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THE C.N. VERSE

JOHNNY BRAVO

CHAPTER THREE

THE SECRETS

It's been about two weeks since Suzy entered Johnny's life which seemed to greatly improve it, they went out on a few dates and were finally able to be intimate from time to time and she would occasionally help out at the diner whenever Johnny got slammed, he had been the happiest he had been in a long time but there were a few things that plagued his mind, Suzy would disappear for hours at a time and would sometimes return home late at night with cuts and bruises, as if she had been in a major fight, Johnny wanted to ask her about them so many times that he lost count but feared what would happen if he prodded too much into it he would push her away. But that all seemed change on morning when he awoke to find her not sleeping next to him but instead found a note sitting on the night stand which he immediately grabbed "had to duck out early to take care of some things, see you later, Suzy"

Johnny couldn't help but sigh as he got out of bed and once he got dressed he went out to the diner to get the ovens heated up but just as he was about to turn the knob he a light tapping sound, he didn't think anything of it but when he heard it again he realized it was coming from the entrance of the diner, he slowly walked around the counter and was horrified to see laying in a pool of blood and was lightly knocking on the glass door. He quickly ran over and just as he opened the door he was shocked to see it was Suzy "oh my god!"

He immediately pulled out his phone but just as he dialed 911 she suddenly grabbed his arm "no… hospital"

Johnny just went ahead and call for an ambulance and just took what she said as delirium from the blood loss, a few hours later Johnny found himself sitting in a hospital room next to an unconscious Suzy "Mr. Bravo" the doctor said as he entered the room "what can you tell me doctor"

Before answering Johnny's question the doctor checked her vitals then turned towards him "well she's lost a lot of blood, but thank god you got her here when you did, any later and she might not have made it"

"Thank god"

"Now what can you tell me about all the bruises"

Just then a bad feeling came over Johnny, he could tell that this didn't look good especially for him but before he could answer there suddenly a page for him over the intercom about a code orange "oh dear god" the doctor said before rushing out of the room without explaining anything. A few seconds after he left a blonde woman entered "Mr. Bravo" the woman said as she walked in and over to Suzy, Johnny found it extremely difficult not to stare at the woman who seemed to have legs that went for days which the skirt she was wearing didn't help at all but just she got to the hospital bed he snapped out of his daze "Agent Z, what a pickle you've gotten yourself into" suddenly without warning she produced a syringe from inside her suit and injected the contents into Suzy's neck "what the hell do you think you're doing" Johnny said as he reached over and grabbed the woman's wrist "relax, I'm with the good guys, I just injected her with a bio-stimulant, this should help speed up her healing"

"Bio… what I don't understand"

"All will be explained in due time but right now"

She then looked down at her watch "we need to go… grab her"

"Wait what"

"In two minutes armed men are going to come through that door and kill every single thing in this room, now if you wish to live I suggest you pick her up and follow me"

Johnny didn't ask any more question and just unhooked Suzy from the machines and carried her over to the woman who was now holding a gun "this may get loud"

She then put on a pair of glasses which started to glow orange. Once she stepped outside she immediately fired off one round and took out and armed man but then two more appeared behind them but just as if she had eyes in the back of her head she immediately turned around and shot the two men in the head, Johnny was completely amazed by what he was seeing it was as if this woman knew who was going to pop out from where before it even happened, when they made it to the elevator the doors were open as if it was waiting just for them "in!" the woman demanded just as another armed man appeared which she dealt with almost instantaneously.

Once they made it to the parking garage they found a car waiting for them "lay her down in the back!"

While still carrying her Johnny managed to get the back hatch open and place her inside then once the back hatch was closed he hoped into the front passenger seat just as the woman slammed on the accelerator which rocketed the car forward then after nearly running into some oncoming cars they made it out of the garage "okay, what the hell is going on?"

"Your girlfriend back there works for us, we lost contact with her last night, we were about to send in a retrieval team to find her but that's when we received word that you had brought her to the local hospital"

"What does…?"

"You've landed right into the middle of a war Mr. Bravo, good versus evil kind of war, the man I work for saw many evils during the war that he decided to start an organization to combat those who sought to do evil"

"So Suzy is… some kind of secret agent"

Suddenly the car screeched to a halt "were here"

As Johnny stepped out of the car he was confused as to why they had pulled up to an abandoned movie theatre "quickly, bring her inside"

Once he had acquired Suzy and closed the back hatch of the car the woman pointed a small remote at the car and pressed a button, without warning the car suddenly sped away as if it was being driven by a madman "let them chase that for a while."

