Chapter 8: Let My White People Go!
"As we fight our hardest against our evil foes remember this; they are not bound by the same morals and rules we are. That is why a lot of heroes become evil later down the road of justice, because achieving real justice, or even love, sometimes needs a dark path…" -Quote of the Chapter
Freeman House, Morning, 6:19am:
Huey sat at the kitchen table as the others ran around the house looking for this or that. He took another sip of his tea as a small girl came into the kitchen and fixed a cup of his tea. Huey raised an eyebrow at the little girl who had walked over and sat at the table.
"Okay, who the hell let a little white girl in the house again?" Huey yelled so the ones upstairs could hear him. Everyone came into the kitchen; either half-dressed or pulling clothes on. Huey turned to Jazmine with his brow furrowed in annoyance as he pointed at Raven.
"Jazmine, I thought we had a talk about this. You can't take kids off the street and give them a home. You're not like those people in the movies or Lifetime." Huey said as Jazmine grew a confused look on her face.
"But… I didn't do it this time… at least I don't think so…" Jazmine said as she starred at Raven, trying to remember if that was the little girl she had saw when they were flying home yesterday.
Traban stepped in front of them and placed a plate of food in front of Raven as she said her thanks and began eating. The others looked at him as if he was crazy and Huey raised a brow to him.
"Don't worry, she's mine. Her name is Raven and she's my daughter." Traban said as he patted Raven's head fatherly. Their expressions were ones of shock, and then even more when a blur rushed Traban and slammed him into the kitchen wall.
"You cheated on me! Who was the bitch? I'll kick your ass and then hers!" Ming said as she pinned Traban to the wall. Traban didn't look at all shocked by this, but he looked a bit confused as to her words.
"Ming, sweetie, I haven't cheated on you… Raven is adopted… and you're wrinkling my nice shirt." Traban said as Ming's furious face dropped to one of embarrassment.
"Oh…" Ming said as she let him go and he dusted himself off. Huey looked toward him and then at Raven with his brow still rose.
"Since when did you start adopting kids?" Huey asked as Traban shoot him a look with Huey shrugging.
"I found her and well now I'm her dad, so get used to it." Traban said lazily with a shrug as the others gave him a look.
"You know that's not how things work, right?" Cindy said as she gazed over Raven.
"I know, but that can be taken care of later. Right now, we're going be late for our first day back to high school, or for you and Riley; your first day ever." Traban said as Riley and Cindy left the kitchen to finished getting dressed.
"She's so cute!" Jazmine exclaimed as she hugged Raven tightly. Raven eyebrow twitched as Huey saw it and sighed.
"Don't worry… you'll get used to it." Huey said as Raven sighed and nodded to him.
After about ten minutes everyone was dressed and ready, except the girls. Huey sighed as he sat in the passenger seat of Traban's Explorer.
"Niggas, I still don't see why our asses don't just use our powers to get there, shit be a lot easier that way." Riley said as he sunk into the back seat of the truck.
"Because Riley, we don't want people to know about our powers and stuff. It'd be a lot easier for evil people to hurt the ones we care about." Traban said from the driver's seat as he honked the car horn again for the third time.
"Can yo ass wait! Damn, we tryin' look good!" Cindy said as she opened the second-story window and yelled from it.
"Well hurry the fuck up!" Riley yelled back from the car as Cindy huffed and stuck the middle finger. Huey just shook his head as Traban banged his on the steering wheel. It was a good thing they got up early and school didn't start until 7:10.
With the Girls in the House:
Jazmine had just finished straightening her hair and smiled at herself in the mirror as Ming took the flat-iron and slowly did each strand with care. Cindy sat in front the mirror as she fixed her lip gloss and mascara. Raven sat on the bed watching them in confusion.
"I still don't see why you're making them wait, you're practically done already." Raven comment as Cindy popped her lips and winked at herself while Ming was just finishing her hair.
"Because girls need to learn to make a man sweat for us. They think we're just gonna come running if they say so, and that is not the case." Cindy said as she looked at Raven through the mirror. Raven tilted her head in confusion as Ming cut off the iron and set it aside. Jazmine and her started applying their make-up which was only lip gloss and mascara, but took care and time in it.
"But, you're just moving slow, and besides you have to go or you'll be late." Raven said in a bland tone as Jazmine sighed.
