Chapter 34: Uncovering The Truth
Bianca was researching Professor Venomous when she heard her personal phone go off. She glanced at her phone and she smiled when she saw who it was that was calling her. "Hey Nebula" she said. "Hey Mama Bi. Are Rad and Ko there? They said that they were going to P.O.I.N.T Prep to visit Enid" Nebula said. "Yes actually. I saw them last night. Don't worry, they're both fine. Enid is doing very well" Bianca said. She then explained what was currently happening. She then turned their conversation to a video chat. "Is that better?" Bianca asked. Nebula nodded and she opened her mouth to speak. Before she could say anything, they heard what sounded like rad and Ko calling for Enid. "Was that Rad and Ko?" Nebula asked in alarm. "I believe so. How fast can you get here?" Bianca asked. Nebula smirked. "With all the secret paths that Mr. Gar has, I shouldn't be no more than a few minutes" she said. "Good. I'll see you soon" Bianca said before she hung up. She heard a guard say something about them being taken to Chip Damage's office and Bianca was quick to text that information to Nebula. She then quickly pulled up the surveillance video and kept looking at where the guards were that had Rad and Ko.
Bianca then saw one of the tiles on the floor being levitated up and Nebula's head popped up. She looked around and spotted Bianca. "That was fast" Bianca said as she stood up and walked over to Nebula. She then held out a hand and helped Nebula up. "Now then, we have to act quickly. I'm not sure how much time we have before the guards get to Chip's office" Bianca warned. "Then what are we waiting for? Let's go" Nebula said as she took Bianca by the wrist and dragged her out the door. They then raced to find the guards.
"Attention students, final exams will be starting soon. Make your way to the testing area now" they heard Doctor Greyman say over the intercom. "Where did they go?" Nebula asked worriedly as she and Bianca tried to see where the guards went. "This way! We can take this elevator to .N.T HQ at the top" Bianca said as she lead Nebula to an elevator. "Why .N.T. HQ?" Nebula asked. "That's where Chip's office is" Bianca explained. "There's going to be more agents at HQ so we better be careful and act fast" Bianca warned. Nebula nodded and pressed the up arrow button. A few moment's later, the elevator's doors opened and the two females walked inside. Bianca then pressed a button and the doors closed and they felt the elevator going up.
Once the elevator stopped, Bianca took Nebula by the wrist and she started running. "We'll have to take this path" she said as she pulled up a projection of a map of P.O.I.N.T headquarters with a red line that they would follow. They then began to follow the map and sneak around the guards. After a while of sneaking, they arrived at the hallway outside of the doors to Chip Damage's office. "Great, more guards" Nebula whispered sarcastically as she and Bianca hid. "Don't worry, I have a plan. Follow my lead" she said as she got behind Nebula and gently took her hands and pulled them to behind Nebula's back. "Now start walking" Bianca whispered and the two females started walking. "Halt" a guard said as he and the other guards pointed their weapons at them. "At ease. I found her wandering the halls so I'm here to bring this trespasser to Chip for him to deal with her" Bianca said sternly. The guards then lowered their weapons and they moved aside. Bianca and Nebula then continued walking to the door and two guards opened the door for them. Once they were inside, the guards closed the doors and Bianca released Nebula.
They saw Chip aiming his weapon arm at Enid and Elodie. "Hey Chip! I think it's time that you chill out" Bianca said as she and Nebula both shot an ice beam at him. Chip was quickly frozen in a large block of ice. "Nice job" Bianca praised. "Thanks. Good job to you too" Nebula responded. "Rad! Ko!" Nebula cried as she saw them in a small cage. She quickly ran to them and opened the door. "You guys okay? I was so worried" she said as she pulled them out. "Are you girls alright?" Bianca asked the girls. They nodded and Rad and Ko quickly went back into the crate when the door opened. Nebula then took the crate into her arms. Bianca was surprised to see that it was Doctor Greyman who had appeared. She was even more surprised when she saw him holding a tuba.
