SpeedBlade:
With the strange gas getting closer, I pull out my sword.
“Move,” I say, pushing Ms. Justice back. Once she is far away enough, I rise my sword before thrusting it down.
My sword going through the ground, I use my speed and run. Dragging my sword behind me as I run, I make a circle in the ground.
“This way,” I yell. Stomping my foot in the circle, it drops out and opens a pathway for us. I waste no time and drop through before helping the other down.
“We’re not out of trouble yet,” Justice says. She takes my hand as she drops down. Looking up, we see the gas cloud still after us.
"Go, go, go," I say. I push the others and the four of us run down the corridor. The next few moments are filled with nothing but confusion as we run through a maze of dark corridors. We turned left, right, and went straight. We kept on running until finally, JumpStart screams and stops us.
“Guys,” he yells, slowing down and letting his hands fall onto his knees. "Buys!"
"What," QuickShot asks.
JumpStart pants instead of answering. He takes big breaths while talking in between them.
“Gas cloud. No more. No more. Running. Please. No, no more. No more running.”
We watch as JumpStart then faints to the ground.
Ms. Justice:
We all look at each other before looking down at JumpStart. Already, he had a sweat-made silhouette.
“JumpStart is right,” I say, realizing how tired I am. My shield feels like it weighs a ton, and my legs feel like they’re spaghetti. I fall against a wall and slide down it.
“We’ll rest for five minutes,” QuickShot says, also resting against a wall. “Afterward, we’ll go back out and search for Nitro. He can’t be too far away.”
“That a bad thing,” SpeedBlade says, still standing. “If he really isn’t too far, then I will keep a watch out. I don’t feel tired.”
“Thanks but no thanks,” I say, shaking my head and pushing myself up. “I’ll keep watch. You run fast, you get tired fast. You two get some rest. I’ll keep watch. If I see anything, I’ll wake you up.”
Hesitated at first, SpeedBlade nods his head and rests for a bit. I smile as I watch QuickShot drift in and out of sleep. Looking around afterward, I notice something going on in the distance. Slowly flowing out of a hallway, I see a cloud of green acid gas.
“Oh no,” I say, getting up.
By now, practically a sky full of acid gas had leaked into the hallway, and walking out of the gas is Nitro.
“Unstoppable,” he says, his fingers against the side of his gas mask. “I got the flash drive. Tell the boss I’m heading back.”
His fingers dropping to his side, he turns but stops. He freezes the moment he sees me. Rising his fingers, he places them back against the side of his mask.
“On second thought Unstoppable, tell the boss I’ll be late. I got some heroes to deal with.”
Opening his coat, he pulls out a metal can and switches it with one attached to his gas gun. Now shooting a blue gas, it rushes toward us.
“Time to go,” I yell, grabbing QuickShot, SpeedBlade, and JumpStart and shaking them awake.
“What,” JumpStart says, looking around. “What happened? What’s going on? Was I sleeping in sweat?”
“Time to go,” I yell again, “Nitro is here, and he got something new.”
“What,” SpeedBlade screams, looking at the blue gas as it pours toward us.
Realizing there is no way to fight off the gas or even defend ourselves, we turn to run. However, before we can make it far, a metal can fly past our heads and land in front. The metal can, old and rusted, starts to leak out more of the blue gas.
“No,” I scream, bringing up my shield.
“We’re trapped,” QuickShot says, looking at the gas clouds both in front and behind us.
“There’s no escape,” Nitro says as he unleashes more of the blue gas. “Just take a deep breath, and fall.”
Force together, our backs pushing against each other, we look for any signs of escape. SpeedBlade raises his sword high again, he stabs the floor and tries to cut another escape but something happens. As SpeedBlade is running, I hear a zip, and before I know it, electricity shoots up SpeedBlade, shocking him.
Screaming as he slams into a wall, SpeedBlade drops his sword and falls to the floor.
“SpeedBlade,” I yell. QuickShot and I run to check on him.
JumpStart:
“What to do,” I ask myself, “What to do? What can we do? We can’t run. We can’t fight. We can’t touch this gas. What can we do?”
Looking at QuickShot and Ms. Justice as they help SpeedBlade, I see the two slime arrows in QuickShot’s quiver. Once more, I think back to this morning, when I was pushed out of QuickShot’s room.
“Pushed out,” I repeat. “Pushed out. It could help, but then again. Then again, what’s the alternative?”
Turning to my friends, I apologize to them.
“For what,” QuickShot asks.
“In case this doesn’t work,” I answer.
I reach for the last two arrows in QuickShot’s quiver and crush them in between my hands.
“Wait,” QuickShot says, “What are you doing?”
“Something either very stupid or really smart. Ask me again if we survive this.”
Nitro:
“What in the world,” I say, backing away as this weird green and white foam pours out. The foam pushing my blue gas back, I have run back so the foam won’t engulf me.
“What is that,” I say, looking at the foam as it stops. With my blue gas dispensed, I wave it away and look at the foam again. “What is that?”
