A MECH-X4 Story: Rescue

Chapter 2: No

"Noooooooo!" Ryan screams. He watches Mech-X4 rise into the air with his brother inside. "Please, no!"

Ryan jumps off his bike and runs after the twisted-flying monster as it carries the robot away. Harris goes after him and grabs his shoulder. Ryan jerks his body towards Harris and looks him furiously in the eyes.

"You can't catch up with that thing, Ryan," he says. "We need to find another way."

"What way?!" Ryan asks. Tears are sliding down his cheeks. His heart is about to explode. He thinks he might die. He's never experienced loss like this before. His brother was taken and the best way of defeating the monsters was also taken away and BY A MONSTER!!

"His phone!" Spyder says. "Call his phone! He's still in the robot right?"

"Yeah, I'll call!" Ryan says, taking his phone from his pocket. He dials Mark's number and the phone is quickly answered.

"Hello, Ryan," says a deep voice.

"Who? Who the heck are-"

"That does not matter. What matters is this. I have one of the Mexh-X4 pilots and I need the other 3. So this is how things are going to go. You will hand yourselves in or I'll just have to hurt my new friend a little more."

"Hurt? He's Hurt? What did you-do- what did you do to Mark?!" Ryan yells into the phone. He's walking in circles as he speaks on the phone. The panic is rising in his chest and flowing into his mind. He can't speak properly and thinking cognitively is getting harder. He's so scared.

"Nothing I've done so far is your problem, Ryan, but if you don't do what I say, you'll have issues."

"Let me talk to Mark!"

"No! Now listen to me, boy! I will send you an address and if you aren't there within the next 45 minutes, you won't like what I do to Mark."

"Ok, just don't touch him."

"No promises. He's an annoying little pipsqueak," the man says and chuckles.

The phone hangs up and Ryan's body stiffens. He just stands in the junk yard with a blank look on his face.

"What did he say?" Spyder asks.

"He-" Ryan begins, but his phone vibrates and he immediately stops to check it. It's a text message from Mark.

"He sent me a bunch of numbers and stuff!" Ryan yells angrily.

"Let me look at it," Harris says, taking the phone from Ryan's hand.

"These are latitude and longitude coordinates! I can figure out where it is with my phone! Let's-"

The phone vibrates again and Harris's face goes stern.

"What?" Ryan and Spyder say simultaneously.

"It's... Ryan, please don't look at this."

"What!?" Ryan says, snatching the phone from Harris's hands. His eyes widen as soon as he sees the phone and he collapses to his knees.

"Guys, we have to do something!" he says as he begins to cry. He drops the phone to the ground and Spyder finally sees what is on the screen.

It's a picture of an unconscious Mark with a huge gash on his head.