Chapter 14
Back in London, and David brought M, Samson, Jess and Daine back to the base for the fisrt time. The Palace was finally operational. And with a Palace such as this, there had to be workers to oversee it.
These were in the form of three teenagers, the same age as David and the others. David made M head of personnel as he like to call it. In the reception, they had gathered to begin their new duties. Yet, as soon as she saw the leader of the three, M forgot totally about the work ahead.
"Hi," she spluttered, obviously smitten by him. He was about the same size as her, ""perfect start"" she thought, the only thing was his hair was also the same length as her long, brown locks. ""not to worry"" she thought, trying to compose herself, ""Long hair on a bloke is a sign of interestingness,""
"I'm M" she introduced herself.
"M?" the lad said curiously,
"Yep, M, nothing more, nothing less." she assured him,
"In that case, I'm O" he said jokingly
"And your real name is?" M was unimpressed, but undaunted by O's witt.
"Not until you give me yours." O teased.
After pondering this offer, M leant forward and whispered into his ear, and O did the same to her, as the other two workers watched on, hoping to overhear the names, but unsuccessfully.
"What a beautiful name!" O exclaimed, "French?"
"as is yours," M smirked, feeling triumphant.
"Indeed," O laughed, before the conversation turned to more serious matters,
"M, this is Ella, and this is Will" he said, introducing his two companions.
"Nice to meet you," M shook their hands.
Will
was a smaller boy than O, with blonde spiked hair. Ella on the other
hand, was a giant, and she dwarfed all three workers. M felt really
intimidated when going to shake her hand, and realising she was a
whole head shorter than her. Putting this aside, she led the workers
through to the main office, where the others were hard at work.
After
another set of introductions, M showed them to their station, all on
the ground floor of the base. There were 4 desks, one for each of the
workers, one spare and a door that led to the reception. At any one
time, 2 would be at the reception to direct any visitors around the
premises and one would be stationed on the other side working and
being an aid to they garage workers, where there were a further 3
desks, two already occupied by Jess and Samson. On the second floor
were another set of desks, M and Daine had occupied two of them, and
there was a further two yet to be taken, on the third floor was
another two desks, and on the top floor was David's specially
designed office, a glass pyramid that dominated the ceiling, along
with a pole that was clearly intent as a perch for Jess and Fi. This
was a base ready for war
But David had yet more plans for his latest recruitments. On the lower levels of the base was his laboratory, and the bottom half of the garage. He was about to give his three workers their biggest responsibility yet. Down in the laboratory stood something that had remained under covers since it arrived, on the first day his base had been accessible after his meeting with the Professor.
Leading Will, O and Ella down a winding staircase, David entered his lab, and headed to the covered contraption.
"What I'm going to show you is something so special, this whole war could depend on it," he issued to the recruitments
"well, go on, show us," Will asked excitedly.
"very well," David agreed, and without even looking, whisked the covers off his machine. It was the professors' Transformer, the very machine that had given him his powers. In the bay of it were 3 vials, already full. He handed one to each of his guests.
"These are similar, but somewhat different to the one i got," he informed the workers, "Though they do the same purpose, they are altered so your powers are already decided. You will all have the same. The power of Laser Technology."
"What's Laser Technology?" Ella asked,
"i was about to answer that," David said firmly, "Laser Technology does two things. One, it enhances your mind. Your thoughts are processed, like they are on a computer, giving you complete knowledge of any logical fact,"
"Cool," Will exclaimed, "How'd you manage that?"
"I harnessed the power from mine. I got the same power when i changed," David revealed,
"You said it did two things?" Ella pushed on impatiently,
"Second, It, rather James bond-y, gives you the ability to fire laser beams from your eyes!" David continued,
"WOW!" The three said in unison.
"i can see your very enthusiastic about the idea," David smiled. He then handed out the three vials of liquid. Instantly, the three workers drank the liquid, and were almost immediately absorbed by a red glow. When it died down, the three of them collapsed, exhausted, as if they had just run flat out through the process.
"Energy withdrawal," David explained, "Don't worry, you get it back soon enough; so, when your ready, i need you to see one last thing."
Picking themselves up, Ella, Will and O followed David into the adjacent room, beneath the garage workshop. As David flicked on the lights, 3 Ferrari's came into view, each with the name of one of the three on it.
"Your main job will be up in the reception, but occasionally, you will be required to chauffeur for the team when we're under cover," he explained to the amazed squad of newly designated drivers, " The enhanced mind power allows you to have the knowledge of how to drive cars at a VERY young age!"
"bloody hell, thanks!" spluttered O shaking David's hand thoroughly.
"Don't mention it! David chuckled. However, the Euphoria was soon broken by a loud crash coming from outside. As David turned, he saw Samson appear almost magically at his side,
"What's going on? he cried.
"Trouble," David shouted back, as he opened the garage door. As he looked into the night sky, he saw Blue objects, soaring across the city.
"Meteorites?" Will suggested hopefully, but David shook his head.
"No, their Althea's troops, they've been summoned to their master!"
The intercom crackled, "David," M's voiced sounded loud and clear. "The meteorites are following a flag ship heading down the channel. It looks like their moving back to Plymouth!"
