Raymond was asleep and there was this blanket. Echo took it off and found Mort and Lance conversing about a basketball game."Hey, we're discussing here."She dumped it and stomped over them. "Sorry, you're just all over the place, seriously."They groaned trying to get comfortable."What's her problem?" Lance asked him.Zack shoved his hands into his pockets. "Maybe some other time." The plans could wait. Gwen who just went for a swim approached.He cleared his throat going towards her. "Hey hey beautiful." He backed her to a corner. She cleared her throat. "I wasn't expecting you." He wondered if this was a dream. It couldn't be. "Listen, I have something important to ask you.""What is it?" She reached up."Is it convenient if we start training tomorrow?"She opened her eyes in surprise. "Why not?""Great. Looking forward to it." He said with a lazy smile. She scoffed when he walked away."It's cold outside." She said getting a blanket."Aww, Gwen you're so sweet." He said t
Echo mirrored Mort's form. "How long are we going to wait?""Trust me, I'm just as impatient as you are."...The workers tried as hard to extract the neonat from the snow."It's impossible to lift." The manager said. "The men are freezing their asses off in this weather.""Our suppliers are on the way.""Is this one of the knight's gadgets?"His partner flailed a torch all over the neo-titan and found a leaf shaped emblem linked against one other like a windmill.Meanwhile, after 18 hrs of strife, a ship zoomed over them. Zack emerged and Mort wore a flannel lined suit. Echo held up two blasters.Zack assessed the group of men at work and the tents. "How do we_""I have a plan."The knight landed in the midst of the working men powerfully. They gazed at him and clenched their teeth. "I can't believe he's alive.""Sorry boys but this mech belongs to me." He said with a voice modulator.They laughed hard. "Look at this joker. What makes you think we're just going to let you have
They waited in the room. "What if they come in through the ceiling?""That's ridiculous." He said. "We're safe as it is. No one is coming.""How long do we have?""Six hours."Gwen was sad. What if they were left to starve so much that they had no strength left to fight? The Lectyrs could be waiting for them to give in. She was on the brink of giving up, this was the best she could do, cause a delay.Lance was in a bad shape. She didn't know what to do except sooth his hair, the toxin was spreading.Raymond needed to be there for him but someone had to watch Stane. His heart rate peaked, he was trembling but keeping his breath stable, his stomach was in knots. It was pointless and hopeless. Gwen was there, he didn't need to take initiative."Can we switch places?" Gwen asked.He snorted. "You clearly aren't strong enough to handle a full-grown Lectyr." She winced, it stung but he was correct but she saw that he was torn. Stane rasped in his chokehold and Gwen tramped over to slug
People watched the neo-titan overhead.Zack flew it to a open area and landed. They alighted from the Mecha and Mort came out of the suit equally distressed.Echo puffed, she gazed at her blasters and exhaled taking them down....Ayron frowned. "Finally.""Yeah, it's been delivered." He said and he felt like he hit a wall.Ayron aimed at Echo and Mort."Let him bring the hostages."Mort sighed heavily and he walked towards the door."Amiga, Ray, it's me.""Mort?" Gwen said erratically. "I can't believe you're back." She said through the microphone hiding her relief."Come outside, now." He said sternly.Raymond touched her hand. "Listen to him, they're forcing him to do this.""Hurry." Mort said and Gwen was paranoid now.Raymond carried Stane and they hurried outside. Mort held Lance who slumped. Gwen held his legs and they got him to the location. Zack pursed his lips and he watched Raymond struggling with Stane. He refused to let him go."Kill the switch." Raymond ordered. Ay
Zack pulled back from the others, he just froze on the spot, it happened that it was a lot worse than he imagined, Ayron double-crossed him and it was all Raymond's fault. Had he just let it go then none of this would have happened.He frowned at Raymond and shut his eyes. He tried all he could yet everything blew up in his face. Gwen woke up and she brushed her eyes getting up. She shuddered feverishly and the thought of addressing anyone irked her."Are you hungry?" The medic Jona said."No."Jona noticed that she was anxious around him."Don't worry, you can take things at your pace."Gwen exhaled. "I think I'll stay put for a while."Echo held her hands together and she went to see Lance in a somnolent state."Lance." She woke him up and he stirred."Hey." Lance said to her. Echo morphed into him. "I'm sorry about not listening to you. I lied about my recruitment. I actually failed.""Echo, I knew all along.""You did?""Yeah, I was just waiting for how long it was going to take
[ Side quest: Gain 3 pounds in one week ]He ate carbs and gnawed on meat."What's going on with him?" Lance said holding up a spoon."Isn't it natural for the two of you to stuff your faces all day?" Echo pointed."No, this isn't natural.""I don't see it.""It's intentional.""Are you two done with the side talk?" Zack said. He sighed. "Okay, I want to gain weight.""Good for you, bro." "About time." She raised a mug."You look like a mess." They commented and Zack smiled feeling motivated."I cannot wait for the results. The best part of staying in shape is that we get to eat what we want." Lance munched on a bagle with smiling eyes.Zack updated the audience who were craving for his content on his page because he had gone missing for one year.He had their attention. He did bench presses and Lance was his spurring partner while he pushed up a barbell. It tipped and Lance grabbed it."Oh!" He fell over.Zack pushed it back up and his arm shook as a result of weakness. He stood
"Ah." He faced the game beaming. "Has the right amount of milk.""Can I play with you?""No, I'm already too far into the game. Single player mode."She got up leaving....Zack checked on the scale and he gained the 7 pounds again despite all the food and the training. He put on his headphones. "Hey guys, I'm heading out.""Yeah, good for you. Don't miss us too much." Zack hopped on the stairs, leaping over 2 steps to get his blood pumping. He thought about Raymond frowning. He wheezed and kept pushing. He missed a step falling off. A guy caught his hand. "Be careful.""Thanks." Zack spotted the man with thick black hair and a notch on his eyebrow."Name's Dylan Hoover." "Zack Trevor." He said shaking his hand."Thanks, I'm such a klutz.""No worries. The stair's an inch too tall anyway." Dylan smiled. "So, what's your goal?""I'm trying to gain some weight. Build muscle." He said.Dylan adjusted a band around his bicep."You look good man. What's your secret?" Zack asked."Oh, y
"Huh?" She blushed at him. "It's not what you think.""You've been sneaking all that junk into my food? Do you know how hard I've tried to put on weight? You of all people should understand that. I can't believe you're sabotaging me."She tried to say something. Mort made a cut throat signal behind him."As horrible as that sounds. I feel no remorse for what I did." "You're seriously going to say that? Is there anything I need to know? Why are you stopping me?""You can ask Raymond, Zack."He was boiling with rage, he paused and looked back at the Mort."I know you were in on this too.""You know if you're looking for advice. You should probably ask Raymond for input_" "No." Zack clenched his fist. Dylan had been like a friend to him. He would pass up Raymond over Dylan any day.Zack called Dylan. "Can you come over?""Yeah.""Awesome." Dylan cackled driving to his place. He wanted to see her. The chase was thrilling. Zack paced back and forth. He glanced at the team and everyone