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Chapter eighteen
Meanwhile, Throttle and Carbine were wandering through the empty hallways, looking for the virus. But with no such luck.
"Dammit, where do they hide it?", Throttle sighed frustrated. "We are running out of time."
Carbine felt the same frustration. They didn't know how long Vinnie was gonna hold the troops outside. It was like a race against a clock. She suddenly got a idea. She grabbed Throttle and pushed him into a small opening between the walls.
"Jake, you there?", she asked in her radio. There was a long silence and just when Carbine was starting to get worried, Jake's voice came through.
"Yes, I'm here."
Carbine let go of her breath. "Good. Listen, can you find blueprints or a map or something like that? We can't find the virus, we are looking for a lab, but there is nothing here."
"I will look for it, hang on."
Carbine looked around her, to see they still were alone. "How is Vinnie holding up?", she asked at Jake.
"He is having the time of his life. He will hold them for now."
"Good."
"Okay, I've found something. It looks like the lab is in the basement. There is only one way in, and that's right next to the entrance in the front. You need to take the elevator. Think you guys can find it?"
Carbine and Throttle looked at each other and smiled.
"Yes, no problem Jake. Over and out."
Throttle grabbed Carbine's hand and they quickly left their hiding spot. They moved into the direction of the entrance. Throttle peeked around the corner and saw the elevator Jake had mentioned. He could see the battlefield outside. He smiled. Vinnie was doing a great job. Not that he had doubted it. Give Vinnie a free ticket to create chaos and disaster, and the white furred mouse made sure that the job was done.
"Coast is clear, let's go", Throttle said and they ran to the elevator. But when Throttle pushed the button to open the doors, a voice made them stop. "Hey! What do you think you are doing?"
Throttle and Carbine turned around quickly and saw four guards pointing their guns at them. They glared at each other and raised their hands. But then, Throttle shouted: "Hit and run manoeuvre number five!" His tail grabbed the gun that was in Carbine's leg holster and opened fire at the guards. Meanwhile, Carbine ran to the elevator and pushed the button again. The doors opened and Carbine flew inside. Throttle slowly walked backwards without stopping shooting at the guards. When he was inside the elevator, the doors closed and shut out the guards.
"Pfew, close one", Carbine puffed. Throttle snickered. "Yeah, but who said couples can't work together?"
Carbine laughed and shook her head. She was so glad he was back into her life. She really had missed him. Luckily, their relationship had survived the long distance. She didn't know what she would do without him.
The elevator reached the bottom and the doors opened. They looked around. The lab was huge. Throttle stepped out of the elevator. "Come on, let's find that virus and get the hell out of here. This place give me the creeps."
Before Carbine followed him, she pushed on the red button in the elevator to shut it down temporarily to avoid the guards could follow them.
It sure was a creepy place. Mean looking instruments were hanging on the wall, probably used to torture the prisoners. In the middle of the room stood a examination table with leather belts on it, to strap the victims at the table. Injections with big needles were lying everywhere. Carbine felt a shiver going through her spine. Yep. Definitely a scary place.
"It's a good thing Vinnie isn't here. With all the needles and stuff.. You know how much he hates needles", she said. Throttle nodded, standing before a weird looking closet. It was made of glass and attached to some kind of cooling system. Ampuls, filled with a purple liquid, were standing on every shell.
"This must be it", he said. Carbine agreed. She grabbed the backpack she had with her and Throttle opened the closet. They both hesitated for a moment, feeling some kind of fear to touch something this deadly. But then Throttle reached out, grabbed the ampuls and gently putted them in the bag that Carbine held open for him.
"Good, let's go!" and they ran back to the elevator.
"Be prepared for everything when these doors open upstairs", Throttle said while pushing the button. The doors closed and the elevator went up. Suddenly, a loud crack. The elevator shaked and stopped moving.
"Shit. Looks like those stink faces don't want us to leave this building." Throttle pushed the buttons again, but nothing happened. "Now what?"
Carbine looked at the ceiling. There was a hatch in it."Help me to get up there", she said and Throttle cupped his hands. She set her foot in his hands and he pushed her up. She slammed against the hatch, which flew open. Carbine looked around.
"We can use the cables from the elevator to climb up."
Throttle pushed her through the opening from the hatch and followed her. He climbed on top of the elevator. When they were about to climb up, another siren went off.
"Final fase activated. Self destruction in five minutes", an automatic voice said.
Carbine and Throttle looked at each other. "Uh oh… We have to get out of here, or else we will be mouse pathe!", Throttle said with urgence in his voice.
Carbine yelled into her radio. "JAKE! What is going on!?"
"Apparently, they know that we know about the virus. They are willing to do everything to protect their new weapon. If they can't have it, nobody can, so they are going to destroy the whole building. It's an automatic alarm, probably activated when you grabbed the virus", Jake answered.
"Can you stop it?"
"Negative. I'm trying, but no luck so far. I will keep trying, but in the meantime.. You guys need to get out of there. NOW!"
And there's another cliffhanger! So exciting! Please review! :)