Chapter 2 – A Call to Action
It is February 13th, on a Thursday. It is apparent to everyone that the school day is almost over, as they are within the final hour of it. But Sweet had an itch... an itch for action. He sat in class wearing his favorite teal-colored long sleeve shirt with his khaki pants... it was not his 'waiting outfit'. There have been no emergencies or Sentinels since the past year. He would give anything to get out of the classroom and away from the boring lectures. Sadly, his teacher knew they were boring to him, so he had him sit in the front of the class. He was bothered about this.
"Man, I want some action..." he thought to himself, as he was about to get his wish. The emergency alarm went off in the Academy, and it was not a drill. The teacher looked outside to see objects flying towards them from a distance. She knew what she had to do, letting out a sigh.
"Go, Sweet..." she said in a low and tired tone.
Sweet shouted "Yes!", and then rushed out of the room to one of the high-speed elevators in the hall and ran outside the front entrance of the main building. Before he was outside, he noticed a group of humanimals inside the main office and wondered why they were there. He had never seen them, so he presumed that they were coming in as new students. Regardless, he continued on.
Mac and Mystic were already outside. Mac wore his usual outfit—black garments exactly like Hiei's (Yu Yu Hakusho), with his red hair matching the hairstyle as well. Mystic wore a green top with a rainbow decorated on the back of it, and blue shorts. Her long hair was white and luminous.
"Where's Canyon?" Sweet asked the two of them.
"He's taking a test..." Mystic responded, "an EXTRA test. Apparently, he got in trouble for toying with the teacher."
Sweet sweatdropped and narrowed his eyes. "Figures."
"Sentinels up ahead!" warned Mac, getting battle-ready. Five mutant-exterminator robots landed in the front parking lot, intent on bringing down the heroes.
"I've been waiting all day for this!" Sweet exclaimed, running to the westernmost Sentinel. It tried to fire a couple of lasers at Sweet, but they missed. Sweet was then close enough to inflict his Flame Uppercut—a flaming fist that rose up and knocked the robot in its core, destroying it. "Who's next?" shouted Sweet.
He saw that Mac and Mystic were handling them pretty well too.
Mac was surrounded by the next two. "Two on me, huh?" he thought. "Fine with me." Mac hovered in between both of them. One fired a rocket, but Mac teleported out of the way, letting the rocket destroy the robot behind him. Mac reappeared beside the remaining Sentinel's head. "You never learn." He said, as he then used his Wing Attack—a blade-like strike with Mac's wing, that sliced the Sentinel's head off and made it self-destruct. Mac made it seem too easy.
Mystic stood before the other two. "Let's try this..." she said, using much of her telekinesis to lift both Sentinels off of the ground, powerless. Then she moves her hands closer and closer together until they come together, to in effect, merge both Sentinels together and destroy them when she applied pressure with her hands clamped together.
Just when they thought it was over, a massive wave of a hundred Sentinels came in. They all looked stronger than the originals, and they proved it by driving Sweet, Mac and Mystic back to the front wall of the school. After that happened, they all began to march toward the three in a ten by ten block, to finish them.
"There's too many of them..." Mac said, trying to get up.
"We're boned." Mystic assumed.
When the first row of Sentinels got close, a spring green bunny came out of nowhere with a battle cry. He took down the whole first row, hitting each one in their cores once with his bare fists (90 left). Sweet, Mac and Mystic were shocked at this, and that was just the beginning.
After that, a Sentinel fell over and had itself decapitated... before a lavender bunny appeared beside it. (89 left)
Next, a cocker spaniel ran in front and threw 39 wooden spikes, each one hitting 39 cores and destroying those Sentinels (50 left). He was on the mark.
