The OutCasts

Chapter 8: The New Slime

SpeedBlade:

With the strange gas getting closer, I pull out my sword.

"Move," I say, pushing Ms. Justice back. Once she is far away enough, I rise my sword before thrusting it down.

My sword going through the ground, I use my speed and run. Dragging my sword behind me as I run, I make a circle in the ground.

"This way," I yell. Stomping my foot in the circle, it drops out and opens a pathway for us.

Wasting no time, we drop through one by one.

"We're not out of trouble yet," Justice says, dropping and landing on her knee. Looking up, we see the acid gas following after us.

Grabbing and helping Justice to her feet, the four of us then run down the corridor. The next few moments are filled with nothing but confusion as the four of us run through a maze of dark corridors. We turned left, right, and went straight. We kept on running until finally, JumpStart screams and stops us.

"Guys," he yells, slowing down and letting his hands fall onto his knees. Panting once more, taking in big breaths, he talks in between them.

"Gas cloud. No more. No more. Running. Please. . No, no more. No more running."

We watch as JumpStart drops to the ground.

Ms. Justice:

We all look at each other before looking down at JumpStart who already had a sweat-made silhouette of himself.

"JumpStart is right," I say, realizing how tired I am. My shield feels like it weighs a ton, and my legs feel like they're spaghetti. I fall against a wall and slide down it.

"We'll rest for five minutes," QuickShot says, also resting against a wall. "Afterward, we'll go back out and search for Nitro. He can't be too far away."

"That a bad thing," SpeedBlade says, still standing. "If he really isn't too far, then I will keep a watch out. I don't feel tired."

"Thanks but no thanks," I say, shaking my head and pushing myself up. "I'll keep watch. You run fast, you get tired fast. You two get some rest. I'll keep watch. If I see anything, I'll wake you up."

Hesitated at first, SpeedBlade nods his head and rests for a bit. I smile as I watch QuickShot drift in and out of sleep. Looking around afterward, I notice something going on in the distance. Slowly flowing out of a hallway, I see a cloud of green acid gas.

"Oh no," I say, getting up.

By now, practically a sky full of acid gas had leaked into the hallway, and walking out of the gas is Nitro.

"Unstoppable," he says, his fingers against the side of his gas mask. "I got the flash drive. Tell the boss I'm heading back."

His fingers dropping to his side, he turns but stops. He freezes the moment he sees me. Rising his fingers, he places them back against the side of his mask.

"On second thought Unstoppable, tell the boss I'll be late. I got some freaks to deal with."

Opening his coat, he pulls out a metal can and switches it with one attached to his gas gun. Now shooting a blue gas, it rushes toward us.

"Time to go," I yell, grabbing QuickShot, SpeedBlade, and JumpStart and shaking them awake.

"What," JumpStart says, looking around. "What happened? What's going on? Am I sleeping in sweat?"

"Time to go," I yell again, "Nitro is here, and he got something new."

"What," SpeedBlade screams, looking at the blue gas as it pours toward us.