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Terrasina Dragonwagon- of course Hadji was in the Real Adventures. Jessie didn't show up until the Real Adventures started, but she was in two movies, I think. Jonny's Golden Quest and Jonny Vs. The Cyber Insects.
Chapter 2
The Mission Begins
Jonny was the first one to wake up, mainly due to sleeping on the lumpy couch. Jonny stretched out his arms and legs and glanced at his sleeping companions. Normally, with a chance this big, he'd wake them up with some sort of practical joke. But he was feeling generous and decided to let them sleep. Getting to his feet, Jonny headed towards the door, intent on seeing if his father and Race were up yet.
He had just opened the door when he bumped into Race, who was about to knock on the door.
"Hey Jonny, glad you're up. Are the other two up yet? We need to get an early start. The other scientists arrived last night, and we're on our way to meet them. So get Jessie and Hadji up and meet us in the lobby, alright?"
"Sure thing Race. We'll meet you down there in ten." Jonny replied, letting the door swing shut.
Jonny walked up to the foot of the two beds and gave an evil smile. He turned and walked into the bathroom, filling the room's pitcher with cold water. Jonny walked to the foot of Jessie's bed, who was snoring lightly. Jonny took one last look at his sleeping companion, and threw the pitcher of cold water on Jessie's face. Jessie woke up, screaming. Hadji woke up from the scream, looking around wildly. Jessie looked up and saw Jonny standing at the foot of her bed.
"Hey Jess, time to wake up! We gotta meet down in the lobby, so get dressed!" Jonny said quickly, before running out of the room. He could hear Jessie shouting threats at him all the way to the elevator.
"I'll get you for this, Jonny Quest! Just you wait!"
Jonny was still laughing as the door to the elevator closed shut.
JQ IN THE LOBBY JQJonny walked into the lobby and saw his father and Race talking to two other men, both men dressed in blue jeans and white shirts. Benton glanced up and saw his son standing in the entrance to the lobby.
"Gentlemen, this is my son, Jonny. Jonny, come say hello." Benton called out to his son.
Jonny shrugged and walked towards his father, shaking hands with both men.
"Jonny, this is Dr. Sudeki, the leading scientist on human and animal brains, and this is Dr. Carter, the leading scientist on military weaponry and armor."
Jonny looked at his father, a confused look on his face.
"A weaponry specialist? But what's he needed for here? No offense, Dr. Carter." Jonny said.
"I can answer that, Jonny. And no offense taken. During these attacks by the 'Demons' as the locals call them, there have been traces of laser weaponry, several of the slaughtered villagers had severe burn marks that are only attainable by a high-powered laser." Dr. Carter explained. "The thing I do not understand, is the lasers have not been entirely perfected yet. The only lasers that we have available are as big as a snowboard, and can only produce larger laser blasts. These lasers, if that is what they really are, are hand-held, and fire a more concentrated beam, capable of cutting through even the most toughest steel. The US Military would kill to get their hands on weapons like these."
Just as Jonny was about to answer, Race cut in with a question for Jonny.
"Jonny, you did wake Hadji and Jessie, right? It's been about 15 minutes." Race said, looking at his watch.
"Yeah Race, I woke'em up. They'll be down in a minute." Jonny replied, a smile coming to his face.
"Just as well, Race. Our security team hasn't arrived yet." Benton said, putting his hand on Race's shoulder.
"Our security team?" Jonny asked.
"Well, yeah Jonny. It's dangerous out there, with the rebels and these creatures running around." Race replied. "Which is why you and the others aren't coming."
Before Jonny could argue, the elevator doors opened and Jessie stormed out, followed by Hadji. Jessie walked straight towards Jonny, a determined look on her face. Before she could say anything, Jonny held out his hands and spoke.
"Jessie! They aren't gonna let us come with them! Again!"
This immediately changed Jessie's pace. She turned to her father, an angry look on her face.
"You're gonna ditch us! Again?" Jessie asked angrily.
"Jessie, it's a dangerous mission! I can't risk your life or Jonny's or Hadji's." Race said, trying to calm his daughter down.
"Yeah right! Like it's any more dangerous then anything else we've ever done!" Jessie shot back, putting her hands on her hips.
