Chapter 24:
With training come a new day. Mom and dad were the first ones to start training with me. Soon we had an audience watching us, some even started to do our isometrics with us, as people started to follow us, I would correct them as needed. Some caught on fast, and other dropped out when they saw us exercising and not fighting. This took us down to the end of June, I now felt it was wise to start the plan to free my littermates.
Chief Bogo would come in and watch us for a bit, then go to his office. I waylaid him one morning, and asked if I could speak to him in the locker room. We went into the locker room, I immediately put finger to lips in a shushing move. The Chief raises an eye brow, but says nothing. I go to my locker and produce a surveillance counter measure and plug it into a wall outlet. We can now speak freely chief; all recording devices have been neutralized. Daniel, what's going on? Chief I need your help, I need to contact the Z CIA . The , what do you need them for? I need them for a rescue mission. What kind of rescue mission? Sir, you remember how I came into your lives? Bogo just shakes his head yes. Well sir, I need to rescue all my littermates from the institute where they are being held. With this the Chief sits down hard on the bench, the bench lets out with a groan at the sudden weight. Daniel, are you trying to tell me there are more of you? Yes Sir, I have three siblings, and four littermates. With this he puts his hoof to his forehead and starts to rub. Do your parents know? No Sir, they don't know, and they need to be kept in the dark. Why? Sir I know my parents would do something foolish, and I don't want to lose them. Bogo just shakes his head to the affirmative. All right Daniel, when do you need them here? Thursday, during practice would be the ideal time. All right, I will see what I can do.
On Thursday I bring in the portfolio with all the pictures of the institute building, and personal. As we start our routine, a striped hare and a white vixen walk into the room. They watch for a bit and the white vixen comes and joins us in the routine. We all bow to each other and I head for the ring. No one wants to challenge me this morning except mom. As we fight, I notice mom is getting better, but I still put her down to the mat. As we bow to each other, the white vixen, joins us in the ring. Mom steps out. I notice that the vixen had stripped down to her underwear, and was being ogled by most of the males in the room. We bow to each other, and begin to fight. Wow she was fast, and quick. But she had a flaw, in her fighting she hesitated before each move as if to decide which one to use. I took advantage of that and switch my move just as she committed to her own. I hit her harder than I intended. And she flew into the ropes. She came back immediately. I kept switching my moves, every time she committed to one. And I hit her hard more than once. After the last hit, she gives the tell, and I back off and bow to her.
Daniel can we have a word with you in my office? Yes sir. As soon as I change. I have a quick shower and wait outside the looker room door for grandma. She come out with the white vixen, a few minutes later, and we head for the chief's office. Before we can knock, we hear the word enter. We go in and shut the door. I immediately go and plug in my counter surveillance measures. All right, everyone we can talk freely.
What did you plug into the wall Daniel asks the hare? The next generation of counter measures, if you have the first generation in your pocket you will notice that the indicator lights will be flashing green red. He pulls a small device out of his pocket and show everyone that it is indeed flashing red and green. How did you know? My littermate designed the first one. I then reach in to my portfolio and hand him a schematic drawing of the device. This is his design, and it has a built-in flaw, he designed it that way so he could get everyone's attention. I then hand him a second schematic drawing of the device I had plugged into the wall. As you can see this one is based on the first one, but it is better than the first one. This is very impressive Daniel, how long has this person been designing electronics? About one-year sir. You know this design could be worth millions? Yes sir, it could, but it is useless without the programing. And why is that? The programing is based on a trinary computer language, binary computer language will not operate it. Daniel who designed the computer language? My sister Ava, Sir.
We are done here Chief; I don't appreciate this joke. As the hare gets up to go, I hit him hard with a compulsion. SIT DOWN SIR. He sits down hard and looks at me with surprise. I guess we should start again. Hi, my name is Daniel J. Wilde what's yours? He looks at me kind of strange, my name is Jack Savage, and my name is Cynthia Skye Walker, good to meet you Daniel. Good to meet you both, now should we get down to why I need your help?
Daniel, what did you do to me? I hit you with a compulsion sir, I have control of my emotions and can project them as well, I just made you want to stay. That you certainly did, can you do other things? Yes Sir, I can read other emotions around me, and can even get pictures of what some one is thinking, and before you ask, no I can't read minds. But I am really, really, good at reading emotions around me. Can you demonstrate something else about your abilities? If it would help you to believe yes, I can. He nods his head yes. All right I apologize to everyone in advance, this may be a little rough. I go to primal brain, and for two seconds project savageness to him. Everyone in the room backs up from me except grandma. He can see my slitted eyes, and fell how dangerous I am, I then continue the conversation with him. So, do you believe in what I say jack, or do I need to demonstrate some more?
No Daniel, you have proven your point, how old are you? Chronological or physical? Still with slited eyes, I answer him. I am a few weeks over three years of age, but my mental age is approximately a twenty-two-year-old. Could you change you eyes back please, it's kind of unnerving! Oh right, sorry. Daniel how can you do that? Sir, I am what I call a complete brain, I am in control of all aspects of my body and brain, and can probably fake death, but I have never tried. I have no ego, but I do have a conscious and I think before I do everything.
Is that why you fight so well? It could be, there is no lag between thinking of a move and doing it, were as I could see the lag as you thought about your next move when fighting me. Daniel, I am the best fighter at the Z CIA, and have held that title for four years now, and your telling me I was beaten by a three-year-old? Ah, Yes. Who Trained you? Mr. Delaront was my teacher. I know him, tell snow flake I said hi. Can we get back to the mater at hand? Right Jack, said Skye.
