Chapter 13: Bethany the Pomeranian

Chapter 13:
 Bingo decided to lead the group to the highest in command of the Starforce mine. He led the group down multiple staircases, all of them colored like the individual points of the Starforce.
 "So, Bingo, who is the highest in command here?" Adrian asked
 "Well, she says that she goes by 'ThatGuyNamedMikey' but-" Bingo was interrupted by Adrian.
 "But if Mikey was actually running the mine, wouldn't he show up on the machine?" Adrian appeared to be opening up the machine to try to fix it.
 "Let me finish! I was going to say that I don't think this is Mikey because she's a girl, and a Pomeranian, but since you were so rude, I guess I won't tell you." Bingo started walking towards their destination.
 Eventually, the crew finally saw a door, down a pink staircase. The door was painted pink, like the staircase, the door also had a picture of a Pomeranian and a Puli sitting on a beach, wearing sunglasses, however, the Puli had a large, red X crossed through it.
 Mary walked up and opened the door by its bronze doorknob, revealing a room painted magenta. The walls and ceiling were  covered in pictures of the same Pomeranian at the same beach, wearing the same sunglasses, however, there were different dog breeds. There were Mastiffs, Beagles, Pugs, Yorkshire Terriers, and other kinds of dogs, but most of them were crossed out, some were completely concealed with the red ink, some even had part of the picture ripped off, one even had marks on it that showed it was burned. The ground had a black, possibly silk, carpet. In the middle of the room was a large, wooden desk, obviously not painted, the drawers of the desk were filled to the brim with other pictures. The room also had large paintings of sunsets, the corners of the room had fake plants that weren't fooling anybody. Sitting at the desk was a small Pomeranian, who appeared to have dyed her fur black, she was wearing glasses (likely bifocals) and a light blue gardening hat. The Pomeranian was clearly distressed, as she was looking through papers on her desk, although papers were everywhere, and multiple beverages, from orange juice to soft drinks, were spilled on the desk.
 "Hello, Bethany." Bingo preformed a dog handshake with Bethany, the Pomeranian.
 "Hello Bingo, as you may see, I've been having a bad day, for the past few weeks." Bethany was struggling to use a pencil.
 "Well, Bethany, these people have something to say about the mine." Bingo sat in a stool at Bethany's desk, with the crew huddling around the dogs.
 "And what is that." Bethany was trying to keep her voice stable, and seemed to be on the verge of crying.
 "Well, Bethany, it's about the mine, it's quite inhumane to imprison over two thousand people, and force them to mine minerals for your own selfish needs." Adrian said, still staying at a calm tone.
 "Well, I'd love to stop the mine, but I can't afford to, as you may see, from my many papers, beverages, and tears, I'm a college student, and I can't pay for my education without this mine, without it, I'd have no other way to pay back my loans, well, I'd have to make loans if I didn't have this mine." Bethany, out of frustration, threw one of her papers into a trash can by the desk.
 "Well, this rock, Starforce, it's beautiful, I'm pretty sure you'd have the money for your education, right?" Kayla said, who appeared to be concerned for the distressed dog.
 "That's cute, but since no one has heard of the gem 'Starforce' they infer it is a counterfeit mineral, and wouldn't want to pay much for it." Bethany started drinking out of a brown mug.
 "Well, you're just a dog, do you have an owner? He or she should have a job, so I don't think you need one as well, right?" Julian asked.
 "Well, I do have an owner, but I ran away one day, I didn't dislike him, I was just in the park, and I saw a shiny thing. I forgot his name, but he did go by something on his computer, I was only on his computer once, and for a second, I saw what he went by on a certain website, I only remember part of it, but I have it written on this napkin." Bethany pulled out a napkin with "B_ta__n" written on it. Julian grabbed a pencil, thought for a second, and started writing on the napkin, he presented the napkin to the party, it now said "BetaMan" the crew gasped.
 "Yes! That's the name, thank you Julian, I can finally end this suffering, I haven't seen my owner, my husband, and my sister in two years!" Bethany tried hugging Julian, tears streaming down her face. Adrian's machine started violently beeping, Adrian checked the beeping and gasped.
 "Oh gosh, this is quite terrible." Adrian started pacing around the room, pulling his hair out.
 "What is it?" Julian asked, appearin quite worried
 "It's, my in-laws are visiting, and my wife contacted me, she said that if I don't show up, her mother's going to freak out." Adrian stopped pacing around, threw a copy of the upgraded machine to Alex, and started leaving. "I really hope I'll see you again, but first, please take Bethany back to BetaMan, maybe you'll learn something important." Adrian pressed a button on his machine, he started forming into light, and disappeared. Mary and Ron appeared to be concerned as well
 "Julian, that reminds me, my parents are coming over as well, I don't really know why you're doing this, but Adrian said it was to save the Earth, and even though that sounds quite farfetched, I believe him, you can go with the kids if you want to." Mary and Julian's eyes had tears forming in the corners, Ron, who was in the third grade, didn't quite understand what was happening, just stood there.
 "Mary, I don't know if this is a good idea, without me, there's no money coming in to the house, and even if you do get a job, who's going to watch Ron?" Julian's voice was unstable.
 "Julian, we both went into medical school, that's how we met, I'll just take over your job, and my parents can watch Ron, it's simple, really." Mary picked up Bethany, and handed her to Julian "You may want to take her, too."
 "Mary, I hope we can see each other again." Julian and Mary walked up the staircase, but Mary stopped him.
 "Julian, I think before you leave, the kids need new clothes, they looked like they're in a zombie apocalypse." The first four Chosen Ones looked down to their outfits, it was true, their clothes were tattered from the Figures and Mikey that they fought since the shopping spree in Portland, and even worse, nothing but their clothes and backpacks survived, apparently, weapons can be easily lost in fights. The crew decided it would be best to get some new clothes.
 After walking out of the mine (Bethany announcing that the imprisoned Prototypers could go back home) the crew went to Julian's house again. Mary led the kids into her room, and dug out different sweaters and shirts from her closet, all with a red "R" embedded into the clothing.
 "Well, these are the only clothes I have in your size, I always wanted to be prepared to have new clothes for Ron in case of an emergency, good thing I still have clothes for when he's older." Terri received macaroon clothing, Kyle received blue clothing, Kayla received yellow clothing, and Alex received magenta clothing, even Bethany and Bingo got small, black beanies for their heads "I know it's quite strange to have all of these for Ron, but when I first found out I was having a child, I kind of panicked, so, I guess this is goodbye, this is kind of like having my own four children leave off for college, I hope I'll see you again." Mary sent off the kids and Julian, Bingo decided to accompany the group for now, and watched to make sure Bethany didn't get lost. Alex messed with the new machine for a while and finally found Beta Man's location.
"Okay, I found out that BetaMan is in Portland, Oregon, that makes sense, since we saw him there last." Alex was worried because he didn't know how to go from Ohio to Oregon, as he didn't have any mode of transportation.
 "Don't worry, I have something you kids don't have." Julian revealed his wallet from his pocket, since he was revealed to be in the medical field, he most likely can order seven plane tickets (the dogs need tickets too) without any financial pain. Julian revealed that the group would be going to the nearest airport, which was only about a mile or so away, and they started walking towards the airport. Ron and Mary waved as the Chosen Ones were walking away, Mary appeared to be crying.
 They have set off for a new quest