“I’m so tired,” said Dill as her head bobbed up and down because Andy was running down the hall. “Where are we going?” Her voice bounced along with her head.
Andy turned down another hall and continued running. He said, “The scepter. I forgot it.”
“Where is it,” Dill asked.
“It’s with…”
A fist came out of nowhere and hit Andy across the face and he hit the wall. His hands had gone up trying to keep him from colliding with the wall but it did not work. His face hit the wall and slid down. Dill saw how it was and started kicking and squirming. Her hands went up with sparks of her wasp sting charging up.
There was laughing.
Daniel said, “That’s what I’d call sticking together.”
Andy turned around and looked at Daniel who was now standing over him looking down at him with his fists ready for an encore performance.
“What are you doing,” Andy asked as his hand came up touching the side of his jaw.
“I’m going where you’re going,” said Daniel. “I’m going to get the scepter and I am going to become the powerful ruler over SCN.”
Anarchist cleared his throat.
“Excuse me,” said Daniel without missing a beat, “we are going to be the rulers.”
Andy laughed at that and said, “You honestly think that he’s going to…”
Daniel hit him again with more force. Andy’s brain decided to go to sleep for a while. He slid down the side of the wall, again, and lies there. Dill was squawking. Anarchist took out a mini gun he had in his sock and walked over to Dill and fired. Gas came out and she passed out.
“Let’s get this over with,” said Daniel, “I need my beauty rest.”
“You think I didn’t hear you,” said Cathy out loud. Her right hand rose up above her head with a glowing pink orb forming. It crackled with energy like bug zapper on a busy night.
Adin looked at her confused and said, “What are you talking about?”
“She’s talking to me,” said Hexer as he used Cathy’s voice. It came out in a metallic manner but still had a hint of her in it.
“You’re a psycho bitch,” said Adin as he stepped back from her. He covered his face as if that was enough protection from her magic.
“I’ve been waiting to do this,” said Cathy as her eyes turned white and the orb grew in size.
“You don’t have the balls,” said Hexer through Cathy.
Adin just looked at Cathy with confusion. “Hexer as in Jeff’s ship?”
“What do you think this metal leg came from,” Cathy shouted as she spit. “A cereal box prize? Idiot.”
She whispered, “Melt it. Get rid of it. Set me free. Give me what I want. Give me ME!” The orb left her hand and swiftly made rounds around her body. She lifted into the air with her arms extended. Half her face exploded and revealed mechanical parts. Her red hair fell out and left a metallic skull. Her mechanical parts of her body sparked and whined.
“So an extreme make over,” said Adin, “but not for the better.”
Cathy landed on the ground and laughed as her hands were thrown into the air. Electrical charges shot out of her hands and hit the ceiling and the walls there near by. Her eyes widened as she looked at Adin and said with total excitement, “I’m free.”
“Off your rocker is more like it,” said Adin. “Medication much?”
“You have no idea how oppressive it was to be imprisoned with that stupid computer fool,” Cathy said. She started walking down the hall. “I heard every word.”
“Every word of what,” Adin asked still not knowing what was going on. He tried to keep up with her because she was walking faster.
“Hexer,” said Cathy as she walked faster. “He said where the scepter was. We will soon get it and I’ll be in power and you’ll benefit, yet again, from someone in power.”
“What do you mean,” Adin asked.
“Jeff was in power you benefited,” said Cathy. “You’re nothing special and yet because you knew him you were someone. You’ll still be someone because you’ll know me. It’s a win-win for you.”
“Ah yes,” said Adin. “I see.”
“I feel more powerful than I’ve ever felt,” said Cathy. “Nothing will keep me from getting what I want.”
“Nothing as romantic as a woman’s lust for power,” said Adin.
“I orgasm for it,” said Cathy.
“I’ll mark that down as information that was not worth knowing,” said Adin with a smirk.
Kenny turned to ice and started with Cudmore. He picked up his body, after Thomas had done as much as he could, and stripped him of all of his clothes. Kel had brought out more clothes from inside the house and piled them near the front porch. Kenny had to work fast because he was making himself cold enough to cause frostbite just so he could keep himself from catching the Bobo Virus.
Cudmore would moan and make random noises but he would not wake up to say anything directly to Kenny. Cudmore was losing fur all over his body. There were patches in almost every area. One could almost play checkers on him. He threw the clothes that Cudmore had on onto the driveway and then he clothed Cudmore. He picked him up and walked inside. He placed Cudmore on the couch. He groaned loudly as if in pain. What was left that was causing pain was the virus itself. Kenny went back outside.
They quickly moved on and did the same to Casey, Mat, Mike and Josiah as was done with Cudmore.
