Cade was the first one to wake up, he looked around to see the rest of the group sleeping peacefully. After making sure that the group are ok, he then went to check on Rudy, to see if he can get the location of the van, by beating him up. He then reached the closet, but saw that it is open with a cut up rope and a chair on the floor. After seeing that, he ran to the group alerting them. "Guys, wake up! We need to find either Rudy or the van now! Rudy managed to escape!" The group woke up alerted by what Cade said. They then heard a maniacal laughter from the intercom, which is then followed by Rudy's voice. "You idiots really think that you can escape this place. I will capture you, but as infected, then I'll get my robots to capture you, and I'll torture each of you slowly and painfully! Starting with the blue girl!" The group was scared by Rudy's threat, but the most scared one in the group was Pibby. Cade then comforts Pibby with a hug. "Don't worry, I'll make sure that man doesn't touch you." They broke the hug and ran out of the living room to the lab to see if there is anything to arm themselves. There were robots in the way, but Cade rammed into them destroying them. They made it to the lab, but saw that a large group of robots are chasing them. Cade and Benny then barricade the door, and the group went deeper into the lab. They then saw that there were more infected kept in captivity. The group knew that Rudy kept some infected from the static attack, but didn't expected Rudy to have so many infected. They then saw Rudy on top of some control tower. "Ha, I managed to lure you into my trap. But because I am a generous man, I'll only let out some of the infected."
With that he pushed some buttons, which released some infected. The group tried to go back, but the doors were locked. Cade then deduced that the control tower must have locked the doors. "Guys, I'll hold off the infected, I just need to make sure that their parts don't get into my mouth. All of you need to get to that tower and try to unlock the house from there." The group nodded their heads, and ran towards the tower. Cade then ran towards the infected and ram them. He ram them like he did to the others during his travel with old friends. He broke their bones, stabbed and gutted them with the horns from his helmet. But it seems to do only a few damage to them. He even went as far as to stabbed them in the head with his horns, but they kept advancing him, with the creepy smile plastered on their faces. The group manage to get to the tower, and met Rudy on the top with a laser rifle. "If I can't keep you guys, then I'll exterminate each of you." He then begins to shoot at the group, but they scattered. Jane and John ram forward and began to bite his legs. Benny then punch Rudy in the throat, and kicked him in the head with a roundhouse kick knocking him out. They then went to the controls, and tried to figure out what button to push. John then pushed a button confidently, but it then released the rest of the infected. Cade is scared by what John did, then yelled "Just push all of the buttons, I'll meet you at the door." He then ran to the door knocking down some infected, and ram through the door. The group then pushed all of the doors, then a ding with voice saying "All doors unlocked." The group cheered for a while, then ran out the tower with Benny picking up the laser rifle, and Pibby picking up a small brown bag.
As they were exiting the tower, Rudy grabbed Pibby by the leg. "Don't think that you will get out that easily." Pibby is scared trying to escape his grasp. Just as he almost got Pibby near him, the dog twins got on top of Rudy, punching and biting him, making him let go of Pibby. As Pibby crawled away, the ground began to shake, indicating that the static is back. The ceiling then began to leak the the static, Benny and Melira ran back up to get Pibby and the twins. Pibby tried to get the twins, but John said "No, don't get near him!" Pibby was about to protest, but Jane said "We will hold him off, just escape. One of the button we pushed must have put the van back up in the surface." Pibby stopped getting near then decides to run with the others. "Ok, thank you for everything." The twins nods, and kept fighting Rudy taking him down. Pibby got up with the rest of the group, and just as they got to Cade, a huge blob of the static crashed down from the ceiling crushing the tower with Rudy, and the twins. The group were shocked that the twins sacrificed their lives to save the only one that can fight the static back. They then blocked the door and ran up back to the lab. While running Clyde informs them that some of the infected went into the vents, and could be in the mansion. Just as he finished his sentence, they saw a pile of destroyed robots either smashed or cut up, and on top of them were a boy and a dog. The boy seems to be wearing a white hat, with a blue shirt, blue pants, a green backpack and a yellow sword dripped in oil, while the dog is yellow with no fingers, having his hand to be like large maces without the spike.
