Trigger warnings: panic attacks

Some song fic

SB's POV:

After Ren had caught me singing, I tried forgetting all the teasing from my siblings. All the times they yelled at me to shut up, and that I ruined the moment with my singing.

"Geez Sharky just go hide in your room and shut up already. Go be the baby you are. Can't you see that you'll never win with us!"
"I'm sorry but you guys made me like this, I can no longer enjoy things I like. I cater to your every fuckin need! You are all assholes to me!"
"No you did this to yourself! You're a freak Sharky and nothing will ever change that! Your missing an arm, you have natural rainbow hair, your completely blind in one eye."
"For FUCKS SAKE STOP CALLING ME SHARKY I CANT DO ANYTHING ANYMORE YOU NEVER LEAVE ME ALONE JUST LEAVE ME ALONE! YOUVE TAKEN EVERYTHING FROM ME ALREADY IM JUST THE SHELL OF THE PERSON I ONCE WAS!"
"Good soon you will realize that we were right and your wrong! You shouldn't exist Sharky!"

When the flashback ended I realized I had tears running down my face. I also realized I where I broke down... in my glitter bomb shop... with Zedaph staring at me...

"Are you ok SB?"

I shook my head, I was not ok.
"Please get Tango... please."

"Ok, I'll call him over."

"Wait don't leave..."

"I won't."

Zedaph Just stood there waiting for Tango.

After a few minutes tango walked in, and I felt relieved.

"tango I need to tell you something... it's not very good..."

"Does it have something to do with the fact that  you have tear trails." He asked concerned.

I nodded.

"Ok, you can tell anything."

"I sang the other day and Ren caught me, he talked to me for a bit. And no Ren didn't do anything. But since then, after having someone hear me sing, I couldn't shake the thoughts of what my siblings used to say to me an-and do to me when I sang. My siblings broke me. Do you know why I don't like hugs or people too close to me? It's because of them. When ever they hugged or touched me they would sink their nails into my skin, or they would do many other things. Usually resulting in pain. My whole life I had been made fun of for being different. I once had two usable eyes, but my siblings threw a rock at this eye. The force knocked me out and when I woke up I only had half my vision... and..."

Tango's POV:

Zed had called me over SB's glitter bomb shop.
And now I was more concerned that SB was in tears... I've never dealt with a crying child.
And if I'm being honest I don't know what exactly to do...

"It's ok, let it all out."

"It's not ok though, I'm broken."

"You're not broken."

I looked at Zedaph for help I'm clueless on what to do or say. He just shrugged and pulled out his communicator probably reading the chat.

After a few more minutes of silence and her having tears fall, Joe walked in.............

"Uhhhh hi Joe.... whatcha doing?"

"Zedaph said you needed some help comforting a certain child?"

SB didn't say anything instead just, embraced me in a hug. But this hug was different, it wasn't like the hug she gave me when she almost called me dad. This hug was that of someone who was desperate and broken.

"SB you need to breath. Tango is not going to leave ok." Joe said.
"Breath, Just breath. Your ok."

A few more minutes go by, and her rapid breathing slowed.

"SB May I ask what gotten you so shaken up?" Joe asked her.

"I remembered the things my siblings called me. How broken I was. How lucky I am to be here. I remembered the horrible pain that I was put through. That fact that I can't hide these scars because my one sleeved jacket it ripped." As the said she held out her arm, revealing many tiny c shaped scars.

Joe could see the look in my eyes of concern and glared at me to not say anything.
So I didn't

"I just don't want this place taken like everything else had. I finally belong somewhere."
"Every thing i enjoyed used to be shut down. That's why Ren catching me off guard saying something nice felt weird as I got so used to everyone I knew hating my singing and my general existence."
She wasn't crying this time just rambling, and I'm confused at how a 15 year old talk so much.
Yeah I'm really not good with this am I........

"Well did you enjoy singing?" I asked.

"Well kinda. I used to sing when I was happy. But every time I did I was told to shut up. So I stopped singing infront of people. I still sing just alone."

"We would love to hear you sing one day." Zedaph who had been quite the whole time said.

"I can do it now. But you guys would have to step outside. As I'm still not too comfortable having people watch yet."

"That's Fine by us."

The three of us stepped outside of the shop.

And after about a minute.
(Start of Song, Aliens Exist, by Blink 182)

Hey mom, there's something in the back room.
Hope it's not the creatures from above.
You used to read me stories,
As if my dreams were boring.
We all know conspiracies are dumb.

Gotta admit even though she spend a good 30 minutes crying she can sing fairly well.

What if people knew that these were real
I'd leave my closet door open all night.
I know the CIA would say
What you hear is all hearsay
I wish someone would tell me what was right.

SB's POV:

I was singing.... and I knew people were listening. Ren was right though.
I started singing the next verse.

Up all night long
And there's something very wrong.
And I know it must be late
Been gone since yesterday.
I'm not like you guys,
I'm not like you.

And I'm not like them im perfectly normal here. I smiled.

I am still a skeptic, yes you know me.
Been best friends and will be till we die.
I got an infection
Of fear from the abduction.
My best friend thinks I'm just telling lies.
Alright.

Everyone here is normal.

As I continued.

Up all night long
And there's something very wrong
And I know it must be late.
Been gone since yesterday.
I'm not like you guys
I'm not like you.

And I'm not like the hermits, I am me.
Every hermit has their story,
Their uniqueness is what makes them all normal.
I decided to stop singing after that part. After it was quite Joe, Tango, and Zedaph came back in, but for some reason Ren was also there.

"How'd I do?"

"Better than I could of done." Tango said

I just smiled, it was at this moment I knew there was nothing to worry about, we are all normal here. Because weird and different belong here.

"That's it I'm planing a karaoke night." Ren announced.

"Like you could do better dog boy." Zed said clearly never having heard Ren sing.

"How much you want to bet?" Ren said jokingly.

"Ooh drama." I laughed.

"Zed don't make bets you can't win." Joe said to him.

Zedaph Just playfully rolled his eyes.

"You can not change the past SB, just focus on your future and the current moment." Joe said to me.

About 1300 words.
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Best regards,
SharkBait.