Shark felt a vibrating motion and the rush of wind through the rips in his yellow suit where he was cut and burned. He opened his eyes and saw the road flying by under him. He was holding on something in front of him and he loosened his grip.
"Stay strong Shark," Lioness said through her helmet communicator to him. She pulled his arms back around her waist.
He found that he was riding with Lioness on her MTX 9000 and he adjusted his diver like helmet and tightened his grip. Something was wrong he figured, something was horribly wrong if he hadn't got his strength back by now and especially if he could barely keep consciousness. He felt even dizzier than before and with Paines dangerous new glove he had trouble holding onto Lioness' slim stomach.
But there was another thing that was wrong, they were riding to fast to just be going home plus the group was spread out from each other. He suddenly felt his body jerk to the side as the bike swerved to the side and an explosion replaced their previous position. The surge of energy hit the two and they almost fell off of the bike. A bridge came close and they burned rubber crossing the immense river below them. More and more explosions followed jarring his head making him wince.
He looked ahead and saw Axle and King avoiding the same explosions. He glanced to a nearby car and saw Spida riding it to attack the others and he knew they were running from Paine. Cars exploded left and right while suspension wires snapped and crashed flying around like giant metal whips strong enough to easily cut a person in two. One wire came close and they swerved to the side right into a bomb throwing Shark and Lioness from the MTX.
Lioness rolled into the side of the car but Shark soared through the air and started to skid across the broken pavement, getting cuts and gashes from the broken rubble on the road. He suddenly felt the road disappear and on instinct he reached out in front of him grabbing the metal striping from the side off the bridge. His legs dangled below over the waters and the wind tried to push him off. The bridge itself was cracked and the thin strips of metal he was holding, his lifeline, was starting to bend under his weight getting ready to drop him into the river.
He felt extreme pain as his muscles burned and his head swayed back and forth, he could only hear his pounding breaths while more explosions were seen from over head. It was taking all of his strength to keep from falling into the artic waters. And his worst fear came true the metal in his left hand snapped sending shards of metal tumbling to the ground at least seven stories high above water. All his weight transferred to his right arm and he yelped. His body grew heavy as gravity worked against him. Sharks mind tried to stay conscious as it faded in and out but there was so much light and sound that he started to sweat. The darkness started to creep around his eyes as his support for his left arm was completely gone letting him dangerously dangle over the edge. He wanted to be saved, he didn't want to die now, not now, he still had something worth living for! He shut his eyes from the light of a near explosion and two of his fingers lost there grip.
Its so hard he quietly whispered to himself, even his thoughts were weak. So…hard.
The metal under his right arm bent almost vertical and blood dripped off his hand and he heard the pat of it onto his helmet. The metal creaked as he knew there was nothing left to support him.
I…Lioness….. he could only think of one thing, and that was keeping him from passing out. But even his dreams couldn't save him from the pain in his mind and body.
And just like that the metal sharply bent and snapped releasing Shark to the waters below. He tried to yell then stopped when two green hands grabbed onto his right wrist. He mustered enough strength to fling his left arm to grab the hands of Lioness. He could see through her tinted helmet to the sharp eyes that brimmed with tears.
"I'm here Shark, hold on," she called.
He could barely hear her through the explosions and the pounding of his own heart. He felt so tired, so weak.
"I-," he managed to say softly as he saw the tears fall from her emerald eyes onto the front of her helmet. She was bending over as far as she could to hang onto him.
"I-can't….hold on," he whispered.
"Hang on Shark! Hang on!" she screamed to him desperately trying to pull the blond back to the safe ground next to her.
And like hands through smoke, Sharks' hands fell out of hers and he fell through time itself towards the fatal waters below. He looked towards Lioness and saw her scream his name as he managed to gaze at her one last time with his horribly frightened eyes, he would finally be able to rest…..he splashed into the waters creating waves to crash upon the banks and was lost from sight in the depths of the river.
"SSHHHAARRKKK!" Lioness screamed as she reached down towards the slowly falling figure. Her voice choked and her heart jumped into her throat choking her as she felt the warm tears stream down her face. Shark was gone.
She felt something jerk her back but she pushed forward ready to jump into the depths to save Shark. She could still clearly see his frightened blue eyes lovingly gaze at her. She ravenously kicked and ripped at the arm pulling her back, if she jumped in now she could save him! She was gently tossed into the ground and she looked behind her and saw the piece of bridge she was just on crumble and fall into the river. She noticed Axle standing above her helping her to her feet. She turned towards him and freely cried sputtering her broken words that were filled with broken tears.
"Shark's gone," she said as she looked deep into Axles face. Axle widened his eyes and felt a pain in his heart.
But Paine suddenly appeared above them flying with his jetpack and he tossed a bomb directly towards the two. Axle grabbed Lioness and he jumped out of the way landing on the ground. Hawk fell in front of them with his jet pack smoking and King rushed over to help.
"Axle we have to use that new device Lee gave us!" Hawk yelled as Axle took out a diamond like piece of metal.
"But it's never been tested!" King said holding back Axles hand.
"Now's a good time to try!" Axle yelled as he tossed the diamond at the feet of the approaching Flesh, Spida, and Paine. It lit up and sent a large spotlight in the air. Paine reeled back from the light and every one covered their eyes. White light enveloped them and everything went dark.
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