The Apocalypse [The Original]

Ch. 4

Just then the whole ship shook. A missile had struck the side of the ship.
"He found us." Jet yelled. "Wave, get us out of here."
"Right." She took off, full speed, towards the cockpit.
"Jet, what's going on?"
"He found us."
"Who."
"Mekkaku."
"Mekk--. Oh, no. The robot?"
"Yeah. The robot." Jet replied. "Let's go."
They arrived in the cockpit just as another missile hit the ship. Just then a battle cruiser appeared. Mekkaku was looking out of the front window. He turned around and looked at the robot controlling the cannons.
"Fire the missiles."
He looked back at the ship.
"All of them."
The robot pushed some buttons on the panel and sent 10 missiles.
"Uh, Jet? How fast can this thing go?"
"Not sure. Why?"
"Look."
Jet looked out the front cockpit window. He saw 10 missiles coming straight at them.
"We need to get out of here now."
Jason looked at Jet and then at Wave. He slowly walked towards the cockpit window. The missiles were closing in. He looked down at the floor. He could hear them talking but very faintly. He clenched his fist. He looked up.
"--almost here! What do we--?!"
"I can do it." Jason cut in. "It has to work." he whispered to himself. He raised his hand.
"Jason, what are you--?"
"Jet... let us hope... that this works."
He concentrated energy into his hand. It started to glow white. Jet and Wave watched the missiles as they started to glow white, too. Suddenly they stopped in mid-air just inches in front of the window.
"I don't know... how much longer... I can hold them."
"Just hang in there while we get the ship out of here. Wave."
"On it."
Mekkaku stared with furious anger at Jason.
"This cannot be allowed."
He pushed a button on his wrist and looked back at Jason.
"Oh, no."
"What's wrong, Jason?"
"Something's wrong."
Just then the missiles exploded. The explosion knocked out the controls and the ship started to fall. Jason got up and walked over to the door in the cockpit that leads outside. He pushed a button and the door opened.
"Jason! Where are you going?!"
"I've got to stop this."
"But you've just discovered your power! You're not ready!"
"Let me be the judge of that, Wave."
He turned to look out the door.
"Ha ha ha. Look who's coming. Close the missile hatches!" Mekkaku yelled. He watched as Jason took a step back and leaped out off the ship.
"Whoa! This is awesome!"
Mekkaku watched as Jason jumped 20 feet and landed on top of the ship. Wave and Jet just stared in amazement.
"Jet? Did he just jump 20 feet?"
"I think he did."
"..."
He landed on the ship with a loud bang. He tripped on contact with the ship and fell.
"I gotta practice landing."
"Jason!"
He turned around and there was Mekkaku.
"You must be Mekkaku."
"Yes."
"I've heard a lot of stuff about you. You're evil."
"Did you just realize that, Jason?" Mekkaku said as he turned away from Jason. He lifted his hands in the air.
"Do you really think you can fight this?" He lowered his hands and looked over his shoulder at Jason. "There's no stopping what can't be stopped. There's no killing what can't be killed. Remember that."
He looked away from Jason again and stayed silent. Jason looked to his left and spotted a metal pole. He slowly walked towards it.
"Jason," Mekkaku said, still looking away. "Did you come here thinking you could stop me?"
Jason continued to move towards the pole. When he got there he ripped the pole off the ship and threw it like a spear at Mekkaku and started to run towards him. Just before it was about to strike him, he turned around and snatched the pole right out of the air. When Jason was close enough, Mekkaku swung the pole at him with one hand and struck Jason in the stomach. It sent him tumbling off towards the edge of the ship. He fell off the side but grabbed on at the last moment. He looked behind him and saw the Babylon ship crash into the ground. He caught a glimpse of Jet and Wave jumping out right before it crashed. He turned back around and came face-to-face with Mekkaku. He reached out, grabbed Jason's wrist and lifted him up at eye level.
"You came here to stop me." He pulled Jason closer. "You can't stop the apocalypse." He looked over the side then back up at Jason. "You can jump far. Now let's see if you can fly." He threw Jason over the edge.
"Ahhhhhh!" Jason yelled. The ground was getting closer now. Wave looked up.
"Jet! Look!" she yelled.
"Wha--? Oh, my..."

Jason hit the ground... hard. He bounced once, tumbled, and rolled across the ground. After he skidded about 2 feet he came to a stop and just laid there. Wave and Jet came running over.
"Jason!" Wave yelled. "Jason, are you okay?"
When they came to a stop, Wave knelt down beside him.
"Is he okay?" Jet asked.
"I don't know." She shook him a little. "Jason?"
"He did fall about 700 feet."
"You're not saying he's--?"
Just then they heard a cough. They looked down. Jason slowly sat up.
"That was painful."
"You're alive!" yelled Wave.
"Are you kiddin'? It'll take a lot more than falling to kill me."
He got up and looked up.
"Wow. That is high, isn't it?" He paused and turned to Jet. "What day is it? Friday?"
"What's that got to do with anything?"
"There's something I need to take care of at school."
"You're going to go to school," Wave asked. "in a time like this?"
"If Mekkaku knows my name he probably knows where I go to school. If I go there, he'll follow, won't he?"
"It's possible." Wave answered. "But we can't be sure."
"It's worth a try." Jason said with a smile.