A drawing of Roxanne, Michelle and Natalie is now on my DeviantArt page.
ELEVEN: Hunting for Humphrey
Dr Sprocket was now terminal. His cyber sweep through the internet had all but overloaded his brain and body; his robotic systems were slowly shutting down one by one. Once his body was finished his brain would soon go dead afterwards. His systems are what kept his brain alive and when they were gone, so would he.
His head was blackened from where the fires had licked and his eyes were still flickering like a faulty TV.
He had already lost the use of his legs so Fang and Eclipse had to help him into a motorized chair he had invented. He assured everyone that it would still take months for his body to give up the ghost and that there were more pressing matters to deal with.
"So, scrap-pile, where is he?" asked Monger. "That stunt you pulled had better have been worth it."
"The Louvre."
"He's on the toilet?" frowned Fang.
"No. The Louvre! As in the Louvre museum in Paris."
"How can you be so sure he's there?" asked Dr Cockroach.
"There have been passed-by reports of strange activities going on around the museum. Electrical surges at certain times, drag marks outside leading towards the entrance like someone moving heavy equipment, and a lot of evil laughter going on, though most say it's a ghost!"
"But if that is him, how can he hide inside such a large and important visitor hotspot in the middle of Paris without anyone noticing him?" asked Monger.
"Like this," said Sprocket, pulling up an image on the monitor, "I found the layout for the entire building on a website, notice that block underneath it?"
"A secret chamber?"
"Indeed, I'll bet he found it and conducted his QNA experiments there without anyone knowing! I've been looking at reports on the city's main power grid and there was a lot of energy spikes shortly before the QNA was introduced to atmosphere,"
"Right," said Monger, pulling up his pants, "It's settled. Bug-man, you go and find this chamber he's hiding in, I'll contact the French President and have the city evacuated just in case!"
"Link and B.O.B are in France at the moment, I can pick them up en route." Said Dr Cockroach.
"You'd better take Susan with you," said Eclipse, "No telling what could happen, he might have set traps in case he was discovered. You might need her along,"
"Susan won't leave Miss Woods alone in the caves. She told me she's going to stay with her till this whole thing is over," said Monger. "She's kinda made Miss Woods' welfare her sole responsibility."
"Hmm, maybe Susan can go with you…in a way," said Dr Sprocket.
"How do you mean?" asked Fang.
"I gotta make a phone call. Excuse me." He said, using his antenna to communicate with someone.
Underground Caverns, Area 52
Half an hour later…
Tina was fast asleep, lying against the cavern wall. A flat groove had been made in the wall from where she had lied on it. Her soft snoring echoed through the long tunnels.
Susan was still sat in Tina's ear, keeping her company. She had told the General that she couldn't leave her because no one else understood what she was going through and no one else would be able to talk to her because they would be too small for her to see.
Tina's soft snoring was making her feel drowsy herself. Her eyes were slowly closing.
"Susan, can you hear me?"
Tina twitched and let out a little moan, the speaker in her ear was disturbing her sleep. Susan had to respond before Dr Cockroach woke her up.
"I'm here but keep it down! Tina's asleep and you'll wake her up!" she said. She reached for the speaker and turned the volume down.
"Oh sorry," he whispered, "I'm calling to tell you that I'm on my way to Paris to find Humphrey,"
"On your own?"
"I'm meeting Link and B.O.B there but I'm gonna need some muscle in on this,"
"I'm sorry. I told the General that I can't leave Tina alone."
"No need to apologize. We knew you couldn't attend so Dr Sprocket made a few calls,"
There was a shuffling noise, Dr Cockroach was handing the phone over to someone.
"Waddup, Girlfriend!" "Hey, Susan!"
"Michelle? Natalie?"
"Doc called us. Said you needed some help and from what we've seen…why the heck didn't you call sooner?" said Nat.
"The government didn't want more giant women on the planet than there already are. You guys were kinda banned," said Susan.
"The gall." Said Michelle, "This place is awesome, almost everyone here is exactly like us!"
"Never mind all that!" Dr Cockroach interrupted, "Girliath and Enorma will be accompanying me to find and apprehend Humphrey."
"Love it when he says our names!" Michelle could be heard saying in the background.
"Alright, I wish you guys luck! The sooner we can end this dilemma the better." Said Susan, patting Tina's ear.
"Don't you worry about a thing, Susan." Said Nat.
"Yeah, the G Force is on the case!" said Michelle.
"There's just the two of us, Nitwit!"
"We need all five to call ourselves that?"
Susan couldn't help but laugh as her friends quarreled. Tina lightly shuffled in her sleep; Susan had to hold on as she moved just in case she got thrown out. She spoke into her earpiece quietly, "Gotta go now, guys! Tina seems to be quite a light sleeper for one as big as her. See ya, bye!"
Main Hangar, Area 52
Five Minutes Later…
The main jet was in its final preparations as Dr Cockroach, Michelle and Natalie arrived. Monger led in front of them, "We'll be on standby in case things get rough, and I've contacted Link and B.O.B to wait for you outside the western port of Brest. Then you'll proceed on towards Paris."
Michelle's sniggers caught Natalie's attention and frowned at her, "He said 'breast'!" she giggled. Natalie just rolled her eyes.
"What about the patients?" asked Dr Cockroach, "With me away there'll be no one to tend to any medical needs? Dr Sprocket is no longer capable of performing such tasks by himself,"
"I've called Dr Harman in, she should be along shortly." Said Monger, "I'm sure she and robo-doc can hold the fort whilst you are away."
"Hope so." The mad scientist said quietly.
"All the other monsters are returning to base, the world's governments are getting tired of monsters 'littering' their lands and have demanded they vacate immediately!" Monger continued.
"Sheesh, things have been getting out of hand here haven't they?" said Nat.
"But I thought many people would like this experience, it certainly changed our lives for the better?" said Michelle.
"You forget," put in Dr Cockroach, "You're both different versions of the same person. Not everyone leads the same lives as you do, many already have lives of their own, lives that were taken from them when this happened. It is our duty to return these people to the lives they've made for themselves,"
"Quite right, Doc." Said Monger, "Now, the jets are fuelled up and ready to go! In yer get!"
The jet lowered its ramp and the three monsters made their way inside. Having two giantesses inside took up a bit more space than usual.
"Uh, Michelle, can you move over a bit?" asked Nat.
"There's no more room, there's all jeeps and crates and things here!" she said.
"Well try and move something, otherwise I'm going to have my leg sticking out of the door the whole journey!"
Michelle picked up some crates and placed them on top of each other and then put the jeeps on top of them, leaving enough room for her to shuffle over.
"Aah, that's much better,"
"You ready?" Monger called from outside.
"Ready!" Dr Cockroach gave a thumbs up from the cockpit.
"Alright, Lieutenant! Take 'er up!" said the General.
The jet's engines began to roar loudly and soon the wheels left the ground and tucked inside. The jet rose higher till it emerged in the desert; it kept rising till it was well over the mountains and dunes. Then with a mighty blast the jet shot forward.
The trio were now heading east, on their way to pick up Link and B.O.B, and to find Humphrey Redford.
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