9. Looks of Pity

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The two kids watch as Adam turns half of a ball and tosses it at the front door. Hailey jumps as she sees people with full-on body armor magically appear and kick down the front door and the ball Adam threw explodes. Adam runs past the two as he tackles a person in the same body armor through the glass window.

Adam and Hailey stand inside the house as they watch Adam punch and hit the person in the face with a stun gun and then electrocute them. "Move!" Adam yells as more people appear out of nowhere.

As they watch Adam continuously beat more and more people up, the two get shoved aside as a person runs past the two and electrocutes Adam and hits him in the back. "Stay behind me," Adam says as he stands up in front of the 12-year-olds.

"Don't you do it! Don't you do it, Reed!" A person says holding up a stun gun. "Wanna see something cool?" Adam says he presses a button on the stun gun. Hailey watches as the stun gun extends on both ends and lights up. "That's a lightsaber, dude," Adam says as he looks up at his older self.

"Quiet now," Adam says as he twirls the staff and stabs it into the ground causing a force field to burst and fly back all the bad guys. "Time to go. Let's go." Adam says, retracting the staff and running off with Hailey and Adam following behind him.

The three stopped as the sound of rumbling can be heard above and behind them and reveals a jet just like Adam's. "Hello, Adam," Sorian says in a monotone voice as she stares down at the three. "Reed, don't move!" A man yells as he approaches them.

"Christos. They'll let anyone into this time stream." Adam says as he slowly begins walking toward him. "Who's that?" Hailey asks as she follows closely behind.

"That's Christos. We were in the academy together. He's a decent pilot but a terrible person. He runs security for Sorian." Adam explains as he stops only a few feet away from him.

"Ouchie, with the face. Did I do that?" Adam asks as he takes a close look at Christos's face. Hailey scrunched up her nose as she examined the man's half-burned face. "God, I hope the boss lets me kill you," Christos says laughing.

"In fairness, though, you did shoot me first. On the bright side, your... your face now matches your soul." Adam chuckles as he speaks but then drops his tone when saying the last part.

"Anyone say you talk too much?" Christos asks rhetorically. "All the time," Hailey says quickly as she looks both Adams up and down judgementally. "It's come up," Adam says as he side-eyes Hailey

"That's enough. Adam, before this goes any further, let's just go home, please." Sorian says as the three look up at her. "Uh, no! Just... just no." Adam shouts loud enough for her to hear him.

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