would have killed herself if it wasn't for the kids. We never saw Billie alive after that. We all think he killed himself, but there was no body to prove it. It turns out Ollie, Billie's mom, was the last one to see him. Acording to her he came by all clean and sober, telling her he was going to leave for a while. She never thought he wouldn't return.
You may be wondering what happened to Tré and me after Billie disappered. We stayed friends for a while. In fact I think we were closer than ever. But over time we grew apart. After about a year we didn't speak to each other unless we ran into each other on the street. With the money from Green Day we didn't have to work, but we couldn't stand not having anything to do. So we got jobs. No we didn't start new bands, we just had everyday kind of jobs. Soon people stoped asking us for autographs. Then they stoped talking to us all together.
I was walking home from work one day when I was thirty-six. People say there are things that happen every seven years that change your life. You may think that for me it was when Billie left, but it wasn't. It was that night that really changed everything.
While I was walking I had a strange feeling someone was watching me, but I kept going. Soon I noticed the trees moving. The strange thing was there was no wind at all. Then out of nowhere some black animal came down and attacked me. I blacked out and woke up in the same place an hour later.
I got up and ran all the way back to my house. I went in the bathroom to see if I was hurt. The only thing I could find wrong was what looked like two small bug bites on my neck. I didn't pay any attention to the bites, and they seemed to go away. But a week later there was something wrong with me. I was so sleepy during the day I couldn't work. I was very sensitive to light, and my stomach wouldn't settle no matter what I took. I went to the doctor and he told me to go home and sleep it off.
I didn't get any better over the next week. In fact I got worse than ever. No matter how much I ate I was always hungry. I was eating so much and staying in bed but I didn't gain weight, I lost it. I was scared then so I went back to the doc. Again he sent me home. That night I felt a sharp pain in my mouth and what I found scared the shit out of me. I had fangs. I'm a vampire.
Today is October 1, 3008. I am the most powerful vampire next to Dracula. He is the king of all of us, vampires that is, and I am his prince. You see that night I was bitten by the count himself. He says I am the "chosen one" but I have no idea why or what that even means. The war has been going for 1000 years. It started the day I changed. It's a never ending battle between the Vampires and werewolves.
I am the leader of all the vampire armys, and my once best friend is the leader of the werewolves. Tré, how I miss him. I would do anything to be friends with him, but the same night I was bitten so was Tré. Not by a vampire but the most powerful werewolf.
I am 1036 years old, but I still look and feel thirty-six or seven. Vampires do age, but very slowly. It takes a vampire 1000 years to age what a human ages in one year alone. We do die of old age at about 15, 000 years, but most of us are killed in the war or by a scared human. We protect as many humans as possible because we cant live without their blood. The wolves change most of them into more wolves, but they kill all the others.
I bit Adrienne myself to save her from the wolves. We changed Stella, Joey, and Jakob when they turned twenty-five. Tré and I recruted many other rock bands that were around in 2008. Frank Iero, is a very powerfull vampire. Even I wouldn't want to get him angry. Zacky Vengeance is our most valuable spy. Davey Havok is the comander of one of the largest sections of our army. And then thers Villie Valo. He's been a vampire five years longer than me. He's the one who taught me about being a vampire.
There is only one person that can end this war. No it's not Tré or myself, or even our leaders. It's a person that we don't even know he's alive. This person is neather vampire nor wolf. He's both. A cross-breed between the two. The only problem is it's up to him who wins the war. If he decides he wants the wolves to win. We don't stand a chance. Acording to Dracula he'll think he's human. If we don't win the war the wolves will kill all the humans destroying all of us.
At this point we are winning the war. The wolves have surprise attacks at random times, but we havent lost a man for weeks. The wolves do have an advantage. Sunlight, if a vampire is exposed to full sun for more than an hour theres not much of a chance for him.
The wolves attack durring the day when we're weak.
Over the last few months the wolves have stopped attacking. I know it's to make their armies stronger, to try to take most of us out. We don't know if the wolves know about the cross-breed. That's what our spies are working on. Meanwhile I've left Davey in charge of training our army. That gives me time to look for the cross-breed.
When you hear my name you probably think of the bass player from a band called Green Day. Yes at one time Billie Joe, Tré, and I were in the band, but that was long ago. After American Idiot we made one more album. It was after American Idiot, and went platinum only because people expected it to be like the others, but it wasn't. Those were some of the worst songs that ever came out of Billie's head.
After hearing all the bad reviews Billie lost it. He was always drinking, and he just wasn't himself anymore. The day he beat Adrienne was the day she filed for divorce. It went through and she packed up and left with the kids, not even saying goodbye. Then Tré and I tried our best to help him, it was no use. He just started yelling and told us he just needed some time alone. We left not knowing it would be one of the last times we ever saw Billie Joe.
He called me the next day and told me he had told MTV, Fuse, and all the other music chanels that Green Day was over. Within a week nearly the whole world knew. But now Billie Joe didn't have anything to live for. He completly shut down. He locked himself in his room and wouldn't answer the phone.
