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Chapter 5: The Calm
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2023-06-01 09:57:20Lightning Storm:
“Get out of our way,” I yell, shooting off more bolts of lightning. “Move it! Make way! We're coming through!”
My bolts destroy everything in our way. The blockade the police officers put up is reduced to nothing but a flaming wreckage.
“Open fire,” the captain orders. “Everyone, open fire now.”
The captain and his officers all line up. While half stand and the other half drop to their knees, they all start shooting at us. Unstoppable grabs a nearby burning car and places it in front of us. The burning car acted as a shield.
“Careful,” I yell, watching as some of the blaster fires get a little too close to hitting the containment cell. “The boss won’t be too happy if that thing is hit.”
Unstoppable grunts at me before he slams the containment cell onto the street. With the containment cell safety behind the car, Unstoppable then charges toward the officers. With the blaster fires deflecting off of Unstoppable’s armor, he reaches them in no time and starts knocking them out.
Kicking and knocking the captain to the ground, Unstoppable picks up a car and raises it over himself. Slamming it down onto the captain, I couldn’t believe my eyes.
QuickShot:
“Nooo,” I scream, shooting out my hand. My hand glowing red, I feel a surge of energy traveling between my hand and my head. I watch as, before my eyes, a red bubble appears around the captain.
Unstoppable slamming the car into the bubble, it bends and crunches.
“Help him,” I say, feeling all my energy disappears as I maintain the bubble. My arms feel like they weigh a ton, and my legs are shaking. “Go. I can't keep this up!”
Ms. Justice throws her shield and knocks Unstoppable back. Unstoppable recovers fast and is prepared to fight but Justice and JumpStart hold him back. Meanwhile, I let the bubble dispense. The second it’s gone, SpeedBlade runs to pick up the captain.
He runs to the end of the block and drops the captain off before running back to help Ms. Justice and JumpStart. I try to help them too, but I can’t. I feel too tired.
Ms. Justice:
As Unstoppable swings his arm, I backflip out of the way and land on my feet. Unstoppable takes a step toward me but stops when SpeedBlade runs in between us and hits him with his sword.
Sparks fly as SpeedBlade hits Unstoppable and forces him back. As SpeedBlade faces Unstoppable head-on, JumpStart sneaks up from behind and hits Unstoppable with his stun batons. Unstoppable screams as electricity runs throughout him.
About to throw my shield at Unstoppable, I stop when I see QuickShot. She’s on her knee and using her bow as a sort of clutch.
“Keep him back,” I say, running to her side.
“What,” JumpStart yells, jumping back as Unstoppable swings at him.
Running to QuickShot’s side, I throw her arm over myself and start to carry her.
“Are you okay?”
I ask as I carry QuickShot away from the fight.
“I’m fine,” QuickShot replies in between breaths. “Had to, had to use my power. Drained all my strength.”
“Shoot,” I say, looking at QuickShot. Her face is already pale, almost looking like a ghost. “Hold on. Let me see where I can drop you.”
I scan the area, but there isn’t much cover left. Really, the only things left are smoking cars and half-destroyed barricades.
“Watch out,” JumpStart yells. Turning my head, I see a familiar bolt of lightning almost hit SpeedBlade. Barely jumping out of the way in time, we all watch as the bolt hit the street and blows it up.
“I'll handle these wannabe heroes,” Lightning Storm says, stepping out from behind a destroyed car. I can't be sure but when Lightning Storm steps out, I think I see what looks like a giant metal tube next to him. “Unstoppable, you take care of this thing.”
Unstoppable grunts before leaving JumpStart and SpeedBlade and running over to Lightning Storm. He picks up the metal tube before running off. Lightning Storm, however, cracks his knuckles as he steps forward.
“For the record,” Storm starts, laughing and pointing at us. “I have unfinished business with every single one of you.”
Raising both his arms, lights start to gather in them. Before long, lightning bolts start to shoot out, hitting everything.
Parts of the street and buildings’ walls are hit, exploding into dust. Dozens and dozens of bolts fly past or toward us. With QuickShot on me, I can’t move fast. I see one bolt heading right for the two of us.
SpeedBlade:
Running past the bolts of lightning, I see Storm within the distance. As I run closer to him, I move to my right to dodge a bolt. However, as I watch the bolt, I see it going for Ms. Justice and QuickShot.
“There’s no way they can get out of the way in time,” I see, looking between them and Lightning. “I’m close enough where I can jump and hit Storm, but if I do, then they will get hurt. I won’t let that happen.”
I turn around and run past the bolt. Just before it can hit them, I jump and block the attack with my sword.
Ms. Justice:
I couldn’t believe my eyes. Just as a bolt is about to hit QuickShot and me, SpeedBlade runs out and blocks the attack. I keep on watching as SpeedBlade falls to the ground, shaking.
