Chapter 3 - First Mission

This is the third chapter of the book

Kenan and Kel spent the very next day watching the news together. As the brothers listened to the reporters speak about various tragedies happening in Boston, an idea came across them. “Hey older brother.” said Kenan. “Yes, younger brother.” said Kel. “How about we use The Cassius to stop tragedies on the news?” said Kenan. “I was just thinking the same thing brother.” said Kel. “Yeah. Let’s do it.” said Kenan. “For the first rodeo, we can prevent that school shooting at The Worthington Middle School in Dorchester.” said Kel as he stood up. “Yes.” said Kenan with a determined expression. The Johnston brothers rolled up the sleeves of their shirts, set their aim dates on their watches and yelled, “Cassius!! Activate!!!” At an instant, the brothers jumped into the wormhole and found themselves standing outside the school an hour before the shooting happened. Kenan and Kel stood and waited by a bus stop near the school pretending to wait for it. As the brothers stared at the school building with anticipation, they noticed a black car came and parked in the parking lot. Kenan and Kel approached the car as the gunman stepped out of it. The assailant appeared to be a young Caucasian man with thick curly black hair. He was wearing a bulletproof vest over his black long-sleeved shirt and was armed with an assault rifle. Kenan and Kel followed the would-be shooter to the school’s side door. Before the gunman would even open the entrance, Kel stopped him by yelling, “Hey!!” The gunman quickly turned around and noticed Kenan and Kel were standing five feet away from him. “What the hell do you two want from me?” said the gunman. “We want to stop you from doing what you’re about to do.” said Kenan. “Who the hell do you think you are telling me what to do?” said the gunman. “Look. Why don’t you just place the gun on the ground away from you and we can connect you to certified psychiatrists?” said Kel. “They can’t help me. No one can.” said the gunman as he placed his other hand on the rifle. “Why believe that?” said Kenan. “Because no one cares about me. So, I shouldn’t care about no one either. Now go away before I get nasty.” said the gunman as he cocked his rifle. “Leave the people in that school out of your problems.” said Kel. “Whatever!!” said the gunman as he began to point his rifle at Kel. “I said leave the people in that school out of your problems.” said Kel with a more furious expression and a balled-up fist. When the gunman heard enough of Kel’s mouth he opened fire, shooting a round. Fortunately for Kel, the watch on his arm glowed by itself, a flash of lightning appeared and caused him to move at a speed faster than any living creature on Earth, not only dodging the bullet but pushing his brother out of the way. The gunman dropped his rifle and shook with a heart full of fear for his life. “Please. I’m sorry. I will get better. Just spare me.” said the gunman as he backed up and disarmed himself of any other weapons. “You should've thought about that before you even came here in the first place.” said Kel as he grabbed the gunman by his vest and began to beat him up. Kenan stood aside and watched his brother have his way with the suspect. After a whole minute had passed, Kel dropped the gunman onto the ground. “Well older brother, I think we stopped this tragedy from happening.” said Kel. Kel took a breath and said, “Yeah. We did.” While the gunman was unconscious, the brothers searched his pockets and found his wallet. They looked through it and found his driver’s license and found out that his name was Sean Kendall. The brothers then tied up the gunman with a jump rope that they found left on the field grass. Kenan and Kel then left a note on Sean’s chest that said, “Courtesy of your friendly neighborhood. The Time Guardians.” As the sound of police sirens were getting closer to the school, the Johnston brothers returned to the present day. Kenan couldn’t keep his eyes off Kel which led him to say, “Hey brother. What happened back there was incredible. How did you do that?” “Honestly younger brother, I have no idea how. I just got angry that that guy was going to shoot up that school and that power just coursed through me.” said Kel. “Well, I hope that he gets the help that he needs. Also, I’m sure that I have that power too.” said Kenan. And with that, the Johnston brothers ordered food through a delivery app to celebrate the success of their first mission as the Time Guardians.