Apocalypse

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Well actually I lost my tribe after I was banished for being different. said Clyde

In what way were you different? Asked C.C.

The other phantoms are mindless killing machines but I.. I was more senseable and joined the rouges and if you guys cannot trust me then I will have no choice but to return to the phantoms. Said Clyde glaring at C.C.

Okay we'll trust. Said Zach.

Me too. Said Melody.

I will only trust you too a certain point. said C.C

Then I will then join you. said Clyde.

[Luke McAwesome]

"I don't know about this "Clyde" fellow... I don't trust him." said Melody as she walked with Zach.

"He did save Bob from his untimely demise," said Zach.

"Yeah, that's true. But what if we meet up with more survivors, and they see us with this guy. They might think we're phantoms in disguise. They'll probably try to kill us, too." said Melody. "Are you sure we should let him come with us?"

"Yeah. What can go wrong on a day like this?" said Zach.

[-JD-]

"Good question."

A bad Phantom appeared in front of them, grinning in an evil fashion.

"Ah geez." said Zach, pushing Melody behind him and pulling out his gun.

"What is the matter? Scared? Ha ha ha. I'll make you pay traitor." it said, vanishing and appearing behind Clyde. They both became a blur, transporting themselves all over the place.

"Quick Zach! Get him! cried Melody

"I can't tell who is who!" he said disstressed.

"Time to test out these powers of mine, if they are still with me."

Zach breathed deeply and ran at the Phantoms, he sped up quickly to a steady 30mph and rammed them both to the floor, stunning them. All three lay on the floor. Zach got up quickly and shot the bad Phantom in the head.

"And stay down!" shouted Zach, kicking its corpse.

"You shouldn't have done that." said Clyde, getting up slowly. "The others will have sensed it."

"Who?" asked Melody, but was cut short when five more Phantoms came out of thin air.

"Shit!" muttered Zach.

There were shouts and the rest of the team charged out of the bushes. They all formed a circle, facing outwards as more and more Phantoms appeared.

[Luke McAwesome]

"Oh great..." Melody said under her breath.

"I hate these guys," said Zach.

"Er... Zach? Battleplan?!" Mark screamed as the phantoms closed in on them.

"I don't know! I just know that this could be our final battle!"

"Oh, come on! Zach! You and all of us have survived many encounters with bad things... We can make it out of this little situation!"

"But the question is, how?"

"Um... Let me think..." she opened up her pack, and ruffled around inside for a moment, and pulled out her pistol, but before she could even fire one shot, a phantom jumped her, and shoved her to the ground, and began to strangle her neck.

---

Mark finally realized that this was it. This was his time to be a hero.

Melody could die if he didn't do anything now.

"YAARGH!!!" He pulled out his pistol and began shooting the thing in the head multiple times.

---

"YAARGH!!!"

BAM! SPLAT! BAM! SPLAT! BAM! SPLAT!

Mark fired his gun at the phantom... Successfully!

Blood covered Melody... She didn't realize it was her blood until after the creature fell off of her.

It had clawed her face and neck, and she was bleeding heavily. At least she couldn't see the light, that was always a good sign.

She got to her feet, and felt her face momentarily... There were scratch marks that dug into her face very deeply. Blood soaked her hair, and she wiped blood off her face with her sleeves.

"Wonderful," she said to herself.

She stumbled over to Zach, and pulled out her pistol to help.

"Where's Mark?" Zach yelled into the crowd.

"Over here!" he replied, shooting a phantom in the face. It fell to the ground.

"Nice work, Mark!"

"Wha thank ya!" he said, moving back-to-back with Zach.

[YG-49]

"YAARGH!!!" He pulled out his pistol and began shooting the thing in the head multiple times.

I have a pistol?

Aahhh, a good battle cry, always needed.

[Luke McAwesome]

I have a pistol?

Oops! I forgot you had a light "sword".

Edited September 11, 2009 by Striker

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Guys stop and fight! C.C said while shooting blindly at phantoms.

Mark got out his lightsaber laser sword and sliced through phantoms by the dozen.

Zack charged at a few of them and Melody shot with her pistol.