"Chippy, it's time for your tuba lesson" Doctor Greyman said. "Oh! What in the world is going on here?" he asked in shock. Nebula quickly gasped in alarm. "What's wrong?" Bianca asked. "Look!" Nebula said as she pointed to Chip who had broken free of the ice. "Greyman. I can explain" Bianca said. Doctor Greyman then put up and hand and he wheeled over to Chip while he blew on the tuba. He then threw the tuba into the air and it exploded.
"We do not intimidate students in this-" Doctor Greyman started to say. He was the interrupted when Chip pointed his weapon arm at him. "Chip?! You will-" he started before he was pushed out of the way by Enid and Elodie when Chip fired his weapon. They all then his behind a fallen statue. "You okay Doc?" Bianca asked. "I'm fine. It's Chip that I'm worried about. What is this behavior? Chip always listens to me" he said. "What are you talking about?" Enid asked.
"Chip is an android. I am his creator" he explained as he removed his hat and beard. "Wait. Let me get this straight. Chip is a robot and your beard is fake?!" Bianca asked in surprise. Doctor Greyman then nodded. "Well your creation's been doing some real shifty stuff around here. I mean, he tried to blast us and he's the leader of some creepy secret society thing" Enid argued. "It's not creepy"Elodie said. "Nein! I am not controlling him. Chip has his very own robotic brain. When Bianca created Nebula, that got me inspired to do the same thing. I programmed Chip to always act as a symbol of strength for all the heroes around the world could ever hope to be" Doctor Greyman explained. "I knew I wasn't crazy!" Bianca yelled. Nebula then pat Bianca's arm.
"It's true that Chip has been acting weird lately. his programming is on the fritz! He's going haywire!" Doctor Greyman said. Chip then burst through the statue with his head. "Everyone, listen. His rumpus his only weakness. It's his main source of power. Hold onto it. Don't let it drop" Doctor Greyman said weakly. Chip let out a growl and Bianca created an ice wall. "All of you. Go! I'll take care of Doctor Greyman" Bianca said. Everyone looked at each other before they all nodded. Enid then made hands out of the shadows appear and pull them down and to the window. "All right guys, let's get out of here" Enid said. She then took a hold of Elodie and she and Nebula jumped out of the window. Elodie then shot an arrow at the wall. Bianca quickly yet gently scooped Doctor Greyman into her arms and ran out the door.
"Uh oh! Guys, we have a problem" Nebula said as she held the crate with Rad and Ko closer. "He's after us! Alright Elodie, your turn to hold this" Enid said as she handed Elodie Chip's power source. She then let go of Elodie and was levitated by Nebula to on top of the crate. Elodie then shot Chip's power source on one of her arrows at Enid. Enid then jumped off the crate and Nebula levitated it over to where she was as Enid kicked Chip. The three girls then began to toss the power source between each other. "Enough!" Chip said as he turned both arms into blasters and fired them.
Before Chip could get his power source back, Rad levitated Ko over to it and he grabbed it. Rad then levitated him away from Chip. "Ko! Rad! Destroy his butt!" Enid called. "Stop! Don't you understand that you're nothing without power?" Chip said. Ko and Rad then took a hold of Chip's power source and pulled it apart, successfully breaking it. Chip then fired his blaster at Ko and Rad. They two males went back into the crate and Nebula face palmed. Nebula then levitated over to Chip and gave him one mighty kick. They all then watched as he plummeted to the ground. The bell then rang and a large group of students came out and formed around the hole that Chip was in. The girls then all landed safely on the ground. Nebula then walked over to get the crate and she pushed away any students who got in her way. She ripped the door off and grabbed Ko and Rad. She then tossed the crate aside and levitated Ko to the ground while she held onto Rad as if he was an over sized stuffed animal.
"Failures?" Enid and Elodie heard Bianca say. She came sliding down in her ice while Doctor Greyman hovered down in his chair. "Today you have shown yourselves to be true heroes!" Doctor Greyman praised. He then reached into his beard and pulled out a gun-like device. "A pluses the both of you" he said as she fired the weapon at them. A red 'A' and a plus sign then appeared on their tops. "I'm still the best!" Elodie cheered as she shot out of her guard suit and into the sky. Bianca smiled as she watched her. "Okay students. Back to class. Nothing to see here" Doctor Greyman said as he and Bianca ushered all the students into the school building. He then began to wheel into the building. "You coming Bianca?" he asked when he noticed that his friend was not by his side. "I'll join you in a bit. Nebula and I have something we need to discuss" Bianca said. Doctor Greyman nodded and went into the building. Bianca then walked over to Nebula. When Nebula saw her walking towards her, she released Rad and he and Ko went with Enid and Elodie back to her dorm.
