A/N: Sorry this is late. Enjoy!
Chapter 10
Most of the group sat around the Mayor's kitchen table while the Mayor paced anxiously back and forth.
"Everybody here?" Sportacus asked as he entered the home with Stephanie directly behind him.
"Yup." Pixel nodded.
"Good. Now after the display we had tonight, I think we don't have much choice but to act fast." The above average hero said.
"Sportawipe is right. Once Walton stops transmitting to The Ministry, it's all downhill from there but we have a problem." Robbie told them.
"What problem?" Stephanie asked.
"IAC's display was just that, a display. He isn't fully functional. I wrote enough code to make whomever was watching us believe he was ready. It was only meant to draw Walton out." The Gizmo Guy explained.
"How much more time do you need?" Sportacus wanted to know.
"With Robbie and I working in alternating twelve hour shifts, we might be able to get it down to a week." Pixel delivered the bad news.
"Plan B then." Ziggy suggested.
"What's Plan B?" Stingy looked at him.
"I hide under my bed and eat lots and lots of chocolate." The candy-loving teenager said. Stephanie rolled her eyes and decided that they had to come up with something better.
"We use Walton as bait then. Send a message via IAC. Tell them we have their agent and that if they want her or the android back they'd better do what we want." The pink one told them.
"Yes well when you tell them that all you want is for them to leave us alone. They'll laugh." Pixel said.
"Yeah and then they'll take what they want by force. Probably killing us in the process." Robbie shook his head.
"He's right." Sportacus sighed. This left the group in a quandary. Silence fell as they tried to come up with a plan.
"I say we stick to the original plan. Leave IAC the way he is. We're going to blow him up anyway." Robbie said after ten minutes.
"Point." Pixel agreed.
"Why put all that work in when we're going to blow it up anyway?" Stingy nodded.
"My concern is that he won't pass with his other androids. He says one thing wrong and we'll not finish our mission before he explodes." Sportacus said.
"That be the beauty of it, with the Teleporter, we don't have to worry! The Teleporter can lock onto your individual signals and pick you up. Once the team is out of the building, Pixel hits the big red button and KABLAM! Nothing but shrapnel for miles with an added bonus of the ground above it falling in." Robbie smirked.
"I'm with Robbie." Pixel said.
"All right we'll take a vote. All those in favor?" Stingy asked. Before he could get any answers the phone rang. Milford picked it up.
"Hello?" The group listened intently hoping they could figure out who was on the other end.
"I see. We'll be right there." The Mayor said and then he hung up.
"The Chief?" Sportacus asked.
"Yes. He says both Trixie and Mrs. Walton are awake." Milford told them.
"Let's go question Walton." Stephanie said.
"That would be a good idea considering she's claiming to be an FBI agent." The Mayor told them.
To Be Continued…