Chapter 13.
This is the thirteenth chapter. It's not the last by the way. Hope you enjoy it.
Mooch appeared between Darwin and Speckles, carrying underneath him the iPhone. Their only hope has returned! But the situation was still not problem free for Darwin, as the mechanical appliance that kicked him off the platform earlier returned, now standing on the other side of the room, but if it advanced, it would put itself between Darwin and Mooch. Darwin then started running towards Mooch, but as he ran, the appliance advanced and got in between them. It then placed its spinning blades now right in Darwin's path. Just as he came up to the blades, Darwin suddenly jumped up into the air, arms in front, over the blades, and the appliance. As he fell towards the floor, he came by Mooch, grabbed the iPhone with his right hand, and then he landed on his stomach on the floor. Once he landed, he saw he was right by the computer and just inches away from the iPhone plug thrusting his arm towards it, iPhone in his hand with plug socket facing the plug, he then connected the iPhone and plug together. A loading bar appeared on the iPhones screen, above it saying "UPLOADING VIRUS". The bar went from zero to 100% in just a few moments, and then another word formed on the screen: "UPLOAD COMPLETE". "Yes!" Darwin cheered in his head.
On the screen of Speckles' computer, the screen then began going fuzzy and sparks began going off around the cockpit. "Darwin, it working! It's working!" Speckles said delightedly, looking around at all the sparks going off. Outside, the robot began exploding, large pieces of metal started dropping off the hull, the robot swaying around as it began losing its balance. Inside the cockpit, sparks now going everywhere, Darwin looked over at Speckles. "Speckles, take my hand." He said, reaching out right arm out to Speckles. Speckles looked silently at them, then disconnected the clamps on his feet, before leaping over the small hole and grabbing Darwin arm with his left hand. Then the floor unexpectedly gave away, square bits of metal flying downwards. Darwin and Speckles, still holding hands, fell along with the square bits. Then Juarez appeared suddenly, jumping from where she had been and grabbed Darwin's other hand (his left hand). "I've got you." She said, before moving her head up, looked above them and saw a wide hole in the bide of the body, which was now starting to fall down, and as it fell, the hole came up to them. She then opened her parachute, stopping them almost instantly, and passed through the hole as it came upon them. The robot's body continued breaking up, until finally its legs gave away, making it fall on its front, pieces of metal and wreckage flying and scattered all around the area. The head crashed onto the lead house on a block, though from the looks of it, it was empty. All the around the city, and the world, all the activated appliances were going offline. The command truck, still in the robot's grasp, was still in one piece, but both its sides were bent inwards. Glad to see they've won, a thought then suddenly came to Darwin's mind. "We've gotta find Blaster and Hurley. Their still in there." He said, as Juarez started to glide them down. Down below, at the remains of the truck, those who were trapped inside were now climbing out through a small hole in the back of the truck, big enough to get out. Agent Killian was first, followed by Saber. Killian faced Saber after right after he'd climbed out. "You'll still be interrogated, Saber. But since you're the secondary figure here, I can guarantee you'll get a fair sentence." Killian said, Saber nodding in response. "What a mess." Saber said as he looked around at the remains of the robot, as Ben, Marcie, and the computer operative climbed out, one by one.
Jogging along the wreckage, Darwin was frantically looking for the other two (Blaster and Hurley), which he had been doing since Juarez landed them on the wreckage. He then heard a shout. "Darwin, Juarez, anyone, over here!" It sounded like Blaster. Darwin then ran forward and then he found below him, since parts of the robot's outer body had gone, he could see Blaster lifting up a heavy piece of metal, with Hurley's legs showing out of it! Blasters flak jacket was in ruins and was only handing by a thread, and Blasters hair was a bit mess up. Darwin jumped of the outer hull he stood on, landed a few feet away from Blaster, grabbed Hurley's legs (he was lying with his stomach against the ground) and started to pull him out. "I can't hold on much longer! Ohhhh!" Blaster said, groaning from the strain of lifting the piece of metal. Darwin managed to get Hurley's head out of the way of the metal piece just moments before Blasters hands gave away and let the metal piece fall down where Hurley had just been. It landed with a loud THUD! Darwin rolled Hurley's body over to see his face. His eyes where shut and he made no movement. He had a few small scratches on his faces, and his trousers where riddled with holes. "Oh, not you, Hurley." Darwin said softly, as Hurley's body lay limp. "Look at that, he landed next to his cake bit." Blaster sniffled, close to tears, and saw that the bit of cake Hurley had was sitting there to his left. Juarez came up to them, Speckles close behind, and when she saw Hurley, she gasped, her mouth opening slightly. This was the first time the teens have seen death up close, and to someone they knew. Though he did not know Hurley, (he hadn't gotten a god look at him since he had no glasses), a look of ashamedness fell upon Speckles' face. "No. This is all my fault." He said, sadly, to no one in particular. "He was my man." Blaster said, looking sadder now. Darwin continued looking over Hurley's body. "Hurley…. I just want to know what you did… was the bravest thing I ever saw. I don't know what orphans call it, but out here, we… we call it being a hero. I'm so sorry about what I said about you earlier. All you ever wanted was a family. I never got to tell you this, but I would be… be proud to call you my brother." Darwin said tearfully. Juarez then started to cry, and Blaster put his arm around her shoulder. "Hurley…" He said, a tear going down his face too.
Darwin was still looking down as Hurley's body when he though he saw the faintest glimmer of movement. "Hey, I think I just saw his nose twitch slightly." He said, as he reached for the bit of cake besides Hurley, grabbed it, and held it in front of Hurley's nose, waving in around. A second or two, and then Hurley's nose began sniffing, and then moments later his face started to move up, and his eyes slowly opened. Hurley then started coughing slightly, as Darwin and Juarez (who had stopped crying) got his upper body upwards, so he could face them better. Hurley shook his head, looked at the others silently before turning to Darwin. "Did. did you mean it when you called me 'brother'?" Hurley asked, as Darwin looked hesitant. "Uh, I don't know how much you heard, uh… you bet I did." Darwin said. A wide smile formed on Hurley's face. "Brother. I have a brother! Oh, this is fantastic! Oh, come here. Give me a hug bro." Hurley said happily, just before he hugged Darwin, this time Darwin excepted it. Seeing this made a smile form on Speckles' face. Finishing the hug, Hurley then saw the bit of cake still in Darwin's hand. He then took it from Darwin's hand and place the bit whole in his mouth. "Oh! Mm-mm-mm!" Hurley said as he ate/tasted the cake, earning a slight chuckle from Darwin. "So, Hurley. You still want to be a part of the team?" Darwin asked. A smile formed again on Hurley's face.
And so that's the thirteenth chapter. Hope you liked it. I considered Hurley pretending to be dead so the team would admit things about him, but it seemed now a bit too much. And I changed my mind, and made my decision. The next (and final) chapter will soon.