The next day…
The lunchroom, buzzing with murmuring, chatting, laughing, shouting, screaming, yelling, anything under the sun but above all just plain noisy. It is here where Derrick presently walks, holding a lunch tray as he heads to the back of the lunchroom to a table where Sam and Stark could be found with Dilan off to the right. Up at the front, Amber with the popular ones and Monte with the other athletic types.
His tray sat down followed by him, Derrick looked to Sam and then to Stark, “Hope I’m not interrupting.”
“Oh, not at all, we were just talking about our history exam coming up. We were wondering if Mr. Bueler had any copies of the study guide left since mine sort of got burned yesterday in the old building.”
“Well Stark, if you hurry I bet you could catch him before the next class.”
“Good point, thanks Derrick!”
Getting up and running to the left door, he disappeared from view down the hall, leaving Sam and Derrick alone at the table though not for long as he beckoned Dilan over, who after yawning, began to slide over, “Wazzit eh?”
“Did you guys also get visited by those ONUS guys?”
“Yes, last night actually,” Sam murmured, “I found out what ability I had been given.”
“Same,” Dilan chuckled, “She was kinda noisy so I had to listen.”
“That lady that gave us our powers visited me too… she told me about ONUS and said we could choose to keep our powers and memories if we helped out but if one of us chose not to… well… we’d have to live our normal lives again.”
“I don’t know about you boys but I found it super interesting… I was hoping we could all say yes?”
“I agree with Sam actually… the thought of actually helping people and whatever sounds… fun, not boring. I’m honestly bored with how things are,” Dilan began to chuckle.
“What about you Derrick?”
“Honestly… I agree. I’d love to be able to find out more and help people. It could be the best shot at something fun for me that doesn’t involve working in a deli like my dad.”
“Heh… good luck to you two convincing Monte and Amber then,” Dilan chuckled again.
“Why?”
“Monte said it sounded stupid and didn’t want to blow his chance at being a college football player and Amber… well, you know Amber. It sounds dirty, gross, like actual work, and I can just do this this and this because daddy wants me to.”
“Oh come on… how can they do this to us after yesterday? What if something happens again?”
“It’s easier getting me to not sleep than it is getting them to work Derrick, haha. You should listen to Sam on this one.”
“… I’m going to talk to them.”
With that, Derrick immediately stood and turned round, walking up to the front of the lunchroom with Sam shouting, “Derrick, don’t!”
Not listening, he immediately stopped beside Monte at his table, “Monte, I need to borrow you.”
“Oh uh, sure thing captain, haha. Scuse me guys, Captain Kicker needs me.”
Walking over to Amber as Monte got up, he then spoke, “Amber, you’re needed.”
“Like, whatever, I don’t care.”
“If you help out I’ll tell Clay to date you.”
“Deal.”
Standing and following outside the lunchroom in the hall, Derrick turned round as they approached, Sam and Dillan from the other end exiting through a different door as he began to speak.
“Why don’t you guys want to be DreamScapers? This could be a shot at doing something exciting with our lives!”
“Sorry Derrick but I want to be known for something.”
“College Football isn’t that big Monte, that’s a poor excuse.”
“Like, how’s this, I don’t want to have to get my shtick dirty fighting creeps and other things when I can just mooch off of daddy for money and whatever I want. It’s easier.”
“But don’t you guys want to do something that actually pays in both money and experience? Monte, Amber, you can both do that and also be a DreamScaper. Come on, we need you both for this guys! What if the Imp King comes back or that Zaraka guy? Victoria couldn’t stop them and entrusted us with her power… do you want to walk away from something this awesome, really?”
“Pft… only losers work for a living so no,” Amber laughed, turning and walking away, “Tell Clay to pick me up tonight.”
With a sigh, Monte shook his head, “Sorry Derrick but I really want to just focus on my career with College Football.”
“Eh whatever… I’m going back to sleep then...”
“Well… guess I’ll go see how Stark is doing… and hope I have a chance at a solo position with ONUS.”
All turning away from Derrick and walking away, he now was left, sighing, “The one chance to do something fun with my life… gone because… tch...”
“HEY! The TV!”
Looking in the lunchroom, at the front monitor, a big eighty inch plasma screen tv, a news broadcast displaying the Imps flying through the skies of downtown, laughing as fire and their pitchforks flew forward, the Imp King with them.
“Gah… those guys again… forget the others, I have to help!”
Turning left and running for the exit, he began to book it using his enhanced physical abilities to propel himself further and further to get as far to and as fast as he could.
