Stepping out of the yellow taxi, Rev pulled out his grey and red luggage bag with him. After he paid his fare and the taxi vanished, the roadrunner turned and started approaching a building which looked like two square based prisms stuck together.
The other Loonatics may have said that he could visit his family for the weekend, but Rev still hoped that they were coping fine. He knew that if there was any epidemic trouble back at Acmetropolis, he was sure that he would make it there in time to help the others. After all, his super speed would be useful to get to the city, beat whatever's causing the trouble, and be back with his family before dinner.
When he finally reached the front door, he pressed the doorbell button. As the doorbell tune rang from the inside, he felt a bit of nostalgia warm up from inside of him. His mother always liked the tune that played whenever someone rang it. It was one that made her look forward to whoever was standing at the other side of the door, even if it was someone like the postman.
"She must be really excited to see me. They all must be." He thought as the door opened. A friendly, familiar feminine face peered around the door. Her face suddenly lit up.
"Rev my baby, you came!" She embraced him with a hug.
"Mom!" Rev smiled as he wrapped his arms around her. "I'm so glad to see you too!"
"You must have had a tiring journey." His mother withdrew herself as she guided her son into the house. "Come in. Come in."
Once inside the house, the warmth immediately enshrouded him. Everything from the green couch, the exotic plants right down to the red carpet were still in the places they were when he visited them the last time. As his mother entered the pine wood kitchen, Rev gave himself a secret grin.
"Nothing's changed." He murmured to himself with a smile until he was approached by two more road runners.
"My my, how's my favourite eldest son?" The older bird gushed. "I haven't seen you in such a while since that incident with the whole Robo Amigo palooka with Rip. But it's so good to see my son again."
"Thanks dad." Rev smiled. "I'm happy to see you as well. How have you and Rip been since I left?"
"We've been doing great." Rip piped up. "We've been working on Robo the Cyberdog for the kids who prefer animal robots to the more human like Robo Amigo. And we're launching it next month once we get the approval of the manufactuers."
"Well that's great bro!" Rev said. "You guys must have got on fine for you two to invent Robo."
"Of course we do!" His father rubbed his knuckles gently across the crest of purple feathers on top of Rip's head. "We've always got on fine haven't we son?"
"Yes dad. We get on fine." Rip struggled out of his father's grip until he finally pulled his head out from his father's arms.
"Rip, why don't you help Rev put his stuff in his old room?" Their father suggested. "It'll give ya more time to talk."
"Sure."
Once their father left them alone, Rev followed Rip along the hallway. Rev looked at all the photos in their frames along the walls. Each one was a snap shot of a happy family memory. In some of the frames, there was just one or two road runners in the pictures. But most of them contained all the members bearing their cheesy grins at the camera. Once they finally arrived at a door, Rip twisted the handle and pushed it open for him. Rev entered the room and his face lifted up. Everything was just as immaculately clean as he left it before going back to Acmetropolis. All his athletics medals were lined up neatly on top of his drawers. His blue duvet covered bed was made up neatly with his pillows plumped up. Along the blue walls were posters of the Acmetropolis Rangers and other basherball posters that he used to admire. As he was completely lost in nostalgia, Rip intrrupted his thoughts.
"Rev, are you okay?" He asked.
The older brother shook his head to place himself back into the present time and gave him a smile.
"I'm fine." He assured his younger sibling. "It's like nothing's changed from when I left. I'm glad it's stayed that way."
"But so much has happened since the meteor came down." Rip recalled. "You became a superhero, and I almost tried to destroy Acmetropolis but you saved me, the family business has never been so busy and-"
"Still, nothing's changed." Rev interjected. "Everything is still in their places, and we're all still together. And that is good enough for me."
"Even this?" Rip gave a mischievious grin as he grabbed one of Rev's pillows and smacked it upon his brother's head.
"Hey!" Rev yelled as he grabbed his other pillow and hit it upon Rip's head.
The brothers battled it out as feathers started to appear from the pillows. They continued to smack their pillows into each other until both of the road runner's arms grew tired. As the feathers floated down to the ground, they slumped onto the bed. Puffing out of exhaustion, the brothers began to laugh.
"You're right Rev." Rip chuckled. "Nothing has changed."
"You said it bro." Rev agreed as his knuckles knocked into Rips knuckles as though they acknowledged the same opinion.
END OF EPILOGUE CHAPTER 5.