"...and that is wrong, and so is this….oh that is definitely wrong!" Adam laughed merrily to himself. He smiled as he edited incorrect information in a Word Document.
He planned to post this corrected version onto his blog, aptly titled 'Adam Ruins Encyclopedias'. His blog may not have the most readers out there, but he was doing good damn it. The public must be informed of this false fact perpetrated by educational books of yesteryear!
He was still in his private world. He aimed to go back to the real world sooner than later, but then that meant he had to face finding a new place to leave. Why bother with that now when there are facts to correct! Like in the 12th edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica he downloaded on his computer for instance.
He kept going on, engrossed in his quest to make the world a better place. Or at least his idea of making a world a better place. Even if most people don't seem to readily take in the harsh truth of their misinformed reality. Ten minutes later he noticed his phone light up out of the corner of his eye. It was a text from Emily. A pleasant feeling filled the air, deep down a part of him wished he asked her to join him here.
But he knew that wouldn't really be fair, she had her own life, a husband and a job on Earth. He can't force her to come along with him whenever he was down and wanting to be alone. He considered her his best friend, and if there is one thing they can say about him without any hint of annoyance, its that he is a very good and respectful person to anyone he cared about.
Still, that didn't keep him from wishing. He had been doing a lot of thinking up here, about his future and his relationship. He realized breaking up with Melinda was for the best, he wouldn't be happy spending the rest of his life with him. And to make this all the more complicated, his mind shifted to Emily as to whom he would be the happiest with. The problem was she is happily married, or so it seemed at least. And he wasn't sure she would go for an admittedly nerdy guy like him otherwise.
It felt like some stupid cliche from various media on the subject of romance, but it was true nonetheless. He started to feel he went the wrong route, maybe he was meant to be with Emily. His heart fluttered at the thought of spending his life with her.
Eager to read the message he picked up his phone and unlocked it. However, when he saw the message his happy grin turned to that of confused uncertainty. It sounded important and intriguing enough. The text explained how his sister got a weird message and the whole Guardian of Harmony thing. Huh, that was a prestigious title, whoever that was for must've deserved that title. The guess that it was meant for him was wrong. Oh goodie! That means another thing to ruin for Emily. It simply can't be for him. Just can't!
It was just objective fact really, he was like every other human being (aside from the magic). Just a lifelong ruiner who had turtles for pets and watches educational shows like Nova. On the other hand, this could lead to finally understanding why the hell he had these powers in the first place. With that in mind, he elected to relegate the editing to later and deal with this.
With a quick snap, he was at the library.
Instead of their intended location, the two quickly noticed they weren't exactly in Kansas anymore figuratively speaking. They were in the library one second, the next they were in what looked like a huge expensive mansion from Beverly Hills. Specifically the living room. The inside was luxurious to say the least. Bright too, the interior was all in a bright and modern style. Expensive paintings, both modern and classical, adorned the walls. There were also artifacts on shelves that looked like they more belonged in a museum.
And the living room itself was spacious, and the floor around the area dipped down a bit. And there was a modern styled bar off to the side. Rhea had walked a bit to take a peak towards the entranceway. It might as well be classified as a foyer, a small one. There was a half spiral staircase leading upstairs.
"Holy fucking shit." Rhea softly exclaimed. Emily had followed her over equally as speechless.
Emily felt her heart beat faster as the situation started to slowly hit her. They were kidnapped via teleportations to god knows where and Adam obviously didn't she nervously looked around. They were obviously teleported, how else can anyone explain a sudden change in location. She started to get a bad feeling that one of two things happened. Abduction by alien or, most likely, someone else had the same kind of magic as Adam.
"Ok, where the hell are we?" Emily asked as she took notice of a big screen tv over a fireplace.
Keep cool, keep calm. Take a deep breath Emily, take a nice deep breath. It would be for the best to remain calm under pressure. It was all for naught as she yelped at the first sound of footsteps. How the hell is Rhea is staying so calm next to her. She too turned just as quickly towards the hallway on the other side of the room that led deeper into the mansion.
Oh wait, she's a public defender, that's probably how she is calm and collected at the moment. She probably had more experience being under stress than she had. Thus she had an idea of what to do. But she also doesn't want to presume things, different situation and all.
The sounds got louder and before too long a man stepped out into view. His hands were clasped behind his back. He had long jet black hair (long enough to go past his shoulders) with a matching beard. He looked like he had an average, but lean build. As he got closer to them, it was apparent this...kidnapper was at least as tall as Rhea. And look liked he was in his mid-30s to boot. Brought up a good question, why do all the bad boys have to be on the attractive side again?
