Chapter 8- A Disappointment

"Look at what we have here," said Alvin.

Archibald and Larryboy still froze. Archibald slowly filed the chains one last time until the metal shattered to pieces.

"Well if it isn't Larryboy," said Alvin.

Larryboy looked out into the crowd. Some of the people he could recognise. They were all there. Just seven years older. The people who trusted him. There were also new faces as well.

"How do you like the future?" laughed Alvin, "Seven years later and you are still a failure! By the way, speaking of failure, your superhero teacher and all the other superheroes around heard about your failure. Apparently, that old man is disappointed in you. I can see why. You aren't even considered a superhero anymore. Just the hero gone wrong. Or the hero who FAILED!"

Larryboy looked angrily at Alvin.

Bok Choy, the old superhero who taught him at superhero classes, thinks he's a disappointment. That word stung. Larryboy was upset but tried not to show it.

"And now," said Alvin, " I'll make sure you will never go back. You will stay here and be imprisoned here until you die! Which shouldn't be long!" Alvin snickered.

Clank!

Suddenly, Larryboy's chains broke and fell to the floor.

Larryboy and Archibald thought the same thing.

Run.

The two tore off around the crowd to the exits. As they approached each one, the robots close it and block it. After running around and all the entrances were closed, there was one left.

The gate to the rest of the building.

Archibald and Larryboy ran through it and closed it.

It was quiet.

Then five seconds later the robots tore down the wall and pursued the chase.

All the people panicked.

Alvin was angry.

"That's it!" he yelled. Then he turned to one of the robots.

"To get Larryboy, we need Larryboy."

That statement will make sense later.

Meanwhile Archie and Larryboy were hunted down by the robots through the halls of Alvin's palace.

They spotted a door and went through it. When they were in, they grabbed some nearby chairs and a table and blocked the door.

Then the two leaned against the wall to catch their breaths. They looked around.

They were in a dark room. They couldn't see anything.

"Archibald," panted Larryboy, " I'm confused. Why wouldn't I have stopped Alvin by now?"

"I could tell you," said a voice in the corner. A light bulb turned on. The voice sounded familiar.

When Larryboy and Archie saw who it was, their jaws dropped open.