Jonny Quest, an 11-year-old boy with golden blond hair usually full
of bounce
and life, sits alone sorrowful and contemplating along the cliffs as
a black
Mercedes-Benz pulls up the driveway. The sky is surprisingly bright
for the
March day, the sky full of birds, singing their songbird tunes. Jonny,
the
contrast to the scene, his black shirt and faded black jeans, along
with a
soft black overcoat for the supposed rain forecast left a very morbid
vision.
Inside the car, sat a girl with a red ponytail, in a cream colored sun
dress,
Jessie Bannon, a 12 year old with large green eyes put her hands against
the
glass as she encroached her new home, eyes growing ever larger.
...Sometimes
I wish I was brave…
She looked back at the stranger in red in front of her, her father.
I wish I was stronger
I wish I could feel no pain
He drove silently to the security grid, punching in the access code.
"We're
home Jessie."
I wish I was young
Jonny turned his head and waited for the monster to veer its head from
the
car, the beast that would consume Race, and steal him from Jonny.
I wish I would try
The girl took her small leather bag and left her two larger ones for
her
father, exiting the car. "Welcome to your new home, Jessie."
"Thanks daddy." She looked down the yard, towards the cliff and straight
at
Jonny.
I wish I was honest
I wish I was you not I
'Cause
I feel so mad
I feel so angry
I feel so callous
So lost, confused again…
Jonny slid up from his seated position at the cliff's edge and walked
inside
after making eye contact with the beast.
I feel so cheap
So used, unfaithful
Let's start over
Let's start over
He walked into his bedroom, closing the door with a muffled slam. '…Why
doesn't Race like me anymore…?' Jonny asked, dropping
on the bed and crying
into his pillow.
…Sometimes
I wish I was smart
I wish I made cures for
How people are…
"Jess, your room's the last one down the hall, on the left."
I wish I had power
I wish I could leave
The door began to open to Jonny's bedroom, Jonny's eyes shot open as
the door
squeaked.
Jessie stood facing him; she entered and closed the door behind her.
"Th-this
isn't your room, it's on the other side of the hall, before my room."
I wish I could change the world
For you and me
"I know it's not. I'm Jessie Bannon, let's be friends."
Cause I feel so mad
"The name's Jonny… Jonny Quest, your dad was assigned
to protect me when I
was eight."
I feel so angry
"Yeah, my mom told me, a few months ago before she went to a dig in
the
hostile territories, just in case."
I feel so callous
"So you're staying for a while?"
So lost, confused again
"Until my mom gets back from the danger-zone in Nicaragua, and then
dad wants
split custody."
I feel so cheap
"Well, I'll take you to your room then I guess…"
So used, unfaithful
"Are there any cars I can hotwire here?"
Let's start over
Let's start over
"Only if you can run even faster than my dad, and can take Hadji and
me with
you."
'Cause
I feel so mad
I feel so angry
I feel so callous
So lost, confused again
I feel so cheap
So used, unfaithful
Let's start over
Let's start over
I feel so mad
I feel so angry
I feel so callous
So lost, confused again
I feel so cheap
So used, unfaithful
Let's start over
Let's start over
(song by Boxcar Racer)