"Kick into Overdrive!" Zsa-Zsa shouted.
"Wind Storm"
"Bright Star"
The girls were meant to be going on a shopping trip to have some girl time (and to prepare Annaka for another date with Danny) but it appeared that Astrid had something else in mind. The girls worked as a tag-team to defeat the Meteorots.
Luckily it was a quick fight and the girls quickly resumed back to their shopping. Even though Zsa-Zsa wasn't a big fan of shopping, she didn't mind occasionally do it also someone had to be there to stop Annaka going overboard. Last time she went shopping alone, Kook claimed that with the amount of shopping she had that Annaka must have brought the entire mall.
Saying that when Annaka and Zsa-Zsa did arrive back, Annaka possessed a lot of shopping bags with her. She raced up stairs to her bedroom, dragging Zsa-Zsa behind her, much to her detest, and started sorting out her outfit.
"This date will be perfect." Annaka squealed as Zsa-Zsa rolled her eyes. She had no idea why Annaka wanted her in here. Annaka was the fashion queen; Zsa-Zsa was barely a fashion princess.
"Why am I here?" Zsa-Zsa asked bored.
"Because I need a girly chat and you're the only girl near enough my age here." Annaka replied. Zsa-Zsa couldn't complain with that logic. Zsa-Zsa smiled at Annaka but her smile then turned into a worried frown as a golden light began to surround them. Annaka ran at Zsa-Zsa and grabbed her hand.
"What's happening?" She shouted.
"I don't know!" Zsa-Zsa shouted back.
The golden glow faded and the girls appeared to be in a dark room with a witch's globe in the middle. Tall black stands surrounding them with fire burning at the top- it was their only light. Dark Purple smoke burst into the room. Astrid appeared wearing her witch outfit.
"Greetings my darlings." She said walking over. Annaka and Zsa-Zsa took a step back cautiously while still continuing their eye contact, "I'm here to give you a present."
"Unlikely." Zsa-Zsa spat back, "Any way why would we accept a present from you?"
"Yeah it'll be baby Meteorots or something sinister." Annaka agreed.
"No, I'm giving a rare gift." Astrid said smiling, "The future."
"The future?" Zsa-Zsa questioned, "How on earth are you going to give us the future? The future hasn't been written yet!"
"Oh no child. The definite future hasn't been written yet but there are still possibilities." Astrid continued while looking into her globe. She muttered a few word and the globe began to turn a murky black. Astrid took a step back and observed. The murky black left the globe and spread out along the cold wooden floor. Both girls observed wearily. The smoke covered their ankles.
"On 3 seconds, you will wake up as your older selves and observe your life as it has turned out." Astrid told them, "3…2…1"
Zsa-Zsa's head was leaning in something hard. She rubbed her eyes and leaned up. Her hair was lying on a white table; the blue high lights had vanished. It was now ordinary brown. She looked down at her clothes, a blue jersey top and a pair of jeans- how normal. A shiny reflection caught her eye. She looked down at her hand and there it was. On her third finger was an engagement ring. She gulped.
"Dr Cart?" Someone asked. Zsa-Zsa looked up and noticed a whole class of eyes watching. They all had book and pens, "Are you okay?"
Zsa-Zsa stood up and turned around to look at the board. The title slime was underlined, "Urm I'm fine. Where were we?"
The helpful student kindly told her what they had been doing. Thankfully it was a beginner's class so the knowledge required wasn't too advanced. Zsa-Zsa told them the basic recipe and how to develop it. Once in a while she would glance down at her engagement ring, trying to figure out who she was engaged to. The ring itself was silver and had a sapphire stone in it. Clearly, they knew her favourite colour was blue.
The bell rang and the class dismissed. Zsa-Zsa looked into her note book on her white desk. She glanced at it. Name: Zsa-Zsa Cart, Subject: Alchemistry, Year: 2042. This was weird. Astrid had some explaining to do. She found her time table and was relieved she had a free next. She magically found her way to the staff room. It turned out she was a professor in Splat High.
