Luna was following the kid to put a stop to his parents' abusive ways on him, and save Dave, the kid's dog. "By the way, I didn't get your name." Luna panted as she was running. The kid still had tears in his eyes after experiencing some traumatic events before he went straight to her for help. He needed Luna more than anything.
"Elroy." said the boy, wiping his nose with the sleeves of his jacket, mildly covered in mucus after that. "Sorry if I'm crying so much. I... I just want my parents to stop hurting me."
Her heartstrings were still tugging with sympathy and she sti felt so sorry for this poor boy. "Well, Luna's here to help you. Is there anywhere else you can go? Any family, reletives, friends, neighbors?"
"Well, my uncle Jeff and aunt Tammy live here and their house is not so far from here."
"Cool. But first, I need to deal with your rents."
"Elroy!" called two angry voices. One was male and the other was female, and it made Elroy's heart sank down to his feet.
"It's them!" The boy gasped. One man with a buzz cut hairpiece on his head, and a blonde woman came up to them with baseball bats.
"There you are you little runt!" said the father.
"How dare you run away from us?!" added the mother.
Poor Elroy didn't reply or say anything to them and hid behind Luna. One thing the rkckwe girl noticed was that: the dad's face was bruised and clawed by a dog. It had to be Dave that clawed him, for it was red on the right and a few streaks of blood were dripping from the wounds.
The mother had her neck bitten claw marks on there as well, and her hands looked a little bloodyx possibly do to the dog biting her to protect this child. "You- you were hitting me with sticks over wine over again!" Elroy replied at last. "I didn't want you to hit me with baseball bats!"
"No excuses!" the father said. "You will get a beating from us out of joy. Whether you like it or not."
"You ruined our lives and now, we are going to return the favor!" the mother added.
Luna grew angry and she shouted: "Hey! What's the big idea?!"
"Shut up!" the dad barked at her. "This is none of your beeswax! Now beat it, girly, or your next."
"And we'll give you to the count of three before we best you like a pinata!" the mother insanely said.
What kind of parents were these? How can they even be parents at all? If they like to beat their own kids and pets, they absolutely do not deserve to have children at all. "Whoa there! What's the matter with you people!? What is your problem?"
"Our problem is our son. We can never have time for ourselves anymore!" said the mom.
"He is a mistake that should never have been born!" the father added.
"Mom, dad, please! I love you!"
"Oh stop that!" the dad barked at him coldly. "We don't want to hear that anymore!"
"Hey! Easy dudes. I don't want to fight you."
"Then get out of our way." the mom said sternly.
"Or you're next on the list. We'll be free to do whatever we want once we get rid of him, and make him pay after all he's done to us."
"Then, you leave no choice." Luna narrowed her eyes at them, ready for another fight. "Elroy, go find someplace safe and look for Dave in your house. I'll deal with them."
"O-okay." said the boy before running off to find his dog.
Luna conjured an ice swore from her hands and the two parents charged at her in anger. She had no idea why these parents are abusing their own child like this. It was like they are both possessed by the most malicious and evil demons in existence.
The dad swung his bat at Luna, but the girl was faster and punched him in the face.
While he was incapacitated from the blow to his cheek, the mother tried to sneak up behind Luna and bash her in the head with her own baseball bat, but Luna caught a glance at her and jumped to the right so she wouldn't get conked by that baseball bat that this psycho woman was holding in her hands.
These two adults meant business and if they weren't trying to hurt Luna or Elroy with the bats so hard, they wouldn't be swinging them so fast. Alas, they were swinging the bats in fast swings like flyswatters.
Luna used her ice sword to block more attacks from these so-called parents beings from their own weapons and more clashes of ice and steal were heard.
"Snap out of it, dudes!" Luna shouted, punching the father in the stomach so hard that it makes him drop the bat and groan in pain as if he was kicked in the crotch. If he was kicked in that area he would have been immediately incapacitated. "This is your own kid you're trying to hurt! Can't you see what you're doing?"
