After being teleported to a forest near the city, the group got up looking shocked by what just happen. "So our entire lives were just shows?" Alloy Boy asked. "It looked that way, dumb dumb." Melira rudely replied. "Don't call me dumb!" Alloy Boy angrily yelled. "Make me!" Melira replied back. The two then argued, while Cyclops looked away distancing himself from the others, while Pibby looked at him in disbelief. The two arguing then noticed about the two being quiet wondering what is going on with them. "Who are you? Who are you really? Are you really my friend?" Pibby asked in disbelief. "I really am your friend, Pibby. That was the old me, but now I am reformed. Trust me." Cyclops replied. "Then why were you being a meanie to your friends?" Pibby asked almost to tears. Cyclops went silent for a while the replied "I guess it is time to reveal to you all on how I lost my eye." Pibby, Alloy Boy, and Melira were confused on what Cyclops meant. Cyclops took off his helmet revealing his face, showing that he have an eyepatch on his right eye. The trio were shocked on the eyepatch. "If there is one thing I have learned during my life. It is that, do not get involved with someone's else problems." Cyclops said. He then explained to the group about his childhood, his life, and his previous job as a janitor. He then explains about how he lost his eye. "During my childhood, I used to be a good boy, not knowing the harsh world. One day, I have noticed two boys fighting over something I don't know about. I ran towards them putting my hands on them, pushing them away hoping to resolve this peacefully. But that was not the case. One of them had a knife and tried to slice me. I managed to dodge it, but he managed to get my right eye. The two ran away from me crying with my cut eye. Ever since that day, I have learned about the truth of the world, and became cold to anyone near me. I have been that way, until my childhood friends died, which means that they are no longer with us." Cyclops explaining about his life, and why he wears an eyepatch.
The trio looked at Cyclops in sadness. Alloy Boy was sad that Cyclops used to be a good boy until an event happened in his that changed him. 'It's like a story of a villain' he thought. Melira can relate to Cyclops, due to her being alone during her childhood which led to her villainous ways. Pibby was quiet for a while, then ran towards Cyclops, jumped, and hugged him with all of her night. Cyclops was surprised and then hugged back with tears in his eyes. After hugging for a while, they broke it off, with Pibby saying sorry about her tone. "It's ok. I would be mad too, if I were in your shoes." Cyclops replied. "So what do we do know," Alloy Boy asked. "We are still going with our plan, and stop the glitch." Pibby replied. The three of them looked shocked. "But we can't fight that thing, nothing can destroy it." Cyclops said in shocked. "But what about the heroes you told me?" Alloy Boy said. Cyclops looked distraught and told him that not even the heroes can defeat the static. Alloy Boy is shocked on what he said, but then has to agree with him. He did saw his mentor being defeated so easily by the static. "We have to do this. After learning on what is happening to our worlds. There's no superheroes left. We're the only ones that can save the universe." Pibby said. The three looked at her in disbelief. "But I'm just a sidekick." Alloy Boy said taking off his mask revealing his face. "I am just a random jerk who hates everything." Cyclops said. "And I'm a villain." Melira said. "Look, kid. Do you really think we're going to save the universe with the power of love?" Melira said in a mocking tone. Alloy Boy and Cyclops looked at her with disgust, but Pibby gasped, smiled, and said "That's a great idea. We'll use the power of love." The three of them looked at Pibby at disbelief, with Cyclops saying "Um, Pibby? I think it is going to take a lot more that the power of love to take the static down." Pibby then said "It wouldn't hurt to try!" She then said "Alloy Boy. You have said you have always wanted to be a hero, this could be your chance!" "But I don't want to become one!" Alloy Boy yelled surprising the other three. "I thought, I have always wanted to be one, after what just happened, I am only doing this because of my mentor. I never really had a choice when I was a kid, and was forced to become a sidekick when I was young. I don't want to do this anymore, I don't want to be a hero!" Alloy Boy yelled in tears going down to his knees. The three didn't know what to do with Alloy Boy crying. Cyclops then walked up to him, got onto his knee and said "Benny, just from what you have said. It's seemed you have never had a choice. But now you have one. Would you rather let the static consumed everything you loved dearly to your hearts, or would you stand up, put on that mask, and fight with everything you have got. So what do you say?" Benny thought about it for a while. He knew he doesn't want to be a hero, but he can't just watch the static destroy everything. He then got up, wiped his tears, put on his masked, and said with a smile "I may not want to be the hero Alpha Man wanted, but from what you said, I'll will be a hero, but under my control. I'll be there I want to be, not what my mentor wants me to become."