"Don't worry, you'll understand someday…" Jazmine said as she grabbed her purse and sat beside Raven.
"What're you going to do while we're at school?" Ming said as she looked through the closet for some of her clothes.
"Father said to take Mr. Freeman to the Justice Space and let him do as he pleases with me doing the same so we can be safe." Raven said as the other girls froze in place.
"B-but… we-" Jazmine started to stutter out, but was cut off by Raven.
"He said to tell you something when you start stuttering. He said to convince Mr. Freeman that it was a hotel or something with your mind powers." Raven said as the girls sighed in relief.
"Alright, I'll go take him and you there now. Come on." Jazmine said as she walked out of the room with Raven close behind.
With the Boys in the Car, 6:39am:
"Two pair" Riley said as he set his cards down on the console in between the driver's seat and the passenger's seat. They were two seven's and two four's. Traban and Huey looked at each, trying to read the other.
"Full House" Huey said as Riley cursed and sat back in his seat. They were three ten's and two three's. Traban looked at both Huey and Riley. Huey had a smile on his face. That's when Traban smirked.
"Straight Flush" Traban said as he laid his cards down. They were four, five, six, seven, and eight all of hearts. Huey looked completely stunned as Riley continued to curse up a storm in super speed.
"How?" Huey asked simply as Traban shrugged.
"Don't know, but I think I win. That means Riley's won four games, you've won four, and I've won four now… What to play now?" Traban said as he shuffled the cards like a professional. Riley and Huey gave him a look and then looked at each other. They just taught him how to play poker… How the hell could he beat/tie with them?
It was then the girls came out of the house with their backpacks and everything. The boys sighed in relief as they settled back into their seats when the girls opened the back doors and climbed in.
"We need more cars." Cindy said as she got comfortable in Riley's lap while Ming and Jazmine sat on either side of the two.
"Sure, when Huey finally stops complaining that a driver's written test is a device of the white man's oppression against him and our race." Traban said with a deliberate look at Huey how frowned, huffed and sunk into his seat. Traban started up the truck and pulled out of the driveway.
"It is oppressive. What black man is supposed to know how many feet or yards you stay away from a red zone, police car, or stop sign? That's some old bullshit." Huey said as Traban only sighed as they stopped at the neighborhood stop sign.
"The black man who reads in order to prepare for the damn test… Well that still doesn't explain why Ming and Jazmine don't have one." Traban said as he looked at them through the rear view mirror while driving down the roads that lead to their high school.
"Because I always fail the driving part and Jazmine freaks out and has an asthma attack just from the written one." Ming said as Traban sighed again.
"Ming, the driving part doesn't mean to kill the cardboard-cutouts. That was Grand Thief Auto, you can do crap like that on there, but not in the real world. Jazmine, your ass needs to calm down and relax so you can pass, because these two aren't going to." Traban said as Ming and Huey shot him dark looks to which he only rolled his eyes.
"You two know I love you, so stop it" he said as they were nearing the high school, Wuncler High.
The school was more of a business building than an actual school, but then again Wuncler always did believe school was serious business.
"Damn this place is big. How many floors do it got?" Riley said as he looked at the skyscraper of a school.
"130 floors each floor has only ten classrooms and the higher your classrooms are the higher ranked you are in the educational system of the world. The top floor is number one going to the bottom which is 130. The Principal's office is on the bottom floor along with most of the administration. Vice-principal Offices are on every ten floors along with a counsel and detention room." Traban explained as they grew closer to the school.
"If your classes are on floor one then you're in the top 100 students of the world. Each class on the top floor only has five kids in them. If you're only floor 127, then you're in the bottom 100 kids of the world. Ten kids who have classes on the top floor are picked along with three others to represent the hierarchy of the school and it's ten main subjects. They are known as the Ten High Captains because they're able to do anything they want within the realm of that subject. They're also known as the High Subject Council, but that really doesn't appeal to me." Huey said as they pulled into the large parking-lot that was filled to the teeth with cars.
"Damn, we ain't neva go find a spot!" Riley said as he looked out the window. Traban just kept driving until he got to the front parking just out outside the school. He parked in a spot labeled "The Scientist". Everyone got out as Cindy and Riley looked at the sign that Traban had parked in front of.
"Traban, I'm sure you can't park here. It says here that this spot is reserved for the High Captain of the Science Department." Cindy said as she read the sign.
