Chapter 9- The trap is sprung.
The team set off in the hovercar, Jimmy had expanded the hovercar a few months ago, so they all fitted perfectly. They landed, and the group armed themselves. The young Jimmy and Cindy had the shrink ray; the hynpo ray; and two laser swords. The resistance were armed with laser rifles; and laser swords. They made their way to the hotel unseen, or so they thought.
Two hooded men walked up to James, and informed him that Neutron had arrived.
"Hmm, activate the turrets. Kill them all." The servants nodded, and James sat back. Neutron could not survive the trap; he did not stand a chance.
The older Jimmy led the way; he charged up his rifle and stopped.
"What is it?" His wife asked him.
"I heard something coming from a roof on the other side of the street." He whispered. Everybody turned, and saw two men firing at them.
"Get down!" Shouted Libby, and they all dived for cover. The turrets continued firing, and they were trapped. Jimmy moved to the side of the wall, which everyone was leaning against. He raised his weapon, and fired back. The shots missed, and the turrets continued. The wall would only stand for another few minutes, and then they would be sitting ducks. More hooded figures walked towards them, they were carrying rifles. The team was surrounded. The wall began to crumble; the older Jimmy waited for the moment and shouted.
"Dive!" Everyone dived onto the floor, and they avoided being killed. The resistance fired their rifles, and the hooded figures exploded. An android's face fell to their feet; but the turret was ready to tear them to pieces.
"We split up." Said Sheen. "Head for that helipad, good luck!" Everyone nodded, and began to run in different directions.
Young Jimmy and Cindy headed for a building, and without thinking threw open the door. The building was empty, and they sheltered inside for a while.
"Come on Cindy, we have to keep moving." His girlfriend nodded, and they continued on their journey.
They walked down the streets of the town, when they reached a large building.
"Should we go in?" Jimmy asked Cindy, she paused and nodded. They entered the building slowly, and were surprised to find that the room was empty. This room was large and circular; it had a few desks in it; and was littered with paper.
"Something's strange about this." Jimmy remarked slowly. Cindy nodded in agreement.
"Why are all the buildings empty?" She replied. Jimmy shrugged his shoulders.
"This is becoming stranger and stranger, but we have to keep moving. We could be caught by those androids any second." The two carried on, and reached a lab of some sorts.
"I wonder what all this equipment is used for?" Cindy asked.
"Probably designing those machines." Jimmy answered, and then noticed something out of the corner of his eye. Blueprints for a robot, he picked them up and examined them.
"It can't be." He muttered.
"What is it?" Cindy asked.
"These blueprints, they're the schematics for the Yolkian war machine that Eustace used against us."
"But that can't be right." Cindy insisted. "We threw that down the same cliff that Eustace went down."
"Hunt must have scavenged the parts." Jimmy muttered. And they carried on, as the shadows drew ever closer…
James sat back and smiled, so they were on the run were they? He would put an end to this once and for all. The machines approached him slowly.
"Alert the police." He instructed them. "Tell them to shoot to kill, and take no prisoners." The robots bowed, and exited the room. Now the fun would really start.
Sheen and Libby crept along the street, until they reached the entrance to the Town Square. Slowly they made their way into the town, and scanned their surroundings.
"The helipad is just across town." Libby told her husband. "We could be there in ten minutes, if we don't run into any trouble." Bullets began fly at the couple immediately, and the two instantly ducked down.
"You were saying." Remarked Sheen, and the two returned the fire.
"Who are they?" Shouted Libby, as she fired two rounds towards the shadowy creatures. Sheen squinted.
"They look like police!" He answered, before moving out of the way.
"Oh, that's all we need." Said Libby. "Everyone in the Bahamas trying to kill us, well the odds are stacked against us." Sheen stared at her.
"They are always stacked against us." He smiled, and she returned the grin. They fired again, but the police continued to approach them.
"Inside?" Sheen said, as they backed up against a door.
"Definitely." Libby replied, and they slowly opened the door. The police carried on to walk; they had not spotted the door yet. Suddenly Sheen swung open the door, and the freedom fighters dived in. They slammed the door, and quickly locked it.
"Barricade it." Shouted Sheen, and him and Libby pushed a bookcase against it.
"That should hold it." Libby said slowly, and she noticed something out of the window. A tank. A tank ready to fire.
"Get down!" She screamed, and they ducked underneath a table. The door was blasted open, and instantly bullets were let loose.
"Maybe you're a jinx." Sheen said, as they ran upstairs, gaining a scowl from his wife. The enemy entered the house, and Sheen and Libby had nowhere to hide.
"We can't get out!" Shrieked Libby, as the enemy drew ever closer.
"Oh yes we can." Her husband told her, and pointed towards the window.
"Oh you've got to be kidding." Libby muttered, and prepared to jump.
"Hope these windows are insured." Sheen said, and the two leapt through.
Most of the police were in the house, so the resistance was not greeted by a hailstorm of bullets. Instead, they were greeted by a tank.
"I've got an idea." Sheen told Libyy, prompting her to check the sky.
"What are you doing?" Sheen asked her.
"You had an idea, I'm checking the sky for flying pigs." Sheen made to give a comeback, but her thought better of it.
"Just follow my lead." He muttered, his wife nodded. Sheen ran towards the tank, and began to fire.
"Get on the top!" Sheen shouted, the police began to head back out. Libby began to climb the contraption, while Sheen distracted it. She opened the hatch, and fired at inside. Sheen climbed into it, and fired at the police force. They were wiped out.
"You just can't get tank proof police anymore." Sheen said smiling, prompting Libby to snort.
