When Things Go Wrong
Hard Contact
Chapter 2 Bentley's Machine
Bentley pushed his glasses up his beak like nose. "Ok Murray let's try this again." Murray spun around in his swivel chair gaining speed with every turn. "Murray what are you doing?" "Just-try-ing-to-see-how-fast-I-can-go!" Said the large hippo every time he saw the turtle "Come on Murray," begged the turtle. "One more test and we'll be done for today." "O-K!" he said, he then launched himself out of the chair going into 'the ball form' rebounding off the wall and rolling to a stop just in front the turtle.
"What do ya need me to do now?" He asked, his booming voice covered up Bentley's sigh. "I need you to carry those power signifiers over to the AA-73 area inducers." Murray simple looked at his friend like de had no idea what the turtle had just said even though he had been doing the nearly the same thing all day. Bentley simply sighed again and then said, "Murray go lift that big square box over to that empty socket in the wall." Pointing to a place about one hundred meters across the room to a lrge box shaped object that was bigger than the van, and then moved his finger to an empty hole in the wall not far from where they were standing. "Then flip the switch on the side and meet me in the circle room that is very high."
Murray smiled, "Oh I knew that, The Murray can do it little brother!" He then jogged off to the power signifier and started to lift. Bentley ignored the large hippo and wheeled himself off to the 'circle room' he told Murray to meet him in. The turtle pushed his way through two doors and that opened to his greatest achievement ever, even if it wasn't working properly yet. There sitting in a room four stories high and perfectly circular was a green platform jutting from the floor glowing in excellent brilliance. The steps leading up to it were of equal brilliance right by a large terminal. On the terminal was a single red apple right next to a keyboard with more symbols and figures than any other computer in the world. Bentley pushed in a series of commands and wheeled around to the other side where a conveyor belt helped him ascend to the top. As the turtle reached the top Murray walked into the room. Seeing the hippo enter Bentley laid the apple down on the literally glowing floor of the platform and jumped off the side engaging his rockets to bring himself to a soft landing besides Murray. Bentley looked up one last time at his marvelous leap in science and flipped the switch.
As the switch was flipped the glow immediately increased into a blinding light. Murray covered his eyes as the light almost blackened his vision as the turtle just let his glasses tint to block out the light. As soon as it started it was over.
Murray looked up hoping the apple was still there so he could eat it like all the other ones that day, however, it was gone. Murray turned to Bentley with a look of confusion on his face. "Uh Bentley," He asked, "Where'd it go?"
Bentley simply gawked at the place where the fruit had once been. "Uh Bentley, you Ok?" "Try the roof." What!" asked the befuddled hippo. "Try the roof." Was all he got in response. "Ok, whatever you say Bentley." He walked off slightly confused but confident that the brainy turtle knew what he was doing, he was never wrong.
The hippo walked outside and worked his way up to the roof. Thanks to Sly, who had left all of his inheritance with Bentley, the turtle had used some of it to purchase land a little out of paris and set up his fortress like lab where he conducted all of his countless experiments. Murray finally made it to the roof and began his search for the apple when the cold familiar barrel of a gun was placed to the back of his neck and three equally cold words, "Take me inside."
A/N For all of you wondering why the inspector in the last chapter was at the old lair think about this, would the police just leave a place like that unchecked? Would they just forget it existed and not wonder what secrets that might be hidden there? Think about it.
Anyway how did you like this chapter? I know it's short but I like shorter chapters, oh yeah.
PLEASE REVIEW!
I love reviews, so please, review, review, review!