Before Race could respond, the doors to the lobby opened, and a young man wearing military fatigues and a black muscle shirt walked in, a pair of .45 automatics hung on his waist, and a black baseball cap on his head. The little party of the Quest team and the other Doctors stared as the young man walked up to them.
"Hello, Doctors. My name is Sean Thompson. I'm your security chief. Now I know you have some questions," Sean said, looking at the questioning faces of the small party. "And it is my duty to inform you, that we're a little short on security."
"How short would that be, Mr. Thompson?" Benton asked.
"Well, it's just me and Gregory. You should know him, he was the driver from yesterday. He might not seem like much, but I wouldn't have anyone else watching my back in the field. Before you ask the next question, we're short handed because none of the locals are willing to venture into the mountains with us. They're scared of the 'Demons' and the risk of being captured by the rebels that are hiding out there."
"And what about you, Mr. Thompson? Are you scared of the 'Demons'?" Jessie asked, staring him in the eyes.
"Miss Bannon, I'm an American. I do not believe this 'Demon' bullshit. It's likely to be just rebels dressing up as these monsters and hitting villages until the government gives in and disbands, which is very unlikely. And please, call me Sean."
Jessie smirked. "Only if you call me Jessie and not 'Miss Bannon.' It makes me feel old."
"Of course, Jessie. Now Doctors, am I to assume that everyone here is coming with us?" Sean asked.
"No, Just us four." Benton replied, indicating himself, Race and the other two Doctors.
"Dr. Quest, I would recommend that you not leave your children here. It is very dangerous around here, no telling what might happen." Sean said, looking Benton in the eyes.
"Oh really? Have you heard something?"
"Yes. If you'll look at these maps, I've marked the spots where the 'Demons' and rebels are attacking." Sean said, reaching into his back pocket and unfolding a map. "The rebels are always one step behind the 'Demons,' as if they're doing clean up work. And look, there's a pattern to the attacks."
The Quest team gathered around Sean and looked at the map. Indeed there was a pattern.
"It looks like they started at the end of the island, and they're moving in a straight line towards the main Government City." Hadji said, drawing his finger along the map.
"That's right. And look what city is next." Sean replied, pointing to Grelinka's National Capital.
"It's this city! Lerior!" (The City they're in, I forgot to mention that.) Jonny said.
"Yeah it is. As I said, I would recommend that your children come with us. I've heard of your many exploits, and I know they can take care of themselves, if they wouldn't mind carrying guns." Sean said, looking at the three teenagers.
"Well, I don't mind. I know Jonny does, but I'm not to sure about Hadji." Jessie answered for all of them.
"It matters not to me. I am not very good with guns, but I do not mind using them." Hadji said.
"I'll take anything but a gun." Jonny said.
Benton and Race sighed simultaneously. "I guess there's no telling you three otherwise. Fine, you can come, but stay in sight of us all time." Race said, giving them a steely glare.
"Now that that's settled, Gregory has the truck waiting for us." Sean said, turning on his heel and walking out of the lobby. "We have plenty of supplies, so grab anything else you might need to bring along. I'm not to sure how long we'll be gone, but we've got extra supplies thanks to the shortage of security." He said over his shoulder.
The Quest Team watched as Sean walked out of the lobby and turned to each other.
"Does everyone have everything they need?" Race asked.
"I'll go grab some extra clothes." Jessie said, walking towards the elevator.
"Yeah, we should get some too, Hadji." Jonny said, following Jessie.
Race and the three doctors waited patiently for the three teenagers to come back. After five minutes, the doors to the elevator opened again and they came out, each with a small bag of clothes. Race looked at his watch and spoke.
"Let's go. I'm interested in what's up in those mountains."
As the Quest Team walked outside, they heard a big commotion. Looking towards the noise, they saw Sean and Gregory being swarmed by dozen or so villagers. Sean looked up and saw the Quest team and waved them over. Sean pushed several people out of the way to make room for them.
"What's going on Sean?" Benton asked.
"Take a look for yourselves." Sean answered.
Aboard a small worn down jeep that the villagers were surrounding, was a body of s human, or so it seemed. As the Quest Team got closer, they saw that it's skin was hanging off it's bones, wrinkled, as if it were nearly 100 years old. Its face was something straight out of a horror movie; viscous curved fangs hung out of its mouth, going all the way down to its chin. It had large, green bug-eyes, popping out of its head as if it had died by decompression. The fingers on both gnarled hands were long and wicked looking, complimented by sharp, blood-covered nails. Two bullet holes were seen in its chest.
