Zero Network
Chapter 5: Outbreak
Scene 2: Race Against Time
Blake sits in a white room with Faith in a bed next to him. Her skin shows signs of the virus slowly creeping through her systems. The veins in Faith's arms are a dark blue color with red in the middle. Blake looks away from her as Jacob walks in with Adam, trying to hide their sorrowful faces. Blake leans back in the seat he is in as they walk closer.
"Blake, Adam has good and bad news for us." Jacob starts the conversation.
"I'd say tell me the bad news first, but then I'd sound cliché." Blake replies as Adam sighs to himself.
"The virus inside of her body systems is slowly spreading. In less than twenty two hours her body will not be able to recover from the virus… she'll die for sure." Adam tells him as Blake looks at him.
"Are you saying there is hope for her?" questions Blake as he raises his right eye brow.
"Actually yes, there is hope for her. You see I have been following the Sigma Viruses very closely and all of them have had one thing in common, a microscopic machine." Adam explains as Jacob crosses his arms.
"What? You mean to tell me that the Sigma Virus is nothing but a bunch of machines?" asks Jacob.
"Correct. So far these machines cannot be stopped as we have not been able find a way to halt their functions inside of the human body. We have even tried to create a small electro magnetic pulse to disable the nano machines. Sadly the machines move to fast to be affected by the EMP in time." Adam explains as Blake stands to his feet.
"With all due respect Adam, get to your point." Blake tells him as Adam pushes his glasses up with his middle finger.
"My apologies. The virus inside of Faith is moving slow enough to be stopped by the EMP. However, it has to be my own customized EMP generator." Adam tells them.
"That's great to hear! Go get one from your lab!" Jacob says as Blake looks towards Adam.
"Sadly… I do not have it in my lab at the moment." Adam replies with a lower tone.
"Why is that!?" Jacob asks as he gets a shocked look on his face.
"You see before I was here helping Blake with his own virus problem, I was in the city at my house working on my customized generator. It is still there in my basement, lying on the table." Adam tells them as Blake shakes his head.
"It seems like everything is my fault… okay, I'll go get it." Blake tells them as Jacob shakes his head.
"No way Blake. I'll go get the generator, you can stay here with Faith." Jacob tells him before turning around to walk away. Suddenly Blake grabs him by his left arm and slams him into the wall next to the door.
"I'm going to go with you and get the generator and that is final! Faith could die because of me! I'm going to go with you!" Blake tells him as Jacob struggles to free himself. Blake releases him as Jacob smirks towards him after turning around to face him.
"If you're going to go with me then you will follow my orders." Jacob returns as Blake shakes his head.
"We're wasting time here, let's go." he tells him as he walks out of the room.
"Please keep an eye on her for us Adam." Jacob says to the scientist as he follows after Blake.
I was not going to just sit there beside Faith and feel helpless… never! There was nothing that was going to change my mind about this!
"Let's go Blake, the jet is waiting for us." Jacob tells him as he runs out of the exit of the building.
This was tempting.
Blake rushes to get inside of the jet, quickly putting on his helmet that Jacob hands him. The silver colored jet rises into the air before flying towards the city. Blake lets out a sigh as the jet picks up speed, quickly pushing him back in his seat. As they near the city minutes later a beeping noise begins to go off as the pilot looks over his systems.
"Hang on guys! There is a missile on our tail!" the pilot shouts to them as Jacob and Blake look at each other.
Huzzah.
The pilot rolls to the left as the missile instantly follows close behind. The pilot banks to the right as the missile is still behind them, quickly closing the gap. The pilot flies straight up into the sky as the missile climbs with them. The pilot releases a group of flares as the missile actually dodges them. The pilot looks behind to see that the missile is still there, stressing him out. He flies back down towards the sea as the missile continues to close in. At the last moment of diving towards the sea the pilot pulls back on his control stick as the jet kicks up water, engulfing the missile. The pilot gives a thumbs up before the missile flies out of the rising water.
"I really hate missiles!" the pilot shouts as the missile contacts the back side of the jet.
"We're going down!" shouts Jacob as the pilot struggles to stabilize the jets fall.
"Jacob!" Commander shouts as Jacob inserts a chip into his PET. The pilot manages eject from the jet as it crashes near the city in the shallow water. Jacob is flying through the air while fused with Commander. Blake is holding onto his back as they slowly fall to the city beach.
"How are you flying?" asks Blake.
"I'm using an extremely old and rare chip that a chip collector gave me. It's called air shoes." replies Jacob as they touchdown on land. The pilot runs up to them as Commander's form vanishes, leaving only his PET on his wrist.