"You okay Nebula?" Bianca asked worriedly. "I'm not sure. I knew I was a creation and what you created me for. But, i'm just worried that I'll turn out like Chip" Nebula said solemnly. "Don't worry. Chip was an android while you are an actual living being. You're kind, caring, sweet, funny, brave, smart, and overall amazing!" Bianca said reassuringly. The two then began to talk about the small things in life to distract Nebula from doubting herself. "Oh yeah. I almost forgot to tell you something" Bianca said nervously. Nebula tilted her head in curiosity. "The thing is, Laserblast and I are... expecting" Bianca said carefully. "Expecting what?" Nebula asked. "Wait! Does this mean that you're- So technically, would this make me?"Nebula started to ramble. Bianca smiled and nodded. "Wow" Nebula said in shock multiple time and after a short while, Nebula went silent. "Congratulations! I'm really happy for you" Nebula said. Bianca smiled and hugged her. "Thank you Nebula" Bianca said. Enid, Rad, and Ko the walked up to the two females.
"What's up Enid? Why aren't you in your uniform?" Nebula asked. Enid then explained how she planned to go back to Lakewood with them. "Please be sure to keep in touch" Bianca said to Enid. Enid nodded and she hugged Bianca. Bianca then pulled away and watched as Enid went back to Ko, Rad, and Nebula. She smiled one last time before she went back inside to join Doctor Greyman in the lab.
When Bianca entered the lab, she saw that Greyman was hard at work, so she stayed in the shadows so she wouldn't scare him. "None of this was in his programming. It's like he was being controlled remotely this whole time" he said out loud to himself. "That's because he was. Thanks to this little gadget I had the boys at the lab make for me" Foxtail said once she came out from the shadows. "Foxtail? This was all you? but why? And where this the power ups come from?" Doctor Greyman questioned. "Not all heroes are equal. The only way for us to keep the world safe is to choose who gets the power. As for the power ups, let's just say that we have someone on the inside who just doesn't know that he's there" Foxtail explained. "What you did goes against everything that P.O.I.N.T stands for" Doctor Greyman argued. "If you disagree with my methods, then you can leave. We don't have room for the powerless anyway" Foxtail said seriously. "Fine! See if I care! Good luck finding a new head of wisdom" Doctor Greyman cried as his chair hovered out the door. Foxtail snapped and a drone came up to her. Bianca saw that it projected an image of Lakewood Plaza Turbo. Bianca quickly rushed out of the lab and caught up with Doctor Greyman
"Hey Doc. I heard what happened in there. If you need a place to say I'm sure my parents will let you stay with them' Bianca said as she took out a handkerchief and handed it to Doctor Greyman. He took it from her and wiped away his tears. "You think they will?" he asked her. Bianca and took out her phone. She then found her parent's home phone number in her contacts and called it. Once she heard it ringing, she put it on speaker. "Hi Bibi Bunny" her father said. "Hi daddy. Is mommy there too?" Bianca asked. "I'm right here baby" she heard her mother say. Bianca then explained what was going on. "Well then. We will happily take him in" her mother said. "How soon can he get here?" her father asked. "I can be on the next P.O.I.N.T shuttle to Lakewood. Does that work for you?" Doctor Greyman asked. "That would be fine" Bianca's mother responded.
After they talked about arrangements, Bianca hung up and helped Doctor Greyman pack up his belongings. 'I'm really going to miss you Doc" she said as she helped him to the shuttle's waiting spot where Ko, Nebula, Rad, Sparko, and Enid were. The shuttle then arrived a few moments later. Bianca hugged Doctor Greyman one last time before she helped them all on board. The shuttle then took off and Bianca wiped away her tears. She then took a deep breath and walked back into the school building. SHe clenched her fist as she thought to herself.
"I have to get that remote and see what Foxtail is up to"