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Ch.3
Sphere
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The kids' jaws dropped as they looked towards the left of the room, seeing the figure walk forward. Eddy took a few steps forward. "Chris?"
"That's right," replied his older brother. "Nice job on the challenge."
"Challenge?" asked Double D. "What do you mean? What's going on?"
"Come on Double D, I thought you liked tests," The chair at the control panel turned around, revealing a man around Chris's age, the one with purple hair and glasses that was on the television. "We're just checking to see if you've got what it takes to aid us."
Sarah growled in frustration. "Seriously, where the heck are we?"
"This is our base," answered Chris. I could go into a really long story, but I'll give you the short version. Zeke and I actually a spy working for the government."
The kids' jaws dropped once again, a moment of silence following until Jimmy spoke up. "Really?"
"No," replied Zeke sarcastically. "We went though all this trouble for a prank. Congrats on figuring it out. Wanna cookie for solving the puzzle?"
"Cookie?" asked Ed, his mouth drooling a stream of saliva. "Is it gravy-flavored?"
Zeke sighed, rolling his eyes. "Whatever, I'll just brief you on the mission."
"Mission?" asked Jonny. "What mission?"
"Is there an echo in here?" asked Chris as he folded his arms. "You guys sure do ask a lot of questions. Just watch the screen."
The kids turned to the large, movie theater-like screen as Zeke pressed a key on the keyboard. "Do any of you know what this is?" A golden sphere appeared on the screen.
"The Tobi ball, used for the alien sport Kwatchnik in the Zathos Arc of the Jade Ruby Saga?" asked Ed as he scratched his head.
Another moment of silence ensued, the kids staring at him until Chris broke the silence. I guess Ed hasn't changed a bit since I've left. Either way, if you kids did know what it was, we'd have to kill you. This is called the Sphere."
"The Sphere?" asked Nazz. "The Sphere of what?"
"Um…it's just the Sphere," replied Zeke sheepishly. "No one else has made a name for it."
"What does this sphere doohickey do?" asked Rolf. "Is it magical?"
Chris shrugged. "We don't know exactly what it's meant for or how powerful it is, but we know these guys are after it." Zeke pressed another key on the keyboard, revealing a group of dark silhouettes.
"Oh wow," replied Sarah, her voice dripping with sarcasm. "We totally know who those guys are thanks to the detailed description you've given us."
"We've never met an organization like this before," said Chris, clenching his fist in frustration. "They're unbelievably secretive, but thanks to Zeke, we've pinpointed the area of the Sphere."
Zeke pressed another key on the keyboard, a picture of a map popping up. "According to my calculations, it's somewhere in Tokyo."
"We're going to Japan Eddy!" exclaimed Ed as he nearly tackled his smaller friend.
Eddy smiled mischievously to Jimmy. "Say Jimmy, still wanna be a sumo star?"
"No so fast pipsqueak," said Chris as he put his hand on Eddy's shoulder. "You still haven't passed the test yet."
"But I thought that whole warehouse thing was our test," noted Double D."
"Well, that was one of them," explained Zeke. "You passed that one, but you failed the first test." He glared at Eddy." Sparky doesn't like getting his limbs cut off!"
The smallest Ed looked at the purple-haired male quizzically. "Sparky? You mean that Octopus thing?"
"He's not a 'thing'," corrected Zeke as he adjusted his glasses. "He's a robotic octopus!"
"Wait, did you make those creatures that tried to kill us?" asked Jimmy. "Even Happy Hannah?"
Zeke nodded at the retainer-wearing kid. "Yep! And don't worry about Hannah, she's harmless."
"Then where did I get these claw marks from bub?" snarled Jimmy, pointing to the cuts on his face."
"Look, let's just get the final test finished with," replied Chris. "You think the first two were hard, then you're gonna wet yourself when you see what we have in store for you."
"Already went Eddy's brother!" exclaimed Ed happily. The kids inched away from him quickly, looks of disgust on their faces.
"Um, a little too much information there Ed," replied the purple-haired man as he punched in a combination of numbers on his keyboard before hitting 'enter'. A multi-colored screeched open on the other side of the room, an assortment of colors visible.
"What's that?" asked Nazz, taking a hesitant step back.
Chris walked over to the side of the portal. "You're final challenge. Go ahead and step in."
"This door, it gives Rolf shivers in his spine," replied the foreign kid. "But Rolf shall do it for his family's honor!"
"I'm in too Rolf!" replied Kevin. The two rushed into the rainbow portal, disappearing in a blink of an eye.
"Let's do it Plank!" exclaimed Jonny as he dashed towards the portal.
Nazz hurried after him. "Wait for me!" Jimmy and Sarah looked at each other.
"Let's do it together!" suggested Sarah. Her friend nodded as they held hands, walking into the portal.
Ed grabbed Eddy and Double D by their necks, blissfully unaware that he was chocking them. "Wait for me baby sister!" Ed's two friends struggled for air as the three sprinted into the portal, leaving Chris and Zeke alone in the room.
Not exactly my best work and I'm sorry it's kinda short, but the next chapter will have lots of action-y fun. Please R&R!