"You two go ahead with the mission, I will stay here and call for a pick up team!" he tells them as Blake and Jacob nod towards each other. The two of them run off as the pilot looks towards his jet slowly being washes away with the tide.
"Man… that was my baby…" he mutters to himself as he lowers his head.
"Why is it that we are running our butts off to get to Adam's house… and you can't use your cross fusion to help us go faster?" asks Blake as they run through a small playground on the beach.
"I have to maintain a level of security. Besides, Adam's place is not that far from here on foot." replies Jacob as they leave the beach and enter the streets of the city.
As they run through the streets they can see that for some reason there is a traffic jam. Jacob leads the way as Blake follows close behind him, showing no signs of slowing down. Suddenly an explosion catches their attention as well as everyone else. Down the street is a large home with a black gate all around it. Smoke is rising out of the house on the third floor on the right side.
"This is not good!" Jacob shouts.
"Why?" asks Blake.
"That house belongs to Adam! Enigma must have beaten us there!" replies Jacob as Blake rushes past him. "Whoa…" adds Jacob as Blake leaps across a car in the street.
Blake then lands on a car going the other direction before jumping on to another car going towards the house. It stops suddenly as Blake flies through the air and over the black gate. Jacob stands there in shock before following after him. Blake takes notice to a few men guarding the front doors, wearing the now standard brown cloak for Enigma followers. They rush towards him a bit faster than Blake expects, but slides under one of them. He turns around to deliver a kick to the back of the one he slid under. The man falls face forward to the ground as the other two run around the man. They pull out daggers before they begin to slash towards Blake. One connects with his left arm as he uppercuts the attacker, sending him flying backwards. The last man grabs him from behind and begins to squeeze. Jacob then tackles the man from the left side as Blake finds himself facing the man he kicked from before. Jacob runs at his foe before stopping short to spin around and kick him in the face. Blake punches his enemy in the stomach as he quickly jabs his elbow upwards into the mans chin. Both men fall to the ground at the same time as Blake and Jacob look at each other for a moment.
"I didn't know you could fight outside of a net battle." Blake comments.
"I didn't know you could leap around like that in the street." returns Jacob as they smirk towards each other. Jacob and Blake kick down the door to the house as a man in a black skin tight suit wearing goggles walks up a set of stairs leading to the basement.
"Ahh… more guests? My men will entertain you while I take my leave." the man speaks as five cloaked men run up from behind him. The man in the black suit calmly walks up the set of stairs beside them.
"Great… Robin Hood and his merry men." states Blake as Jacob runs forward, jumping into the air.
He kicks one of the men before spinning around to kick another before landing on the ground. Blake then runs forward as well, tackling a man. This pushes the man into two more as they crash into the wall behind with a sword falling to the ground. Blake's right arm is cut from behind as he turns around to see a man with a bloody dagger in his left hand. Blake looks to his right arm to see his blood dripping to the floor. Jacob suddenly punches the man from the side as Blake holds his arm firmly. The three men get up from the wall and surround Blake and Jacob, mocking them the entire time. Both Blake and Jacob run forward at the same time before kicking at one of the targets. The last man pulls out a gun quickly before taking aim at Blake. He fires a shot as Jacob rushes in front of Blake and deflects the bullet with a sword that fell to the ground from before. The man takes aim again as Jacob throws the sword at the man, pinning him against the wall from the shoulder. The man screams out in pain as he drops the weapon from his hand.
"Let's go!" Blake shouts as he runs up the stairs.
"Right behind you!" replies Jacob while chasing after him. They enter a hallway with the man standing near a destroyed section of the house down the hallway. He is carrying a black briefcase with his left hand.
"Stop right there!" shouts Jacob as the man turns around, this time without the goggles on.
"Ahh… you won the fight I see. Congratulations are in order I suppose." the man says to them while stroking his chin. The man has green eyes with a thin looking mustache.
"What's in the briefcase!?" Blake asks him as the man begins to stroke his mustache.
"This? Oh this is the EMP generator for the girl…" he replies as Blake's eyes open wide. "Oh what was her name? Faith was it?" the man asks as Blake runs forward.
"Blake!" Jacob calls after him as the man in the suit smirks. He leaps backwards as Blake reaches him.
"We'll settle this later on boy. For now your girl will die." the man tells Blake as he lands on a pile of cushions below. A group of cloaked men pick him up and rush him into a sports car.
"Up yours!" Blake shouts as he jumps down to the pile of cushions. Jacob follows after as the black sports car drives off.