There's to many of them! Shouted Clyde.

Save yourselves!

Okee dokee. Said C.C leaving the battle until Melody grabbed him by the collar.

Do you think this is a joke?!?! Shouted Melody scaring C.C more than the phantoms.

Melody shoved him in the middle of the battle while herds of phantoms swarmed around them.

Then suddenly something unexpected happened...

[YG-49]

.... All of the Phantoms stopped fighting. They froze completely. Not moving a muscle (Or whatever Phantoms have instead of muscles )

Then suddenly..... They started joining together... To form one MASSIVE Phantom!!! It was higher than a small mountain (hill?) And looked stronger than a group of aliens. And, it had claws on it's hands!!!

This is as far as I can go currently. The little light bulb in my head is out.

Edited September 11, 2009 by YG-49

[Luke McAwesome]

"Aw naw," Melody said with dread in her voice.

"Seconded," said Zach.

"Thirded," said Mark,

"Fourthed," said Jack.

"Fift-" Chris began.

"Alright I get it!" Melody interjected,

Mark couldn't tell who was scarier. Melody, or this giant Phantom.

For now, it's the Phantom, considering it has the power to actually stuff him in it's mouth.

At least Godzilla isn't here!

Wait... That might have been a good thing...

"What are we going to do, Zach?" Melody asked him.

"Um... Er... Ah... RUN!!!" he shrieked as the group tripped over themselves trying to run away from the giant.

"You know... It's hard being the leader! You have to make all the choices, help everybody out, make sure you get every move right," Zach said breathing heavily.

"Well, this ought to make a good memory!" she yelled, as everyone kept running away.

"How so? We're probably going to die anyways!" Mark said, as he suddenly jumped next to Zach.

"You know, he has a point," said Melody.

"A certain truth I don't want to believe," said Zach.

[Eskallon]

"Eskallon, you know this forest, where do we go!!" shouted Zach

"Well I remember finding some ancient ruins, so lets get there, follow me!!!" replied Eskallon

"This huge thing will be able to destroy any ruins" shouted Sam

"Its worth a try" concluded Melody

"I hope you know what you are doing Eskallon" said Zach while breathing deeply

Thats all I can think of for now but I will be posting some ruin pictures of us all so don't go too far ahead anyone. Thanks

[-JD-]

"Good idea, but can't that thing transport itself like the single phantoms too?" shouted Jack

"Hmm. Wait! Where is Clyde?!" Zach said, and slowed a little.

"Right here."

Clyde had transported right next to Marcus, making him lose his balance.

"If I can somehow transport myslef onto it's head, I can deal with it."

"Well what are you waiting for?! DO IT!" shouted Adam

"We need a plan."

They hid themselves in a large cluster of bushes and Clyde told them what to do.

[Bob]

After about a minute of playing mind games with the Giant Phantom, Clyde still couldn't get it to work.

"It's not going to work, we should escape. Now." Clyde said.

"I have a better idea." Bob said.

He took out a small bomb from inside a protective case in his backpack.

"What is that?!" Zach asked.

"This is an E-Class Nuclear Bomb, fit with a detonator."

"Bob, what do you plan on doing with it?" Adam asked.

"I've lived a full and happy life, and I'm almost fifty anyway. You escape into the jungle, I'll detonate the bomb. That should be able to take out both the phantom and myself."

"But, Bob! No!" Melody said.

"Go. Now. Or I'll detonate it. Let me know when you are at least five miles away. Here, take my helmet. It's meant a lot to me, and you'd better five me a good burial somewhere!" Bob ordered.

He handed Zach a radio and his helmet and the group ran off.

"Alright you phantom you, let's see what you've got!" Bob beckoned.

===

About ten minutes later and two miles away from Bob's location, the speeding group slowed down a bit.

"Poor Bob!" C.C. said.

"Well, he is going to wipe out a large portion of the phantoms." Mark said.

"I guess that's two factions that he's mostly wiped out for us then." Zach joked.

The group kept running.

===

Ten more minute later, Bob was on the ground, nearly dead. His finger was on the detonation switch, he was determined. The phantom floated from where it had thrown Bob a second ago.