Pibby and Cyclops looked at Benny with a smile, even Melira is impressed with him. "So, I was wondering. Do you want to help us with our cause?" Cyclops asked. Melira looked shocked at his question. "Why would I ever join you? Don't forget on what I said, I am a villain." Melira said. Cyclops then said "Judging from your reaction to my story, I guess you didn't have a good childhood like mine. So this could be a chance to redeem yourself. So what do you say?" Melira looked at the hand Cyclops put out. She never wanted to be evil, but it is a harsh world, so she didn't have much of a choice. She also didn't have a choice on whether join or not. On one side, if she doesn't join, there is a chance the static would get her, and she doesn't want to sleep in an alley. On the other hand, she can be redeemed for the terrible things she have done, but risked getting hurt during her travels or worse. After thinking for a while, she made her decision. "I'll join, but I really don't have that much of a choice." Melira said shaking Cyclops hand. Cyclops along with Pibby and Benny smiled, happy with Melira coming with them. "So now how do we travel now? If you guys have forgotten, that Rudy guy took our only way of traveling the dimensions." Benny asked. Melira gave out a smirk and said "Lucky during my time with Rudy, I have studied the layout of the mansion, so I can get us in there without triggering the security grid." Cyclops smiled, put on his helmet back on, and said "I am glad that we have you in our team."
The group walked through the city meeting some of the survivors, none too happy with Melira, with some of them throw debris at her. After shielding her and running from the angry survivors, they managed to make it to the mansion. Melira the guided the group through the lawn dodging the camera and robots guarding the mansion. After dodging the obstacles they manage to get into the mansion. While quietly walking through the mansion, Melira then saw a fur coat she thought she lost during her last visit. 'Ugh, I knew Rudy is a creep' Melira thought grabbing and putting on the coat. They managed to make it to a part of the lab. As they walked they saw a couple of infected held in glass containers. The group is surprised on why does Rudy have them here, and how did he manage to put them in their containers without getting infected? They then found the notes written by Rudy. It states that he managed to have some of his robots to grab some of the infected from the static and had them put in their containers. It also states that the infected doesn't directly infect anyone, but makes sure that their victims get infected by dragging them to the static. "So they are basically harmless, right?" Benny asked. "No, one of the notes said that if the static is not near the infected, they would get hostile, attack the victims, rip parts of their bodies and force feed it to them, infecting them." Cyclops replied reading from one of the notes. They then heard footsteps, followed by three voices heading towards the doors. The group then begin to hide, worried if there are robots with them. After they hid, Rudy, along with Jane and John came through the doors. "Are you sure that you will find a cure for them?" Jane asked. "Of course, my dear child. We just need to modify the remote without destroying it." Rudy replied. "You sure that this will help everyone." John asked. Rudy chuckled and replied "Of course, it will. We just need to be patient, and we can save everyone." Cyclops then came out and said "Than why do you plan on ditching them, after you rule the dimension."
The trio were surprised when Cyclops and his group came out of their hiding space. "What are you talking about? I would never do that to them." Rudy said lying, hoping that the dog twins bought it. "Then why is there a note explaining your plan to take over the dimensions." Benny said showing the dog twins and the cheetah, with said note. The dog twins then grabbed the note before the cheetah can looking at the note in disbelief. Melira then laughed and said "Ha, I knew that your sloppiness would be your downfall Rudy." The dog twins looked at Rudy with a sad face and tears from their face. "Is this really true? Aren't we friends?" Jane and John asked. "Of course not you brats, but it doesn't matter I have the remote." Rudy said. But then John grabbed the remote and ran away with Jane. The group and Rudy were shocked by the twins taking the remote, but Cyclops took this opportunity to knock out Rudy with a punch. "Quick after those twins!" Cyclops yelled, prompting the group to chase after them. The group searched around the mansion encountering Rudy's robot trying to stop them, only for Cyclops to ram through them destroying them. They managed to find them on the stairs in front the of entrance. The twins saw the group but didn't run away from them. "Hey there you two. Would you mind if we can have that remote back please?" Benny asked. "Why, so you four can take over the dimensions?" John asked. "Of course not, we are not like him. We are the true heroes. We would never do what Rudy is doing." Pibby replied. "Are you sure?" Jane asked. "Cross our hearts." Cyclops replied.The twins look at each other for a while, then John pointing at Melira and asked "What about her? We had never really had any good moments with her." Melira then looked away at the twins, with a annoyed look at her face. "She maybe mean, she joined our group to redeem herself. She may not be nice for a