Chapter 11: The Theft
When Sonnet returned, she realised that it was 03.19, during the night shift in the Phoenix Building. It would be a good time to steal the units, but she would have to avoid any confrontations with Paul Kushtar whilst she was there.
I know, she thought, I've seen people doing scans on the two dormant units. When I was in there this morning, they were still in the lab. I could teleport myself directly into the lab and steal them, doing as much damage as possible in the process. I may be identified as Guyver Blue but no one should know who I really am.
Sonnet summoned her armour, becoming the now familiar Guyver Blue. She pictured the lab in her mind and teleported herself there. Her old workplace was in complete darkness, there was no one within range of her unit's sensor orbs. This surprised her, because the units were being kept there before they were transported to the Ark, security should have been very high. The units were still there, but there were several metal doors between her and the units, as well as laser beams that would trigger the alarms if broken. Sonnet smiled under her armour.
Chronos will learn a little more about Guyver Blue tonight, she thought, those blast doors couldn't withstand my strength without the armour. With it in use, they are even less of an obstacle to me. The laser beams are also easy to defeat, I'll simply float over them. The security cameras in the room will see me, so security will be in the room within minutes. I can handle the regular zoanoids, the Hyper zoanoids will be a little tougher, but I can beat them too. If Kushtar, or any of the zoalords, make an appearance I'll have a problem. But, if I'm fast enough, I'll have the units before Chronos can react.
Guyver Blue began her attack: she teleported herself to the first of the doors and punched it with her armoured fist, it was destroyed easily. She had managed to destroy three doors before the alarms sounded.
'Warning, the three Guyvers are in the building,' a male voice announced over a speaker, 'one is in the Research Wing and the other two are in the Storage Area. All zoanoids find them and destroy them.'
Yeah, good luck, Sonnet sarcastically thought, why are Sho and Agito here? Are they trying to destroy this base?
[Guyver 1, Guyver 3, what are the two of you doing?] She asked telepathically.
[I suspect we are all here for the same reason,] Guyver 3s voice said [To steal the four Guyver units before they are used by Chronos]
[Four units?] Blue replied, surprised, breaking down the last of the doors in the process, [I thought there were only two]
[I'll explain later,] Guyver 3 replied, [Do what you came here to do and meet us in the place we learned the truth about you]
[OK, see you later.]
As Blue grabbed the two dormant units she wondered,
Why wasn't I aware of four units, only two? Oh well, I'll meet up with them and find out.
Blue teleported out with the units, left them in her apartment and then returned to the building. She materialised in the lab she used to work in and began charging a pressure cannon blast in each hand.
[Let me know when you are out of the building.] She sent to the other Guyvers.
[We're already clear, Blue.] Guyver 1 replied.
Good! Sonnet thought, and fired her pressure cannons. The weapons blasted away a large portion out of the lab and several others in the process. Satisfied with her handiwork, Blue teleported herself to the clearing where Guyver 3 had said to meet. Guyver 3 and Gigantic Guyver were already there, waiting for her.
"What did you do after we teleported out?" Gigantic Guyver asked her.
"I blasted away several of the research labs. It should affect the base's research for some time. It might even affect their zoanoid production levels."
"OK," Guyver 3 said, "We need to talk."
"I agree," Blue commented, "Could you always teleport?"
"No," Guyver 1 answered, "We can only do it when either of us is using the upgrade."
"I see. OK, how come you knew there were four units and not two?"
"I don't know if you're aware of this," Guyver 3 said, "But I used to work in Chronos. I had some sources within Chronos who informed me of the newly discovered units."
"Members of Zeus' Thunderbolt?" Blue asked.
"How did you know that?"
"I heard things from Taron, before I went rogue."
"Alright, our turn," Guyver 1 stated, de-activating the Gigantic Armour as he said this, "How did you know about the two units you have stolen?"
"I work within Chronos and I heard through some of my colleagues who are highly placed, but I wasn't aware that there were four units."
"I only found out recently. I asked Sho if he would help me to steal them because he has a finer control over the Gigantic than I do, he agreed to help but he had a price tag."
"I suppose you want the units you have to go to two of your friends that you introduced me to the other day."
"Right," Guyver 3 answered, "My friend Shizu will get one, whilst Sho's girlfriend Mizuki will get the other. What about you?"
"One will be given to that young woman I told you about and the other will go to her brother, who, by the way, also has ESP abilities."
"Which are?" Agito asked.
"He is a strong telepath, and he has fairly strong psychic abilities."
"OK, that's fair enough. You'll have to bring us all to where we had our training sessions the other day so that we can get-to-know each other."
"I was planning to do something like that anyway. OK, I've got to go. I'll see you later."
With that, Sonnet teleported herself to her empty apartment in America. She checked that the Guyver units were still there and decided to go and give them to Ran and Mutaru. Since it was 04.23 on her watch, she realised it must be about 20.23 in Japan, so she picked up the units and teleported herself to Ran's apartment.