"That looked like a Corvette! That means…" Jacob starts as he runs towards the garage.
"What are we going to do now!? They have the generator!" Blake shouts as he punches the wall behind him. He can see the blood still running from his arm.
"Blake! Over here quickly!" Jacob calls to him as Blake rushes into the garage.
"What is it?" he asks as he takes notice to Jacob trying to push an extremely large metal container.
"Help me push this out of the way! We still have hope to catch them!" Jacob tells him as Blake rushes over to him and pushes with him. Jacob instantly takes notice of the condition of Blake right arm as they finally push the container out of the way. Blake takes notice to a small tunnel leading to a smoke grey car.
"Is this Adam's?" asks Blake as he runs over to it.
"No, it's mine. I asked Adam about a month ago to repair it for me and add a few custom features for me. Come on let's go! I haven't driven this Lambo in a while…" Jacob says as he opens the driver side. Blake opens the passenger side as he takes notice to Jacob placing a plastic cover over his seat.
"What are you doing?" asks Blake as he sits down.
"No bleeding on the new interior." Jacob replies as he starts the car by putting his finger on a small panel next to the wheel. The car starts as the engine begins to roar, showing Blake that he is in for a trip.
"I'm not so sure…" "Let's go!" Jacob interrupts as the car bolts out of the tunnel and out of the garage. The gates begin to close as a couple cloaked men stand at the gate.
"The gate it closing!" Blake shouts.
"I know!" returns Jacob as he shifts gears with his right hand, and presses a button with his left on the wheel. The car boosts forward with a trail of blue flames coming out of the back. A piece of armor suddenly forms over the front of the car as they ram through the closing gate. The men in the cloaked quickly throw their cloaks off due to the flames catching them on fire. They begin to stomp on their cloaks and shake their fists at Jacob and Blake as they race down the streets.
This guy really is James Bond.
"What now?" asks Blake as he holds on for his life.
"The car that they stole was actually Adam's car. His car has a tracking device inside of it and so does mine. Adam and myself have been fans of cars for a very long time, so we placed tracking devices in our cars just in case one of them was stolen so we could find it. To help each other out in simple terms." Jacob replies as a small screen rises out of the black dashboard. Several screens flip over where the stereo system is and below it.
"Wow…" Blake says in awe as the glove compartment slides open with a tray sliding out. On the tray is a first aid kit.
"Fix yourself up." speaks Jacob as he turns down a street with no cars on it at all. A building opens up ahead of them. As they drive into the building they begin to move downwards.
"Where are we going?" asks Blake as he cleans his wound.
"This is a secret tunnel that only the Officials know about. Since they have Adam's car, they no doubt know about this area as well since the cars are programmed with the tunnel location inside of them." Jacob replies as he turns to the left before a red dot begins to blink ahead of them. "And there they are." Jacob adds as both of them look ahead to see the Corvette in front of them.
"Ahh… this tunnel is making things so easy for us." the man in the suit says while drinking out of a fancy glass cup of wine.
"Sir! They've found us!" the driver shouts as the man in the suit turns around to see Jacob's Lamborghini Murcielago quickly catching up to them.
"Ahh… let them have it." the man commands as he sips from his glass, tapping on the briefcase at the same time. Two cloaked men stick their bodies halfway out of the Corvette, one on each side. The two of them take aim with P90's as Blake begins to freak out. They open fire as Jacob continues to accelerate. The bullets bounce off of the car like they were small bouncing balls.
"It's going to take a lot more than that to put a scratch on my car!" Jacob shouts at them as the top to the Corvette slides back, showing the backside of the man in the suit. They make a turn to the right as Jacob follows close behind in the dim lighted tunnel. The man stands to his feet while finishing his glass cup of wine. He then tosses it towards Jacob and Blake before picking up a rocket launcher.
"That might put a large scratch on your car!" Blake shouts as Jacob quickly flips a switch behind his wheel.
"Ahh… goodbye gentlemen." the man speaks as he fires the rocket. As the rocket nears Jacob's car, the Lamborghini instantly moves to the right. The rocket flies past them before hitting the ground behind.
"What was that!?" both the man in the suit and Blake shout.
"I asked Adam to install a set of side boosters for such an occasion. Thankfully this tunnel is big enough for that to happen." Jacob returns as he flips the switch again.
"Take them out!" the man in the suit shouts at his men as they grab a set of grenade launchers. Jacob tosses Blake a silver pistol suddenly as he shifts gears again.
"Aim for their tires!" he tells him as Blake nods his head. The men on the Corvette fire at Jacob as he drives around the explosions, avoiding each and every round.
