Chapter 3: Phillip

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Meanwhile...

The boy with the orange scarf and strange sword is wandering throughout neighborhoods.

Owen: "(in awe) What kind of place has construction like this? It shouldn't even be possible. Just where the hell did you end up Owen?"

People stare at him in confusion.

Owen: "I still haven't even found Rox and the others..."

Owen clenches his fist.

Owen: "Rox..."

A loud rumble shakes the ground beneath his feet.

Owen: "Something is telling me that isn't a stampede."

A tank and a half dozen soldiers are heading straight for Owen.

Owen: "What the hell is this thing?!"

The tank stops in front of Owen.

Soldiers: "Step away from the tank civilian."

Owen: "So that's what you call that thing."

The soldiers ready their guns.

Soldiers: "Creation!"

Owen pulls a trigger on his sword, causing it to extend to a two foot blade.

Owen: "Was it something I said?!"

The tank's barrel points straight at Owen.

Owen: "I think that I don't want to be hit by that."

Owen's blade glows orange.

Meanwhile...

A young man in a black, leather jacket, white headphones, black jeans, brown t-shirt, curly black hair, and black bag is currently looking at images of fur suits while listening to Skrillex.

Young Man: "(humming) Man, the guys are going to love these beats."

A rumble shakes his room.

Young Man: "(confused) Say what now?"

He stops what he's doing and heads to his front door.

Meanwhile...

Owen: "(breathing heavily) Good thing I didn't get hit."

A crater remains where Owen was standing.

Soldiers: "Halt!"

A Catalyst radar spikes up when the young man opens his door.

Young Man: "Yeah this seems pretty normal."

He turns around to go back inside.

Soldier 1: "Hold it Catalyst!"

Phillip: "Okay first off, I'll have you know that my name is Phillip. Second, what is a Catalyst?"

Owen: "(awkwardly) You do realize that they're shooting explosive items at me, right?"

Phillip rubs his eyes real quick.

Phillip: "(blinking) Am I seeing things?"

A bullet hits Phillip in the shoulder.

Phillip: "(in pain) Why did you just shoot me?"

Soldier 2: "To ensure that you can't get away."

Phillip: "Oh okay, not like I could get away from a tank."

A speaker appears on the front of the tank.

Speaker: "Listen here Catalyst and Creation, you are now property of the U.S. government. Come along quietly and no one will be injured."

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