The P.U.L.L || #Wattys2017

Chapter 28: Dark Clouds

As soon as the car engine started, Mr. and Mrs. Tratzky began loading up the unconscious Rick and Emma into the car after carefully tying them up. The couple sighed in relief for accomplishing the job, they just need to load Joshua in the car.

Putting a taser on the refrigerator's handle is a pretty cool idea. Mr. Tratzky thought to himself. Now, where's Joshua.

To his surprise, Joshua was nowhere to be found.

What? How?! I'm sure he got really electrocuted and I even increased the electrical charge. How come he's gone! Mr. Tratzky thought as he squinted his eyes.

"Where's Joshua?!" Mrs. Tratzky exclaimed.

"I don't know. He was unconscious! How could he have escaped." Mr. Tratzky replied. "Anyways, I'll search for him. You stay in the car, just in case."

Mr. Tratzky hurriedly went inside the house and began looking everywhere, thinking that Joshua shouldn't have gone that far. I've seen him lose consciousness! Are my eyes playing tricks on me, or was he just  faking everything from the start? No way! That's impossible! Mr. Tratzky said to himself.

"Did you find him?" Mrs. Tratzky asked.

"No, he must have escaped while we were loading Rick and Emma." Mr. Tratzky replied. "We've got no choice. Time is almost up, and we need to hurry and deliver these two to the mastermind."

Mr. Trazky began to rush in searching for Joshua. He began to search every nook and cranny of their house's first floor. Had he searched the second floor, he would have found Joshua unconscious, lying under the bed inside the master's bedroom.

Tsk! Where could he have gone! Mr. Tratzky told himself as he was about to smash his ead on the wall. Fortunately, he was able to maintain his composure, restraining himself from making his head bleed. This mission is not at all a failure. We got two of them, after all. Mr. Tratzky assured himself as he headed towards their car.

"Let's go!" Mrs. Tratzky said as she opened the door for his husband. "We're going to miss the deadline if we don't hurry."

Mr. Tratzky nodded and hopped in.

.....

Why? What happened? Joshua asked himself as he regained consciousness. As he began to look around, he began to remember his narrow escape from Emma's aunt and uncle.

Until now, I couldn't believe that they were with the enemies. And the three of us let our guard down because of that. It would have been a lot worse if I had gotten kidnapped as well. Now, all I need is a plan. Joshua told himself.

And I hope I could rely on Emma and Rick on this one.

Now that he had woken up, Joshua could still feel a little bit of headache due to the electrocution he received awhile ago. He began to crawl out from under the bed while trying to stay as quiet as he could. I slept for quite sometime now, they might be back before I get out of this house! I got to hurry! He told himself.

As soon as he got out from under the bed, he suddenly realized that it was already dark.

Joshua had been asleep for too long.

It's already nighttime.

After realizing it, he quickly tried to get up and went downstairs. He knew that he had to escape as quickly as he could, lest he be caught off guard the second time. After reaching the first floor, he silently slunk across the living room as he headed for the door.

I hope no one's outside. Joshua said to himself as he silently opened the door. 

To his relief, there was no sign of Emma's uncle nor her aunt. That's a relief, they haven't returned yet. Now, all I need to do is get out of here.

Suddenly, a series of lightnings began to light up the sky. Much to Joshua's amazement, he suddenly realized that it wasn't nighttime yet. The sky was just unusually dark due to a severe thunderstorm. Joshua felt strong gusts of wind. He covered his eyes with his hands while trying to assess the situation. 

Something's definitely up. This is not just a normal thunderstorm, the sky's too dark and it's very weird. This irregular weather pattern, could it be the works of the PULL? Joshua asked himself. No, this is impossible! The PULL is not that powerful! Unless...

The mastermind already finished building the power source successfully! 

Joshua bit his lip as he realized the ordeal he was in. He knew that the PULL would be really unstoppable if the power source was already completed. Not only them, but the whole world will fall into the mastermind's hands if he wants to. 

Tsk! If the power source is really complete, then, it's just a matter of time before the mastermind captures me. Right now, I should imagine all the worst case scenario or I would get caught off guard. Joshua said to himself. I should focus on rescuing Emma and Rick first and foremost. Then after that, that's when we'll make a move.

But how will I be able to find them?

Thats when it hit him. 

He didn't know where Emma and Rick were taken. And what's even worse was, he didn't even know where he could find the power source, much less the mastermind who has been pretty good at concealing his location. 

"Yeah, right. Now I'm back to square one." Joshua murmured as he went outside the house. He quietly hid himself on a narrow street adjacent to it. "Come on, think! There must be something I could do!"

Suddenly, a booming thunderclap came out of nowhere, making Joshua jump in surprise. 

Drip drip...

The dark sky began to get darker than ever as the rain began to fall. Joshua hurriedly went to the other end of the narrow street where he would not get wet. The rain began to get heavier by the minute and the wind simultaneously began to get stronger. Before he knew it, He suddenly found himself in the middle of a hurricane. 

This is the end of the line, I guess. Joshua told himself as he curled himself up into a ball. Mr. and Mrs. Tratzky led us into a trap, Rick and Emma got kidnapped, and now a huge hurricane came and the only possibility for that to happen is quite unlikely and it might be the effect of the PULL. As much as I wanted to do something, 

I reached the end of my rope.

Suddenly, someone tapped him from behind, making him jolt upwards. 

"Joshua! Joshua!" The person behind him excitedly called.

Joshua turned around, curious as to who the person was. He was quite surprised since he didn't expect to meet anyone in the middle of a hurricane. 

Wait?! 

Are my eyes joking me right now? Is this a hallucination? Joshua asked himself as he recognized the person standing right in front of him.