"Bob! We're about six miles away!" Zach said on the radio.

"I though- never mind, Good Luck with your quest. Tell the others I'm going to miss them all.

"I will Bob, good luck buddy."

Bob turned off the radio, and put his hand on the button.

"This is for all the people you've killed!" Bob said.

He pressed the switch, the entire area was decimated.

===

The group looked from the ruins that Eskallon mentioned.

"Whoa...Look at that blast!" John said.

"You've seen one, you've seen then all." Jack said.

"And we've all seen many." C.C. said.

Zach held on to Bob's helmet.

"Let's keep moving." he said. "We'll give a proper funeral service to Bob later on.

===

At the detonation site, nothing was left. No trace of Bob, or the Phantom's remained.

Yes, I'm dead. I might post later on in flashbacks or something, but, Don't include me anymore...Otherwise I'd be a ghost. And that's Star Wars.

[Luke McAwesome]

Melody's mind was racing.

How could he have done this? He was so tough... After all we had done for him, we saved him from that stomach wound, he barely lived many times And suddenly he's dead? There's no way! she thought.

"Zach... Do you think...?"

"No. He couldn't have survived a blast like that... No one could..." he said. His mind waas acting just like her's. They were thinking the same thing.

---

And so was Mark.

Well, kind of.

That jerk owed me fifty bucks! I swear, if we go back to his bunker, I'm stealing his money.

---

"How could he? He was an important group member! He just abandoned us!" said Melody.

"I don't know, he wanted to make sure he could die a hero. That's what he's probably always wanted," said Zach.

The group stopped talking.

They all started wailing.

"Bob! Where are you?!"

[Eskallon]

"We shall continue this quest though, and in Bob's name we shall fight" shouted Zach

"Yes, for Bob" muttered Eskallon

"We need to think some things over for the night, and with all these emotions in our minds we will be vulnerable to attack" said Melody

"Lets camp in this area for the night" said Eskallon

"Ok, everyone, Bob would want us to continue and not fail in our task" said Sam

"Well after tonight we only have 3 days to get to the core" said CC

"How far away are we from the city?" asked Melody

"Around 10 miles away" replied Eskallon

"Perfect" said Jack

"Or not, that city is well guarded" shouted Adam

"Well our choices are go and walk through the front gate, take the mine route or we can just hope for some luck" said Eskallon

[-JD-]

No! Bob can't die!

"How about we get Clyde to help?" suggested Melody

"Perhaps he can teleport us in and out, or get the Rouges to help us?" added John

"Good ideas. We will have to talk to him."

"I feel weak." said Adam, sitting down.

"That isn't good." said Zach, going over to him, "He was the last one to get charged, so Robert and I might start to deteriorate too!"

"Don't worry." said Melody and she sid next to Adam, who fell asleep and rested on her shoulder.

"Quiet guys, he needs his sleep."

"So do I." said Robert

"You guys get some rest, I'll keep watch." said Zach who walked out the ruins.

He clambered up on top of the rocks and cotemplated about Bob's sacrifice.

[Luke McAwesome]

I forget, you guys had "super powers" right?

The group soon started drifting into sleep, one by one.

Melody slowly fell asleep. She began having visions... She saw Bob with the detonator. And then a flash, a mushroom cloud. She saw Bob being mutilated and disintegrated by the blast. And then, to Zach, and herself, on a rooftop, both covered in blood, fighting off two phantoms, viciously slashing at them.

And she got a look from her very own eyes, of a phantom about to slash her face again...

She woke up, soaked with sweat, and panting. She noticed that Adam was still asleep, his head on her shoulder.

Why is it I always get stuck with the crazy gangsters? she thought.

---

Zach stood up on the highest point of the ruins.

Bob must be out there somewhere. He's not dead... He can't be...

"Hey," said a voice.

Melody was walking over to him, stumbling over the ruins.

When she arrived next to him, she sat down. He did the same.

"I know what's troubling you... Bob was a good man. He gave his life to save ours. He knew what he was doing," she said.

"I know... I just can't help but wonder if he's still out there somewhere," said Zach, looking into the evening sky, colored in orange and red.

