Author's Note: Sorry for the wait, just had some writers block for a while. Again i rushed through this one since i wanted to get it done, so it could have been better. Enjoy.

Chapter 9: Regrouped

Axel continued to walk down the passageway, still hoping to find a way out. As he kept moving the space got narrow and smaller till he was forced to crawl on the ground. Finally he reached the end and entered a small enclosed space. Looking up he spotted a small ledge and a small pipe next to it. Seeing as it led down to his level he gripped the pipe firmly and started to ascend. After a few seconds he reached the top and pulled himself onto the edge. Looking around he then spotted a vent.

He smiled as he saw it, a way out perhaps. Moving over to the cover he grabbed the metal and pulled with everything he had. The cover soon gave way and was pulled from the hinges. Discarding the cover over the ledge he squeezed himself through the vent and crawled down the path. It was pitch black inside and the only sources of light he got was from the vent grates. He took a look through some of them and found himself above the cells. He continued to navigate his way through the vent, blindly making his way to an undetermined location.

He soon found himself at another vent cover and looking below he saw the room below was some sort of guard post. Making a decision he managed to pull the cover off and slipped into the room. Looking around he indeed found himself in a guard post. Looking around some more he moved over to a large glass window and looked out. To his surprised he found himself in the same area as the cells were. Turning his attention from the window he ran to the room's door and exited. Going down some stairs he was back on the first floor, a hall leading to the cells.

The first thing that came to his mind was the sound of static. Looking around the hall he found a few cables protruding from the wall. Upon further inspection he found the wire to be new instead of being old and worn out. 'This must control the electricity on the bars.' He thought. If he could cut this then the others can break free, but there was a problem. The wire was too thick to cut on his own, plus he didn't have anything on him. Taking a look around once more for anything sharp all he could find was a small mirror. Just then an idea came to mind; taking the mirror in hand he looked back to the cells and saw the others weren't that far away. "Exile!"

His ears twitched as he heard his name, "Comrade? Where are you?"

"Down the cell block!" Axle responded. "Listen I might have found the wire that controls the electricity to the bars, but I don't have anything to cut it."

"Isn't there anything out there to help you?" He then heard Colleen ask.

"Just a mirror, but it gave me an idea. Exile look directly into the bars, can you see me?"

He did just that and stared into the bars. Thanks to the polished surface he could see the reflection and just make out Axel, "Yes comrade I see you!"

Axel blew out a sigh as he started to explain, "I need you to shoot your heat vision into the bars so it can reflect off and hit the mirror then reflect it off and hit the wire."

The plan sunk in to Exile's head as he started to feel uneasy, "Comrade you sure? I might hit you."

"Don't worry it'll be alright, just be ready when I tell you," He reassure as he moved and adjusted the mirror in the right angle. After a minute he had it at a good angle, so taking a breath he looked back, "Ok now!"

Exile took one last look at the bars, making sure he had the angle right on his side. Once he was good he took one breath then started up his heat vision. He shot it out and the beam bounced off the bars and traveled down the block then connected with the mirror and reflected off.

The angle was perfect as the beam hit the wire and melted it in half. Once the beam stopped he looked and saw it cut, "Yes! It worked!"

The others heard his words and listen closely; there was no sounds of static so they knew that it worked. "Blitz cut the bars!" Colleen ordered.

He didn't need to be told twice as he stepped up and unsheathed his claws and in seconds the bars were shredded. Moving over to the others he shredded the bars and everyone moved out of the cells. They all regrouped together as they tried to find a new course of action. "Ok now that we're out we have to find a way to contact the others," Colleen said.

"There has to be a jammer around here somewhere," Mallory inputted. "If we can find and take it out we can contact them."

"Best do it fast, don't know when comrades will get here," Exile said next.

"But how, this place is huge so we don't know where to start."

"Follow the trail back to its source," Grin then spoke up.

Everyone else looked at him as they took in his words, then it hit them. "Of course that wire must have led to some kind of generator which supplied the electricity" Mallory explained.

"And that is must be where the jammer is," Colleen finished.

"But how are we going to follow it?" Nosedive pointed out. "From what I can see the wire goes back behind the wall."

Unfortunately it was as the teen said. The wire trailed out of the wall a bit, moved up to the ceiling back into the wall. They all then went back to thinking of a new plan. Colleen was thinking a bit before something came into her mind. "Hey Axel, something just came into my mind. That new power of yours…you said you could see some kind of colors right?"

He nodded, "Yes…but how can it help?"

"The wire must have some kind of energy signature left over, so maybe you can see it through the wall."

Hearing that started to make sense in Axel's mind, "It's worth a try." He responded as he moved over to the wire and concentrated as he closed his eyes. Once he opened them they were once again purple. Through his eyes everything was once again highlighted in color. Looking down at the wire he saw some kind of yellow trail around it. Following it he was surprised that he could indeed see it through the wall. "It worked, I can see it."

"Then lead the way!" Colleen responded as they started to run after Axel.

Outside

Just right outside the building the Migrator stopped right in front of the prison gates. Everyone inside surveyed the area for any kind of life but couldn't find anything. It was as if the whole place was deserted. "I don't like the looks of this," Wildwing cautioned.

"I don't either," Hunter responded. "But we have to get inside and find everyone else."

"Still it's best to be careful," He responded as he drove the Migrator in and past the busted up gate. It then came to a stop in front of the main building. They took another look around and still couldn't find anything.

"I think we should take a more stealthy approach just in case," Duke suggested.

