Storm

Chapter 3

"I can't believe I'm finally getting to ditch this place and go to Planet Drool! How are we getting there?" He asked over the blowing wind. I saw him stop a few meters away from the rocket, staring at it in awe. He finally met up with us in the rocket as he took his seat next to Sharkboy.

"Put these on everyone. Blue for the boys, pink for the girls, and black for Storm since that's her favorite color." I saw Lavagirl hand over Max a pair of pink goggles. He put them on and had asked,

"Do you have another pair of boy goggles?"

"Uh-uh." I heard Sharkboy say in a cocky like tone. I tried to stifle my giggle but I couldn't contain it. Sharkboy must've heard me since he turned and gave a sweet smile.

"So how do you fly it?" I asked.

"You don't know?" Max said with confusion.

"Duh. That's kinda been the whole problem."

"You press go." I saw him push the button as the rocket started to take off.

"Now how do you steer it?" I heard Sharkboy yell.

"It's got an auto-pilot!" Max responded.

"You just thought of everything, didn't you, Max?" Lavagirl said with a smile.

"Not exactly."

"How do we land it?" Sharkboy asked.

"That's the part I never thought of!"

"Jupiter...Saturn...Neptune... You might wanna hang on to something." Lavagirl, Sharkboy, Max and I all held onto the handle bars until we softly crashed on Planet Drool. We all got out of our seats and walked out of the ship. The second that I stepped outside of that ship, I felt weak at my knees. I started walking a little bit wobbly towards the group as Max looked around the planet.

"Remember your dream world, Max?" I asked as I walked up behind him.

"Not really. I feel like I should, but I just don't."

"It's affecting him too." Sharkboy murmured.

"I thought he would just remember." Lavagirl argued back.

"Remember what?" Max asked.

"Your dreams. This planet? Us. Your powers." I said aggressively.

"I have powers?"

"More than any of us. Didn't you know that? Everything that is or was, began with a dream. And you dreamt us, Max. Us and this whole place." Lavagirl explained.

"I did?" Max looked confused as we tried to explain.

"Every dream that you ever had landed right here on Planet Drool." Sharkboy explained.

"Why is it so dark?" Max asked. Man does this kid ask a lot of questions.

"The planet is dying. It started yesterday." Lavagirl said with a sad tone.

"What's the calculation, Sharkboy?" I asked.

"45 minutes till the darkness destroys Planet Drool."

"What a way to sugar coat things, Sharkboy." I muttered. I turned towards Max with a serious look.

"We didn't go to Earth to save you, Max. We need you to save Planet Drool." I explained.

"But how?" He questioned.

"The Dream Lair is on the other side of the planet. That's where your dreams are going bad." Sharkboy said.

"We have to go there and reverse it. We have to travel through the Passage of time, catch the Train of thought, swim down the Stream of Consciousness, and skate across the Sea of Confusion-Now covered in ice." Lavagirl said.

"Why'd you do that, Max? Why'd you freeze the ocean?" Sharkboy said angrily. I walked over to him, put my hand on his arm, and burned him lightly.

"Ouch!" He growled.

"Max didn't mean to do it. Did you Max? Max is a good boy otherwise us three

would be evil and we're not evil. I'm not evil am I Max?" Lavagirl said with a hint of worry.

"I'm not evil too, right Max?" I asked with worry.

"I don't think so." He said hesitantly.

"That's why we brought you here- to put things back in order. We just have to stay positive." Lavagirl said with an optimistic voice.

"Not yet, it's not." I mumbled. I suddenly heard rumbling and saw lightning coming from behind us.

"The darkness! Run!" Sharkboy yelled as the ship started to sink into a strange liquid. We all hopped onto a platform when I nearly fell off. I suddenly felt a protective pair of arms come around my waist to stop me from falling. I turned my head to the side and saw that Sharkboy had caught me from falling.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah. I'm fine. Thanks, Sharkboy." I sent a small smile towards him when I all of a sudden fell on the platform in pain.

"Storm!" Sharkboy yelled in distress as I groaned from the pain on my side.

"Your hair color is starting to fade."

"What is happening?" Max asked.

"We have to hurry and save this planet." I said breathlessly.

"Why? What's going on?" Max asked again.

"Storm gets her heat from the planet's core." Sharkboy explained.

"If we don't save this planet and fast, it's over for me." I said as I stood and dusted off my suit.

"This is like a bad dream."

"Oh yeah? Just wait till you meet Mr.Electric! He's the worst bad dream yet!" Sharkboy said towards Max. The platform finally made it towards the land. As we all jumped off of the platform when Max noticed that there was nobody at the amusement park.

"Where is everyone?" He asked.

"Mostly trapped on Mount Neverest." Sharkboy explained.

"Mostly by Mr.Electric." I continued.

"But Planet Drool's a place for kids to dream and have endless fun!" Max exclaimed.

"It's endless fun, alright. Once you get on..." Sharkboy paused as the roller coaster stopped, but didn't let any of the kids off.

"You can't get off." I said as I looked at Max.

"Kids aren't allowed to rest cause if they rest, they sleep, and if they sleep, they dream." Lavagirl said with a worried look.

"And if they dream..."

"It takes power away from Mr.Electric." Sharkboy finishes.

"But we're going to stop him with our secret weapon." Lavagirl exclaimed with a smile on her face.

"Shouldn't we save those kids first?" Max asked as we all jumped towards the roller coaster. Lavagirl and I both went to the front of the trailers while Sharkboy went behind. Lavagirl and I placed our hands out towards the ride as Sharkboy tried slowing it down with all of his might. The ride eventually stopped as the kids cheered.

"Who knows where Mr.Electric is hiding?" Lavagirl asked, but everyone had their hands up.

"Everyone?" I asked, looking confused.

"They're not raising their hands. You're all upside down." As we all started to realize that we were upside down, I felt my powers start to get weaker as I lost my grip of the track. I started screaming at the top of my lungs when I saw that Sharkboy had grabbed me by the wrist. He put his arm around my waist and we made our way to the front of the ride. I suddenly heard a booming voice through the speakers of the park.

"Who is stopping my unstoppable coasters?" I soon realized that it was Mr.Electric's voice and undid the bars on the ride, telling the kids to escape. The ride instantly started to move through the track as we all hung on tight.