The next ten flew forward in a straight line, to attack with ten painful missiles. To intercept them, a dalmatian held a black spot and threw it at the Sentinels' path, turning into a black hole. All ten flew into the hole before it disappeared, with no chance of return. (40 left)
After that, a pink-haired white cockatoo destroyed five more, after appearing through a smokescreen. (35 left) And at the same time, a polar bear froze the next five and shattered them to bits and pieces. (30 left)
The frenzy is STILL not over, as a lamb shouted "Nimbus Tornado!", causing the next ten Sentinels to be caught in a whirlwind and dismantled. (20 left)
Canyon, who finally arrived, punched the ground with electric fists and sent streams of lightning that homed in on multiple foes—his Thunder Fist technique. He electrocuted all but one Sentinel (1 left).
Sweet was surprised at all of this. He shot a full-powered optical laser shot at the last one, destroying it. The job was complete. The students and teachers looking from the front windows cheered and appluded their efforts, except for Wrinkle, who was now envious of Sweet. It was as Wrinlke thought before: the only friend he had was himself. And quite frankly, he could cope with that. Now, Wrinkle wanted to let Sweet know that... one way or another. The bell rang, and the prinicipal, who saw what had just happened, knew just what bus to sign the new students on. She let Sweet know that before the buses started to come. After she did, the new students turned to where Sweet, Mac and Mystic were standing.
"Are you three alright?" asked Canyon.
"Yeah, thanks for SHOWING UP LATE!" yelled Mystic in response.
"Hey, I tried my best! The teach is still gonna be a hack anyways..."
"Never mind that." Sweet interrupted, walking up to the new faces. "You guys... WERE AWESOME!"
They all appreciated his compliment.
"Wait a minute..." Mac uttered, seeing black on all of the new students' wrists. "They all have the watch, Sweet. They're with us."
Sweet, Mystic and Canyon noticed that they had seen most of them before.
"Hey, you're right." Mystic concurred. She then called for everyone's attention. "Do you guys still want to join us, maybe set up a team?" They all answered affirmatively. Seeing them agree to it, Sweet was happy.
"Great!" said Sweet. "All right, let's start by introducing ourselves first. My full name is Sweetcheart Summers, but PLEASE call me Sweet."
Mystic was glancing and trying not to blush at the familiar polar bear. "I'm Mystic Melody."
"Aurora Rayne." The polar bear (age 14) said. He wore a white sweater and navy blue pants.
"The name's Mac Cantínis," uttered the cardinal.
"Kuku Bodine, bonjour," said the cockatoo (age 14). She wore all pink this time; a pink beret, blouse and long skirt.
"I'm Hippity Simmons," said the bright green bunny (age 14). He had dark brown eyes and wore a straw cowboy hat (hiding his flat top brown hair) with his red long sleeve plaid shirt (covered by his brown vest), blue jeans and brown boots.
"Hey, I'm Floppity Briggs," responded the lavender bunny (age 13). She had gray eyes and shoulder-long hair that matched her skin color. She wore a light pink long sleeve plaid top, a blue miniskirt and pink boots.
"Yo, your first names rhyme!" Canyon noticed, ending the chain of introductions. "Oh, I'm sorry. I'm Canyon Walker."
"Spunky Harrington, 'sup?" greeted the cocker spaniel (age 13). He had brown eyes, golden dreadlocks (wearing a backwards cap) and wore a gray shirt with black shorts.
"Greetings from Dotty Trails," responded the dalmatian (age 12). She had jet black eyes, short black hair and wore a blue blouse with blue jeans.
"I'm Fleece Ventura—" the lamb paused, seeing her step-sister stand beside her, "and this is my step-sister, Ewey." They both wore the same thing, as if they were twins. They had blue eyes, long blonde hair and wore orange tops with blue shorts. Everyone had introduced themselves.
"All right then," said Sweet. "The prinicipal told me that the other eight of you will come with myself, Mac, Mystic and Canyon because we're going straight to Titans Tower." The twelve of them boarded the bus that drove to the Tower. Wrinkle had asked Sweet if he could talk with him and his new crew tomorrow after school. Sweet agreed to that, unsure of what was on his mind. For now, Sweet was worried about welcoming his new friends into his home.
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