The mother charged at her again, and Luna used her right hand to blast at it with an ice beam and the mother looked surprised. It appeared that her hand was caught in the block of ice, and she tried swinging her iced bat again.
After it was frozen this time, the iced bat broken like fragile glass from a fire extinguisher case. Her hand didn't break off, for it was only like a hand being put in a bag or a round container to eat some canned chips. She was relentless so Elroy's abusive mom tried punching and slapping her with her fists this time, but Luna dodged every blow that she was trying to inflict.
Luna was given no choice, but she ducked a punch from her and swept her right leg, hitting under the knee, almost breaking it, and then she whacked the deranged woman with an ice club (with no spikes), and the woman fell unconscious to the snowy cement.
"Elaine!" The dad called out. He looked at Luna and fire had lit up in his eyes. "No one does that to my wife!"
He yelled and charged at Luna with zeal. The new superhero was dodging and jumping out of the way from any strikes this abusive fighter was trying to swing at her. "You are terrible parents!" Luna exclaimed
"We never even wanted to be parents, kid!"
"Just stop this! We don't have to fight!"
"You're the one who asked for it!"
Luna kicked the father's left hand and the baseball bat was knocked out of it. "It's over."
"Look, I don't want to hurt you. Just get out of here while we beat our stupid kid senseless."
"You don't get it, do you?" Luna raised an eyebrow. "I'm the sheriff around these parts."
"Fine, little sheriff. You asked for it." the father tried punching her in the face again, but Luna caught his right wrist, and gave his hand frostbite, and it was quite painful.
"Ahh! You stupid girl!" he said in anger.
Luna saw that this man was relentless, and given no choice, she raised her left arm and froze him with an ice beam on the spot, stopping him from doing any more harm. His ugly face looked angry, even if he was frozen, and for good measure, Luna froze the mother too in case she was not unconscious anymore. "Luna!" said Elroy, who came back with an injured Flat-coated retriever with long fur as black as night. These dogs were like golden retrievers, but they were black instead of gold or yellow.
"Elroy! You okay, dude?"
"Yeah, but Dave's hurt." the boy replied, looking at his dog sadly. "My daddy broke his leg when he bit his hand."
The poor retriever whined in mild pain, and his left front leg was being held up. Luna had a sad look on her face and squatted down. "Poor little thing." she said, gently petting Dave on the head. the flat-coated retriever looked happy and flattered to have Luna's hand gently touching his head. Retrievers were one of the friendliest breeds of dog after all, so it was no surprise that he had warmed up to her in an instant. "Come on, let's get you to the vet. Elroy, come with me."
"Okay. Wait, what about my parents? You didn't kill them, did you?"
"No. They ain't dead. I promise, mate. Matter of fact, i'm calling the police." she pulled out her phone and got a hold of the commissioner. "Duncan, it's me. I took care of a pair of abusive 'rents on a poor kid. Can you take them away?"
"You got it, Luna."
The rocker girl looked at poor Elroy, who looked a little cold in his winter garments. "Elroy, what's wrong?"
"Just a little cold. But, right now, we need to take Dave to the veterinarian."
Luna nodded her head. "Right. I'll carry the dog on my shoulders. Hold on tight to me, okay dude?"
"Okay." he gently hugged her from behind and Luna was trying to hard to hold the dog on her shoulders. "Careful not to drop him, okay?"
Poor Luna was struggling with trying to carry the pooch on her shoulders and trying not to hurt him. "Ah! No problem, kid." she grunted. Creating another ice slide, Luna flew to the nearest vet to care for the injured retriever, and it took about thirty minutes for the next available doctor to come. After about an hour of bandaging, the dog was as good as new and he just needs to stay off the leg.
While waiting, Elroy looked so worried about his pooch. "Don't worry, kid. He'll be fine. So, is there any family that can watch you?"
