I'm so relaxed I almost forgot to update
"Wally hand me that," Hero said and pointed to a power tool on the floor with one hand and held a metal plate in place with the other.
Wally handed it to him, then went back to unraveling electrical cords.
"I really don't get it." Lea said, while staring at the blueprints. "Why would he ask us for help?"
Wally shrugged and glanced at Chesire, who was standing against the wall keeping an eye on them.
"I mean his theories and methods are sound, the design is good," She looked at the guys. "Why can't he do it himself."
"Why do anything, if you can pay someone else to do it." Hero said and fasten the metal plate to the skeleton.
"True," Wally said and Put the cords down to help Hero with another metal plate. "So the plan is to cover the lower level of the skeleton, then do the electric work?"
Hero nodded and used the power tool to fasten the metal plate.
"Well, he probably think we can improve on his plan. Besides, there are some holes in it." He said and lifted another metal plate.
"Yeah..." Hero said and pushed the metal plate into place and fasten it.
Lea nodded. "I can see that."
"There," Hero said and dried his hands on his pants. "Only three more and we can start the wiring."
Wally nodded and kept an eye on Chesire.
She still just stood there, against the wall, staring at them.
Lea followed his line of sight. Then she looked at him with a raised eyebrow.
"Interested?" She asked and pointed to a red cord, after looking at the blueprints. "Start with that one."
Wally shook his head.
"Leave one plate out." He said to Hero and stepped into the shell of the spaceship … or war machine … and started weaving the red cord along the skeleton on the wall.
"If your not interested, then why were you staring at her?" Hero asked and handed him a dark green cord.
Wally took it.
"Because Chesire was staring at me," he said without thinking.
Hero looked back at Lea.
"Chesire?" Hero asked. "You know her?"
Wally stopped and looked at the others.
This was exactly why they all had to be on their toes all the time, so they didn't say anything unnecessary...
He signed and went back to work.
"You might not believe this, but this is the second time in a month I've been kidnapped." He said and continued weaving the cord up the wall.
Lea came into the shell of the war machine. "Really?" She asked with a raised eyebrow. "Why?"
"Remember Lia, my neighbor?" He said and looked up at the blueprints Lea held up. "Blue," he said and Hero handed him a blue cord.
"Yeah, she was the one that wanted to be in our club, but isn't quite smart enough, right?" Hero said and held onto the green and red cord, while Wally weaved the blue one around them.
"That's a harsh way to put it … but yeah." Wally said and looked at Lea over his shoulder. "Which one is next?"
"Yellow," Lea said and handed him the cord. " So … why were you kidnapped?"
"Not really sure," he said without taking his eyes off his work. "It had something to do with a project we were working on..."
"What was that?" Hero asked and took the next cord.
Wally swallowed and turned to look at them, hesitantly.
"Xenothium..." he said.
The two of them just stared at him.
"Are you insane?" Hero asked and dropped the cord. "That's stuff is dangerous!"
Lea nodded in agreement. "Isn't that the most unstable substance in the world?"
Wally grimaced and nodded. "Yeah..."
"So, what did they want you to do anyway?" Lea asked.
Wally shrugged and went back to the weaving the cords together. "I think weaponize it."
"Did you do it?" Hero asked and handed him a new cord.
"Almost," he said and connected two cords. "I got saved, but I left my notes behind."
Lea looked out at Chesire and leaned forward.
"That reminds me." She whispered. "Do we know how to get out?"
Wally gave a single nod and glanced over at a stationary computer.
Lea followed his gaze and smiled and nodded. "Okay..."
Then she rolled out.
"That Luthor guy thinks we're doing this to get paid, do you really think he's suspicious of us?" Hero whispered.
Wally shrugged and looked towards Lea, who was typing away on the computer.
"Did you find it?" He yelled to her.
"Not yet," She said, as she read the texts on the screen. "The schematics are going to be a little more complex than one of your toys."
Wally smiled.
