Remix: The Long Drive to Hellenbach

Archived Event: The Long Drive to Hellenbach 

While gas fed the hungry car, Goner continued to talk about ramen noodles. The Professor snored in the backseat. Goner was sitting in the passenger side and was making light conversation; trying to stay awake. Max chuckled.

"All this talk about food is making me hungry," Goner said as he spotted a sign declaring Husky's House Truckstop to be just a mile down the road. "How about you?"

Max shrugged a little, but now that Goner had suggested it he could feel the pangs of hunger growing. The Professor murmured something in his sleep. Max glanced back to check on him; it was rare to have him in the same plex coordinates. Max liked it but it also made him feel uneasy.

"There's a restaurant another mile or so up the road," Goner said. "To my recollection they serve the best hash browns and sausages evah!"

The car pulled into the nearly full truckstop, with several rigs lined up like soldiers ready to roll at a moment's call. Max found an empty parking space in front of the diner. The Professor yawned and stretched. Max killed the engine and then turned to the Professor and said, "You're buying!"

Goner looked at the empty backseat. "Max, who are you talking to?"

A Change is Gonna Come

"You feel that?" Maggie asked Max. Her eyes opened and she stared up at the ceiling.

Max turned from the window where he had been standing like a sentry watching the city below him and faced Maggie. "Yes," he answered. 

"I'm scared," she said. It was the first time in a long while that she had felt this way.

"Me too," Max replied. He didn't know what to expect.

Vanity

Goner was getting impatient with Angst; by all rights they should of been in the battle. Though he had said he would wait as she prepared; it was the least that a friend could do.

His cloak billowed in the warm breeze; it seem to comfort him. He didn't like to be waiting, especially if there was a battle going on. He looked over the horizon to see if he could see anything from this vantage point.

He saw a glimpse of lights near the river. It seemed like the Mysterious Mingos' were up to their old tricks. He placed the binocs into the utility web of his suit, and flexed his power gauntlets.

"Well, are you ready?" he asked impatiently. He hoped the tone of his voice would signify that this was indeed an emergency.

Angst adjusted her mask and made sure that there wasn't a tear in the spandex. After all, she needed to look her best for the entrance. And that her plasma pistols where charged and ready to spew out hot death to those who opposed her.

"Do you know what we are up against?" Angst asked.

"How am I supposed to know?" Goner replied. "I don't make the reservations. I just heed the call."

On that note both took to the skies.