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:
With more sightings of the Berserker in the Philippines and the conflict of imposing martial law over the strange beast, the agents are ordered to visit Dr. Martinez in Simon Fraser University at once before anything can happen to him. In another story, Diana begins to share her feelings with Mark Sy ever since he saved her life. Will she able to express them to him? Stay tune to this chapter to find out.
Chapter 5: What is the truth?
Mark's room - 9:00 P.M.
Sunday came to an end. In the morning, he went to church with the rest of the guys (except Java for obvious reasons!) before they went back to Mark's place since there was nothing to do. In the afternoon, the gang received a debriefing from M.O.M. about the latest information about the Berserker and their next steps.
"Well agents, it appears that Dr. Martinez can meet you from 10 AM onwards. He'll inform SFU security about the pre-arranged meeting at once."
"I need to ask you something 'cause I'm wondering if my former mentor is in danger at all." inquired Mark with a worried look.
"We've manage to tap his lines and we managed to discover that someone is making threatening calls to him. The caller mentioned that his life will be in danger if he would tell their secrets to anyone."
"Which means that we have to act quickly tomorrow." remarked Diana. "At any time on Monday, Dr. Martinez will be in trouble."
"Now this is strange. Who could have make threats to the professor's life?" inquired Martin.
"It could have been Gio Valdes. ARCAM intelligence did point out that he'll be after anyone who's a threat towards his ambitions." answered Patrick.
"Agents, you need to move fast as soon as possible. The key in solving the Berserker problem lies within him. I wish you all luck." M.O.M. stood up and walked back to the portal before she turned her head to Mark and said,
"Mark, I hope that your former teacher will be okay."
"I hope so too, M.O.M."
Before they wrapped up their night, Mark showed the gang his Gran Turismo 4 driving techniques and he used the 2003 Mazda RX-8 Type-S as he showed the guys that he was still the king of the game when they were in the game room. Later in the evening, he took his shower in his room for at least 20 minutes before he went out, all dressed in the same old red pajamas that he wore since last night. Before he sat on his bed, he took his brown acoustic guitar that was leaning near the bed frame. Before he could use it, he heard a knocking sound from the side door.
"Diana, is that you?"
"Yes. Can I come in?"
"Sure. Why not?" Diana entered Mark's room and she had the same blue pajamas as yesterday (A/n: Sorry, got influenced from mom on the PJ part! Nothing personal!)
"What are you going to play?" asked Diana as she sat on the bed next to him.
"Only one song from Darren Hayes. I just need to pass some time." replied Mark while he gripped his acoustic guitar.
"Wow! Can I listen?" exclaimed Diana with excitement.
"Sure." Mark then began to play the guitar while singing Darren Hayes' Dublin Sky (A/n: One of the coolest songs that I've heard!)
Diana noticed that Mark had tears in his face while he sang Dublin Sky. She felt sorry for him while she listened to him as he finished singing the song. "Poor guy, he needs someone to talk to. Seems like that he misses his loved ones." When it was over, Diana clapped her hands while smiling over Mark's "small performance."
"Wow Mark! You're good and I like the song too." said Diana.
"Sorry." sniffed Mark as he wiped out the tears from his eyes.
"I liked it, it was... really beautiful." Diana sat closer next to Mark and was blushing. "You know, I taught about what we've talked about yesterday and I was wondering if you would..." Diana was stuttering but she was able to speak out her mind. "Would you be my boyfriend?".
Mark was shocked by what Diana had said, "Wait a second, Martin told me a few times that you seemed to have a liking for Marvin."
"I only ADMIRE, not LIKE! Darn that Martin!" Diana got angry since she remembered Martin bugging her about her admiration for Marvin.
"But coming back to the topic, it would be fine with me, but maybe until a later time. I need to think things over." replied Mark as he propped his acoustic guitar near the bed frame.
"I see. But I want to thank you for being honest with me." Diana held Mark's face and kissed his cheek. She then laid her body on the bed while she thought about what Mark has told her. "I guess Mark has a lot of things in his mind right now."
"Well, I'm tired and the investigation should start by Monday. I have to sleep now." Mark turned off his night lamp and tucked himself into his bed sheets. "Are you going to bed, Di?"
"Yea, but I'm going to sleep... right NEXT to you!" giggled Diana as she settled into the bedsheets.
