Chapter Three: Erupting Rage
SheZow was in quite the pickle at the moment! The crowd off-stage was inching closer and closer to SheZow, causing him to back up! Unfortunately, he forgot about Kelly and Maz who were right behind him! Thankfully, his She-S-P alerted him just in time to avoid Kelly's thrust with the butcher's knife and Maz's swing of his ax! Jumping out of reach of their weapons, SheZow turned and looked with astonishment at the hate-filled grin on Kelly's face!
"Surprised SheZow!" declared Kelly in a mocking tone, "You wouldn't believe how many last minute adjustments I had to make today, but it was all worth it! Now you'll finally get to see just how much I appreciate you!" Finishing her statement, Kelly charged forward trying to stab SheZow! Given that SheZow had super-speed and super-agility, it was still a pretty good effort, forcing SheZow into Maz's reach!
Maz used the long ax handle to grapple with SheZow! "Maz are you crazy?! Stop this!" exclaimed SheZow, trying to get Maz to come to his senses. Unfortunately, Maz did not seem to be listening at the moment!
"I am not Maz! I am…the Ax-ecutor! Ruthless, cut-throat, business enforcer and soon…the destroyer of SheZow!" declared Maz, in the usual tone he uses when introducing sidekick identities. Unfortunately for Maz, he loosened his grip just enough for SheZow to roll out of his grip and give him a swift kick to the shin! Hopping on one foot while grabbing the injured shin, Maz glared hatefully at SheZow!
"Sorry Maz, this new sidekick just isn't cutting it!" stated SheZow in his usual pun-like manner. Rushing to the right side stage exit, SheZow was confronted by a mob of the rage zombies from the crowd! Using super-speed, SheZow rushed over to the left stage exit only to be confronted by more rage zombies! Now surrounded on all sides, SheZow back away to the back of the stage, seeing more and more red-purple eyed zombies looming closer and closer…
Just then a section of the backstage exploded outward revealing…the Sheicle! "Get in!" shouted Sheila from the Sheicle, opening the driver side door. Using his super speed, SheZow rushed into the Sheicle, closing and locking the door behind him! Backing up in order to avoid hitting the possessed pedestrians, the Sheicle drove straight out of the school fair, though SheZow look into the car mirror to see Kelly waving her fist after SheZow!
"Phew, that was close!" declared SheZow, before turning to the console to talk to Sheila, "Okay, I'm just come right out and ask…WHAT THE ZOW WAS ALL THAT ABOUT?!"
Shelia waited a few minutes for SheZow to calm down before answer, "Remember how I told you the mystical energy affected the limbic system in a human brain? Well, among the many system it controls, the limbic system also controls the emotions a person feels, such as…"
"Love and hate!" declared La Bruja sitting in the passenger seat of the Sheicle! Started by La Bruja's sudden arrival, SheZow lost control of the Sheicle for a second before quickly righting it back on the road. "Humph, where exactly did you learn to drive…the demolition derby?!"
"Well, I'm sorry. Most super villains have the decency to not shout in someone's ear while their driving!" exclaimed SheZow, still on edge from La Bruja's arrival, "How did you even get in here?!"
"Oh Guy, there are still so many things you have yet to learn about this world!" exclaimed La Bruja with a malevolent giggle before continuing in a conspiratorial whisper, "The means by which I am here and why Sheila cannot detect me are very simple…you see I am not actually in the Sheicle right now!"
SheZow looked at La Bruja oddly before thinking about what she said. SheZow turned to Sheila and asked, "Sheila, is there anyone else inside the Sheicle beside me?"
Sheila adopted a worried expression before activating the sensor system inside the Sheicle. "I can detect no one inside the Sheicle other than yourself SheZow…why?" asked Sheila curious at Guy's odd request.
"No reason." said Guy suspiciously before turning off Sheila's monitor. Looking back at La Bruja, still sitting casual in the passenger's seat, SheZow finally asked, "Okay, I'll bite…how are you hiding from Sheila?"
"What do you know about astral projection?" asked La Bruja, "Oh look who I'm talking to. Okay, simply put…what you are currently seeing is my spirit outside of my body. This means I cannot be seen by most modern sensors, thus allowing us to have this conversation without Sheila listening in."
"And the reason you went out of your way to do this is because…" prompted SheZow, wondering what La Bruja was up to.