The man put on a smile as he made a semi-dramatic bow in front of Emily and Rhea. Emily seemed to be the only one not dressed like she was going to some black-tie gala.
"Greetings! Sorry for the slight delay ladies, I had to check on something with one of my computers. You may call me Cupun."
"And you must the fucker that teleported us here!" Rhea dryly shot out.
Cupun chuckled which turned into a shrewd grin, not affected and obviously proud of his successful plan. If teleporting Rhea and Emily was his plan or part of it. His voice still had a light casual air to it despite the underlying cool tone underneath.
"You must be Rhea and therefore you..." Cupun pointed to Rhea then moved his finger over to Emily, "Must be Emily."
"How the hell do you know our names?" Emily replied.
The other man smiled and gave her a look as if the answer was criminally obvious.
"Simple. I watched Adam Ruins Everything ever since it began," He moved to look at both Emily and Rhea, "In fact, that's how I discovered he is the latest Guardian of Harmony! To be frank, I'm honestly surprised an abrasive socially inept idiot is the latest version."
"Watch it. Adam is still my brother," Rhea steadily warned.
A light bulb went off inside Emily's mind, "You're the one that sent that message earlier didn't you?"
Cupun had his hands in his slack pockets, "Yep. It was indeed. Probably was slightly anticlimactic now that I think about it."
There was a bit of silence while Cupun thought on things for a second before he dismissed them away and continued on. Rhea had her arms crossed by now while Emily kinda agreed with the anticlimactic part. Most importantly she was just very glad she didn't have to deal with her kidnapper all alone.
"Anyways not important. What is important is that I shall have to clue you both in on what all this Guardian shit is about."
"That'll be nice," Emily said point blank.
"Right. Adam is the Guardian of Harmony as you two probably deduced by now. I, on the other hand, am the Guardian of Anarchy! Chaos! May-" He waved his arms up with a grandiose flare at the same time he was interrupted.
"We get it, we get it," Emily hastily cut him off. Cupun looked at her and merely put his arms down and composed himself. He looked a little embarrassed.
He cleared his throat, "Sorry. Got a little carried away."
"How do you what Adam is? We've been looking for clues all our lives and always came up short," Rhea asked.
Cupun sported a satisfied smirk, "Oh that you have me to thank. Do you two lovely ladies like to hear my diabolical plan over a glass of wine?" He motioned over to the bar.
Emily was a bit taken aback, unsure what to say at first. Usually, you don't expect kidnappers to offer you a drink. She and Rhea looked at each other for a second then back at Cupun.
Rhea replied, "Uhh sure I guess."
Cupun proceeded to lead Rhea and Emily over to the bar, all the while began to explain with an irritating sort of smugness.
"My plan was simple, short and sweet. It wasn't convoluted at all actually unlike what you might see in the movies or...I don't know Moriarty from the Sherlock Holmes novels."
"Oh, I would've guessed otherwise. I was preparing myself for a long monotonous monologue." Emily lightly retorted.
"You watch too many movies. Trust me a short and simple plan is easier to implement. And I must say it's already been a success!"
Emily and Rhea froze in their tracks having tensed up with a sense of fear. Cupun looked at them with a smile of a job well done. Meanwhile, while Emily was speechless and her mind blank with only a sense of horror, Rhea balled her fists and mentally took several breaths to stay calm. It would not do her or Emily any good to lose her cool. Here was someone else who obviously must have the same thing Adam has. Which means he could easily teleport them somewhere, and it was already going to be hard enough for Adam to rescue them. Or finding him whichever was the most doable.
"What the hell do you mean by that!?"
"What I said already. The moment I saw you two...lovely ladies here I knew right then that it worked!" He laughed gleefully before he continued, "I erased your existence from Earth. Genius really. Adam is the only one that still remembers you two..."
Cupun snapped his fingers in the direction of the tv and it turned on. The screen revealed Adam to be in what would be accurately be described as panic mode. He sat against a tree in a secluded area of a park trying to calm himself down via breathing into a paper bag in short intervals.
He continued on, "I could've simply done one better and snap you two out entirely but then that won't be as much fun wouldn't it. I wanted you to witness Adam's despair, knowing there ain't anything you two can possibly do to get out of this merciless situation."
"Adam!" Emily cried out in a high pitched but emotional voice before she ran over to the screen.