"Guys, I don't think we can fight them. They seemed to be stronger than me, and they might alert the others. So we have to sneak out of the mansion quietly." Cade said to the others. The others nodded, and slowly sneaked across the dog and boy. They manage to make a table, but Cade accidentally knocked over a beaker into the floor, which caused the infected to look over to their direction. But the group luckily manage to duck down while the duo investigate the noise near them. Pibby then whispered "Shh. Quiet." But then the word 'Quiet' came out of nowhere with a voice saying it loudly. The infected looked at the word, with the boy surprised, and the dog kept smiling. The group were surprised by the word appearing, but then they screamed and ran from the table, just as the infected ran towards them. They managed to escape from the lab, and found themselves in the mansion being destroy by the static. They then made a dash towards the door, but the boy was faster and was about to stab Melira, until Cade saw this and pushed her out of the way. Cade got stabbed in the side, but he then grabbed the boys neck, and broke it. The group were shocked by what Cade did, and what he did to the boy. Cade fell down to his knees, so Benny and Melira picked him up, and dragged with to the door. They managed to get to the door and saw the van at the gate. They managed to get in the van, with Benny in the driver seat, Melira in the passenger seat, and both Pibby and Cade in the back, with Pibby trying to stop Cade's bleeding with the sword still stuck in him. Benny than began to drive away from the static, with it chasing the van. Melira then searched the van to see if there is anything that could slow the static down. She found a pistol, and tried to shoot it, but a flag with the word 'Bang' came out instead. She angerly threw the pistol at the static, cursing whoever put the gun in the van. Cade wearily got up and walked towards Melira handing her the remote. Melira then remembered about what the remote does, grabbed it, and pushed the button just as Cade ripped out the sword and tossed it to one of the static's tentacle that was about to grab her.
The van was then teleported in an alley of a random city. Cade then fell down on the van's floor, putting pressure on his wound. The group then gathered around Cade trying to figure out what to do, only for Pibby to faint from the sight of the wound. Benny looked at his wound, and is relieved that the cut wasn't too deep. "He will live, but he still need medical attention." Cade then pointed at a container that is attached to the van. Melira then rushed towards it, open it to see that it contains a trauma kit. Cade then told the group that he found it when he was searching the van while the original trio was at Bedrock. Melira and Benny began to use it to try and heal Cade's wound. They manage to stop the bleeding, stitch up his wound, and cover it with self adherent bandage wraps. Pibby then woke up and saw that Cade is doing alright, and ran towards him. She hugged him, but not tight enough to open the wound. "I can't believe that you pushed me away, just to save me." They all looked at Melira who was surprised by what Cade did. "Of course, I did. We are all in this together. We got to look after each other. Even if you are a villain, I will help you, just like you helped us get into the mansion, and help with my wound with him." He then pointed at Benny who smiled in response. Melira was surprised by what Cade said, and nodded in response, understanding the act of kindness. Cade then limped to another container and took out 400 in 10 dollar bills. The others were surprised(except for Pibby who doesn't know the concept of cash.) by the amount of money he got. "I found it in the glove compartment, and from Rudy's tablet, this universe take this type of cash. It also says that once a year, there is an amazing car race that would go around the world in grass fields, forests, and cities like this one. I am trusting you three to take this cash and buy some supplies for our journey. I'll stay right here, while I'll heal." The three looked at Cade and at the cash, and nodded at his request. Melira than realized that they might be captured for being different beings. Luckily Rudy's tablet have a program that allows people who are from different dimensions to look like the people from the universe they are visiting. "He may be a psychotic scientist, you got to admit, his tablet is amazing." The tablet then scanned the trio, making them look like the people in the racing dimension. Just as the trio got out, Cade reminds them that it may change their appearance, but they are still the same. "So in under any circumstances, you must not let anyone touch you, because it could jeopardize your disguises." The trio nodded, and went out to buy supplies, while Cade took this to sit down and think for a while. 'Maybe when Benny comes back, I can ask him if I can call him Alloy Boy again, or AB for short.' He then went to sleep, not knowing that a towing truck is towing the van, taking it to the center of town.