"Fine, as long as you don't disturb me, that's going to be fine with me. Well anyway, good night Diana."
"Good night, Mark." replied Diana as she prepared to sleep, but not before she kissed him again on his cheek. "And thanks again for accepting my offer." She then went inside the bed covers and placed her arms around his waist before she drifted off to sleep.
Outside Mark's room, Martin was watching the entire event from the door's keyhole. Though he usually gets angry when he sees someone else with Diana, he smirked to himself since he thinks that Diana will be fine with Mark. "I think I'll prefer Mark instead of that scrawny Marvin with Di, at least he's better."
Java walked past by him since he went downstairs to get some water. When he saw Martin peeping in the keyhole, he tapped him on his shoulder and asked what he was doing,
"What Martin doing near door?"
(Sweat drop) "Oh nothing, Javs. Just checking if my good pal Mark is okay. Come on, let's hit the sack. The others are in bed now and I suggest we better go too."
"What hit sack?"
"Java! I mean we should get some rest now."
"Oh! Java sorry." Martin placed his hand around Java and they walked to their quarters. Both of them were already wearing their pajama tops since their bath in the showers. Later, all activity in the mansion was quiet; everyone was in their beds sleeping the night away.
Mark's room - 7:30 A.M.
Sunlight was already peering itself in his room. Mark is usually a grouchy one when it comes to getting up in the morning, but he doesn't even have the time to be in bed. He knew that he has to get up and assist Martin and the gang in seeing Dr. Martinez in Simon Fraser University. The alarm was already buzzing and Mark had to inch his hand out just to stop it. But before he could even place his hand on top of his alarm clock, he felt that someone's hand grabbed his hand and helped him deactivate the alarm clock.
"Who helped me do that? Unless if it was Di, then I was dreaming." Mark then tried to get up from bed, but he couldn't since he also felt that someone was stroking and kissing his hair.
"Morning, Mark." said the sweet voice. Mark opened his eyes, rubbed it since he felt sleepy and he couldn't tell from his vision who it was, but he was sure that it was Diana.
"Diana?"
"Hi. How are you this morning?"
"What time did you get up? I didn't even notice."
"Early, just to see you sleep." giggled Diana as she kept on stroking Mark's hair. She had just taken a shower and was wearing her usual purple shirt and blue jeans with her purse slinged on her left shoulder.
"Well, I gotta get up now. We better hurry and see my old mentor. Did you eat breakfast?" inquired Mark as he got up and walked to the bathroom.
"Ya, I did. Some of the others have already started." She leaned back against the bedframe and folded her hands around her waist.
"Okay, I'll be back after I get some grub. Just gotta do something with my hair."
He then walked into the bathroom, closed it and began to take his shower after he grabbed a new set of fresh clothes while Diana left Mark's room and went downstairs.
Guest room area - 9:00 A.M.
Waiting in the guest room area in the middle of the first floor were Diana, Java, Martin, Patrick and John. They just wrapped up eating breakfast and are now waiting for the return of Mark. Yu accompanied him out early in the morning. Martin had received a call from M.O.M. that Dr. Martinez has just wrapped up his last class for the morning and has just returned to his History office. The gang was getting worried that they may not arrive in time. A few minutes later, Yu opened the main doors and walked inside with his Aluminum-colored BMW Sports Integral motorbike helmet under his arm.
"Guys, we can go now. Mark's here and the transport from the Center just arrived." He waved them on to follow him outside.
Outside Sy Residence entrance - 9:05 A.M.
When everyone was outside, they saw two motorbikes, one was a 2005 BMW R 1200 ST motorbike and the other was a 2004 BMW R 1150 RT motorbike, which had a Back Padded Case installed on its rear. Both were parked near a 2005 Acura MDX SUV in a Slate Grey Pearl finish with Center markings on the driver and passenger side doors. They were parked near the steps leading to the mansion's entrance. An unknown rider was turning off his BMW R 1150 RT motorbike and had a black Oakley O Pack 3.0 backpack with him.
"Where's Mark, Yu?" inquired Martin.
"I'm here, guv!" The mysterious rider stood up from the R 1150 RT motorbike and took off his Titanium Silver-colored BMW System 5 motorbike helmet and placed it under hand near his Oakley Blade Jacket and he was wearing BMW Summer Rain gloves on his hands. The helmet removal revealed the rider to be Mark, only this time with short black hair. He only had his Panerai Luminor Reservoir watch on his left and had his modified U-Watch kept in his backpack.
