The Trachea 2:32 PM
Ozzie's apartment was bombarded by the constant ringing of the telephone. Ozzie himself was still asleep but after several rings of the telephone he opened his eyes and rolled over to his nightstand.
"Hello?" Ozzie said groggily into the receiver.
"Osmosis!" The chief yelled.
"Hey Chiefy Weefy, what time is it?"
"It's time for you to get your butt out off bed and into the office."
"Wha? No way. It's my day off today, remember?"
"Yeah I remember, I gave it to you didn't I? Ozzie, we have an emergency."
"An emergency." Ozzie said, sitting up. "What kind of an emergency?"
"The worst kind. Frank's under siege. I'll explain it to you when you get there. Meet me up at the brain stem as soon as possible. Now get going!"
"You got it. I'll be right there." Ozzie said getting out of bed and grabbing his car keys.
The Brain Stem 3:00 PM
When Osmosis Jones arrived, he found that the brain stem was swarming with immunity officers. There were tents set up all over the grounds and SPIT choppers patrolled the skies. Ozzie saw The Chief under one of the tents and he ran over.
"Yo Chief, what's the dilly?"
"Sit down Osmosis."
Osmosis Jones pulled up a chair and sat down in front of a TV screen.
"At about noon today," The Chief began. "A group of about ten germs, possibly viruses, broke into the brain, killed all of the guards and took it over. As of now, we have not heard any word from them but we know that they have the entire upper floor of the brain around the hypothalamus blocked off with explosives."
"Do we have any idea who's behind this?"
"No. We don't have a clue. Some of the security cameras picked up some useful footage that we have compiled together on this tape." The Chief said, putting the videotape into the VCR slot and pressing PLAY.
Osmosis Jones put his feet up on the back of another chair and watched with great interest.
The video began by showing ten germs pulling up on black Harleys and shooting the guard in the main guard station before moving on to mow down and kill a whole group of guards outside of the entrance to City Hall. The videotape then cut to the inside of City Hall and showed the bikers driving into it and killing everyone inside. The tape then goes into a few seconds of static and comes back on two of the assailants doing a pose in front of the camera before shooting it. That was the end of the tape.
"So that's all we got?"
"Yeah, that's all. It seems that they cut off power to the security systems after they got inside."
"What else do we know?"
"We know that they are holding the mayor, as well as several others, hostage. They haven't contacted us with their demands yet."
"Great just great."
"And Jones." The Chief added putting a hand on Ozzie's shoulder. "They have Leah too."
Ozzie looked down at the floor.
"Drix is with one of our special response teams surveying the damage inside the first floor of City Hall. Why don't you go join him? We'll contact you if anything comes up."
"Alright." Ozzie said bouncing up from his chair and walking out of the tent toward City Hall.
City Hall 3:09 PM
The damages done to the first floor of City Hall were extensive. Everything was either totally destroyed or damaged in some way. When Ozzie arrived, he saw some cells carrying out black body bags. According to the EMTs who were on the scene, the body count so far was about thirty. Ozzie grimaced when he heard it.
"Hey Jones."
"Hey Drix." Ozzie said, putting his hands in his pockets.
"Looks like they cleaned out this floor pretty good."
"Yeah and who knows what else they've done. I mean they're up there." Ozzie said, taking one of his hands out of his pocket to point to the elevators.
Suddenly a heavily armored cell came running up to Jones.
"You Osmosis Jones?"
"Yeah, that's me."
"Well I'm supposed to report to you, right?"
"Yeah. Um, I guess so. What's up?"
"Well I'm with the Bomb Squad and I though that you might want an update on our current situation."
"Spill it."
"Well it looks as if we're dealing with professionals. On the outside of the elevator doors they've installed some sort of bomb that we've never come across before. On the inside of each door, we believe there to be large amounts of C4."
"Great. Can you disarm them?"
"That's a negative. If we try to disarm the one on the outside it will automatically detonate and kill us all. It seems that it's hooked up to detonate once the outer shell has been breached."
"What about the ones on the inside?"
