I've corrected this chapter as well.. :)
Chapter 8 –Death
T. Imekiller's best's old warehouse –Haven City –Year 2106
"Split up!" She screamed. And then everything turned into chaos…
To Holly it felt like the battle only lasted for a few seconds. Screaming, yelling, shooting, fighting. And then it was just over. They'd won. All Richter's slaves were down, no one in Holly's group were hurt. She sighed with relief. It really was over now. Or, Holly thought that it was, but when one single blue laser beam that seemed to come out of nowhere appeared, it rapidly changed her mind.
It seemed so unreal. Holly saw everything in slow motion, but still there was nothing she could do. She couldn't move. The laser beam flew slowly, very slowly, or it looked very slowly, but actually it didn't even take a second. Holly tried to scream, but the sound seemed to be stuck in her throat. The beam hit Commander Root directly in the chest. It was deadly.
A male pixie, with short, black-colored hair, came out from the shadows. He had a gun in his hand. Before he could do anything to defend himself, he was lying on the floor, with two marks from two very precise Neutrino beams on his upper body. The two Hollys looked at each other. When they had seen Root fall, and the pixie had come to sight, they'd both, in the exact same moment, drawn their guns one last time, and shot. It felt like the time stood still. When it started to move again, everybody ran over to the body on the floor. It was too late. He was already dead.
"No," Holly whispered, and sank down on her knees. "No."
She looked up. Captain Short was sitting opposite her. She closed his eyes with a shaking hand.
Holly felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked over her shoulder. Trouble. He helped her up, and hugged her. They stood like that for a while, but then Holly was woken up by a voice in her ear. It sounded very… shocked, and she almost didn't recognize it. "Holly, are you there?" It was Foaly. "Yeah," Holly said, trying not to snuffle. "I… I'm here."
"Commander Root is dead, isn't he?" Foaly said with a dark, sad voice, that didn't suit him at all.
"Yes… How… How did you know?"
It took a few seconds before he answered. "His… his future I was here, to check up on how it was going, and then he just… disappeared. So I guessed that his past-I was probably… dead… A person can't live, if he doesn't have a past." Silence.
Holly took a deep breath. She had got an idea. "We're coming back to the headquarters now."
"Ok, be careful. They're still fighting outside."
"Thank you Foaly." She opened her visor, and looked at the sad group. Then she sighed.
"We're going back to the Police Plaza. Trouble and Trouble, can you…" she swallowed, and nodded at the dead body on the floor. The two Troubles nodded, and then they carefully lifted Commander Root's body from the floor.
Holly swallowed one more time. "Ok, let's go."
Police Plaza –Operation's booth –Haven City –Year 2106
Holly rushed into the Operation's booth, followed by the others. "Foaly, I want you to send me back in time, so I can save Julius," she blurted out. Foaly sent her a surprised look.
"But… But Holly, you'll need a time travel permission, and…"
"There's no time for that. Get that time machine started, and do it now!"
Foaly nodded, and started the machine. "When do you want to appear?"
"Right before the battle was over. About… Half an hour ago, I think…"
Foaly started the machine, and the portal came into sight. "Holly," Artemis said. "Are you sure this is a good idea?"
"Yes, I'm sure," Holly said, and stepped into the portal.
Foaly gasped. A big cloud of smoke came out of the machine. Something was wrong, very wrong. But it was too late, Holly was already gone.
Police Plaza –Operation's booth –Haven City –Unknown year
Holly stepped out of the portal. But… There was something wrong. She was still in the operation's booth, but this time she was alone, and everything looked old and untouched. What the hell had happened?
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