Hello again, everyone. Here is the next chapter of the other world! I'm gonna stick with Oliver and Cryo today and next chapter will show us what Kaz (and Firefly) have done while their friends went after Chaz, Gulliver and Captain Atomic. So, for now, here are Cryo and Oliver fighting crime, after I've resplied to your reviews:
LabRatsWhore: Thanks for reviewing! True that. Either way, they've been around longer than the Davenports. Yes, Oliver went with Oliver and Kaz stays with Kaz. Yes he could, but I guess he also said it because it might be too boring and he doesn't look like the kind of person who'd do such a job. About Captain Atomic: tghat will be revealed within a few chapters and Cryo and Firefly just don't trust anyone else with the visitors. Brain Matter is not up to something, he just helps some friends achieve their goals.
PurpleNicole531: I know that can be confusing, but everything about him will be explained eventually. Me neither - as I was writing the chapter, Kenny just suddenly popped up. I decided to keep him in the story. He could be of use... Firefly has to be more responsible and mature. What he's doing isn't easy. And yes, Kaz seriously should stop pushing buttons. Thanks for reviewing!
Enjoy!
-Writer207
After five minutes of flying at a high speed, Oliver and Cryo arrived at the park. Oliver suggested looking for them at the railroads, but Cryo didn't want to do that because it was 'too open' and 'only a beginner would make such a mistake'. Oliver had no idea whether Cryo was talking about villains making such mistakes or about Oliver suggesting that. They continued to fly over the park, though a bit slower to be able to spot them. Not a minute later, Cryo slowed down and pointed at the ground.
"There they are," he said. Oliver looked at the ground and soon spotted the red, blue and white of Captain Atomic's suit. He couldn't see Chaz or Gulliver, probably because the trees shielded them from their sight. Captain atomic was looking everywhere, expecting an enemy from anywhere, except from the sky.
"This is what we're gonna do," Cryo then said, "I am going down there and I'll fight Captain Atomic. In the meantime, you'll take down Chaz and Gulliver. Okay?" Oliver nodded in response, but Cryo didn't wait to see or hear Oliver's answer. The hero descended to the ground while Oliver floated around, looking down to see what would happen.
As soon as the three noticed Cryo descending, Captain Atomic told the teenagers to run while he would buy them some time. Chaz and Gulliver nodded and ran away while Cryo landed on the ground. Both the hero and the villain advanced to one another until they both stopped walking.
"Captain Atomic!" Cryo said. Luckily, it was loud enough for Oliver to hear it, "You and I both know what's wrong and what's right. Stop the madness. Fight the serum. I'd rather have you as a friend."
Captain Atomic didn't hesitate to answer. "Me too," he said, "But I'm not doing this because someone or something forces me. There has to be a balance between good and evil and right now, it only works in your favor." Cryo crossed his arms.
"So that is how you rectify your criminal activities." The captain opened his mouth to say something in return, but closed it in confusion.
"Criminal activities?" he repeated before figuring out what was going on. He looked up this time and noticed Oliver was floating above them. He immediately glared at Cryo. "Another doppelganger? Have you lost your mind?" Cryo sighed.
"They came to us. Unintentionally. We're trying to help them get back. But before you go back, Oliver, would you mind capturing Chaz and Gulliver? They're getting away." Oliver then remembered what he had to do and flew away. He would have liked to see how well Cryo would do against Captain Atomic, but that would be for another time. Right now, duty called and he had to take down Chaz and Gulliver, despite not having as much experience as he'd like. He did see how Cryo sent a blast of ice in Captain Atomic's direction before having to look in front of him again.
He spotted the duo soon as they were running some trees. Oliver decided to go a little further and land there. He sped up a bit until he was past the row of trees and then went straight for the ground. Once Chaz and Gulliver saw him come down, they turned around and ran away. Oliver didn't really notice it – he was too focused on landing to notice anything else. The first part went pretty well, but the last ten yards were too much for him. He came down, shouting, hoping the landing wouldn't hurt him too much.
He crashed hands first into the asphalt. He had landed on his stomach and now remained on the ground for a while before sitting on his knees. His hands and stomach were sore and hurt from the landing, but he couldn't let Chaz and Gulliver get away. Man up, Oliver! He thought, Heroes get hurt all the time. They don't stop pursuing villains because they got hurt a little.