"He's in a better place. You know he's dead."

He didn't want to believe it... But she was right. He had to be dead.

"You should get some sleep, we have a long day ahead of us," she said. She got to her feet and walked off to the group.

---

Mark soon walked past her, and went to go see what Zach was doing.

Zach was still awake, and still contemplating.

"I know what's troubling yo-"

"I just got this lecture from Melody, I don't need it again."

"Oh. Okay. Than let me try this: There was a man who lived in a shoe. He noticed that all his dream had come true. His house could fly, he could never die, and not to mention his wife had lied."

"What...?" Zach asked.

"I heard it from some show back when television was still around."

"Don't you miss your old life? Back when everything made sense... When there were no aliens, or phantoms, or anything of the sort, and when there was just normal people doing normal things?"

"I can't say I don't... Becase than I would be lying. I'm just like the old man who lived in a shoe."

"Your wife lied to you?"

"No... Okay, yes... But I still loved her."

"True. So you still don't know what happened to your daughter?"

"No. I hope I will soon, though."

"I'm sorry... About what happened..."

"No worries. I'm just going to go get some sleep." He stood up and walked back to the group, leaving Zach alone again.

Zach watched as the sun set, and the moon rose.

[Adam]

Adam was not asleep. He was simply turned off. In a few minutes, he would be completely rebooted.

The Inventor cursed. Adam's abilities had been used too much that day. He must remember to be more conservative in the future.

Process complete. Ready to receive next program. The Inventor cheered silently - he was back online! His joy was short-lived; there was much work ahead of him.

To be continued... Please do not post or edit anything relating to me until I finish. Thank you.

[Bob]

"Put him in containment one." a voice said.

"Yes sir." a second voice said.

Several loud clanks and whirring noises followed.

"Wake him." the first voice said.

"Yes sir." a third voice had said.

A needle was injected into a figure on a slab of table. The figure bolted up.

"Where am I?!" the figure asked.

"You are in containment one." the first voice answered.

"Where is containment one?"

"You do not need to know that now."

"I am surprised you survived that blast." the second voice said.

"Not many people go through an atomic blast and live to tell the tale." the third one replied.

"I...survived?" Bob asked.

"Yes of course, the phantoms are dead, however that suit you've been wearing protected you." the first voice said.

"Where am I?" Bob questioned again.

"You are in a secret underground lab, owned by the United States Government." the first voice said.

"Or what's left of it." the second one added.

Bob got up from the slab, he walked around the room. He had wondered how he had survived.

"The head gear you were wearing underneath your helmet also protected you." the third one said.

"Bob Willians, the last I heard of you, you were living holed up in your bunker with your dog." the first voice said.

"Well, I had to leave, trouble went on from there. My dog died too." Bob said.

"We're going to let you go, don't worry about that." the first one said.

"I have to meet up with my friends." Bob added.

"You can, we will let you go after you are cleared with our doctors. You are a very important man Mr. Willains, and a war-hero." the first voice said.

"Really?" Bob asked.

"Yes, not only did you take out most if not all of the robots, but also most of the phantom population."

I guess you never found the body which means I was allowed to come back. I'll catch up with you, sooner rather than later.

[Adam]

The continuation...

It was clever of him, The Inventor thought proudly, to plant that bomb in the millionaire's bag.

He was quite pleased that he had thought to include unique thought with the programming.

"SIR, THE PROCESS IS COMPLETE. PLEASE INITIATE THE NEXT PROGRAM." The Inventor clicked a few buttons and spoke his next command: "COME."

The monitor blinked. Then -

"PLEASE INPUT COORDINATES." He typed them in and waited for the response to load. "OPERATION COMPLETE."

-~-~-~-~-~-~-

Electricity surged through Adam's wiring. He was back online. Adam sat up silently and crept towards the edge of the ruins. Fully charged, he vaulted over the wall.

One part of Adam knew what was going on and tried to resist. The other, more powerful, part only listened to its commands.

The "It" that was the Inventor-controlled Adam sped towards his set coordinates, the sounds of the forest at night muffling his movements.

Back at the camp, no one noticed that Adam had left. Melody had gone off to converse with Zach and the others had decided to sleep elsewhere.