I tap my knuckles against it. It feels like a rock and sounds like one.
As I think it over, I realize the OutCasts have trapped themselves. From what I saw, the elf grabbed two arrows and threw them. So either they’re trapped between two rocks, or trapped between a rock and my suffocating gas.
“Easy,” I say, turning to walk away. However, as I’m walking, an explosive from behind knocks me down.
Rubbing my head as I push myself up, I look behind to see the foam rock destroyed. Back on my feet, I shake my head and run over to the sizzling remains. As I approach the smoking foam rock, I see the four OutCasts.
They’re all laying still on the ground, and their bodies are bruised.
“What was your plan,” I ask, looking at the OutCasts.
“Our plan,” someone replies, “Though a little crazy, was to lure you back here after I blew up the hardened slime.”
“Uh,” I say, watching as each and every member of the OutCasts sits up.
“Now,” the elf yells, looking at the little girl. The girl throws her shield and it hits my gas gun. My gun drops out of my hands, I grab it off the floor and look up.
QuickShot:
While Nitro is grabbing his blaster from the floor, SpeedBlade gets up and runs toward him. Before Nitro can fires, SpeedBlade cuts his blaster in half.
"Nooo," he screams before SpeedBlade punches and knocks him out.
"Ha," JumpStart says, snapping his fingers and pointing at Nitro. "You lose, Gassy."
Chuckling as he looks around, his smiles turn when he sees our faces.
"I know, I know, it was a crazy plan," JumpStart starts, holding up his hands, "But hey, you know, it works."
Getting up, I walk up to JumpStart. JumpStart lending back, he holds up his hands again.
"I'm not going to punch you," I say, JumpStart's eyes opening. "You were right. It was a crazy plan, but it works. Smart thinking."
His smile returns and he sighs.
"Come on. We're done here. Let's go."
JumpStart turning to leave, I grab his shoulder.
"Smart thinking," I say again, "But you're still cleaning my room."
"Awww."
Letting JumpStart go, I stop myself when Ms. Justice grabs my shoulder.
"Hey," she says, "Uhh, about what happened back there."
"Uhh," I say, backing away and looking down. "Uhh, can we please talk about this later? I mean, we should probably leave before any law enforcement shows."
"Sure," Ms. Justice says. "Let's talk about it later."
As Justice walks past me, I think back to what happened.
Five Minute Ago
"This is a crazy plan," I said, watching as JumpStart pulled cables from the floor. "There's no way this is going to work."
"Have some hope," Justice said.
"Yeah," JumpStart added. "Besides, it's way too late to be saying anything. Brace yourself."
Placing all the cables against the hardened slime, JumpStart pulled out his stun baton. As he prepared to power the cables, I look at Justice.
I noticed her beautiful eyes behind her black mask. I noticed her short, wavy blond hair. I notice her pink lips.
Lending forward, I kiss Ms. Justice, just as JumpStart powered up the cables, and altogether, they blew up the slime.
QuickShot: With my bow in my hand and an arrow in my other hand, I place the end of the arrow on the bowstring. I close one eye and line up the shot. "Gotcha," I say, looking down my arrow at the target at the other end of my room. With the big, red, circle right in front of me, I release the bowstring and watch as my arrow soars through the air. I nod my head when my arrow hits the target. "These seem to be working fine," I think, looking at the set of newly crafted arrows. All evenly lined up and placed neatly next to one another, I reach down to grab another arrow. I repeat the process, loading my bow and pulling back the bowstring. The target once more in my sight, I count down. "One. Two. Three." Releasing the string, I couldn't believe it when Ms. Justice walks in. Without realizing it, she had accidentally walked in between my arrow and the target. "Watch out," I yell, using my telekinesis power to grab Justice and throw her out of the way. Screaming as she hits the wa
Hot Ice:“Where are they,” I think, flipping my left hand and forming a fireball. Throwing the fireball, I set a shopping cart on fire. As the people run, some accidentally step onto the ice and slide around. A man screams as he slides right into the cashier’s counter.“They’re coming,” the boss replies, speaking through the earpiece he gave me. “Be ready, and remember the plan. To retrieve the flash drive Nitro lost.”“Yeah, yeah, yeah,” I say, flipping my right hand and forming an ice ball. Throwing the ice ball, it hits and breaks a t.v screen.Shooting out my hands, I unleash streams of both fire and ice. While fire rains down on one half of the store, it starts to snow on the other half. On the verge of melting some more t.v and freezing some people, something hits and knocks me to the floor.“What in the world,” I yell, holding the back of my head as I push myself up. Looking around, I see a girl with yellow hair and google on them. She’s wearing a sleeves-less white shirt with
