Martin Mystery: New Allies

By: Ominae

Rating: PG-13

NOTE:

All characters of Martin Mystery are under the copyright of Marathon; Yu Ominae is a copyright of Striker/Spriggan; John Vattic is a copyright of Codemasters and Free Radical. The character Mark Sy is under my jurisdiction and some parts of his life are based from my experience. The character Patrick Chan is also under my jurisdiction.

Previously:

Martin and the gang had barely escaped with their lives when they were ambushed by terrorists in Vancouver en route to Mark's residence in order to take up temporary shelter. Diana's life was nearly in danger during a pre-empt attack against the agents until Mark came to her rescue, which earned him Diana's gratitude (and a kiss, awww!). Everyone realized that the terrorists have stepped up their activities and they needed to act now before it's too late. Will they be able to meet Dr. Martinez in time and if they do, what information can they get from him? Stay tune to this chapter to find out.

Chapter 4: On the move

Inside Dodge Sprinter Van, on a rural road somewhere in White Rock, Canada – 4:20 P.M.

"Mark, wake up. We're almost near your place."

Mark then woke up from his hour and a half nap. He then gazed at the van's clock and he found out that it was exactly 4:20 P.M. He momentarily rubbed his eyes to regain some vision since he felt sleepy. He turned his head around and saw the rest of the gang still doing their usual activities, except that Martin and Java are now sleeping in their seats, Yu was drinking Diet Coke from the can. John and Patrick were still doing their usual thing ever since they left the Special Response Squad's (SRS) blockade area (If you're not sure about this, reread Chapter 3). Mark turned to his right and saw Diana starring at him and asked,

"How are you feeling, sleepyhead?" She then smiled at him.

"Fine, fine. And next time, don't call me sleepyhead." He then checked his Nokia 7250 cellphone from his phone belt clip and noticed that he had a missed call from M.O.M. "Damn, I missed M.O.M.'s call."

Diana then spotted a large mansion with a gate 20 meters from their van. He tapped Mark on the shoulder and asked,

"Is that your place?"

"You mean, my aunt's place and yes, we're staying there for the meantime."

Mark then turned around and yelled "OKAY EVERYONE! WE'RE HERE!". He observed that Martin was still sleeping and yelled at him, "HEY SLEEPYHEAD! WAKE UP!". Martin then jumped from his seat and bumped his head. Mark, Diana and everyone else was laughing at him.

"Sheesh Mark, you could have asked nicely." commented Martin as he tried to massage his head from the bump.

"Well Martin, Mark couldn't help since he didn't want to disturb your sleep." chucked Diana.

"Never mind." Martin was pouting from Diana's remark and angrily had his arms folded.

The van slowly made a left turn to the mansion's gate. Gino lowered his window and an armed security guard approached the van from the guardhouse. He was armed with a 10mm Glock 20 pistol, which was placed in a left hand Fobus Glock 20 Paddle Holster at his left with a Fobus Double Magazine Roto-Holster paddle at his right side. He then saw Mark inside and gave him a salute. He then inquired,

"Hey Mark, these your buddies from Montreal?"

"Yep! Did I get any calls from my aunt, Harold?"

"None yet. I'll buzz you guys in."

The guard went back inside his guardhouse and pressed a button. The gate in front of the van slowly opened and once it was halfway open, Mark motioned Gino to proceed through. The van went inside and drove through the center, which was a garden area. Diana looked from the window and noticed that one of the garden areas had a statue of David in the middle of it.

"Wow Mark. The garden is beautiful." remarked Diana.

"My aunt personally did the garden ever since she moved to White Rock a few years ago. She really loved nature." replied Mark as he had his hands behind his head.

Gino then parked the van near the steps of the main entrance. He then took the keys from the ignitionand pressed the unlock button for all of the Dodge Sprinter's doors.

"Okay everyone. We're here now." Mark motioned to Diana to disembark from the van. Diana opened the passenger side door and stepped back from the van for a few meters since she wanted to see if the van is fine. Mark exited the van and took his cellphone from his phone belt clip and began to speak with M.O.M. over the line.