"And whose name is on that sign?" Traban said with a smirk. Riley and Cindy turned back to the sign and read lower for the name.
"Yours" they both said in shocked voices.
"Exactly" Traban said as they hung out in front the school for a bit.
"Then who else is on this High Council?" Cindy asked as Huey, Jazmine, and Ming raised their hands slightly.
"English" Huey said as he looked toward Jazmine.
"Mathematics" Jazmine said sheepishly as everyone looked toward Ming.
"Physical Education" Ming said with a smirk as she cracked her knuckles.
"Then who's in the rest of them?" Riley asked as they started walking in the school, which looked exactly like a business building on the inside to, well, at least the lobby.
"The others in the other subjects either moved away, or they finished the college classes here and moved on to jobs." Traban answered as they made their way to the back of the building.
"Wait, I thought this was just a high school?" Cindy said with a confused expression.
"This is Wuncler we're dealing with. Did you really think it would be that simple?" Huey asked with a raised brow as Cindy shrug.
"Yeah… for a second there I kinda did" Cindy answered back with a sigh.
"Well it's not. This 'high school' is also a college university as well. It's only because most of the students are high school, that the name is Wuncler High School. Anyway that doesn't matter. Check your schedules and see what floor you're on." Huey said as they all did so.
"Same floor as last year: Floor One" Huey, Ming, and Traban said with sighs.
"Same as last year: Floor Two" Jazmine said as she hugged Huey.
"Now don't die of heartbreak Jazmine. It's just one floor apart. We went through this crap last year." Huey said as he rolled his eyes at her. She nodded, but still had tears in her eyes.
"I got Floor 23" Riley said as Traban looked a bit shocked.
"How, I would have thought you'd bomb the online IQ test just because they made you do it in the summer?" Traban said as Jazmine and Cindy nodded. Riley just pointed at Huey and they all understood.
"I'm on Floor 27" Cindy said sadly as she hung her head. She had tried her hardest on that damn test too.
"Well at least we're all in the top 30 floors: the elite minds. Now if you'll excuse me I need to check on my science labs and other classes." Traban said happily with a smile as they nodded and went their separate ways.
Huey took Riley with him as the girls went to the elevators. Traban's expression changed from happy to serious as soon as he had turned from the others.
"Huey and Jazmine sensed them too. I just hope they don't do anything… really bad" Traban said as he disappeared into a room labeled 'Gods of the Worlds Mythology'.
It was a history library, but since Spencer 'The Historian' had graduated college and became an archeologist over the summer, he could enter without permission, due to there not being a history captain just yet. They wouldn't pick the captains until next week, and today he needed all the knowledge he could.
"Ahh, just what I was looking for." Traban said as he reached the Japanese Gods and Goddesses Section. His hands glowed a dark blue as his eyes were an aura flame of the same color.
"Share with me the secrets and knowledge you hold" Traban said as the entire section started glowing the same color and started pouring its energy into him.
"Good…" Traban said as he could feel the knowledge flowing into him.
With the Girls, In an Advanced Geometry, 7:03am:
"So what are we gonna do?" Jazmine said as she had told them of who had come to the school.
"How they asses get here so soon?" Cindy said as Ming was looking about.
"I don't know, and Ming they're not in here, but they're close. I can sense their dark thoughts; it's like smoke in my brain." Jazmine said as she rubbed her temples.
"I think we should tell the others." Cindy said as Ming looked at her with a frown.
"We can take them down, no problem. Why waste the others' time on them?" Ming said with a shrug.
"Huey already knows. I checked his mind. I tried to check Traban's mind, but he hid his thoughts from me. I still think he knows though." Jazmine said as she tried to find Traban's mind, but all she got was smoke clouds, and cold damp darkness.
"Well lead us to them, and we'll take them down." Ming said as she punched a fist into her other hand.
"I don't know…" Jazmine said as she looked toward the ground in thought. Maybe they should…
With Huey and Riley, In the Back of the School:
The back of the school was a large athletic field that had fields for many different sports, including a large pool and basketball court. There was also a large plain and open field for students to simply enjoy. Huey and Riley walked through that field as they waited for classes to start. There were others outside as well, playing on the other fields, enjoying sports, or simply talking to one another.
"They're already here. They must have come here full speed to arrive early." Huey said as Riley looked at him.
