Stick Heroes

The Abduction

"Boss, we found them!" a guard said, holding Lisa and Sarah on his shoulders while the other had Jake, Dennis, and Brycen. "Good work! Now it's time to initiate Plan Hydroman." King Hydrl said, looking back at the guards. Then the guards threw the heroes into a cell and locked it. Next thing, Jake wakes up. (Breathing Heavily) "I can't believe I made it out of that. Where are we?" Jake said, looking at the cell and the vast blue space around it. "Welcome to my second base of operation, Jake." King Hydrl said, walking over to the cell. "Ahh, King Hydrl. How did you know?" Jake asked, trying to break open the cell. "Well Jake, you see, that was a trap! I used that camera to act like I was going to Moscow, and you guys took the bait." King Hydrl said, smirking at Jake. Then, Dennis and Sarah woke up and gained consciousness.

"Yo, where are we?" Dennis asked, looking at Jake with a confused face. "We are at King Hydrl's secondary base." Jake said, pointing at King Hydrl and signaling his presence to Dennis and Sarah. "What did you do with Frederick and Tripod?" Dennis asked fiercely at King Hydrl. "Frederick has no meaning for me, so we left him to die. Tripod on the other hand, is here." King Hydrl said, laughing at the top of his lungs. Then, Lisa and Sarah got up. Brycen started to try to break the cell, but it was no use. "You will never break these bars. They are made of indestructible steel." King Hydrl said to Brycen. "Ughh, one cell will not stop me! I will break those bars like a bagel opening in two." Brycen said, trying to push the bars out so he can get out.

"So, you are here for a reason. It is not for destruction, but for me." King Hydrl said. "I'll let you out, as long as you listen to what I am asking." "We'll never listen to you!" Brycen and Dennis said. "Let's hear what he has to say. If we do, he'll let us out of this cell, right?" Jake said to King Hydrl. "Right." King Hydrl said, smirking. "Alright then." Dennis said. The lock suddenly came off and King Hydrl opened the door, letting the Stick Heroes out of the cell. "Alright, I let you out. Now listen to what I have to say." King Hydrl said, pointing at a guard to get closer.

"I have this thing that needs to be powered up by something... or someone. One of you must power my machine, or everyone will parish." King Hydrl said, smiling fiercely at the heroes. "Never!" Dennis said, and Brycen repeated. "Ahh, well. If you won't cooperate with me, I will have to do it by force!" King Hydrl said suddenly. Then, with one of his tentacles, he held Sarah by her throat and picked her up. "If you don't cooperate, I guess she will die brutally and painfully." King Hydrl said, laughing evilly. "Don't ... Do... It..." Sarah said, trying to gasp for air to speak. Then, King Hydrl decided to choke harder. "You have 15 seconds to decide, Jake. Do it, or watch your fellow hero die!" King Hydrl said. "14" King Hydrl said, looking at Jake. "No, stop. There must be another way!" Jake said, while King Hydrl was at 10, pushing harder on Sarah's throat. "5" King Hydrl said. "Fine! I will power your machine, but you have to let everyone go." Jake said, right before King Hydrl said 2. King Hydrl nodded and put Sarah down. Lisa and Dennis immediately came to Sarah to try to help and check if she was ok. "Everyone, stay safe." Jake said, being pulled over to the machine room.

"Man! We lost Jake for the 2nd time! What else can get worse?" Dennis said, kicking a random rock as hard as he can, flinging it over to the exit. "Well, we can't leave without Jake, so let's go find him. Sarah, are you ok?" Lisa asked and said to the rest of the group. "I will be fine. I've been through worse." Sarah said while trying to get up. Meanwhile, King Hydrl was bringing Jake over to the machine room when an alarm came out of nowhere. "Intruder, Intruder, Alert!" the alarm said in a robotic voice. "The heroes have gotten into the Hydrl room system. Guards, find them and attack!" King Hydrl said, now jogging with Jake to the machine room. "That was really easy to get into his system, the code for the door was 1234!" Brycen said, shrugging at Dennis and the group. Now, King Hydrl and Jake came into the machine room. Then, Jake saw the behemoth of a robot stationed in the room. "There it is! The Hydroman Robot!" King Hydrl said, looking at his masterpiece. "I have to power that thing!" Jake said, leaning back in shock. "Yes, and you will use all of your strength to power it up." King Hydrl said, while gunshots and guards calling for backup went on. "Sir, we're losing men to these heroes. Our defenses are breaking, ammo is low, men numbers are low, and experience level is bottom tier. We are doomed!" one guard said while more gunshots and guards falling happened. "Keep fighting! As long as we keep them out of this room for a little bit, the plan will be a success." King Hydrl said, pushing the guard back out into the fight. "Heroes, be careful!" Jake mumbled. "Ha! You caring for the heroes. They haven't reached the final section, where trespassers never come back out. Once that happens, you will only be left." King Hydrl said. "Now, let's get in position to power up the robot." King Hydrl said, putting a water and electric handcuff on Jake, and connected it to the wall behind the robot. "Now, use your powers or you will die." King Hydrl said, and Jake agreed. Jake started by throwing a fireball to connect the robot and Jake for power exchange against his will. Now, open fire." King Hydrl said fiercely at Jake. Jake then started using his fire powers, and Jake seemed to be losing color and power. "Yes! Yes! Yes! Keep it coming!" King Hydrl said, looking at the power meter as it went to 20 percent. Then, the heroes came into view from the corridor. "Jake! We must stop it from powering up!" Lisa said. "It's too late! His power is already connected to the robot. He will die and my robot will be powered up to destroy the world. "50 percent!" a robotic voice said, symbolizing the halfway mark of charging. Jake now seemed to be pale, dark, lifeless, and his power was draining. "Stop it, Jake! Snap out of it!" "75 percent." the robot voice said again. "Yes! My robot is almost fully powered up!" King Hydrl said. "I have an idea, but it might be damaging." Sarah said. "I think I know what you are thinking of." Lisa said. "Whatever it takes for Jake!" Dennis said. Then, Sarah jumped in front of the fire beam! "Ughhh!" Sarah said, taking in the fire beam. "Charging stopped at 90 percent. Robot still able to be used." the robotic voice said. "NO! At least I still got my robot, but I did not kill Jake! I was so close!" King Hydrl said, getting in his robot. The beam stopped and the handcuffs came off. Then, Jake collapsed onto the floor.

"Jake, are you still there?" Lisa asked while the group came over to check on him. "He still has a pulse, but he seems to have lost most of his energy. He still has his powers, but he is really weak right now." Sarah and Brycen said to Lisa. "Good! Let's get out of here." Lisa said, looking around the machine room. Then, Jake woke up. "Ughh, what happened?" he asked. "You almost died, but it is ok now." Lisa said, while Brycen handed Jake a crouch. "Your body is weak right now. Use this to walk out of here." Brycen said. Jake nodded and started following the group as they ran out of King Hydrl's secondary headquarters. "Now where are we? We never heard where this was, and we are not close to where the car crashed. Then a map guy said, "Konnichiwa! Welcome to Hong Kong!"