I remember going to his house and finding him laying in bed, smelling of beer and wiskey, and silently crying to himself. I tried my hardest to get him to talk I really did, but it was like he wasn't even there so I went home not knowing that was the very last time I would see Billie in my life. When me and Tré went in his house the next day we found a note.
Dear Mike and Tré,
I want you guys to know I love you. You guys were the only reason I didn't try to kill myself over the last week, month, year. Hell I don't know. I know you guys are worried about me and I don't want to waste your lives as well. So I've decided to leave. Don't look for me I'm already gone. I left the night Mike last tried to help me.
You won't know where to find me, fuck I don't even know where I'm going. Just know you did nothing to cause this. If Adie calls tell her I still love her with all my heart. I always have and always will. Please tell her I'm sorry. Tell Joey and Jakob I love them as well. I love you guys too. I just can't take this life anymore.
Your best friend for life,
Billie Joe Armstrong
It killed me inside to find that note. Of couse we started a worldwide search for Billie Joe. He left his passport at his house so he couldn't have left the country. We looked everywhere.
Adie broke down when she found out. She would have killed herself if it wasn't for the kids. We never saw Billie alive after that. We all think he killed himself, but there was no body to prove it. It turns out Ollie, Billie's mom, was the last one to see him. Acording to her he came by all clean and sober, telling her he was going to leave for a while. She never thought he wouldn't return.
You may be wondering what happened to Tré and me after Billie disappered. We stayed friends for a while. In fact I think we were closer than ever. But over time we grew apart. After about a year we didn't speak to each other unless we ran into each other on the street. With the money from Green Day we didn't have to work, but we couldn't stand not having anything to do. So we got jobs. No we didn't start new bands, we just had everyday kind of jobs. Soon people stoped asking us for autographs. Then they stoped talking to us all together.
I was walking home from work one day when I was thirty-six. People say there are things that happen every seven years that change your life. You may think that for me it was when Billie left, but it wasn't. It was that night that really changed everything.
While I was walking I had a strange feeling someone was watching me, but I kept going. Soon I noticed the trees moving. The strange thing was there was no wind at all. Then out of nowhere some black animal came down and attacked me. I blacked out and woke up in the same place an hour later.
I got up and ran all the way back to my house. I went in the bathroom to see if I was hurt. The only thing I could find wrong was what looked like two small bug bites on my neck. I didn't pay any attention to the bites, and they seemed to go away. But a week later there was something wrong with me. I was so sleepy during the day I couldn't work. I was very sensitive to light, and my stomach wouldn't settle no matter what I took. I went to the doctor and he told me to go home and sleep it off.
I didn't get any better over the next week. In fact I got worse than ever. No matter how much I ate I was always hungry. I was eating so much and staying in bed but I didn't gain weight, I lost it. I was scared then so I went back to the doc. Again he sent me home. That night I felt a sharp pain in my mouth and what I found scared the shit out of me. I had fangs. I'm a vampire.
Today is October 1, 3008. I am the most powerful vampire next to Dracula. He is the king of all of us, vampires that is, and I am his prince. You see that night I was bitten by the count himself. He says I am the "chosen one" but I have no idea why or what that even means. The war has been going for 1000 years. It started the day I changed. It's a never ending battle between the Vampires and werewolves.
I am the leader of all the vampire armys, and my once best friend is the leader of the werewolves. Tré, how I miss him. I would do anything to be friends with him, but the same night I was bitten so was Tré. Not by a vampire but the most powerful werewolf.
I am 1036 years old, but I still look and feel thirty-six or seven. Vampires do age, but very slowly. It takes a vampire 1000 years to age what a human ages in one year alone. We do die of old age at about 15, 000 years, but most of us are killed in the war or by a scared human. We protect as many humans as possible because we cant live without their blood. The wolves change most of them into more wolves, but they kill all the others.
I bit Adrienne myself to save her from the wolves. We changed Stella, Joey, and Jakob when they turned twenty-five. Tré and I recruted many other rock bands that were around in 2008. Frank Iero, is a very powerfull vampire. Even I wouldn't want to get him angry. Zacky Vengeance is our most valuable spy. Davey Havok is the comander of one of the largest sections of our army. And then thers Villie Valo. He's been a vampire five years longer than me. He's the one who taught me about being a vampire.
There is only one person that can end this war. No it's not Tré or myself, or even our leaders. It's a person that we don't even know he's alive. This person is neather vampire nor wolf. He's both. A cross-breed between the two. The only problem is it's up to him who wins the war. If he decides he wants the wolves to win. We don't stand a chance. Acording to Dracula he'll think he's human. If we don't win the war the wolves will kill all the humans destroying all of us.
At this point we are winning the war. The wolves have surprise attacks at random times, but we havent lost a man for weeks. The wolves do have an advantage. Sunlight, if a vampire is exposed to full sun for more than an hour theres not much of a chance for him.
The wolves attack durring the day when we're weak.
Over the last few months the wolves have stopped attacking. I know it's to make their armies stronger, to try to take most of us out. We don't know if the wolves know about the cross-breed. That's what our spies are working on. Meanwhile I've left Davey in charge of training our army. That gives me time to look for the cross-breed.