Once inside Johnny followed the woman to the front row of seats "sit her their"

He did as she said and place Suzy in the second seat from the end then he sat down just to the right of her "so if you don't mind maybe now explaining what's going on"

"Absolutely"

The woman then walked over the seat that was directly across the aisle from Johnny and lifted a section of the arm to reveal various buttons "enjoy the ride"

As soon as she pressed a button a strap suddenly appeared and strapped both Johnny and Suzy down to the seats "what the…"

Before he could finish the seats suddenly descended into the ground and disappeared "are you sure this guy can help us"

"He can get close to Carl and maybe figure what Manfred is planning" man responded through the woman's earpiece "let's only hope."

About an hour later Suzy slowly awoke to find herself lying in bed, as she sat up she immediately realized she was in a safe house "how the hell"

She got out of bed and when she left the bedroom she was surprised to see Johnny sitting on a couch starring at the ground, like he was deep in thought "Johnny?"

He immediately looked up and saw Suzy standing just inside the doorway "oh thank god"

He said as he jumped up from the couch and raced over to hug her "I don't understand, how did we…?"

Before she could finish Johnny released her from the hug "your colleagues rescued you"

"My colleagues?"

"Yeah… Suzy what the hell is going on?"

Suzy wasn't sure how to answer that so she motioned for him to join her on the couch "remember when I said I was an assistant to a high ranking official during the war"

"Yeah"

"Well that was sort of a half truth, I did assist him… in covert military assignments"

"So all the cuts and bruises that you come home with"

"Occupational hazard"

Johnny couldn't help but sigh in frustration "I… for the past two weeks I've been driving myself crazy trying to figure out a way to ask you about… everything"

"I know I've kept a lot from you, but I did it for your own safety"

"My own safety?"

"Carl, he's mixed up with a really bad guy and he's planning something big"

"I know"

"What?"

"Yeah he told me about it a few days ago, they are about to release a new phone that's going allow customers to connect all of their electronic devices"

"My god that's it, the cellphones are connected somehow… Johnny you have to help me take him down…"

"Are you listening to yourself, I've known Carl my entire life and you're making it sound like he some kind of Bond villain"

"Johnny I… you have to believe me"

"I don't know what to believe… I need to get out of here"

Suzy knew that she loading all of this on him and knew that he would need time to process all of this, so she showed him how to work the elevator which he took back up to the abandoned theatre. After a rather long cab ride Johnny finally arrived at the diner "ever be it so humble"

As soon as he paid the driver heard a horn honk which turned his attention to the parking lot where he saw Carl's limo parked and running but when he approached the limo he saw the driver inside motioning to Johnny to go inside the diner and while he made his way to the diner what Suzy had said seemed to echo through his mind "no, it can't be"

When he entered the diner he was surprised to see Carl sitting at the counter sipping on a cup of coffee "Carl?"

Carl immediately turned to see Johnny "dear god Johnny"

Carl hopped off the stool and hugged Johnny "I heard about what happened to Suzy, I've been trying to get hold of you for the past hour"

"Yeah sorry, it's been an… intense past couple of hours, I must have left my phone here, but everything is fine, Suzy will be fine"

Carl couldn't help but sigh in relief as him and Johnny walked over and sat down at the counter "I see you didn't hesitate to use the spare I gave you"

At that moment Johnny realized he had blood on his shirt "listen I'm going to… go change"

"Yeah no problem"

Johnny quickly walked back to the rear of the building but just as he walked into his house he was shocked to see the place had been ransacked "what, the, hell"

He immediately ran into his bedroom which was equally ransacked and started desperately looking for something, luckily after a few moments he finally found what he was looking for, his silver star. After a few more minutes of searching he found his cell phone and a clean shirt but just as he was about to dial 911 he realized something didn't seem right so he walked back out to the diner but just as he walked back out he was surprised to see Carl sitting at the counter except this time there was a gun sitting next to his cup of coffee "hey Johnny, I think we need to have a conversation."

TO BE CONTINUED…