while, but she is making progress." Cyclops replied. The twins look at each other a while, thought about it, then they walked towards Melira, and handed the remote to her. She looked at them surprised on the twins handing her the remote "I know we don't get along, but if you are serious about redeeming yourself, we might as well give you a chance." John replied. Melira looked at the twins, then took the remote grumbling a thank you to them. The twins happily took the thank you as progress. The group then heard a scream, and saw Rudy rushing towards them. "Give me that remote! You are not going to destroy my plans!" Rudy yelled. Pibby then ran towards, put her hands in front of her, and said "Wait we do not need to fight each other. We can work together and-". She didn't finished her sentence, because Rudy clawed her left eye, leaving two scars on her. Cyclops then kicked Rudy away from Pibby. The group was shocked on what Rudy did to Pibby. Cyclops looked at Pibby, then looked at Rudy with a murderous look in his eyes. He then begins to see red and Rudy got up and tried to attack them again only to be punch again by Cyclops, knocking him out. He was about to beat Rudy into a bloody mess, but he needs to check on Pibby. Benny put his hand on Pibby back, with her covering her injured eye with her left hand. The twins look in horror on what Rudy did. Melira is shocked, because he did it expect Rudy to go that far to succeed in his plan. "Pibby, are you ok?!" Cyclops said with concern in his voice. But Pibby is more concerned about what is coming out of her. "What's that red water? I've never seen that before." Pibby asked. Everyone is confused by Pibby question, but then Benny, Cyclops, and Melira remembered that Pibby is from a children show, which doesn't involves blood, pain, or even death. "Well that red water is called blood." Cyclops said. "Blood, what is that?" Pibby asked. "Well, blood is something in our bodies that helps us live. But we can talk about that later, the important thing is that are you ok?" Cyclops asked in desperation. "I am ok, but the feeling from my eye is hurting a lot." Pibby replied. Cyclops then said "Quick, Benny tie Rudy up, so he can't escape from his punishment. Melira, guide us to the nearest first aid, so we can help Pibby." They both nodded at Cyclops request with Benny tying Rudy up with the rope he had on his utility belt, while Cyclops picked up Pibby and follow Melira guiding them, with the dog twins following them.
After running for a while, they manage to come back to the lab where there is a first aid kit. Melira the took off her coat, and begin to asked Pibby to remove her hand from her eye. After a few seconds of being scared, Pibby removed her hand revealing the cut to be a bit deep in her eye. Melira then begins to fix her eye as best as she could. After an half hour of waiting and pain, Melira managed to fixed Pibby's eye, and covered it with a clean rag she found. "Am I going to be alright?" Pibby asked. "That depends. Can you see from your left eye?" Melira asked cleaning her hand from the blood. Pibby tried her hardest to see from her left eye, but the damage was too severe. Pibby have lost her sight on here left eye. "N-no, I can't see from it." Pibby said almost to tears. Cyclops then hugged her and said "Shhhh, don't cry. I know how you feel. I should know." Pibby then calmed down soothed by Cyclops voice. After watching them hug, Melira then walked out to see Benny and Rudy. But then she was pulled aside by the twins, with John saying "You have helped her, even though you barely knew her. Why?" Melira replied "Well why not? The girl doesn't know what blood is, so someone have to help her, and I am the only one who knew medical training." The dog twins look at each other and then hugged Melira's legs, surprising her. "Maybe the man is right. Maybe you can changed for the better. For our entire life, we thought you only cared for no one but yourself, but when you helped that girl, we know that there might be good in your heart." Jane said. Melira didn't want to admit, but helping others seems to feel nice and right. Just then Pibby and Cyclops walked out of the lab with the tablet Rudy made. "Ok we got the remote, and Rudy's tablet. Now we just need to find our van." Cyclops said. They then walked back to the entrance with Benny watching Rudy trying to escape from his bind. Cyclops was about to ask him some questions, but Benny said "Don't bother. I have tried asking some questions to him, but he doesn't respond to the questions. He doesn't even react to anything I do. I think you might have punched him too hard." Cyclops examined Rudy to see the damage he did. His heart is still beating, but he not responding to anything. "He is not dead, he is just knocked out." Cyclops said. The group were relieved with Rudy being alive, but Pibby is confused about what does 'dead' mean. "You know, we can search the van later. Why not we rest for a while, and get something to eat? I know some of you haven't eaten any for a day or two." Cyclops said. His question was answered by Pibby's stomach growling. Pibby blushed by her stomach growling, with Cyclops smiling and laughing. Melira said "I'll be the one cooking, because I am the only one with cooking experience. But I could use some help, if that is ok with you guys." Jane and John smiled at her request and agreed to help her. Alloy Boy also agreed to help her, and the group left for the kitchen, leaving Cyclops, Pibby, and Rudy.
