Chapter 7
When they arrived at H.E.A.T. headquarters the whole gang was busy making repairs to their base of operations.
"Wow! Did you guys have a wild party last night or are you just doing some spring cleaning?" Animal joked.
"Neither, we had a specimen escape from the facility during the night." Nick replied.
"Well maybe I can help you there." Animal said as he held up the video he shot just a few short hors ago.
"Oh! Where are my manners! " Animal said "Nick this is my new partner Samantha Carrol."
"It is nice to meet you Mz. Carrol and this is my team." Nick responded.
"By the way Animal where is Audrey? Isn't she with you? " Nick asked.
"Haven't you heard? She married that military guy we met during that incident with that Mantion monster." Animal replied.
"No, it is news to me." Nick responded.
"Shall we not view the video that Animal has brought?" Monique asked. After watching the footage of the new mutant in action Nick said "This is one we will have to watch very closely. If you all noticed the bright colors this the creature has on its body it signals that this creature is highly poisonous."
"Animal, take us out to where this thing had its run in with the police." Nick said. The team then headed out to where Animal and Sam witnessed the confrontation with creature and the police forces only to find that a National Guard unit was called in to secure the area. Nick went to the guard unit's commander and got clearance for his team to take some samples of the poisonous mist and anything else they could find to help determine the how to best deal with this new mutant. The military gave this creature the designation Cecadra because of the information provided by Nick and his team. The H.E.A.T. team proceeded to gather up anything that they could find that might aide in defeating Cecadra. Once the team returned to H.Q. everyone set to work to breakdown Cecadra's poison. A few hours later the group got together to discuss the findings of their tests.
"So what have we come up with?" Nick asked.
"This is some really nasty stuff we are dealing with here. It is an extremely potent toxin that first effects the respiratory system, then the nervous system, and if exposed for long enough time or to a high concentration of this toxin- Death." Nevin answered in a serious tone.
"Alright then let's get to work on developing an anti-toxin; there are a lot of people depending upon us." Nick said.
"No can do, bossman! There just is not enough of that stuff to work with and it has been exposed to the air too long it has lost its potency. We need a fresh batch of the toxin to work with." Randy said.
"Well I guess that we will just have to wait until Cecadra makes its appearance again. I just hope that it is not too late." Nick said.