Chapter 12
Nikki was nervous when Wayne gave her a call onto her laptop on the Kingdom Keeper site. Wanting to have a small chat with her.
"Wayne, I know what you're going to say. And, I wanted to say I'm sorry for not obeying your orders. Even though I find something important, that was no excuse for what I did." She glanced over at Wayne's face on the screen with a frown.
Wayne was silent for a moment before speaking up. "It was no excuse. You could of gotten yourself or the others into trouble. But, I have to admit that you did a great job with finding the clue of the Overtaker's plan."
Nikki give him a shocked look by what he just said. "Really?"
"Yes, really." Wayne smiled to her. "But, no more of this keeping secrets from everyone. Not even to your mother."
"But I worry her too much." Nikki admitted. "She has a hard time letting me do stuff sometimes. Especially nowadays. Even though she wants me to get out there more and do something. She still worries about me."
"I can't blame her though." Wayne frowned. "You both just lost your father. And she wants so much for you and doesn't want anything bad happening to you. You just have to show you how much you can handle yourself and try not to worry her as much."
"I'll try to remember that. I want so much to trust her with our secret with the Kingdom Keepers. But I don't know how she's going to react to it. Or if she'll ever let me help you guys again." Nikki frowned as she explained.
"That's entirely up to her and how she feels. But for now, let's discuss about the clues you and Finn found. She only have a short amount of time to talk before I have to go into hiding again."
"Hiding?" Nikki looked over at him in concern.
"The Overtakers have been after me since I started the problem, and won't stop at nothing till they can get rid of me. Now, to business." He changed the subject.
"Oh, right." Nikki pulled out the copies of the paperwork she collected from the computers.
"I was right about one thing. The Overtakers are using the computers as part of their plan. I think they're going to try to malfunction the machine. Only all at once. Causing all the parks to close. Forever." She had shivers down her spine as she said this.
Wayne was silent for a moment. "It's just as we feared. The Villains are getting clever with their attempts to take over the parks. We need to put a stop to their plans, or else their control on the computers will cause distraction and chaos. If they keep doing this, they'll hack into the system and find out the secrets of the Keepers and find a way to keep the parks for themselves so no one can get in."
"They can even get the secrets of your whereabouts." Nikki added with a worried look.
"Exactly." Wayne nodded. "I want you and David to crossover tonight. You two will find a microchip that I hidden in one of the parks. I can't tell you which one. But you'll know once you wake up there."
"What sort of microchip?" She raised her eyebrows.
"All will be explained soon, It's just too dangerous to let out anything more. And whatever you do, don't jump into the computers. The Overtakers will be watching your every step.I wish you both good luck." Wayne give her a smile before the video went black.
"Microchip…" Nikki repeated as she sat there in thought. Her mother was already suspicious that she would always leave the house often or appear in her normal clothing as she goes to bed, but she has to do whatever it takes to protect the parks and protect each of the Keepers as she promised to do in the past.
…..
Wanda was in the kitchen of her father's home making herself and David a cup of tea while David was sitting at the desk doing research on the Overtakers' plan that Wayne had explained to him and the other Keepers.
"It's rather interesting, isn't it? Though, it's also very complicated." David said from the other room as he studied the paperwork in his hands.
"Well, of course it's complicated." Wanda stated as she stepped out of the kitchen with two mugs in her hands. "The Disney imagineers would use special codes like symbols or hard riddles to hide their future plans so it doesn't fall into the wrong hands like our theme park competitors or the Overtakers. It has worked successfully through many decades." She pointed out as she glanced down at the paper that David was holding. "Though, I fear that the Overtakers had already figure out some of these codes and using them to hack into the system."
"Well, that solves the problem to part of what the OTs are going after. But if I can figure out the rest of this, I can see what Wayne's trying to tell us or what the rest of the codes mean. It would help us defeat the Overtakers and how we can protect Disney." David leaned back in the chair, rubbing his chin.
Wanda giggled. "You remind me so much of my dad when you do that."
"I do?" David turned to her in confusion.
"Of course. I can see how my father looks upon you as his own son. You have so much spark and determination within you." Wanda said as she handed him a warm mug with the tea. "I know you'll be able to figure this out." She give him a light pat on the back before slipping something into his hand.
David took notice and realized it was a folded piece of paper. He opened it up and read the note inside.
You and Nikki will crossover tonight. She will explain everything. ~W.
David smiled at the note, already figuring out who it's from. "Wherever you are, Wayne. Thanks." He softly mumbled to himself.
