Infinity

Chapter 20: Invincible

Running away as fast as he could, Jake sprinted away from where he saw the two Dublekas. He wasn't expecting to see them there... it only made him confused. Jake wanted to figure out what he was doing there. How did he make it to California? Why were Dublekas B and C there? Were Dublekas A, D, and the leader Dubleka there as well? Jake shook these questions away... all he could do was run.

When he turned around, he expected the two Dublekas to be right in front of him. Instead, what he saw was the two Dublekas a few feet away, slowly walking towards him. This made him even more confused than before.

"Didn't Chris and Miranda both tell me their speed was incredibly fast?" Jake wondered. "I've even seen it myself! Rose and I both have! We know that they have insanely quick agility. So... why aren't they fast now?" Jake thought for a moment. "Have I gotten faster? Or have they gotten slower?" Jake didn't care which one it was at that moment. He hurried away from the Dublekas with no trouble at all.

Meanwhile, Rose was standing in the middle of a sidewalk. She was trapped inside of confusion, just like Jake. There were many questions trapped inside of her mind. What was she doing there? Why was she there? What was the purpose of the dream she was in? Was it a dream... or was she just miraculously brought back to reality? Where was Jake? Was he even there?

Suddenly, out of nowhere, Rose flew upwards into the sky. There was a large crease in the ground from where she had blasted upwards. Rose didn't know what the heck was going on.

"Since when have I been able to fly?!" Rose wondered. "I wonder if this is reality or a dream. Well, it wouldn't be reality if I could be flying right now. Stupid Rose. Wait... how did I even start flying? Is Jake here? Can he fly too?" Rose looked down at the ground to see Jake running away from Dublekas B and C. She became more confused, like Jake had, when she noticed the two of them were only walking.

"Jake!" Rose exclaimed. She flew to the ground and landed next to him. Jake looked over at smiled at her, imediately feeling safer with her besides him. Dublekas B and C suddenly stopped walking and began to slowly step backwards. It was almost as if they were terrified of facing both of them at the same time. Then, they completely turned around and ran away. When they started running, their inhumane agility showed. They ran quickly, not stopping. Jake and Rose ran after them, trying to keep up with them.

Soon, they were far from Los Angeles. They were in the middle of California, where there was no sight of people or the city. All that was there was a large, flat terrain going miles and miles, with lots of giant rocks around. There also was a huge UFO in the sky, which belonged to the Dublekas.

Jake and Rose approached the UFO. All five of the Dublekas were inside of the UFO, looking as brave and determined as ever. But then they grew all terrified when they saw Jake and Rose standing right by their UFO. Even the leader Dubleka, the bravest of them all, started trembling with fear. They quickly closed the doors of their UFO and flew into the sky. They flew straight up and flew out of Earth's atmosphere... into space. They were gone.

"We did it... we won," Rose gasped, wishing it wasn't a dream. That moment made her believe that it actually was reality. Jake happily nodded.

"We're invincible," Jake laughed. "Like a force that is out of control. Our power and invincibility are out of control. It was as if our power was so crazy, they didn't even want to try fighting with us."

"It was the unbreakable key to achieving our goal of saving the world," Rose added. "Our invincibility was our way to save the world, and there was no way to stop that."

"It's such a miracle we won," Jake sighed. "They must had been so scared of dying and losing it all... they just chickened out immediately." The two of them chuckled softly.

"Wow... this invincible power... it runs deep into my soul," Rose whispered. "It makes me feel truly stronger than ever before. I... I'll never give in to anything trying to stop me. This power and feeling is destined to help me with that." She looked at the ground for a second, then looked right at Jake. "This power gives me the courage to tell you something." Jake gave his full attention to her by staring at her big eyes with delight and curiosity. "I..."

Right at that moment, Rose's voice was muted. She knew her mouth was moving, but she couldn't hear herself speak. Jake couldn't either. When he tried to talk to Rose, realizing he couldn't hear her, he realized he was unable to speak as well. The background surrounding them grew fuzzy, along with their vision. Then, there was complete darkness.

Jake opened his eyes. Reality was back into place... finally. Him and Rose being in Los Angeles, defeating the Dublekas, and being invincible was all a trick in his brain. He hadn't won anything. He was still in the cyrotube. Jake growled in complete frustration. He couldn't believe he thought he actually won. He couldn't believe he thought he was invincible. Most of all, he couldn't believe he actually allowed himself to believe any of that.

Rose whispered, "Jake... I love you." She opened her eyes slowly, only to find the same fate as Jake. She was still in the cyrotube and its torture. Rose sighed, wishing she was still in the dream. Even though she knew all along that it wasn't reality, and that reality would eventually return to her, she deeply wished it really wasn't a dream.

Even though they were back in reality, they still had the dream grasped in their thoughts. They thought about how awesome it would be to win and defeat the Dublekas once and for all. They felt invincible... just like in the dream. Even if they actually weren't... they physically and mentally felt invincible like they were in the dream. The dream gave them the motivation to be unbreakable. They felt as if all of their hope, energy, spirit, and confidence had been regained.

"There has to be a way out of here," Jake muttered. He looked at the roof, or the door, of the tube. An idea grew inside of his head. Jake started kicking at the door. It made loud, clanging noises. Dents were made in the door. Rose was able to hear the banging from Jake. She quickly realized what he was doing and decided to do it as well. She also kicked the door of the tube, making large dents. Rose was able to hear the banging from Jake. She quickly realized what he was doing and decided to do it as well. She also kicked the door of the tube, making large dents.

"One more kick should break the door off," Jake mumbled.

"Just one more kick will get me out of here," Rose growled.

Feeling the overwhelming temptation within to escape from the cyrotubes, and finish off the Dublekas once and for all, Jake and Rose kicked off the doors to the cyrotubes.