Inner Core (Book 2) (Completed)

*Chapter 1* We're Back

(It's a normal day in the city. People walking, talking, going to work, eating, just doing what people do. A man seems to be late for work. He's wearing a suit and tie and is running with a briefcase. He keeps looking at his watch in distress.)

The man: "I'm gonna be late. If I'm late again, I'll surely get fired."

(He makes it to the door of the bank and checks his watch.)

The man: "Phew, ha, I'm here with a minute to sp-"

(Before he could finish, the doors of the bank exploded open. The man flies back. Two guys walk out of the hole where the door used to be. It's the metal man Dai and Taku defeated in the city over, and a man whose skin is all rock.)

Metal: "Thanks for coming along, Rock. Without you, I probably couldn't pull this off."

Rock: "No problem, Metal. What am I gonna do? Break you out of jail and not come along with some robberies. I'm a criminal, not a jerk."

Metal: "Haha, now come on Rock. Let's take this back to that one guy and get our cut."

???: "Hehe, man I'm gonna miss this city when I leave."

(Metal and Rock look up.)

Metal and Rock: "Huh?"

(It was Kazu standing on the roof of the bank, holding the guy late for work.)

Kazu: "Come on guys. It's one thing robbing a bank, but throwing a whole guy who's just trying to keep his job."

(Kazu sets the man down on the roof.)

Kazu: "Look out below!"

(Kazu jumps off the roof right above Metal and Rock.)

Metal: "Ok, Rock. Let's jump this fool."

Rock: "I got you, Metal."

(Kazu then made a portal appear above them and he went right through it.)

Metal and Rock: "Huh?"

(Kazu then started opening and closing portals all over, going through them at random.)

Metal: "You gotta be kidding me."

Rock: "Don't worry. If my math is right he should be riiiiight, here."

(Rock turned around and grabbed something. It felt like an arm.)

Rock: "Got him."

(Rock looked up and realized it wasn't Kazu's arm.)

Reo: "Let go of me you pebble bastard!"

(Reo went full electric mode and pulled out of the grip. He then punched Rock right in the chest pushing him back a few feet.)

Metal: "H-how'd he knock you over. You're made of rock."

Rock: *cough* "I'm not worried about that. I'm worry on how he knocked the wind out of me"

*cough cough*.

Reo: "Stronger than you thought, huh? You're next."

(Reo started walking to Metal.)

Metal: "Get away. Get away!"

(Metal started running away, but was stopped by someone else.)

Selene: "Going somewhere?"

Metal: "Uh oh."

(Selene shot lightning from her hands and hit Metal making him spaz out. Metal fell to the ground and his metal started to disappear. Rock was on the ground slowly getting up while holding his chest which was cracked now.)