11 A Hero Is Scorned

Chapter Eleven A Hero Is Scorned Vale watched Abigail dive through Saphrite's belly button. Foggy pushed Finn and Elias through. He turned back to Vale and waved before squeezing himself out. "Okay, bug," said Vale. "It's you and me. I'll hold off these antibodies while you free your friends. I may not have any weapons. But I have some sweet karate moves that will make these ants regret ever—" "Got 'em," said the bug. While Vale had been watching his friends leave without him, Jern had ducked into the prison stomach and broken out his friends. "Wow, that was fast," said Vale. "Are you sure there aren't any more in there? I could help you free them."

"Nope," said the bug. "Turns out stomach prisons aren't all that strong." Vale was more than a little disappointed. Nothing had gone right this entire adventure. He hadn't set the record for highest toss. He hadn't faced down any enemies in an epic battle. He hadn't solved any of the supercomputer's jokes. And he couldn't even get properly digested! And now his one opportunity to be a true hero was gone. He had wanted to defend his new friend while his old friends headed to safety. He had hoped to do some fancy jailbreak work, freeing the bug's pals.

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At the very least, he wanted to single-handedly defeat an army of ant antibodies. Well, there was no way that was going to be taken away from him. "Okay, Franky," said Vale. "There's the exit. You get your friends to safety. I'll hold off these ants." "That's okay, buddy," said Jern. "We can take them." Vale shook his head. "No way," he said. "Your friends are probably weak from being in prison this whole time. Get them to the surface where they belong. This fight is mine." "Oh, no worries," said Jern. "There were ninety-seven of them in the prison stomach. So we got this." "Ninety-seven!" said Vale. "Come on!" Just then, a swarm of beetles poured into the tunnel. The antibody army stopped dead in its tracks. "RUN AWAY!" The ants yelled and scattered into Saphrite's many stomachs and spleens. The fight was over already. And Vale had done nothing.

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