The trio managed to get the supplies, which mostly consists of ramen, a portable electric kettle, water, a first aid kit, and some candies for Pibby. The cashier joked to the trio about going on a camping trip. "Though you might have some trouble in the bathroom, if you eat nothing but ramen." Melira was about to talk off to him, but Benny stopped her by paying for the supplies. There were about to exit until the tv there announced a contest race. The two announcers talked about there is would be a race where anyone would try to race with their vehicle to win a spot at the grand race. "Not only would you get the spot, you would also get this rare, one of a kind vehicle. If you want to see the van, and enter the race, just head to the center of Race City to participate. It then showed the Mystery Machine, shocking the trio. They then grabbed their supplies in bags, and ran to the center of town. As they managed to get their they saw a 2 men in a business suit with racers arguing with Cade next to the Mystery Machine. "I don't care if it is yours or not! This vehicle is really one of a kind, and I intend my racer to get it for me!" The trio then walked up to them, with Cade being relieve to see them. Melira got an idea and said "Excuse me, it seems that you have taker my vehicle, along with my racer." The others were confused at first, but caught on what Melira is doing. The first business man was seeping with anger, while the other is relieved that someone that looked rich and not poor like the man that got out of the van yelling. "Oh my apologies, my friend Max and I really wants this vehicle for our collection, but this bum claims that this van is his. My name is Andrew, we both sponsor a racer for this race, so that they would get a chance and try to win the grand race." Melira than replied "Well I appreciate what you two are doing, but this van belongs to my car collection, so you better give it back to me or else." Max then hatched an idea that will get him more vehicles for his collection. "Then why not we make a bet, if your racer gets ahead of our racers, you can have your van back, along with 5 thousand dollars for your driver in cash. But if either mine or Andrew's racer wins, you would not only give us the van, but your entire car collection. Do we have a deal?" Everyone was shocked by Max's deal with him putting out his hand, but before Melira could say anything, Cade shocked Max hand accepting the deal. Max and Andrew laughed at the man's foolish decision. "We would take the deal, but on the condition that I use the van." The men agreed with his decision, knowing that he is going to lose badly. The tow truck took the van into a tent, so that the group could prepare themselves for the race.
"What the hell were you thinking? We are literally in a life or death situation, and we are being stalled by this stupid race! Let's just get out of here now!" Melira was quietly scolding Cade, so that no one could hear their conversation. "Well I can just use the remote here now, there are too many witnesses. We need to go somewhere secluded so we can teleport out of here. Besides you started the lie first, so we got to stick with it. Not to mention that if they will see the stuff we took from the lab." Melira was about to scold him again, but Pibby interrupted her. "Well he does have a point, we can't just quit the lie you made, because if they know the truth, they would take the van away from us." Melira took a deep breath and sighed, knowing that this is partially her fault. "Ok, but if things go south, we are leaving with or without witnesses." Cade nodded in response, and begins to tell his plan. "Well the plan is simple, we just have to modify the van to match the speed of the racing cars. Luckily I have done this before, so we just need to modify it, and that's it." The group agreed with his idea, and began to modify it. While they are working on it Cade asked Pibby why did the word appeared, when she said the word 'Quiet'. "I honestly don't know. Like I said before, it only does that from time to time, I really don't have control over it. I'm sorry." Cade than told Pibby it is ok. "Besides, we made it out alright, even thought my side is busted, but we are alright." Pibby smiled by Cade words, before eating the candy she got from the store. After finishing modifying it, Cade then spoke to Benny about something. "Is your name really Benny? Or does it stand for something else?" Benny thought about it for a while, then replied "Oh yeah, Benny really is my name. Why do you asked?" Cade was hesitant to ask his request, but he is determined to. "Well you see if you already know or not, I had a friend named Benny, and he used to think he is the luckiest man in the world. But his luck ran out when he got ambushed by a gang, and died in my hands. The reason I am asking you is because I want to ask if we can call you Alloy Boy again. I know it brings bad memories to you, but it just make me uncomfortable to having another friend named Benny." Benny thought about it for a while, he knows that his old sidekick name brings bad memories, but if it brings memories to Cade, he consider it. "Well, let me think about, then I'll get back to you."
"All right folks, the race is about to start. Racers, get ready!" The racers got into their vehicles, with Cade being a bit nervous, but he got a headset that is connected to the others. The gang is back at their tent, ready to tell Cade the obstacles he might face. "Ok Cade, all you have to do is follow the track, avoid the obstacles, and just try to beat the others." Cade replied back with a 'Ok', than got ready when the announcer told them that the race is about to start. "On your mark, get set, go go go!" The racers then began to race each other. The vehicles are zoomed past each other, trying to be the winner. Through some luck and the upgrade to the van, the Mystery Machine managed to past the other vehicle making second place, right behind Max's racer, and in front of Andrew's racer. The gang were fascinated with Cade's process, all he have to do is pass Max's racer, and they can get out of here. Benny was happy that he is seeing a car race, but more happy that he can participate in it. "This is so awesome, all Cade have to do is win this race, and we can get out of here. Don't you think this is amazing Pibby. Pibby?" Benny looked back only to see that Pibby is gone. He alerted Melira who turned off the mic, to see that Pibby is missing. Just as they were about to go search for her, Andrew and Max came to them. "It seems that your little girl might be missing, there also might be a chance where she appeared on the tracks, like she was forced there against her will." The duo was shocked on what Andrew said. Melira growled in anger on what the two rich men did. "What the hell do you two want?" The two men grinned, then Max said "It's very simple, have your racer slow down, and the girl will be ok. If not, she will be nothing but a red paste." The men both laughed and walked out of the tent with the duo shocked by Max proposal. They then ran to the microphone to alert Cade what just happened.
