Chapter 4: White Knights – Part 1
'That wasn't so bad, was it?' Rip said as the ship time jumped and we landed in 1986.
'Walk in the park. So where are we now?' Leonard said sarcastically as we lifted the harness off.
'Washington, D.C. The year is 1986' Rip explained
'We've landed at the height of the Cold War in a world poised for nuclear annihilation' Stein explained
'We've travelled here because I have a new lead on Vandal Savage's location' Gideon explained
'Yes. Gideon managed to intercept this telefax concerning Savage's last known whereabouts' Rip added
'Tele-what?' Jax asked
'It's like an e-mail on paper' Ray explained laughing
'Wow, that's totally useless' Mick stated as the telefax was full of crossed out words.
'Dude, this whole thing's crossed out' Jax said
'Yeah, redacted by the U.S. government, which is why we are here to steal the original file on Savage back from those who are tracking him' Rip said and looked out the window.
'Uh, that's the…' Ray started to say
'Now, now, don't worry. We are cloaked' Rip stated
'You want us to break in to the Pentagon?' Mick asked
'Sounds awesome' I added high fiving Mick
'It sounds crazy' Kendra added
'What's the plan?' I asked
'Oh, the Fabricator will fashion you the necessary Pentagon Credentials' Rip explained
'Ooh, and don't forget our G-man disguises. I always wanted to be a spy' Ray commented with a smirk.
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Leonard and Ray were dressed as janitors while Kendra and I were dressed in military outfits.
'Now, the file we're after is kept in a secure records room. In order to gain access, we're going to need to, uh, borrow a magnetic key card' Rip explained through our comms unit.
'Because this is so much easier than just shrinking down and stealing it' Ray muttered
'Let me show you how it's done…old school' Leonard said and dropped his mop scaring a lady, who then started to fall. Leonard caught her perfectly.
'You okay, ma'am?' Leonard asked
'I wasn't watching where I was going' The lady muttered flustered and Leonard spun her back to her feet.
'Thank you' She added
'Just doing my job' Leonard commented with a smirk and the lady walked off, fixing herself.
Leonard then showed the magnetic key card to Ray.
'That's a nifty little trick' Ray commented before Leonard pulled out the ladies' wallet.
'Really? We're trying to save the world and you're lifting wallets?' Ray asked annoyed
'It's called multitasking' I commented as Kendra and I started walking towards them and Leonard slipped me the key card.
We continued to walk up the stairs and through the door.
'The records room has closed-circuit cameras. We need a diversion' Rip said through the comms unit.
'Someone call my name?' Mick said through his comms unit. Kendra and I continued through the records room.
'Double or nothing says I put this punk on the pinewood' Mick said to the crowd around him, but we heard it through the comms unit.
'We got the file' I said grabbing the files we need.
'Ok, now for the tricky part. All personnel are subject to search upon exiting the Pentagon. Firestorm will divert the power long enough for you to exit' Rip explained
'Ready when you are' Firestorm said through the comms unit.
'All clear' Firestorm said as we walked through a restricted exit door.
Suddenly the alarms started going off. An army man walked up to us.
'This is a restricted exit' The man said firmly
'Sorry, we must have gotten lost' Kendra explained
'I'm going to need to see your key card, ma'am' The army man said and Kendra looked back at me.
'We have a Code Seven violation' The army man started to say before Kendra punched him in the face and I kicked unconscious the man behind us. Kendra's wings suddenly came out and she turned back to me, her eyes red.
'We have a slight problem' I muttered
'Where is that smoke coming from?' Rip asked through the comms unit when suddenly Kendra ran outside, clawing away at guards.
'Forget the fire, what the hell does Kendra think she's doing?' Rip shouted through the comms unit and I ran outside to watch her jump onto a guard and start clawing his face.
'It seems we've got a demigoddess who's gone berserk' I said sarcastically
'All right, wonderful. Abort. I repeat, abort. Get back to the ship right now' Rip commanded
'Roger that' Firestorm said and flew through the roof.
'I meant, 'use the door', but while you're at it, can you help return our winged avenger to her cage?' Rip ordered and I watched as Firestorm flew down and picked up a raging Kendra.
I met up with Leonard, Mick and Ray and we returned back to the ship.
'Instead of dwelling on what went wrong, let's focus on the positive' Ray said as we walked into the main area where Stein, Kendra and Jax were sitting with Rip.
'What are you talking about? It was awesome' Mick said amused
'In the same away that tsunamis, earthquakes, and other natural disasters are 'awesome'' Stein said annoyed
'We got the file on Savage' Kendra said simply
'Despite the hiccup with the alarm?' Stein said looking at Jax
'Oh, so it's my fault now? You know, maybe if you weren't always yammering away in my head, I could actually focus' Jax argued
'You have access to 60 years of knowledge and experience. Why not just take advantage of that?' Stein asked
'Because it's my body on the line out there, not yours' Jax yelled
'Hey, it's not your fault. Everything would have been fine if Big Bird over here hadn't freaked out' I commented
'Excuse me?' Kendra asked annoyed
'You heard me' I stated
'Enough. There is plenty of blame to go around. Now, fortunately, Gideon was able to generate a low-end EMP, which erased all the Pentagon's magnetic media' Rip explained
'Like security footage?' Ray asked
'Look, you're just lucky that the Department of Defence likes to keep incidents like this under wraps. Gideon, any luck with our purloined secret file? Please say yes' Rip asked
'Yes, Captain. According to the Pentagon, Savage has defected to the Soviet Union' Gideon explained
'So the most powerful evil the world has ever known has just gone red at the height of the Cold War' Stein commented
'And now he's going to help them cook up something that fills the future' Ray added
'Gideon, set a course… for the Soviet Union' Rip ordered and the ship took off.
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