"Ah Dr Cart." Another teacher greeted, "How are you?"
"Fine." Zsa-Zsa replied, "How are you?"
"Good thank you." The teacher replied, "Are you looking forward to the wedding?"
"Yes." Zsa-Zsa said, hoping it was convincing, as she sat down, "I can't wait."
"Well it is in three days." The teacher reminded her.
Zsa-Zsa shook her head, "Oh Astrid knows how to place you in the most difficult situations."
"Hmm." The teacher replied looking up confused.
"No one just me muttering." Zsa-Zsa told him.
Annaka woke up on a soft surface. She was lying down somewhere warm and cosy. Annaka rubbed her eyes and opened them. She looked at her surroundings. She was in a bedroom which meant that she was lying in her bed but it wasn't her bedroom. It was a different bedroom with white silk curtains, wooden furniture and glossy white walls. She held her hand out in front her eyes, to block the sun. She noticed something different. She put her hands down and looked. Two rings were on her wedding finger. Clearly they were an engagement and wedding ring. The engagement ring was very pretty, a golden band with a light reddish pink gem. The wedding ring was just a basic gold band.
She looked at the clock 9:16, 07/27/49. The year was 2049? So within 3 seconds Annaka had gone from being 16 to 33 years old. That was almost double her age. Astrid had a lot of explaining to do. A knock at the door interrupted her thoughts on Astrid.
"Yes." She said timidly, maybe too timidly.
A tall male entered the room carrying a tray filled with breakfast items on it. Of course, her future husband was Danny. Who else? He was wearing a green t-shirt and grey joggers. They were obviously his Pj's. He his light brown hair was slightly shorter than it was back in the year 2032. He smiled as he placed gave the tray to her.
"Morning beautiful." He greeted kissing her forehead. Annaka's heart fluttered again. He still had sweet delicate kisses, "Brought you breakfast."
"Thank you." Annaka said discarding the tray to the side of the bed and pulling Danny in for a hug and another kiss, "What have I done to deserve this?"
"Very funny." He laughed, "You know what day it is."
Annaka looked at Danny, it wasn't her birthday, hers was in November nor was it Danny's his was in May. So it must have been their anniversary.
"I can't believe how quick it has gone." Annaka stated hoping to get more information out of him.
"Yes I can't believe it." Danny agreed clearly not wanting to give any information away, "7 years."
"Wow." Annaka muttered under her breath. 7? That would make her 26 when they married. This day could not get any stranger. Just as that thought passed, the bedroom door banged open and one figure jumped onto the bed.
"Mummy! Mummy!" The figure said ecstatically, "Have you had your breakfast yet? I helped Daddy make it!"
It turns out Annaka was wrong, it could get weirder. She observed the little girl; she was wearing pink onesie and had gorgeous black curls. Her eyes were chocolate brown just like Annaka's. She looked 4.
"Hello Sweetie." Annaka said, using her instinct she picked her daughter up and sat her down next to her, "What did you make?"
"I helped make the pancakes and I buttered the toast." The 4 year old girl said proudly.
"Laura!" Danny shouted, "Let Mummy eat it."
Laura removed herself from her mother and lay down on Danny's side of the bed. Annaka turned too looked at Danny and noticed that he was holding a 2 year old boy. He laughed as Danny gently bounced him up at down. Despite his young age, he had the brownest hair Annaka had ever seen and the greenest eyes known the man.
"Look Charlie, its mummy." Danny said.
Laura and Charlie? Clearly she and Danny had names their children after their much beloved guardians.
"Hello?" Zsa-Zsa said as she entered the mysterious house. Her sat-nav had labelled this place home although to this Zsa-Zsa it didn't feel like one. She entered what can only be presumed as the living room. She smiled, light blue walls. Clearly she had got her way when they decorated.
"How do you like your present?" Astrid asked from behind. Zsa-Zsa zoomed around; she reached for her overdrive key but couldn't find it. Astrid seemed to realise what she was doing.