Oliver looked and frowned in confusion. Chaz and Gulliver weren't running away anymore. They were still a considerable distance away from him, but they were staring at him in fear. He noticed Chaz stood closer to him than Gulliver.
"Let's get out of here," Gulliver said, but Chaz shook his head.
"Maybe we should wait," he responded, taking one step in Oliver's direction. Oliver wiped the dust off of his clothes and saw the two didn't move, but he knew they were too terrified to move – he's seen that expression a lot when civilians get caught in a battle. He then extended his hand in their direction with the intention to shoot ice in their direction. If Cryo can do it, then surely he can, too, right?
He focused all of his attention to the action and eventually created an ice cube, which fell from the palm of his hand to the ground. Oliver looked at it – he may not have been good with ice so far and never used it in combat, but making a piece of ice as big as an ice cube was a great accomplishment.
Chaz and Gulliver looked at one another. Gulliver shrugged before both turned back to Oliver. Chaz then spoke up. "Is that the best you can do?" It was meant to be provoking. Chaz said it as if he was genuinely curious whether Oliver could do better.
Oliver tried again, focusing harder this time. It resulted in three ice cubes on the ground next to the first one. "Oh, come on!" He said, looking at his hand. He knew he could do better. He should do better. Maybe he should've stuck with attacking with water.
"Are you a doppelganger?" Gulliver asked cautiously. Oliver looked at them and eventually nodded. Why should he keep it a secret? Apparently there had been more. Gulliver and Chaz looked at one another again and approached Oliver. Oliver didn't like this and took a step back.
"Oliver, we're not gonna hurt you," Gulliver said, "We just want to warn you."
"Warn me?"
"Yes," Gulliver said, "Warn you and whoever came with you, if someone came with you," He and Chaz were now at ten yards away from Oliver, who let his guard down. If they wanted to attack him, they would've already done it. Chaz and Gulliver let theirs down, too, now they were convinced Oliver wasn't going to attack them.
"You are siding with the wrong people," Chaz said. Before Oliver could ask what he meant with that, Gulliver provided the much needed information Oliver needed.
"Cryo and everyone in the hospital are the villains here," Gulliver said, "Captain Atomic, Chaz and I are heroes." Oliver frowned again. "Well, Chaz and I are not heroes yet, but we'll get there."
Oliver couldn't believe his ears. What they said confused him but at the same time, he could have known they would try something like this.
"How do I know you're not lying?" Oliver asked them.
"Would we lie to you?" Chaz then asked him. Oliver nodded.
"Yes, you would," he said, thinking about the Chaz and Gulliver from his own world. If they were anything like the ones who were standing right before him, lying was definitely one of their qualities. Chaz and Gulliver looked at each other again before turning back to Oliver.
"Are we villains in your world?" Gulliver asked, "Because that would explain why you act like that. Anyway, do not trust Cryo or Firefly or anyone at the hospital. There have been more doppelgangers. We're not sure what is going on, but you might be in danger." Oliver listened to what Gulliver had to say, but wasn't really looking at him. He preferred to look over Gulliver's shoulder, watching how Cryo was running closer until he was close enough to attack them.
Oliver was surprised how easy it looked when Cryo did it. Ice just flew out of his hands, effectively freezing their feet to the ground so they wouldn't be able to run away. They had been too distracted with Oliver to notice Cryo coming at them. Chaz and Gulliver turned their heads to see Cryo. He had come close enough to the boys to hit them in the faces. They both landed on the ground on either hands or butt. Before they could use their powers, Cryo took Gulliver's hands and froze them together before doing the same to Chaz.
Once he had finished, he turned to Oliver with a smile on his face.
"Good job," he said, "Distracting them so I could take them down. I suppose you're not that good at combat as I thought you'd be?" Oliver nodded.
"I've only done this three times," he admitted "and back then I only used my strength."
"I should've known," Cryo said, "I wasn't the best either when I first started to fight my enemies. In the end, it did work out for me. One day, it'll work out for you." He placed a hand on Oliver's shoulder and showed him a sympathetic smile. Oliver smiled back and then he looked at Chaz and Gulliver. They were trying to get back up, which wasn't too easy with their feet frozen to the asphalt. They were too occupied to say anything at all.
