Alright everyone. This chapter starts the slow decent into this story's end. Its sorta....a setting up chapter for the final chapters. I admit. I made this chapter in a bit of a rush, because I SO want to get to the next story. But still, I'm hoping that I did keep a some-what steady pace on this. Its merely about Monstropolis readying for the attack, and everyone else catching up to Kroitz. Randall gets into a little trouble, but fear not, he'll be ok.
Enjoy!
Chapter 23 The Chase
Back in Monstropolis, Rayford and Naomi were speaking with Roz in the C.D.A. Central Office located in the middle of the city.
"Are you sure what you've been told is the truth ehh..." Roz spoke, her hoarse voice nearly echoing in the office. Rayford and Naomi sat across her desk, with Roz standing accordingly with her hands crossed on the desk's top.
"We haven't confirmed it yet, but......just to be sure...." Rayford said slowly, trying to make his tone clear. "Well.....after what you've told me....why should I believe something that wasn't confirmed yet ehh...." Roz said.
"But you do believe what we say right?" Naomi asked. "Well....I'm sure the rest of our agents would love to believe the claim of your family....." Roz said. "....What....do...you mean...." Rayford said, eyeing her. "......It would take more evidence on your part to support what you say Mr. Boggs...." she moaned. "Listen, my boy is out there with a mad man! And I'm not sitting her while you just question what we say!" Rayford yelled, already up with his thrown down fist on the desk.
"After all, why shouldn't you believe us......if it wasn't for my family and my son's friends, you would have a zeppelin over your station" Rayford added. "Ray...." Naomi said, placing a hand on his back to calm him down.
"......Well...seems I know where Boggs' anger comes from..." Roz said. "What!?" Rayford yelled, readying the chance to pounce on her.
"...My apologize Mr. Boggs......I guess you are right..." Roz moaned, trying to cease Rayford's tone of voice. She moved from behind the desk to Rayford's side.
"....I guess I should have a talk with your older son...." she said. "Why?" Rayford asked, a little anger still in him. Naomi then remembered. "Ray...didn't Randolph capture on of those.....creatures?" Naomi asked. "Oh yeah that's right.....Randolph will show you what you'll soon see...." Rayford said. "Then I guess we need a lab to get to eh....." Roz said.
"Are you sure!?"
"You know this is really dangerous!?"
In Luna Lab, Curtis and Albert were quickly following Randolph down a hall to his own lab room. "Listen you two, I don't care if you don't believe me or not, but I'm not getting caught up in a fight without an advantage" Randolph said, trying to speed up his walking.
"We can't change the Contamination Inhalers to spill out toxic chemicals!" Curtis yelled. Randolph stopped, causing them both to as well.
"I can.....and I will....the sooner their program is reversed, I can spill carbon monoxide into the halls and get rid of it as soon as those things are gone..." Randolph said, heading back down the hall. "He's lost it..." Curtis said, following him with Albert.
Randolph opened the door to his lab, heading quickly behind his desk to the computer on it. He typed quickly when Curtis and Albert entered, closing the door behind them.
"Ok fine, lets say we believe that a horde of those....those things!" Curtis stated, pointing to an out lined part of the left wall, which held the dead creature. "Then what are you gonna do?" Albert asked. Randolph kept his eyes on the computer as he spoke.
"Ok....first....we get as many monsters as we can in the Lunar Lab safe areas...." Randolph started. "This place can't hold the whole city!" Curtis yelled. "No...your right.....but I'm sure this Kroitz doesn't have a whole army......we just need to get enough monsters here to attract them all...." he said, clicking something on the screen with his mouse. "Once we get everyone in, and them as well, I'll release the chemical into the hallways using the Contamination Inhalers....suffocating them...." Randolph said. "What? Those sprinkler-like systems in the ceilings of the hallways?" Albert asked.
"Right.....once they're gone....I can switch the program and eliminate the CM..." Randolph said, still typing. "This is crazy...." Curtis said, turning and nearly trying to rip his scalp out.
"Ok.....fine....I'll just play along....we BOTH will....but what if we don't get them all?" Albert asked. "That's what we have the military for...." Randolph said.
"Err.....Mr. Randolph....a Rayford and Naomi Boggs are waiting at the entrance for you..." his intercom said.
(ERRRKKKK!)
Back in the Human world.
Sean, Joy, and the others were in hot pursuit of Kroitz's black coated Sentinel. "Come on....Come on!" Sean said, trying to push the vehicle to the limit.
"Think we can catch'em?" Joy asked, keeping eyes dead locked-dead on with the car in front of them. "Five bucks a bet says we're gonna get a load of tickets for this...." Caylin said, looking out the windows for any sign of cops.
In Kroitz's car.....
Kroitz kept a firm grip on Leia as his other hand held a cell phone to his left ear. "Change of plans Lin....release those hunters now..." he said. A feminine voice confirmed the call. Kroitz flipped its lid closed and placed it on the seat beside him.