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“Hahahaha! Go my army, lay siege to this city once more for Edgelord Zaraka, raise as much fear as you can, ahahahaha!”
People flipping round and over other things with a car exploding, pitchforks flying into people sending out sparks with the people losing their energy though no wound, just as before. Above with a grin, the Imp King would smirk.
“Not even Galakin could stop the master, this world is as good as ours! And their slurpies!”
Looking left, shock came over him as he flew right immediately, dodging a flying car tire, “What the devil!?”
Looking down stood none other than Derrick in an attack pose, waiting.
“You again!?”
“Yeah that’s right Imp King and I’m here to stop you once and for all!”
“HA! Kid, that’s rich, don’t you remember what happened last time? I remember it like it was yesterday...”
“It was yesterday!”
“And that’s the punch line. You think you can stop me Junior? Ha, give it your best shot then so long as you can get by my men!”
Swarming in front of the Imp King, an army of one hundred and twenty Imps, their wings fluttering as they all snicker, twenty or so getting ready to swoop at Derrick.
“If you admit your surrender now I’ll spare you of your suffering junior, what’ll it be!?”
“I’ll never give up Imp King!”
“Too bad then but I gave you a chance. GET THE KID!!”
Flinching, he stood with five Imps swooping down with their pitchforks out, snickering with their swing though immediately, Derrick in turn took a swing outward, his right arm out fully with a fist formed, punching the air and sending a pressure wave slamming into three of the five which flew and hit the ground, the other two swinging only for Derrick to leap up and kick both in the face. Upon his landing, all five had hit the ground with him looking up, glaring.
“Impressive, he has improved since the last time though that won’t amount to anything. Squads two through five, get him!”
With the Imp King’s command, twenty came swooping down now from all sides. Two punches out with pressure waves flying, taking six out as two pitch fork strikes to his left hit, then the right, then six from behind, an explosion sending him flopping forward onto hands and feet, kicking backward sending yet another wave off though as he knocked two more out, he was also hit from above by eight strikes, dropping to his front nearly.
All snickering as Derrick struggled to rise, taking a running stance, then bolting off into a run at more of the flock of Imps, punching one in the face, one in the gut, catching the pitchfork of one as three hit him in the back zapping more strength. Twin kicks backward as on his hands he went sent more flying though with four strikes to the back, he went down on his front, sparks and explosions flying.
SPARK
WHAM
“Enough!”
The Imps backing away as down came the Imp King, chuckling, “It’s my turn!”
Struggling now to stand, breathing a bit rough, Derrick found himself looking forward as the Imp King came swooping in, “HYAH!” and pitch fork flying forward. A single punch forward impacting the fork to throw it off though in doing so, a kick upward sent Derrick’s arm up and a strike occurred, throwing him back again,flipping through the air onto his feet, yowling.
“HAHAHA, that was just me saying hello. Come now kiddo, show me what you’ve got!”
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Rushing forward yelling, Derrick swung his right forward only to miss, the Imp King fluttering right, disappearing, and appearing left, “Hello!” and a strike to the side, Derrick spiraling clockwise now to the right and skidding to a stop, rapid punching the air.
“Haha, I’ve had enough of this already, time to end it!”
Dancing around each strike, the Imp King made his way closer….
Buzz buzz buzz, now right before Derrick.
“RAPID STRIKE!” and a barrage of multiple pitchfork strikes: two, five, nine, fourteen, twenty, forty and upon that final strike, sparks began to fly out of his energy broken and then the shattering of a blast sending Derrick propelling backwards, crashing upon the ground curled, groaning.
“Hahaha!”
Slowly slumping forward, trying to pick himself up, Derrick looked forward, shaking, eying the Imp King who began to speak again.
“Bah, I’ve had enough of this! Finish him off my Imps!”
Snickering, many of the Imps knocked down earlier began to rise, all twenty-five fluttering forward, laughing as they then went towards Derrick, pitchforks flying outward.
SHRIEK!
A loud sonic impact struck clean into the twenty-five, all being blown back, Derrick’s eyes widening as were those of the Imp King, though his with rage, “WHO DARES!?”
Rushing, running, yelling
“Derrick!”
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“You creeps!”
To his right, bending down, Monte and Sam and to the left, Amber standing next to Dillan, all looking forward at the Imp King, angrily.
“You kids again!?”
“No one hurts our team and gets away with it!”
“It’s over Imp King, we’re sending you back to where you came from!”
“Heh, bring it on kiddos, show my army and I what you can do!”
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