Chapter 17
Erik
The bright, white light blared in our eyes. We shielded them with our hand.
Once it dimmed, we looked around. The room was glowing a light blue with a hint of green. In the middle, a big, metal circle stuck out. The blue light was produced from there. A little above the ground, the same sized circle stuck out of the floor. Inside the blue shield, there was a key.
White sparks flew around it. It shone brightly.
"That's the key. The key to the cage. But . . . Where are the cages?" Hardrive said.
"Don't know. I could have sworn that book said The Detonators were in here . . ." Blaze said.
"Maybe it was a trick," Neo said. "He's famous for tricking people."
"You're probably right," I said.
We all sighed.
"Well, at least we know that's the key." Halen said.
"Yeah . . ." Mina said.
"I'll go get it." I said quickly.
I ran over to it.
"Erik, wait!" Neo yelled.
I didn't listen to him. I stuck my hand in the blue shield.
Electric shocks shot through my hand and into my body. I was getting electrocuted!
"Ahh!" I screamed.
I pulled my hand out and fell to the floor.
My hat had fell off. My hair was all weird.
The static soon went away and I put my hat back on.
"Well, how are we going to get the key then?" I asked.
I was shaking.
"Don't know . . ." Blaze said.
Neo walked over to a panel.
"This should have to do with it," he said.
Neo started pushing buttons labeled with Kagor words.
Something creaked. A loud noise kept a steady beat.
"Turn it off!" We yelled at Neo over the noise.
"I'm trying!" He yelled. "It's not easy!"
Neo punched the buttons rapidly. My ears were screaming in pain.
Finally, it stopped. I stuck a finger in my ear and wiggled it around.
"I get the point, Erik." Neo said in an annoyed voice.
Neo punched more buttons. The shield flicked on and off. It soon stayed off.
Mina went over and grabbed it. She gave it to Blaze.
"Okay. Now we have to find The Detonators," Blaze said. He looked around. "Any suspicious walls?"
We all went over and ran our hands around all the walls.
Nothing.
I sighed and leaned against a wall. Rested a hand on a lever.
I lost my balance. I grabbed onto the lever. The lever bent the opposite way and the wall I was leaning on slid to the side.
I let go of the lever and fell backward on my butt.
"Ack!" I yelled.
"Erik!" The others yelled, rushing over to me.
"I'm okay!" I yelled.
I fell backward on my back. Today just wasn't my day.
Soon the heads of all the others appeared in my view. Blaze lent a hand and helped me up.
We all looked down the hall I opened.
We started to walk. The first door we walked by was the Healing Room.
"Okay. Everyone in," Neo said.
We opened the door and walked inside.
The room was nothing special. Just a few shelves with medicine and stuff. Neo walked around, scanning the shelves. He soon came back with a big bottle of blue stuff.
"Okay. Put a dab on all your wounds and they will go away," Neo said. He passed the bottle to Blaze.
Blaze fixed all his wounds. When he dabbed the substance on, the wound glowed and healed up. Everyone else did it, and we were soon out. Neo told Blaze to keep the stuff in his trench coat for later.
We kept walking down the halls. Only the rooms with hardly anything in it had no label on the door.
Neo soon stopped in front of a door.
"This is the room. The Special Cages room," Neo said. "Let's go, but quietly."
Neo put his hand on the handle. He pulled it quietly open. The door squeaked a little. The rest of us stuck our heads in to look. No one was in there.
No one, but the Detonators, I assumed.
We walked in quietly. A security camera faced the opposite way. I pulled out my Double Guns and shot it. Blaze and Slash shot the others.
There were four Detonators. They were all foxes. There was a blue, yellow, orange, and green one. They all had black bandanas on their heads.
They didn't look like your usual superheroes. But we didn't, either.
"Are you guys the Detonators?" Halen asked to be sure.
They nodded. "You guys the good people?" The blue fox asked. He had a deep voice.
We nodded.
Blaze held up the key. "We're here to get you out."
A sly grin came across the faces of the Detonators.
Blaze walked over to the cage and opened it. The Detonators slowly came out.
"My name's Kaio," the blue fox said. "I'm the leader."
"I'm Max," the yellow one said.
"Maya," said the green one.
"Loco," the orange one said.
"Loco? Doesn't that mean 'stupid' in Spanish?" Turv asked.
Loco nodded. "That's only my nickname. These guys call me it because sometimes I can be a little dumb."
