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I woke up in the morning with a lovely older woman in my arms. I was so happy that I had her. My worries had long since disappeared. I feel like a hole in my heart that had been there for years had been filled, and I'm so happy. She softly snores, and I just watched her sleep. She came in at about 9, in her pajamas. She looked cute. I smiled when I saw her. We talked, got to know each other better. It was a great night. And then she fell asleep in my arms. I have to go to practice for the Slaughter in like 4 hours. I feel like an athlete. Nothing could possibly bring me down!
CHAPTER 4: A Spawn to the Slaughter
I rose from bed and looked over at my darling Buttercup looking up at me and smiling. I looked back with a cheesy smile on my face, and I uttered "Shouldn't you be heading back to the staff quarters?" "Shut up Aftershock!" She laughed. I looked off into space with one shoe in my hand, as I was preparing to put it on my foot. "Is there a problem baby?" She asked me, in that soft, reassuring voice. My trance broke, and I looked over at her. "Yeah, I'm fine, I just, I must ask. Do you think we should start…dating…?" It got really silent, and she looked down… On her face, I saw many emotions… Sadness, fear, worry… I don't think I should have asked that question… "Pike, baby…" She called me Pike… "I want to, but…I…I'm scared…" "Why would you be scared, babe?..." I asked her with a concerned look on my face. "W…what if people find out…?" That was a question that I anticipated, but couldn't answer… I had to think of something quick… "Hey…" I looked at her with loving eyes, then I leaned over and kissed her gently, as if I were embracing a cloud. "If you think we should wait, we'll wait. It's just a title right?" She smiled, then she caressed my face and kissed me back. I felt a spark of electricity surge through my body, but it didn't hurt. It was like instant attraction, connection… It's just so hard to explain… I think I've fallen head over heels. As we sat there kissing, I asked myself 'What more could I ask for?' I drew away, and finally finished getting dressed. "Where you headed to, Aftershock?" She asked. She sounded a little playful, but I did hear a little worry in her voice. "I have practice for the Spawn Slaughter against the West Academy. She looked up at me with childlike excitement. "Cool babe!" She hugged me, and I squeezed her back. "So what are your plans today, Ms. Utonium?" I winked and smiled. "I plan on going back to my room, sitting in front of my TV with a stack of DVDs and a pint of chocolate ice cream, and waiting for Blossom and Bubbles, so we can discuss this fight club. I heard you're joining." I nodded and she said. "Good, I'll have a challenge." She got dressed, and we hugged. "Okay, we're going to leave together, but we have to act like I was tutoring you, so we have to fake a conversation about academic crap, you got me?" I nodded once more, and we left. There weren't many people in the hall, and the few that were weren't paying attention to me, or at least the fact that I was with a teacher. Good thing she wore her PJs over her dress. We parted ways outside and I ran over to the gymnasium to meet up with Mr. Uno.
