We Can Be Heroes (Wild Card x OC)

Chapter Seven

We all finally got out of the tunnel through vines into a clearing. "Where? What plan?" Wild Card asked Missy.

"I'll show you." She said showing him the tablet.

"The plan is we're gonna sneak on a bus?" He asked in disbelief. She then started whispering in his ear.

"Oh. Holy..." He looked toward Guppy. "...doo doo." He said correcting his almost french. Guppy rolled her eyes.

"I mean, yes, very interesting." She continued to whisper in his ear. "Uh-huh. Okay, makes sense. Yep. Okay. Wow, that's really smart." He said to her.

We were all just standing there clueless. He then snatched the ipad out of her hands.

"Okay, everyone, Missy and I figured out a way for us to do this. Check it out. Ojo drew us a clue." We congratulated Ojo. "A supply ship."

"So what does that mean?" A Capella asked.

"It means there's probably one nearby that we'll sneak on board and pilot up to the mother ship." He said.

"That's actually a good idea no matter who thought of it." Wheels said.

"Thank you." Wild Card said. Guppy groaned. We all rolled our eyes.

"Come on, it's time we show these aliens what's what." Missy said as we ran off to go find the ship.

Guppy tapped my arm. She held her arms up. I bent down and she jumped on my back. I ran with her hanging onto my back tight.

"Hurry up, Slo-Mo!" Wild Card called.

We eventually found the supply ship. We hid from the aliens behind a rock. I set Guppy down again.

"Look, there's the supply ship. Just like in Ojo's drawing!" Missy said.

We then saw the aliens tentacles slither away into the big group of bushes. We all made disgusted noises. Why did these aliens have to look so gross and scary.

"Shh. Keep it down!" Missy shushed us. "Wait. Wait a second. Let's go." She said. We all ran toward the ship.

We saw the aliens tentacles sticking up out of the bushes as we boarded the ship. Wheels parked his wheel chair in front of the control seat.

"Okay, now shut the door and let's get the heck out of here." Missy said. Wheels counted heads.

"Wheels, can you-"

"No! We're not all here!" He interrupted her.

"What? Who's missing?" Fast Forward asked. "Oh..." She sighed in realization looking outside the ship.

We all turned to look and sure enough there was Slo-Mo running as fast as he could which is obviously very, very slow.

"Slo-Mo! Cut it out! Run!" Wild Card yelled to him.

We all did the same yelling countless strings of hurry ups and come on's at him which clearly weren't helping.

"Hurry! They're coming back!" Guppy yelled. We all looked where she was looking and sure enough the aliens were coming back.

"Ten to one says he's tentacled." Facemaker said.

"Dude!" Wheels said.

"All right, come on, Slo-Mo!" Wild Card yelled.

We kept yelling various encouragements at him as if that would help.

A Cappella started singing the tune to Chariots of Fire which while at the time was perfect background music is also not the time to be singing.

The aliens we're getting closer to him. He clearly isn't going to make it in time.

"All right, hold me down!" Noodles said stepping in front of Wheels. Wheels, Facemaker, and Missy grabbed his shoulders. While Wild Card held Wheels' chair.

Noodles stretched his arm out after Slo-Mo. He wrapped it around Slo-Mo picking him up and pulling him to the ship.

The aliens finally came out from the bushes going after Slo-Mo. Finally Noodles got him in.

"Yes!" Wheels cheered.

But the aliens were still coming right at us. Wheels turned around slightly and pressed a button. The door shut and a tentacle hit the glass. We all screamed.

"Wheels, please tell me you figured this out!" Missy said.

"It's actually incredibly intuitive." He said pushing another button.

"Woah!" We all yelled as the ship shook.

A force field was now around the ship protecting us from the aliens. But that didn't stop them from trying to get in at us anyway.

"Please just choose any button!" Missy yelled.

"It might be one of these." Wheels said pushing another button. It made the force field go back down.

Another set of tentacles hit the glass making it crack. We all started screaming again. Me and Wild Card were holding each other for dear life.

Guppy then ran over to the control buttons and slammed her hand down on one.

The ship then flew up into the air toward the mother ship. We all thanked/congratulated Guppy on her sheer dumb luck.

We looked out of the glass at the space around us. Waiting to get to the mother ship.

"But now what?" Noodles asked.

"Don't worry, any minute now, Ojo's gonna draw a picture of all of us smiling and hugging our parents. Isn't that right Ojo?" Missy asked.

Ojo shook her head no. "Oh, that's just great." Noodles said.

I overheard Wild Card talking to Missy as I walked back toward the window.

"Hey...why did you choose me to share the idea of looking at Ojo's ipad?" He asked her.

"I don't know. I guess I know how hard it feels when everyone expects so much from you, and you feel like you can't deliver."

"Do you believe I can?" He asked. Him saying that broke my heart. He really thinks no one believes in him.

"We all believe you can." Missy said. Finally someone other than me who sees and believes in Wild Cards potential.

"Tell that to my parents." He said.

"I will, right after we rescue them." She said.

Wild Card walked up next to me and looked out the window with me. "Sometimes I wish I could live in space." I said out loud to him.

"Why?" He asked.

"Cause then I could use my powers all I wanted without hurting anyone." I said.

"I'm gonna make it so you can use your powers safely Blast. You just need to try." He said.

"And I'm gonna make sure to turn you into the most powerful hero on the planet." I said. We smiled at each other.

He wrapped his arm around my waist and I put my head on his shoulder as we looked out of the window.

Eventually we finally got close to the mother ship. We all watched carefully as we entered the ships docking bay. Man this ship is huge.