2nd Feather : The First Attack
Days have passed since Zeal and his Stratos joined the team. There were a couple of runaways and a few minor chases, but everything was normal. It was a hot Sunday afternoon and there was absolutely nothing fun to do. Kayley was doing a little upgrade on her Altis while Zeal was just watching TV. It went on for hours when the on-board computer of the Altis and the Stratos received a transmission from AILE.
"Finally!" Zeal shouted as he got on his car and drove towards the city.
"Alright! I can test the upgrades!" Kayley jumped into the car and drove from one side of the town to the other.
Inside the garage, the two of them went to the same door at the same time.
"What are you doing here! This is my mission!" Kayley yelled at Zeal.
"I should ask you the same thing!" Zeal yelled.
"I can handle this! You can go home!"
"After what happened with that armored van incident? Stop joking!"
Kayley was speechless as she remembered being unable to stop the van. In her mind, their past missions flashed back one by one, most of which Zeal was the hero and she was the zero. She just clenched her fists and was about to cry when his hand landed on her shoulder.
"Relax. We shouldn't do this. We're teammates here. Come on. We have a mission. I can't do this alone." He said as he smiled at her.
Kayley was blushing, angry, frustrated, sad and a lot more… mixed emotions in short.
"Come on. If you just stand there, I'll leave you!" Zeal said as he opened the door.
"I thought you can't do it alone."
"I'll have no choice if you stayed there."
She gives a nod and walked with him towards the main room.
At the main room, the two of them were given a seat as the screen turned on and Ganef walked to the front.
"Listen you two, we have a sabotaged train at our hands. It's currently moving at 280 kph heading northwest. It is 200 less than 110 kilometers from the end of the track. You have to get there and stop it at least a kilometer before the end."
"Can't they just stop the supply of power?"
"They can, but that would put civilians living in that area in mortal danger. That thing is carrying a nuclear warhead. It is being levitated by a series of powerful magnets on all sides, ensuring that no strong impact shall befall it. Cutting off the power would disable the magnets and leave it vulnerable enough to an impact that could detonate it. Do you understand?"
"Yes, but how do we stop it?"
"You need to connect the backup OS. The train has its own backup OS but it was deleted by the saboteurs. You need to bring this laptop there and upload the OS." Ganef gives Kayley the laptop.
"We should leave. We don't have much time." Kayley said to Zeal.
"Alright."
After that, they both drove off to stop the nuke-train.