"Well, this is right up Dr. Sudeki's alley. Some of the villagers from the last village attacked managed to kill one of the creatures. Not very many villagers have any type of gun here, and the man that shot it said that the other Demons picked up the weapon it was carrying. He's the first known survivor of any village attack so far. And obviously they aren't just rebels dressed up as I previously thought. Dr. Sudeki, you have two choices here. You can stay in the city and dissect the brain, or come with us and wait for us to tag a 'fresh' sample." Sean said, looking at the Asian doctor.
Sudeki put his hand under his chin and thought for a moment. Turning to Dr. Quest, he spoke.
"Benton, if it's alright with you, I'd like to stay behind and study this specimen. I think I'd be more of a hindrance then help on a journey into the mountains anyway. I am not built for such things."
"That'll be fine, Dr. But be alert, you saw the pattern that these creatures are taking." Benton replied.
"Now that that's settled, if you'll all follow me, we'll get going. Dr. Sudeki, if you follow that man," Sean said, pointing to a man dressed in a expensive-looking suit." He'll lead you to the lab where you can begin your work."
Dr. Sudeki nodded and walked off with the man.
The rest of the team followed Sean to the large truck, which Gregory had just started up.
"That doesn't look big enough for all of us to fit in, Sean." Race said.
"It's not. This is where we split for the journey up there. I have another truck ready to go around the corner. Oh, and before I forget, here." Sean walked up to the truck and tossed Race, Benton and Carter a rifle each. "I have the rest of the weapons in my truck. If it's ok with you three, I'll take Jonny, Jessie and Hadji."
Receiving a nod from Benton, Sean motioned for the three teenagers to follow him. Before he could walk two steps, Race called out to him.
"Hey Sean, I have one more question for you. Why did the government ask for us to investigate? Why not send in the military first?"
Sean turned and faced Race, a grave look on his face.
"They did. Grelinka's army isn't big, Mr. Bannon. They sent 4,000 troops in, which is half the army itself. None of them came back. We assume that the rebels got some, and the Demons got the rest. They called you in because you and the Quest Team have gotten out of situations with fewer chances of survival then anyone else alive. And you have much better training then the army did, which I think is why they got taken so fast." Sean turned and walked towards his own truck, the three teenagers following.
Race turned to Benton.
"Are you sure we should do this, Benton? This is extremely dangerous."
Benton gave a slight chuckle.
"Since when is anything we do safe? I'm sure we'll be fine. Let's go."
Benton, Race and Carter climbed into the truck. Gregory put it in gear and took off.
Sean and the three teenagers arrived at Sean's truck. Sean grabbed a bag out of the back truck bed and tossed it to Jessie.
"Inside the bag are the weapons. Take one or two and pass it down. Be quick about it, we can't get left to far behind."
Jessie looked inside the bag and grabbed out two glocks, both inside their holsters. Jessie tossed the holster around her waist and snaps them shut, making sure both would be able to be drawn without catching on anything. She reached back into the bag and tossed Hadji another gun, a nameless .38 caliber revolver. She also tossed Jonny an 18-ince knife. Jonny twirled it around expertly.
"Now that everyone's settled, let's go." Sean said, opening the door to the truck and climbing in, starting the engine.
The three teenagers climbed in and just got in their seats when Sean floored the pedal, flinging them back into their seats.
"Whoa! Slow down, Sean!" Jonny said, grabbing for the seatbelt.
"Can't. We gotta catch up to the others. Buckle up and hold on."
After a two hours of driving, Sean and the others finally caught up with Gregory, who had stopped at the foot of the mountain. He and the Doctors and Race were outside, stretching. Sean pulled his truck to a stop beside the other.
"Well, get out and stretch. This is the last stop until we reach the middle of the mountain, which will be another three hour drive. And that's if we don't run into any Demons or Rebels. If you gotta piss, there's plenty of trees." Sean said, getting out of the truck, walking towards the foliage.
"Gee, pee behind a tree. How nice." Jessie said, rolling her eyes.
JQ ELSEWHERE JQ"All is set, Master. The Team has arrived at the bottom of the mountain."
"Good. You have done well. You have only a little ways to go before you are rewarded. Now get back to work!" A sinister voice replied.
"Of course, Master."