Chapter 16: Discovery of the Thunder Lizards
The next morning, Melissa called everyone to come over to her house. When they arrived she took them to the lab. They went to the room with a large machine that could detect anything it was told to detect. "You guys, I have bad news," Melissa said.
"You're ugly," Gloria laughed but quickly added, "I'm kidding."
"Ha, ha, ha, very funny," Melissa returned saracstically.
She turned on the screen and everyone could hear some kind of alarm. On the screen, it said, "Alert: Electric Surge Detected." "What does that mean?" Gloria asked.
Ashley looked at her strangely. "Maybe it means that it detected an electric surge," she answered. "Duh!"
"I meant what does it mean when it says 'Alert: Electric Surge Detected' when there are always electric surges?" Gloria corrected. "Basically means why it is an alert? Why is it important?"
"Ok, we get the point," Ashley said.
"Because it's not just any electric surge," Melissa replied. "It's an electric surge from a high powered lightning storm. And no, I can't explain that."
"Which means?" Jessica pursued.
"Which means that the only high powered lightning comes from either thunder lizards or, of course, me. It's possible that with the blades on their back, they can create lightning storms with a huge amount of electricity. All in all, we have more to fight."
"How did you know it could be thunder lizards?" Caitlin asked.
Melissa growled in frustration. "Damn it Caitlin! I just explained."
"Oh," Caitlin said.
"So we have to make plans," said Gloria. "We'll have to find out where they are first. Melissa?"
"I'm still trying to work this thing. I'm not the tech freak here," admitted Melissa.
"So, you want me to do it?"
"Be my guest," Melissa smiled, holding her hand out.
Gloria groaned. She got on the computer to find out where the electric surge was coming from. Her fingers quickly hit the buttons on the keyboard, spelling out the computer's instructions. The computer finally answered her question. "Electric surge detected…647 miles east from current location. Creatures detected in location. Have very high energy level. Electric power equals more than 20,000 volts. Creatures identified as thunder lizards."
"Man, those thunder lizards have extremely high voltage energy," Ashley mentioned. "How many volts are in their electricity?"
"Around 55,000 volts," Melissa answered.
"Around 55,000 volts!" Ashley echoed.
"C'mon! Each thunder bolt has 100,000 volts or more. Combine about 20 lightning bolts and you get…a lot more. Mine is a lot more than 500,000 volts. Each has about…20,000 perhaps," Melissa elucidated.
"Hello people! We need to get prepared, not talk about science," Gloria reminded them.
"We can teleport now, can't we?" Caitlin asked.
"No because we can't go that far," Jessica replied. "We can only teleport 250 miles at a time. By teleporting the maximum amount, it'll take me 3 days to regain my power."
"So…let's fly," Caitlin suggested.
"Fly 647 miles!" Ashley, Jessica, and Gloria exclaimed at the same time.
"Oh c'mon! Mel can fly for 3 days without resting. Ash and Gloria can fly at least 100 miles. With them 3, we can get there before you know it. In 3 days, we can cover over 600 miles. We can walk the rest of the way. We can leave early tomorrow morning."
"That's the smartest thing you've said this whole day," Jessica commented.
"Oh yeah," Caitlin grinned
"What time do we leave?" Ashley asked.
"Most likely around…6:00 AM," Gloria responded.
"6:00 AM!" Ashley yelled.
"The earlier, the better," said Gloria.
"But—but—but—" Ashley began to protest, but she just groaned. "Fine."
"Atta girl," Gloria said. "Let's meet at…Cait's house. It is east from her house."
"Ok," Jessica agreed.