"Ahh… crap." the man in the suit mutters to himself as he watches them drive up next to them. Blake aims with the pistol and shoots out their back left tire. Jacob slows down as the Corvette begins to swerve out of control. Finally it flips over as the men in the cloaks as well as the man in the suit are thrown from the car. The Corvette crashes into the wall past them as Jacob pulls up next to the man in the suit as he staggers to his feet.
"This entire time you carried the EMP generator with you. Not once did you try to use it against us. Idiot…" Jacob speaks to the man before punching him in the face. The man flies back against the wall as Jacob picks up the briefcase.
"Let's go!" Blake says to him as Jacob nods his head in agreement. They get back into the car before driving away.
"Ahh… my face hurts…" the man in the suit says to himself before passing out.
"This is Jacob of the Officials. I have recovered the EMP generator and I request a fast flight back to HQ." Jacob speaks while in the car as Blake looks around.
"Uh… what are you talking to?" asks Blake as a screen flips over below the stereo system.
"This is Official HQ. We acknowledge your request Jacob, please be at the destination point marked on your GPS." a woman with blue hair and blue eyes replies on the screen as it goes black. Jacob looks to the screen on the dashboard as a blue mark appears on it.
"Good, we'll be back in no time." Jacob says as he shifts gears again. Later that day Blake bursts through the doors of Faith's room where Adam is standing over her with a clipboard. The two of them rush to his lab where Jacob is opening the briefcase at the moment.
"This is good. The generator is not damaged at all, let's hurry to Faith! She does not have much time left!" Adam tells them as they follow him.
I want her to survive… I don't want her to die… I want her father to be able to hold her again, to say that he loves her again… I don't want anyone to go through that pain, not if I can help it. Adam was able to cure Faith of the virus inside of her systems. She's going to fully recover by the end of the week… but I'm not done yet. She was put in danger because Sigma was after me… he knew this entire time that we were growing closer together. He knew…
"Blake!" Jacob calls after him as Blake is walking towards a jet.
"What?" he asks as Jacob runs up to him and grabs his left arm.
"You're not going where I think you're going are you?" asks Jacob as Blake gives him an extremely angry look.
"I'm going to finish this. Sigma was attacking me through this the entire time… I need to pay a little visit to say thank you." replies Blake as he pulls away from Jacob.
"I'm not going to let you do that!" Jacob returns as he pulls Blake back. Suddenly Blake turns around to punch Jacob in the face. He flies back and hit's the ground as Blake runs towards the jet and jumps inside of it. As Jacob stands to his feet he rubs his face on the right side before looking at his PET.
"Commander, we're going to have to pull some strings for this one." he tells his Navi.
"Yes sir." replies Commander.
Hours later Blake walks up to a location in the forest with a mountain in the back behind it. He looks around to see that some of the trees are showing metal on the inside. It's dark outside and he can hear animals howling. He shakes his head before walking towards the entrance to the mountain. He can see the mountain looks normal, but he knows that there is a base inside of it. As he walks in the cave of the mountain it quickly turns into a red room with a large metal door in front of him. In the middle of the room is a computer console.
"It took you long enough to get here." Jacob speaks up from beside the door. He walks out of the shadows as Blake gets a curious look to his face.
"Why are you here?" he asks as he takes notice to the bruise on his face.
"You're here to kill Sigma… I know it." Jacob returns as Blake nods his head.
"It would be the best action for everyone. If he dies, the virus will stop." Blake tells him as Jacob shakes his head.
"You're wrong. The virus is more than one person. If Sigma was to die, another person will take up his mantle. If that person were to die then another would take his place. The cycle does not stop because of a single man dying." Jacob tells him as Blake scoffs at his explanation.
"I don't care about any of that! That man has already caused so much pain for others… for me! I will kill him tonight!" Blake shouts as Jacob steps in front of the door.
"Killing out of revenge is not the way Blake… please understand this." Jacob tells him as Blake shakes his head.
"Get out of my way Jacob!" shouts Blake.
"No. If you're going to kill Sigma, then you will go through me first." replies Jacob as he aims his PET towards the computer in the middle of the room. "Plug in Commander!" he adds as a red beam shoots to the console.
"So be it!" Blake shouts as he aims towards the console. "Plug in Zero!" he also adds as Zero is sent into the cyber world. The two Navi's materialize in front of each other as they stare at each other.
"I told you before, that if you were to ever stand in my way… I would delete you." Commander says to Zero as the light red Navi chuckles to himself.
"I remember telling you to try it." returns Zero as they both get into a fighting position.
Chapter 5
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