"Also a negative. Those C4 are rigged to explode when we force the door open, which we would have to do to get at them."
"Wonderful." Ozzie said rolling his head to the side. "Do you have a talkie by any chance? I gotta relay this info to the Chief."
"Yeah sure." The Bomb Squad Officer replied, handing Ozzie his walkie-talkie.
Osmosis pressed the button on the side and spoke into the receiver.
"Yo Chief, you there?"
"Yeah, I'm here Jones, what's our situation up there."
"Not good and lookin worse."
"How so?"
"Seems as if all of the bombs that are wired to the doors will explode if the bomb squad even makes a small attempt to disarm them. There's no way up to the second floor unless we go though those bombs."
"Damn."
"The only other way in that I can think of is by chopper but-"
"But we have no idea who or what we're dealing with and what their intentions are and until we know that are chances of making a successful entry are slim to none."
"Right."
"We're going to wait a few hours and see of the boys upstairs try to contact us. Until then don't do anything Jones. Got it?"
"Yeah I got it."
"I'm very serious about this. If one of us screws up, it could be the end of Frank."
"I told you, I got it Chief." Osmosis said turning off the walkie-talkie and shoving it in his coat pocket. The Chief was right, he would have to wait but he knew that it wouldn't be easy since waiting was the hardest thing for him to do.
Sector 5- Mayor's Office 3:32 PM
The blinds in The Mayor's office had been pulled down over the windows. Thrax was looking through one set of blinds by separating two blinds with his fingers. He saw a SPIT chopper pass by and he allowed the blinds to close and turned around. Thrax then began to pace around the room.
"Thrax, would you sit down and relax." Draco said placing a hand on his shoulder. "We have everything under control."
"I know, I know baby it's just that-"
"It's just that you can't help but think that something is going to go wrong, is that it?"
"Yeah, I guess so." Thrax said, sitting down on a couch on the far side of the room. Draco sat beside him.
"Don't worry baby. Everything is under control. I'll deal with the next part and you take it from there okay?"
"Alright." Thrax agreed, putting his feet up on the back of a chair.
Moments later Xion and Demo arrived in The Mayor's office with all of their gear.
"We're here commander." Xion said putting down his two bags full of equipment.
"Are these our special guests?" Demo asked setting his duffel bag by one of the windows.
"Yep." Draco replied standing up. "Allow me to introduce you to Mayor Clonic and his assistant, Leah."
"Very nice to meet you." Demo said to the two hostages.
"I wouldn't want to be rude Mr. Mayor so I'm going to introduce you to some of my boys here." Draco said walking over to the Mayor and leaned down on the desk.
"The guy over there who is setting up all of that computer equipment is the team's strategist and computer technician, Xion. The short guy with the red braid is Demo. Demo is the one responsible for rigging your City Hall with all kinds of nice explosives."
Demo smiled and waved at The Mayor.
"Who are you guys?" Leah asked from her desk.
"Who are we?" Draco said turning to face Leah. "We are Stryker Team Alpha, the greatest viral attack force on the planet. That's who we are."
"Then what are you doing here?"
"Well Miss Leah, we're here to kill this body, obviously." Draco answered with a sneer.
"Hey commander!" Xion yelled.
"Yeah Xion?"
"I'm all set up. I can monitor any and all police communications from here. Anything special that you want me to tap into?"
"Yes, monitor the communications made to and by The Chief."
"Sure thing. Anything else?"
"Yeah. Monitor all of the communications made by and to the SPIT choppers that are currently in the air."
"Okay. No problem." Xion replied looking at his computer screen .
"Now, as we were saying before we were interrupted." Draco continued. "Are there any other questions you might have Miss Leah?"
"Yeah." Leah said standing up out of her chair. "Why are YOU here?"
"Why am I here? I am here because my team is here. I am here because I find this a lot of fun and I wanted to be here. But the main reason that I am here is because the virus that I love is here and wanted to do this." There was a smile from Thrax as Draco said this. Draco walked back over to the couch and sat beside Thrax. Draco rested her head on Thrax's shoulder.
"No way." Leah said in disbelief.
