The Quiet of a Melancholic Moon

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"Bitzel!" Tommy yelled as he started to drop from the ceiling down to the ground. He was holding tightly onto a dummy hooked up to sensors. Tommy looked over at Bitzel who was falling to the same fate Tommy and dummy was. The boy caught on to what Tommy wanted. Bitzel fumbled around in the air until he was plummeting headfirst. He threw his hand down toward where they were landed. Glowing navy blue lines came into existence, interlocking until they looked like a safety net made for ropes. Bitzel threw his legs down that way he fell onto his back. Tommy did the same thing, making sure the dummy was secure in his arms.

When Tommy landed, he bounced for a second before he settled on the net with the dummy in hand. Tommy checked over each of the sensors. The ones on the back were colored yellow but the rest remained green. The person was healthy enough to continue traveling. Tommy situated the dummy into a bridal carry as he stepped onto his feet. Tommy felt his balance get wobbled as he tried to stay standing. He looked up at the hole that he had come from. Time Deo, Wisp, and Aliquid were staring down at them. Wisp was started to transform his solid body to a gas.

"Keep going, Bitzel," Tommy said as he balanced himself on the tightropes to make it to the opening in the warehouse. Bitzel followed behind Tommy, tripping onto his face far more than Tommy was. The blonde looked up to see that Wisp was getting pretty far down. Time Deo and Aliquid had disappeared from the hole. "They are trying to corner us. We need to find a way out that will keep us from getting trapped."

"Do you have a plan then?" Bitzel asked as Tommy placed the dummy through the crack out the warehouse. Tommy pulled himself up afterwards to protect the dummy while Bitzel covered the back where Wisp had reformed on the net. Tommy looked around to see what their options while picking up the dummy. On one side was a fence that Tommy definitely wouldn't be able to get the dummy over without losing points. The other way had Time Deo and Aliquid walking over to them. They couldn't go back with Wisp covering that exit. It wasn't their mission to fight the enemies. They just needed the dummy to survive with as few injuries as possible. Engaging in a fight would end up with the dummy getting killed. Thankfully, Bitzel had the bright idea to trap Time Deo and Aliquid in a cage. That didn't stop Wisp, though, so Tommy needed a plan as soon as possible. That's when it hit him.

"Bitzel, get on back," Tommy said with a commanding tone. Even if Bitzel wanted to argue, he knew that tone meant Tommy wasn't going to listen. Bitzel wrapped his arms around Tommy's neck and his legs around his waist, right beneath the dummy. Tommy tapped his body with a concentrated look. Red caustic light illuminated from his body. Tommy pushed off the ground to fling himself into the air at a speed Wisp wouldn't be able to match. Bitzel held in a muffled scream while the dummy's faceplate changed from pink to purple. As long as Tommy kept the faceplate from turning blue and the sensors to orange (or red), they would be fine.

Tommy tapped his body again as they came over the fence. They weren't plummeting, but they were descending back to the ground. When Tommy's feet landed firmly on the ground, Bitzel stumbled away from Tommy with labored breaths. Before Bitzel could start complaining, Tommy was starting to move forwards.

"It seems you boys were able to complete the mission. Congratulations! I'll take the dummy now to check the sensors to determine your final points," Eret said at the end of the alleyway. Tommy gave Eret a weary look before sniffing the air. Tommy looked to the ground. He held the dummy higher in the air that way he could kick up a metal can. Tommy kicked the can at Eret. Bitzel shouted at Tommy, but he stopped when the can went through Eret.

Tommy gave a smirk as he turned around to yell. "Good try, Aliquid!" Tommy and Bitzel with the dummy ran through Eret to continue down the path. When they came upon the gate that Eret was standing at, Tommy deposited the dummy into the arms of  the real Eret. Wisp, Time Deo, and Aliquid came up behind Tommy and Bitzel with frowns.