Episode 14: Sandy's Explanation
From where we last left off...
Sebastion answered the call.
"Sebastion, have you found Sandy yet?" Spongebob asked.
"Yes, I'm at the room that she's being held in." Sebastion responded.
"Very good," said Spongebob, who was apparently happy. "You should be able to pull the door open, and get into the room now that the security lock is gone. I'm going to see how Cecil's doing. Talk to Sandy and find out what's going on, and then get her out of there."
From where she was sitting, Sandy could see someone through the opening in the door.
"What?!" she responded in surprise. "Who are you?"
"I'm Sebastion," Sebastion told her as he pulled the door open and entered the room. "I'm here to rescue you from this place."
"Wait a minute, I remember you now," said Sandy after examining the fish. "You're one of Spongebob's soldiers from the rebel base. He must've sent you to get Brendon and I out of here."
"You guessed right," replied Sebastion. He then noticed that Sandy's body was covered in bruises, scars, and burns. He looked up at her face and said, "They tortured you, didn't they?"
"Yes," said Sandy grimly. "Alex and his followers injured me direly in order to find out the password."
"Did you tell them?" Sebastion asked with concern.
"They know the code." Sandy said solemnly.
"You gave in...", Sebastion said with anger and disappointment.
"No, it didn't happen like that." Sandy told him.
"Then what happened?" Sebastion asked.
"To make me talk", Sandy informed him, "Mark, one of Alex's minions, injected me with a drug that forced me to answer truthfully about any question he asks."
"Mark?" Sebastion replied.
"Yes, that's his name," said Sandy. "Mark was a former KB scientist with insurmountable skills in creating medicine. Alex and his most trusted men are all scientists who were members of KB, and they all possess extraordinary powers. There's no limit to what they can do."
"I can't... believe it." Sebastion said in shock.
"It's true, I'm afraid." Sandy said.
"Where are Alex's minions?" Sebastion asked. "Why is no one guarding this place?"
"I believe Alex and his men are where MSL is being held," Sandy informed Sebastion, "but hopefully, Brendon's not given away his password."
"There's already another soldier on the floor below us searching for Brendon," Sebastion told her. "The commander's told me that he had a plan just in case Alex found out the codes. Is it true that there's a way to deactivate MSL?"
"Yes," Sandy replied, "I know of one way to deactivate it."
"What is it?" Sebastion asked.
"There exists a card that allows MSL's creator's to access it or shut it down in case of an emergency," Sandy told Sebastion. "If you insert it into the hard drive of MSL while it's active, it reactivates the security lock, and deactivates the machine."
"Where can I find the card?" Sebastion asked with curiosity.
"Only two of these cards exist," Sandy explained. "I don't have one, but Brendon does. He told me that he gave one to the person he trusted most. If you ask him about it, he should tell you."
"I'll be sure to remember that just in case," an intrigued Sebastion said in response. "Thanks for telling me all this. It's time to get you out of here."
"Wait a second," said Sandy abruptly. "What was that thing you said about your commander having a backup plan?"
"Why does it matter?" Sebastion responded.
"I just want to know any other helpful information." Sandy said in a peculiar tone.
"What do you mean by that?" Sebastion asked in confusion.
Just then, Sandy started to feel like her body was going numb. She looked at her hands, and noticed that her skin was turning pale.
"No! NO! It can't be!" she screamed in anguish.
"What the hell?" a startled Sebastion responded.
"Damn you, Spongebob!" Sandy yelled out as she began to gag and lose balance. She fell on the floor, and cracked the helmet around her head.
Sebastion knelt down, grabbed her hand, and felt for a pulse. There was none.
"Definitely dead." he said in disbelief of what had just happened.
End of Episode Fourteen.