Chapter Seven:
Disclaimer: I do not own WordGirl. WordGirl is owned by Soup2Nuts and Scholastic.
Ok, here I am! Yes, I still write. But, hey its summer time. I am SO lazy. A special thanks to: TheLivingBeckyBotsford, disastermovieguy, 1000goldpipes, LexiconGirl, Awesome, MusicNeverStops474, Deepizzaguy, accost perez jose ramiro, casrules401, darklexirose, and KimDWil71. Thanks to all of you :D God Bless XD
Dedication: To my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
The girl flue in mid air waiting for the robot's first move. A hard gust of wind filled the air. It howled pass buildings and shook the trees. It sent the young superhero's hair dancing across her cheek and her cape slowly folding. Pushing her hair back, WordGirl clutched her fist and made a battle pose. With the flashes of lightning and the thunder above her, a message of caution was evident.
It was obviously a horrid time to fight a giant robot. Oh well…
Screeches of metal arose as the robot slowly stood on its feet. After it fell, it was automatically looking for the target.
"Hey you! Looking for me?"
WordGirl gestured to herself, with a grin. Flying in mid air, she awaited the robot's first move. Though, it didn't take long.
"Whoa!" A crumble of building pieces were launched at her. Catching the falling cement bunches, she placed them down in an empty spot. By then the robot had caught up with her. A dark shadow loomed over her as she slowly ascended to its height.
Granted, it was a terrible looking robot, but surprisingly destructive and mysterious. It was making a mess, but why.
"Alright Tobey, come out, I know you are behind this." WordGirl looked around in frustration. The robot didn't stop, it just continued to approach her.
"Hmm…strange. This isn't normal. Where is Tobey? Usually, he pops out with his remote."
WordGirl quickly began to listen intently with her superhearing. Most of the time she could pick up Tobey's 'evil genius talk to self' strand of thought. It wasn't too hard to find in a small city. Furthering her concentration, she tried listening for his voice. Though, the loud talks and screams of citizens began to slowly drown out her hopes. The noise of everything filled her ears, "Er…I give up."
It was clear Tobey wasn't anywhere close.
CRASH!
Mentally shaking herself for not watching the robot, WordGirl quickly looked around and sure enough...The robot had come into an obstacle in its path. Unfortunately, the obstacle had to be the Will-Rose Building. It was owned by Suzy B. Snugglesteen, who managed to win the building after Mr. Big cheated.
"Oh no!" The superhero quickly caught the robot's hand that was pushing to destroy the building's tower. Though, it sure was throwing a lot of force. "Eeerr..Come on…" Pushing hard, the robot hand slowly began to move back. SLAM! Only to shove WordGirl crashing into the street. Shaking off the small ounce of pain that surged, the hero kicked off the broken cement and sped straight at the robot. Grabbing the contraption from underneath, WordGirl forcefully began to lift the robot away from the building.
The machine was causing catastrophic damage. There had to be a safer way to fight it.
As the hero flue higher, the robot only began to grow heavier. Biting her lip, "This is really getting hard. I don't think I can hold for long." Searching out ideas, her eyes scanned the city. Suddenly, an idea hit her.
The river.
If she could toss the robot in the river it would destroy it.
"oOw." The fight was still on and the machine was still trying to get to her. WordGirl felt like she had just taken on 10 more tons.
Looking around frantically, "ok..WordGirl focus. Where is the river?" Searching around, the girl spotted it with ease. It wasn't far, the hero knew she could make it now. Holding tight to the robot, she closed her eyes with sincere focus. Jetting out in speed, the hero opened her eyes and whizzed through the air. Familiar buildings and places flue past her in quick blazes of light. Weaving through the buildings and keeping her eyes locked on the murky water in the distance, it would only be milliseconds before she ridded the robot and saved the city.
"Too bad it can't be that easy, WordGirl. Mwhaha…." It was then her superhearing kicked in to hear the faint familiar voice.
"Leslie!" Mr. Big urgently whispered.
The annoyed assistant rushed over to her boss. "Yes sir?" She asked blankly.
"Which button do I press?" The business man scratched his head in complete confusion. Business was his degree, not a child's robotic toys.
"Did you read the instruction manual, sir?' The assistant asked unamused.
"There's an instruction manual?"
"urgh…"
As the hero sped faster and faster…the voice slowly faded out.
Finally! She was just about…
A loud scream broke out of her, as the small pain she had been feeling seemed to erupt to a worse maximum level. All the superhero could see was the machine's red shot eyes. Dropping the robot, she tried to hold onto her flight, but everything in her was shocked. The girl slowly began to give in to the gravity. Crashing on top of a building, WordGirl tried to stand, but fell back down.