“SpeedBlade,” QuickShot says, pushing off of me and limping to SpeedBlade. “SpeedBlade. Are you okay?”
Flipping SpeedBlade over, he moans as he holds his sword against his chest.
“I’m fine,” he says, “My sword, it saves me.”
We let out a sigh, only to be interrupted by JumpStart.
“So glad SpeedBlade is okay,” he yells, “But in case any of you remember, there’s a bad guy here we can’t even touch!”
A bolt of lightning hits the ground beside JumpStart and explodes, sending dust into JumpStart.
JumpStart falling over now, SpeedBlade pushes himself up.
“I think I can get close enough,” he says, “But I will need your help. Both of you.”
“You don’t even have to ask,” I say. “After all, we’re a team.”
Lightning Storm:
“Another one down,” I say, pumping my fist. “Just two more to go.”
Turning to look at the two girls, I’m surprised to see the knight steps back up.
“Oh, you want more? Fine by me.”
I aim at the knight and prepare to shoot.
“Let's see how that metal armor does any a bolt of pure lightning,” I shout, shooting out a bolt. The bolt heads for the knight but he uses his speed to jump out of the way and run toward me. I raise my arms and prepare to unleash another bolt, but before I can, something hits me from the side. I scream as green slime covers me.
“Not again!"
I try to wipe it off but the slime gets all over. It stops me from using my power. Without my power, the knight had a clear shot at me.
SpeedBlade:
I scream as I hit Storm with the handle of my sword, knocking him to the ground. I look at Storm and wait for him to get back up but he doesn’t.
“He’s out,” I say, looking at QuickShot and Justice. QuickShot, who is laying against a wall waves at me. Ms. Justice who is standing to my left also waves at me.
“Smart thinking,” she says, walking up to me.
“No need to praise me,” I say, “I’m just glad my plan worked.”
“I’m glad my aim with a bow is getting better,” Justice says, smiling and holding up QuickShot’s bow. “Thought, I’m surprised you know about the slime arrow. I thought you were unconscious when she used them against Lightning.”
“What are you talking about?"
“I’m talking about how you said to use the slime arrows to stop Lightning from shooting,” Ms. Justice answers. “Wasn’t that the plan?”
“No. I just asked if you could shoot something at him so I could charge him.”
“Wait, was I just a distraction?”
“Yes, but only because I was confident I could move fast enough to stop Storm before he could shoot you. I was watching out for you.”
Ms. Justice slowly nods her head.
“Okay,” she says, “Not exactly what we meant, but it still works. Come on, let’s grab the other and get out of here.”
“But wait,” I say, stopping to look around. “Where is Unstoppable?”
Silent:
I watch from above as Unstoppable kneels in front of me. Besides him in the containment cell.
“Lightning Storm was defeated,” I ask. Unstoppable nods his head.
“Hmm. Too bad. Nevertheless, I got who I needed."
Turning back to the hundreds of monitors in front of me, I push a button on my remote control and watch as the monitors turn on, showing me pictures of the OutCasts.
"QuickShot," I start, "Ms. Justice. JumpStart. SpeedBlade. Watch out, because it won't be long now, and once I have what I need, I'll be the one standing."
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The OutCasts Chapter 6: A Little Accident
Ms. Justice:"So wait," SpeedBlade starts, looking at the cards in his hand. "How do I do this again?""I'm not sure," JumpStart says looking at the cards in his own hands. "Wait. When do I pull a card from the deck?""Draw," Ms. Justice says, "You draw a card when I say go fish.""Sssooo do I draw a card now?""No. Not yet. First thing first, you need to ask one of us if we have a card."Still confused, JumpStart looks at QuickShot."Do you, uh, have this card?"JumpStarts takes out a card and show it to QuickShot."No," QuickShot answers. "Go fish. Also, that's called the Seven of Clubs, and you don't have to show it to me.""Okay," JumpStart says. He puts the card back in my hand and draws a new card from the deck. "Now what?""Now it's SpeedBlade's turn," I say. I point to SpeedBlade. "SpeedBlade. Ask away.""May I go back to sleep," SpeedBlade asks."No," I cry. "Come on, you already slept five hours today. How can you still be tired?""I do a lot of running," SpeedBlade answers.
