JumpStart Advanced: Armour Superiority

The second story in the heroes series. Enjoy.


Chapter 1: Blueprints

It was a sunny day at JumpStartville. The sun is shining, the birds are singing and it all began at Hopsalot's house. The door just opened and he came out with a backpack. "Okay, I just need to lock the doors and the lab to maintain security." He got to work and once it's done, he left his home making his way out of the village.

On his way there, he passed by Casey who was practicing some basketball moves in and he noticed him. "Hi Hopsalot! Where are you going?"

"Hi Casey! I'm going to visit my grandfather."

"Okay, enjoy!"

"Thanks! See you later! Bye!"

"Bye!" Both had exchanged greetings and after that, Hopsalot left by activating a jetpack which was connected to his backpack and flew off while Casey continued dribbling the basketball until, "SLAMDUNK!" He jumped in the air and slammed the ball through the hoop which was attached onto the wall of his house. "Oh yeah! Now that's what I'm talking about!" he cheered as he continued practicing.

Some time later...

Deep in the bayou, a house is seen on it. Living in this place is a brown-furred rabbit wearing a red shirt, cream-coloured pants and a straw hat. Living with him is an egret named Einstein who is his pet and named from the famous scientist. Pretty cool huh? Now back to the story, the rabbit and his pet egret are doing nothing but watching the frogs hop around the lily pads when, "Hi grandpa!" Both looked up to see Hopsalot flying through and as he landed beside them deactivating his jetpack, his grandpa smiled greeting him. "Hello there Hopsalot! It's been a while has it?"

"That's right grandpa. It's a good day for me to drop by and pay you a visit." He chuckled and said, "I'm glad you did because I may need your assistance."

"Assistance? To help Einstein deliver some mail?"

"Not that. I just need your assistance to help me arrange the storage room."

"Okay then grandpa. Let's hop to it!" He smiled over it for he enjoyed Hopsalot's energetic will to do such tasks as they entered the house.

Inside the house, "Okay, we just need to move the stuff out and rearrange them in order." Hopsalot's grandpa opened the storage revealing some boxes containing some random knick knacks or other stuff on the shelves but they have labels like for instance, one box was labelled, "Memories." and another is labelled, "Mail". "That's a lot of stuff. Well, I came prepared with this!" The sides of his backpack opened up 4 retractable hands that began to carry 4 boxes at a time. Hopsalot also took one while his grandpa carefully took one also and they began moving the boxes out.

Soon enough, all the boxes are out. "Now the next thing to do is to put them in order based on the size of the boxes." Hopsalot looked at the boxes varying in size from small, medium, large and extra large(XL)"Hmmm...I got an idea! We'll put the smallest to largest from top to bottom!" The smart rabbit sure is intelligent as his grandpa smiled over it so they got to work as he can be seen putting the small boxes on top while Hopsalot stored the large ones at the bottom by using his retractable hands to push them. "I must admit. You have grown a lot with all these gizmos and...what's that word that explains these?"

"Gadgets."

"Yes gadgets. You sure had the intelligence to invent a lot of these gadgets."

"Yep! During my time in the village, I spent some time inventing and testing out all my inventions!"

"How technological you are as you grow!" chuckled his grandpa as Hopsalot took a medium-sized box and noticed something. It was labelled "Top Secret". "Hmmm...what will happen if I open it? Grandpa wouldn't mind I guess." So he opened it and to his surprise, it was a blueprint! "I never expected something ike this to be in this house!" Hopsalot thought as he took it out and untiled the strings and it rolled out revealing blueprints of some sort of invention but it looks very different from all the inventions he had. "Hey grandpa! May I know what is this?" Surprised that Hopsalot opened it, "Well, it's been a while since I saw this so called blueprint from your great-great-great grandfather."

"That belongs to my great-great-great grandfather?"

"Yes. Just like you, he is also a technological inventor. That's how you acquired or should I say, 'inherited' his skills."

"Cool! So how did you get this blueprint in your hands grandpa?"

"Well, to begin with, your great-great-great grandfather once travelled abroad and worked in some country and there, he was designing the...what's that word that starts with 's' but the word is related to technology?"

"Hmmm...schematics?"

"Ah yes! Schematic on this blueprint. It took him a few months to design it and several months to work on it."

"What happened after that?"

"He sent me the blueprint to me by mail and I replied to him complimenting it through Einstein."

"I see. So what happens next?"

"Well let's just say, this was the last time he and I kept in touch because shortly thereafter...

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"What is it grandpa? Tell me!"

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"Mysteriously vanished. More like he disappeared." Hopsalot was speechless. "Rarely, your grandma, cousins and big sister hardly mentioned any other relatives until now, you heard from me and it was rumoured that many people wanted the blueprints and to secure them, he hid each part in various locations which are-"

"Classified."

"Yes something like that."

"Okay...this is practically strange for my great-great-great grandfather to mysteriously disappear in thin air but did anything else happen?"

"Well Hopsalot. One thing I know, the blueprints he sent me not only have the designs but some details and description about them but the only problem is-"

"They are encrypted."

"Exactly. Oh and one more thing for you to know."

"What is it grandpa?"

"He also told me that when the time is ripe, I must give these blueprints to the one and only you." Hopsalot could not believe his bunny ears. "To...me? So does that mean the blueprints are for me?"

"Maybe or so but now that you have discovered it, it's all yours." Hopsalot looked at the blueprints again and smiled. "Don't worry grandpa. I'll make the most of it!"

"By hoping to it?"

"Yep!"

"Alright then. Now, who wants a cup of tea?" Hopsalot and Einstein raised their hand and wing as they relaxed since they finished arranging the storage room.

Later on...

Nightfall has descended onto JumpStartville and Hopsalot just flew in. "Home sweet home!" He went to his house but before that, he ran into Casey who was practicing karate on his front lawn. The lights are on and he's wearing a white uniform with a black belt and they noticed each other. "Hi Hopsalot! How was the visit?"

"Hi Casey! The visit was great!"

"Alright then! After I practice a bit more, I'll go to bed!"

"Good for you! Well, goodnight!"

"Goodnight!" After that, Hopsalot went to his home to turn in for the night.

Soon enough...

It cuts to his bedroom as Hopsalot hopped onto his bed and got ready to turn in for the night. But before that, he took out the blueprints and studied them for a moment. "Maybe tomorrow, I can analyse the encryption and acquire the data of this new invention and if possible, try to find the pieces and piece them all together as soon as possible." Hopsalot smiled at the blueprints as he put them inside his drawer and went to bed turning off the lights as the village is sound asleep with only the tranquil breeze breezing by.

A discovery made by Hopsalot sounds interesting and technological. Will he be able to know what the invention is? Find out in the next chapter!