Chapter 10
Jenny jumps from her seat, knocking the table and Brad over. Everyone in the hangout look at her awkwardly. Jenny's homing beacon is still going off.
JENNY: Why is it that these things happen when I'm never around?!
Jenny rockets out leaving a gaping hole in the ceiling. Brad rises from the rubble that fell on him.
BRAD: She could've at least waited for me!
Jenny speeds our Tremorton. As soon as she reaches viewing distance of her home she stops in mid air. She filled with a trembling terror by what she sees. She does not want to believe it, but she can't be blind to the truth.
The home lies in ruins, completely collapsed and enshrouded by dust. Jenny lands still in shock.
JENNY: (Despair)No...mom, please be all right...
In the midst of the concrete, a little movement is seen. Jenny sees it and pulls off the fallen walls. It's Tuck. His arm is twisted and probably broken; his right eye is swollen shut. Jenny picks him.
JENNY: Tuck! Tuck! Can you hear me?
Tuck is shivering violently. He starts hyperventilating.
JENNY: Do you know where mom is?! Where's Zero?!
Tuck starts screaming and doesn't stop. Fire trucks and an ambulance pull up. Jenny hands Tuck over to the paramedics who try to calm him down. She then turns to the firefighters.
JENNY: My mom is still under there! Help me find her!
FIREFIGHTER: We'll get right on it. Men! Move out.
Everyone starts digging. Jenny's hands transform into shovels then she starts scooping. Brad and some other teens come running to the site and help out as well. Brit, Tiff, and even Don Prima are among them digging.
Hours pass. Everyone is tired and sore. Jenny tears through the ruins. Elsewhere, confirmation of a survivor is made.
FIREFIGHTER: We've found her!!!
A smile of relief shines on Jenny's face. She darts to her mother's side. Ms. Wakeman breathes shallowly. Blood trickles slowly down her head. She tries to speak.
JENNY: Don't try to talk. Save your energy...
MS WAKEMAN: Z...Zer...
JENNY: Zero...?
MS WAKEMAN: (Struggling) Be... beware... of... Zero. He... uuuuhhh....
Ms. Wakeman blacks out again. The paramedics examine her.
PARAMEDIC: She's gone comatose. We need to take her to the hospital.
JENNY: (Voice shaking) Will she be OK?
PARAMEDIC: I don't know.
Ms. Wakeman is taken into the ambulance. As they drive away, Jenny drops to her knees. She bursts out in tears, the pain in her is unlike anything she's ever felt before. Brad holds her.
BRAD: I'm sorry Jenny.
Jenny's sadness turns into rage.
JENNY: (Enraged) I'm gonna find Zero and make him suffer for what he's done.
BRAD: (Cautiously) It's too dangerous Jenny. You said yourself that we don't know anything about him. If he did this, then you may be facing something far more powerful than yourself.
JENNY: (Determined to fight) Let me worry about that. You need to be with your brother now.
BRAD: Your right.
Brad starts to walk away, then he turns around.
BRAD: Be careful Jenny.
Brad leaves. Everyone else watches as Jenny flies high into the red sky, miles above Tremorton. Far range scopes go over her eyes. Her target is nowhere to be seen. She searches all around from the open streets to the isolated shadows of the sewers. Zero is nowhere to be found.
Jenny lands on the pavement in an alley, sobbing.
JENNY: (Crying) How could he do this? He seemed so gentle.
Her thoughts are disturbed by another massive explosion. She dries her tears and returns to the sky to investigate. This time it was close. A building in the city is going down. Jenny rushes to the scene and whom she finds is no surprise to her.
Zero stands before her with a blank emotionless expression. Purple electricity flows around him.
JENNY: (Angery) Why Zero?! Why?!
Zero's expression changes to a sinister smile. He laughs without control.
JENNY: I don't know why you were created or who did this to you, but this one thing is certain. You must be stopped Zero!