"My Uncle Elmer and Aunt Pearl. They live down the street."
"Good. What happened back there? Your parents I mean."
"Well... I don't want to talk about it." Elroy sighed. "Too many bad memories."
"Oh. I see. Say, you want to come to my house? I'll give you some jot cocoa to drink, and give you a blanket."
"Really? Well... okay. Can Dave come too?"
Young Luna giggled before replying: "duh! Of course he can come. I have many pets at home."
Elroy smiled. About ten more minutes passed and the vet came back out with Dave looking happy as ever, and his tongue was out. "Here we are." said the doctor. "Now Luna, normally, something like this costs fifty dollars, but, since you are a superhero, I can... make an exception, just this once." he smirked.
"You mean you'll do it for free?" Luna asked him.
"This one time, yes. Now, just make sure he is off that lake and gets plenty if rest. Although, I was wondering about the blood in his teeth before we cleaned them."
"It's... a long story." Luna admitted. "But, he's a good dog."
Elroy stepped up and he added: "he loves me and he is a very good dog. Right boy?"
The flat-coated retriever made a happy howl in the ceiling and his tail began wagging, and picked him and Luna's face to show gratitude and affection. "Good. Keep on fighting villains, Luna. Keep us all safe."
"Totally. Whenever a cry for help happens, I will always answer the call." Luna boldly said. "Come on you two. Let's go to my house."
"OK, Luna." After she gave them another ride, they made it back to Luna's house and the kid was happy to set foot inside. "Can I still have some cocoa?" The boy asked.
"No problem, Elroy. I'll get ya a blanket. Make yourselves comfy."
The boy and his dog say on the couch together and the parents noticed them both. "Oh, hello." said Rita. "What's your name, sweetie?"
Luna came back in the living room and she answered: "mom, dad, this is Elroy and Dave. They've... Been through a tough ride."
"What do you mean?"
"Elroy?" the twins recognized the boy. "What are you doing here?"
"Oh, hi Lola, hi Lana." said the kid. Dave just had his tongue still out and panted with is tail still wagging.
"You dudettes know him?" Luna asked.
"Yep. He's in our class." said Lola. "Not that we're not happy to see you, but, what are you doing here?"
Elroy sighed and he said: "I'm getting away from my parents."
"What do you mean?" asked Lana.
"They were trying to best me with baseball bats."
Both the parents gasped in horror. "What? That can't be right."
The other siblings went in the room and noticed the kid shd his dog. "Oh, hey Elroy." Lincoln said.
"Hey Lincoln."
"Do you all know him?" Asked Luna.
"He's... famous around school. I tried being his friend and tried to go out with him for a movie, but he just kept to himself."
Elroy had a small face of guilt. "Sorry, Lincoln. I was just too scared to say yes."
"So, why would your parents even want to hurt you?" asked Lynn Sr.
Elroy had a few tears running down his face before replying: "y-yes. They hate me. They used to love me when I was a baby, but now... ever since I turned four years old, they hate me and always push me away and never wanted to be with me."
Every one in the family felt very sorry for the kid just as much as Luna was.
"They would treat me like poo and they never said they loved me. It's like... they want me dead."
"Poor dear." Rita said. "We're sorry you had to suffer all of that."
"But, why didn't you call someone for help?" asked Lynn.
"Well, I was too scared. I was worried my parents would have kicked me out and..."
"We understand." said Lincoln. "But don't worry they won't hurt you anymore. Are there other family members that can watch you?"
"Uh-huh. My aunt and uncle. They'll watch me and my dog."
"Well, have some cocka and let us know when you want to be dropped off at their house." Luna remarked. "And don't be afraid to come to us if ya need something. Okay?"
"Okay." the bot was wrapped in a warm blanket and had some cocoa. Dave was having a nice, relaxing time in trying to keep his friend warm, and giving him love and care after all the trauma that the child has been through."
