Hi! I already wrote the next chapter and I couldn't wait for a week to post it, so here it is. Enjoy!
Talon's POV
I'm still having trouble believing that I'm alive. I have no idea what happened to my god damn rocket boots. But that doesn't even matter right now.
The only thing that is actually even more unbelievable than me being alive, is that the person I have to thank for that ... is Penny. She could just leave me there and go back to HQ with that silly uncle of hers - after all I did leave her alone on a MAD rocket ship that was about to explode (What? I'm supposed to be evil, right?). She could've just left and returned me the favor. But she saved me ... and here she is. Standing right in front of me, well, technically right above me. Man, she's so damn pretty. Emmm, I mean, she's a, umm, an arch-nemesis-type pretty girl, yeah ... with very pretty blue eyes. I can't help but stare at her ...
Penny's POV
Okay, it's been at least two minutes now, somebody has to say something.
"Sooo ..." Seriously, myself? That's all I can think of?
"Soooo ..." he says back. I wish I could erase that cute expression off his face, it drives me crazy!
I shake my head and snap out of it. Just then I realize that we're still a couple of miles above the ground and Talon's rocket boots are a hundred percent busted. He has nowhere to escape! I did it! I've captured Talon Claw! And since the platform he's standing on is HQ property, he can't control it - but I can! All aboard the Penny-train! Our next stop - HQ!
So I quickly check my GPS system and locate our position. Then I start flying my holo-skateboard back to HQ and Talon's platform immediately follows me. I see Talon's face, desperately looking for an escape. But since we are two miles above the Earth, I don't think there's much chance for him finding a door with a sign that says 'exit'. I guess that makes it Penny 1, Talon 0. Ha!
Talon's POV
Oh God! She's so annoying! I can't believe she tricked me. She knows you don't find doors with signs that say 'exit' two miles above the Earth!
Well, at least going to HQ won't be as bad as seeing uncle Claw after I failed on the mission - again (not that it would've worked anyway). Penny is just saving me the trouble. I should probably thank her! Oh, who am I kidding. We've been flying for half an hour now and I haven't picked up the courage to say anything else but 'soooo ...' I guess I didn't really prepare any one-liners for when she captures me, damn it.
"Why exactly did you save me?" I finally ask.
"Huh? What?" she jumps. She probably got used to the silence. She looks so cute when she's confused ...
Penny's POV
Damn, he startled me! I was kinda lost in my thoughts, plus I didn't really think he had a one-liner prepared for when I capture him. Even though this was just a question.
"Why did you save me?" he repeats the question.
"Well, was I supposed to let you fall and crash your head on a rock? Or land on a cactus?" I catch myself saying. Why did I mention the stupid cactus? Man, this conversation just couldn't get more awkward.
Talon's POV
Man, this conversation just couldn't get more awkward. I don't really have a comeback for that one, she's right about the cactus.
After yet another thirty minutes I realize that it's going to take quite some time to get to HQ. So I try to entertain myself, which was 'surprisingly' hard to do while floating on a holographic platform across the sky for like an hour now. I tried playing Truth or Dare with myself, but there's not much to dare up here and asking myself questions about myself would be stupid. So I just help time pass by watching Penny. She seems to be bored as well. Her pigtails are lightly flowing in the wind. Her pretty eyes shining brighter than the sun (which is really bright, considering we are even two miles closer to the sun than usual). I wonder what she's thinking about ... Why can't I think of anything clever to say to her?
"Would you play Truth or Dare with me?" I ask her out of nowhere. Yep, super-clever.
"Ummm, what? Why?" she replies. Why does this have to be so awkward? I have to break the ice somehow.
"You could have just let me die, ya know." No, this came out wrong. I regretted it the moment I said it. Why did I say that? I'm such a doof!
Penny's POV
Wow. I can't believe he just said that. What the hell is he trying to tell me with that? That I should have let him fall on that idiotic cactus!? I don't even know what to say to him right now. I turn around and shoot him a raging gaze. Okay, I may be overreacting just a little bit, but after all I am the one keeping him alive right now. That platform could disappear at a snap of my fingers ... No, I wouldn't dare to do that (even if he dared me to do it in a game of Truth or Dare that he mentioned earlier) because I'm not evil.
That's why I saved him in the first place - because I'm NOT EVIL! Okay, maybe there were some other reasons, too ... but that's not the point.
"No, Penny, I didn't mean it like that ..." he starts to apologize. I can't even seem to remain angry at him. I quit gazing at him and look away. I can't believe he looks so cute and he's not even trying. Ughhh, I hate him!
"I-"
Before I could finish my sentence, an invisible force starts pulling us in the opposite direction. I accuse Talon and look back at him, but he isn't doing anything. He looks just as confused as I am. The force just keeps getting stronger and stronger ...