The Meta Corps - Dream of the Youth
Page 26
Chapter 26
Tench was too dizzy to make out anything coherent, as he spiraled to the earth. Florence flew up right beside him, finding herself in the same situation as before. She matched Tench’s velocity, grabbed hold of him by hoisting him over her shoulder, and swooped off, leaving his stomach behind. This jolted Tench awake and he got a look at his savior.
“Again?” He shouted.
“My hero.” Florence retorted.
Tench rolled his eyes.
“Okay, stop, stop. I’m fine.”
Florence slowed to a hover, and Tench got off. He floated across from her.
“Dang, what happened?”
Florence looked away, trying to locate the enemy.
“Jack smacked you upside the head and took Anne that way with Sarra not far behind.”
“How are we going to stop her?” Tench asked.
Florence crossed her arms and smiled.
“Well Andrew, tell me how would you put a stop to me if I went rogue?”
Tench paused for a moment, and then chuckled.
“Well, with ice, obviously.”
Florence nodded and stretched her arm to pat him on the shoulder.
“Good. If that’s the solution, then let’s go flank him.”
Florence flew off, her pink hair billowing, and Tench followed along.
Sarra could have sworn that Jack went into the previously empty lot. Piles and spreads of buildings, heavy machinery, tools, raw materials and cars filled the area like a dusty attic. Sarra snaked and oozed through the several loads and up with nothing.
“Dammit, how can Jack hide some girl in a pile like this?”
Sarra was getting mad. She knew that it was not good for her, but she believed in acting on revenge as soon as possible. With Sarra being the newbie hero, and Jack a villain since 1958, that set the challenge bar for Sarra far, far too high, and it was frustrating her to no end.
“Come out you slimy fuck. I’ve got some calcium chloride for you to rot in…”
Sarra peeked around a corner, and heard a scream that came from her right. She undulated over without hesitation. Sarra looked around the corner, to see her sister fall to the ground in the mouth of a cave.