"You don't have your powers in the future." Astrid told her.
Zsa-Zsa was about to speak when she heard the front door opening, her eyes immediately diverted to that. This was her fiancée. Her future fiancée.
"Possible future fiancée." Astrid reminded her before vanishing.
Her fiancée smiled to her and he stepped into the living room, "Hey honey."
"You've got to be kidding me!" She exclaimed quietly then coughed, "Jack, how are you?"
"Fine." He said walking over to her and kissing her forehead.
He hadn't changed one bit. His hair was still dark black and maybe slightly longer. He had changed his fashion sense a tiny bit. Zsa-Zsa then remembered something.
"Hey, what happened to out overdrive powers again?" She asked, "Just something today made me remember them."
"We lost them. Astrid destroyed them before taking over the world. Now she's in control, personally I think the world has gone into meltdown."
Zsa-Zsa stood there dumbfound. Astrid won? No way! She couldn't have, they would have stopped. They need to stop her, this all has to end.
"Jack, we need to get the team back together!" She said running into the kitchen and clutching his arms, "Where are the others?"
"Annaka and Danny are living in Pearl Canyon still but Annaka can't come she's, what? 5 maybe 6 months pregnant."
"Huh? We'll be fine with just Danny!" Zsa-Zsa stated with her mind still in over run, "What about Kyle?"
"Kyle's in Queens's way living with Amy." Jack reminded her, "Are you ill?"
"Jack, this is not out future." Zsa-Zsa stated, "We were meant to stop her."
"But we didn't." Jack reminded her, "We lost, and she was too strong."
Zsa-Zsa was still clutching Jack's arms. Oh that was clever. That is very clever. Zsa-Zsa looked up at Jack, who was still worried about her.
"Listen, I need to go somewhere." Zsa-Zsa said kissing Jack for the first and last time.
Zsa-Zsa ran out of the house and into the local park. She stood in the emptiest area and waited. Astrid had been clever. This was all part of her plan, show two members of the Overdrive team their future that she wins. She and Annaka will assume that they lose and when Astrid attacks in 2032, they give up as they have seen the future.
"Astrid!" She shouted, "Show yourself!"
Astrid did as she was told and revealed herself to Zsa-Zsa.
"This isn't over." Zsa-Zsa said walking over to her, "You haven't won. Not yet."
"Oh but I have." Astrid stated, "You're in the future."
"A future! Remember." Zsa-Zsa replied, "This is one of many. You haven't won not yet. Do you know why? Because we are so much stronger than you think. You're going to lose. You might think you know us but you don't."
"If you leave now, everything will become a dream. Fragments of your imagine imagination."
The black smoke appeared around Zsa-Zsa's ankles. She smirked, "I don't care. As long as we defeat you. 3…2…1"
Zsa-Zsa bolted straight up off the floor. She was back in Annaka's bedroom except Annaka wasn't in here. Not yet.
"Come on Annaka." Zsa-Zsa pleaded, "We need you to get ready."
Annaka was sitting on the sofa, her head leaning against Danny's shoulder. She was twirling her finger amongst her sleepy daughter's hair. She glanced over to the play pen where their son was quietly playing. She looked over at the TV. Astrid was blocking her view.
"Your time is up." She stated, Annaka shook her head, not now, not when she had all of this, "Prepare yourself, the final battle is coming."
Black murky smoke filled the room. Annaka started coughing and tried to find any of her family members.
Annaka slowly woke up. She was lying in her bed. Zsa-Zsa was on the floor clearly she had drifted off as well. Annaka looked at her clothes. She still had her date to prepare for.
"Come on Zsa-Zsa." Annaka said jumping off the bed, "I need to get ready."
"Sorry, I had the strangest dream." Zsa-Zsa replied.
"So did I. Weird." Annaka laughed along with Zsa-Zsa.
Astrid watched the girls from her globe. She smirked. They had not remembered a thing; her surprise attack will be even more surprising.
A/N: So what do you think? Is everyone ready for the LAST chapter of Overdrive.