We all smiled.
Erik
The bright, white light blared in our eyes. We shielded them with our hand.
Once it dimmed, we looked around. The room was glowing a light blue with a hint of green. In the middle, a big, metal circle stuck out. The blue light was produced from there. A little above the ground, the same sized circle stuck out of the floor. Inside the blue shield, there was a key.
White sparks flew around it. It shone brightly.
"That's the key. The key to the cage. But . . . Where are the cages?" Hardrive said.
"Don't know. I could have sworn that book said The Detonators were in here . . ." Blaze said.
"Maybe it was a trick," Neo said. "He's famous for tricking people."
"You're probably right," I said.
We all sighed.
"Well, at least we know that's the key." Halen said.
"Yeah . . ." Mina said.
"I'll go get it." I said quickly.
I ran over to it.
"Erik, wait!" Neo yelled.
I didn't listen to him. I stuck my hand in the blue shield.
Electric shocks shot through my hand and into my body. I was getting electrocuted!
"Ahh!" I screamed.
I pulled my hand out and fell to the floor.
My hat had fell off. My hair was all weird.
The static soon went away and I put my hat back on.
"Well, how are we going to get the key then?" I asked.
I was shaking.
"Don't know . . ." Blaze said.
Neo walked over to a panel.
"This should have to do with it," he said.
Neo started pushing buttons labeled with Kagor words.
Something creaked. A loud noise kept a steady beat.
"Turn it off!" We yelled at Neo over the noise.
"I'm trying!" He yelled. "It's not easy!"
Neo punched the buttons rapidly. My ears were screaming in pain.
Finally, it stopped. I stuck a finger in my ear and wiggled it around.
"I get the point, Erik." Neo said in an annoyed voice.
Neo punched more buttons. The shield flicked on and off. It soon stayed off.
Mina went over and grabbed it. She gave it to Blaze.
"Okay. Now we have to find The Detonators," Blaze said. He looked around. "Any suspicious walls?"
We all went over and ran our hands around all the walls.
Nothing.
I sighed and leaned against a wall. Rested a hand on a lever.
I lost my balance. I grabbed onto the lever. The lever bent the opposite way and the wall I was leaning on slid to the side.
I let go of the lever and fell backward on my butt.
"Ack!" I yelled.
"Erik!" The others yelled, rushing over to me.
"I'm okay!" I yelled.
I fell backward on my back. Today just wasn't my day.
Soon the heads of all the others appeared in my view. Blaze lent a hand and helped me up.
We all looked down the hall I opened.
We started to walk. The first door we walked by was the Healing Room.
"Okay. Everyone in," Neo said.
We opened the door and walked inside.
The room was nothing special. Just a few shelves with medicine and stuff. Neo walked around, scanning the shelves. He soon came back with a big bottle of blue stuff.
"Okay. Put a dab on all your wounds and they will go away," Neo said. He passed the bottle to Blaze.
Blaze fixed all his wounds. When he dabbed the substance on, the wound glowed and healed up. Everyone else did it, and we were soon out. Neo told Blaze to keep the stuff in his trench coat for later.
We kept walking down the halls. Only the rooms with hardly anything in it had no label on the door.
Neo soon stopped in front of a door.
"This is the room. The Special Cages room," Neo said. "Let's go, but quietly."
Neo put his hand on the handle. He pulled it quietly open. The door squeaked a little. The rest of us stuck our heads in to look. No one was in there.
No one, but the Detonators, I assumed.
We walked in quietly. A security camera faced the opposite way. I pulled out my Double Guns and shot it. Blaze and Slash shot the others.
There were four Detonators. They were all foxes. There was a blue, yellow, orange, and green one. They all had black bandanas on their heads.
They didn't look like your usual superheroes. But we didn't, either.
"Are you guys the Detonators?" Halen asked to be sure.
They nodded. "You guys the good people?" The blue fox asked. He had a deep voice.
We nodded.
Blaze held up the key. "We're here to get you out."
A sly grin came across the faces of the Detonators.
Blaze walked over to the cage and opened it. The Detonators slowly came out.
"My name's Kaio," the blue fox said. "I'm the leader."
"I'm Max," the yellow one said.
"Maya," said the green one.
"Loco," the orange one said.
"Loco? Doesn't that mean 'stupid' in Spanish?" Turv asked.
Loco nodded. "That's only my nickname. These guys call me it because sometimes I can be a little dumb."
We all smiled.