Let's Find My Parents!

Chapter 6

Helloooooooo, patient people! That is, I hope I still have an audience after my extended absence. Long story short, I've got a new job and it's even better than the one I lost, so yay! Optimism, boys and girls. It'll get you very far in life. Anyway, I'm back! So what am I doing running my mouth? Y'all came to read a chapter, and I'm getting in the way of that, so ignore me and enjoy!

"Faster, Leo!" Mark said, leaning up from the backseat of the Mech-X Mobile. He, Ryan and Leo were on their way back to Bay City to stop Seth Harper from trying to take over the world, again.

"I am going as fast as I can!" said Leo.

"Can't you modify this thing to go faster?"

"While I'm DRIVING IT?!"

As the two of them continued to argue, Ryan stretched out with his powers and modified the engine to go faster. Leo, Mark and Ryan were pushed back by the sudden excessive force of speed and the Mech-X Mobile zoomed through the air.

"I knew we should have taken the robot!" said Mark as Ryan whooped and hollered.

"Impossible", said Leo. "Without Harris and Spyder to help with the controls, we'd go nowhere fast."

"Definitely not the case in this thing!" said Ryan. "Whoo!"

"Ryan, if we survive the next battle with Seth, I'm gonna kill you later!" Mark said as he clung to the driver's seat for dear life.

The Mech-X Mobile flew over an airport, overturning cars in the parking lot.

"Okay", said Ryan, "maybe there is such a thing as "too fast", after all."

"Ya think?!" Mark and Leo exclaimed.

Suddenly, the Mech-X Mobile's alarm went off.

"Uh-oh", said Leo.

"What is it?" said Mark.

"Thanks to Professor X back there, we've blown out the fuel for the Mech-X Mobile."

"Wait, so does that mean-"

"We're gonna CRASH!" Ryan exclaimed, and pointed to a tall building they were approaching quickly.

The boys yelled as Leo jerked the wheel to the right, just barely avoiding a collision.

"Well, despite our fortunate luck, yes. We are going to crash. Hard."

Mark looked out the window and smiled.

"No, we're not", he said. "Ryan, toss me my bag."

Ryan obliged, and Mark unzipped his backpack and pulled out what appeared to be glow sticks.

"Great", said Ryan. "We'll crash to our fiery death, but at least we'll be able to see if we crash someplace that's dark!"

"Shut up, dingus! This is gonna prevent that from happening."

"Mark!" Leo shouted, eyeing the engine gauge. "Whatever you're gonna do, do it fast!"

"Follow me!"

Ryan and Leo watched, appalled, as Mark opened the door of the backseat and jumped out.

"Are you crazy?!"

Ryan crawled over to where his brother just was, and gasped. Mark had hit a button on the side of one of his glow sticks and was now holding a miniature helicopter in the palm of his hand, allowing him to hover in the air.

"Come on!" he yelled after them as the Mech-X Mobile continued to fly. "Trust me!"

"Normally, Mom would ask if all your friends jumped off a cliff, would you jump, too."

Ryan picked up a glow stick and took a deep breath.

"In this case, I'd have to say yes!"

He yelled as he jumped out of the Mech-X Mobile and started to fall.

"Hit the button!" Mark called.

Ryan did, and a blade appeared at the top and began to spin. He chuckled awkwardly as he, too, hovered in the air. The two boys watched as the Mech-X Mobile started to spiral out of control and the engines blew.

"Oh, no, Leo!" Ryan called.

Setting the Mech-X Mobile on autopilot, Leo grasped his hands around a glowstick. He stared ahead and gasped. The Mech-X Mobile was headed right for the water down below. If he didn't get out soon and went down with it, powers or no powers, he wouldn't survive the impact. Leo grunted as his invention lurched and began to fall out of the sky, still flying at top speed.

"Ryan, do something!"

Ryan strained as he reached out with his powers, but nothing happened.

"I'm too far away!" he said. "I can't control it!"

"Oh, I can't look!"

Mark and Ryan watched as the Mech-X Mobile crashed into the water at full speed, causing a massive wave from the impact.

"NOOOOO!" Ryan yelled.

"LEO!" Mark exclaimed.

Ryan's eyes were wet as he watched the Mech-X Mobile sink.

"No."

Mark and Ryan levitated back to the ground and ran over to the edge of the water, scanning it for signs of life.

"Do you see him?" Ryan asked.

"No", said Mark, "I don't see anything."

"He didn't make it."

Ryan sank back, sitting on his knees in the grass.

"And it's all my fault."

"You better believe it was your fault! That's 6 million dollars down the drain. Literally!"

The two boys looked up to see Leo hovering above the water's edge.

"But no matter", said Leo as he landed beside them. "I'll make more than that selling these babies to the government!"

"Hey!" Mark said. "I'm not the one who just tossed your money to the wind, I saved us!"

"Do you really think I have 6 million dollars just lying around?!"

"Guys, relax", said Leo, coming in between them. "I'm kidding! I make jokes, see?"

"Well, the time for that is done", said Ryan, pointing up ahead.

Pieces of machinery seemed to be rising up out of the ground and back onto the remains of Harper Industries.

"We're here."

So, I know it's not much for now, but what did you think? I can't wait to see if there are any reviews, because I just LOVE reading them! I'M BACK! Hope you guys enjoyed, see ya later!

-Imagigirl20