Here I Come to Save the Day
Chapter 7
Mac let go of Shane and Gus' hand and they all let out a sigh of relief. "Good thinking," Shane whispered to his baby sister. She had seen danger coming and had grabbed onto her siblings, turning them all invisible.
"They're coming back," Gus said quietly as he stood next to his older brother. Shane turned to look at Gus and swallowed loudly.
"Okay, Gus, you have to use your powers," Shane said. Gus bit his bottom lip and frowned, looking so much like Brian.
"But, but, my mommy and dad said not to use it." Gus shook his head 'no' as he dug his small Converse into the floor. Gus felt a gust of wind pass over him and he looked to the left. Mackenzie reappeared panting and scared.
"They need you to use it," Shane said.
"They're coming, lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and…."
"MAC," Shane shouted. Gus stood there staring at his brother and sister.
"Well, there is a lot of 'em," she said. "A whole lot, like… four of 'em."
Shane turned from his sister and looked back at his little brother. "Gus," Shane said. "If, if you use your powers then daddy… daddy will give you all the ice cream you want." Gus' eyes lit up, growing so big that Shane and Mac had to stop and marvel in the awesome bigness of the ball of the eye.
"I hate that man, don't you?" Kelley asked. J.C. took the lollipop out of his mouth and swallowed the flavored spit.
*We all know its flavored spit. Oh, we TRY and pretend that its juice. 'Swallow the JUICE from the lollipop or the popsicle' we say. But we know, Oh we ALL know. It's just spit; flavored spit.
"Yeah man, I fuckin' hate that shit. When the fuckin' eye of the ball is so fucking big that it feels like the eye is following your every move," J.C. said. Kelley nodded and took a sip from his Pepsi. The liter bottle, cause if you are going to break the bank for the sixteen ounce then you might as well lighten your pockets a bit more and get the liter bottle.
Shameless product placement ahead… Mmmmm… bask in the caffeiney greatness. PEPSI… PEPSI… PEPSI
"Oh shit, what about when the fucking ball of the eye is so fucking huge but the skin around the eye is not so you just freakin' know that there is this giant ORB just waiting to break free of its skin barrier. It's creepy as hell," J.C. said.
"Yeah man," Kelley said as he turned the page of the script and took another drink. "My daughter has eyes like that," Kelley admitted shamefully.
"Yeah… I know," J.C. said as he adjusted his microphone and burst into a fit of laughter.
*Fit of laughter: HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
I don't know how many HA's constitute a fit of laughter but I'll say that it's twenty-four. Mostly because I am tired of pressing the H and the A button and also because if I don't stop then you all will notice that I was just filling space, which I have ended up doing anyway by telling you all about the plausibility of you knowing what I was doing when I explained the situation with the HA's.
HeeHee, I see you counting the HA's to see if there are really twenty-four, Ahhhhhhhh hahahaha, are there?
"Fuck you man. She takes after her mother."
"I know," J.C. said as his laughter continued. *See above fit of laughter.
The door burst open and J.C and Kelley sat in silence. Vicky was wearing a very short skirt and a low cut blouse. "Would you two morons knock it off and get back to work." She slammed the door closed and walked back to the control room.
"She could have said that over the microphone."
"Maybe she likes to walk," Kelley reasoned.
"Yeah, right on our balls," J.C. said as he crunched the last bit of his lollipop.
"Wit sprinkles an' everything?" Gus asked.
"Yeah," Shane told him as he checked the hallway to make sure that they were still alone.
"Wif choc'late syrup too?" Mac added, her eyes matching Gus'. Shane turned to his sister and nodded. "Mmm."
"An cherries too?" Gus asked quietly.
Shane looked back at his baby brother and sighed. "Look, when we get back home daddy will make you any kind of ice cream that you want."
"They're coming," Mac said as she pulled on the edge of Shane's shirt.
"Don't pull on my shirt, its Old Navy, a stepping stone on my way to Prada and Gucci," Shane said. Mackenzie rolled her eyes. "Okay Gus, are you ready?" Gus nodded his head 'yes' and wiped his nose with his arm. "Okay then, let's do it."
Mackenzie kissed Gus on the cheek and took hold of Shane's hand. "Good luck," she said. Shane pointed at the lights that were lining the hallway and shot out a stream of electricity from his finger, shorting the circuit and blanketing the hall in darkness.
Mackenzie tightened her grip on Shane's hand and they both disappeared.
As soon as the lights went out a bluish silver glow began to form around Gus. He stood still, frozen in place with his hands firmly clasped in front of him.
"This kid is like a fuckin' Children of the Corn reject or something," Kelley said.
"Seriously," J.C. agreed.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" The abnormally large man said as he rounded the corner. Abnormally large men, numbers two through four, stood next to him, two on each side, guns drawn and ready for action.
Gus stood still, staring straight at abnormally large man number one. "The kid is freakin' me out," number two said. They all took a step forward, stopping when they were within three feet of the small boy. Gus stared up at the men, his eyes cold and lifeless.
"You should not play with guns," Gus said, his voice low and even. Shane held on firmly to Mac's hand and took a step backwards, stopping only when their backs hit the wall.
"Where are your brother and sister, kid?" Man number three asked. Gus suddenly moved, covering his eyes with his hands. Minutes rolled by as they all waited for Gus to do something. All of a sudden Gus let out a loud, piercing scream.
Blood immediately began to flow from the ears of the abnormally large men, staining their abnormally small shirts. Shirts so abnormally small that the abnormal abnormality of their large bodies was made to look all that more abnormal.
In the blink of an eye Gus exploded. His body lingered in the air like a fog cloud. "Holy fucking shit," abnormally large man four whispered. They all took a step back as the glowing cloud drifted toward them.