"So what do we do know?" Pibby asked. "Well first we put this cheetah somewhere where he won't hurt anyone. After that I think it is time I should teach you about what just happened with you. It maybe scary, but it is for the best, because you need to learn the harsh truth of the world like I did." Cyclops replied. Pibby was a bit nervous about Cyclops offer, but then nodded. The duo put Rudy in a closet locking him in, and then they went to the living room. As they sat on the couch, Cyclops begins to tell Pibby about blood, life, and death. He told her about everything bad he knows from drugs, to people being tested by insane people. He also told her about mental states like depression, ptsd, and bi-polar. Pibby, of course, was scared of what is coming from Cyclops, but after her injury, she needs to learn about the harsh world if she wants to survive. After Cyclops finish his lecture, he looked with Pibby with remorse in his eyes. He knows that this may traumatized her for life, but she needs to learn if she wants to survive. "I know this maybe hard for you to learn about what I said, but it is necessary, because I don't want to see you hurt again." Cyclops said. Pibby sat in silent for a while, then she hugged Cyclops. "Are you sure that we will save BunBun and everyone else?" Pibby asked. "I promise you with my last breath. We will help everyone. I am in this until the end." Cyclops replied. Pibby then weakly smiled, glad to hear that from him. Cyclops then hugged Pibby back, enjoying the feeling. Then Melira voice came out saying "Hey you two, where ever you are. It's time to eat." The duo looked up at the intercom, then at each other other, then laughed for a while. They then begin to walk to the dining room. "Thank you, Cyclops, for everything you have done for us. You have done so much for us. When I first met you, I thought you look like a bully. But during our trips, I get to know you more and more. You may not have been a great friend to your old ones, but you have starting to mature being nice to us. Not only that, if it weren't for you, some of us wouldn't be here right now. So again thank you for everything." Pibby said while walking. Cyclops feel appreciated, something he never felt during his life. "You're welcome Pibby. And thank you for appreciating me. I never felt really appreciated during my life, so that meaner a lot." Cyclops said with a smile. Pibby then smiled back.
When they managed to get into the dining room, they saw that the group made chow mein with fried rice. "I thought we do something special, and made this. Fyi, we heard everything you two said from the security room while we were waiting for you two." Melira said. Pibby blushed, while Cyclops shrugged knowing that something like this may happened. Everyone then took their seat and began to eat. Pibby was amazed on how the food tasted so good. But it could be because she never had anything different. While eating, Cyclops then told Pibby about what is spicy, and what is sour. Pibby learned that the hard way, but unknowingly by putting hot sauce on her fried rice and eating it. The group laughed at Pibby mistake, then Cyclops handed her some milk, which she drank quickly. "Thank you Cyclops. That's much better." Pibby said. "You're welcome. By the way, the Cyclops name is actually a nickname, my actually name is Cade von Volger." Cade said. Pibby smiled at Cade revealing his true name, knowing that he becoming more mature that his old self. After they ate, they put away their dishes, and walked out of the dining room, with Melira having a plate. "You guys go find somewhere to sleep, I better feed Rudy so that he won't starved to death." The group nodded to it, with Cade offering to show her where he put Rudy. Melira and Cade went to the closet with Rudy in it, while the others went to find somewhere to sleep. They managed to find Rudy finally awake. "What are you two doing here? I demand you to release me!" Rudy yelled. "Relax crazy, we are here to feed you, but only if you answer 2 of our questions." Cade said. Rudy scoffed, but then agreed to Cade's demand. "Why did you scratched Pibby?" That was the first question. "I was actually trying to scratch the twins, but that idiot got in the way." Rudy replied only to get slapped by Cade. "The second question is where is our van?" Cade asked. "If you don't let me go than I won't tell you." Rudy replied. "Well in that case, have fun starving." Melira said. Rudy then stopped Melira from walking away and told them that the van is in the basement. After his answer, Melira put the plate in front of his face, and Rudy began to eat messily. After finishing his meal, Rudy asked "When am I getting out of here?" The two thought about it for a while, then both said "Never." Rudy is shocked but was about to yell and curse at them, but he was gagged up, and the door was closed. The two then walked to the living room showing that the kids are asleep with their own blanket and pillow near the fireplace. The two smiled at each other, find their own pillow and blanket and slept with the rest of the group. But while they are sleeping, the closet door opened to see that Rudy managed to escape his bound. "If I am going down with my plans, then I'll take you all with me." Rudy quietly said grinning.
That is the end of Chapter 4.
In the next chapter Rudy locked down the mansion, and released the infected in hopes of taking the group down. Will put heroes escape the infested and the mad scientist? Find out on chapter 5, Drivers Insanity.