While the others came down, Martin saw Diana examining the van and inquired to her, "Hey, Di. What're you doing?"

"The van didn't have a scratch of some sort. Guess we were lucky with the ambush a while ago."

Martin then examined the van too, while he held his bag, and he observed that the van didn't receive any bullet hole of any sort. "Yea, you're right. Somehow, we were lucky." Martin then strapped his bag on his shoulder while he, Java, Yu, Patrick and John went to the van's rear and proceeded to grab the luggages from the trunk. Mark then punched his cellphone's end call button and replaced it back at his belt clip. He then shouted at the gang to gather round him, which everyone did. He then everyone on what M.O.M. has informed him about,

"Everyone, listen up! M.O.M. has told me that they've got some new information regarding the nature of these terrorists and about the Berserker. I suggest that we head to the living room after we get washed up. The maids will take care of your luggages. And in case if you're wondering about the van, it's bulletproof."

"Swell, I can't wait to know more about the Berserker." said Martin with a huge smile and cheerful eyes.

"Will we also know who's responsible for the previous ambush?" asked John.

"Yes, and we'll soon know when we can see Dr. Martinez as soon as possible." replied Mark.

"Okay. Let's hope that we can get most of our answers straightened up."commented Yu.

"My hope's exactly." said Patrick sarcastically.

"Well, what are we waiting for? We better go see M.O.M. for the briefing." added Diana.

"Right. Come on, guys. Let's leg it to the guest room. I'll show you where it is." He then went inside the main entrance, with doors opened, with the rest following Mark inside the mansion.

Sy Residence - 5:00 P.M.

Mark was speaking to one of the butlers for water outside the living room while the gang settled inside the living room and waited for him to come inside. Martin played a prank joke on Diana by placing a fake spider on her hair, which made Yu laugh. John practiced his telekenisis by lifting Patrick's CZ-100 pistol from his holster, Patrick noticed his antic and tried to grab his floating pistol in the air. He, however, remember to put the pistol in safe mode though. Java walked around the room, trying to admire the many paintings that were inside the living room. A few minutes later, Mark reentered the library with a tray of 6 glasses of water and he had it placed in one of the living room's tables. He handed each and everyone a glass of water.

His cellphone played a James Bond ringtone theme; he then grabbed it from his belt clip and pressed the call button to speak with his caller while he closed the living room doors. "M.O.M. should be coming here any minute now." said Mark while he placed his hand on the cellphone's speaker. After a few minutes, Mark pressed the end call button and returned his cellphone to his phone belt clip while he unrolled his Oakley Blade Jacket sleeve and examined his Panerai Luminor Power Reserve and sighed, "She should be here. What's taking her so long?". He had apparently changed his modified U-Watch into his Panerai in order to avoid a ruse from the househelp that he was a Center agent.

The portal appeared near the living room doors and M.O.M. emerged out of the portal with a newspaper in her hands alongside Billy.

"Hello, guys! Hope your trip went well." She took her seat in the white couch. Martin quickly rushed to sit beside her. As usual, M.O.M. was not impressed.

"So what did you find out, M.O.M.?" asked Martin in a suave manner.

M.O.M. didn't pay attention to what Martin said and she showed the team a local tabloid and a broadsheet. The broadsheet was a Philippine Daily Inquirer and the headline said,

RUMORS OF "BEAST" SIGHTING!

LOCAL POPULACE IN PANIC

GOVERNMENT TELLS PUBLIC NOT TO PANIC

"I was afraid of this part." commented Patrick as he tried to drink his glass of water.

"So what now? Do we have a lead?" enquired Diana.

"Yes, we do. Apparently, Dr. Martinez is based in Simon Fraser University. He's currently posted in the History Department as a visiting professor and I spoke with him a while ago. He agreed to have a meeting with you guys this Monday." replied M.O.M.

"Anything else?" asked Mark with his arms folded.

"Yea, what about these so-called terrorists that attacked us a while ago." inquired John.

"We've checked the suspected communications and from the interrogation notes of one of the fake policemen, the SRS has connected the two incidents to the assassin cells in Vancouver, so we need to very careful in the next few days." M.O.M. then motioned Billy to hand the tabloid to Mark.

