The Adventures of a Sword

Chapter 11

Emperor Ginold was resting in his castle, and he was talking to himself.
    "Balthazar better get those kids," he said. "He better get them so he can bring them to me, and I can chop each of their pathetic heads off. And yes, of course I heard the prophecy about Jordan taking me down."
    Adrianna de la Santos went into Emperor Ginold's room.
    "Emperor Ginold," she said.
    "Oh, for the love of--" said Emperor Ginold. "You failed me once already. I can't trust you."
    "Relax," said Adrianna. "Hanging myself was the beginning. I'm trying something new."
    "Just remember," said Emperor Ginold. "I don't care about you. You're obsessed with me. I married you so I can be part of an evil couple."
    "I'm fine with that," said Adrianna. "I go around sticking pods into people who are unable to be possessed. With the pods on, my victims would kill all of their friends before killing themselves. I did this to Jordan."
    "You do realize you're making a fool of yourself, right?" said Emperor Ginold.
    "I was hoping you would be impressed," said Adrianna. She went out of the room.
    Meanwhile, Jordan, Gary, Olivia, and Arnie were at Tharkos. They were hunting for food. All of a sudden, Balthazar jumped out of nowhere.
    "Gotcha!"
    "I hate this guy!" yelled Jordan.
    "Who is he?" asked Olivia.
    "I am Balthazar," said Balthazar in a menacing tone.
    "You're not scary," Olivia said with a blank expression.
    "Yes, but I want to be scary," said Balthazar.
    "You annoy me," said Olivia.
    "Run, Olivia!" yelled Jordan. The kids ran as fast as they could.
    Balthazar put on gloves with razor nails.
    "Jordan! Gary! Olivia! Arnie!" he called out.
    "What does this guy want?" Jordan said.
    "No running in the hallway," Balthazar snickered. "Hee-hee."
    "You suck at jokes!" Gary yelled.
This made Balthazar angry as he took out a pen and used it to fire laser bolts at the kids. Suddenly, he slipped on a puddle, and the kids outran him.
"That was close," said Olivia.
"Thanks, Captain Obvious," said Arnie. "We had no idea, considering how we were being chased by Emperor Ginold's henchman less than a minute ago."
Go to Earth. Planet Earth. Said the sword.
"Planet Earth?" said Gary. "That planet is two centuries away."
"Well, the sword says we should go to earth," said Jordan.
"But how?" asked Arnie.
"Maybe the sword can provide something for us," said Jordan.
"Look at that," said Gary.
He was pointing at a beaten down piece of junk that was lying in front of a building.
"It's a broken spaceship," Gary continued. "Maybe we can rebuild it."
There was a pause.
"What are we waiting for? Let's do it!" Jordan said.