Outcasts
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Chapter 5: Falling
The trio walked confident towards the cell. Misty in the body of one of the Sky Patrolmen looked through his memories for a way to get Sheldon out. As the reached the the door before the the cell block one lone Guard stood there. He was a burly man with dark menacing eyes and he gave a presence of no nonsense. He looked like he would have no trouble taking the three of them at once. As they stood in front of him they only turned to his unblinking face.
Misty spoke, "We're here to relieve you for your lunch break."
"Thanks." He smiled and walked away.
"That was easy enough." Brad said surprised.
"Come on let's get Sheldon already." Wakeman grabbed the keys from the wall.
They didn't hesitate to open the door and walked into the cell block. All the cell were empty except for one. Maybe it was because Skyway Patrol wasn't too good at their job or maybe they kept it empty for their special guest.
Sheldon was bored out of his mind and worried more than he thought was possible, "Brad? Dr. Wakeman?"
"Hey, don't I get a hello?" Misty said letting her real voice echo through the body she was borrowing.
"Misty?" Sheldon questioned very confused. "What are you all doing here?"
"You're in big trouble, Shell." Misty told him. "Someone is setting you up and they won't leave you alive long enough to make anyone agree with you. We have to get you out before they manage to get to you."
"So then what?"
Wakeman unlocked the cell and opened it, "Let us get you home. I'll hide you in my house until we can get some proof."
"Yeah," Brad agreed. "With all those secret rooms and everything no one will be able to find you."
"But I don't want to get you into trouble." Sheldon told her.
"Nonsense." Wakeman smiled at him. "I'm happy to help. If the worse comes I'll contact my sister. She's always one to fight the authority she'll be glad to keep you moving if you need to go on the run. But for now we just have to get you out of here."
Before they could say anything else a pair of taser coils hit the body Misty was in sending volts right into the body. With a flash of light Misty was ejected from the body as the patrolman collapsed to the ground. They turned to the direction of the attack to see a dozen patrol man standing in the doorway with their weapons pointed at them.
Up and front of the them was was a newly promoted Lieutenant who was in charge of Skyway Station. He had broad shoulders and a chest full of medals and his weapon squarely pointing at Sheldon. He seemed more competent than the last Lieutenant.
"That's my prisoner and you are all under arrest. Would you like me to state the charges or are they fairly obvious?" The Lieutenant questioned them.
"How did you find us?" Wakeman asked realizing that her machine should have kept them from finding them.
"The video cameras found you. The software is ready to alert us the second an authorize person is on board."
Wakeman was still confused a that shouldn't happen with her gadget was working. It was like the computer was ignoring her machine. At that moment they were being watched by the cameras. With everyone he wanted and needed to get rid of in one place the mastermind behind this put the last bit of their plan to motion. All the computer systems were wiped at that moment, something Jenny witnessed. People on the Skyway Station noticed this when all their screens went blank and even the lights turned off. There was something even more obvious and more worrisome, the station started to fall from the sky. The force of the station dropping out of the sky pushed them all up to the ceiling.
"What happening?" The Lieutenant barked into his walkie.
The voice on the other end worried told him, "Not sure. Everything is down. Every system. The anti gravity jets just went down. The computers were all wiped we can't even accesses the systems."
Suddenly it all stopped and they dropped to the floor.
"Ow," Brad moaned. "Is this heaven?"
"No, I think not." Wakeman told them.
"I really don't think Heaven looks like a cell block." Misty said holding her head.
Then Wakeman's phone rang as she picked it up and Jenny's voice rang out, "Mom?! Are you okay?" Jenny asked.
"X-J9 I've been better." She told her annoyed. "What's happening?"
"The whole Skyway Patrol Station just fell out of the sky. I barely managed to get here in time." Her voice sounded strained. "I'm trying to hold it up but... I can barely manage it. I won't be able to hold it up long. You all have to get out of there." Jenny dropped the call to focus on the task she had in her hands.
"You heard her!" Lieutenant barked orders. "Get the injured and evacuate the ship at once!"
His men didn't hesitate to pick up those who had been knocked out and carried them away. He took a few steps and pulled the emergency alarm, lucky for them the alarm was a simple system separate from the other with it's own power supply. Alarm bells rang out across the station alerting everyone of the danger. The station became very lively when everyone started to head to the escape pods over jets to leave as quickly as they could.
"You are coming with me." The Lieutenant ordered leveling his weapon at Sheldon and the others.
"You can't possibly expect to drag us away while the station is falling?!" Brad pointed out.
The whole station jolted as it dropped a little more, even with Jenny trying to hold it up she still wouldn't manage it forever.
"I'm doing my job." He told them. "Someone has to do it and I'm not going to risk anymore of my men."
"We can help you." Sheldon said. " We can stop the station from falling."
"What are you talking about?"