"Umm.. I like your hair, Mark. It looks good on you." blushed Diana as she tried to look at Mark's new trimmed hair.
"Thanks, Di. Anyway, I've spoken with the professor and he seems to be in danger right now. So we better hurry." commented Mark.
"Also, the Center delivered to you guys a 2005 Toyota Sienna Van in an Artic Frost Pearl finish." Yu pointed the car to the entire team and it was parked in a corner near the mansion's garage. It had Center markings on the driver and passenger side doors also.
"Come on, guys. Let's rev our rides and get to SFU as soon as possible." urged Patrick as the gang got inside the Acura MDX. Yu assisted Martin in operating the car's navigation system and told him about inputting Simon Fraser University into the car's navigation system while Mark placed his gloves back on his hands and turned on his BMW Motorrad Navigation II System as he sat down on his R 1150 RT motorbike. After Martin got the hang of using the MDX's navigation system, Yu went back to his BMW R 1200 ST motorbike and fixed his unzipped, black Polo Golf jacket while he operated the BMW Motorrad Navigation II System while Mark operated his system on his BMW R 1150 RT motorbike. While they were punching in the location, Diana sighed as she watched Mark operating his bike's navigation system.
"Mark looks so handsome when he wears that jacket." sighed Diana.
"Di, you okay?" asked Martin with a strange look as he wrapped up using the Acura MDX's navigation system.
"Never better." replied Diana as she continued to stare at Mark's motorbike.
"Looks like Mark just hit the jackpot!" chuckled John.
"I agree." added Patrick.
Mark and Yu wore their BMW motorbike helmets before Mark gave the thumbs up sign to Martin, which meant that they could go.
"All right guys, let's move out." Martin stepped on the gas pedal and moved out after Mark and Yu lead the way out of the mansion and into the road when the guard opened the mansion's gate.
Simon Fraser University - 11:00 A.M.
Martin dropped Diana, Java, Patrick and John off near the security office while he, Mark and Yu parked their vehicles nearby; Mark and Yu had removed their motorbike helmets and have stored them in their bike's storage boxes while Martin locked the Acura they were done, the trio ran to the security office and approached a security guard for directions,
"Excuse me, but where can we find Dr. Martinez?" inquired Martin.
"Who're you guys?" replied the security guard as he clutched his hand on his radio.
"We're from the Center and ARCAM. We need to speak with him right away." added Mark as he showed his Center badge. He had brought his O Pack 3.0 backpack along with him.
"Okay, I'll escort you guys to his office. Follow me." remarked the security guard as he showed them the way to his office.
"Does Dr. Martinez have any problems right now, guard?" asked Diana.
"Yes he does. A while ago, he did inform the security office that he received death threats. We managed to beef us security around the campus. But so far, he's still okay." The guard had to use his radio while Mark checked his Panerai Luminor Power Reserve watch for the time.
"I hope he is okay." muttered Mark under his breath.
"Don't worry. Didn't the guard say that he's still okay?" assured Diana.
"I really do hope so." Mark was still worried about Dr. Martinez even if Diana did try to make their situation positive. A few minutes later, the group entered the faculty building and were outside an office when the guard knocked on the door to see Dr. Martinez was still around.
Dr. Martinez was reading a thesis paper from one of his students in his office when he heard a knocking sound on the door.
"Professor, some agents of the Center and ARCAM are hear to see you." was the initial response.
"Thank the stars that they've arrived." Dr. Martinez hastily cleared his table of scattered research papers and placed them on one stack while he replied to the guard's call, "Send them at once, then you can leave us."
The door opened and later, the team entered the office while the guard closed the door. Dr. Martinez noticed Mark from the gang and was shocked upon seeing his face,
"Mark, is that you?"
"Sir! Long time no see! How are you?"
They immediately shook hands with one another and exchanged laughs while the others looked on with curiosity.
(Sweat drop) "I see that they were student and teacher in Mark's good old days." complained Martin.
"Martin! At least this relationship will give us an easier time." refutted Diana.
"Diana's right. This special bond may help us get to the bottom of the Berserker mystery." added John.
"Ah please sit down!" Dr. Martinez showed them their seats. "I must pardon, but one of your agents is my former student in social sciences when I taught in Xavier for a short time. Mark, please sit down. Thank you for coming on such a short notice." Dr. Martinez took his seat.
