Looking for a Hero

28. Lost a Hero: Part 9

Reena saw the first tentacle bot bringing in Sharkboy.

If she could get him free, then his shark frenzy could distract the others.

She took out her single detonator and hid behind a pole.

When Sharkboy got close, she turned the detonator on the bot and blew it up.

Sharkboy was thrown a ways back but was otherwise unharmed.

"Sharkboy," she whispered.

Sharkboy's shark hearing picked up her voice, and he turned to her in surprise.

If she had to describe the look, it was like he was seeing a ghost.

"I need shark frenzy," she told him.

He scrambled up but was still in shock of seeing his long missing teammate.

"I'm running out of time," she kept up.

They heard the sound of another bot coming, so they both hid.

The explosion had alerted the aliens to their presence.

This time two showed up that didn't have any of their friends.

Sharkboy dove out and attacked while Reena blew them up when he threw them down the hall.

Reena connected to the mainframe and found Vox close by.

"Sharkboy, this way," she gestured to him.

He followed her down the hallways until they found Vox being brought in.

Sharkboy jumped up and bashed into creature while Reena blew it up at the right time.

"Oh my! I'm dead! I'm dead!" Vox shouted.

Reena jumped up and clamped her hand on the other woman's mouth.

"You aren't dead. I'm not dead. We need to be quiet," she whispered.

"Oh, Reena! I missed you so much!" Vox began to cry.

"I missed you too, but we need to be quiet," Reena hugged her tightly and whispered.

"I don't wanna let you go," Vox sobbed.

"You're gonna have to," Reena gestured to the detonator.

She used her connection to see if there was a red alert out for them now.

***
"Noodles, stretch and make yourself tall!" Missy said.

They all got into a single line, and Noodles wore the security guard jacket. He grew to be as tall a full grown adult, but his head still remained.

"Greetings, fellow grownups," he stupidly said as he passed by people.

"Hey," a distracted woman said and walked by.

A moment later, an alarm blared sending them all running.

Missy ran straight into Granada and knocked her down.

"I'm so sorry," Missy said before she realized who she knocked down.

She squealed in panicked and ran.

***
Reena pulled her friends along down another hallway. They hid behind a pole as three more bots came down with three of their friends: Crushing Low, Tech-No, and Crimson Legend.

Sharkboy ran out first with Vox singing behind him. Both of them managed to separate the creatures from their friends.

Reena detonated them all.

"Reena?" Tech exclaimed.

"Shhhh," she shook her head.

None of them knew the definition of sneak out.