Cool Kid Saves the Cats

Chapter 17: Stormy Mikey: Part 3

Cool Kid's feet slowly stepped backwards as the colossus of flame stood before him. His eyes gazing open the beast of fire, as it laughed at his cowardice.

"What's wrong Cool Kid!? You were so confidant just seconds ago! Did you lose your spine in that explosion too!? HAHAHAHAH!"

Cool Kid's lips remained sealed as he steps backwards even more.

"Seriously? You're just gonna sit there and say nothing? Come on, you can't seriously be giving up already!"

He keeps silent at he takes even more steps backwards.

"Come on! Talk you stupid spineless piece of shi-"

"You know, I wasn't walking backwards out of fear." Cool Kid says with a smirk and a wink.

"What? What do you-" Before he could finish, Cool Kid points upwards, towards the sprinklers. "Oh no…"

"Oh yes."

As the smoke from Mikey's fire enters the sprinklers, they emit a loud ring as water from them rains down upon the brewery, right onto Mikey.

"Oh nooo! I'm melting! Ahhhh! I'm melting!"

After a few quick seconds of screaming and pain, the fire was put out, Mikey had been vanquished. Cool Kid smiles as the water runs down his face. He removes his sunglasses to wipe off some of the water.

"Just kidding!" A gust of air strikes Cool Kid in the stomach, sending him across the room in an intense gust. His sunglasses strike against the floor, luckily not breaking, but it was pretty scary. Cool Kid's body violently strikes the wall, then falls to the ground.

"W-what the-" Another gust of air smashed into his face, sending him flying again, but this time considerably not as far. When Cool Kid lands on the alcohol and water covered ground, he coughs up a little blood, making the floor look like baby's first bloody mary.

"Awwww, did that hurt? Here, have ANOTHER!" Another gust punch smashed into Cool Kid like a bulldozer at a place. He lands face first on the ground.

"I...I…" Cool Kid lifts his head up. "I don't...get it….I thought I…"

"You thought what huh? That you defeated me by pouring water on me? Please kid, did you seriously think I was made of fire this whole time?" Laughter erupts throughout the entire building. In every direction, the sound of mocking, irritating, cruel laughter gets louder and louder, until his ears begin to bleed. "Please bitch! I'm made of fucking air itself!" Even more laughter erupts throughout the building. "I only like to wrap paper around myself to give myself a human shape again. It's nice to feel like that once in a while…"

BAM another punch impacts the back of Cool Kid's head.

"But man oh MAN! This power is too good! There is nothing you could possibly do to me, you worthless little mortal! I am above all of humanity! I have ascended!" He violently punches Cool Kid even more, leaving him laying in a puddle of blood and booze. The water from the sprinklers falls down onto Cool Kid, the cold icy sting from each drop puts his body into a state of paralysis. He lays his head to the side and softly closes his eyes.

"...e….."

"...ey….."

"...hey…."

"Hey kid! Are ya listening!?" Cool Kid's eyes swung open, before him he saw a happy suburban neighborhood. Kids were riding their bikes and playing in the streets, luckily without any cars around. His eyes turn down to his body, he realises that he's a kid. For real this time. "You took a real tumble there kid! You gotta be careful when playing tag with the other kids!" Cool Kid's eyes look up, to see none other than the one he desires most: Cool Cat. "What's with those eyes? It's okay kid, I'm not mad, I just want you to be more careful in the future, okay?"

Cool Kid tried to answer him, his mouth opened, but nothing would come out. What's going on? This is obviously a dream but….Not like the others I've been having. This one is….so nice. I can finally see Cool Cat again…..finally.

"Now kid, when you get into really bad scrapes like this, the important thing to do is to take deep breaths, and just relax! Look, watch me!" He breathes very deeply for him several times. It looks as though he's sucking up all the air around him. "There! You think you get it now?" Without thinking at all, Cool Kid nodded happily and smiles. "Great! Now let's go inside and relax, Daddy Derek and Momma Cat made cookies! Yay!" He gets up to run inside, but Cool Kid remains there, sitting.

Daddy Derek.

He's…..he's dead.

No….No no no no no no no!

I don't want to leave yet!

Please!

I'm finally happy for once!

Please! Please! Please!

Noooooooooo!

Cool Kid's eyes shot open, back in reality. He looks around for a second, taking in his environment. After taking as second to catch his breath, he slowly stands up, and wipes the blood off of his mouth and face. He slowly walks forward, through the concoction of blood and booze around his ankles.

"Oh really? I could have sworn I put you out for good. Oh well, let's have another crack at it!" A gust of air strikes Cool Kid in the ribs. He coughs up more blood, but stands still, firmly. "What the hell? Fall down!" several more gusts of air strike Cool Kid in the same spot, he still doesn't move. "Grr….I'm taking you out now!" A gust of air travels to his side again.

"There you are." Before the air can strike him, Cool Kid turns to face the air punch. He takes a deep breath, deeper than any breath he had taken before, then sucks up all of the air in front of him.

"W-what are you doing!? Ahhhhh!" Mikey's entire gastly presence gets sucked inside Cool Kid's mouth. His lungs are inflated to inhuman levels, to the point that they're nearly bursting out of his chest.

"Ha. Haha. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Are you KIDDING!? This was your plan? You put me inside you, you FOOL! I can kill you even easier from inside here! I'll rip your lungs out from the inside! Your death will be painful and slow! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! DIE!"

As Mikey starts to tear through Cool Kid's lungs, Cool Kid laughs and shakes his head.

"Huh? What was with that laugh? You realize that you're going to die herer right? You realize your lungs are going to be OUTSIDE YOUR BODY, RIGHT!? What the fuck are you laughing about!?"

"This". Cool Kid places the open tip of a beer bottle to his lips, and blows violently inside of it. All of the air that was in his lungs shoots out at once into the virgin bottle. Once all of the air leaves his lips, Cool Kid places a cap on the bottle, so none of the air could escape.

"W-w-w-what!? How is this….impossible….HOW COULD YOU HAVE POSSIBLY…..No matter, this glas barrier is nothing. I will escape instantly!"

"Oh, I don't think so. That's the new company beer bottle. It's made of a new material: Glass Titanium." Cool Kid walks through the waters around his feet then reaches downwards and feels around, until he finds his sunglasses hiding on the floor. "Sorry Mikey. Looks like.." He wipes off the sludge and places the glasses on his head. "You're fucked up!"

"That wasn't even anything." Said Mikey with a sigh.