Taylor retreated to the roof out his bedroom window to clear his mind after the infuriating argument with his stepfather. Bonnie climbed up onto the roof a few minutes later, tugging at her camera nervously.
“Hey, Taylor, got a sec?” Bonnie asked.
“Yeah, sure,” Taylor grumbled.
As Bonnie approached him, Taylor curled himself into a ball while staring at the sunset.
“No one appreciates it for how powerful it is.”
“What do you mean?” Bonnie inquired as she clutched her camera and sat down next to Taylor.
“The sunset,” Taylor explained. “No matter how much weird stuff goes on in our daily lives, it always seems to bring a calming tone to our lives. After a
As John pulled out of the station to head home, Taylor and Bonnie remained silent at the door. “This is an urgent matter, Taylor,” Officer Sampson told him. “Please open the door now.” Bonnie hung up the phone and quietly tiptoed to Taylor and whispered, “Your dad didn’t send them.” “I heard,” Taylor whispered back. “I’m not going to tell you again, young man. Please open the door,” Sampson repeated. “What do we do?” she asked him. “Run,” Taylor replied. The two teenagers began to back away from the door when Sampson released a massive punch that emitted sparks of energy through the wooden door. The
Eliza was imprisoned in a chrome-like cave riddled with jagged spikes and the floor was laced with cobalt minerals. She was suspended inside a scarlet carbonite hive and her face was the only part not cocooned.“Hello there, Miss Yoshida,” Soundhound greeted. He entered the room followed by two gargantuan troll-like Kaiju. “I just wanted to see if you’re enjoying your new accommodations. Should your brother choose not to come, it will be your last.”“Let me go!” Eliza demanded and kicked the shell hard. “Taylor will never lose to someone like you.”“I admire the optimism you humans have,” Soundhound complimented. “It makes causing your despair so much more entertaining.”
John drove recklessly through the town as he slid the car to the side of the terminal’s entrance and parked. “Oh man, I think I dropped my stomach two blocks back,” Bonnie complained and unbuckled herself. Her right arm clutched her stomach, and her left hand covered her mouth as she sprinted out of the vehicle. “Hey, Bonnie, if you feel sick, you can just --” Taylor offered. “Hold that thought, “Bonnie interrupted as she ran to the left side of the entrance out of the guys’ view. “I take it your friend is a little queasy from the drive, “John smirked. “Luckily, I’m used to it by now,” Taylor said, and they shared a brief laugh. Bonnie returned to their
Taylor ran into the cocoon prison where his sister was trapped and asked, “What the hell have they done you?” “Good to see you too, doofus,” Elisa responded. “Looks like you found your trident.” “Yeah. Speaking of which, don’t move,” Taylor instructed. “Like I have a choice, genius,” Eliza sassed him as he summoned his trident. Taylor charged up Barracuda and sparks of tremendous lightning gathered around it. After three slashes to the cocoon, Taylor freed his sister and caught her as she fell. Taylor passionately hugged Eliza and John joined the family hug. Eliza laughed and said, “Miss me much?”
John finished telling Bonnie and Eliza the details of the great storm years ago in Pierview. “I can’t believe it,” Eliza said. “We have to tell Taylor about this immediately!” “That might have to wait,” Bonnie said as the laser beams over the door retracted. Three Kaiju crept in and cornered John, Bonnie, and Eliza. “Any ideas on how to get out of this would be accepted, John,” Eliza said. The creatures slowly slunk closer and closer to the prisoners. A cloud of dark purple electricity blindsided them. Suddenly, the creatures clutched their heads in pure agony. “What’s going on?” Bonnie asked and looked around. “I’m not quite sure,” John said. “But the beams are still down and we can escape.” John and the two girls ran past the Kaiju as they struggled to fight back the mysterious presence that pounded their minds. As they turned to another hallway, a large crash by one of the Kaiju that had attacked them previously cut off thei
The new monsters roared with terror and shook the hollow caves of the terminal. The horrific sight of his brothers and sisters in arms tore a hole deep in John’s heart. “Try not to be too sad about this, dear Captain,” Soundhound said. “This dull, empty town is going to be the first of many cities to add some type of value to their pathetic existence. Granted, they won’t be nearly as glamorous as the real deal, but this pathetic species you call humanity will have a taste of what it means to be significant.” “This isn’t over,” Taylor threatened while struggling to escape Soundhound’s hold. “You’re quite right, Mr. Yoshida. This is not over. My employer will still need to siphon enough energy from you before I can give your proper closing. But as for the pesky humans, what do you say we keep them in a
Eliza ran to the rubble pile that had cut her off from John to dig him out. Eliza sobbed and dug out the debris from the cave in as she repeated to herself, “He can’t be dead, he can’t be dead.” “Eliza, we have to go,” Bonnie tried to reason. “I already lost my mom, I can’t lose John too,” Eliza explained and rolled more rocks from the blockage. Bonnie grabbed Eliza’s arm to pull her away from the wreckage and argued, “Eliza, please. We need to go --” Eliza shook off Bonnie’s hand then body-slammed her onto the ground and wrapped her fingers around Bonnie’s neck and squeezed. “This is your fault!” Eliza shouted. “This is all your fault!” “Eliza, please stop,” Bonnie begged and fought to pry Eliza’s fingers from her neck. “Taylor trusted you. We trusted you. You pretended to be his friend. You pretended to care,” Eliza ranted as tears rolled down her cheeks and landed on Bonnie’s face. “I do care about Taylor,” Bonnie ba
“You must take me back,” Taylor reached out to Soundhound to convince the guitarist to take him home. “You have to --” Soundhound took out Vendetta and swung it at Taylor. Taylor barely avoided it. “What are you doing?” Taylor said. “My apologies, dear boy, but now that Mason Black is in play, I need your trident more than ever,” Soundhound explained with regret before he swung Vendetta against Taylor’s trident. Taylor deflected the attack and argued, “You gave me your word that you wouldn’t fight me here.” “Given the circumstances, I’m afraid I must break that arrangement.” “Why? Even if Mason Black is alive, we could find the other champions and take him out together!” “You’ve been sheltered for too long,” Soundhound replied. “For all I know, the other champions could be as weak and gullible as you. I’m not willing to take that chance and have the rest of you slow me down. I’ll have to kill all the champions and take Zerpla’s