I walked into the gym door, and looked around. It was dark, but red-ish light came in from the windows. I was nervous. I don't think I can do the slaughter… I mean I know he thinks I can, but what if I choke, and I can't hit anything…? I don't know what to do… I walked towards the locker room, and put on my armor. "Pike Aftershock." When I heard the voice, I looked around sort of frantically, but when my head finally stopped at the door way, Mr. Uno came from the shadows. "Oh, Mr. Uno, you scared the crap out of me…" "Yeah, stealth is kind of my thing. Always was. I like lurking in the shadows for someone to make a false move, then I pounce." I looked on his usual turtleneck, and I saw a pin on his shirt. It had a face… The fellow had blond hair. A little bit of purple in it. It had a caption on it… 'We still hold hope of your return…' I looked up at him. "Who's that?" "That my boy…is a soldier… A pure hero…" I looked at him. "What'd he do…" He sat on a locker room bench. "That my boy… is a story all in itself… Let me tell you about… Odd Della Robbia…"
I was on the battle field with my squadron. It was I, as well as Ben Tennyson, Buttercup Utonium, Odd Della Robbia, and of course Dexter. Dexter trusted me to lead the battle for the first time. I couldn't let him down. I wore a bulletproof vest and steel toed boots. I carried a Kids Next Door standard issue B.L.A.Z.E.R., which is basically just a laser, but it does have a lot of effect. Buttercup kept a sword, Dexter had a lightning gun, Ben had his Omnitrix, and Odd, oh Odd. He wore full body armor, but it kind of looked like if Tron were a giant purple cat. He had orange tiger stripes on the arm, and he had a full functional tail. Dexter created it for him, and asked why he chose that design. He said that he'd rather not talk about it. He had a gauntlet that launched arrowheads. Dexter had loaded him with 3,000. They were all thin as paper, but hard as adamantium. We rushed in. Odd ran in on all fours and was beating all of us to the actual scene. He went solo in a mob of Fuse's monsters. He was taking them down one by one. He took no prisoner, and he wiped the first swarm. "Banzai!" He yelled as his battle cry. When he finally got them all, he stood before us and grinned smugly. "All in a day's work, for a Della Robbia." He shook all our hands, as a second swarm came in. It was all Spawn. We were prepared to fight, but they came in a multitude. There were THOUSANDS of them, and they looked pissed. We went in weapons drawn, and slaughtered as much as we could. Ben turned into the lava alien, Heatblast I think it was, and he started taking the many of them out. Me and Dexter shot, Buttercup sliced, and it seemed like we were taking them out. We had almost forgotten about…ODD! We looked back and he tried shooting them off, but he was surrounded… They jumped on his arms and bit at his gauntlets until they were destroyed… Then he tried kicking them, punching them, beating them off with his sword… in the end, it wasn't good enough… We tried to rescue him, but as soon as they took him out, they carried him away, and we never saw him again…
"…I wear this pin in remembrance of him… I will never forget the day we lost a strong comrade…" I looked at him, and I saw a tear drop leave his eye… "Well, we should go outside and greet the others… Tell them what they'll be in for before they change…" He walked out, and I felt…sorry for him… He lost a friend that day… We all lost a soldier… I'm guessing that's why we do the Spawn slaughter… In memorial of the comrade that they lost that fateful day… I never met him, but I think that if I did, me and him would have a lot in common… If he is still alive, and we ever find him, I want him to train me to be half the warrior he is… Odd Della Robbia… I hope you're out there… I have a lot to learn from you.
…I've been in Fuse's custody for almost 2 years now… I don't think I'm ever getting out… I wish I had listened to Jeremie, or Ulrich, or Sam… This battle is dangerous, and there was no way I was going to be able to keep up, no matter how strong I was… I wish I had Ulrich here to say "Hey Odd, you know there's meatballs and gravy in the cafeteria. You can have my portion. Me and Yumi will be working on a project." Meatballs…I missed that taste… Maybe a return trip could save my ass… I don't really think so… These chains hurt so bad… And they have me alone, in a dungeon… This is no way to treat a hero…although, they could have killed me ages ago… I would have killed me… I wish I was dead… This torture is meant for no man… My tail is so badly damaged, there are wires and pins sticking out… Pins… Why haven't I thought of this before?! Okay, here we go… Move it a little bit to the left... Okay, I freed a leg. …The other leg… An arm… The other arm… Aaannd I'm out! Now, all I have to do is get out of this cell. I'll just pick…this…lock….and… Okay, I'm out… But how do I get out of Fuse's castle… Well, there's a window… I hope the Null Void projector in my chest plate still works… Maybe I'll land somewhere safe… Okay, left…right…left… Okay… Now, all I have to do is jump… YOLO! Okay, portal open! Ouch… Hey, it's the roof of the staff hall… Red skies… I'm back! I've got to lay low… I can't afford a commotion… I might stay in a student's room for the time being… Catch up on everything… Get some new clothes… Odd Della Robbia is back in the house.