Well, I don't see any reason not to just jump right into the mix of things! Without further a-due, chapter two!
It was here. X-Day was here. After a quick correspondence session with Krane, I took my position and waited for the prey to take the bait.
To the Davenports, this was just another ordinary day. Well, as ordinary as days get in the Davenport family. Adam and Leo stood behind the counter, obviously bored out of their minds, while Chase was nose-deep in a book and Bree was engrossed in some conversation over text. Tasha buzzed around the kitchen tidying up various things, while Mr. Davenport messed with his watch, clearly bored as well.
"I never thought I'd say this, but I'm actually quite bored without having to go to school," Leo said solemnly.
"That's what I try to tell you whenever you say you want to skip school, but you would never listen," Chase responded.
"Mr. Davenport, why aren't we allowed to go to school again? I haven't seen any of my friends in weeks!" Bree complained.
"It's far too dangerous for you all to be out there with Victor Krane on your tails. It's either stay home or go to school with an armed guard force," Mr. Davenport explained. "If he got to you out there, not only could he hurt you, but any bystanders that happened to get in the way. This is for your own safety, and for the welfare of your classmates."
"So what I'm hearing is, we could go to school, get attacked by Krane, and all the people who've ever bullied us could die too? That doesn't sound all that bad," Leo remarked.
"I would be when you get killed too," Chase added.
"Am I hearing what I think I'm hearing? Chase Davenport, the supreme king of all nerds, arguing against going to school?"
"Very funny. But Mr. Davenport is right, lots of other people could be seriously injured or even killed if we lead Krane to them."
"Which is why I pulled you out two months ago. With Krane on the loose, none of us are safe anywhere, but the safest place for us is right here."
How wrong you are, Donald Davenport. If you were smart enough to see through me, you'd realize that you should be anywhere but here to keep your family safe.
"So, what are we going to do? Hide out in our house for the rest of our lives? Won't we need to go back into society eventually?" Bree questioned.
"Yes, eventually. But until we deal with Krane, none of you are going anywhere."
"How will we deal with Krane? Every time he attacks us, we barely manage to escape him alive, much less come close to defeating him. Man, if only the real world were more like a comic book, the wise old monk would give us the key to defeating the bad guy on page fifteen," Leo said.
"Sadly, this story isn't being written by some author out there looking to make some money. This is right now, and it's up to us to figure out how to beat the bad guy," Mr. Davenport urged.
"Okay hero, so how do we beat the bad guy? In case you haven't noticed, he's unbeatable!" Leo exclaimed.
"We'll figure something out."
"Well, good luck with that. While you guys work out how to beat Krane, I'm going to attempt to eat this apple like a horse," Adam said, while trying to fit an entire apple into his mouth at once.
"Adam, the tendons in a human jaw aren't flexible enough to allow you to fit an entire apple into your mouth. Horses have much bigger mouths," Chase explained. He glanced up from the book just as Adam swallowed, his hands empty of any trace of an apple.
"I'm sorry Chase, what were you saying? I couldn't hear you."
"Nevermind."
"So, back to the subject of Krane. Any idea how to get to him and imprison him?" Leo asked.
"Maybe we could ask Krane," Adam suggested.
"Adam, a villain isn't just going to tell us how to defeat him," Bree said.
Suddenly, the front door flew off its hinges, revealing none other than Victor Krane standing in the doorway. "Maybe to defeat me, you could start by saving your own lives," he threatened.
"Oh that's a good idea for a start, where do you suggest we go from there?" Adam questioned innocently.
"Idiot boy!" Krane shouted, launching a plasma grenade of his own at the teenager. Caught off guard, Adam went flying backward into the cabinets behind him.
"Krane! What are you doing here?!" Mr. Davenport questioned defensively.
"Same thing I've been doing the past seven times I've showed up in front of you: attempting to exterminate you."
Krane burst into the room, followed by a small army of soldiers, who all fanned out behind him. The Davenports immediately assumed fighting stances, while Leo and Tasha fled into the recesses of the house.
"5! 6! Go find the meek ones and bring them back here. E-1 will want them here to watch!" Krane commanded. Two of the soldiers broke out of formation and followed Leo and Tasha down the hallway. Bree sped over to block their path, but they shoved her out of the way as easily as if she were a curtain.
"E-1? Who are you working with Krane? I wouldn't think someone with an ego as large as yours would even consider an accomplice," Mr. Davenport taunted.
Ha! You're one to talk about oversized egos Donnie Your ego is so large, you didn't even realize that your own creation is plotting to murder you and your family because it was unheard of for anything you built to do anything other than what you wanted it to! Well, maybe that's not because of your ego alone, your stupidity contributed to that as well. Point is, you never saw me coming!
"It's so adorable how you act confident when faced with a threat that is obviously so beyond you Donald Davenport," Krane teased.
That was the final straw for Mr. Davenport, he launched himself at Krane, even without considering the consequences of his actions. Without batting an eye, Krane grabbed hold of him in a molecular-kinetic chokehold. He gasped for air, but his airways were closed up from the sheer strength of Krane's grip. Luckily for him, Adam had recuperated enough from his flight to laser Krane in the chest, causing him to drop his concentration. Chase chose that moment to strike, and air-shoved Krane through the doorway behind him.
Krane's soldiers finally decided to join the fray, and each Davenport soon found themselves engaged with two bionic minions. Mr. Davenport was quickly overwhelmed; not having bionics of his own put him at a serious disadvantage. Bree was able to last a bit longer, but super-speed can only take a person so far when facing opponents with superior abilities, and she was soon taken down. Chase and Adam found themselves near enough to each other to offer assistance, so Chase protected the both of them with a force-field while Adam fired lasers at their enemies. But even they were soon outnumbered, and Krane's soldiers broke through the force-field and attacked the two.
"ENOUGH!" Krane shouted, launching everyone in the room, including his own soldiers, backwards in graceful arcs against the walls of the room. "E-1, I've had enough games, go ahead and do it already!"
The Davenports recoiled in fear as the most maniacal laughter any of them had ever heard drifted about the room. Its cruel tone ripped into their souls and depicted one tortured and insane enough to wipe out entire countries for recreation. But what scared them the most was the source of this laughter: their own home security system.
"Eddy."
Okay, I know it was no mystery that it was Eddy because this is an Evil Eddy story contest, and the Davenports only have one security system, but I still thought that announcing that it was him in a dramatic way like that would make the whole story a bit better. I hope this doesn't feel too rushed, but I feel that a story like this shouldn't have to be that many chapters to get a point across.