Meanwhile, Adam approached a rusted metal structure, hidden deep in the forest. Only someone who knew the way could find it. Although it was worn, the machines were fully functional, and he could hear the mechanics at work below him.

Whhhiiiiiiiirrrr... The engines powered up, a flash of light illuminated the stage, and Adam was gone.

-~-~-~-~-~-~-

"SIR, PROTOTYPE TWO HAS ARRIVED." The Inventor turned towards the machine that approached him. It was Clone 3,286.194, or D-SYD. "Wonderful, D-SYD!" The Inventor cried.

The Clone, which couldn't understand emotions, merely responded, "AFFIRMATIVE." However, The Inventor continued to explain.

"You see, when my comrades and I created these beings," he said for what the Clone registered as the 274th time, "all of the other robots were inferior. This new design, which incorporate more human elements, was to be continued." Pausing, The Inventor paced the room.

"But then Prototype One... malfunctioned, and the others escaped. My fellows and I went separate ways, but we still kept up with each other. With this split, however, the others began to use the technology for personal gain. They had to be eliminated. Only one still evades my grasp..."

Throughout all of this, D-SYD just stood and processed: none of this meant anything to its circitry.

"But now I have recaptured control of Prototype Two, and I can make adjustments. I can make more. You see, it has been proving that making the robots more... human improved them. But what if I were to make them more alien? It would be a great success, that's what! And it is exactly what I intend to do!"

Adam walked into the room and was directed to the lab.

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Back at the ruins Zach was still awake. Suddenly he heard something in the bushes.

C.C ran out of the bushes in the distance coming towards the ruins.

They're coming! They're coming! C.C screamed as he ran closer then tripped then started walking with his back-pack arms to gain speed.

Who's coming?!? Said Zach.

The scrappers! C.C said running into the entrance. Then he threw a small object the opposite way he was running then sat by Zach getting some things out of his pack,

I was in the scrapyard near here working on my tool arms to improve them when I heard something moving in a broken Zabero x6 actually it was several somethings! Said C.C

Are they coming to get us? Said Mark startling them with his sudden appearance.

Yeah! I threw the C-bug at them to hack into their systems to buy us an hour are two. said C.C

What are these scrappers and why didn't they turn off? Asked Mark.

The S.C.R.A's are nano bots that take garbage or weapons or any type of technology and can instantly add it to themselves and I fear if they have teamed up with the 2nd gens they might even take human flesh as a building material to add to their bodies! The C-bug cannot be taken over by them though. Replied C.C taking his ferret out of his backpack so he could make space to forge a wepons out of some things he got at the junk yard.

But why weren't they shut off? Asked Zach.

The more appropriate question would be what turned them on...

Dun Dun DUUUUUUUN!

[Luke McAwesome]

The group came together, to get a battle plan, but Zach noticed something wrong... Someone missing...

"Where's Melody?!"

---

"Aw naw, aw naw, aw naw!" she whispered to herself.

He leg was stuck in a pile of ruins. She may have broken it in the trip.

Screeches came from the odd little things floating around.

A few started heading towards Melody.

"So this is it, huh? My pistol's over at the camp still, and I never got to tel-"

"Melody!"

She saw Mark and Zach clambering towards her.

"Melody! Hold on! Don't move!"

She felt a something on her neck.

She said something under breath, but they couldn't make it out.

The three froze in their place.

Melody shivered as the things crawled up on her head.

"Melody... don't move a muscle..."

Zach slowly pulled out his gun and aimed it at her.

"Zach... What are you doing?"

"Do you trust me?"

"... Yes..."

She shut her eyes. She didn't know what he was doing, was he putting her out of her misery?

BAM!

Evereything seemed to move in slow motion now.

She felt a bullet skim her hair and small crunching noises.

"What you just did was impossible," Mark grinned.

"I know. Hurry, help me get her out."

She opened her eyes, to see Zach and Mark grab one arm each, and tugged.

She felt a searing pain in her leg... It had to be broken.

"Melody, don't look back."

But she disobeyed.

A black cloud was heading towards them.