"See this?" He said and pointed to the cords. "The weapon is going to be somewhere around there," he said and pointed to a spot on the wall over their heads. "But there's also going to be multiple weapons down here," he said and touched the in front of them. "As well as under our feet."
"Yeah..." Hero nodded and rubbed his chin. "His blueprints are flawed, if all the weapons were installed the way he drew it, there wouldn't be any space for wiring, or hydraulic."
They looked at each other.
They had discovered a way to get more time.
"There just one more..." Lea said loudly, and Wally and Hero looked towards her, as she pushed Enter.
There was a strange humming, then a pop, then another pop.
Lea pushed away from the computer as it made another loud pop and bursted into flames.
Hero tried not to laugh as all the other computers in the hall went up in flames.
"Are you okay?" Wally asked and ran to Lea as slowly as he could.
"Yeah..." she said and ran a hand across her forehead.
"That was close." Hero said and examined the burning computer.
"Yeah! I was this close to finish the schematics," Lea said and pressed her thump and index finger close together.
"What's going on here?"
They all turned, it was Lex Luthor.
"Either we blew something, or your system has a very low capability." Hero said.
"Either way I can fix it." Wally said, already taking apart the computer.
Luthor came closer.
"How much of a setback is this?"
"It'll take the rest of the day to repair the computers and get the system up and running." Wally said as Hero handed him a screwdriver.
"And if you add that we have to come up with new schematics for your war machine..." Lea said.
"Two to three days."
Luthor nodded and left.
A man covered in ice meet him in the elevator and Chesire left, while the ice man took her place.
Wally looked up.
"Icicle junior," He explained and went back to work.
"Junior?" Hero asked.
"Don't know," Wally said, answering the unspoken question without looking up.
"Are you sure you can get all of the computers up and running today?" Lea said.
"If not, I'll have to skip dinner." He said and pulled out a burned hard drive.
Icicle junior huffed. "I thought you kids were suppose to be smart."
Wally turned around slowly and looked at him.
"Can you fix a computer, wise guy?"
She had locked herself in the room.
Her parents were in the living room, she didn't want to think about what they were doing.
She signed and surfed through different internet sites.
Sometimes she really regretted letting her dad home back in, then again having him there made some things … easier.
Suddenly a friend request popped up.
She clicked on it.
The username was W.
She raised a confused eyebrow and read the message.
It was a series of numbers and bold letters.
She stared at it confused, then it hit her. The code!
Almost franticly she went opened her closet drawer and pulled out all her socks. At the bottom of the drawer there was a small book, she sat back down at the computer and found a piece of paper.
She quickly wrote down what the message said through the code.
When she reached the last line, she looked down at the piece of paper.
I have been kidnapped by LL with Lea and Hero. Help. Give this to my uncle Barry. He'll know what to do. Wally.
Lia stared at the message in disbelief.
What in the world was going on!
Hero threw himself on the bed.
"This much pretending is exhausting," he breathed.
"Do you think, we are being listen to now?" Lea asked, she was sitting on her bed staring down at her lap.
Wally shook his head and yawned. "They think we're sleeping and besides there's no cameras."
"Isn't it weird that we all share a room?" Hero asked, lifting his head.
"I'm just glad we all together," Wally said and sat on his bed. "Besides this is pretty luxurious accommodations."
His smile was a bit strained.
"Did you send for help?" Lea asked.
Wally fell backwards onto the bed.
"Yeah," he said.
"Do you think it's safe?" Hero asked, staring at the ceiling.
"Don't worry I send it through a code." Wally said and shut his eyes, he was really tired.
Lea signed in relief. "Then we'll get home soon."
"It might take a few days for the message to reach the right people." Wally said without opening his eyes.
"What!" Hero sat up in bed. "You didn't send it to the right people right away?"
Wally sat up in bed and turned to him.
"No, there was only one that would understand the code, and she can't us." He said. "Besides this way, no one will be able to track the message from now on."
"Why not?" Hero asked.
"Because now it's in her hands, and you can't easily track human behavior."
I have a question: there are a few reviews from Guest, is that one person or more?