Part 2: Chapter Ten

     Holden plummeted to the bottom of the hole and landed on his arm stump.

     "Aw, dang," said Holden as he looked at his now even more disfigured arm. It was a good thing that his stump couldn't feel pain, because it would have hurt like a big bag of pain. "Now that I'm in the true base of Mercution, I can finally defeat him."

     "Not so fast partner," said the oh-so-creamy voice of Owen Wilson, whom Holden hadn't seen since the MME.

     "Where are you?" screamed Holden. "WHERE'S RACHEL!?"

     "What?"
     "Oh," said Holden. Sorry, I got caught up in the moment."

     "I too was once caught in something," said Owen from the darkness. "But it wasn't a moment."

     Just then, a red car with eyes and a mouth pulled up behind Holden.

     "What in the name of the captain's underpants is going on?" asked Holden.

     "It's okay, Holden," said the car. "It's me, Owen."

     "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooo!" cried Holden.

     "I was driving down to Future Hollywood to star in a hilarious comedy when a symbiote came down and fused me with my car."

     "Mercution," said Holden. "He got you too."

     "Yep."

     "Then let us work together to defeat him!" said Holden.

     "Huzzah!" cried Owen.

     "Hoo-ray... beep boop..." said the voice of Mercution. His shiny robot symbiote body descended from the ceiling. "JK, Mr. Secretbees. Now, boop, you are, beep, going, boop, to die."

     "Hop in, kid! I'll get us outta here!" said Owen. Holden ran to the side door and opened it up. "Ow," Owen shouted.

     "Sorry, bro!" Holden shouted, climbing inside. Once in, he saw a GPS and punched in some coordinates.

     "Roger that, good buddy!" said Owen as he activated his racecar rocket thrusters and smashed through the ceiling of the cave.

     "You are able to fly, Holden, boop, but you will never escape me!" said Mercution. After three hours of flying, Holden finally reached his destination.

     "I'm sorry, Owen," said Holden.

     "For what?" 

     Just then Holden stabbed Owen right in the passenger seat head-rest with the Goblet of Water. They started to plummet as Owen screamed. Just before they hit the ground, Holden jumped out and flew into the air Looking around, he saw Mercution rocketing towards him on a flying segway.

     "Hey you, follow me!" Holden shouted.

     "Okay, boop. Prepare to die!"

     But Holden did not prepare to die, for he had a plan. It was not a coincidence that Holden had set the GPS for the old Chinese rocket yard. He quickly maneuvered himself through the cargo bay of the biggest rocket where he waited for Mercution. Once he had been joined by the AI, Holden withdrew his wand and shut the rocket's door.

     "Fool, beep, you have trapped yourself," said Mercution.

     "I think you have trapped your fate, Mercution!" Holden said as he threw the Goblet of Water at Mercution and cut off his head.

     "LOL," said the head of Mercution. "That's not how you kill a robot."

     "I didn't need to kill you," said Holden as he walked up to the head of Mercution. "I just needed to slow you down."

     Holden pulled out his Age Decompiler and used it on Mercution.

     "Noooooo! I'm decompiling!" shouted Mercution.

     "Dang straight!"

     The alien symbiote detached itself from Mercution's body, and Holden sliced it in half.

     "Nooooooo," said Mercution, his eyes flickering off.

     Holden flew to the pilot's seat and pressed the ignition button. It soared into the sky and Holden smashed through the cockpit's window, descending to the ground as the rocket flew into future space.

     "Yipee-ki-ay," said Holden. "Yipee-ki-ay."




     So that was it. Holden had saved the world again, and this time he decided to quit. For good. He swore. He really did. He wasn't lying. Or was he?



Return Home