"Here ya go, Mark. M.O.M. took her time just to get that for you to check." Billy then gave the tabloid to Mark.

"Thanks, Billy." Mark then drank his water while browsing the tabloid.

"You may want to translate the said headline. I asked one of our agents in Manila to procure this tabloid." answered M.O.M.

"M.O.M.. I just want to know why Mark is armed with a pistol. I thought that most agents are supposed to be unarmed." questioned Martin.

"You see, Martin. Most of our bases are in certain countries that have some problems with insurgents or law and order. You'll never know when the agents may run into an armed rebel. In the Philippines sector, we lost 3 of our agents when they ran into New People's Army (NPA) rebels, which is why I made a directive that agents operating in hostile territory in any of our sectors around the world are permitted to be armed at all costs. " M.O.M. was then checking her headphone to see if it was loose. "Besides, Mark was qualified to be trained in military tactics." giggled M.O.M. as Martin pouted with arms folded around his waist when Diana also joined M.O.M. in laughing at Martin.

Mark browsed at the frontpage while sipping his glass of water. He then choked on his water and his eyes were wide with shock when he had finished reading the entire frontpage. Everyone stared at Mark with concern.

"Mark, what is it?" inquired Yu.

"Yea, Mark. Tell us." added Diana.

"Is something wrong?" asked Martin.

"According to this paper, the government may be prepared to declare martial law if the police can't resolve the situation and the president may ask the army to step in." replied Mark.

"Which is why we need to speak with Dr. Martinez as soon as possible and find out what he knows. I suggest that the team leave by this upcoming Monday to meet him at his office at the university. I'll ask some people from the Vancouver sector to deliver transport to your house, Mark." M.O.M. then took back the broadsheet and the tabloid.

"Of course. You'll just have to inform the guard. But I can't just tell them that it's from the Center. What do I do?" Mark was a bit worried since he might expose the Center's existence.

"Dont' worry, Mark. I'll take care of it." assured M.O.M. "Well, I have to go back now. So for now, enjoy the rest of the night."A portal then materialized near the windows of the living room. M.O.M and Billy went through the portal, but M.O.M. hesitated and spoke to Martin and Mark before she entered,

"Martin, I wish for a successful mission for the next few days. Mark, update me as much as possible with new information."

"Right, M.O.M." Martin and Mark answered together. M.O.M. went through the portal and it completely closed and disappeared from view. Yu stood up and walked near the door, where he propped himself up against the wall.

"So what now, crew?" John inquired.

"Well, it's 5 minutes past 6, so we better eat." suggested Mark as he went out of the living room and went to the nearest phone line to make a call for some food delivery."

"Martin, what do you think about what M.O.M. said a while ago?" wondered Diana.

"Well Di, M.O.M.'s right. We'll have to wait until Monday in order to find out." replied Martin as he chugged the rest of the water into his mouth.

Diana sighed. She was wondering about what will they can do for the meantime. "You know, I think I want to spend the rest of the evening talking with Mark. He's such a nice guy and I just want to know him a bit better." Mark remerged into the living room with a happy face.

"Hey, what'd you order?" inquired Patrick.

"Yea, like you're planning something big." commented Yu with his arms folded. He was standing near the door.

"You hiding something or what?" remarked John as he smirked at him while adjusting his glasses.

"I ordered Pizza and Chinese food for all of us tonight. It should be swell." answered Mark. "Come on guys, it should be arriving after a few more minutes." He then escorted the entire gang out of the living room to the dining area.

Dining/Game Room - 7:10 P.M.