Ms. Justice: I run and leap into the air, slamming my shield down onto Fire-Ice Man. He screams as he stumbles back. Hitting an empty shelf, he looks back at me and raises his right hand. Ice shooting out, I bring up my shield and block it. However, ice starts to cover my shield, and even more, it starts to push me away. Stomping my foot against the floor, I push back. JumpStart: Landing on some snow, I slam my body against the shelf and push it. "Come on," I say. "Come on. Wow, you're heavy!" Hearing something coming from behind me, I turn around to see SpeedBlade running toward me at super speed. Jumping into the air, he also slams his own body onto the shelf, the whole thing tipping over. Ms. Justice: "Timber," I yell, smiling as I watch the shelf tip over. Fire-Ice Man still trying to freeze me doesn't notice the falling shelf until it's too late. When he does, he shoots out his other hand and burns the shelf. "Noo," he screams as now, a burning t.v shelf falls on him. He
QuickShot: "How are things," I ask, handing JumpStart a cup of water. "Did you find out anything about that person in the stolen cell?" "I'm afraid not," JumpStart replies, taking the cup with one hand while typing with his other hand. "And believe me, I've tried. Whoever was in the cell Unstoppable walked off with must have been very important and dangerous. The people at IronWall were making sure the person's records stay sealed." "Keep trying," I say, tapping JumpStart on his back. "We need to know who we're up against." With a nod of his head and three gulps of water, JumpStart returns to the OutPost's computer. With his eyes on the screen, he hands me the empty cup and I place it in the kitchen sink. It had been a little over a week since the break-in, and ever since then, the four of us have been working non-stop to do whatever we can to even the odds. When JumpStart isn't trying to hack into IronWall's records, he, Ms. Justice, and I have been trying to install the OutPos
SpeedBlade:“Here,” I say, throwing everything in my arms right in front of Ms. Justice and QuickShot. The two of them jump back as I throw everything down. The second I tossed it all away, I immediately feel better. My back is still hurting, but throwing everything helps.“This is everything I could find that resembles what is it you asked for,” I say, bending over to place my hands on my knees. Taking a breath, I breathe before pushing myself up.“Use it well,” I say, “Because I ran all over the city for it, and now I’m about to collapse.”Taking another breath, I turn and walk to my room but stop.“Hey,” QuickShot says, stopping me. “That was rude of you. What was that for?”“What was that for,” I repeat to myself. “What was that for?”I spin around.“All of that was for Ms. Justice. It’s everything she asked for. It’s what I could find after digging through trashes, and it wasn’t easy to carry it all back here. How about before giving the OutPost a defense, you make me something I
Heavy Metal: Tapping the side of the truck, I yell. "It's loaded. Drive!" As the master's servant-bot drives away, I turn around to see the police lining up. They get out from behind the covers and pull out their blasters. "Surrender," a police captain with a megaphone yells. "You're surrounded and outnumbered. Give up peacefully." "Your blasters will do nothing against my steel skin," I say, walking back into the courtyard. Walking up to some supplies under a roof, I grab one of the roof's supports and rip it from the ground. "Open fire," the police captain yells. The officers shooting their blasters, their attacks bounce off my iron skin. They hit the ground, hit some other supports, and a few even hit the cars the officers are hiding behind. "Watch out," an officer shouts, dropping to his knees as a car's window breaks. "Hold fire," the police captain screams. "Hold fire! Everyone! Hold fire! That is an order!" The officers withdraw, they all watch me as I walk toward them
SpeedBlade: "Where are you," I say, looking everywhere. "Where are you? Where are you?" Despite my best efforts, despite crawling on my knees, despite my begging, I still can't find my sword anywhere. It's like it just disappears. "SpeedBlade," someone yells, grabbing my focus. I look up to see Ms. Justice jumping over the metal man's punch. The metal man hits the ground instead. Ms. Justice then tries to hit him with JumpStart's stun batons but he swings his arm and knocks her back. While the batons drop to the ground, Ms. Justice is sliding along the ground. Pushing herself up, she sees Metal-Man standing over her. Raising his foot, he stomps on Ms. Justice. "Hey," I scream, using my super speed to run toward the metal man. "I don't have my sword, so I must fight without it." Jumping and wrapping my arms around the metal man's neck, he screams and tries to pull me off but I hang on. I punch him over and over on the head, trying to knock him out, but I can't. His metal skin is
SpeedBlade:Screaming as I push myself off the ground, I jump into the air and pull back JumpStart's stun batons. Heavy Metal blocks his arm, he tries to punch me but using my speed, I run out of the way."Oh no," I say, tapping the batons against each other. "Something is wrong. They're not working. Wait, what did my brother tell me? Something about switching and buttons."I examine the batons, but I don't see anything like switches or buttons."How do I use these?"As I search all over for anything, I feel the ground shaking. Looking up, I see Heavy Metal He running toward me. Pulling back his arm, he sent it flying forward.Barely dodging his giant metal fist, I turn around, and that's when I see his other arm. Swinging it, it hits me and sent me flying through the air. I sail through the air before falling onto a roof."I am very thankful I have armor," I say as I push myself up. Thankfully, despite being hit and