Chapter 2
HQ, Secret Location
Phoenix walked into the computer lab, her boots making clip-clop sounds on the squeaky clean tiled floor. They were Maverick's idea. ' Don't want any viruses' he said. For a dwarf, he was one fussy guy. She pushed open the door of his office, and sat down in a chair opposite his desk. The dwarf was typing something on his computer. He saved it, and swizzled round. " Can't wear you're boots in here. Might bring in a virus on those heels." Phoenix knew this. The chances were slim, and she wouldn't take them off anyway. " Sure. Next time I'll wear slippers, That would go lovely with my outfit. Maverick laughed. Always with the sarcastic jokes. That was Phoenix. "Okay Maverick, heard anything from them yet?" " You want the good news, or the bad?" " Go on, hit me with it." He turned back to his computer, and brought up a file. She got up, and went over "We got mailed this last night at around eleven o'clock. The sender put in a dissolving virus, which ate away at the original. Luckily I managed to copy it." "And..and good news?" "That was the good news." Phoenix's face fell. "Remember those kids that have been kidnapped? Well, there are now officially two hundred missing. This message, It's about them." Phoenix pushed him out of the way, and stood in front of the monitor. His swivel chair slid across the white tiles, with him in it. "Hey! Easy Griffin." Maverick dragged his chair back. It's not easy when you're only one metre tall. But she was too absorbed in the screen to hear.
The message read:
Her face was a mask of anger. She closed her eyes, and took a long, deep breath. The anger disappeared. Phoenix returned to her seat, and Maverick took up his space again. "So.. what do we do Doc?" "Well, they want us to send someone in," he paused. " But as we don't know where they are, and I can't trace the email because of the virus, we can't anyway." "We can." The dwarf considered it. "Explain". "Where was the last kid taken from?" Maverick pressed a few buttons. His voice came out of the computer. He'd programmed it from scratch. " Town equals Kidalsworth. Kidalsworth equals Algava." He smiled, and pressed a few more buttons. "Kelp Laser, nine-years-old, pixie. " Maverick read from the screen. "What do we do now Phoenix?" She thought for a second. " We send someone to Algava." "but you read the note. We can't. They want us to do that." Phoenix sighed. "Listen, Maverick. We send someone in. They catch him. They gloat. They pleased. They send mail. Get it?" A large smile spread across his face. "Yes".
HQ, Secret Location
Phoenix walked into the computer lab, her boots making clip-clop sounds on the squeaky clean tiled floor. They were Maverick's idea. ' Don't want any viruses' he said. For a dwarf, he was one fussy guy. She pushed open the door of his office, and sat down in a chair opposite his desk. The dwarf was typing something on his computer. He saved it, and swizzled round. " Can't wear you're boots in here. Might bring in a virus on those heels." Phoenix knew this. The chances were slim, and she wouldn't take them off anyway. " Sure. Next time I'll wear slippers, That would go lovely with my outfit. Maverick laughed. Always with the sarcastic jokes. That was Phoenix. "Okay Maverick, heard anything from them yet?" " You want the good news, or the bad?" " Go on, hit me with it." He turned back to his computer, and brought up a file. She got up, and went over "We got mailed this last night at around eleven o'clock. The sender put in a dissolving virus, which ate away at the original. Luckily I managed to copy it." "And..and good news?" "That was the good news." Phoenix's face fell. "Remember those kids that have been kidnapped? Well, there are now officially two hundred missing. This message, It's about them." Phoenix pushed him out of the way, and stood in front of the monitor. His swivel chair slid across the white tiles, with him in it. "Hey! Easy Griffin." Maverick dragged his chair back. It's not easy when you're only one metre tall. But she was too absorbed in the screen to hear.
The message read:
Her face was a mask of anger. She closed her eyes, and took a long, deep breath. The anger disappeared. Phoenix returned to her seat, and Maverick took up his space again. "So.. what do we do Doc?" "Well, they want us to send someone in," he paused. " But as we don't know where they are, and I can't trace the email because of the virus, we can't anyway." "We can." The dwarf considered it. "Explain". "Where was the last kid taken from?" Maverick pressed a few buttons. His voice came out of the computer. He'd programmed it from scratch. " Town equals Kidalsworth. Kidalsworth equals Algava." He smiled, and pressed a few more buttons. "Kelp Laser, nine-years-old, pixie. " Maverick read from the screen. "What do we do now Phoenix?" She thought for a second. " We send someone to Algava." "but you read the note. We can't. They want us to do that." Phoenix sighed. "Listen, Maverick. We send someone in. They catch him. They gloat. They pleased. They send mail. Get it?" A large smile spread across his face. "Yes".