"Who you talking 'bout?" Riley asked as Huey glanced at him from the corner of his eyes.
"You know, so stop playing stupid. We're going to have to take them down before they do anything that could cause… death." Huey said deadpanned as Riley nodded a bit.
"So let's go kick they asses then nigga. What we waitin' for?" Riley said as he was about to run, but Huey grabbed the collar of his shirt as the bell rang for students to make their way to their first classes.
"After class…" Huey mumbled out as he dragged a cursing Riley to the building.
Floor One, Meeting Room of the High Captains, 7:15am:
It was like any other business meeting room, plain and boring. Traban, Huey, Jazmine, and Ming sat to one side while Wuncler, who was the school principal, and Ed, who was the vice-principal of the top ten floors sat on the other. A screen was on the far end wall as they all looked at it as 30 student ID pictures were on it.
"Now, we're going to be choosing the newest of the High Council next week, so we need to narrow the filed a bit today." Wuncler said as he leaned back in his chair. Traban placed his hand to his chin as he thought over the candidates. Huey only raised a brow as Jazmine blinked a bit at the photos.
"Can you divide them into subjects to see who we're dealing with?" Jazmine asked as Wuncler shook his head.
"No, because their all about the same in each subject. Although I must admit, Ms. Cindy McPhearson and Mr. Riley Freeman did interest me went I first saw they were on this list." Wuncler said as Huey, Jazmine, and Traban looked at the list with more interest as they indeed found Riley and Cindy's photos up there.
"Okay, but what subject to put them in?" Traban said as Wuncler looked at him.
"Oh so you believe they just automatically deserve a spot?" Wuncler said with a smirk as Traban shrugged.
"You said it yourself that they were all about the same in each of the remaining subjects, so why not give them spots. Besides, we all know them well, so they won't do anything like Jeremy Thomas tried last year." Traban said as they all grew slightly dark looks in remembrance of 'The Translator'.
"Alright I'll admit that was a bad call on my behalf, but he did do a great job… before the trying to start World War III thing…" Wuncler said with a frown as he jotted down Cindy and Riley's names.
"Okay, now we need some others. We'll pick at least four more today. Huey, any names?" Wuncler asked as Huey nodded.
"Thomas Gatain and Cecilia Threads, they would do well to bring them in as they were some of the smart individuals I've worked with two years ago." Huey said as he closed his eyes, trying to think of anything that could be wrong with either.
"Alright… Jazmine, what about you?" Wuncler asked as he jotted down the names Huey mentioned.
"Umm… Tatyana Joelee and Miguel Louis might be good choices. They were always nice and friendly…" Jazmine said unsurely. She always hated when they needed to pick people, it made her have to pick on the spot, but she was almost positive those two weren't crazy.
Wuncler and the others nodded as they walked out of the meeting room and to their classes. Wuncler, Ed, and Jazmine each head for one of the four elevators as Huey stopped Jazmine.
"Be careful, and stay safe." Huey said as he gave her a quick peek on the cheek and walked away. Traban snickered in the background, but then Huey punched him.
A Month Later, 12:38pm:
They had been in school for a month, and nothing happened. Traban had continued to check on things, but found nothing each time. It was almost lunchtime for the top floors when the intercom came on and an evil cackle was heard. Huey snapped his head toward it as he recognized the voice.
"I'm back niggas, and this time, you niggas gonna be goin' to hell… in a hand basket, niggas!" the voice exclaimed evilly as it cackled again. The intercom shut off as most of the students were scarred and the teacher was pale with fright.
"Oh my god, the devil is here! His dark plan to come to earth has finally come to fruition! God help us!" The teacher exclaimed as he and the other students ran from the classroom.
Huey and Traban just looked at each other and got out of their desks as they walked out the classroom calmly. They walked past all the panicking white people how were loading into elevators like they were Noah's Arks. Huey and Traban merely took the stairs as they found many of the white students go down them. As they were going down the floors they were joined by their friends. When they reached the 125 floor Riley complained that he was hungry so they went to the vending machines on that floor.
"Huey, give me a dollar?" Riley said with his hand out as Huey just gave him the dollar so he wouldn't complain any more.
"Hurry up Riley, he's in the school, and I still don't know how. Wuncler put those detectors in the building that only let in students and workers unless a parent called ahead." Huey said as tried to figure out how Wuncler got in.
