All Chapters of The OutCasts: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30
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Chapter 21: Years Ago
Draven Ines:I put down my cup of coffee and return to reading the new proposal.“This can’t be right,” I think as I keep reading. “If this is passed, then medical clinics all over the city will lose funding and hospital will be overflowing with patients. No.”I slam the proposal close and throw it into my trashcan. Grabbing my cup, I practically swallow the whole thing before also throwing it into the trash as well.Once I do, I get up and leave my office. Entering the hallway, I nod my head toward my friends and colleagues.“Hello, Councilman Draven," one of my friends says as he passes me."Hello, Gavin," I say with a nod of my head. I walk past him and toward Councilman Dolon's office. I enter his office and slam the door shut."Councilman Draven," Councilman Dolon says, smiling as he spreads out his arms and lends back. "How can I help you today?"Noticing piles of paper
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Chapter 22: Retreat
Ms. Justice: Grabbing JumpStart and throwing him behind me, I rise my shield and manage to protect the others from the blaster fire. Despite my skidding feet, I push against the blaster fire and stay on my feet. "JumpStart," I yell, "SpeedBlade. Get QuickShot out of here! I'll hold Silent back and regroup with all of you back at the OutPost." "No," SpeedBlade shouts, "I will not leave you alone!" "This isn't for debate! QuickShot needs to get back to the OutPost. Go! Go! Go!" SpeedBlade is about to shout again but he is cut off by Silent's blasters. The two of us duck under the blaster's fire as JumpStart grabs and carries an exhausted QuickShot toward a manhole cover. "Again," I say, kicking SpeedBlade away. "This isn't for debate. Go!" SpeedBlade finally takes the hint and uses his super speed. He runs toward JumpStart and QuickShot. The three reach the manhole cover and there, SpeedBlade uses his sword to pr
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Chapter 23: Changes of Plan
QuickShot: My eyes snap open when I hear the OutPost's doors slide open. Immediately, I reach for my bow and an arrow and aim at the door. "Hey, hey, hey," JumpStart says, stepping back and holding up his hands. "Peace! We come in peace! Uhh, I don't have anything for a peace offering. Do you guys have something?" Ms. Justice searches her pockets. A few minutes later, she pulls out a chocolate bar. "I have this," Justice answers. "Do you want it?" "I'm fine," I say, lowering my bow. "What are you guys doing back here? With all due respect, I doubt you three won against Silent and his giant metal suit." "You're right," SpeedBlade says, walking in and sitting down. "This is not a victory. It's a retreat." "Well, I don't know if I'd use that word exactly," Ms. Justice interrupts. She joins SpeedBlade and sits down in one of our living room chairs. Once she sits down, Ms. Justice places an ice pack on her head "What do you mean by that," I ask. "For some reason," Ms. Justice says
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Chapter 24: The 5th OutCasts
QuickShot:"Three shots are all I would need to level this city," Silent told me. "The energy cannon. I can't let him get a shot off."Pulling back the bowstring, I let go and shoot a barrage of arrows. The arrows hit the cannon over and over, causing Silent to miss."OutCasts," I yell, stopping a little to catch my breath. "Onward!"Wiping my sweaty forehead, I reach for more arrows and fire them at Silent. I hit Silent with a volley of trick arrows. Slime arrows burst and covered him in green slime. Explosive arrows land all over and engulf him in thick black smoke. Net arrows wrapped around Silent and weight him to the ground."He's down," I shout, dropping to a knee. "Everyone! Attack him! Hit him before he had a chance to fight back!"SpeedBlade:Running toward Silent as he tries to raise his arm, I try to cut off his metal arm. However, as I swing my sword, it bounces off his metal arm."
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Chapter 25: Trade-Off
QuickShot:Firing rockets at the ground, Silent blankets himself in a cloud of smoke. Despite not seeing Silent or his giant robot suit, I can still clearly hear the sound of rockets.I pull back my bowstring and scan the sky. I expect rockets to be shooting out and heading toward us any second now, but I'm wrong. Instead of rockets, Silent himself shoots out from the smoke cloud. He flies into the night sky before disappearing."He's escaping," I say, lowering my bow. "Come on, we can--"Before I can finish, I stop when I see the smoke clearing away. There, lying on the ground right in front of us, hidden at first because of the smoke, is a man.The man appears to be wearing some sort of weird, black and brown armor, with a large belt with a dozen pouches. He also is wearing a white mask with red eyes."A white mask," I think, "Red eyes? Guys, this is Silent!""Silent," SpeedBlade repeats, looking at the downed man.