The Gus cloud surrounded them all. All of their guns clattered to the ground as they began to choke on the particles of Gus that were floating in the air.
Their mouths opened in screams as their bones collapsed and their bodies burst open, mixing with Gus' particles. The cloud began to churn in on itself, mixing and turning… binding. Mac closed her eyes tightly as a piercingly bright light filled the corridor. She opened her eyes slowly when she felt Shane's grip on her hand lessen.
"Can I have ice cream now, Shane?" Gus said as he stood there, a soft glow circling his feet. Mac let go of Shane's hand and took a deep breath as they became visible again.
"Yeah Gus, you can have ice cream," Shane told his little brother. "But, first we have to find dad, daddy and all the others."
"Okay," Gus said. His hair was streaked with pieces of blond. The same thing happened every time he absorbed someone. No matter what, or who, it was his hair streaked a different color. When he absorbed Debbie's parakeet, an anniversary gift from Carl, his hair streaked pastel blue and stayed that way for two weeks.
"Let's go," Mac said as she bounced nervously from foot to foot. All three of them took off running, heading straight for the dungeons. Or so they thought.
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"What the fuck was that?" Hotlanta asked as he stared up at the light in their cell. Everyone looked up, confusion on their faces.
"That… was my son," Brian said.
"I hope they are headed this way. I can't believe we got caught. What are we going to do?" Michael asked.
"Calm down," Ben said.
*Ben action figures will be available in the fall of 2005. They are completely posable and at the mere press of a pec you will be treated to incredibly moving and powerful catchphrases, such as… 'Let's all stay calm' and 'Pal'. It also comes with three interchangeable outfits; Jeans with a green shirt, jeans with a dark green shirt and jeans with a green shirt and a brown leather jacket.
Breezy Ben is also available in anatomically correct models for the umm… adult, at heart.
"I can't believe you got caught in that outfit," Brian said as he stood up and moved to the bars. Justin followed him, the hard edge of the Ziploc bags digging into his leg.
Darn you slide-lock closure, darn you to heck.
"What are you going to do?" Justin asked Brian as he stood next to him. Brian looked at Justin and smiled. "Brian, what are you going to do?"
"Nothing I haven't done before," Brian said as he started to sweat. Justin shook his head 'no'.
"Brian, you know that the doctor said that you shouldn't do this. He said that it was too dangerous and…."
"I think I can tell better than any doctor, sunshine. Don't you?" Brian asked. Justin leaned in and fixed his lips to Brian's, kissing him deeply. Justin broke the kiss and touched their foreheads together.
"Fine, if you're going, then I'm going with you," Justin said. Brian wanted to protest but the look in Justin's eyes told him better.
"What about the rest of us?" Zack said as he stood up.
"Yeah," Melanie said as she pushed past Troy and stood in front of Brian.
"I think we should all just calm down," Ben said. Everyone turned to look at him. "What?" They all turned their attention back to Brian and Justin. Steam was falling all around the two of them. Justin was holding onto Brian, their foreheads touching. Brian had his arms securely around Justin's neck, holding him in place.
"Are you ready?" Brian asked his smaller husband. Adrenaline was pumping through his veins with rapid speed, eating his insides like a wildfire.
"With you… always," Justin said as their lips crashed down onto one another's and they burst into flames. All that was left in their wake was open space and questions.
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"Mom, come on," Molly said as she walked down one of the hallways in the abandoned building. "This is so fucking cool."
"Molly, please, language. I should never have sent you to that public school," Jennifer said as she followed her daughter down one of the corridors. Molly stopped walking and Jennifer bumped into her back. "What's wrong?"
"Something weird is going on. I felt the wind shift," Molly said as she looked around. The entire corridor was dark. The entire building was dark thanks to Shane.
Jennifer searched for Molly's hand in the dark and held onto it tightly. "We have to be careful, and quiet," Jennifer said. Molly took a deep breath and nodded, even though it was dark and her mom couldn't see her do it.
"Yeah, okay," she said. She was not as aplomb about the situation as she had been before. They moved forward hand in hand, feeling around in the darkness.
"When I find Phillip I am going to kick his ass," Jennifer said in a whisper as she moved inch by inch through the corridor.
Molly chuckled slightly. "Mom, language," Molly said before she tripped over something in the hall and landed face first on the ground. She could feel the blood as it seeped from her lip down her throat as she swallowed. "Shit," she said as she pushed herself up off the ground.
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Gus stopped running. Shane and Mackenzie stopped a few feet away, curious as to what was going on. "I have to go to the potty," Gus said as he started to cry.
"Don't cry Gus," Shane said as he hugged his little brother. "Once we find dad and daddy, we'll find a potty," Shane said as he let Gus go. Gus sniffed twice and shifted on his feet.
"But, but, dad and daddy are already coming," Gus said. "So, can we go to the potty now, please?"
"Yeah," Shane said without thinking. "Gus, what do you mean they are coming?"
"They're coming," Gus said.
"What do you mean?"
"What do you think I mean?"
"What do you think I think you mean?"
"What do you think I think you think I mean?" Gus asked as he pushed on another door. It swung open revealing nothing but darkness.
"I think you mean that they know where we are and have already got out of the cell," Shane said as he snapped his fingers. A blue light shot up from his hand, pitching light into the darkened cavern. "Come on Mac."
"I can't go in there, it's for boys," she said. Shane pulled her into the bathroom and let the door shut behind them.
They all went to the bathroom and washed their hands. "So, am I right?" Shane asked.
"Yeah," Gus said as he played with the paper towel roll.
"But, how'd they get out?" Mac asked.
"With dad's secret trick silly," Gus said as if that explained it all.
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