"Maybe you should've chosen Kaz to come with you and not me," Oliver said, not looking away from the two teenagers. Cryo turned around to see Chaz and Gulliver struggle to get up. After just a few seconds, he looked back at Oliver.
"To thaw my ice? No, I can do that by myself." Oliver's jaw dropped.
"You can thaw ice?"
"Well, not exactly," Cryo said, "I just change the molecular structure of ice so it turns into water when I touch it. I can also turn water into ice."
"Cool!" Oliver exclaimed. Even he couldn't do that, yet. Maybe it was one of the abilities they had yet to discover. After all, their fire and water-based powers manifested nine days after they touched the Arcturion.
"So, I'm gonna turn the ice at their feet in water. You're going to hold them from behind 'cause we can't let them escape. Then, we're going back to Captain Atomic, retrieve him and bring them to the hospital." Oliver nodded in agreement.
"So are we gonna fly home?" Cryo shook his head.
"In this case, that is not an option. I mean, if you have to fall to fly, we'd better walk. That's safer for everyone."
"Good point," Oliver admitted. He walked behind the two and helped both of them on their feet before grabbing their shirt. Cryo then kneeled and placed his hands on the two pieces of ice. Not much later, the ice had disappeared and left two pools of water on the asphalt.
Without saying anything else, Cryo walked away to where Captain Atomic was waiting for them. Before they could follow Cryo, Oliver and the two teenagers first had to turn around in order to go in the right direction. Oliver was surprised Chaz and Gulliver cooperated so willingly. There was no resistance from either boy. They also didn't talk anymore, except for this one line Chaz said.
"Be careful who to trust." That was all Chaz had said. Oliver pretended to ignore it, but deep down he wanted to know who was lying and who was telling the truth. There was no evidence that Cryo, Firefly and everyone else was evil. Until he had some answers, Oliver stuck with 'innocent until proven guilty'.
Eventually they arrived at the spot where Cryo had left Captain Atomic. Unlike the two boys, he could still stand and tried to break the ice around his wrists, but smashing it on the asphalt didn't really work. So far, it seemed Cryo liked to glue people to the ground with ice, as his feet were covered with it, too. His yo-yo lay on the ground, four yards away from him. He stopped trying to free himself as soon as he noticed Cryo walking to him while Oliver followed with Chaz and Gulliver. He didn't just give up, though.
When Cryo came closer to him, he tried to hit Cryo with his hands. Cryo just grabbed them to make him stop swinging them. The captain then pulled them back, making Cryo almost fall. He stayed on his feet, though, still holding the hands, making sure the captain wouldn't push them into his stomach.
"Hold still. We're just trying to help you," Cryo said. Captain Atomic could only glare at the boy.
"You should be the one getting help," he responded. "One day, you'll finally know what the right things are and then, you'll regret every decision you've made and the path you've chosen is nothing but a nightmare haunting you."
"Poor old man," Cryo said, "We're gonna save you. You're going back to the hospital and we're gonna fix you. No matter how long it will take." Something changed. The captain stopped glaring, but still looked at Cryo. He waited a few seconds before saying anything in return.
"At least you'll be there when it happens," he said without any emotion. Cryo smiled.
"Glad to have you back, captain," he said, releasing his hands, "Please don't make it worse. Try not to attack us." He kneeled down, 'melted' the ice and then accompanied Captain Atomic to the hospital. Oliver followed him, still holding Chaz and Gulliver. The captain didn't try to escape or attack Cryo. So far, so good. Everything went smoothly.
While they were walking, Oliver was trying to make any sense of the last thing he heard Captain Atomic say. Was it the real Captain Atomic, breaking through the Annihilator's contamination serum? Or did he mean something else entirely? He remembered Skylar acting nice while she was secretly working for the Annihilator in his own world. Captain Atomic could do anything it takes to beat his enemies and maybe his plans include breaking free once he's where most of his enemies gather daily.
He decided not to think about too much and focus on making sure Chaz and Gulliver wouldn't try to escape. He could always discuss what he's heard with Kaz. He could just ask Cryo, but he didn't. Somehow Chaz and Gulliver succeeded in making him distrustful of Cryo. Right now, the only person he could and wanted to trust, was Kaz.
After a considerable amount of time walking, they were back at the hospital.
