Chapter 10- Minor Upgrades
Larryboy and the Archibalds stared. There were some robots and Awful Alvin facing them. But they didn't pay attention to them. They paid attention to someone else.
"Larryboy," smiled Alvin wickedly, "Meet Larryboy!"
Among the robots was someone who almost looked like Larryboy. Only one of his eyes was a laser, his plungers were metallic, and his clothes were black with a few metal parts and buttons. His mask was gray, his skin was paler, and he had a black cape. And he did not look friendly.
"Is that suppose to be me?" asked Larryboy.
"In the future, your...well...that," said future Archie, trembling with fear.
"What?" asked a shocked Larryboy.
"I did some 'minor' upgrades," said Alvin.
"So you gave me a makeover?" asked Larryboy with a little humor.
"You know what I did!" said a frustrated Alvin, "Now let me show you what my work can do."
Just then, future Larryboy aimed his laser eye at Larryboy and the Archibalds. He only ended up hitting the ceiling above them, causing bits of the ceiling to crumble on them. As they scattered on Larryboy, he shrieked, "RUN!"
Larryboy and the Archibalds ran through the hallway with Alvin, the robots, and the future Larryboy chasing them.
"Archie," panted Larryboy as they ran, "I'm sorry! This is all my fault!"
"No!" answered the past Archibald, "We have to get back to the time machine and go back. I actually believe you can stop this!"
"Really?"
Suddenly, future Archibald starting yelling. His collar on his neck started electrocuting him. "Help!" yelled Archibald as electricity was sent through his body every couple of seconds or so as he ran. He jumped everytime he was electrocuted.
Just then, future Archibald fell to the floor. Larryboy and the other Archibald stop running and watch him in fear. Suddenly, a metal plunger flies through the air and attached to future Archibald. It began pulling him back. He tried to grasp at the ground.
"The metal plunger!" screamed future Archibald, "It sucks on to stuff as by sucking in air! It's as strong as a vacuum!"
"Future Archie!" Larryboy panicked.
"Hey," he gasped, "Go defeat Alvin! Do it for me!"
"What?" asked Larryboy.
"I'm sorry for not trusting you...for seven years. Hurry!" future Archibald yelled. Then he was pulled back by the plunger, screaming.
Larryboy and Archibald gasped, then continued running.
They ran through the ruined town as Alvin, evil Larryboy, and the robots kept chasing them. As Larryboy and Archibald ran through town, chaos and destruction followed as lasers flew, buildings (or what was left of them) crumbled, and every nearby person screaming in fear. As they saw Larryboy, they muttered disgust at him.
But for a second, they felt somewhat hope. But that hope was lost when debris piled on them.
Archibald and Larryboy had no idea where they were going.
"Where's the machine?" panicked Larryboy.
"I think it's this way," yelled Archibald.
Soon they were at the edge of town.
Suddenly, Larryboy and Archibald ran into something. They slammed into it like it was a wall and fell to the ground. They didn't really see anything, just the landscape ahead with a dark red tone set in it. They realised they have reached the end of the shield.
Larryboy and Archie lay on the ground in pain. They looked behind them. The chasers were getting closer.
"They're coming!" yelled Archibald.
The two banged on the shield. During this, Larryboy banged a plunger against it, causing it to stick to it. He looked up and saw the rest of the shield form a dome shape.
Larryboy grabbed Archibald with one plunger and used the other to stick to the ceiling of the shield. They were pulled upward.
"Hey," said Archibald, "There's the street where we left the machine."
Once they got there, they ran to the spat where the machine was.
Larryboy and Archibald stopped in their tracks and gasped.
The machine was gone.