Guardians and the NFC East Rusherz
Part 7: The Search for Liberty- To face the unknown.
Feilds, Ohio...
Freefall: *panic; almost raspy* LIBERTY!
Freefall screamed in panic as the team searched the area, the sun setting as dusk painted the sky. The Rusherz, after their respected teams told them they got their cities under their eyes, went back to Ohio and the surrounding areas of Canton.
Freefall was leading his team around and the Seahawk was at his emotional limit.
Freefall: *panic; almost raspy* LIBERTY!
Freefall sighed as his shoulders slumped, Lasso going over and placing a comforting hand on his shoulders.
Lasso: I know your worried, but i think you should take a break from shouting. Your voice is going to break, don't think that will help now.
Freefall sadly nodded in agreement.
Freefall: Y-your right, don't think I'll be much help if my voice breaks. *Small smile* Thank you Lasso.
Lasso gave a small smile as the two went back searching with the others.
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K-9: I sure hope we find something or Liberty here. We've search everywhere more times than ever and outside the cities is our only chance left.
Peck nodded as he looked behind some bushes..his eyes widen when he saw a very familiar red Anitcorian helmet, the one the commander of Zatu's army wore.
Peck: *worry* Shards this means..*Loud* GUYS I FOUND SOMETHING! *Picks it up* AND IT'S A HUGE-
THUMP!
Peck: *freezes*...*looks down*...
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Peck (not to far): *TERRIFIED SCREAMS*
All turned at that fast.
Freefall: THAT"S PECK!
Immediately all bolted to the location where they saw Peck pale and screaming in terror, on the ground and backing away fast.
Pack: *worry* Peck what happened! What the hey did you see?!
Peck continued to scream in terror as he pointed to the now visible sight...
...AND ALL RUSHERZ PRESENT SCREAMED IN TERROR TOO.
Peck: *Terror* SHARDSOHSHARDSOFTHECORE!
Grizzly: *terror* SHARDS THAT'S A-D-DID LIBERTY-!?
Pillage: *terror* IT'S KINDA A FACT GIVEN THE ASH, THE HALF METAL SKULL, CYBORG EYES STICKING OUT AND LIB HAS BEEN MIA!
Scavenger: *terror;pales* T-That's why Sudden Death did that to my...oh my gosh.
K-9: *terror* I am so glad Fang is not here seeing this.
Freefall: *terror* Liberty what the hey happened to you for this to happen-
At that moment, Freefall's NFLComm beeped rapidly as he frantically responded.
Freefall: *terror* Stamps you kinds caught us at a bad time-
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Stampede: *terror;holding Liberty's torch* You found the head? Cause we found the rest of him.
Stampede's team had found the Commander of Zatu's army body as well as Liberty's torch, Fang eyes being covered by Blow-Torch as Beast stood in front of him just in case looking around.
Beast: *terror* Oh man, this is bad. really bad.
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All Rusherz had united where the battle had taken place. The area was scorched, dead trees having fallen over and blood splattered around the area.
Pick-Ax: *terror* Shards...d-did Liberty do all this?
Bolt: *terror;pale* It has to be him...this energy...he didn't hold back.
All could feel the large amount of energy left here, all felt their bloods run cold.
Steed: *terror* He went off to fight this guy and *Sees something;panic*..OH SHARDS!
Steed bolted off to the side and came back holding a device, Sonar and Soar eyes widening.
Sonar: *terror* That's from Anticoria! It's a communication device!
Spot: *terror* So, that means Lord Zatu was watching all this?
Cyclops: *terror* It has his hands written all over it so it's gotta be him!
That got them all in a panic as everything began to sank in their minds.
Swoop: *panic* Oh shards HE KNOWS! ZATU KNOWS ABOUT LIB, ABOUT THE FORMS ABOUT-ABOUT WHAT OUR ENERGY LEVELS REALLY ARE! HE KNOWS!
Chief: *panic* WHAT DO WE DO!? WHAT'S HE'S GONNA DO?! WHAT THE HEY HAPPENED TO LIBERTY!?