"Your right, let's go," Wildwing agreed as he shut everything off and everyone then got off.

"Where first?" Ariel asked.

"Let's try the main building," He responded as they all ran over to their destination.

Back Inside

The others found themselves in a hallway, still following Axel. They saw as he came to a stop right in front of a thick iron door. "It's in here!" he shouted as he tried to open the door but found it wouldn't budge. "It's locked!"

"Allow me friend," Grin said as he moved in front of the door. He then cracked his knuckles as he pulled back and launched a powerful punch to the door. The impact was enough to knock the door off it's hinges and down to the ground.

The four Rovers were surprised at that demonstration of strength. "Wow that was amazing," Blitz said. "Doesn't that hurt?"

"Pain is an illusion," He responded in a calm voice, then his eyes widen as he shook his hand. "An illusion that really, really hurts."

Once he was fine they all rushed into the room and looked around. The room was medium in size and held some lockers, desks and some random electrical equipment. Listening real carefully they could hear the humming of a machine and followed it to the source.

"Hey I found something," Nosedive announced as they all looked at him. They all saw him open one of the lockers and pulled out a duffle bag.

Exile immediately recognized it, "Hey that is our equipment." That seemed to relieved them as bit as they took their weapons and strapped them on. Now they went back to searching. Going to the back they found a small generator, which was still on, and strapped it was supposedly the jamming device. "Get back," Exile said as he reached into the bag and pulled out one of the new pucks that were made. Pressing the button made the prongs come out, attaching to the jammer Exile then pressed one more button and stepped back.

A couple of seconds later a small EMP charge went off and completely destroyed the device. Once that was done Axel turned to Mallory, "Hurry contact them!" She nodded as he pulled up her comm. and sent out the transmission signal.

Meanwhile the others made it inside the building but only got in ten feet when Wildwing's comm went off, confused at that he turned it on. "Wildwing can you hear me!" Mallory's voice rang out.

"Mallory, my god you guys alright!" He responded as everyone else crowded around him. "Where are you all?"

"No time, where are all you guys?"

Confused at that he still answered, "We picked up your signal and we at the abandon prison you are all at."

Just then Mallory's face disappeared from the screen only to be replaced by Axel's, "Don't move any further in!"

"What's going on?"

"I had a vision and if you guys enter in further your trigger some explosives and this building will bury us all."

They were all in a shocked silence after hearing what he said. "Then what do we do?" Tanya asked.

Axel's face was replaced with Mallory's, "Just wait outside we'll come to you."

"Got it, over and out," Wildwing finished as he closed the comm. "Alright lets go." That was all that was said as they turned around and left the building.

They waited for half an hour outside, by the Migrator, but they still haven't heard from them. But it didn't take long for them to see figures exiting out of the building. Once they saw them come into view they saw it was indeed their friends. When they came together the Rovers found their partners and gave each other a hug. "Thank god you all are all right," Hunter said as he hugged his wife.

"I know Huntie, I missed you," Colleen responded.

Once they were done Hunter looked at the rest of his team, "Everyone ok?" They all gave a confirmation, as did the other Ducks.

"Did any of you find out anything?" Wildwing asked.

"No," Mallory answered. "The place was completely deserted."

"It was like we were used as distraction," Exile added.

"If they were used as a distraction," Krystal started.

"Then our enemies must be up to something as we speak," Jenna finished.

"We have to find them then, fast," Wildwing stated. "Exile get in now, we need to search for them.

They all didn't need to be told twice as they all hopped into the Migrator and started to drive away. As they drove to wherever they all started to narrow down to where Dragaunus and Parvo might be. "They must be doing something big, if to keep us distracted," Hunter stated.

"Yeah but where exactly," Wildwing answered.

"It depends on what he's working on," Tanya added.

"But what exactly could they be up to?" Duke asked.

"Don't know," Wildwing answered. "But we'll find out once we find them. But the question is where?"

"Some factory on the other side of town," They all heard Nosedive answer.

Confused at that they all turned to the teen and saw him reading some book. "What is that…and how do you know?" Mallory asked.

"It's the script for the story," He answered easily, flipping through a page.

All their eyes widened as he said that. "Come on that's…

"Impossible," He finished.

She was surprised at that. "Hey…

"How did I know you were going to say that? It's in the script."

"Ok…then what am I going to say next?" She asked, still not believing it.

Nosedive looked at the page and then responded, "There's no way something like that exist."

Her beak fell open as he said that. Just seeing her face confirmed everything. "Hold on let me see that," Hunter said as he moved over and looked at the script. The cover had the story and author's name on it. Flipping through the pages he was amazed at what was inside. Everything that they went through was listed inside. Still amazed he handed the script back to the teen, "So that actually has their location in it?"

Nosedive nodded as he flipped to the page. "Yes it said here and I quote, 'Parvo and Dragaunus oversees their work and the factory on the other side of town'."

"Ok then…I guess we have a location," Wildwing said as he drove the Migrator to where he was told. But then something else came to mind. "Hey does it say how things end?"

Nosedive flipped through the pages but shook his head, "Sorry but there's nothing there."

"Why?"

"All it said is, 'Author hasn't thought that far yet'," He answered as he put the script away.

"Great a chance to have an advantage over our enemies and it's useless."

"Hey don't blame the author he must have writer's block." That was all that was said as silence filled the vehicle and they raced towards their destination.

A/N: Hope you like, like i said i rushed, could have been better. And i hope you liked the whole script bit. It was something i really wanted to do so i did it. i'll try not to take long on the next chapter. again sorry for the wait.