"Thanks, sir." Mark took his seat at Dr. Martinez's left side while Diana sat at his right
"Sir, we need to ask you about the Berserker." said Martin while reclining on his chair.
"You see, the Center and ARCAM has already detected its appearance in the Philippines and we taught that you may help us." added Diana.
"I see. But... I have a confession to make." remarked the professor as he cleaned his eyeglasses and wore them.
"What is it, then?" said Patrick in an angry-like tone.
"In the news, I was portrayed as a victim of this savegry expedition. But in fact, I was paid to do this work." Dr. Martinez sighed as drank his glass of water.
"Do you mean..." stuttered Yu as he was shocked by the professor's words.
"Yes, a man who called himself Gio approached me one day in my office when I was back in the University of the Philippines..."
"I want you to raise an expedition to find this for me..." He slipped in a picture of a strange beast, which had two glowing yellow eyes, two robotic arms with its clenched fists. The same three glowing yellow pod lights are seen in the middle of the robot's body.
"I've heard about this, this is a mythological robot founded by a strange civilization in Central Luzon. I've also heard that this thing has destructive properties when this thing is unleashed on a certain population. It's best if this thing is left undisturbed!" Dr. Martinez stood up from his chair and banged his hand on the table.
"Professor, I understand that you're in recent need of some cash. You do have a gambling debt, right?" Gio was cool and calm in the face of the professor's wrath.
"Here's my number. And if you don't accept my offer, your family will be in terrible danger. Think about it, you may need the money to solve your gambling money or do you want me to inform your wife about this, I'm sure that she wants to know why you've been going home late recently."
"No!" Dr. Martinez began to sweat as he felt that he was in trouble with Gio and his threats. He then sat down and folded his arms as he seems to be forced to agree to his proposal.
"Okay, I'll do it. But only if you promise to stay away from my family."
"I'd know you agree. Once the job's done, I'll send the money to your office."
Mark began to get angry over Dr. Martinez and banged his fist on the table really hard that his hand swelled up.
"Sir! What the hell is wrong with you? How could you have done such a thing like that? Why did you accept that stinking threat of his?" Mark then grabbed the professor's collar in anger. He had a sense of hatred all over him that he wanted to beat him up like a rag doll.
"Mark, easy now!" protested Diana while she held his arm in an effort to calm him down before something happens to him.
"Java no like what Mark doing!" added Java.
"Whoa! Mark, calm down. He must have a good explanation for all this." assured Martin as he rose up from his chair and walked up near Mark.
"Please, hear me out. I have no choice..." pleaded the shaken professor.
"Wait, I can hear something." rebutted John as he began to sense something was wrong. Really, really wrong.
A humming sound was heard and then, a loud blast emitted from an unseen object. The loud, blaring sound was strong that it destroyed a section of the professsor's office, which knocked everyone down. Moments later, a mysterious metal monster was hovering outside while being aided by rocket boosters.
"Oh my god! What is that?" stated Martin with shock and awe as he did not believe that he has seen a strange beast that big.
Dr. Martinez was shivering from his chair and wanted to get up, but he felt so scared that he couldn't do so.
"IT'S THE BERSERKER! GET THE PROFESSOR OUT TO SAFETY NOW!" ordered Yu as he brandished his Omihalcon combat knife from his jacket. Everyone was at shock over the being's appearance, but Patrick and the rest of the guys were at combat stance as John and Patrick tried in vain to draw their pistols from their Morane Consult Concealed Holsters, Diana and Java tried to help the professor up to his feet and Martin frantically pressed the buttons on his U-Watch in order to activate the X-Staff Option.
The Berserker then hovered down to the now destroyed office and turned off its rocket boosters. Its head immediately turned to the direction of the professor cowering like a scared child near his office door.
Mark then quickly unzipped his O Pack 3.0 backpack and grabbed a Tanto sheath. From it, he drew out his Extreme OPS Tanto blade from it. Mark had his knife modified by requesting the ARCAM R&D department to remove its original blade and had it replaced with an Omihalcon copy of the blade. He dashed in front of the Berserker and started to make threats to it.
"If you're after the professor, then you'll have to get pass us first!" decreed Mark as he held his Tanto blade and pointed it towards the beast.
Chapter 5 END