Not dead. Totally not dead.
As much as I love writing these, it's sometimes hard to come up with ideas that can be properly written out. It's a regular occurrence, unfortunately.
Now this one might be quite a shocker, so please sit tight and hold onto your socks because god I'm not even ready for this.
I only own my character and the plot of this fanfiction. Everything else belongs to their original owners.
Enjoy.
-ShockScythe
Slurp.
Slurp.
Sluuuuuuuuuuurp.
A choking sound left my mouth when Kevin whacked the back of my head, the straw of my precious smoothie jabbing me in the back of the throat. Sputtering, I whipped to face him. "What the hell, Kevin!?"
"No one wants to hear you suck on your smoothie, Tennyson!" he snarled back.
Laughing, Zeke put a hand to her ear, "I don't know," she commented, "It sounds like music to my ears~"
"Don't encourage him!"
Wiping my mouth with the back of my hand, I leaned against the Camaro, trying to enjoy my smoothie without choking on it.
The day was oddly calm, and though the silence worried me, I couldn't help but enjoy it; the breeze was nice, the sunlight was soft, and everything just seemed so...nice.
And, frankly, that's what should've concerned me most.
"Anything?" Gwen asked as she approached us, taking her smoothie back from Kevin.
Chewing on my straw, I raised an eyebrow. "Anything what?"
"Anything plumber-related," Kevin clarified with a light sigh, "And, to answer your question; nothing."
Zeke rubbed the back of her neck, frowning slightly. "I don't like it... It's like...the calm before the storm."
The other two nodded in silent agreement but I didn't respond, instead looking down at the lid of my drink. We should've been enjoying the break, but silence always meant that something bigger was coming. The DNAliens had been oddly docile, somehow staying under the radar, the Forever Knights weren't very active from what we knew, Addex had yet to show his face around here after the incident with the Omnitrix, and every other strange villain was out of sight, out of mind; either stuck behind bars or in hiding.
I knew none of us were necessarily looking for trouble, but it was better than waiting for something to crush us the second we blink.
Then again. . .
"Threat detected," the Omnitrix chirped, its green hourglass flashing in warning, "Caution."
All heads looked up from their distractions, eyes widening as they looked at the watch. A bit awkwardly, Zeke scratched at her cheek. "Uh, me and my big mouth..?"
"Not exactly," Kevin argued, giving her a quick pat on the back as he went to throw away his cup, "I was getting bored anyways."
Tapping the face of the dial, I frowned, shuffling towards the car door, "So it's Addex, but he's not here..."
"What makes you say that, Tennyson?"
"It's not freaking out; whenever that freak is super close, it starts malfunctioning and stuff."
Zeke slid into the backseat first, looking over at me as I followed. "But wasn't that because of the virus?" she asked, "You know, the one that Azmuth fixed?"
"Probably, but something feels...different," I responded as I buckled up, returning my attention to the watch again, "If he actually was closer, I think it would be more freaked out."
The car roared to life, its mighty driver looking back at me through the rearview mirror. "Can't you just ask the thing to locate him?" Kevin asked me.
"Are we actually going to go looking for a fight?" Gwen questioned with a frown, "Isn't that a little stupid?"
"Reckless," the ninja beside me clarified, "Extremely reckless. But don't you think its strange that he himself isn't coming after us?"
Kevin raised a hand. "That's true; he's usually trying to eliminate the Ninja or us."
"Or the entire town. Maybe the human race."
"Same thing."
I cleared my throat awkwardly, giving the Omnitrix another tap. "Locate detected threat," I ordered."
"Locating," it responded, the hourglass now just glowing instead of flashing.
In mere moments, a green, holographic map appeared over the dial, showing a flashing dot off in the emptiness that was the desert. Four pairs of eyes focused on the map, half of which were analyzing the reason for its being so out of the way (Kevin and I thought it was strange, but we weren't exactly the type to think too far into things). Kevin started driving when Gwen removed her gaze, leaning back in her seat. "It's far out there," she elaborated, "perfect for something of a larger scale."
"Like a giant contraption," Zeke added, "If you didn't want to be seen so easily, you'd go out into the desert. If you wanted to make something without being bothered, you'd go out to the desert."
As we drove down the main road, I noticed Kevin's eyes in the mirror again. "So, if this definitely Addex," he asked, gaze flickering to the road again, "then what the heck would he be making? Or what would he be doing?"
She shrugged, looking out the window with a faint scowl. Her hand moved to rest on her scarf for a second, fingers tapping against the material. "I don't know," she responded slowly, "but I have a really bad feeling..."
"Oh, well that's definitely comforting to hear."
Tucking a lock of red hair behind her ear, Gwen glanced at Kevin, then the two of us in the back before speaking; "We'll take a look," she said, "and from there, we'll decide if we need to do something about it right off the bat or not."
The rest of us nodded in agreement and the buildings disappeared as we entered open road. As we continued driving, the dot on the map drew closer and closer, but there was nothing out of the ordinary.
Suddenly, Zeke reached forward and grabbed the chair in front of her. "Kevin, stop the car," she ordered, gaze locked outside.
With a raised eyebrow and a frown, Kevin did as he was told, and pulled off of the road before coming to a stop. Everyone climbed out of the car, looking at Zeke in confusion as she continued to focus on something we couldn't see. As she wandered a bit further away from the car, Kevin and Gwen leaned over to me. "How close are we?" Gwen asked.
Glancing at the map, I responded; "Well, we're here... Apparently."
The holograph vanished and the dial flashed a few times. "Threat detected," the Omnitrix warned, "Use extreme caution."
Kevin scratched at his head then looked over at the blonde who was still in her own trance. "Then... Is he below us?"
"No," Zeke responded suddenly, looking back at us for a moment, "He's just beyond that rock formation.."
"How can you tell?" I asked, proceeding to follow her with Kevin and Gwen at my heels.
Continuing on, the ninja gave a small shrug. "Can't you feel it?" she asked.
"Feel what?"
"I can't explain it, but something feels...wrong."
The rock formation in question served as the edge of a deep ditch - a ditch that had never been there before now. Climbing to the top, we stealthily peeked over the jagged points;
An off-white, gigantic, rough structure - in the shape of a space ship from the movies, or from distant outer space - was nose-first in the blackened earth. There was an opening in the front, led up to by a slick pathway that was connected to a large ring around the vessel. It was definitely alien.
Extending a hand forward slightly, Kevin made a face. "What is that thing even made of?" he demanded, "Wood? It looks like it should shatter in space."
"It's not wood..." Gwen breathed, her green eyes wide in horror, "It's alive..."
"Alive?!" I gaped, staring at the structure with wide eyes of my own, "What is it?!"
"Bone," Zeke responded, scowling as she watched it, "It's bone..."