In which questions are asked...
Nudge tapped the screen impatiently. They had infiltrated the Institute as soon as the four of them had arrived, and she was stuck with the job of disabling this and that. Personally, she felt a bit alone in the dark circuit room, but it was probably better than going out there with stink bombs.
Three files popped up on screen. One was security. Another was information. This could be of use later. And the third file was simply titled "Adversaries."
Nudge immediately went to the first one, disabling as many things as possible on the computer. Then she took a moment to ponder over the other files.
"Adversaries" looked interesting. She decided to click on it.
Immediately, a list of documents filled the screen. Nudge scanned them for anything useful.
"They were here again today. Several stole information regarding the newest experiment. We had to postpone our work due to this. They came in a jet, much like ours, except it appeared to be improved greatly. It easily wiped out our defenses and came after us.
"Our current leader, Bromeus, barely made it out. He was ambushed by two of them. Their unknown director commanded them to capture him and the head of the Clone Project, but they managed to escape.
"There is no other information on the Erratics of New York."
Nudge stared at the screen. She remembered the laser jet that had mysteriously crashed in the forest. She had been right. Something bigger was out there.
This wasn't good; she had to tell the others. Hopefully they had found Max already, and nothing had gone wrong.
And just who were the Erratics?
There was no time to worry, although she was worrying quite a bit. The mystery group could wait for Max.
Before she left, Nudge hit the print button. She grabbed the page as soon as it shot out of the printer and made a dash for the door, but something outside the window caught her attention.
It was a big, red and black rocket, consuming her entire view.
"Uh-oh," she squeaked.
It looked like she was about to get answers sooner than she expected.
So! I was going to update yesterday, but as you probably know was having problems. Soon, I might not be able to update as often anyway because of school. It's that time of year again, folks!
I was going to call this chapter "Nudgey-Nudge-Nudge to the Max," but I didn't think you'd like that very much. And it's kinda long. So here's to the Erratics!
See ya next chapter.