"Yeah, and that power barrier outside the school building would have stopped unless a student or teacher got whoever that was in." Traban said as he didn't know who was on the intercom, but he could sense a powerful source of ignorance, hate, and dark power.
"Guys, I sense some powerful dark mojo. It's coming from the fields behind school." Traban said as he didn't really have to try and sense it; it simply clouded the air like smoke to a child.
They quickly made their way to the bottom floor and saw someone standing at the back doors of the school. It was a tall African American man with who looked like a much younger version of Stinkmeaner. Huey glared at the man as he laughed evilly and rushed out the double doors at seeing them.
"I knew it was him" Huey said to himself as Traban grew a confused look.
"Who the hell was that psycho?" Traban asked as Huey glanced at him from the corner of his eye, but ignored the question.
"Let's get changed" Huey said as he looked around for a restroom or place for them to change in.
"No need for a phone booth my friend, simply place you hand over your heart and say the words 'Hero Up', and boom; you're more heroic than Marvin the Pig." Traban said like a carnival showman.
They only nodded as they did what he said with a bright light engulfing them. When it died down they were in their costumes and raring to go. They rushed out of the double doors only to meet the sight of every person from their school trapped inside of a giant gumball machine. Huey, Ming and Jazmine took to the air by it as Traban, and, Cindy stayed on the ground with Riley.
"What the hell is with the gumball machine?" Traban asked as he looked at the Hateocracy, Katana, and Luna, who were all standing on top it.
"I thought it added a little to the hilarity of this situation." A voice said from behind the Hateocracy and the two females of the group. They parted so everyone could see who it was and the teens were only shocked to see who it was.
"No way…" Traban said.
"You…" Huey said as he gazed in shock at the person.
"Why?" Ming asked a bit sadly as the person started to chuckle. It was Hiro and he chuckled eviler than any of them thought possible.
"Because you loved that… moron, instead of me; the same as these two here" the person, who was Hiro said. Cairo and Caesar came to either side of him as they glared at Huey and Riley.
"What up Huey? I see Whitecrest been treating ya good." Cairo said in distain as Huey and Jazmine gazed at him in surprise. Huey's surprise quickly turned to anger though as he floated across to Cairo.
"What are you doing back here? I let you live when you tried to use Jazmine. I let you live when you tried to turn her against me. I let you live when you tried to kidnap her. I even let you live when you almost raped her! I swear to whatever God you pray to that I won't let you live this time. I swear that to you!" Huey said venomously as Cairo didn't back down, but instead chuckled darkly. The Hateocracy disappeared as they left things in the hands of the new 'Team Hate'.
"You think I care about what you swear? Sad, poor, pathetic Huey; you don't scare me. You think you bad with them powers?" Cairo said as Huey raised a brow to him.
"Yeah I know yo ass got powers. What you thought you guys were the only one?" Cairo said as he began to fly over the machine and got in Huey's face. Huey then punched him, with Cairo sailing into a basketball goal, bending the metal beam as he impacted upon it.
"I'm not done with yo ass yet, nigga!" Huey said angrily as he gave chase.
Traban was going to go help Huey when a yellow energy rope grabbed him and pulled him toward Hiro, who punched him as he got close. Caesar dropped from the giant gumball machine and landed gently on the ground as he walked toward an angry Riley and a scared Cindy. She back up slightly as he grew close to them, and he stopped, merely glaring at Riley who glared back.
"C-Caesar, don't do this. We're your friends; we care about you. We love-" Cindy was saying but was cut off by a dry laughter from Caesar who only continued to glare at Riley.
"What were you about to say? That you love me? Please, if you loved me then you'd have been with me instead of this stupid ass little boy. I still don't see how you two could have lasted this long…" Caesar said as Riley ran at him and punched him in his face at high speed.
"Riley, wait!" Cindy said as she didn't want Caesar to be hurt. Wasn't he hurt enough…
Riley just ignored her as he raced after the flying body of Caesar and had all the intentions of punching his ass much harder than that.
Traban and Hiro clashed with swords made of energy. Traban dissolved his and used the energy from his sword as a blast, which Hiro dodged at the last second. Hiro flew back a bit as he rapidly fired energy beams at Traban.
