Future p12

When we looked around us, we realized that everything was a mess. “What did Alton do?” I asked.

“I'm not sure,” Liaison said. “But we do need to figure out where he is now.”

Sweetie ran to the edge of the area. “I bet he’s in Town Square.”

I nodded in agreement.

“But how are we going to get there?” Sweetie said sadly. “We can’t run fast enough.”

I smiled. “Why run?”

She seemed surprised.

Liaison and I surrounded her. I held on to her right arm and he held on to her left.

“What are you doing?”

“Don’t you trust us,” Liaison and I said.

“Yeah.”

We led her to the very edge of the area, where the only thing separating us from the city was a jagged cliff with a long drop. We jumped. Sweetie screamed. As soon as she realized that we were not only alive, but were zooming closer to the city every second, her screams turned into exclamations of awe. “Are we…” she hesitated, “flying?”

Liaison and I were both smiling. “What does it look like we’re doing?” We both said.

Sweetie looked down. She could see the whole city from here. “We really are flying.”

We flew towards Town Square and slowly landed on our feet.

Liaison and I looked around. We didn’t see Alton. “Do you see him?” I asked.

“No,” Liaison replied.

Sweetie pointed to a building. “There, over there! I saw him!” She led us into a building that was more of an extravagant hallway than anything else and we chased after Alton who tried to cover his face with the collar of a drab brown raincoat.
When we got to the other side, Alton raced towards the water fountain and when he got there, he stood there, exhausted.
We got there soon afterwards. Alton looked at us expectantly. He laughed.

Why is he laughing? I thought. Then, I found out. He threw off his coat and went into a fighting stance. Liaison and I did the same. Then, he charged up a blow and hit me in the chest. I fell over, but I got up. After that, he tried to knock Liaison down, but he leapt out of the way.

Alton stood up straight and sighed. “You know, I was just warming up. It’ll get serious very soon.”

Liaison’s eyes lit up. “Or maybe you just lost your home field advantage.”

People began to crowd the area around us. One person said, “Hey, that’s the man that’s in charge of that robot producing blob!” Others nodded and said, “Yes,” in agreement.

Alton charged at Liaison, who dodged and then, flew into the air.

Alton wiped his mouth. “Hey, that’s no fair! You can fly!”

Liaison did a loop-de-loop before coming down. “You mean you can’t fly?”

He shook his head.

“Oh, sorry, but I still won’t hold back.” Liaison did an uppercut and a thunderbolt electrocuted Alton.

He yelled, but he got up just fine. “You fight very well.”

Liaison cooked his head and smiled. “Thank you.”

“But, I won’t lose.” Then, Alton bent back and underwent some type of transformation. He became bigger and his muscles began to bulge. “Hahaha!” His voice was deeper. “I told you that I wasn’t going to lose – no matter what!” He ran towards Liaison and knocked him into a building. Then, he pounded him deeper and deeper. After this, he picked up Liaison by his head, spun him around, and threw him towards a distant cliff.

Liaison opened his eyes. He had more time to react, so he went through the cliff unharmed and teleported back to the city behind Alton. When Alton turned to see who it was, Liaison was already gone.

When Liaison blasted him a second time, Alton turned around to meet the blow. Liaison’s eyes opened wide. He wasn’t expecting this. He tried to run, but Alton grabbed him and head butt him straight to the skull. Liaison collapsed.