Surviving Tomorrow

Chapter XIX

NATHAN

       "Good thing Brix asked Marco where he is earlier" I said

       "We have to go to the Fourth District" said Eldon

       "Let's save Marco" said Brix

       We ran into the Fourth District to go to Justin's address. After a few minutes, we made it here.

       "The door is locked" said Brix

       "What are we gonna do now?" I asked

       "Seems like Justin isn't here" said Andrei

       "Where do you think they go?" I asked

       "We don't have any idea" said Eldon

       Suddenly, we heard some noise from inside.

       "Did you hear that?" asked Andrei

       "I thought I was the only one who heard that noise" I said

        "It came from the house" said Brix

        "I think someone is there" I said

        "It's locked. How can we open it?" asked Andrei

        "Wait a minute. I learned this from a TV show I've watched last time" said Eldon

        "What will you do?" I consciously asked

        "Just watch" Eldon picked up something from his pocket.

        "Wait. Is that a paper clip?" asked Andrei

        "Where did you get that?" asked Brix

        Eldon bent the paper clip and putted it inside the door knob.

        After a few seconds, it opened.

       "Gotcha!" said Eldon

       "How did you do that?" I asked

       "No more questions. Let's just say thank you to that TV show which taught me how to unlock doors without keys" said Eldon

       "Come on humans! Let's go inside" said Andrei

      We went inside to see where the noise came from.

     There are no one here. The room is dark and quiet.

      The noise is getting louder, so we can easily identify where it came from.

     "It's from the bedroom" said Brix

      We went to the bedroom. Good thing it's not locked.

      When we open the bedroom's door, we saw a man with a cover in his mouth. His hands are wrapped by a rope. His feet are also wrapped.

     "That guy looks familiar" said Eldon

     "Wait a minute... hey! That's Marco!" I shouted

     "Let's help him" said Andrei

     We removed the rope around his hands and feet. We also removed a handkerchief that covered his mouth.

     "Thank you humans! I'm glad I have friends like you" said Marco

    "Friends always help each other whenever they are in need, right?"

    "Yeah" said Marco gladly

    "What happened? Why are you locked here?" asked Brix

    "It's Justin. He discovered that I'm spying him. He found me talking to you using my mobile watch" said Marco

    "Did he discover your true identity?" I asked

    "Fortunately he didn't. And he said that we are the destruction of his plans" said Marco

    "Why?" asked Andrei

    "He knew at first that you would not agree with him, so you would make a move that might stop him" said Marco

    "We are in trouble now. His plan is legal now. Any minute, he can enlarge the sun legally" I said

    "I know the world leaders are regretting now" said Bix

    "They are forced to approve Justin. Remember that?" I said

    "Where do you think is Justin now?" asked Andrei

    "He told me last night that he will do his plan on the rooftop of the Second District" said Marco

    "Is that so? We have to go there" said Andrei

    "Come on" I said

     "Wait humans! The back of my shirt was destroyed partially, and my iron body is now visible. I hope Justin didn't notice it" said Marco

     "What happened to you?" I asked

     "A very long story. I was just trying to escape from here" said Marco

     "You have to cover it" said Eldon

     "I think Justin has available clothes there" said Andrei

     "Is it okay?" asked Marco

     "Go use it. You can tell Justin that you borrowed one of his clothes when we see him" said Andrei

    "Okay" Marco went to Justin's closet to look some clothes

    "Whoa!" said Marco

     Marco found a lab coat from Justin's closet.

    He wore it. Good thing Justin and Marco have the same size

     "I can say that lab coats are still made for me" said Marco

     "It's been a long time since I saw you wearing a lab coat" I said

    "I still love wearing it" said Marco

    "Everything is okay. We have to go now. Hurry humans" said Andrei

    "Come on!" I said

    We went out of Justin's house to go to the Second District.

    "We are coming Justin!" said Eldon

To be continued...