Chapter 14: We've Been Duped!
In a dark room located somewhere unknown, a mysterious figure was slowly pacing around, contemplating what his action would be. A screen monitor was to his left, showing footage of Junior, Jade, and Tyco cruising above the ocean in the Tornado-2.
"Hmm... should I? ... Or shouldn't I?" He grinned sadistically, a hand on his chin in thought, "Those DeviantArt rejects are proving to be quite the threat, and there's no telling what they'll do when they eventually make their way here. But on the other hand, they could prove to be valuable, in that they could bring the Emeralds to me!"
The man thought for a moment.
"That's it! I'll send out my secret weapon in order to stall them - not kill them - thereby giving me more time to conquer the world. And once I accomplish that with relative ease, then I'll kill them! Mwahahaha!" He finished.
The man then stepped over to the control panel in front of the monitor screen, extending his sport-coat-covered arms out in front of him and pressing various illuminated buttons before a loud hissing sound could be heard behind him. He looked back, watching as a snug compartment that was well lit on the inside opened up. A silhouette could be seen on the inside, curiously being similar in shape to Gemerl.
"Yes. Yes! Come forth, my creation! Go out there and stall those meddlers! And if you behave yourself, then..." The man let out a brief cackle as he pressed a large red button on his control panel, "...You'll get your well-deserved revenge!"
Following this, the silhouette in the compartment suddenly adopted a pair of glowing crimson eyes, being the brightest things in the room. The man continued to laugh even louder, echoing throughout the chamber the two beings were in.
Getting back to our heroes, it turned out that the inhabitants of the Isle of the Forgotten managed to keep up their end of the deal, and after saying their goodbyes, Junior and his team took off in their newly-repaired plane. They were already halfway to Spagonia by sunrise.
"Alrighty then. So are you two ready to nab our second Emerald?" Junior asked excitedly.
"Oh, I was born ready!" Jade replied.
"Do you even have to ask?" Tyco asked in response.
"Well no, but I just had to double-check." Junior said, "Heh, I wonder how long our parents would take if they were the ones going on this quest."
"Probably not as quickly as us. May I remind you that we managed to find our first emerald in three days, on our first try? Not to mention it was the one they said would be the toughest to find." Tyco replied.
"Yeah, good point. What is there to be worried about?" Junior finished, leaning back and relaxing in his seat with a grin of comfort.
To (NOT) be continued...