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Nikki let out a soft groan as she awoke from slumber, finding herself laying on the ground in front of Spaceship Earth. Putting her guess to that she was somewhere in Epcot.
"Nikki?" She heard a whisper calling to her. She lifted her head to see that David was standing over her.
"You alright?" He asked her, then offered a hand to her.
"Yeah, I'm cool." She smiled as she took hold of his hand as he helped her up from the ground. "It's great that we get to team up again. It's been so long."
"Yes, I know." David smiled, rubbing behind his neck. "So, what's the mission?"
"To find a microchip. Wayne wouldn't explain why, but he said that we have to find it before the Overtakers do." She explained, remembering what Wayne said.
"Right." David nodded. "We'll have to be careful then. The Overtakers could be lurking around watching us. Or they could use us to find the chip."
"We'll keep ourselves from the cameras and go invisible. As long as our DHIs are invisible, it'll be harder for anyone to see us out here." Nikki said as she led both of them in between the stores on the side of the park where their holograms turned a bright glowing blue before they disappeared from sight.
"Where to?" David's voice whispered out.
Nikki glanced out, only her head appearing to check to see if the coast was clear before pulling her head back into their hiding places. "If we can get past the Pin Central and get to the bridge, we'll have to get into the water to prevent the cameras on us."
David signed. "So, into the waters then."
Nikki frowned and nodded. "I'm afraid so."
"Well, I'll have to man up and face the waters." David stuttered, but tried to show confidence into his tone.
Nikki smiled by this before turned her head to look at the court area. "Follow me." She whispered before both of them rushed into the Pin Central. Their holograms glowing as they ran towards the bridge. Nikki didn't hesitate as she quickly jumped into the cold water lake. David paused before he jumped in after her. Their DHIs disappearing underneath the service. Luckily David was able to swim better than last time when they were in this lake a few months ago.
Nikki glanced upwards as she swam, noticing a blinking up above her. She thought about the Reflections of Earth attraction that was close to where they were. She make a swooshing motion with her hands to make bubble waves towards David. Signaling him to follow her. Doing so, David followed closely with Nikki as they for the giant statue of the Earth's globe in the center of the lake. Usually it would be lit up with lights and would open up to hold up the torch for the fireworks display every night and a water fountain that would run with the show. Now that the park was empty, it was only just a statue with the lights still on.
Nikki and David lifted their heads above the water to glance over at the globe. Noticing the same blinking light that caught Nikki's attention before. It was blinking somewhere on the globe.
"Head for the globe." She whispered to David. Paddling her way over to the globe with her fellow Keeper following behind her. She held onto the edge of the globe to pull herself up before helping David by taking hold of his invisible hand to pull him up. Hearing him panting from lack of energy.
"That actually went better than I thought." He softly laughed as he was trying to catch his breath.
"Yeah." She giggled along with him. "At least your powers didn't go haywire this time."
"That was the goal." He nervously smiled before turning to the globe. Also noticing the blinking light bulb from the globe.
"It shouldn't be doing that." He said as he went over to study the source of the blinking light. "The workers here should of checked it and replaced the lightbulb."
"Unless…" Nikki paused as she too studied the light as she stepped closer to it. "David, take a look at this." She pointed out with her finger. "Where it's blinking, it's on the North American part of the globe." She crept closer as she noticed something off about the light. "It's not a default lightbulb. It was placed there on purpose. Because look."
She led David closer to the map, pointing to the Florida part of the North American metal map. Then reached her hand into the globe and she felt an object behind the structure. She managed to pull out the microchip wrapped in waterproof ziplock bag with a note inside of it.
"Or course." David softly gasped. "The Flordia on the globe was the clue to finding the chip. Also it's a good place to hide it from the Overtakers so they wouldn't think to come here."
"Exactly." Nikki grinned before she pulled out the paper and read the note.
Keep this microchip safe. I will send you a message when I reveal the chip to you and the rest of the Keepers. ~W.
"Yep, this was certainly from Wayne. He's always so clever with hiding clues." Nikki smiled to herself before placing the note back into the ziplock bag before securing it to keep the chip dry since they still had to swim back across the lake.
"Let's find the button and get back. I'll talk to Finn tomorrow and tell him what we found." She instructed him.
"And I'll ask Wanda about the chip and see what she knows about it." David responded back with a grin.
Nikki smiled back at him. "I knew I can count on someone like you, David." She said to him before jumping into the water. David watched her with a frown, wanting so much to tell her how much he tells about her. But they still had a mission in their minds at the moment to talk about the less important stuff. He then jumped into the water and swam back across the lake.