End Chapter 10
Jenny jumps from her seat, knocking the table and Brad over. Everyone in the hangout look at her awkwardly. Jenny's homing beacon is still going off.
JENNY: Why is it that these things happen when I'm never around?!
Jenny rockets out leaving a gaping hole in the ceiling. Brad rises from the rubble that fell on him.
BRAD: She could've at least waited for me!
Jenny speeds our Tremorton. As soon as she reaches viewing distance of her home she stops in mid air. She filled with a trembling terror by what she sees. She does not want to believe it, but she can't be blind to the truth.
The home lies in ruins, completely collapsed and enshrouded by dust. Jenny lands still in shock.
JENNY: (Despair)No...mom, please be all right...
In the midst of the concrete, a little movement is seen. Jenny sees it and pulls off the fallen walls. It's Tuck. His arm is twisted and probably broken; his right eye is swollen shut. Jenny picks him.
JENNY: Tuck! Tuck! Can you hear me?
Tuck is shivering violently. He starts hyperventilating.
JENNY: Do you know where mom is?! Where's Zero?!
Tuck starts screaming and doesn't stop. Fire trucks and an ambulance pull up. Jenny hands Tuck over to the paramedics who try to calm him down. She then turns to the firefighters.
JENNY: My mom is still under there! Help me find her!
FIREFIGHTER: We'll get right on it. Men! Move out.
Everyone starts digging. Jenny's hands transform into shovels then she starts scooping. Brad and some other teens come running to the site and help out as well. Brit, Tiff, and even Don Prima are among them digging.
Hours pass. Everyone is tired and sore. Jenny tears through the ruins. Elsewhere, confirmation of a survivor is made.
FIREFIGHTER: We've found her!!!
A smile of relief shines on Jenny's face. She darts to her mother's side. Ms. Wakeman breathes shallowly. Blood trickles slowly down her head. She tries to speak.
JENNY: Don't try to talk. Save your energy...
MS WAKEMAN: Z...Zer...
JENNY: Zero...?
MS WAKEMAN: (Struggling) Be... beware... of... Zero. He... uuuuhhh....
Ms. Wakeman blacks out again. The paramedics examine her.
PARAMEDIC: She's gone comatose. We need to take her to the hospital.
JENNY: (Voice shaking) Will she be OK?
PARAMEDIC: I don't know.
Ms. Wakeman is taken into the ambulance. As they drive away, Jenny drops to her knees. She bursts out in tears, the pain in her is unlike anything she's ever felt before. Brad holds her.
BRAD: I'm sorry Jenny.
Jenny's sadness turns into rage.
JENNY: (Enraged) I'm gonna find Zero and make him suffer for what he's done.
BRAD: (Cautiously) It's too dangerous Jenny. You said yourself that we don't know anything about him. If he did this, then you may be facing something far more powerful than yourself.
JENNY: (Determined to fight) Let me worry about that. You need to be with your brother now.
BRAD: Your right.
Brad starts to walk away, then he turns around.
BRAD: Be careful Jenny.
Brad leaves. Everyone else watches as Jenny flies high into the red sky, miles above Tremorton. Far range scopes go over her eyes. Her target is nowhere to be seen. She searches all around from the open streets to the isolated shadows of the sewers. Zero is nowhere to be found.
Jenny lands on the pavement in an alley, sobbing.
JENNY: (Crying) How could he do this? He seemed so gentle.
Her thoughts are disturbed by another massive explosion. She dries her tears and returns to the sky to investigate. This time it was close. A building in the city is going down. Jenny rushes to the scene and whom she finds is no surprise to her.
Zero stands before her with a blank emotionless expression. Purple electricity flows around him.
JENNY: (Angery) Why Zero?! Why?!
Zero's expression changes to a sinister smile. He laughs without control.
JENNY: I don't know why you were created or who did this to you, but this one thing is certain. You must be stopped Zero!
End Chapter 10