All their voice concerned rang in the area as their panic increased more and more till finally-
Soar: *takes oxygen mask off; loud;determined* HEY!
All turned to Soar, to was taking breaths calming himself. Freefall and Stampede, despite being in the same position as the others, were surprised that Soar spoke up first before them.
Soar: *determined;worried* All I want, is to find Liberty. Freefall and Stampede are just as worried on Liberty and this new information too but this is not gonna help any of us in the current situation.
Freefall and Stampede nodded as they went over, facing the others.
Stampede: Soar is right. We are both horrified on this. I-I know this is a, horrifying discovery..but, we need to find Liberty now more than ever. He's out there in a bad state and he needs us now more than ever.
Freefall: And he's hurt, BADLY. Worse than the one months back. He's alone, hurt, and lost and he needs us now too! We have to find him and, unfortunately, *looks at the blood trail* this trail is our best bet. Wherever it ends is where he is.
..The Rusherz manage to calm their hearts nodding. LIBERTY WAS TOP PRIORITY. They can figure out this mess and how to explain this to everyone later, Liberty was the most important right now as all turned to the trail.
Thor: Right, though i am not looking forward to finding what's at the end.
Freefall: Hard to kill us, but..I'm not looking forward to the damage either.
Stampede: If this amount of blood is anything, it's not going to be pretty.
With new-found determination, the thirty one Rusherz ran off following the blood trial.
Hours later, Canton...
Mr. Kang: Okay, we are literally going in circles.
The Guardians parents and Tua's Grandfather were sitting in the park, having looked for hours for the missing Rusher. Nina was back at home being watched by Troy's sister, and Harper.
Charles Reynolds: -sighs- I hope Ash and the kids are okay.
Mr. Stevens: Same here, i just don't like the idea of our children being sent into danger again especially afte-
At that Sandra's phone rang, her taking it out and seeing the number..
..911.
She pressed the screen and put the phone on speaker.
Sandra: Hello?
Officer (otherline): Are you Mrs. Taylor?
Sandra: Yes this is her, my husband and some parents of my son's friends are with me too. Is everything alright?
Officer (otherline): -sighs- First, I am one of the officers aware of your son and his friends position as Guardians, as well as someone who is currently helping them.
Lt. Matt: Very good to know. But...has something happened?
It was silent on the otherline for a bit.
Officer (otherline): THEY FOUND LIBERTY, HE IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
Aultman Hospital...
The sight they saw in the cemetery was burned in their brains, seeing Liberty bleeding out and laying on top the grave of Joseph Carr.
The kids, in sorrow and worry, were surrounding the bed Liberty was in, new shirts on as they had ripped and torn their's. The reason for the ripping and tearing of their shirts was to stop the bleeding and the burns that covered him while they waited for the paramedics.
However, before the ambulance arrived, Ish and Ricky went into Guardian mode and cleaned the tombstone from the Giant Rusherz' blood, not wanting Liberty to feel horrified on what happened and as to pay respects.
As for Liberty...he was in critical condition even now. His arm and leg were in cast, while the rest of his body was littered in gauze and wraps. An oxygen mask was on him, his free arm connected to a heart monitor as a slow beep was heard.
Ish: *sorrow;worry*...Why, why didn't we think Zatu would send someone after all of us when we escaped?
Ash placed a comforting hand on Ish's shoulder, though her face was filled with the same thing as the others.
Ash: *sorrow;worry* We had a lot of things to worry about when we got back. The battle, Soar's hospitalization, and the draft.
Ricky: *sorrow;worry* No way we could of known Ish.
Ish sighed nodding and agreeing with his friends.
Ish: *sorrow;worry* I know but...how are we going to tell the others about this?
Troy: *sorrow;worry* I think we should worry about what happened to whoever did, THIS to him.
At that the door opened as the doctor walked in.
Doctor: Your families are heading over now, they were told of the situation.
Tua: *sorrow;worry* Thanks um...we have to ask, how bad?
