Alright, I promised you guys an update, so here it is. Thank you all so much for the reviews. I'm glad you like my story that much. So without further ado, here's Chapter 7.
Stanley Curtis and his partner, Mike Evans, cautiously walked down the long, dark hallway. Stanley was nervous. They were going to be in so much trouble with the Director. How could he have let this happen?
"Stan, which one of us is going to tell her?" Mike asked, wringing his hands. He really hoped it wasn't going to be him. Stan had been here much longer than he had. Besides, the Director really freaked him out. She was so calm. It was eerie. Her voice gave him chills. You never knew when she would snap. But he had a feeling Stan wasn't going to do it.
"No way am I doing it. I'm not telling her that we lost a million dollar experiment to a bunch of kids." Stan said. "You can do it. You let them get away. You let that little blonde girl kick your butt."
"Yeah, but you let the blind one kick yours." Mike hated it when Stan blamed everything on him. There were five other scientists down there. It was just as much their fault as it was his. Rivers was the one who got attacked by the little dog. But was he being forced to explain to the Director what happened? No. He was helping the others clean up the mess the kids made.
"That doesn't matter. I'm not going to tell her." Stan knew the Director was not going to be happy about this. They had let the super-computer get away. That could cause a lot of damage. He did not want the Director mad at him. She was scary when she was mad. Well, scarier than usual. That calm voice of hers made him shiver with fear. No, he wasn't going to be the one to tell her.
They had reached the end of the hallway. In front of them, was a huge metal door. Well, they had reached the Directors office. Stan shoved his cowardly partner forward. Mike turned around, he was pale and clammy. He was really scared. Oh well, that wasn't Stan's problem. He knocked on the door. The noise made a creepy echo. They waited for permission to enter.
"You may come in." the creepy voice of the Director announced. The door swung open. They quietly entered the dimly lit room. On the wall in front of them, there were big computer screens and a world map with little blinking lights. There was also a huge wooden desk with a chair behind it. The chair was facing the wall.
"So, you wished to speak with me about something." a voice said from the chair. It was the Director. There was no mistaking the chilly voice, like an icy wind. It was cold and harsh, but quiet and calm.
Stan nudged Mike forward. Mike was shivering with fear. He kept wringing his hands and looking at Stan. The idiot was going to make her mad. The Director did not like to be kept waiting. When she wanted something done, it had to be done at that exact moment.
"Well, what is it that you wanted? the Director asked again. "You called me out of a very important meeting for this. I would like to know why. So, tell me. NOW!"
Uh oh. Mike had done it. He had made her mad. The idiot had doomed them. Now she would be even more angry that they lost the experiment. She would fie them all. Or worse. He had heard of her ordering some of the scientists to be exterminated.
"Umm…w…w…well. Y…y…you see. Umm…w…w…well… an experiment…h…has…escaped." Mike said chuckling nervously. This was not funny at all. So why was he laughing. Oh man, he was so fired. He knew it. There was no doubt. Why had he ever taken this job? He knew it was risky when he was offered it. If only he had just said no.
"Which one?" the Director asked. There was a hint of exasperation in her voice. The Director was not pleased. Not pleased at all. And the way Mike was handling this made it all so much worse. Like, a thousand times worse. Maybe he should have done it, or gotten someone else. Too late now. The damage was done.
"The umm…prisoner in the basement. The umm…super…umm…the super-computer." He winced. He shut his eyes tight and screwed up his face. He was a coward and he knew it, but he thought even Stan would cower in fear if she had asked him what had happened.
"What?!" she asked. She spun around in her chair and Mike opened his eyes a crack. She was outraged. She was livid. The look on her face was murderous.
"Experiment E-1?! You lost Experiment E-1?! Do you realize what could happen?! Do you know what this means?! Do you know how much damage this will cause?! Do you know how this could jeopardize everything I've worked so hard for?! What happened?! Who took her?!"
"I…I…d…don't know. It was a bunch of kids and…and…a little dog. We tried to stop them, but…but there were too many of them. There weren't that many of us down there, and we aren't trained to fight." Mike knew he was in big trouble. No matter what he, said the Director would blame him, fire him, or worse.
"Show me the security tapes!" she shouted. The screens behind her buzzed and whirred and hummed and glowed with life. The Director turned around in her chair and watched the tapes closely.
They could see the fight. It was bad. Mike couldn't believe his eyes. They had gotten beaten by a bunch of little kids. The little girl that beat him couldn't be older than seven.
Suddenly, they saw a girl jump on a table. "Pause it!" the Director shouted. It paused. "Now zoom in" The girl's face filled the screen. Her expression was a mixture of anger and fear.
The Director's face curled into an eerie smile. She had seen exactly what she had wanted to see. "Ah, yes. Maximum." she said, still grinning. "We meet again, but this time, you will not be so fortunate. This time, you will not escape. This time, I will destroy you and your precious flock."
Okay, so there was Chapter 7. I know it's kinda short, like shorter than usual, but it's kinda like another filler. I thought I'd let you meet the bad guys in this chapter. Don't worry, there is a lot more Iggy and Elisabeth in a couple of chapters, but the next one is going to be a chapter for Max. Please keep reading and reviewing. Chapter 8 is in the making and I will try to have it up within the next week or so, but things happen, so we'll see. Again, if you have an idea let me know, and I'll credit you. Thanks again for those reviews you sent me. Keep looking for an update. One will be coming soon.