"Don't worry dear....soon enough you won't have anything to worry about....." Kroitz said with a grin. Leia just starred knives at him. "Your gonna pay soon!" she yelled, right in his ear. Kroitz just laughed. "Ha! I would love to see that...wouldn't we Slade?" Kroitz said, looking over Leia's seat. Slade was sitting beside her, blindly looking out the window.
"Uh sir!" the driver called, pointing at the rear view mirror. Kroitz looked back to what it was. The vehicle behind them was incoming toward them.
"Hmph....idiots...." he said, nodding to a second man in the seat beside the driver. He pulled out a machine gun model from under the seat. He then leaned out, and started shooting backward.
"Duck!".
Everyone got low as bullet shots rang out against the windshield.
(TSSTTSHSHHHSH!!!)
Glass from the shield broke out onto the front of the outside and inside of the car. Sean quickly rose back off, shaking the glass of him as their car made a turn.
"Ha!" Kroitz laughed. "Uh....sir....something's wrong with the gas...." the driver said. "Your seeing things....." Kroitz laughed. "No sir....REALLY!" he said again, pointing at the car's gas meter.
".....and I want to leave my koosh ball blasters to Tommy and Timmy.....even though they already have'em" Caylin said, trying to make a will and remember it in his head.
"Why are they slowing down?" Carmyne asked, looking over outside to the car. Suddenly, their car jerked to the side. "Ow!" Caylin said, hitting his head on the back of Sean's seat. "What in the?".
Sean moved slightly to the right, then looked down at the concrete. He could see a trail of oil. "What?". He looked back at Kroitz's car to see oil coming out from under it.....and.....a blue tail that could hardly be seen.
"RANDALL!?" Sean yelled.
Underneath Kroitz's car, Randall hung onto the pipes and steel parts of the underside. parts of his body, even his tail, were nearly covered with oil. "Steal Leia will ya!" he said, snapping a wire. He hung on as the car slowed down. He coughed once, hanging on tight.
"Is he crazy!?" Carmyne said, trying to see as much of Randall as she could. "He knows what he's doing...." Sean said firmly, slowing his car, quickly noticing they were on the street to near the Hudson River.
"Stop the car now!" Kroitz yelled. The driver halted the car instantly. Kroitz banged open the door and dragged Leia out, Slade quickly following. "...Err...ah!" he said, looking over at a heliport nearby. He dragged Leia over to it, Slade following.
Sean slowly stopped the car. "Everyone duck!". The machine gunner started pummeling the car with bullet after bullet. Parts of the car's paint chipped, the metal dented, glass broke, and steam was starting to form. "Hahahah!".
"Hey!".
The gunner turned, meeting the a round house whip in the head with a slightly oiled tail. The gunner dropped to the ground as Randall got back onto his four feet, kicking him in the stomach.
Sean looked out the now broken window to see Randall. "Ran!". Randall just looked back over to where Kroitz was heading. He, Leia, and Slade were cutting through to a helicopter on the pad, the driver pulling into the cockpit.
"Just follow me!" Randall yelled over, getting on all eight and rushing over to the helicopter. ".....Ok now he's crazy...." Caylin said. "Get out!".
The four piled out of the, running up to catch him.
(RRRRRRSSSSSHHH)
The propeller of the copter started up, its whirring noise echoing. It was already nearing night, and hardly anyone could tell that and eight-legged reptilian monster was coming up to it. "Get this hunk of metal off the ground!" Kroitz yelled.
The copter slowly started to lift off. It tilted a bit, giving Randall the chance to leap onto the metal landing rail on its bottom section. He hung on with his top hands as the copter got higher. "Randall!" Sean and Joy yelled.
The copter reached the height that made it impossible for one to jump onto it. "Follow it!" Sean yelled, heading backward. "Be careful Randall!" Joy yelled up, making sure he could hear her.
"Ha....never thought I'd see a lizard fly...." Kroitz laughed, looking down at Randall, who was hanging on for dear life. However, thanks to the oil on his hands, a wrong move could leave him to plummet. "Hold on Randall!" Leia yelled past Kroitz, trying to get free of his grip to help him up. "Hold her Slade...." he said. Slade took a firm grip on Leia's hand as Kroitz kneeled down enough that he wouldn't fall, but would be close to Randall.
"You know, you are just really starting to get under my skin lizard...." Kroitz said, a smile on his face. "Just wait until I get up there.....I'll....Woah!". Randall nearly lost his grip his right hand had, but quickly recovered. He looked down, seeing the dark blue water far below him, making him feel a little dizzy.
"Feeling light-headed?" Kroitz mocked, laughing. "Leave him alone!" Leia yelled over him. "Eh....what do you want with Leia you creep!" Randall yelled up. "The same I did with a....friend of yours" Kroitz said, gesturing Slade. Randall's eyes went wide and quickly became angered. "You not going to do that Kroitz!" Randall yelled, getting an arm on the rail. "You really starting to tire me out....so...if you don't mind...." Kroitz said, rising.
(EEEEEERRRRRRRKKK!!!)
"Come on, come on, come on!".
