The Arks: Over Heaven

Chapter 23.5: Time Paradox

Part 5/11

“Dude, look, look at that guy over there!” Ben said while pointing at a smug looking individual who was wearing a white suit. He had a terribly trimmed goatee and dirt brown hair that kneaded into curly knots.

“Dude, I think that’s Michael,” Sunny whispered back, not wanting to alert the attention of the peacekeeper.

“That’s hilarious. You never said what he looked like, he’s even uglier in person!” Ben snickered as he walked along the stone path. He looked ahead to see that the peacekeeper had her back turned on them. Ben looked at Michael, and then back at Sunny, and then tilted his head.

“I have a good idea. Let’s follow this guy.”

“What are you planning?”

“Nothing nothing this is going to be so funny, we’re just going to mess with him that’s all,” Ben whispered.

“Really, Ben? Is now the time for practical jokes?” Sunny whispered with unamusement.

“Come on, nothing could go wrong, I’ve always hated that creepazoid. I wanna at least have a little fun here, you know? This is crazy, how you can just interact with your own characters! Come on, haven’t you wanted to sock that creepazoid at least once??”

Sunny sighed, then began to storm toward Michael.

“Alright, fine. Let’s do this.”

“Woo hoo! Now, I have like, the perfect idea for what we’re going to do to him. It’s gonna be hilarious.”

The two snuck past the peacekeeper and started to slowly follow Michael. At first, Ben thought that maybe it wasn’t a good idea to mess with Michael. If the course of the timeline changed at any moment, who knew what sort of trouble could occur?

But, considering they had gotten here under strange circumstances, Ben decided that now wasn’t the time to be going over the logistics of their current situation.

By now, the two were following closely behind Michael, watching as he approached the manor closer and closer.

“Okay, so the plan is we… Give him a little gift,” Ben said, as he bent forward to pick up a clump of dirt. Sunny grinned in approval, and picked up a wad of dirt as well.

“Okay, GOT IT,” Sunny replied with a devious smile.

The two walked toward Michael, and as soon as they did, they both tripped over air and landed the dirt on Michael’s suit and hair respectively.

“What in tarnation-” Michael’s ears began to burst with steam, as he clenched his fists and turned around with an enraged expression on his face.

Ben opened his mouth in fake surprise, and Sunny covered her mouth with a gasp.

“OMG, we are like, so sorry, for that inconvenience!” Ben apologized sarcastically.

“I know, right?” Sunny added on, “And like, we know you have a date to go to, with, Emma. Oh wait, sorry, she’d never get with the likes of you. She’s with another boy who’s better than you!”

The two burst into laughter, and Michael gritted his teeth and grabbed Ben’s collar and raised his fist in the air.

“Oh you are SO getting it now! How do you even know about that?!” Michael shouted as spit flew out of his mouth and onto Ben’s flower.

As soon as THAT happened, Ben boiled up in rage.

“Dude, NOT COOL, dude,” Ben replied with a sneer. He leaned his head back and then bashed it into Michael’s face! Michael let out a cry of pain, and then dropped Ben to the ground. He held his nose in pain as blood spilled out of his nostrils and onto his lip.

Ben quickly got up, looked at Sunny, and she nodded back in affirmation.

“RUN!” they both yelled as they made a dash for the manor.

As the two attempted to flee from the mayor though, Michael glared and reached for a walkie-talkie. He pressed a button and began to speak into it.

“I want ALL the peacekeepers AND the Executioner to leave their posts and go to the manor, now! Two people just assaulted me and I want them hanged!”

“What’s their description?” a voice crackled from the other side.

“One’s a girl wearing an orange dress and the other is a boy that has a flower sticking out of his breast pocket, they’ll stick out like sore thumbs!”

“Okay, sir, we’re on it right now,” the Executioner replied with a soft chuckle, “Ahh, looks like I’ll have someone to kill, finally.”