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Prologue: Left Behind

Setting: Outside Metal City Museum, Midnight

It was night like any other ordinary night in Metal City. A full moon in the midnight sky seemed to give the entire city a special glow. There was also a silence which filled the city. It seemed like the entire city had gone to rest. Well everyone except for a few figures by the Metal City Historical Museum. They were sitting on the roof, looking like they were up to no good.

"All right, guys, you ready?" said a voice from on top of a glass roof in a dome shape over looking the main room of the Metal City Museum. It was green hawk named Jet. He was accompanied by a purple swallow and a grey albatross.

"Always ready, boss," said Storm the Albatross.

"Ok," replied Jet, "Listen up, there's a silver diamond in that museum that once belonged to my father. It's Babylon treasure and it belongs to us, not this dumb place."

"But, Jet," asked the purple swallow, named Wave, "That place is swarming with security guards, cameras and hi-tech security systems. How do we get past them?"

"We don't," replied Jet, "We crash in through here, get on our Extreme Gear, grab the diamond and get our asses out of there. If we do it fast enough, we'll leave the security guards and hi-tech crap all in the dust." Wave crossed her arms and scoffed at Jet's response, "He never has a logical plan. It's always 'crash in and get the hell out'. One of these days, we'll get busted and get our asses hauled into jail."

"Okay guys, you ready?" asked Jet. Storm and Wave gave nods of approval.

"Let's Go!" shouted Jet and the three crashed through the window. They quickly got on their boards as they fell onto the ground and began to hover above the marble floor of the museum. He spotted the silver diamond locked in a glass box on a black, marble mantle for display. The mantle was surrounded by red, velvet ropes. Jet quickly approached the glass box on the mantle. As he began to open the door on the side of the box, an alarm began to ring throughout the room along with bright flashing lights. Jet quickly smashed the box with his fist and grabbed the diamond locked inside of it.

"I got the diamond, let's ride!" exclaimed the hawk. The Babylon Rogues got on their boards and they began to ride out of the main room through the hall ways. Jet lead the way with Wave and Storm closely following behind. There was not a security guard in sight and it seemed like another successful robbery for the Babylon Rogues. They broke through the main entrance doors of the museum and began to ride in the streets of Metal City. However, after a couple of minutes, the sounds of sirens could be heard in the distance. Jet looked behind and when he saw flashing red and blue lights, he knew who was following him.

"Damn! It's the cops!" he said in frustration. A bright line then shone upon the three and they looked up to see who was there.

"Get Off Of Your Boards and Surrender Thieves!" said a voice from the shining light. It was a white helicopter which had the initials "M.C.P.D." written in black on the side.

"No chance in hell!" shouted Storm at the cops behind him. The high speed chase continued for nearly twenty more minutes throughout the streets of Metal City. The chase went through alleyways, on the highway, on traintracks and even through a local shopping mall. It seemed that the thieves would escape from the police, but then the cops began to pull out their guns and shoot at Jet, Wave and Storm, aiming at their boards so they would fall off. As they approached a bridge that takes those who cross it out of Metal City, two shots finally hit their target, nailing the boards of Wave and Storm. Jet heard the sound of the bullet clanking against the boards and he turned around to see Wave and Storm falling off of their boards.

"Crap!" he said to himself, "Hold on guys! I'm coming!" Jet turned around and tried to grab both of them, but they both fell over the ledge of the bridge and began to plummet into the sewers. However, Jet raced after them on his board and was able to grab one of their legs with each hand before they plunged into the cold waters. Jet struggled to maintain his board control while holding his friends up by their leg. When they reach the bridge again, he pulled Wave up by her leg onto her feet. She grabbed her board and followed Jet. He was about to do the same for Storm, until another shot was fired at them and a bullet shot through Jet's shoulder. Jet screamed and grasped his shoulder in pain, so much that he had forgotten that he had dropped Storm onto the street. However, he did realize this when he and Wave were safely across the bridge. As he turned his head, he saw five police cars surrounded Storm, who was struggling to his feet. He hopped off his board and Wave did the same.

"Storm!" Jet shouted in despair. He began to turn around in order to help him, but Wave stopped him, by grabbing him by the arm.

"You can't go back, Jet!" shouted Wave.

"Why not? I need to save Storm!"

"You can't. If you go back they'll arrest you too."

"But..."

"There's nothing you can do, Jet. They've got him, and we should get going before they come for us too," said Wave as she put her hand on his shoulder. Jet wanted to go back for Storm badly, but in his heart he knew Wave was right. There was nothing he could do. He was fighting back tears as he saw the cops arrest Storm. This had just happened and the green hawk was already guilt ridden. He could see a certain sadness in Storms eyes, as he looked ahead.

"I'm sorry, pal," he thought to himself as he and Wave got back on their boards and made a clean getaway, leaving Storm behind.

This day has haunted Jet for over two years...

So dawns this new adventure. Guess Storm is going to jail for quite some time. Better not drop the soap. I know this is only the Prologue, but tell what you think so far. The only way I can make this better is with your input. Well, time for me to jet. So, until next time, c-ya.

-Jersey Devil