"Oh no.... Oh no! Oh no! Hurry!"

They pulled her out and they helped her run as she limped as fast as possible.

The cloud gained on them...

Now, this is where you guys work choose what happens next.

[-JD-]

"Shit! Mark! Take her! I'll deal with the insects."

Mark hestitated, and Melody looked at Zach in horror.

"GO!"

Mark nodded, and had to pull Melody away.

"He'll be okay Melody, c'mon lets go!"

"No! He might die!"

Mark slowed when she said this, and turned round. He saw Zach step into the cloud. His eyes widened, fearing the worst.

No time. I have to get Melody out of here!

He turned her round so she couldn't see what he could, and helped her to the ruins. Robert and Eskallon took her and treated her leg.

"Wheres Zach?" they asked. Melody began to despair. Jack walked in and saw their faces.

"Where is Zach?!" he shouted. A pause followed. Mark got up and took Jack out the room.

"He...saved us from a swarm."

"So, you just left him behind?!"

"He insisted I save Melody."

"Does she know what he walked into?"

"No..."

"Right. I'll be back."

"Where you goin'?"

"Where do you think?" and he ran into the darkness.

Stopping suddenly, he saw the swarm. Then he heard a mechanic scream. The swarm was set light.

"Zach! NO!"

A robot stumbled out the fire. It called out Jack's name.

"Zach?"

Jack ran forward and caught him as he fell to the ground. Zach was bloody, and was smoking.

"Hold on buddy! Don't leave us!"

"Is she safe?" Zach asked

"Yes, for now."

He lay Zach's robotic form on he floor, and took out the core from his pocket.

"I think I better use this."

Carefully he put some of the substance onto Zach's chest, and the rest in his own pocket. Suddenly there was a flash, and Zach sat up.

"What happened? I was...dead."

"No matter. How did you kill the swarm. I let there consume me so when there chewed the wires in me, I became a ball of flame."

"I am sure there would have been another way to get them. Lets get back to the ruins. Everyone will be happy to see you."

Jack patted him on the back and they rose.

"Thanks for saving me back there buddy."

"No problem."

Edited September 15, 2009 by Jammiedodger714

[user]

This isn't over. said C.C.

This is only the first alarm of three waves that S.C.R.A's attack in. Said C.C.

What are you talking about? Said Melody in a scared voice.

There will be more first there are gnats little things that are searching for things to build bodies with. then there are scavengers masses of garbage and sharp objects looking for things to chop up. Then there are brutes they are large figures made mostly out of cars and construction equipment and nobody is sure what happens after that. said C.C.

How do you know all this stuff? Said Zach

C.C turned around holding the computerbug but there was a small wire connecting the bot to his goggles.

What will we do? Said Jack.

We cannot just sit here waiting to die!

Let me see that little screen scanner doodad. Said Mark.

What? Said C.C

The thing you scanned the hive with. said Mark.

Oh the C9-duel processor? Said C.C taking it out of his pack.

Yeah sure whatever. Marcus ripped the device out of C.C's hands.

According do this there is an underground factory here. said Mark.

How close? Said Clyde.

Just a few feet below us the trap door should be around here somewhere. Said Mark

If there is enough materials I may be able to make us a super weapon of some sort. said C.C.

C.C was walking towards the rest of the group until suddenly he fell through the floor into a dark hole.

I think C.C found the factory! Said Jack Chuckling.

C.C turned on a light attached to his goggles.

This place is amazing! It's huge! yelled C.C.

The building was filled with scrap metal and weird gizmos and there were conveyor belts and cranes everywhere.

Hey guys I found a ladder so you guys can come down. There is a bunch of shelves full of non perishable food and water! It's like a bunker down here! Said C.C walking over to a TV.

Ewww I think I just found the former residents! Said C.C staring at a rotting body sitting in a recliner as the others came down.

Before we get to comfortable lets find the lightswitch and block off that whole so nothing can get in but we can get out.

[Luke McAwesome]

"Wow! Look at this stuff! Guys, come down here!"

"Mark... help me climb down, please," said Melody.

Mark took her hand and helped her climb down.