Order of the day was pepperoni pizza and Szechuan food, with some additional meals including Sweet and Sour Pork, Fried Rice and Shark's Fin Soup (A favorite of Mark and the writer of this fanfic!). Everyone used chopsticks for their utensils, with the exception of Java since he had a hard time with it (After all, he was a caveman!). Martin and Java had a good time eating most of the pizza and the Sweet and Sour Pork, but Diana kept reminding Martin to eat properly, while she assured Mark that she was sorry for Martin's assured Diana that he was used to it from the day that they met in basic training. He was eating Long chao shou (Sweet-spicy wontons) with his Fried Rice since he was a fan of spicy food while John had to drink a few glasses of water due to his vulnerability to spicy food. Yu was enjoying his Shark's Fin Soup and Patrick was the other person besides Martin and Java to eat the last few slices of pepperoni pizza. Diana just ate Kung Pao Chicken and Ma Po Tofu, especially since she just developed a taste for it. Java had a hard time with the chopsticks, even if Yu and Patrick stepped in to help Java master it, which resulted in a sloppy mess on some parts of the dining table. They later wrapped up their dinner in order to relax for the rest of the night.

Mark then showed everyone to the game room. It had a billiard table and a couch with a coffee table near it. In front of the couch was a 30" Widescreen FD Trinitron WEGA HDTV with a Playstation 2 unit on top with some controllers, a multitap adapter and a GT Driving Force Pro Force Feedback Racing Wheel. There were some Playstation 2 games in a nearby games. Eyeing this shelf, Martin dashed near it and grabbed Gran Turismo 4 from the shelf and tossed it to Patrick. They hastily operated the Playstation 2 unit and started to play Gran Turismo 4 with Java, John and Yu in the line. Mark and Diana just stood by and watched. Patrick was the first to play. He selected the 1994 Subaru Impreza WRX STi Sedan and made a good impression with everyone as they cheered for him. Later, Yu played next and used the 2001 Acura RSX to blaze through the virtual roads of the game. Patrick, John and Martin rallied around him while Java looked around the gaming room as he was bored. John took his turn and chose the 2000 Lotus Elise for his virtual car and made the entire gang stumped on why he wanted to have a rarely used racing car since it could be only seen in real life only in Europe. John insisted and he managed to beat Patrick's best time since he was a vet of the Gran Turismo series. Wanting to impress Diana, Martin then sat down on the couch and cracked his knuckles before he gripped the steering wheel and decided to opt for the 2001 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII RS car and wanted to show off his skills,

"Hey, Di. Watch me turn this corner." Martin then sharply stepped on the Wheel's brakes and made a sharp left turn on the steering wheel.

Unknown to Martin, John used telekenesis on the acceleration pedal and made the car crash on the wall. Soon enough, everyone laughed at Martin for his "antics".

(Sweat drop) "Hey, what gives?" Martin was perplexed at the sight of the crash since he didn't step on the acceleration pedal.

"Are you trying to show off that you're good in driving or in crashing?" quipped Diana as she couldn't stop laughing.

(Sweat drop) "I didn't do it. John must have used telekinesis on the gas pedal." rebutted Martin.

"What? You dare accuse me of something that I didn't commit?" defended John as everyone was still laughing at Martin for his "nice" car scene had he did in Gran Turismo 4.

Mark yawned for a few minutes and went to the direction of the door.

"Hey man, where you going? Aren't you going to stay for a little more?" inquired Yu with a confused look.

"Sorry, Yu! I'm just tired from what happened a while ago. I'm going to bed." replied Mark as he went of the door. "You guys can enjoy themselves and don't forget to shut down all the electronics when you're done."

"I'm going too. Night guys." Diana then ran out of the door and went to her room with Martin.

Mark's room - 10:00 PM

Everyone went to their quarters to get some shut eye. Mark had the opportunity of showing the gang where their quarters are. John, Martin and Java are sleeping in the first room, Patrick and Yu are heading for the second room, which was the room that they had when they visited Mark before. Although Diana had one room for herself, she had a special room since it connected to Mark's room.

Mark was in his room drinking his glass of water before he went to bed and read Rainbow Six before he decided to turn in for the night. He had red pajamas on.

Martin and Diana's room (with Java) - 10:10 PM.

Martin, on the other end, was still awake on his bed since he was still thinking on what could happen tomorrow. He turned around and saw Java sleeping. With that in mind, he then closed his eyes and went to sleep afterwards. He just wished that everything could go smoothly the next day.

Diana muttered "Good night" before she went to her bed, feeling tired.

Chapter 4 END