Chapter 44: The Comic Store Rumble

"Grandpa!" Zrilla yelled with excitement as she ran into Alberts arms.

"Thank the heavens you are safe!" He said holding her.

"Heavens?" 6 asked. "What are those?"

"Uh uhh No way were going into that conversation!" Reggie yelled.

"Thank you so much for saving my great grandaughter! What can I possibl do to make up for it!" Albert cried.

"Well some cotton candy and soda's wold be a OWWW!" Reggie squeled as B stomped on his foot.

"WHat Reggie meant to say is, this is what we do, there is no need for thanks" Seymour said calmly.

"Well you can atleast stay for drinks?" Albert said.

"No thank you" Seymour said sternly "The last time I did that I was nearly knocked out with a beer bottle, besides the cadets need to go back to class!"

"Aweee man!" Reggie said.

"Bummer" B said.

"Axel, why are you so quiet?" 6 said noticing him.

"I can't help but feel like I need to go back to the mine... I feel like we are missing something..." Lars said.

"Maybe so but let the experts handle it" Lance said. "What is one Cadet from the academy going to do in a situation like this?"

"Zrilla" Lars said. "Did they say anthing about the Pandora? Anthing at all that could help us?" Lars asked.

"Welll I remmember they kept saying the Matriarco... Pandora or something! They said it was really important!"

" Matriarco... Pandora?"

"Heh I highly doubt there is a Pandora involved witht he Matriarch" Seymour laughed. "Cmon Ax its time to go back home but first that Comic book I promised you!"

Seymour lead the gang back to the comic shop and led them inside. As Lars came into the front door he saw the comic book salesman reaching up on a high shelf for a comic.

As the cover of the comic became revealed, Lars spotted an issue of the Amazing spiderman on the cover.

"THe Amzing!" Lars said

"Spider man!" He said.

"Spider man!" A girls voice said inunison.

Running as fast as he could Lars made a go for the front desk.

Boom!

Lars Collided into a hooded in the store and fell to the ground. As her hoodie came off, a girl with dark hair and blue eyes was looking at him dead in the eyes.

"Woah..." Lars thought. "This girl is... so beautiful"

Dressed plainly in her hoodie and tech pants the girl dusted herself off and got to her feet.

"I'm sorry about that" Lars said extending her a hand.

"Ms Emi-... I mean Ember! Are you alright! Who is this blue haired hoolaggan! A man in well dressed clothes yelled.

"Axel!" Reggie yelled catching up to him with the others.

"Tsk! What the hell have you gotten yourself into this time" Lance said eyeing Emily.

"This girl..." Lance thought. "She's actually pretty good looking, maybe I should-"

"The hell are you stairing at wierdo" She said unjustly.

"OHHHHHHHH!!!!!" The group laughed.

"Weirdo! Where the hell do you get off! Your the one wearing a hoodie in the middle of a desert!" Lance screamed.

"I... I think I'm in love" Lars thought lookin gat her all dreamy eyed.

Seymour catching wind of the situation stepped in.

"An agent has no business charming women! On your feet now Axel!" He commanded

"Why are you giving up my identity! I thought we were underrcover!"

"These guys" the girl said lookin gon at them. "THese guys are agents? That blue haired kid... is an agent? He can't even walk straight!"

"Ehehhehm!" The comic owner grunted. "I understand you wanted this comic isn't that right young lady" He said handing it to her.

"Wait!" Lars screamed. "Amazing spiderman is my favorite! Please... let me have it!" Lars begged.

"No way!" The girl screamed "II traveled all the way from.... well very far for this! Now way I am handing it over!"

"Then let me buy it from you!" Lars begged. "Please! Just atleast let me read the first few pages!"

"He is really into comics just like me..." The girl thought looking into Axels blue eyes" Maybe..."

"Alrighty then! Have it your way!" Ember said. "But first you will have to play a game with Clarence, if you are able to beat him the comic is yours!" She said.

"Oh? Are we going to play my favorite game?" Clarence laughed.

"You bet!" she said "Both of you outside now!"

"How do you think he lands into these situations?" 6 asked the group. "Is he unlucky? Or does he naturually attract chaos?"

"Its deeper than that" Lance said. "What it is is he naturally attracts chaos, and we are the unlucky ones for following him!"

"HAhaha!" Reggie laughed. "I'm starting to like this guy!" Reggie said punching Lance.

"Yeh, your feelings are completely one sided."

"Awwe cmon bro donb't be sucvh an-"

Back outside Lars and Clarence were standing in the middle of the road. A crowd of people gathered around them.

"Ok!" LArs said. "So whats your stupid game?" LArs said.

"Oh? The rules are simple" Clarence said. "If you want the comic go ahead and take it from her." Clarence said pointing to THe girl.

"Wait... wait what! Ithought that was what she didn't want me to do?"

"I'll even make it easier for you, Ember has already started flipping through the pages, if you are able to distract her eyes from the book or make he lose her focus for even one second w ewill hand it over."

"What?" Lars said. "That's way too easy!"

"Better hurry then" Clarence said. "She is a fast reader, and that issue is a short one!"

"Here I come!" Lars yelled running past Clarence. As he came within a few feet of Ember, he reached out his hand amiming for the comic.

Cuff

As his hand came inches from reaching her, a black whip wrapped around his hand.

"What... is this!" Lars said.

As he turned around he saw Clarence wielding the long whip casually dancing him around with his arm.

Whipping him backwards, Clarence landed Lars back on his rear end, exactly back to where he had started.

"What the hell was that!" Lars said.

"There is one catch" Clarence laughed. "I never said that I wouldn't stop you!"

Lars rose to his feet ready to take Clarence on.

"If your standing between me and a comic" Lairs said seriously. "I hope your prepared to risk your life."

Taking a bow, Clarence silently nodded. "That is my duty, to lay my life on the line for her, if you come at me with anything less than that, you won't stand a chance!"

"Ohhh shoott! B get the popcorn and the cotton candy! There's about to be a whole movie scene out here yo!" Reggie chimed