Part 2
Director
Nova finished his dinner and scanned through the data coming in from
their agents on the field. Information scrolled across all the
monitors with images popping up now and then. Every few seconds there
would come a negative beeping sound that meant the report was a
dead-end, no Hooded Man.
Chase
watched the data, “At least he’s not causing any trouble.”
“I
know. Though, if he were causing trouble, we might be able to stop
him.”
“How
on earth are we supposed to stop him? If he’s gathering power,
he’ll have grown much stronger than when we faced in back in
Oklahoma. He almost obliterated us there.”
“There
is a way to stop him,” Nova stated.
Chase
shook her head, “What makes you so sure?”
Nova
said, “I know. There are details about him I now realize. Details
that mean we have a chance to beat him.” Typing in a special code,
he accessed a comm channel.
On
the main screen, both Gar and Gamma-Ray appeared, standing near a
Japanese Garden. Gar spoke first, “Director, we’re still
searching for evidence of the Dragon and Phoenix.”
“Good.
Any signs of the Hooded Man, anything at all?”
Gamma
said, “No. We have sent our hourly reports. You know we haven’t
seen anything.”
“Trust
me, you need to be careful. I believe he’s likely to show up there
soon.”
Gar
asked, “What makes you say that?”
“Let’s
just say that he has a vested interest in finding the Phoenix.”
Just
then there was a huge crash outside the door of the war room. Chase
quickly left to investigate.
Gar
came in closer to the screen, filling the giant monitor with his
face, “What’s going on?”
“Nothing
to worry you. Keep me advised, BADGE out.” He clicked off the
monitor.
Chase
came back holding something, “I don’t know what’s going on, but
a monitor station outside was knocked over and the robot fixing it
said that there is a path of damage leading all the way back to the
elevator.”
Nova
cocked his head, “What?” Then he glimpsed what was in her hand,
this drew a heavy concern out of him, “What is that?”
She
held up a decorated Easter Egg, “I found this near the damage. The
robot said it wasn’t there before.”
Nova
gained a disgusted sneer, “Oh, dear god. Lockdown BADGE. Tell the
robots to secure all sensitive locations. Tell the laboratories to
seal tight, especially any with delicate materials.”
Chase
grew worried, “What is it? Are we in danger?”
“In
a way. Just get to it, he moves fast.”
***
Chase
ran down the corridor and came across several new scenes of
destruction. Potted plants toppled with dirt sprawled across the
ground. Computer stations, face down on the floor, smashed. There was
even a full light fixture dislodged and scattered everywhere. At each
location, a robot was curiously examining a brightly decorated egg.
She
stopped at the entrance to the Med Labs. Peering in, she saw Dr.
Henderson, “Lock this place down, seal the doors.”
“What?”
“Just
do it. Something is tearing up BADGE” No sooner had Chase said this
did she hear an enormous crashing sound from another room.
The
doctor quickly sealed the door and locked up her equipment. Chase
returned to the hall and crept toward Storage Room Four.”
A
voice came out of the room, “NOVA! NOVA! COME OUT COME OUT WHEREVER
YOU ARE!” Then another crash. This time Chase could see a whole
rack of Exo-Wintersuits falling down.
Crouching
low, Chase slunk into the room as silent as a thief. More racks of
costumes and clothes were toppled and then something else fell over
spreading power link cubes all over the place. “Oh, drat! Oops!
Dangit!” as each item fell, he uttered another annoyance. Then he
yelled, “NOOOOVAAAA!”
Chase
paused as she heard movement. Whoever...or whatever this was would
pass her. She materialized one of her magic shuriken and just as he
passed, she threw. The blade pinned a compression shirt against a
wall while a white blur blasted right past her and out into the
corridor.
Chase
was beyond stunned, “Good lord, it’s fast.”
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