Chapter 4 - United Divided

This is the fourth chapter of the book.

As the summer season continued to pass, Kenan and Kel used The Cassius to save more lives from tragedies before they even occurred. The brothers not only stopped casualties from shootings but also fires, car crashes, explosions and even child abuse cases. On the side, Kel spent time learning how to control his super speed. With every mission, Kenan tried to see what power his wristwatch contained but nothing majestically happened. Despite that, Kel saved his brother whenever he was in peril. Kenan and Kel would always leave a note for the proper authorities to every suspect. Life for the Johnston brothers as the Time Guardians continued to look up till one day at the basement room. As Kenan was watching the news looking for more tragedies to prevent, Kel sighed very loudly. “Kel is anything wrong?” said Kenan. “Kenan aren't you getting tired of this?” said Kel. “Kel. That is like asking a police officer if they are tired of arresting people who committed crimes. That is like asking a fireman if they are tired of rescuing people from burning buildings. And that is also like asking a doctor if they are tired of delivering babies for their mothers. Anyway, why would you ask that?” said Kenan as he turned off the television set and looked at Kel. “I've been thinking. We have access to a device that can take us to any timeline to alter as we see fit.” said Kel. “Yeah. And?” said Kenan. “Why don’t we use this power to go back to even farther timelines? Mom and Pop did that.” said Kel. “True but why would you want to do that?” said Kenan. “For example, we could use The Cassius to go to the early fifties and find child Ted Bundy.” said Kel. “And do what to him?” said Kenan. “And kill him. Doing that could stop all the murders he would have committed.” said Kel. Kenan gave Kel a confused expression and said, “Kel. I hope you are kidding. You never killed anyone in your life. Why are you talking like this?” “Because I am sick of just saving people. Let’s kill those responsible for the carnage.” said Kel. “Kel. Stop with all that nonsense and let’s look for more people to save. You need to stop talking about breaking the promise we made to Mom and Pop.” said Kenan. “If you are not with me then you are against me. I’m extremely disappointed with you. Give me your watch!!” said Kel. “What?” said Kenan as he stood up and backed away from his brother. “I said give me your watch.” said Kel as he slowly approached Kenan. “No way. You have your own.” said Kenan. “I want yours too. You don’t deserve that power at all. If you’re not going to use it to bring order, then you shouldn’t have it.” said Kel. “Kel. You have lost your mind. I don’t know what’s wrong with you. I refuse to allow you to do that. I can’t believe that we are supposed to be twins.” said Kenan as he took a swing at Kel’s face. Unfortunately for Kenan, Kel dodged the blow with his super speed and punched him, making him fall to the floor. “You damn fool. Have you forgotten that I have super speed? Not even you can lay a finger on me.” said Kel. Kenan held onto his cheek as he got back up onto his feet and said, “You may be faster than me but that doesn’t matter. There is no way that I’ll back down.” “You are the one who lost your mind. Why protect someone like Ted Bundy?” said Kel. “This is not about protecting Ted Bundy. This is about accepting the fact that he is already dead and what he’s done is nothing more than history. You can’t change that.” said Kenan as he slowly walked over to Kel. Kel laughed and said, “I loved it when you said history. Bundy is not the only one I want. I want to end every single sick f**k before they could even do their sick actions.” said Kel. “You do that, and you’ll wreck the universe or worse destroy it. You want to risk our dimension to do some history changing?” said Kenan as he stood an inch away from Kel and attempted to strike him again. “Foolishness Kenan. Foolishness. Might is what controls everything. Without strength you cannot protect anything or anyone. Let alone yourself.” said Kel as he started beating Kenan to a pulp. Kel’s eyes turned into a dark blue and his lips formed a big smile as he enjoyed beating his younger brother. When Kel reached for Kenan’s arm to remove his watch it shocked his hand, pushing it away. At an instant, Kenan disappeared, vanishing into thin air. The very sight of Kenan’s disappearance made Kel scream out of frustration causing him to grab the television set and toss it at the wall. After realizing there was nothing, he could do about it, Kel began to write names on the white board. The Johnston brothers, who were once united as The Time Guardians, are now divided.