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2023-06-05The OutCasts Chapter 7: Gas Attack
Nitro: “Go to sleep,” I say, firing my gas gun and unleashing a cloud of purple smoke. As the smoke spreads, it knocks out all the employees and they drop to the floor within seconds. Stepping over their unconscious bodies, I wipe the lens of my gas mask as I look around the 16th floor. “Server room," I say. "Server room. Where is that stinking server room?" I look around for the server room but stop when I hear someone yelling. “Stop right there,” a security guard says, running onto the floor. However, as soon as he enters, he breathes in my knockout gas and falls to the floor. Now stepping over the unconscious security guard, I check all the doors. It takes a while but after the fifth or sixth door, I find one that is locked. "This must be it," I say, stepping back. Opening my trench coat, I unscrew the canister of knockout gas and switch it with a canister of acid gas. I load the acid gas into my gun and then fire. A dark green smoke cloud hits the locked door. I only have
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2023-06-12The OutCasts Chapter 8: New Slime
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
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2023-06-19The OutCasts Chapter 9: Minus 1
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
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2023-07-10The OutCasts Chapter 10: Knock-Knock
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
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2023-07-17The OutCasts Chapter 11: The Talk
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
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2023-07-24The OutCasts Chapter 12: Crafting Supplies
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
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2023-07-31The OutCasts Chapter 13: Simpler Time
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
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2023-08-07
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The OutCasts Epilogue
Homeless Man: Dragging my cart behind me, I stop at a dumpster. Pushing open the lid, I dig in. I push past all the empty containers and wrappers before finally finding it. "Yes," I cry, smiling as I jump and grab it. Pulling out from the dumpster a box of expired candy bars, I immediately eat one while throwing the box into my cart. "Well, now that I've found dinner, I can go back home." I smile and sing to myself as I chew and savor the oh-so-ever sweet, sweet taste of chocolate and nuts. It's late into the night when I make my way back home. Parking my cart at the side of my home, I climb into my box and snuggle up with my blanket. Sleep comes quickly, and I feel myself about to drift away when, out of nowhere, I hear a boom. "Wha the--," I shout. I throw my blanket to the side and climb out of my box. Pushing myself up, I look around for where that boom could have come from. It sounded so close as if it was right in this alley, but I didn't see anything. Feeling nervous, I run
The OutCasts Chapter 33: Rest and Recover
SpeedBlade: Screaming as the cannon fires, all four of us are thrown into the air. I hit the floor hard as I land. Landing on my front, I push myself over and up. Rubbing my head as I push myself up, I wave the smoke away. "Justice? QuickShot? JumpStart! Where are you guys? Hello?" With every step I take, I hunch over in pain. My hip hurts. My leg is aching. I am limping, not walking. "Hello? Can you guys hear me? Hello!" "SpeedBlade," someone yells. As soon as I hear my own name, I feel the pain eases a little. "Hello?" Still limping, I limp up and down as I try to pinpoint the source of the voice in all this smoke. "SpeedBlade," someone else shouts. "SpeedBlade, is that you?" "Yes," I answer. "Yes! It's me! Who are you?" "Ms. Justice," Ms. Justice shouts back. "Wait, where are you?" "Ms. Justice," a third voice says. "JumpStart? I can hear you guys but I can't see any o
The OutCasts Chapter 32: The Last Blast
QuickShot:Fighting through the headache as I push myself up, I hear Dr. Cho's voice."Fire," she shouts, "Fire and bring this whole place down!"I hear the sound of the energy cannon going off and look. A red blast is heading for a crumbling ceiling."If it hits," I tell myself, "If it hits, and the ceiling comes falling down."I look at Ms. Justice as I picture the ceiling coming down. I imagine her being crushed, and as I do, I feel something building up inside of me."No," I scream, shooting out my hand. As I shoot out my hand, it glows a bright red. I feel my power flowing out, only it feels different from before. It doesn't feel like I'm losing energy. If anything, it feels like I'm gaining more energy. Like I'm powering up myself.Using my newfound energy, I focus a barrier around the blast. I watch with a smile as the blast with a barrier hits the ceiling. My barrier is more than able to absorb the full power
The OutCasts Chapter 31: The Drive
SpeedBlade: I unleash my mightiest battle cry as I charge toward the Iron Fist armor. Swinging my sword, the Iron First blocks it, sparks flying off of its arms and I attack it over and over again. The Iron Fist throws its massive metal arm but I use my speed to run out of the way. Running around the armor, I rush forward and thrust my sword into the back of the armor. However, the armor withstood my sword. My blade slips and slides to the side. Hearing Dr. Cho, I look at her as her eyes glow. She raises her arm before sending it back. Turning back to the armor, I see its elbow heading right for me. Hitting and knocking me back, I hold my head and shake it. "Your sword is no match for my Iron Fist armor," Dr. Cho says, laughing as the Iron Fist turns around. "Do yourself a favor and just run. Run away, you old, old knight in dented armor." "I will run," I say, holding my sword with both my hands. "But I will not run away!"
The OutCasts 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
The OutCasts 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
The OutCasts 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
The OutCasts 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
The OutCasts 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
