Chapter 70 – Fall from Grace
Mutant's Lair, Desert Wasteland, Arlington County, VA
Tuesday, May 12, 2076
16:11 EST GMT-5
Ace: We then saw him right in front of us, in the middle of a circular arena. The large mutant leader. Jerry, or what his true form was. He looked more than delighted to see us. I didn't let my guard down even for a second.
"Finally, you've decided to join us!" said Jerry, in his mutant form. "Good, your girlfriend will play her final part!"
Then I saw her, Aurora, unconscious and suspended in the air.
"Not this time!" I said in anger.
"Oh, but she's a part of all this. Such a part of you, and me. She was my mechanic after all!" said Jerry.
"This is how you'll repay her? Repay us? More importantly, why is she at fault?" I had to ask. "You were the mutant leader all along, how did you come about?"
"You see, I was there forty-two years ago, when the meteor struck the planet!" said Jerry. "I was full of anger when I saw that radioactive gas kill my own, but something changed that day. I realized this was all the fault of man! Had they not knocked Mithra off course!"
"But how?" I was confused.
"Around the time Mithra landed on Earth, I found out it was in large part due to a large satellite, which knocked it off its course in the asteroid belt. That asteroid eventually headed towards Earth and caught wind of its gravity, thereby..." said Jerry until I interrupted.
"...evolving into a meteor and hitting the Earth." I finished what he had to say. "You decided to have all the planet under martial law to satisfy your anger?"
"Humans are only a threat to their own planet!" Jerry went on to say. "But now, I can feed on her soul, and thus, bring this to an end! I lost my family, so should you!"
"You're forgetting one little thing, mutant maniac!" said Ranger. "We will stop you!"
"Not for long!" Jerry said, as he unleased a power blast at us.
The blast hit the ledge below us, and we fell, crushed by the rocks. But I didn't want to give up there. I summoned all my strength and anger, and I burst out! Clearing myself off the dust and rubble, I then held out my gun.
"DIE!" screamed Jerry.
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