"If Dr. Wakeman and Brad can get the the power generator going me and Misty can get the computer back on and the anti gravity jets working. We can keep the station from falling."
"Why should I trust you?"
"Because I'm the only chance you have?"
"How can I trust you not to run?"
"I promise you I won't run. When this is over I'll stay here. I promise."
The Lieutenant looked Sheldon in the eyes and for whatever reason he believed him.
They discussed the plan and made their way. The Lieutenant to to help Wakeman and Brad since he knew where the generator was and he had the key to open the door. Wakeman was smart enough to know how to get the generator working again and the maintenance crew left tools their to repair it quickly. Wakeman got the Lieutenant and Brad to help her get everything done. They had to work fast and it was a messy job but they managed it. They just had to hope that Sheldon and Manage it.
Misty and Sheldon bolted to the control room only to find it abandoned like so many ghost towns.
"We could run." Misty suggested as they both sat down at the blank monitors. "I can fly and you have that suit of yours tucked into that belt. We could leave before anything happened. No need to risk anything."
"I can't do that." Sheldon told her. "I promised."
Misty couldn't help but laugh, "Yeah, you did." She shook her head. "Alright let's do this. Let's go over this plan."
"Okay, when the power comes on I starts on the computer."
"They said they couldn't get the computer work. That they were wiped."
"Yeah, it looks like someone did it offsite. Their should still be the basic programs. I can try to get the flight system back up but I might end up needing to write some code."
"I don't think we have enough time." Misty replied knowing full well what he was going to say since he had said it before.
"I need you to go into my thoughts and see how to that stuff to and help me."
"You have a lot of faith in me."
"Well, can you do it, right?"
"Yeah, I can." She paused before getting up on her feet and motioning for Sheldon to do the same. "I can link into your mind but you have to be willing for this to happen."
"No problem there."
"Fine, give me your hands."
"Okay." He placed his hands into hers.
"I can make a connection to you so I'll be able to know what you know for a little while. So if you focus on the computer and all that stuff I'll understand it. The problem is we need to have physical contact to make the connection and I can't turn into mist and dive into your head and I can't hold onto your hands. There is another option though, a physical connection with a lot of emotion behind it."
"What is it?"
"You kiss me."
"W-what?" Sheldon was noticeably flustered, I mean really flustered. Like look up flustered and Sheldon's picture is next to it flustered.
"Yeah..." Misty said stretching out the word trying to hide a blush. "A real kiss on the lips. All the emotion will help make the connection strong enough for me know everything and make it last long enough to finish this."
"Uh, well alright its just this is going to be my first kiss." Sheldon admitted.
"Yeah, mine too."
If the room wasn't so dark from the fact that all the lights were off their blushing faces might have been easily spotted.
"I would just wish it was a little more romantic you know."
"I understand." Misty said her violet eyes looking into his. They just stood there for a moment looking at each other. Nervously they leaned in and pressed their lips together. Just then the lights flickered on and so did the computer. They sat down and started to work on the computer. Misty knowing everything that Sheldon thought and knew about those machines. In tandem they worked and started to fix the system controls.
Jenny was literally under the whole station with her jets on full blast and using every ounce of her strength to push it up. Even with super strength pushing that whole things was not easy and to make matters worse she was going to need to recharge soon. She thought about calling her mother to see if they had gotten out yet but she needed to conserve her battery and it was hard to focus on something else. She started to see the cities below as they started to get closer. Then suddenly happened and the station started to rise in the air. Soon the whole station started to rise above the clouds.
Jenny sighed, "Oh, it looks like it got fixed."
They could take a breath of relief when the station started to float on its own. Sheldon didn't run he stayed like he promised. They ended up letting him go for two reason one was that they lost all evidence against him when the computer were all wiped. The second one and oddly more important one came from Tuck. Tuck reminded them that Sheldon went out to get something to eat the previous day with them during the time the hacks started so he couldn't do it. Luckily the owner kept the video and they were able to use that to clear his name.
Still there were things they didn't understand some Hacker did all this but they didn't know why. Skyway Patrol just assumed that it was Sheldon because he could be framed and it would be believed. Still everyone thought something was wrong. Still for helping save the station the others were forgiven for trying to break Sheldon out.
Misty, after the whole ordeal, sat on top off a building and just looked up at the moon. She often thought about running away to another planet or world but decided to stay.
She let her hand touch her lips, "It was nice."
While they fixed the computer system she thought about the kiss and that phrase came up in her mind, but that wasn't her thought it was Sheldon's. A small smile crept on her face knowing that at the very least Sheldon liked their kiss. Still she was worried something was coming after Sheldon and she wanted to be there to meet it.
Authors Notes: This chapter came out a little slowly but here it is. While writing this I couldn't help thinking of the avatar anyone want to guess why? Anyway i hoped you like it and don't mind giving me a review telling me what you think.