"I'll set this thing to self destruct." Libby told Sheen quickly, he nodded in agreement.
"Good thinking, we don't want the police to use this against us again." She nodded, and they ran out of the way. The explosion caused the entire square to set alight, and the freedom fighters walked away from the scene.
"Maybe more than just those windows needed to be insured." Sheen said calmly, as they headed towards the helipad.
The older Jimmy and Cindy were situated in the police station itself, and were in the middle of a gunfight. Jimmy killed two police officers, and then knocked another one unconscious. Cindy was using her laser sword to great affect, and the floor was becoming littered with severed heads. Soon enough the battle was over, and the resistance had triumphed.
"That wasn't much of a battle." Cindy said, and Jimmy nodded in agreement.
"Something must have them distracted." He said, and a massive explosion happened.
"That'll be our lot." Cindy said grinning, and they ran to the back of the police station.
"Look." Whispered Cindy, and she pointed towards two androids carrying metal boxes.
"The police have their own helipad." Jimmy whispered, and pointed towrds it. "If we get up there, then we might be able to get a vague idea of which way to go." Cindy nodded, and together they climbed the ladder. But the androids noticed them…
"So the resistance are here." Mr Hunt said, as James reported in.
"Yes, they are definitely here. And I am dealing with them; I know where they are heading. They will be dead before dawn. Captain C out." The hologram disappeared, and Mr Hunt smirked.
"You are mistaken my friend." He laughed. "It is not a question of whether the resistance will live to dawn, it is whether you will live that long!" He laughed maniacally…
"Captain C out." James ended his conversation with Hunt, and relaxed. His androids had just reported the location of the older Jimmy and Cindy; Sheen and Libby had blown up the Town Square; and the young Jimmy and Cindy were soon to dust. The trap was inescapable, and one thing was certain. At least one person would be dead by sunrise.
Young Jimmy and Cindy walked through another large empty building, and Cindy noticed a strange light on the wall.
"Hey look at this." Jimmy joined her, he touched it slowly. And the light turned bright red.
"Uh Cindy, I think your light is a bomb." Jimmy turned and saw that the lights were on every wall.
"And Cindy I think that we're trapped." Jimmy finished, and they began to sprint as fast as they could.
"This way!" Cindy screamed, and they managed to make it out just in time. The building blew up, and the inside was reduced to ash.
"Well now we know why those buildings were deserted." Jimmy said.
"I can't believe all that was a trap, there was no guarantee we would go in there." Cindy responded.
"The entire island must be full of traps." Jimmy said, and then he turned around.
"It's the helipad!" Cindy shouted happily, and the two ran towards it.
Sheen and Libby walked towards the helipad, and they noticed that the young Cindy and Jimmy were heading towards it as well.
"Hey! Over here!" Sheen shouted, and the young couple headed towards them.
"Hey, how are you?" Jimmy asked them. Sheen shrugged his shoulders.
"We encountered some police, and a tank." Jimmy nodded.
"Yeah we had an exploding building." The four paused and ran towards the helipad. The showdown was at hand…
James smashed the table angrily; he was more annoyed than ever. Neutron and the others were still alive, it was time to finish this. He called Hunt.
"What do you want C?" Hunt asked him irritatingly.
"I've come to report that Neutron is still alive." James told him.
"So what are you going to do about it?"
"I am going to kill them myself, they are heading for the helipad. Do not interfere." He ended the transmission, then received a call off the chief of police.
The future Cindy and Jimmy stood on top of the police station's helipad, and stared at the sight before them. The police chief was in a helicopter waiting for them, he fired at them. They both dodged left, and then dived to their right.
"What are we going to do?" Cindy shouted as a bullet whizzed past her ear.
"Follow my lead." Jimmy shouted back, he ran out and fired at the helicopter. But it was not nearly enough to stop it. He gestured to Cindy and together they ran to the edge of the helipad; and they jumped onto the machine.
"This will save us, or it will kill us." Jimmy told his wife plainly.
"I know, and I trust you." Cindy replied, and they attacked one last time.
James nodded at what the police chief told him.
"Yes kill them both."
"They're coming." The man shouted.
"Kill them now!" James screamed.
"They're coming in!" The shouting was replaced by the firing of guns, and then deadly silence. James stood at the mobile, not even breathing. Were they dead? Then the chiefs voice came through again.
"They are taken care of, what are my orders?" James sighed a sigh of relief.
"Excellent, meet me at the helipad. We will have entertained out guests long enough." James stood up, and headed towards the helipad. Two down…
The four remaining freedom fighters reached the helipad, and smiled.
"Where are Jimmy and Cindy?" Libby asked the others nervously.
"I believe they are in their graves." Came the cold emotionless reply. Everyone turned, and saw a tall, brown-eyed boy walking towards them. Jimmy stared; the boy could not have been older than fourteen. So what did he have to do with all this?
"Who are you?" He asked.
"My name is James, I am Captain C of the Generals army." The helipad became surrounded with soldiers, this was another trap.
"What have you done with Jimmy and Cindy?" Sheen questioned the boy, and he received a smirk.
"They're dead. My police chief killed them both." Sheen and Libby stood speechless, and Sheen sunk to the floor.
"They're gone." He whispered, and tears dropped from his eyes. Libby just stood there, not saying a word; or even moving a muscle. They were both paralysed with fear, grief, and hate for the man responsible. James and his soldiers all gathered at the far end of the helipad, leaving the resistance on the other side. James stared at them all, and smiled. If this was the affect when the future ones died, then if he killed Wheezer the present Jimmy and Cindy would be crushed. He raised his gun, and his men did the same.
"Goodbye freedom fighters." And the bullets raced through the air…