"We have to free the people before this gets out of hand! If we don't it'll only get worse!" Traban yelled to the others as he dodged the beams gracefully. Ming tried to punch the glass out, but it repelled her with an electrical shock. Cindy flew up and tried to phase through it with her ghost powers, but it repelled her as it did Ming.
"Only we can open it safely, and you know what; I don't feel generous today!" Hiro exclaimed as he through a large blast of yellow energy at Traban, who used his blue energy as a shield.
"Just let the white people go! This is between us!" Huey said as he shot his laser eyes at Cairo, who did the same to block.
"No, I don't care about them; they will die like you will! We will be the emperors when we take over the world, and those girls will be our queens when they see how inferior you three are to us!" Cairo said as he stopped his eyes, and shot toward Huey, where he punched Huey into the pool. Huey shot out of the pool and their battle waged on.
It was then music started playing as they continued to fight. The girls could do nothing but watch as the boys fought each other to the death over not just them, but an entire machine of white people. Then voices stared to emerge from nowhere and began singing.
(The Prince of Egypt - Let My People Go)( with a bit of a twist):
Thus saith the Lord (repeated 10 times)
Thus saith the Lord: since you refuse to free my white people
All through this field
I send the pestilence and plague
Into your shoes, into your streams, into streets
Into your breath, into your Clothes!
Traban took in a deep breath and blew out purple smog with bugs and ghost flying only toward Team Hate. Hiro created yellow shield around all of them as the smog grew close to them. It then disappeared and the fight was back on.
Upon your animals, on your place
Upon your home, into this field
Into your dreams, into your sleep
Until you break, until you Yield!
"I sent the swarm, I sent the horde, thus saith the Lord" Traban sang as the music grew louder as he combatted Hiro.
"Once I called you brother" Huey sang as he punched Cairo into the ground.
"Once I thought the chance to make you laugh was all I ever wanted" Traban sang as Hiro ducked under his energy blast and fired some back at him.
I send the thunder from the sky
I send the fire raining down
Traban lifted his hands to the skies and clapped as storm clouds grew from the sky above where he clapped. The clouds then shoot lightning and rained fire on all the area, but was mainly aiming at Team Hate. Hiro shielded them again, but the lighting broke through the shields. The clouds then disappeared just as quickly as they came.
"And even now, I wish that they had chosen another" Traban sang as Hiro had fired more energy at him.
"Serving as your foe on their behalf, is the last thing I ever wanted" Riley sang as he blocked Caesar's kicks and punches.
Riley then caught Caesar's kick and spun at around, creating a mini-tornado and thrown him into the steel-plated side of the school. Caesar got up and flew at Riley, his fist connecting with air as Riley had dodged.
I send the hail of burning ice
On this field and this town
Traban snapped his fingers and the storm clouds came back and threw flaming chunks of ice at the evil boys as they dodged most of them
"Come on, that one doesn't even make sense!" Caesar shouted right before another one collided with him. The clouds disappeared again as they started fighting again.
"This was your home, all this pain and devastation, doesn't it torture you inside?" Traban sang as he gestured to the white people banging on the glass inside the machine.
Hiro faulted for a second, but then glared hard at Traban as his fist glowed with yellow energy. Traban did the same and their slug match began.
"All these… mostly innocent white people who suffer from your stubbornness and pride!" Huey sung as he punched Cairo toward the machine.
Cairo looked at the white people in disgust as he flew back toward Huey.
I send the locusts on the winds
Such as the world has never seen
On every leaf, on every stem
Until there's nothing left of green
Traban spun in place as he created a tornado that became a large swarm of locusts which attacked the evil boys. Hiro turned his yellow energy into fire as he incinerated them. Traban stopped spinning and shot toward Hiro. He recreated his blue energy sword and slashed downward on Hiro, who blocked with his own energy sword.
"I sent the scourge, I sent the sword, thus saith the Lord!" Traban sang as he pushed his sword down on Hiro's.
"You I called brother, why my you call down another blow?" Traban sang as he and Hiro clashed and parried with their energy swords.
"I sent the scourge, I sent the sword!" Traban sang again as he clashed with Hiro more.
"Let My White People Go!" Huey sang out as he tried to shoot Cairo with his laser vision.
Thus saith the Lord
"Thus saith the Lord" Huey, Riley and Traban sang in unison with the voices.
"You who I called brother" Hiro sang as he rushed Traban.
