The Black Parade part 4

Mama

The float stayed still and shivered. Patient realised something was wrong. The float always moved when it was told to.
“What’s going on?” Mikey asked, striding to the front of the float. Gerard whispered something to him.
“WHAT!?!” he yelled “We have to go there!!! Um can’t we just skip this memory?”
Gerard shook his head.
“He’d kill us” He whispered back to his brother, who bit his lip.
“What’s wrong?” Patient asked as Ray kicked the float. It shivered again and fell through the darkness, plummeting towards the ground. “WHAT THE…?”
“We have to go to Hell to see your next memory” Mikey yelled over the roar of the wind. “But don’t worry! What ever you see, it can’t hurt you while you’re with us.”
The float stopped falling. The darkness around them was now flames. The guys shivered as they approached the glowing portal. Patient tore his eye away from a pair of demons and looked into it.

Past Patient was standing at a front door. He looked nervous. He gulped and knocked. A woman answered the door,
“Hey Sweetie” she beamed at Patient “How nice of you to visit!”
“Hi Mom” Patient smiled meekly at her “Can I come in?”
“Sure Hun” she sounded shocked. The portal changed. Patient and his mum were sitting in a living room. A cross hung on the wall, illuminated by candles, a picture of Patient’s dad underneath it. Patient looked at it. Tears filled his eyes. He breathed deeply, trying to get rid of the lump which had formed in his throat.
“Mom” he looked at her sadly. “This isn’t easy for me to tell you this but…” he paused and gasped for air “… I’ve enlisted in the army. I’m going to war”
“No!” His mother cried, leaping to her feet “no son of mine is going to war. Do you want to get killed? Do you want to go to Hell?”
“We’re all going to Hell so what does it matter.” Patient muttered under his breath, then stood up “Mom. I’m going. I’m sorry but I am. Please, just stop asking me questions”
She stared at him, eyes filling with tears
“You’re not my son” she gasped and ran out of the room, crying. The portal shimmered

Patient was shivering in a muddy trench, clutching his infected leg. His band mate and best friend, Tommy, sat next to him.
“What are we gonna do?” He moaned, clutching his gun to his chest. “Everyone’s gone!”
“We’ll all carry on!” a solider next to him yelled over the sound of gun fire. Medics spotted Patient and rushed over to help him. Tommy helped them pick Patient up. They carried him away. Patient looked back and yelled out in horror as Tommy sank to the ground, the wound on the back of his head oozing blood
“TOMMY!!!!” the portal faded, shutting out Patient’s screams.
“Let’s get outta here!” Patient yelled, leaping back as 2 demons appeared where the portal had been. The float rocketed upwards, the force pinning Patient to the floor. He struggled to keep his eyes open against the rush of the wind. With a sigh, Patient shut his eyes and drifted into darkness…

Sleep

“Patient? Patient? WAKE UP!” Patient’s eyes flickered open. Five faces floated over him
“Morning, sleepyhead” A voice giggled over head “sleep well?” Patient blinked as the voice yelped. Bob had Frank in a head lock and was ruffling his hair.
“That is the last time we let them sleep!” Bob growled “he’s gonna kill us for sure now!”
“Get off Bob!” shouted Frank, struggling madly. “Wait! I know. KITTY!!!”
“Where??” Bob looked up, confused.
“HAHA!” Frank yelled, breaking free and dancing about.
“FRANK!!” Bob roared, rubbing his arm.
“Next memory!” Ray yelled suddenly, pointing overhead. Patient looked up at it.

Past Patient was lying awake in bed. The clock read midnight. Harry mumbled something and rolled over in her sleep, facing Patient. He smiled and pulled back the covers. He crept over to the cupboard and pulled out a bag of explosives. Harry mumbled again. Patient careful put the bag on the floor and walked over to her.
“Goodbye” he whispered and kissed her lightly. Then he turned and left, taking the explosives with him. The portal changed and became a fireball with dark figures staggering through the flames. Patient stood in the middle of the carnage, shocked. He hadn’t meant for this to happen. Patient spotted two small children, trapped. He rushed over to them and scooped them up. He fled, stumbling over burning rubble. As he crashed through the front door, firemen swarmed past him in a desperate attempt to save the people inside the flats.
Patient backed away, shocked. He’d caused this. He’d killed all those people. A woman rushed over to him and took the children off him.
“You saved my kids!” she gasped, tears pouring down her face “Thank you.” The portal closed and the fire died.

Patient was still looking up at where the portal had just been. Had he really killed all those people? Just to settle a grudge?
“You’re gonna hurt you neck” Bob called over to him. Patient looked at him  
“Next memory” he grinned

Teenagers

Patient was at school. The ‘popular’ kids smirked at him. He didn’t fit in. and if you didn’t fit in you were weird and you got picked on. His books were ripped and his lunch money stolen. Patient would sat alone in the school yard. Then he started to mix with the wrong crowd. He began to skip school, hang out on street corners and steal with them. But they deserted him when he got caught shop-lifting
“The evil…” patient growled as the portal shimmered. Patient was now in a prison yard. The other teenagers smirked and called him names. Tears filled past patient’s grey eyes. He ran away from them, crying. He ran to his cell and flung himself onto the bed. The portal shimmered again. Patient was still in his cell but it was clear it was a different time. Blood was pouring down his pale face and the first few scars on his arms had appeared. Past patient took a great shuddering gasp and pulled the mattress off of his bed to reveal a gun. Patient picked it up with shaking hands and held it to his head.
“NO!” he yelled, throwing the gun back on to the bed. He started crying again and scratching at his arms. Then he froze as an idea hit him. He grinned evilly and hid the gun under his shirt. The portal shimmered and showed all the kids cowering against a wall as patient cackled, pointing the gun at them. A single gunshot rang through the darkness as the portal flickered and died.
“What a lovely child” Gerard commented, sounding shocked.
“That was years ago!” Patient snapped
“Still…” Gee sounded unconvinced
“Can we PLEASE see the next memory” asked Patient, exasperatedly.