Ch. 4

Meanwhile at Big D's house, the girls were busy setting up the decorations at the lobby while Phyllis was bringing the birthday cake she made from the kitchen and placed it on the table.

"Hey, does anybody have the time?" asked Shawn.

"It's 4:30 p.m." Danalleah replied.

"Great. We have half an hour left and we're not even finished, yet," said FG, putting the paper plates next to the cake.

"Relax. The chief sent the boys on a mission and it'll buy us some more time to finish up," Phyllis replied.

The girls gasped when they heard the front door open, fearing that Fluey came home early, but it turned to be the chief who came home from SSHQ.

"Jeez, chief. You nearly gave us a heart attack," said Shawn, after exhaling in relief.

"My apologies. I don't expect Fluid and the others coming home anytime soon," Big D replied.

"What do you mean, chief?" asked Danlleah.

"The boys usually call me whenever they finish a mission so it's obvious to see that they haven't complete their task, yet."

Big D's wrist communicator suddenly went off, he walked out of the room and quickly answered it.

"Yes? What is it, Agent Swift? What? Are you serious? No live witnesses? Call all the agents to be in high alert! I want him back behind bars as soon as possible!." Sweat began to form on the chief's forehead as he turned his communicator off and went back to the lobby.

"What's wrong, chief?" asked Phyllis.

"An agent I sent to check on the maximum security prison reported me that the Shadow has escaped." The girls gasped in shock.

"That's impossible! Even Houdini couldn't break out of that prison," said Shawn.

Suddenly, the phone began ringing, the chief quickly picked it up and answered the call, "Hello?"

"Have you seen the news today?"

"Excuse me?"

"Have you seen the news today?"

"Who is this?" Big D was about to say something, but the phone hung up.

The chief put the receiver down, went up to the television and turned it on as he turned one of the knob.

"Who was it, chief? Was it the Shadow?" asked Phyllis.

"No. The last time I checked, the Shadow didn't have an accent. Now everybody quiet, the caller mentioned about watching the news. It might be important,"

"This is Chad Channing, reporting live at the destroyed power plant where resources say that all the workers were killed by what referred to as the shadow monster. We also received reports that the shadow-like creature was seen flying across town while fighting against the Impossibles. We have a witness here to tell us what he just saw."

"I was coming out of the store and I saw the Impossibles driving by with some weird monster chasing after them. It's like a living shadow, man," said the beatnik in the big sunglasses.

"Can you tell us what the creature looks like?"

"I actually drew a picture of the thing to show you, if you don't mind." And the beatnik showed his drawing of a black figure that looked like a man in a hat with red eyes.

The chief froze in shock when he recognized the figure on the picture. The girls gasped when they saw the horrifying picture.

"What the heck is that?" asked FG.

"The Shadow," the chief replied.

"What? Are you sure?" asked Shawn.

"Positive."

"But, since when did the Shadow turned into a monster?" asked Phyllis.

"He's always been a monster, only now he has superpowers." The chief activated his communicator as he tried to contact the Impossibles.

"Big D calling the Impossibles. Do you read me? Agents Fluidman, Multiman and Coilman, do you read me?" The chief received nothing, but static and he pounded his fist on the wall.

"I was afraid of this. Phyllis, I need you and FG to come with me to SSHQ while the rest stay here, in case the boys come back." Big D, FG and Phyllis rushed out of the house and climbed into Phyllis's car as they went off to SSHQ.

"I hope Fluey and the others are okay," said Danalleah as she sat on the couch. "The Shadow is now more powerful and he probably will-Oh I don't want to even think about it!"

"Don't worry, Danalleah. The boys have been through worse situations than this. They'll make it back in one piece," said Shawn, sitting next to Danalleah. "I hope."