"Do you really have to cut her arm? I know we have to let her know that we are serious, but that wasn't necessary." A woman voice was arguing to a man's voice about his action. Pibby was wrapping her right arm with the bandage she have from her brown backpack. She was just looking at the race until someone grabbed her, and took her in a building. She tried to fight back, but the man cut her arm to threaten her to stop fighting. Right now she is in a cell with a open window and a bed. She can't reached the window due to her being short. Pibby is panicking on what the two were going to do to her, and tried to find a way to escape. She got an idea, but she have to act quick. "Pancakes!" The word 'Pancakes' appeared on top of her with a voice saying the word. The man and woman were shocked by the voice and began running to the cell. Pibby took this chance to climb on the word, and jumped out of the window. The word disappeared just as the thugs opened the door. "Where did she go?! Alert Max and Andrew, our prisoner have escaped!" Pibby landed on a dumpster and got out of it, and began to run. She wasn't looking where she is running but she somehow managed to get in the middle of the race track. She stopped running to avoid the vehicles that went past her. She was about to run again, but she was grabbed by her backpack, and put into the vehicle. She closed her eye, and put her hands up to protect herself. "Hey Pibby, calm down. It's me, there's nothing to worry about." Pibby opened her eye to see that Cade was the one who grabbed her. She then hugged him thanking him for saving her. Cade hugged her with his arm and saw her right arm bandaged. He told her that the others told him about her kidnapping, so he had to slow down, but now that she is with him, he can go past them without worrying. "Now tell me what happened to you? Spare no details."
"Where is she?! What did you two peasants do?!" The rich men were yelling at the duo, angry with their thugs losing Pibby. The duo were confused on what the men were talking about. They were trying to figure what to do, but the men can bursting through the tent in anger. When the men figure out that the duo doesn't know anything about Pibby, they left in anger. The duo look at each other in confusion and put on their headset. They then heard Pibby telling Cade about her kidnap. Just as she told him about how one of them cut her right arm, Benny and Melira gasped in shock. Pibby and Cade heard their gasp, and assure them that she is ok. "Don't worry you two, Pibby is doing alright. Let's finish this race, and after the race we'll check on her wound." Everyone nodded at his words, and began to finish the race. The Mystery Machine went past the other racers being in front of Max's and Andrew's racers. The finish line is just right around the corner, and the racers picked up their speed to win. The Mystery Machine finish in third place, with Max's racer being in fourth, and Andrew's being in 6th. Cade parked the van and ran up to the others. They were happy that he managed to win the bet and hugged each other. Max and Andrew came up to them with anger on their face. But before they could say anything, Benny said "Remember the deal, if Cade right here beats your racer by being ahead of them, you would not only give us back the van, but 5 thousand dollars in cash." They both growled, and reluctantly gave them the cash. Cade took the cash and put it in his pocket and just as he was about to yell at the two men, the ground shocked, and the build were being toppled down by the static. Everyone was shocked by what is happening, then Cade told the group to get in the van. They all got in the Mystery Machine and drove just in time for the static to consume the rich men, and the other racers. Some racers tried to get out of their with their vehicle, but they got caught by the tentacles. Cade just kept driving to escape, dodging the tentacles, and pedestrians running away. But then a tentacle grabbed a hold of two of the tires, and ripped it off. With the Mystery Machine no longer drivable. The group grabbed their supplies and cash, and ran out of the van, just as the static crushed the van. "Guys hold onto me, we are getting out of here." The group grabbed ahold of Cade, then he pushed the button of the remote, teleporting them away just as the static covered the spot they were in.
End of Chapter 5.
The group managed to escape the static not once but twice. But they lost the vehicle in the process. Now they have to walk on foot, and try to survive. In the next chapter, they have teleported to some cloud city with bunnies that have hearts on their stomachs to find out that someone else had came here, run past a boy doing a drink commercial and rest at a black and white cartoon, where Pibby learned that not even love can stop the static, and have to become the hero that everyone needs.
You can learn about this in Chapter 6: Fighting Back without Love.
