A Second Chance

Part 38 - You aren't tough

"Alright, check this place out!" Justin spread his arms like he was unveiling some great battlefield.

"Uh... you sure this is the place?"

We were standing in front of a giant theme park entrance. Not a power station or a server room... a literal theme park.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not against rollercoasters. I like rollercoasters... But this was not the kind of place I pictured when I said overload Spartan's core.

"No, no, this is one of my Biased Decision-Making Individualist System choices," Justin announced, like that was supposed to mean something to me.

"I thought it was called your Biased and Unfair Decision-Making System?"

"Different system," he said. "This one acknowledges me as an individualist."

Individualist? I was starting to see where this was going.

"I wanna go on some rollercoasters!"

I threw up my hands. "So you dragged me here because you wanted rides?!"

"Isn't that what you go to a theme park for?"

"What happened to the part where I said we needed a powerful lightning source?"

Justin took off before I could finish. "Follow me! We're going to the Transformers ride!"

He was already sprinting toward a giant building with a poster full of angry robots. I didn't know what his master plan was, but I ran after him, mostly because I wanted to see how this was supposed to help me fight a walking tank.

The line wasn't even that long, so we made it onto the ride fast. I sat down, still trying to figure out if I'd just agreed to save the world or to win a stuffed animal.

There were two people per seat, so I and Justin got in one.

The restraints locked over my chest.

This isn't a big deal; it's just a ride. A ride for normal, non-electricity-shooting people who enjoy having their stomachs shoved into their throat.

No, no... deep breath.

I've already went to the Mega Monster Amusement Park before. This is no big deal...

The lights turned off.

A huge metal face with red and blue glowing eyes appeared on the screen ahead.

"Autobots, let's do this!"

What in the the First Spinjitzu Master is an Autobot?

The car jerked forward before I could process my thought. We shot straight into a burning city, or, at least, a screen that made my brain think it was real. Metal giants were everywhere, tearing buildings apart.

One yellow one came into view, blasting something the size of a train car.

"Looking good, Bumblebee!"

The yellow guy waved at us and played some pop music.

Suddenly, we dropped.

"AAAAHHH!" I screamed. "WHY IS THIS LEGAL?!"

"THIS IS SO COOL!" Justin screamed.

"COOL?! I'M DYING OVER HERE! WHAT GOOD IS COOL IF WE'RE GONNA DIE! NO!"

We whipped around a corner so fast I swear my soul left my body.

Out of nowhere, a massive black-and-silver robot, Megatron by the posters, lunged for our car, his claws raking across the windshield.