"If we can follow them, we may find an entrance to Althea's base!" David screamed optimistically, then pushed a button on the intercom,
"M, keep tracking that ship, and send Jess into the air after it, although tell her to keep clear of the meteors,"
"Sure thing Boss," M signed out.
"O," David cried, "You have your first chance in your new car, If we take mine, Althea will know we're onto her, yours are unknown, i want to baptise you to the team. Samson, you coming?"
"I'll run along side" Samson replied,
"Good idea; O, get your seatbelt fastened, we're going for a little spin"
The engine roared as the car rolled out of the garage. Samson was jogging along side
"You're in a Ferrari, can't we go faster? he mocked.
"Fine," David sighed, "push that button" he whispered to O.
Obediently, O pushed the button as directed. A Blue flame shot out of the exhaust as he car flew off, leaving Samson in his dust.
"No one likes a show-off," Samson muttered, before heading off in pursuit.
On the open road, David started to quiz his new employee.
"So, O what's your real name? "
"That's top secret, surely you of all people should understand that." O replied cunningly
"I'm your boss, you can't keep secrets from your boss,"
"Yeh but..." O began
"You told M," David interrupted
"How do you know about that?" O gasped, but David just looked at him knowingly.
"My name is Olva," he said reluctantly
"Olva; Scandinavian?"
"Well that's two offers," Olva smirked
"Half?" David asked
"Well done," Olva was impressed, "but don't tell anyone, please"
"Tell them what?" David assured him
As the car tore onto the motorway, David saw Jess flying overhead. She appeared to be signalling to a ship sailing down shore.
"That'll be Althea's flagship. That's what her minions are following." David deduced
"Where'd you think it's heading? Olva asked
"Where all other ships go. The port!" David said, as if it was obvious.
"Of coarse, sorry," Olva snorted, "so, do you want me to shoot at it or something?"
No, we're here to follow it, i want my team back," David announced, a hint of anger in his voice.
The car turned off at the next junction, and entered down the backstreets. Samson and Jess were in hot pursuit as the car pulled to a sudden stop.
"OK, I know I designated you driver, but please, never do that again or I will swing for you." David groaned, clutching his stomach where the seatbelt had dug in.
"Sorry boss," Olva apologised, "but I thought that we might want to avoid that." he pointed to a crowd of mutants, more appearing in blue puffs of smoke by he second. Among them was Morgomir.
"This is the port apparently" Olva sarcastically commented.
"Well deduced" David muttered, clearly apprehensive towards the crowd gathering just a few yards away round the corner. They advanced just out of site, and unsure whether this was a good, David got out of the car. Olva hastily followed. Jess and Samson had caught up and the four of them peered around the corner to watch as the group plunged into the icy waters of the sea.
"An underground entrance," Samson whispered, "how do we get in"?
"well, how many of you can swim, 'cos that looks deep." David inquired,
"I can change into a marine animal," Jess answered, "So I can,"
"By the way, it might have been easier to say fish, not marine animal," Samson mocked
"Do you want me to throw you into the water, or would you like to dive in on your own accord," Jess scowled, Samson was taken aback,
"Actually, i can't my powers don't allow me to move underwater," he stuttered,
"Neither do mine," Olva inserted,
"Well, that's just me and Jess then," David concluded, before Samson interrupted
"Hang on, you're electrical, how can you even touch water without reacting with every drop?" he cried
"I can create some kind of case that's only electrical on the inside, so i can swim without getting wet!" David said, as he started to laugh at how amazing his powers were turning out to be.
"Well you learn something new every day," Samson sighed, as David and Jess dived in to follow the legions of Althea.
"So what do we do now?" Olva asked as they dropped out of site beneath the waves.
"We could try and find another way in," Samson suggested.
"I'm liking thaaaaa..." Olva cried, as a figure grabbed him, shocking him as the same happened to Samson. Neither were able to fight back, as the figure grabbed their hands in one fist, and hoisted them up. Both figures looked identical, and a third walked in-between them.
"Guess who, all three said in unison. The third, again, looked identical to the other two. As Samson and Olva saw who it was who was holding them, a shudder went up their spines,
"Guess what my power is," Morgormir growled as his two other selves hissed in their captives ears. "That's right, i can make divisions of myself. How cool is that!" he mocked his two prisoners, "And it's caught me two little vigilantes who want to stop the end of the world,..."
At the mention of Althea's plan, Samson and Olva looked at each other in horror.
"Oh, hasn't your big boss worked that out yet, what my mistress is doing? Well what a shame for your little crew. But, lets not hang here on a cold night, lets go and have a close up of my wife's work!" He signalled to his two copies, and they carried Olva and Samson off, while Morgormir stared into the Sea where David and Jess had submerged to infiltrate his base. "Morgormir and Althea are married?" Olva gasped, as he and Samson were taken helplessly away, to join the rest of the team in the dungeons. But beneath the ground, unknown to Morgormir, or David, or Althea herself, A great plan was taking place. Through the empty corridors of Althea's base, Fi's scream signalled a great battle was about to begin.