Casey said, as Kenny moved her, “I don’t understand how I could have this virus and MarcII not.” She was not really conscious enough to have a conversation. Thomas had healed her shoulders and her hands from the wounds that she got from Shawn.
Mat and Mike were awake enough to ask their own questions.
“What is going on,” Mat asked. “Mike wants to know.”
Mike just looked at Mat confused and grunted.
“See,” said Mat.
“We are putting you in quarantine,” said Kenny as he led them inside Josiah’s house.
“Why,” said Mat. “We are not infected.”
“We can’t take the chance that you are,” said Kenny.
“This is like false imprisonment,” said Mat a little annoyed.
“What are you going to do,” said Thomas as he stood at the doorway looking in, “try and run? We’ll make you stay.”
Mat rolled his eyes.
Kenny left them in the living room and went outside.
Thomas had collected wood from the fence that surrounded Josiah’s backyard. Kenny started nailing the wood planks across the front door. Thomas went around back to start on the back door to make sure they did not try running.
Kel incinerated the clothes. After doing that he started helping with the planks and nailing. They went as fast as possible.
Thomas, after they were done, peered into the living room as he manipulated the molecules to allow his face to appear to everyone in there. He said, “We will figure out the cure and we’ll come back.”
Mat said, with bitterness tacked on, “Whatever.”
Thomas pulled his head out and looked at Kel and Kenny and said, “They are so pleased we are helping them.”
“That mat guy is one bitter angry person,” said Kenny. “Maybe we should just let him die.”
“That’s not heroic,” said Kel.
“I don’t want to be right now,” said Kenny. “Not with him.”
Kel laughed.
Thomas said, “Race you back to JJ’s.”
And they all took to the sky and zoomed as fast as they could.
The two big hands of the Gloom cupped together and caught all of them. Josh did not move at all. Everyone else was squirming around confused as to what was going on. Twelve was the only one that was ok. He was more interested in what was going on then fearful or confused.
“It’s going to squish us,” James shouted. “I’m paranoid right now. I haven’t even done any drugs in a while. This makes me want to. I want to drink, drink and drink. It’s going to squish us.”
“I won’t let it,” said Meg as she erected a force filed around everyone.
“Lift us out of here,” said Wade.
Gray said, “This is just to close to everyone. Everyone is touching me. We have to get out of this situation. I’m going to freak the freakin’ out!”
“Shh,” said the Gloom.
“Don’t tell us to shh,” shouted Sara as she pointed her finger up at the Gloom.
“Something is different,” said Bat.
“Yes,” said Twelve but he did not reveal what he knew.
“No really shh,” said the Gloom. “You’ll wake up Clancy.”
“Oh yeah Clancy,” said James. “I wonder what he’s doing.”
Gray made a face and said, “What do you mean wake him up?”
“Hi,” said the Gloom as it started to lower everyone to the ground. “It’s me Dub_. I’ve got this Gloom under my control. I called it back so we could have our own type of protection. I was going to fix it up differently,” the hands opened and carefully placed them on the front lawn, “but I’m tired and I was heading to bed when I heard its alarm go off showing me that there was something coming too close. It was you all. I love it.”
“Nice,” said Chris.
“Very,” said Kimmy. She hugged Chris as they got out of the Gloom’s hands.
“You have some things to explain,” said Chris as he looked at Kimmy.
“Can we discuss it later,” said Kimmy feeling a little sick. “I have to hurry to the bathroom. I think I’m going to puke.” She ran inside the house.
“We.Have.To.Get.Josh.Inside,” said Twelve. “He.Has.A.Lurker.Egg.Inside.Him.
Something.Has.Gone.Wrong.”
Bat picked up Josh and said, “I got him Twelve.”
Twelve said, “Thank.You.” They both headed inside. Twelve found Dub_ and started filling him in on the Lurker and what it was he thought they should do.
“I’m so getting to bed,” said Gray.
“Me too,” said James. “Think I could snuggle up with you?”
“No,” said Gray without even looking at James. He walked inside the house.
“Rude,” said James as he followed.
Wade looked at Sara and Meg and said, “Care to snuggle with me?”
Sara and Meg looked at one another and laughed and walked in.
“HEY,” Wade said, “does that mean yes?”
A hex bolt hit Daniel across the back of his head. It hurt. He turned around and looked at Cathy and said, “You’re not this stupid are you?”
“No,” said Cathy as she looked back at Daniel. Her hands were at her side. Both were glowing with hex bolts at the ready. “You can’t absorb kinetic energy from my magic. You don’t stand a freakin’ chance in hell with me.”
She threw two more and hit him in the face and gut. His fists tighten and he said, “You will not rule SCN.”
“Over your dead body I will,” she said as she threw another hex bolt.
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