Part 16 of 18
At the pier
Angus manages to elude his pursuers and get outside. He has no idea where Richard has got to. When they'd been ambushed in the main hall, they'd fled in different directions and lost track of one another. Angus leans on a wall and pants, Really, I'm getting too old for this. I hope agent English got through to Pegasus and the army will arrive any minute now to save us all and I can lay down and have a well-deserved nap right here on the lawn!
Just as his heart rate is settling down, he hears an explosion and his pulse rockets back into the stratosphere. Fearing what he is going to find, he runs down to the pier to stand beside Johnny as the Dot Calm burns merrily to the water-line.
Angus can't believe it. How had agent English managed it? He throws in the mental towel. It doesn't matter how it was done. It was done. The cyber-attack is destroyed and the day is saved. He turns shining eyes upon Johnny and congratulates him.
The final show-down
Bulletova calls down from above and Johnny is striding off like Robo-Spy to capture Volta. Angus keeps pace with him although it is the hardest thing he's ever had to do. Seconds count, as Johnny so likes to say, but there's no hurrying the suit so they strive on manfully.
Thankfully, Richard appears just inside the smashed doors and together they help Johnny on his way. As they clear debris and rubble from Johnny's path, Richard mutters, "Now I know what you meant, Angus. He's unstoppable, isn't he?"
Angus nods impatiently, "Oh, yes, and somehow he's always in the exact right spot to prevent disaster. I don't know how he does it but he does. Every single time. He's a marvel. Too bad we don't have a dozen younger agents just like him."
When they enter the court yard where the helicopter is revving up, they see Volta whirl in absolute shock and surprise. His eyes take in the sight and he screams manic laughter, "TWINS?! You have twin helpers? Oh, god, please tell me there's only ONE Johnny English!"
Volta draws his gun and begins shooting. Angus and Richard huddle behind the suit as they keep advancing. Snatching quick looks around Johnny's arm, Angus shouts back, "Yes, there is only one Johnny English! Bad luck for Britain! If we had more like him, you'd have been jugged up DAYS ago!" Richard claps Angus on the back in total agreement.
Johnny's helmet squeaks as he nods, "Sadly, yes, there is only one of me. Tell me, Angus, Richard, from where will the next generation of spies arise? What hope is there for jolly old England?" Neither man has an answer.
Suddenly, Bulletova is with them. Richard ducks his head to hide his face and sees the loose cobble stone at the same instant as Johnny grabs Bulletova's tablet. Two arms flick out; one Frisbees the tablet, the other pitches a perfect scorcher. The tablet takes out Volta. The cobble takes out the pilot. The helicopter chokes and stalls. Quiet descends.
The Station
"Um-hmm. What do you think 'caseclosed' means?"
Pandemonium reigns.
END – part 16