Chris walked for a while, not exactly sure of where to start searching for Zach.
Honestly, he was still a bit mad at Martin, for his mind to think clearly. But, he soon was able to shake it off, and start brainstorming. He decided he'd look for the biggest building in town (and the blackest), and see if it was Zach's main headquarters.
If it wasn't, he knew he'd at least be able to find some sort of information there, or possibly find Aviva.
But then, as he thought more and more about it, he remembered Aviva had been brainwashed, and he wasn't sure of how he would convince her into helping him.
Though, he would cross that bridge when he got there.
So, after he walked down the sidewalk for one hour and a half, he noticed a clothing store. And that made him wonder if Zach remembered him, and what he looked like. That fact worried Chris, considering when he went into the building, he'd want to be unnoticed.
So, he went inside the clothing store to look for something else to wear, besides his terribly green shirt, tan shorts, and his hiking boots... okay, maybe he would keep the boots.
Anyway, he quickly picked out a few things that fit him, which consisted of a grey hoodie, and black jeans.
Then, he went over to the cash register, where he quickly learned that the kind of money he was trying to use, was outdated. Zach had replaced coins and dollars, with these grey paper bills with his face all over them.
Luckily, the clerk still took the money Chris had to offer, because that store took the outdated kind, and the new kind.
So, Chris left the store, not looking like himself at all, actually. He even ruffled his hair a little, so his bangs were down.
He looked down the sidewalk, deeper into the city, and he saw a pretty good sized building, and judged it was the largest.
"Okay..." Chris thought to himself taking a deep breath, "Let the fun begin..." and he started towards the building.
An hour earlier...
Martin was starting to wonder when his brother was going to come back inside, considering it had been 30 minutes since Chris had stormed out.
Martin sat in the living room, just waiting really. He was kind of expecting for Chris to come back in and apologize or something.
Trent had eventually come out of his room with Gabe, and went over to sit on his father's lap. Gabe just went and helped his mom with dinner.
"Hey dad," Trent started, "What was the world like before that Zach guy ruled it?"
Martin blinked, as if he hadn't noticed Trent was there, "Huh? Oh... why do you want to know about that?" he said bringing the little boy into his arms.
"Well, you and mommy seem really upset about it, especially when you talk with uncle Chris..." Trent said, pulling his lemur stuffed animal close to him.
Martin sighed, "Well Trent... let's just say, compared to how the world is now, it once was a utopia-" He then saw his son didn't exactly understand that word, "-Er, it was a paradise in other words..."
Trent nodded, now understanding, "Oh... what happened then?"
Martin looked away to the window, not really wanting to bring the terrifying truth out to his youngest child, but something else caught his attention...
Through the window he could see the front porch, and he could also clearly see Chris was not there.
Without a word, Martin picked up Trent quickly but gently, and set him on the couch, going over to the door.
He opened it quickly, and looked down the street, not seeing any sign of his brother. He feared the worse, and knew he couldn't loose his brother again.
Kitty noticed her husband standing at the open doorway, and quickly put down the cucumber she was chopping up, and went over to Martin.
"Is everything alright?" she asked, concerned.
Martin shook his head, and looked back at her. She could tell by the look in his eyes, something was terribly wrong.
"Chris is gone... He went to find Zach... and is going to try and stop him..." Martin said, a weakening fear overtaking his voice.
Kitty's eyes widened as she put her hand on Martin's arm, "How do you know for sure?"
Martin looked back out the door, "He's my brother... trust me, I know..."
"We have to go get him then!" Kitty said, now just as worried about Chris.
"Mom, Dad? What's going on?" Gabe's voice came from behind them. Kitty and Martin turned to see their boys standing right behind them, staring up, looking afraid.
Martin shook his head slowly, and looked to Kitty and whispered, "No... Laura, you need to stay here with the boys... I don't want anymore of my family getting split up..." and Kitty knew he was dead serious, because he used her real name.
Kitty sighed, and looked down, "Martin... I really don't want to loose you..."
Martin lifted her chin, "Don't worry about me. Just worry about you, Gabe, Trent, and this little one..." he said putting his other hand on her pregnant stomach.
She felt the verge of tears, but she held it back as she nodded slowly, "Be careful..."
Martin kissed her, and then he went down to hug Gabe and Trent, before hurrying out the door to his car.
Both boys took their mother's hands quickly, not knowing what was going on, as they all watched Martin leave.
Going into the building was easy, which, surprised Chris. He half expected Zach bots to be guarding the front door, but, there were none.
Actually, the whole building was like a hotel in some ways; It had a great lobby, with an grande grey glass elevator, and many hallways leading down to offices.
Chris cleared his throat, as he blinked in amazement. But, he shook it off, and went to the front desk.
"Um, hi..." Chris practiced in his head, trying to figure out what to say, "I'm here looking for Mr. Zach Varmitech, so I can change the world back to the way it was..." But, of course there was no way he was actually going to say that.
"Uh, hello..." Chris finally said, to the woman typing away at the desk, "Is Zac- I mean, Mr. Varmitech here?"
The woman did not look up at him for a while, nor answer. But finally, she raised her head and stared at Chris, "Yes, he is in. Do you have an appointment?"
But this time, Chris did not answer, for he saw who the woman was and his mouth dropped open. From her tan skin, to her dark hair in a bun, and to her greyish/greenish eyes behind her glasses.
He knew it was Aviva...
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