A/N: This is a little experiment I'm undertaking. Updates may be sparse with it. On another subject, my character Mastermind regrettably lost the category of 'Best Villain' in this year's Fannies. Still, I'm determined to do better and see if I can make him a better contender for next year. That's why I'd like everyone to know that some time in the future, updates for 'Monkeying Around' and 'Possible Pirates' will be coming. I just need a little time to work out the chapters. In any case, please enjoy this new story I'm writing. The rating will no doubt make sense once everyone realizes what franchise I'm paying homage to with this story.
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Green eyes opened widely from deep slumber once their owner realized something was wrong. Looking around, the figure saw that she wasn't in her room. Instead, she was inside some sort of glass dome in the middle of a giant room, with white suited men all around her looking at computers. Panicking, she climbed out of the cot she was in and raced to what seemed to be the door. However, when she tried to open it, it wouldn't budge. Growing worried, she looked around to see what the men were doing. They appeared to be bringing in a big metallic barrel. Not knowing what was going on, she looked around for a sign of a familiar face until she looked up to an elevated room with windows to see the person she trusted most.
Xanatos Finch watched as the procedure was being carried out. After the hazmats confirmed that the carbon monoxide was hooked up, he gave one last look to the four year old girl who was pressing her hands against the glass of the dome pleadingly. Without a word, he coldly turned away from the child and nodded to a scientist to initiate the process. Without a second thought, the scientist clicked the activation icon on the computer.
Vents began releasing a yellow gas into the dome as the frightened little girl looked on with terror on her face. Screaming frantically, she began beating against the dome's glass to be let out, but her pleas went unheeded as the gas quickly filled the dome up completely.
With a sigh, Finch turned away from the scene and began to walk out of the viewing area.
Suddenly, the entire lab was filled with a loud smash as an entire side of the dome was shattered to pieces by a small foot.
"She's escaping!" A man in a suit cried to Finch, causing him to rush back to the window and look down.
The young girl ran through the large hole she had made in the dome and began to race for the exit to the lab. Quickly, Finch sounded the alarm, alerting soldiers to come. A platoon came in and blocked the child's exit. In an incredible display of acrobatics, the pigtailed toddler leaped a great distance into the air before landing on the face of the lead solider, knocking him out. She then bounced off him and head butted another in the stomach, sending him flying into two others. Another soldier grabbed her, but she threw him off her with surprisingly little difficulty. After kicking three more in the forehead, chest, and a place that would leave the third a falsetto for about a week, the young girl dashed out the door at remarkable speed.
"After her!" Finch yelled to his men as he lead them out of the viewing area.
The auburn child ran through the corridors of the building before coming across the exit. As she neared it, a large steel wall came down in front of her, cutting off her path. Leaping upward, the girl plowed into the wall and smashed her way through like it was cardboard. Now outside, the girl heard sirens, shouting, and barking as searchlights filed the courtyard. Acting on instinct, the little girl began running from the soldiers as they came up behind her. Running down an alleyway, she came across a large, spiked, and electrified fence. In a single bound, the toddler leaped over the fence and landed on the outside unharmed and began running across the field without breaking stride.
Jeeps, trucks, helicopters, and men were deployed into the field in a search; flashlights, flares and bloodhounds aiding them. Seeing a helicopter come close to her, the girl quickly ducked into a patch of tall grass, avoiding being spotted by the searchlight. As the helicopter passed over her, the toddler looked up to one of the searching helicopters with three words on its side:
U.S Government Lab
After the helicopter was gone, the child quickly began running towards the end of the field. Unfortunately, a bloodhound caught her scent and with a howl, began leading the soldiers in her direction.
As the frantic toddler neared the edge of the field, the sound of a train caught her ears and she saw a line of boxcars passing in front of her. Leaping out of the field and onto the sides of the train tracks, the little redheaded green eyed girl ran alongside the train, keeping up with it remarkably well. Upon seeing an open boxcar, the girl leaped into it and breathed deeply before falling asleep, exhausted from her escape.
By the time Finch and his men got out of the field, the train was gone, with no sign of where the child was. With a frustrated sigh, Finch pulled out his cellphone and dialed a number.
"Find me a strike team" he said angrily. "We've got a major crisis".
TBC…