Chapter 20

The Foundation attack

Zhalia's POV

I got the boys to do their homework. And then I let Gareon out of his cage. Not that he stayed in it. Gareon followed me to my room and laid on my lap. I scratched his head. He purred. I thought about our coffee date then sighed. Klaus wasn't going to be happy about losing all those monsters. It took a lot of work to train them.

My cell phone rang and I answered it. "I hope I'm not interrupting anything."

"No, Klaus. I just got home." I said. "Is this about the Foundation attack?"

"Very perceptive. Yes, but there is something I want you to see. Something I can't send over email." He told me. "And darling?"

"Yes?" I asked.

"Bring your sidekicks and pet." He hung up.

I waited until dinner to tell the boys we were going to Prague Friday evening. It came and we got ready to leave. Gareon didn't want to go in his carrier, it always meant the vet, but I got him to. We got to the backup headquarters.

Klaus was waiting for us. "Hello, darling."

Den and Harrison frowned.

"Den, Harrison, this is my adopted father, Klaus." I introduced, letting Gareon out of his carrier. He climbed up my shoulder and rested there.

"Hi." They waved.

"Come; let's go to the surveillance room." He led the way.

The halls were chaotic; people were going back and forth, trying to room for everything. The Foundation had hit us harder than they may realize. We lost all our main lab equipment and weapons. Plus the all monsters that escaped. And I had no idea why.

Klaus sat down at the monitor. "This is all the footage and audio that was sent from the main system before it wiped itself clean."

The first thing he played for us was an audio clip.

"I found them in the next room over, but we have to hurry. The babies smell Caliban and they want out." Phoenix said then he burned something.

There was loud crying then banging in the next clip. I barely heard their footsteps as Phoenix told 'Caliban' to stop. He did then Red Angel discovered the number pad and told the others it needed an 8 digit passcode.

"Use this." Phoenix gave her something. "Sol, Oberon, come with me."

Then next clip was a video. Sol, as it turned out, was Solarboy. Oberon must have been the gold covered monster. The monsters in the cells were wary until Oberon did something. They freed all of them. A female monster had stayed behind and used her powers to help them. Phoenix got the biggest cell open and encouraged the monster bird to go. It squawked weakly.

"It's too weak." Solarboy said then looked at the female monster. "D- Phee, she's like a solar panel. She needs light to move."

"Here goes nothing." He walked in the cell and held some fire over her body. It went in her. Phoenix started sweating.

"Hey, stop it! He needs his fire too!" Solarboy yelled at the bird.

She stopped taking it and nuzzled Phoenix. "I know you're sorry. Let's get out of here."

The next video was on the ground floor. Monsters and Suits were fighting to keep the freed monsters from escaping. Phoenix and Solarboy showed up a few minutes. There was too much noise to hear what they were saying and some the hidden microphones were broken as well.

But something set Solarboy off and his eyes and hair burned white and he flew up into the air, raining hellfire on them. Flesh burned and shrieks filled the room. Some monsters fled while others were incinerated. Then Solarboy punched a hole in the roof with a giant fist to get more sunlight. The late afternoon sun gave him more power than his necklace could ever store. More suits, some higher level, rushed in. He smacked them all away.

"YOU COME AFTER MY TITANS AGAIN, YOU'LL REGRET IT!" He roared before smashing more of the building.

The footage cut out.

"I don't understand. What's all that mean?" Harrison asked.

"Well, my boy, what it means is overall is that the Foundation has monsters now and monsters that can reproduce. However, that is not what we are focusing on." He rewound the clips to when they freed the monsters in the cells. "What is this monster doing to calm the others? And-" He went to part where Solarboy looked at the female monster. "How does he understand them?"

"What's Gareon and the boys have to do with this?" I asked. Gareon woke up at the sound of his name and nudged my cheek. I got out his treats and gave him one.

"I want to know if this is an isolated incident or not. I want to see if you or boys could understand them." Klaus said.

"But we don't know how he did it." Den said.

"Yes, but that is why I will monitor your progress personally. You will choose one monster to start training within a few weeks. Zhalia, have you heard a peep from Gareon?" He looked at me.

"No." I shook my head.

"Perhaps in time…" He said.

"Wait, where will training take places? We can't come out here every week." I thought.

"In one of the Italian braches. I will try to get as close as possible, but Venice is Foundation territory." Klaus told me.

I nodded. "Is that everything?"

"Not quite." He played the clip of Solarboy destroying the building. "I want him brought here alive."

Zhalia's POV End