"Quite simply…to gloat!" said La Bruja simply, causing SheZow to adopt surprised look, "Oh come on Guy, surely you figured out I had something to do with your current predicament! Surely you aren't that slow!"
"Okay one, don't call me Shirley!" half-joked SheZow, "Secondly, I want you stop whatever it is your doing right now!"
"Oh, you still don't understand! Oh, I love a good lecture!" said La Bruja, in the tone of someone telling a punch line to a joke, "What I have done is very simple…I have taken all of the love these brain-dead plebs shower you with and ttttuuuurrrrnnnned (here head turns 360 degrees while she elongates the word) it into HATE! As for simply undoing, I am afraid that even if I wanted to, and you know I never will, it is impossible! For you see, hatred feeds on its self!
"Do you understand now, SheCOW?! This isn't going to just disappear at the end of the day! OH NO! They are never going to stop…NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THEM! UNTIL YOU ARE DEAD!" Finishing with a dramatic sweeping arm gesture, La Bruja began to laugh maniacally. It was only then that Guy Hamdon began to truly process what La Bruja had said.
There's no way out of this! thought SheZow feverishly, If anything La Bruja said is accurate I might have to…no! No way would I ever go that far! Besides, it's probably what Sartana wants! Sheila and I will figure something out like we always do!
Finishing his mental monologue, he turned to Sartana's astral form, which was still there laughing like a maniac, and said, "ENOUGH!" Sartana instantly righted herself, at inhuman speed, still wearing her confident smirk, while Guy continued, "It doesn't matter what you throw at me, Sartana, I'll always find a way to beat you! I'll find a way to break everyone out of your spell and there's nothing you could possibly throw my way that will stop me!"
Sartana stared at SheZow with a serious expression for a moment before breaking out into a grin, shaking her head, and saying, "Oh Guy, your optimistic attitude is so…cute!" Just then the sounds of police sirens could be heard from outside. "And lo and behold, the sound of your doom approaches! I hope you enjoy my latest…contribution to the Megadale Police Force! Adios!" And with that finally farewell, La Bruja's astral form faded away from sight!
As SheZow looked in her rear view mirrors, he began to see why La Bruja seemed certain of his defeat! Behind the Sheicle were three black 2008-2009 Ford Shelby GT500KR1 with police stripes and sirens…and they were gaining on him! Using some of the combat driving Guy learn in the Sheicle Training Course (and more than a few racing videogames) SheZow attempted to lose the pursuers by driving into oncoming traffic! Dodging the frightened motorists that tried to swerve out of the way, SheZow eventually made it to a side street…with the three cars still in hot pursuit!
Knowing he was in trouble, SheZow activated Sheila's monitor. "What is going on out there?! I am getting reports of reckless driving from the Sheicle's central computer!" exclaimed Sheila in what could be mistaken for an angry tone (if one forgot she was a computer).
"Can't talk right now! I being pursued some weird new police cars! Could you be a dear and FIND OUT WHAT THE HELL I'M DEALING WITH?!" asked SheZow in a desperate tone. He was after all still trying to get away from his pursuers…who just fired a missile at him!
"AAHH!" screamed SheZow as he hastily dodged the missile, causing it to collide with a building marked 'CONDEMNED'. A tone emitted from the console showed that Shelia had just finished the scan and now had some results.
"Oh thank God! Shelia, what have you got for me?" asked SheZow, hoping against everything that Sheila had magically found a flaw in his new enemies design!
No such luck in this case! "Unfortunately, it's not good news. The vehicles currently pursing you are the latest Bloodhound Shelby police cruisers. They are the latest in super crime stopping equipment for the Megadale Police Force donated by-"
"Let me guess, Suarez Sensational?" sarcastically asked SheZow, knowing full well where they came from, "Okay, I know that they can keep up with the Sheicle and are missile armed, anything else I should know?"
"Unfortunately, when FAB hacked into my main server2, she took the schematics for the Sheicle with her. These Bloodhounds have been specifically designed to go toe to toe with the Sheicle. They have missile launchers, Gatling guns with stun and armor piercing rounds, nano-augmented armor, X-ray and thermal scanners, all-terrain transformative tires and a sophisticated GPS system which can predict where you are like to go. You might normally be able to take on one of them, but the odds are too heavily stacked against you now." explained Sheila grimly.