So, Daniel what do you need our help for? Jack, I need the to raid a building about two hours away from here, and get my littermates out of their captivity. With this I pull out my portfolio. I have detailed drawing of the building, compound, camera placement, possible weak points, personal, and I can even tell you what kind of armament they have. Daniel, I'm impressed where did you get all this information? This information comes from my sibling and littermates. Jack before you ask, let's just say it is all part of our abilities. Skye takes the drawings, and starts to study them.
Oh Jack, we will not change one form of captivity for another, no mater how gilded a cage, it will still be a cage. We will however work with you as long as we are not judge, jury or executioner. If you help us now, we will help you later, but not at the expense of our freedom. I can see that; how will you live? I believe that my brother has built up a nice nest egg for us all. And our littermates, Once identified they have their own money to play with. Identified? Yes Jack, they are their parent's children, but a DNA test will have to be preformed to prove it. How could he have built a nest egg? They have allowed him to be a day-trader for awhile now, and the last quarterly earnings for the institute I believe was about 5 million dollars, they only started him off with a thousand dollars. He has been paying himself a fee to a different account, and playing that account as well. The last numbers I got, oh wait, I'll just get the new ones. I stare off into space for about five seconds, right the latest figure as of 5 seconds ago was 2.5 million dollars. You can communicate with them? Yes Jack, I can. Right now, they are all listening in on this conversation, and agree with everything I have said.
Do you know how valuable an asset you are? Yes jack, but we are only valuable as a family group. If we are split up, or forced under pain, you will get nothing. And we can defend ourselves. Like I said we are willing to work with you.
Skye, what does it look like to you? Well jack, it is very doable but we might lose some personal. How many? Estimated 10% loss. I interrupt, if the power was cut just as you were to go in, and the back up generator didn't work, would that cut the losses? Yes, it would. What would our numbers be then? Virtually 0 Jack. Can you do this? Yes, I can. But I will have to do it from the inside. How do you propose to get back in? I will let them kidnap me at the carrot day festival in august.
This would be the perfect cover for you Jack. You can seem to get involved for the kidnapping. And why would we do that? Think of the headlines Jack, Z CIA rescues son of Nick and Judy, the hero cops of the night howler incident. Well I have to admit that sounds good, but how do we know they will kidnap you? Jack, they have wanted me back since I was taken away from them. Vivian and I will make sure they take the bait, or in this case, me.
I noticed that you have not been startled by any of this Vivian, what do you know? I have known most of this since Daniels auto accident, Though the savage thing was as hard now as the first time, but not unexpected. I have met all my grand kits and their mates. Mates? Oh, sorry littermates. You've met them? Uh, jack, let's just say it's all part of my abilities, and leave it at that. How do I know this is not some sort of mind control? Jack do you really believe you have that weak a mind, that someone else can control you? Skye lets out a snort, and Jack just glares at her. All right, I will concede that point.
So, if we have more questions? You know where I live jack. Oh, don't call the house, or stop by, the phone is bugged, and there are cameras and microphones in our house. Vivian and I are followed most everywhere we go, so it can't be a casual meet up. The precinct is probably the best place to ask questions of us. We do have a person on the inside that can handle computers, DeDe is trying to write a program so she can communicate with the outside world. she is the surrogate mother to all of us. We need to rescue her too. And what is this person's name? We know her as DeDe, but her full name is Diane Demetri, she's a rabbit like my mom. Will we have to get her from somewhere else in the building? No jack. She will be in the same room as the rest of us. You might want to bring clothes for all of us. As they keep us naked all the time, I think this is so we wouldn't run away. There are four bunny girls, one bunny guy, one adult female bunny, and three foxes including me.
Chief, I noticed you haven't said anything, do you have anything to add? Daniel, this is so strange and new, I'm having a hard time taking it all in. It's ok chief, it was a kind of bomb shell. But when it gets to the kidnapping, can you play your part? You will have to make a request of the to search for me, as this will be out of your jurisdiction. I can do that. And can you play the stern no nonsense chief who wants the best for his officers? Daniel, I've had years of practice at that, but I'll tell you some mornings your dad, with his antics, has me almost laughing at him. He is very good for moral, But, the smile then disappears from his face, if you ever tell him that I said that, I will deny it. I just laugh.
Jack you can take this new countermeasure back with you. Have your tech boys' study it, I had it made for about 40:00 dollars, so the components are readily available, the programing I can't give you, so get them to try not to erase it. I don't think you can copy it, but you never know.
Skye if you show up once a week for sparing, the institute will get the idea I am training you, and it won't look unusual for you to be seen talking to me. Good idea Daniel, we will do that. We? Yes, Jack, you need a different sparing partner, you are becoming to use to my moves. And I'm sure that Daniel can teach you a move or two. Why do I feel like the preverbal chicken in the hen house, who just saw a fox walk in the door? I hold up my hands at a forty-five-degree angle and just go, Rorrwa.
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Sir, slight worry. What's got you all concerned? The came to the precinct today, and were talking to Daniel. Why should that be a concern? Daniel just beat the best fighter in the , in the ring, and have asked him for more pointers. From our informant They will be showing up once a week for sparing practice. Do you think that's a good idea, him having contact with the ? I don't see a problem, as long as they're not talking about us.
We also may have an opportunity to get subject "J" back. How's that? Well, he asked his parents if he could go to the Bunny Burrow festival this August, and they were reluctant, but they did say yes in the end. Oh, what a golden opportunity, the crowds, the noise, the chaos. We could get close enough to him that no trank gun will be needed. We figured that we could walk up to both of them, trank them, and then just carry them towards the first aid station. I like it, plain and simple. Ok, take a team, and train with that goal in mind. One fox, No other predators, they would look out of place at a bunny festival. (From the files of the institute).
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