Something wasn't right. WordGirl didn't get beat by robots. She had no weaknesses except...no.. the hero refused to believe it. Besides, Tobey didn't even know her weakness.
With a sudden creaking of metal , the robot appeared and lifted its hand above her ready to smash.
In a mix of throbbing and fear, WordGirl quickly began to stand not willing to give up so easily. Jumping in the air, she gripped the robot's hand and pulled with what strength she had. The metallic arm came buzzing off.
The robot was now wildly trying to swat her with its only arm. Now, if only she could rip the other arm off. That way she could defeat the machine.
"Yes, I think if I did that...whoa..wait a minute. Something is wrong." But, as the red wires of the robot surged wildly, a burning wave was felt all over her. Feeling her legs beginning to collapse, she tried to resist the urge to fall.
"uh...What is happening?"
There were lives dependent upon her.
"No, I won't give up." WordGirl growled as she weakly dodged the robot's arm.
Was that who he thought it was?
Tobey quickly ran from window to window trying to see what was going on. Part of his orders were to stay inside a busy building. He had managed to sneak inside the Will-Rose Building. It was plenty noisy, and that was key. WordGirl wouldn't be able to hear him and thus find him. The villains needed him to be hidden. Mostly from the fear the superhero would make him talk, and thus reveal their plan. But, for some reason, Tobey thought Mr. Big too devious for that being the only reason.
"Where is WordGirl?" Tobey asked around hoping someone would answer his question. By now everyone was crowded around the windows, hoping to see the battle. The robot had been close to destroying the building only a matter of minutes ago. Though, as suspected WordGirl didn't let that happen. Now the hero was somewhere in the city fighting, but where.
Pushing some curious faces aside, "Was that WordGirl?" Tobey questioned nervously to the chaotic atmosphere.
"I don't know..."
"It sounded like it."
"Could of just been a frightened citizen..."
"I think it sounded like a child."
A blur of answers arose through the curious crowd of people.
Rushing around trying to find an open window to peer out, "Where is WordGirl?' Tobey shouted again hoping an answer would finally break through. The noise of the people was too great...and it slowly drowned out his hopes.
Tobey quickly ran into the elevator, if anything, he could go to a different floor. Pressing the circular button, it glowed and dinged as the doors swiftly opened. Running inside, the boy quickly hit the highest number he could find. The doors shut and the elevator began to speed up.
In a blitz of time, the elevator slowed and opened its doors... as Tobey walked out instantly he could feel a wave of wind rush over him. Carefully walking forward, he cupped his hands over his eyes and searched the distance.
Like a beacon, a flash of red light could be seen down by river. What was going on?
It wasn't possible, the robot's hand was moving too fast. Her power were leaking from her even faster. There had to be another way to stop the robot.
Perhaps, if she could penetrate the robot's core and destroy it that would bring the machine down.
Well it would have to do, it was the only thing she had left to try. Forcing herself to stand strong, she began to run straight toward the robot. With her legs growing more weak by the second, her running became sprinkled with abrupt limping. Rushing across the building's destroyed roof, the hero pushed with all the strength she had. Jumping of the building's edge and into the robot, she crashed through the machine's outer shell and into its interior. At that exact moment, a flood of the red light engulfed her. The strength immediately went from her, the girl collapsed.
WordGirl knew she had been made vulnerable by her only weakness.
"Lexinit..lexan…" She cried. Somehow she knew, but just couldn't believe it. Trying to lift her head, she could dimly see a large chunk of Lexanite. It was connected to several wires inside the robot.
The Lexanite was powering the machine.
I can't do this, she thought. Laying helpless, the girl tried to call Huggy. Pressing her communicator, the beep slowly sounded. Come on Huggy, where are you?
As the beep continued it eventually died and went to static.
Now, there was only one way to stop it. Though, she couldn't move, she didn't want to move. Lifting her head, a mix of dizziness crept over her. Looking over at the lexanite, she groaned.
The shards of broken metal began to pierced her skin, lifting herself up, the hero began to crawl to the rock. The closer she inched to it, the more she wanted to give up. Letting out short cries, the hero moved till she could see her own reflection in the rock's shiny surface. Shakily lifting her hand, the hero grabbed hold of the rock and began to pull.
As she tightened her grip the rock began to burn through her glove, in an instant her hand felt as if it were on fire. Biting her lip and holding back tears, she kept her hold.
Ok guys :O , I just wanted to say how much I HATED to write this :( . I just can't stand WordGirl like this. I mean Urgh! Next time, I will write a story that is completely happy…umm..maybe :D. Stories are so much more fun when there are suspenseful problems XD. I am so mad with myself. Haha. Sorry for all the grammar mistakes. Please R&R if ya want :)