Everyone piled out of the car on an instant and headed toward the harbor for a ship. Sean led as Joy kept running beside him, still having her eyes on the figure of the copter far off. "(Hang on......hang on!)" she chanted in her mind. Carmyne stopped near the harbors end to untie the boat they were to take. Sean took the controls as Joy got into the back area. Caylin took a minute before getting on. "Thats weird....there was another boat here last time...." he said, remembering when he was at the harbor. "No time for sightseeing!". Carmyne pushed him in as Sean started the boat off.
"What did you want with us!?" Randall yelled. "Oh....its all very simple....I used you to get Slade....." Kroitz laughed. ".....We'll talk later.....that is....if you can survive the drop...." Kroitz said. Randall looked down, eyes wide. "NO!" Leia yelled.
With one boot, Kroitz slammed down on Randall's oiled hands. "ERGH!". He did it once more, causing Randall to lose his grip.
"Randall!!!!".
Sean peered through the window. "NO!". "RANDALL!!!" Joy yelled, bakced up with Carmyne and Caylin.
Randall fell through the cold night as Kroitz's laugh followed. "HA! I knew he couldn't fly....." Kroitz chuckled. "You killer!!!!" Leia yelled. With a shove of her leg, she hit him right in the knee, making him almost fall out. "Hmph.....you want to have the same fate?" he asked.
Sean stopped the boat as close to the overhead copter as he could, and got straight out of its cockpit, grabbing the rail of the boat's edge, and trying to find Randall's figure in the sky. "Randall!!!". "Can you see him!" Joy asked. "No I can't!" Carmyne said. They all held onto the boat's edge, trying to find him. Sean looked back at Caylin, who was looking up to see if Randall was still falling. "Caylin.....you can swim right!?" he asked.
"Oh no! I'm not....I'm.....I'm...." Caylin started, trying to avoid Sean, who was trying to get a hold of him. "Wait! Look!" Carmyne yelled. The two looked back into the bay. Another speed boat was approaching from the North, fast at that.
"Who's that!?". "Wait a minute.....its.....its....." Carmyne started.
"Ok.....we've got Randolph convincing Roz so.....huh?". Back in Randall's house, Rayford and Naomi had returned to pick up Mary......but....
"Where is she?".
"MARY!?".
The second speedboat was being piloted by Mary. "What is she doing!?" Sean yelled. Mary's boat came close to theirs, nearly hitting the side. The four noticed something else was on board. "Randall!?".
The four jumped onto the boat, seeing Randall soaking wet on the stern of the ship. Mary joined them as Sean got over to him first, lifting his head up.
"Is he ok!?" Joy cried. "Yeah.....he's alive....." Sean said. Randall started coughing, sitting the top part of his body up as Sean patted his back. "Ugh....ehh...". "How'd you get down?" Carmyne asked, nearly tears in her eyes from her worried expression. Randall still coughed, but one of his lower hands gestured Mary. "What?". They all looked back at her. ".....I...caught him in the side net...and....well...." she said, seeming like she didn't want to talk about it. Sean looked at Randall, then back at her. "....Thank you...." he said. "Ehh....its.......not....over yet....we still got to.....get Leia...." Randall coughed out. "That's right......Joy..." Sean said, getting up. Joy took Sean's place as he got up to the controls. Carmyne followed, trying not to give away her expression. Caylin came over to Randall, getting to his height. "Sorry Ran...I would have dived in to save you...really...if that had happened and well..." Caylin said, scratching the back of his neck. Randall cracked as smile as best he could. "Ehh....its ok Cay....I know you would have..." he smiled, Caylin too.
The boat started off then, heading toward liberty island. Joy helped Randall get to his feet as Caylin got up. "Hang on just a little longer Leia...." Randall said.
Meanwhile....back in Monstropolis.......
The C.D.A had cast an announcement of an invasion warning on the radio and T.V. Everyone was locking up their doors and heading to their homes. Randolph was down in the labs with Rayford and Naomi, who had just returned from Randall's home.
Randolph was at his computer, which was currently using a radar projection of the city, using a sample from the first creature Randolph tested on. Rayford was at the door, his back up against a shelf. Naomi was sitting down on a pull out bed with Albert. Curtis was staggering back in forth.
"....So far...nothing...." Randolph said. Rayford kept looking out the door's window, seeing some of the scientists running frantically through the halls. "Are you sure you've done that right son?" Naomi asked. "Yeah mom......" Randolph said, a smile on his face.
"....This is crazy you know.....you just wait...nothing is going to show up and this is all gonna be a huge mistake...." Curtis said, stopping. "You wanna bet fifty?" Albert asked. "Just to show how confident I am, I bet a hundred...." Curtis said.
".....Uh oh....". Rayford looked over at him. "What is it son?" he asked. "......Hope you like losing bets Curtis...." Randolph said. Soon enough, a beeping noise came from his computer. Curtis looked back at him.
"Because there they are..."
The stage is set and the battle is about to begin! A final fight within the Statue of Liberty and the battle in Monstropolis and Lunar Lab! I think the final fight may be 2 chapters long. So about.....four chapters to go in this story. Anyway...review and I'll keep ya hanging!