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"... Of Heroes and the Misunderstood", a multi-part serial six story, co-created by Clark from The Wakefield Doctrine and myself, now continues. For the story so far, click here.

‘Again… again… please mommy, I love this swing… push me… ag…’ Rue opened her eyes after being rocked awake by Moonbeam in the SUV; after a second of regaining her senses, she punched Moonbeam hard in his left arm as he manoeuvred the vehicle to the side of the road.

‘I suppose you think I deserve that,’ Moonbeam said as he tapped a few buttons on the touch-screen display on the dashboard to the left of the steering wheel, ‘but I did what I did for your own good… you can thank me later.’

Rue, in silence, watched a street map slide into view on the display with an orange arrow blinking and pointing upward above a bright blue line indicating a road… Moonbeam spoke into his earpiece, ‘OK, Bubblegum, send it through’… and Rue, still in silence, watched the arrow change direction and point downwards.

‘To save you asking, as I can sense how curious you are,’ Moonbeam said, ‘the helicopter belongs to a Cyrus Saint someone or other, from Mooncross Industries, the map is showing our path to follow it using data borrowed from air traffic control ‘ Moonbeam smiled, looked at Rue, and continued, ‘and you can thank me for that later, too!

‘Mooncross Industries, you know,’ Moonbeam pointed to the folder Rue was holding, ‘the very same company as the one whose details you’re clutching onto there… is there anything you’d like to share… if I’m going to help you to get your man back, I’d prefer to be aware of some of the facts.’

‘It’s Cyrus St. Loreto,’ Rue spoke with a touch of disappointment in her voice, ‘he’s the guy who sent Rocco and me all this way to get intel on Mooncross… it looks like he’s either been testing us, using us, or both.’

Posted for Six Sentence Stories. This week, the prompt word is Slide.