She sighed as he looked at the clipboard.
Doctor: He's still in critical condition. Mind you he had old injuries that reopened from what he went though. But, then there are the new ones. *flips to next page* He has a broken leg and a twisted arm, blunt trauma, not to mention the amount of burns and lacerations he received. But, -sighs-, he had internal damage that needed to be address.
Marty: *sorrow;worry* It's much worse than the external damages right?
Doctor: *nods* Unfortunately. His one rib cage was all but shattered to the point of needing delicate repair, some organs had burst opened and needed to be closed, one of them being his left lung thank goodness his heart was spared. Even so, he's still remains critical.
Ricky: *sorrow;worry* So, he's still not out of the woods despite all those surgeries?
The doctor sadly nodded confirming Liberty's life was in jeopardy.
Ish: *sorrow;worry* Is there anything that can help him get out of the red?
Doctor: It's actually something simple, but also a time limit. HE NEEDS TO WAKE UP. If he wakes up tonight or tomorrow morning he should be out of the woods, but in the state he's in he's going to need all the help he can get.
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The cars screeched to a halt as the Guardians parents and Tua's grandfather bolted out. Harper had arrived after them running out with Nina and Troy's sister behind them.
Mrs. Tupola: *to Troy's and Marty's father* PLEASE WAIT UP FOR US!
Mr. Stevens: Not until we see them!
Both Troy's and Marty's father wanted a few words with their sons with all that had happened as they all ran inside.
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The Guardians were left alone in Liberty's room once again with the information they were given.
Ash: Liberty needs to wake up...HOW IN THE WORLD CAN HE IN THE POSITION HE'S IN!?
Troy: Well we have to think of something otherwise, even with all that will to live power he's running out of time fast.
They pondered in silence on the situation. Ish eyes went to his NFLR...and his eyes widen which caught their attention.
Marty: You got an idea Ish?
Ish: It's, drastic, but i don't think we have any other options.
Tua: How drastic are we talking about?
Ish looked at Liberty, then his NFLR and finally his friends.
Ish:...What if we gave him some of our energy?
All: *shock* WHAT!?
Troy: *shock* You want to do basically a energy transplant?!
Ricky: *shock* Will that even work, and if it does we'll be out of commission for a while-
Ish nodded in determination as he grasped Liberty's hand.
Ish: I WILL NOT LET HIM DIE GUYS. You all saw just how much Lord Zatu caused pain to them and how much he means to the others, if the Rusherz were to lose Liberty...
The rest of the Guardians eyes widen in realization on what could happen.
Ash: *realization* It would be almost like what happened with you when you lost your powers temporary, only permanent.
Ish: Exactly.
Ricky: And instead of one, it'll be thirty one. *anger and disgust* And those three idiots and Sudden Death would take that advantage.
Ish: Yeah, They would be in a emotional state where they could be manipulative. No way are we going to let those idiots have their way and...i don't want the Rusherz to lose the one who brought them all together as a family.
While all went silent again, this time was quick as all nodded in determination.
Marty: Well, let's give it a shot.
With that, all six of them grabbed Liberty's hand..closing their eyes in concentration.
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The Rusherz had reach the end of the trail of blood to Joseph Carr grave.
Arrow-Head: *touches the ground* Trail ends here, but it looks like someone recently clean his grave.
Scavenger: So, someone found Liberty?
Freefall: It seems so, but where i-
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The Guardians families reached the door as Mr. Kang ran over, Lt. Matt trying to stop him from yelling.
Lt Matt: Please don't ye-
He grabbed the door know and flung the door open
Mr. Kang: *stern* TROY LAWRENCE-
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A bright blinding light covered the area of Canton and Columbus as all Humans and Rusherz covered their eyes from the light.
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Ish, Sandra, and Lt. Matt: *confused* PARDON?
All three were now not in the hospital...but now in a silvery blue landscape, with Ish's friends and their families no where in sight.
To Be Continued...
So...yeah, these guys are about to enter a whole lot of question territory with where they ended up.