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Chapter 26: Invited Guests
Silent: "Be careful," I say to the OutCasts as the five of us approach the doorway to my hidden base. "Why," QuickShot asks with a scoff. "Is it booby-trapped?" I stop and turn to face the archer. "Yes," I firmly answer. "My front door is booby-trapped with automatic turrets. Unlike you four, I plan to keep people out of my home." I see the elf crosses his arms but I ignore it. "Stay back," I order, putting up my hand. "As I said, there are automatic turrets. I'll deactivate them so wait here." "Okay," Ms. Justice says, raising her arms to stop the knight from approaching. I move forward by myself, deeper into the forgotten subway tunnel. Coming up to a reinforced set of iron doors, I look at a part of the wall beside the doors. Pushing a hidden button, a keypad flips open and I enter the code. "Strange," I think as the light on the keypad goes green. "Dr. Cho didn't change the passcode." I hear
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Chapter 27: Machine Overload
QuickShot: I see all the sharp and shining teeth of the little robots as they jump into the air. It's like they're showing them off as they attack us. With no time to spare, I throw down my bow and focus my power. I feel myself building up with the red energy, the power flowing throughout my body. My mind becomes more focused, and when I open my eyes, I spread out my hands and the red energy shoots out. It turns into a red barrier that shields all of us. Even Silent. The robots that jump are knocked back. They fall onto the other robots and knock them down as well. The other robots nearby that aren't knocked down start attacking the barrier. They bite and bump their heads against the barrier. Despite being in the barrier, I can still feel every bite and every single bump. It's become too much for me to handle. I drop to my knees a few seconds later. "QuickShot," Ms. Justice says, turning toward me. She kneels down in front of
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Chapter 28: Hopeless
Silent: I wipe the water from my mask as I guide the OutCasts through the flooded hallways of my hideout. "How's your courageous leader," I ask. I stop and check inside a room. "It's clear. No trap. Only wet, soggy, robots." I kick one of the scrap metal robots in its head. It sparks and shakes but it doesn't move. "I'm fine," QuickShot says. She pushes herself up and off her bow/walking stick. She then wipes the water from her eyes. "How much longer until we reach Dr. Cho's workshop?" "Not much further," I answer. "Should only be a few more doors. Are you all ready to get beaten up?" "No," SpeedBlade answers. "I've been searching these pathways for my sword but I haven't found it yet. Where could it be?" "Who knows? Who cares? Just run around the evil doctor and draw her attention. QuickShot, Justice, and I will do the same. Meanwhile, JumpStart will upload the shut-off program into the Iron Fist Armor. That's
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Chapter 29: Iron Fist
Silent: As the four of us enter my throne room, I see a single light turn on right above my chair. The rest of the lights and even the monitors are turned off so it's only my chair in the spotlight. "Hello," Dr. Cho says, standing up and turning around. She eyes me the second she sees me. "I guess I was right all along. People, humans, will never stay loyal." "Loyal," I repeat, " You're the one that betrayed me. You kicked me out of my own armor after taking control of it! You then tried to use it to harm innocent people! People that never did anything!" "They destroyed my friends," Dr. Cho shouts back. "My only friends! I built these machines myself! From nothing more than leftover gears and wires! They talk! They sang! There were more friends with me than any other humans in my life! And what did the company do to them after finding them? They destroyed them! They called them creepy and scary-looking and destroyed them!" "En
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Chapter 30: Outside Help
JumpStart: "No. No. No. No. No! Ahh!" I scream as I stomp my fists against the table. "Where is that program? Where is it? I searched this whole computer but still can't find it! What if Silent is right? What if the water destroys it? If the water did destroy the program, then does that mean the end for my friends? QuickShot. Ms. Justice. SpeedBlade. No! I won't give up! I can't. They're depending on me! I have to find it! And if I can't, then I will make one myself!" I restart the search, going through every single folder once more. QuickShot: Pulling back the bowstring, I close one eye and aim at the target. "Dr. Cho," I shout. Dr. Cho turns toward me. "Watch out." I let go of the bowstring and watch as my arrows fly toward Dr. Cho. Seeing this, she quickly hides behind the chair. The arrows hit the chair and stick to it. "You miss," Dr. Cho shouts, "Shouldn't have given me a
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