SheZow took a few minutes to process what Sheila had just said, while still trying to outrun the Bloodhound units, which had decided to use the Gatling guns to try and shoot out the Sheilce's tires. Suddenly, SheZow was hit by inspiration!
"Hey Sheila, can those Bloodhounds fly?" asked SheZow as he hit the switch to turn the Sheicle into the She-C-10! With a quick transformation, SheZow took the newly created jet into the air, out of the range of the Bloodhounds' Gatling guns! SheZow was in the clear! Until…
"No, but they do have heat seeking Surface to Air Missiles." explained Sheila, just when SheZow was starting to feel relief. As SheZow looked back, he could see the missile launcher expanded from the car doors and rotate to align with the She-C-10's vector. Two missiles each launched from the Bloodhounds, making a total of six SAMs head towards SheZow! Quickly, SheZow banked left around a tall skyscraper causing one of the pursuing missiles to crash into the building causing a bit of cosmetic damage.
Looking around, SheZow saw a nearby billboard for Suarez Sensational and got another idea! Turning straight towards the billboard, SheZow set the She-C-10's engines to full burn!
"SheZow…?" asked Sheila in a worried tone.
"I got this Sheila." said SheZow with confidence. Within a foot of hitting the billboard, SheZow banked the She-C-10 straight up! Three of the following missiles were unable to compensate for this sharp turn and crashed into the billboard in a fiery explosion! However, two of the missiles were still hot on the She-C-10's trail, which was climbing higher and higher into the sky!
"When I give the word, cut the engines!" exclaimed SheZow, relaying his plan to Sheila. He hoped that by cutting off the heat of the engines the missiles would crash into each other! Hey, it works in the movies…sort of!
"SheZow, I don't think…" began Sheila, warning SheZow of the danger of the plan.
"NOW!" shrieked SheZow and Sheila did as order and cut the engines! As the She-C-10 plummeted back to Earth, the heat seeking missiles lost their original target and locked onto their counterpart's heat trail, crashing into each other just as planned! SheZow's desperate gambit worked…sort of!
"WHY AREN"T THE ENGINES RESTARTING?!" screamed SheZow, as he desperately tried to restart the engines while the She-C-10 was plummeting back to Earth!
"As I was trying to explain before, the She-C-10's engines have never been stopped in midair before. At least not without the VTOL3 engines to hold it aloft. The engines have stalled out, it's going to take a few minutes to restart them." explained Sheila in an exasperated tone.
"Well are we at least going to land somewhere soft?" asked SheZow, hoping for some good news.
"If you consider crashing into the Megadale Junkyard a soft landing, than yes." said Sheila sarcastically. SheZow began to look franticly for anything that could prevent a horrible crash, when he remembered something Sheila said. VTOL engines!
"Sheila, when I give the word, activate the VTOL engines!" declared SheZow, thinking up a way to save himself!
"The VTOL engines won't stop your descent." Explained Shelia, not seeing the point of SheZow's idea.
"Nope, but it will cushion the fall!" declared SheZow as they came within thirty feet of the junkyard, "NOW!" At SheZow's signal, the VTOL engines underneath the She-C-10 activated, slowing the jet from terminal velocity! The 'landing', however, was still nothing to brag about though!
"Uuuhhh." groaned SheZow as he woke from the knock he received in the 'landing' of the She-C-10. The Sheicle would not be flying for a while, but at least he was still alive! Suddenly he saw flashing red and blue lights…along with one of the new Bloodhound cars he just escaped from! SheZow tried to loosen the seatbelt but it was stuck for some reason! That's when he heard heavy footsteps approach the crashed She-C-10!
As soon as the footsteps stopped, the driver side door was torn off its hinges! A large man where the new Sentinel armor, with a Peacekeeper 47 in his holster! Only his mouth and chin could be seen when he said, "Come with me if you wanna live!" Boxter Hamdon gave a smirk as continued, "Man, I've always wanted to say that!"
Disclaimer: I do not own SheZow. I notice one of my reviewers Breana guess at Boxter Hamdon's role in the story…congratulations! Also, I am starting a month-long internship this weekend, so I won't be able to update this story as often as I want to. Sorry everybody! Hope you still read and review!
1 These cars are a reference to the Knight Rider franchise and have equipment and features from both the original series and the remake
2 Reference to my last story "SheZow: Sheson of the Witch"
3 Vertical Take Off and Landing