"How could you have come to hate me so?" Cairo sang in sarcasm with a smirk on his face.
"Is this what you wanted?" Caesar sang as he and Riley's fists met, but Cindy could tell he was singing that more toward her.
She cried as she couldn't take this fighting anymore. She was like Jazmine or Ming; she couldn't deal with her boyfriend and her once best friend fighting over her. Jazmine and Ming flew to her side and began comforting her.
I sent the swarm, I sent the horde
Traban and Hiro had started their energy boxing match again.
"Then let my heart be hardened" Hiro sang as he and Traban's fists met with an explosion that threw them both away from each other.
"And never mind how high the cost may grow"Caesar said as he and Riley fought on.
"This shall still be so" Hiro sang as he rushed Traban again.
"We will never let your precious white people go!" Cairo sang as he dodged Huey and slammed his elbow into Huey's back.
Thus saith the Lord!
"Thus Saith the Lord: You/We (will not) Let My/Your White People Go!" All the boys sang out as they had their final clash of fists with each other.
Each clash from them then caused an explosion, to which each of them was sent zooming toward; either the ground, the building or a large object to which they crashed into.
Traban got up from his crater in the ground. He walked over to the hole in the building Hiro had made. Traban, Huey and Riley were still perfectly fine, a bit winded, but still barely tired. Traban picked Hiro up by his shirt and held a swirling ball of dark energy in his other hand as he prepared to stun Hiro, should he wish to continue. That was when Traban noticed something. Hiro's right arm was… fading out of existence. Traban laid the now conscious Hiro down as the energy in his hand went from black to green and he rubbed his hands together and spread it on both.
"What… are you… doing?" Hiro barely got out as Traban laid his hands on Hiro's stomach. Hiro felt a sense of calm and rejuvenation wash over him as Traban continued to heal him.
"I'm healing your dumb ass, because if I don't then you'll fade from existence. Those powers of yours drain the life force energy. I have a guess of who gave them to you, and all I can say is that you were a fool to take whatever they offered." Traban said as he never took his eyes from Hiro's stomach. Hiro laughed briefly before coughing some with a smile on his face. He was so close to death that it didn't matter what he said, so why not tell Traban the truth.
"It was Cairo. Me and Caesar met him two years ago. He said he had dealt with you guys before and he filled Caesar's head with hate for Riley and passion for Cindy. Cairo told me that if I killed you Ming would see how strong I was and fall in love with me. I believed it for about a year, but then I had my doubts. About five days ago the Hateocracy came to Cairo with the offer of power, and he charmed us into wanting the power too. Caesar still wanted Cindy, but all I wanted was closure…" Hiro said as Traban looked at him with unnervingly void-full eyes.
"Why closure? I thought you still loved Ming and hated me for being her choice." Traban asked as Hiro chuckled painfully again.
"No, I still love her, but I realized that if you truly love someone that you should be happy for them and whoever they choose. You were my best friend, a brother to me and I threw it away because of a crush… The reason for my closure was because I dishonored both of you that day. Ming, because I should have accepted her choice better, instead of ending thing as I did. You, because we were as close as blood brothers, and I threw that away, making you feel worse as well. When I came here today I planned to act just as I did so you would have no regrets in killing me… Which you should have…" Hiro explained as Traban had tears in his eyes, which he kept back with a neutral face of emotionlessness.
"You idiot, stop watching Naruto, because pulling an Itachi isn't something you should do. You could've come back at anytime and we would have welcomed you with open arms… Besides, it's not my place to decide if you die or not, but merely to send you to your eternity once you do die…" Traban said as he kept back his tears. Hiro smiled as he reached up at Traban's shirt, pulling Traban down to whisper in his ears.
"Those weren't the only reasons I left and came back. I wanted Ming to know that… I was… sorry for… all the pain I… put her through…" Hiro spoke as his voice grew weaker with each word until finally Hiro was… Traban increased the energy of his Healing Palm technique as he cried for his friend.
"It's not over yet! You're not dying here you bastard! Stop being selfish and keep fighting dammit! Stay with us! With me, and Ming! Come on! Don't die yet! You have things and people to live for! Me and Ming are still here, dammit! You can't die here! You have to tell her!" Traban cried out as he combined his blue and green energies to form a new energy. It swirled all around Hiro's body, but did nothing in reviving him. That was when Traban switched tactics. He combined his back and new energies to form a crimson red energy.