The ladder, tall as it was, Melody was not afraid. They were at least 50 feet above the ground. CC was lucky to have landed on a conveyor belt that lay bunched up.

"Oooooh..." Mark felt queasy.

"Mark, don't look down, you're my guide here," said Melody.

He disobeyed, just like she had earlier.

"Heck no!" he yelled and began ascending.

The group was already climbing down, but Mark tried climbing up, anyway.

"Mark! NO!"

*CRACK!*

He stepped on one bar that Garviel was on, too. They looked into each other's eyes and Garviel mouthed a few words that Mark would always remember. "Oh no you didn't."

Their combined weight couldn't hold them, and cracked a few more bars above them.

"AAAAAAH!" Everyone fell a few bars. Mark fell and landed on another jumbled conveyor belt. He was fine.

"Stop moving! You're going to make it break more!" CC yelled from the ground.

They didn't listen, and tried to regain control over the ladder.

They lost.

"Melody! Hold on!" Zach yelled from above Garviel.

She whimpered and looked at how far up she really was.

Oh great, the waterfall all over again. she thought.

The bar she was holding on to was rusted. It snapped and she fell on a wooden workbench.

A loud *SNAP!* could be heard from above.

"MELODY!" Zach screamed.

"Another one bites the dust," Jack whispered to himself. ()

Clyde stared down at the young woman with no emotion what-so-ever.

She didn't stir, she just lay there, broken.

"Get down here!" CC yelled up to them and ran over to Melody.

40 seconds later, the group was running over to the destroyed table.

Her legs and arms were twisted in impossible ways, and blood was pouring from the back of her head. She had cracked her head open on the fall.

"Broken..." Zach whispered.

"Why, God, why?!" CC yelled to the sky.

Zach grabbed her left arm and felt if there was a pulse.

"No pulse!"

"What are we going to do?!" asked CC.

I figured maybe I needed to have one BIG last thing happen to poor Melody. It's up to you whether she'll be saved or not.

Edited September 18, 2009 by Striker

[user]

Is there any way to save her? Said C.C his goggles filling with tears.

Well there is one way. Said Clyde. But you wont like it.

As long as it doesn't involve her getting processed. I think she'd rather be dead. Said Jack.

We could allow her to live on borrowed time. Said Clyde.

What do you mean? Said Garviel.

I read a book about it once in the 8th grade I think it was a Tuesday and... Get to the point Chris! Said the group as C.C babbled.

Well basically you donate a little bit of your own life and if enough people donate time the person will live until that certain point but make sure to say you want the time you give to be at the end of your life I'll donate a few months of my life to save her but I didn't know Phantoms had the ability to transfer time. Said C.C

I'll donate a year. Said Mark.

Me too. Said Zach.

Us too. Said everybody else.

Clyde took out a small orb and lied it on the ground. Now put your hand close to the object us phantoms can live up to 700 years so I'll donate some time too. Said Clyde

They placed their hands close to the orb.

Clyde pressed a button in the center and green bolts of electrical energy surged throughout everyone's bodies then after a minute it stopped.

Clyde stuffed the thing into Melody's mouth. After a few hours the will return to normal and be healthier than she ever was before. She has about 30 years to live now and unless her brain disconnects with the rest of her body she will not die and if she gets hurt she will heal very quickly. Said Clyde. Then C.C started yelling.

Everybody turned to look at him. His hands were spinning and clawing aimlessly like a fan with bent propellers.

That thing messed up my hands! Said C.C.

Can somebody take them off?

Mark went over got a screwdriver and twisted all the bolts of the hands and pulled them off to reveal two nubs covered in gauze were his hands should be.

Get a pair of replacement hands out of my back-pack they are in the small pockets that are zipped. Said C.C.

Why don't you keep the big pocket closed? Said Mark.

Because I don't want my ferret to suffocate and this way he can get out whenever he wants and always comes back. Said C.C.

You are a strange person Chris. Hey I found them! Said Mark.

Okay screw one in and I can do the rest. Said C.C.

Zach looked over at Melody who was still resting on the floor but her bones had already healed. Then looked at C.C's old hands still twittering about on the floor.

All done! Said C.C. Now who wants to eat?