Day in the Omnitrix ~ S4

The Fiery Trail ~ 3

*The present* 

(Backyard of O 10 tower. Xlr8 sits on his tail, contemplating. Wildmutt and Flare just stare at him, awaiting his response) 

Xlr8: Do you still...I don't know, feel Di or Freaky? 

Wildmutt: No, not even a little bit. It's weird, it's like I'm in a shell, but I'm still me. Took me a while to get used to, especially the whole "seeing" thing. Luckily enough, Flare helped me through it 

(Xlr8 looks at Flare, and then back to Wildmutt) 

Xlr8: So what, are you two a thing now? 

Wildmutt and Flare: What? 

Xlr8: That's kinda fucked up Mutt, moving in on our dead friends ex? Stinkfly wouldn't even do that shit 

Flare: (disgusted) What the fuck, no! Oh god, my standards aren't that low 

(Flare looks at Wildmutt. He holds his hand over his heart with a shook expression) 

Flare: No offense 

Wildmutt: Offense taken 

(Wildmutt then straightens up and looks at Xlr8) 

Wildmutt: Heat isn't dead by the way 

Xlr8: Then where is he 

(Flare gets silent and looks down in sorrow. Wildmutt then points to the sun) 

Wildmutt: About 30 minutes after we found Flare, my nanobots went off, detecting unstable energy signatures coming from the sun. The Disruption got out farther than we thought, and it's energy wave caused the sun to fluctuate. To put it simply, the sun was about to blow up. If it didn't balance its energy out fast, the entire milky way would be obliterated. Heatblast didn't hesitate, he knew he was the only one powerful enough to take in and redistribute that energy. He took off and did his work, only it wasn't what we thought. To keep the sun from becoming unstable again... 

Xlr8: He had to stay 

Wildmutt: Yes. He left his pyroblade and trenchcoat as a warning, if the flames go out, that means he couldn't hold it and the sun is about to explode. We'll be dead in mere moments 

(Xlr8 looks back at the pyroblade and trenchcoat, then stands up and walks to it. He slowly slides his hand over the nonlethal flames) 

Xlr8: And he's been up there for... 

Flare: Three years and counting 

(Xlr8 goes wide eyed and turns around in disbelief) 

Xlr8: It's only been three years, and the planet still looks like this? 

Wildmutt: Courtesy of The Adapted. Only places he's built were his worldwide containment cities, that's where most of the humans are 

Xlr8: What's this guy's goal? 

Wildmutt: It's his own sick version of protection. He's trying to make sure that something like the Disruption never happens again, but he's going about it the wrong way 

Xlr8: Well then, we need to take out this prick 

Wildmutt: We've been doing all we can, but there's one big thing in our way 

Xlr8: Which is? 

(Flare then forms a fireball and launches it towards the sky. It hits an invisible force field that's covering the entirety of Omni city) 

Flare: That 

Xlr8: The hell? 

Wildmutt: The Adapted isolated Omni city in this force field. He wanted to leave this place untouched, as some sort of reminder