Chapter 27- Found it!
The hands typed quicker than they ever had done before, the sharp blue eyes scanned the information at an amazing rate, and tiny beads of sweat appeared on Jimmy's forehead as he tried to find the bomb. Cindy watched the love of her life anxiously, praying to herself that he would save them all. Time was running out, only an hour and a half remained. And there something more in the atmosphere, a deep shadow that hung over them all. Death. Cindy couldn't get rid of the feeling that, very soon, one of the group would be dead and buried.
Carl and Sheen sat together in the corner of the lab, Carl was sitting here to mull over events that had occurred recently, and Sheen had left the main group because of Libby.
"Do you think that souls rest when they die?" Carl asked suddenly, springing the question on Sheen from nowhere.
"I don't know Carl, I suppose so. Why?" Carl slowly drifted away, Sheen could tell that his friend's mind was very much preoccupied by something that was haunting him.
"I feel as if my Dad isn't resting, almost as if there's something that needs to be done first. I just don't know what, I mean his death has been avenged; what else is there to do?" Sheen shook his head, sorry he couldn't be of more assistance to his friend.
"I'm sorry Carl, but I just don't know what there is to say. Maybe that feeling will go away in time." Sheen suggested it lightly, sad that after everything they had been through together; he couldn't reassure Carl when he needed it most.
Jimmy continued to type, he could tell he was near.
"Cindy hand me a microchip." His girlfriend did as he asked, and Jimmy finally found a link to the video file he had seen previously. He began to download it onto the microchip, which he could then install into a projector. With that done, he could find where the bomb was.
"How long will the download take?" Cindy asked nervously, hoping it would leave them with enough time to find the bomb.
"About twenty minutes, and then installing it should take a few seconds." Cindy looked at her watch.
"That leaves us with an hour to stop this then, and then what do we do?" Jimmy looked darkly at her, and then looked up at the roof; almost as if his piercing eyes could see deep into space.
"Then we stop Eustace once and for all, then we end this. I won't rest until he pays for the lives he taken, either he dies; or I die."
Eustace looked at Jimmy, and laughed cruelly. He was watching the drama unfold via a hidden camera, and it amused him to hear Jimmy's words.
"You want to kill me Jimmy! How ironic, the creator wants to destroy his creation. Well good luck in saving the Earth Jimmy, but I don't think you'll have much luck. You can't even save yourself." Eustace smiled, and prepared to watch his machine squad attack the lab. It was time for Neutron to pay.
Jimmy watched the video download, and turned to look at Cindy. She was talking to Libby, no doubt their conversation involved Sheen in some shape or form. Jimmy was so pleased to have finally revealed his feelings for Cindy, suddenly his life seemed to be so much better. It was funny that Eustace had brought them together, if it weren't for his intervention they never would have run away together. Jimmy would always remember the Island with fond memories, it was where he had realised what he had felt for Cindy.
Cindy walked away from Libby, and the young teenager was left feeling confused. Cindy had indeed been speaking to her about Sheen, and Libby now knew she was facing a huge decision. She could tell Sheen how she felt, or keep quiet. She made her choice, she would keep quiet. Sheen had enough on his mind, and she could tell him another time. Once they saved the Earth, and everyone was safe, she would tell him.
The machines blasted the lab door open, and panic descended on the group. Jimmy dived towards the chip, and stared at it miserably. It needed two more minutes, and Jimmy didn't know whether they could survive long enough. He started towards the generators, but the machines saw him and blasted them into a thousand pieces. Everyone stared in disbelief, their only real chance of fighting Eustace was gone.
"Take these!" Jimmy cried out, and threw his friends laser swords. The machines charged, and more flooded into the lab. Carl was overwhelmed as they attacked, and he was surrounded by three of them. Libby and Cindy were fighting back to back, and Sheen was on top of a table battling them on a higher level. Jimmy fought off one machine, and grabbed his chip.
"Cindy! Grab a portable projector!" Cindy nodded, and looked at Libby giving her a thumbs up. The girls twisted around, and Cindy escaped in the following confusion. She snatched a projector from a desk, and spotted a metal case: Goddard. He had almost exhausted himself of power, and Cindy realised that when he did he would self-destruct. She looked around, and shouted to her friends.
"Over here, quick!" They gathered around her, and Cindy picked up Goddard in her arms. He had about a minute worth of power left in his body, it had to be now. She pressed a button on the console, and looked at the machines.
"So long." The group was sucked out of the lab, and as she vanished Cindy threw Goddard down into the midst of the androids. A mighty explosion followed, and the lab burst into a magnificent forest of flame.
Jimmy could only gaze at what had once been his lab, he felt as if he had lost two friends. Goddard and the lab.
"Its gone." He murmured the words, unable to believe that all his hard work was decimated.
"Jimmy we don't have time." Cindy muttered the words softly, but they had the desired effect on Jimmy. He inserted the chip into the projector, and activated it. The projection showed the bomb being deposited at an old factory, ten miles away from Jimmy's house. Jimmy continued to watch as the helicopter pilot was shot dead by Captain D, and dragged away.
"That's horrible." Libby said horrified that anyone could be so merciless.
"Just one more life Eustace will pay for." Jimmy stated, and he walked into the house garage. He brought out the hovercar, and the group sat in it. Little did Jimmy know, that soon one of the group would die at the dark lord's order. Little did he know that this battle was only the beginning. Little did Jimmy know that Earth was only the start of Eustace's rampage.
"Time for the final confrontation." Jimmy said, and he drove towards the abandoned factory. Everything was at stake now.
A.N. And here we go! The final dark chapters of Rising Darkness are coming! We have next, Chapter 28- Origin. In then next chapter, Earth's fate is shown, one of the group is murdered, and the identity of Captain D is revealed, then we have 29, 30, and an epilogue! Lets get to 100 reviews people!-badwolf1.
