Next Chapter is ready to go. Building up the plot and background. What is gonna happen and why do Race and Dr. Quest have wierd feelings? Any suggestions,input, ideas,or advice is appreciated.
Chapter 4
"Man, this feels really weird, not like Questworld has before, but much more real." Jonny couldn't help but say to no one in particular since logging onto the brand new defense and training program.
"Well Jonny, while you were away at school I did a serious upgrade on Questworld to make it much more realistic and interesting, and this is the first program created for the upgrades. What you'll find when the program goes active is that gone is the Questworld of old with the laser cannons and digitalized Virtual Reality. If it wasn't for the fact you know that it isn't real your mind and body would believe the world you see is the real world that's how realistic it is." Dr. Quest's voice came from seemingly nowhere like that of God. "Bitching." Was the response out of Jonny as he turned to look at his friends who had also entered Questworld with him and Race. Race turned to the 3 young men and looked up at the blue nothingness above him and said. "Dr. Quest first lets give the boys proper clothing and equipment here." "One second." Was the only response and then a second later the 4 men seemingly changed instantly into clothes. Each of them looked at themselves and then the others to find they each were now in Black BDU pants, Black boots, and Black tight t-shirts. On further inspection each of them found that they had also been equipped with a thigh holster holding a pistol, and a knife strapped to their calves. Anthony pulled out his pistol and examined it the said "Excellent. It feels real and I can even feel the little contours and nooks on it." Steven and Jonny nodded in agreement as they checked out their own weapons and clothing. "Ok boys now loading level 1 training simulation, active in 10…9…8…7…6…5…4…3…2…1!" and at that second their surroundings changed into that of a normal busy metropolitan street corner. Dr.Quest's voice appeared again as the voice of god stating. "Level 1 mission is to successfully navigate 5 blocks while engaging armed opposition without being shot. Get too it!" and at that note everyone pulled out their handguns and started down the street with Race in the lead.
4 Hours Later
Jessie and Carrie were sitting in the cockpit of the Dragonfly keeping an eye on the Autopilot while Race was training with Anthony, Steven, and Jonny. They were conversing about what the mission was going to be like and if they would get any free time to either play in Questworld or to get out and see Kiev while they were there, when the door opened and Race with Dr. Quest walked in. "Hey sensei how was the training session with the boy's?" Jessie asked her father. Dr. Quest though was the first to speak up and say. "Actually quite impressively, they got further than Race and I expected, considering we trained it to push them to their limits and the adapting to the new upgrades." "Yes, I created that program to even be difficult for me, but by the end of it we all seemed to have gotten into a rhythm and think, move, and act as if we were a four man team that had been working together for a while." Was Race's response back. "Well that's good to know that we can rely on the bleach head and the walking muscle if they need to save us little damsels in distress." Carrie slyly said with an innocent yet mischievous smile.
"Uh huh sure, how is everything going up here ladies." Race said as he rolled his eyes up to the heavens and Dr. Quest laughed. "All systems are green light across the board, Radar shows no other traffic nearby, and we are ETA to Kiev in 2 hours." Jessie responded as she stretched her frame in the pilots seat. "Good to hear, now Race and I will take over here, I want you two and Mariah to log onto the Training program in Questworld and get a little practice in as well, Jonny will run the system and be your controller." Dr. Quest said softly, and the girls quick to get out of boredom got up and scampered out to the back to finally have something to do.
Race sat in the pilots seat and waited a couple of minutes before turning his head to Dr. Quest who had occupied the co-pilot seat. "Well doc, I have to hand it too you, between what I saw in the training, and yesterday during the attack I think your idea actually now is not as hair brained as I thought before." Race said to his employer. "well old friend as I said when I first told you my plan, you and I are getting too old to be constantly running around the world on whirlwind adventures, having the kids come in this summer to get real life training and work with us made sense." Dr. sighed before continuing "Plus it has always been my hope that Jonny and Jessie would eventually take over running Quest Enterprises allowing me to focus more on research and you no longer needing to play target and attack dummy for anyone who hates me." " Yea I know, I know, I just wasn't sure about the other four." Race sighed "Well think about it we fit every need with all of them, Jonny for the business and adventure side, Jessie and Carrie for most of the science side, Mariah for the Archeology side, Steven for his psych knowledge and planning, the real X-factor is Anthony. You saw the file Phil made for us right Race." "Yea he's an interesting one, father a firefighter killed in an arson fire set by the Russian Mob, an alcoholic after his death and the birth his sister who is now five. Practically raised his sister, and intends to gain custody of her after graduating Jonny said, plus running the house. Top grades at U of A in history, an avid Martial Arts fighter and does MMA supposedly to pay for college, carries a 16-2 fighting record, Independent and seemingly cold at times, but actually a deeply caring and passionate young man." Race read it off the top of his head as if he had memorized it. "Exactly, grooming him as your successor, and then teaming him with Jonny and Steven in the more active and action roles will be great as they have great chemistry, put the girls involved and those six should gel into a great team that will work together well and really take the future of QE far, and really help to advance our work." Dr. Quest was by this point smiling a huge Cheshire grin at his plan coming together. "I agree doc, those six will either be the best team ever, or they could destroy civilization as we know it, they are all a rare breed that lives for and thrives on adventure and the unknown. I just hope nothing like yesterday comes in and screws everything up!" Dr. could only nod his head in agreement as he looked out the window. 'I hope your right Race, but I just get the feeling that this mission could be the start of something else going on, and I don't like that feeling so far."