"Well if you won't stay here with us, the least I can do is put you where you'll see us again. Don't worry, I won't tell Ming anything. Ha, ha that'll be your mess to deal with… See ya later, Hiro… my friend…" Traban said as he let the crimson energy engulf Hiro's body and seep into the ground taking the body with it as if it were never there.
"Traban, get over here! Keep this nigga alive! Please…!" Traban heard Riley yell, with pain and regret in his voice. Traban flew as fast as he could to Riley, who was holding and crying a nearly dead Caesar. Traban laid a hand on Riley's shoulder as he knelt down beside him.
"Riley… I can't save them… they're all already too far gone… but I can send them somewhere that we can see them again…" Traban said calmly and comfortingly as Riley shook off his hand and looked him in the yes, with his own having tears freely falling from them.
"He… told me… and Cindy…" Riley said as Traban gently patted Riley's back and gave a soft "I know". Riley laid Caesar down gently and Traban began to work, with the results being the same as with Hiro.
"Go find the others while I get Huey, okay?" Traban said as he hugged Riley, who cried on his shoulder, but nodded all the same. They soon parted and went to find who they were looking for. Traban found Huey standing over Cairo, who was weakly getting up.
"… I'm evil, don't you get it? I did all of this to make you suffer! I never loved Jazmine! It all about you from the beginning! I hate you! I hate you for moving! I hate you for meeting her! I hate you for being happier with her than I ever saw you were with me! I hate her! I hate you for moving and taking my only real friend! I was your friend! I hate this damn city for taking the only person I ever felt connected to! I hate you… for taking away the only true friend! I hate you, Huey Freeman! I hate you and me! I hate you because you left, and I hate me because I cared about you from the beginning! I hate that I care about our friendship and you!" Cairo cried out as he doubled over in pain. He cried it all to the heavens as he left his tears fall freely with Huey silently crying as he glared at Cairo. Traban stood back as he watched the two have their private moment.
"So you hurt my friends and the girl I love because you cared about me? Why the hell are you so damn stupid, Cairo? Moron, if you had said something we could have stayed in contact! You could have told me, especially since I'm the one you care about… I know it hurts to care, but if it didn't how would we know it's real… Maybe Cindy and Ming were right all that time ago… Maybe love and feelings really do make us do the stupidest of things… Well, I guess I can do something stupid now…" Huey said as he knelt down by Cairo who showed surprise in his eyes. Huey leaned forward and kissed Cairo's forehead before backing away. Cairo was shocked by it all, but smiled lovingly at Huey, who was looking away with more tears in his eyes.
"Cairo… I cared about you too… Hell, even after everything you've done to me and the people I hold dear to me, I still do. I forgive you for everything, but that doesn't excuse it. You hurt the only girl I love, and as my first best friend I can't forget that… I promise you this though; I will make the Hateocracy pay for destroying the chance we had at happiness. If only you had told me instead of doing everything you did. Who knows… maybe you could have been with me and Jazmine… and all of us could have been happy… Right, Traban?" Huey said solemnly as Traban appeared on side him and nodded while patting his back comfortingly.
"Thanks for that, Huey… I'm sure… we all… could have been great… together…" Cairo said with a smile on his face as death overtook him. Traban moved to Cairo and performed his Crimson Grave technique, as he started calling, as Huey watched silently and cried in the same silence until it was done.
After they finally freed everyone from the machine, which took a combination of Riley speed and Huey's laser vision, they went home for the week to get over their grievances. Huey, Traban, and Riley trudged into the house and sat around the living room as they digested what had happened. The girls gave them space as they went upstairs to do the same about what the boys had told them. After another 20 minutes Huey stood up from the couch as Traban and Riley looked at him.
"I made a promise to Cairo and I plan to keep it. The Hateocracy will pay for this! Someday we're gonna be the ones hunting them down, and we're going to use everything we got to take the down!" Huey said with fire in his eyes. Traban and Riley nodded with conviction as Traban stood up.
"Then I have something I should have told you two about a week ago and some other explanations that need to be given…" Traban said with a serious face as Huey and Riley listened attentively to what was being said. As they listened their eyes widened along with their smirks.
The Hateocracy was gonna be in trouble, because no one hurt their friends… NO ONE…