"Yes way. I met him on my last and final mission before our group went free lance. I almost killed him while attempting to follow mission protocol but then, after spending some more time with him I realized that I had fallen in love with him. Thrax and I pulled off a very important kill together before getting the team and coming here."
"You did it." Leah said walking over to the couch where Thrax and Draco were seated. "It was you. You killed Shane!"
"Well there she goes and spoils the surprise." Thrax said with an irritated sigh.
There was a look of horror on Leah's face as Demo escorted her back to her desk chair.
"How could you have!" She shouted at Thrax. "You were dead!"
"Well almost baby. Almost but I managed to cheat death and come back to a better life." Thrax replied, grinning as he reached into his coat and pulled out is DNA bracelet. Thrax squeezed one of the DNA beads, got up off the couch and put it in front of Leah's face.
"No!" Leah cried as she buried her head into her hands and began to weep.
"You monsters!" The Mayor yelled, getting up from his chair.
"I'd sit down if I were you Clonic or else you may find yourself experiencing the same fate as your guards." Thrax snarled, pointing his deadly claw at The Mayor. Tom Clonic sat back down in his chair with a bitter look of hatred on his face.
"I think it's time to give the immunity force a little wake up call." Thrax said, turning on his headset.
"No, Thrax let me do it. They already know your voice." Draco warned.
"You're right baby, you make the call."
"Sure." Draco said turning on her headset. "Patch me through Xion."
"With pleasure commander, with pleasure."
Immunity Force Command Tent 3:48 PM
The telephone in the command tent began to ring. Everyone who was in the tent at the time stopped what he or she was doing immediately. There was silence in the tent as The Chief picked up the telephone and spoke into the receiver.
"Hello?"
"Hello." An unfamiliar voice said form the other end. The voice spoke in a serious tone and belonged to a female. The chief signaled one of the officers in the tent to begin recording the call.
"To whom may I have the pleasure of speaking too?"
"You may call me The Black Dragon for now." The voice replied.
"Alright Black Dragon, tell me, are you in charge of the group that attacked and took over City Hall?"
"Yes." The voice answered.
"Now that I know I'm speaking to the right person, I'd like to know a few things."
"Like what?"
"Like how many hostages you have for instance?"
"We have about 22 hostages. They are all office workers and most of them have families. If you would like I'll have one of my men send you a list of names."
"Yes, that would be fine. Are all of the hostages all right?"
"They are, for now." The voice replied grimly. "They will continue to be fine unless you're people try to do anything stupid."
"We are aware that The Mayor and his aid are among those hostages. Are they safe?"
"Yes, they are safe." There was a pause. "But we will do them considerable harm if you do not turn off that tape recorder."
The Chief gasped a bit and signaled the recorder to be turned off.
"And yes, we are aware of what is going on down there."
"What are your demands?"
"As of now, we have none but as the day goes on the need for demands may arise. All you need to worry about is doing something stupid, like attempting to disarm our bombs. Doing so may result in the untimely death of a few innocents."
"No, we won't try anything like that."
"Good because as of now I am completely in control. I will contact you later and remember, we are watching you." The voice said coldly as the line went dead.
"Damn!" The Chief yelled as he slammed the telephone down on the table. "Get me Jones!"
City Hall 4:00 PM
"Hello?" Ozzie said into his walkie-talkie. "Hey Chief, whaz up?"
"I just finished a conversation with the leader of the group who's currently in charge of things upstairs."
"Wha'd he say?"
"Not he Oz, she."
"She?"
"Yeah, she. She said that her group is holding about 22 hostages, including The Mayor and Leah."
"Are they alright?"
"Yeah, for now anyway."
"What do you mean for now?"
"She said that they were safe as long as we didn't try to do anything stupid."
"What exactly does she consider stupid?"
"She said not to try and disarm the bombs because that would result in the loss of innocent life."
"You mean they'll kill hostages."
"Yeah."
"So what do we do?"
"We wait Jones, we do nothing but wait."
"Great, just great." Ozzie said, turning off his walkie-talkie.