The sound of the sea rushes the ear drums. The smell of the salty air and the wind on John’s face was both calming and exhilarating. He opens his eyes to see nothing but the ocean, he is on a sail ship with some other shady looking characters. Why are we all dressed like pirates John thinks to himself, and why do I have this chain on my ankle? Pinky stops playing her harpsicord and looks at John with complete disgust. “Move it you scallywag. We didn’t let you out of the brig to just stand there”. “Yeah you old Butt Pirate” chimes in Knuckles “Hurry up and mop this puke up before I make you lick it up”. Just then EO bursts through the door from his Captain’s quarters “No one is doing anything on my ship without my permission, got it you scurvy dogs? Now who the hell let you out of the brig?” EO towers over John waiting for an answer bad enough to warrant him the right to throw him over board. “It was me” said a voice from high up in the crow’s nest. The pirate Phoenix comes gliding down the ladder almost as graceful as a pigeon landing. Pinky says to herself “How the hell does he do that?” Phoenix proceeds to explain to EO “I thought he could use the exercise by cleaning up the mess these two made last night when they got so drunk and puked all over the decks and then passed out on top of each other”. Knuckles interrupts “In our defense that wasn’t until after we took down that fort” Then Pinky responds “Yeah I did all the work as usual but we got the treasure from the fort”. “I found the treasure first” says Knuckles combatively. “Come on Lomane, you were so damn drunk I had to go find your stupid ass after you launched yourself from the cannon, AGAIN!” Knuckles soon remembering the night before then puts his head down and says ”oh yeah, I forgot about that.” EO lets out a big sigh of disappointment and turns back to John. “Well what are you waiting for, keep mopping”. Phoenix climbs back up to the top of his perch and starts scanning the ocean horizon. He spots another pirate ship and they are heading right for them. Phoenix starts ringing the bell next to him as loud as he could “Ship approaching get to the cannons!” Pinky jumps to her feet and runs down to start collecting cannon balls and other things needed for the fight that is about to start. Knuckles takes the sails and adjusts them to get maximum wind speed while EO steers the ship to try and cut off the fast approaching enemy vessel. Phoenix glides back down the ladder and loads a cannon ball “READY TO FIRE!” he yells. EO was successful at placing the ship directly in front of the enemy ship so they would not have a clear shot with their cannons. As the ship got closer Phoenix yells “FIRE!” all four cannons burst, sparks of gun powder and smoke ignite the whole side of the ship. The concussion from the blasts were deafening. The enemy ships front end was so damaged it started flooding, instantly sinking the ship and the crew on board. In the excitement and rush of the moment no one noticed that one of the enemy pirates had slipped aboard. He quickly ran down to the bottom of the ship took out his pistol and fired one shot at the gun powder barrel below. The explosion erupted underneath the whole ship instantly killing the enemy pirate. When they finally got back on their feet and realize what had happened, it was too late. The ship was going down and there was nothing they could do to stop it. Phoenix yells for them all to abandon ship, EO runs back inside the captains quarters “I can’t leave without my hat” he yells, then Knuckles runs off “I need my floaties, I still can’t swim” meanwhile Pinky plays the harpsicord and sings “Oh how much I would love to be a Moose, It would be the greatest, just checkin’ out my Caboose.” The ship now almost under water John starts running to jump off the side, his leg jerks back, he was still chained to the ship. He screams for help but no one was around except for Pinky who was so wrapped up in her song about being a Moose she just wasn’t listening. The ship starts to turn on its side and flip over, John falls into the water with the entire ship on top of him. He knew this was the end for him, he tries frantically to free himself but he just can’t eventually he feels the air in his lungs start beg for air, he can’t hold hi breathe any longer and starts to choke on the salty water. John wakes up from his sleep gasping for air all soaking wet from Knuckles pouring a bottle of water on him in a twisted attempt to wake him up. “Wakey – Wakey sunshine. It’s time to go.” John spits at Knuckles in disgust. “You jerk.” Moose starts laughing “Well someone woke up all grumpy”. “Ok you guys knock it off. We need to get moving.” Phoenix looks directly at Moose “Hey Pinky, go help the Brain pack up please.” The team walk through the streets carefully, Phoenix and EO are constantly scanning the area for any activity. Phoenix throws his hand in the air signaling to the team that they had arrived at their destination. Phoenix approaches the rusty iron door that is clearly marked as a contamination area. He knocks three times then once more. After a few minutes a little door slides open at the bottom of the door, Phoenix takes the 12 pack of Diet Cola and slides it through inside. After a minute longer the door latch buzzes and the door is now free to open. John resists at first “I’m not going in a contaminated area, are you people crazy?” “Relax Lomane” says Knuckles “you only die once” and laughs as he shoves him through the door. Inside was a long empty hallway. The contamination signs were just a ploy to keep unwanted guests away. They make their way down the hall and see a glowing light seeping out the cracks of the door in front of them. EO opens the door to reveal a hidden technological marvel inside. The room was gigantic, perhaps an old Ball room that used to host fancy dinner parties. Now the walls are covered from one end to the other with video monitors, circuit boards wired up together and a handmade control panel where every wire in the place flowed to. It looked like the work of a mad man, a brilliant mad man. Every square inch of the city was being watched from this one spot, John even noticed a live feed of the extraction zone where they almost died. He could see the blast from the bomb Phoenix left, but no sign of Dryce and his buddy Collin. “What the hell is all this?” John asks. “This my dude is the nerve center of the NEW, New York City” said the little guy that was under one of the console panels fixing a bad connection. He gets up and introduces himself “You can call me Diet, Phoenix thinks you can help us.” EO mumbles under his breath “I still have my doubts”. “Anyway” says Phoenix putting his arm over Johns shoulder “I know this is going to be a hard pill to swallow, but the reason why I needed you was to show you something we found. The day I ran into Torex, he introduced me to Diet here. Diet has pieced together the missing events that shows what really happened to Agent Aaron Keener and what he found.” John’s eyes lit up with interest. “I mean this with all sincerity I did not believe them at first. But it’s best if I just show you what I saw.” He sits down John in one of the chairs, “Go ahead Diet, Play it for him”….
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