4.

After both children had gotten a fair warning preach from their father about safety they went away… Sarah and Scott waited a few days to begin their investigation of the house, to look for any details or clues of what was happening.

'So, what are we going to do tonight?' Scott asked as he dried the dishes. Somehow his sister hated the dishwasher and did the dishes by hand.
'We are going to investigate…' She said as she placed the pan in the drying-rack.
'Where do we start?'
'Dad's work room…' She answered and looked at him.
'Sis, you know that it has a security level like…'
'A volt, I know… Got experience in that…' She mused.
'Where don't you have experience in?' he scoffed.
'In being a family member…' She answered as she pulled the stop out of the sink and let the water slip away.
'Well, you're getting there…' He said as he looked up at her.
Sarah smiled down at him and ruffled through his hair. 'Let's go…'

They went down the corridor and stopped before their dad's work room. When stepping inside Sarah flicked the light on and looked around the room. Her eyes taking in every detail of it. Something was wrong in this room, she went to the wall and lay a hand on it. She had studied the map of the house a few times and knew in which part of the house she was. There stood a wall that wasn't put on the map but was in the room. She narrowed her eyes as her hand slid across the wall… Interesting.
'Scott, I want you to help me…'
'What do I need to do then?'
'Slid your hand across this wall, and try to find any kind of abnormality in it.'
'What am I looking for?'
'I don't know yet…' She said as she took a step backward and observed the wall. 'I know as soon as I see it.' Sarah finished.
'That helps loads…' Scott answered as he rolled his eyes and started to investigate one side as Sarah started with the other.
'Saar, I got something…' He said as he was halfway his side.
'What is it…? What you'd find?' She asked as she walked up to him.
'Right here… You feel that?' He said as his sister slid a hand across the spot he had pointed out. Sarah nodded 'Definitely something there…' She answered with a nod. A small keyboard sprung out of the wall, startling the both of them, both looked at each other and smirked.
Sarah looked at the panel; high security system, multiple codes and suggestions, she pursed her lips and then frowned. This could take hours…!

'So, you think you break the code?' He asked.
Sarah looked down at Scott and said: 'I was a hacker, Scott, that was what they taught me, and that is what I'm going to do… right now…'
'Mmmh…' Scott mused.
Sarah nodded again and ticked in a few codes, nothing happened. 'Good system dad, not good enough though…' She said with a smirk as she cracked the code and the doors slid open.
'Sarah, security…' Scott said a little angsty.
'Already taken care off…' She said and walked into the room. 'Okay, dad, why did this room have a code…?' Sarah asked herself and lit the flashlight. Quickly she found a light switch and clicked it.
The lights flashed a few times and then snapped on. Both mouths dropped open. 'Saar, you are in so much trouble when dad gets back…' Scott said who recovered his voice first.
'Why?' Sarah asked as she didn't take her eyes from the room.
'This is MASK headquarters…' He said.
'Oh, oh…' She said and dropped the flashlight, the bang echoed through the metal room, disturbing its peaceful silence.
She bent forward to pick up the flashlight again and put it in her back pocket of her jeans as she walked up to the main computer. 'Wow…' She whispered as she stroked the keyboard. Sarah bent forward and turned the computer on. The screen turned black and a green beam came onto the screen. PASSWORD, it said. It didn't take Sarah long to come into the computer and started to snoop around. Personal files, mask files, vehicle files…, operations? Sarah frowned and left the other documents for what they were and clicked on the operations file. Past operations, ongoing operations, current operations file. She double clicked the current file and she came onto another screen:

Code name: Nuclear Storm
MASK agents: Matt Tracker, Alex Sector, Bruce Sato, Gloria Baker, Brad Turner, and Hondo McLean.
Place: Missouri's desert
Mission in short: …

Sarah's heart had sped up when she had read the agents and place. 'Damn it, dad!' She cursed loudly, causing Scott to get up and bang his head against the top of a door.
'What?' He asked as he rubbed his head and walked to stand next to her.
'Look at that place…' She said and pointed at the name. 'What is the first thing that comes in to your mind, when you see that?'
'The mine…' He said and shivered.
'Exactly…' She answered 'Now look at the agents… they are the same that helped to get us all out of there…'
'Do you think…?' Scott started as he looked at his sister in fear.
'I don't think it, I know it… they are active again… kidnappers will never retire… slave-drivers want them because they're young and energetic, they don't need taking care off, as older people do…' She explained and left the files. Sarah then began to adjust some things of the computer and range.
'Scott, look around if you can find a headphone or something in that sense… A microphone will do as well.' She said as she opened the computer and started to change circuitries. He nodded and sped away. Sarah herself cursed her father a bit as she tried to make the range of the computer bigger in order to contact them.
'Will this do?' Scott asked as he came back with a headset, panting.
Sarah looked up from the computer and rose her thumb 'That will do excellent. Thanks, bro…' She said and straightened again. Sarah then plugged the microphone in and adjusted the sounds.
'So, that should do it…' She said more to herself and then tried to make contact with the masks of her father and the others.
'Home base to MASK… Come in…' She said. The only sound she heard were a lot of beeps and a sound that sounded like trying to connect to the internet, but didn't work. Sarah changed the frequencies and tried once again.
This time she had range. She heard her father's voice, talking to Alex, about a way to free the children.
'Home-base, to MASK, come in, please…' She said as she tapped the microphone.
She heard cursing, she scared someone though. Sarah chuckled: 'Go wash that mouth of yours Turner… That is no way to talk.' Scott sniggered as well as Sarah made a rolling movement with her eyes.
'What on earth? Sarah?' Matt's voice came through the headphone.
'Strike one, to mister Tracker; you will go on for the steamer…' She chuckled
'How did you get this frequency? Where are you?' Her father sounded angry.
'Well, lets say that living in one house with a hacker, isn't a good thing… especially when she wants to get on the bottom of what her father is doing…' The last part sounded hurt and a little accusing.
'I told you that it was going to be a hand full, having her in the house…' She heard Alex say.
'Sarah, you will be so grounded, when we are home…'
'Matt, let her, she knows something, so she wants to help… she is twenty-two, damn it… she has the right to know what her dad is doing… don't forget she grew up in these mines…' That was Gloria.
'Thank you, so nice to hear that someone is on my side.' Sarah intervened.
'You've got our vote in that as well…' She heard Brad and Hondo say.
Sarah smirked. 'Thanks guys, anyway… to make a long story short… Euh, Scott, I don't think you must go there…' She said as she saw what her brother was about to do.
'Is Scott there as well…?' Matt asked surprised.
'Well, yeah, I kinda pulled him into coming…' She confessed.
'Sarah Tracker…' Matt started.
'Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm in deep trouble and grounded, I know… just ground me, when you're home okay?' She cut him off. 'Now, do you wanna get out or not?' As she heard no complaints about that she nodded and began to draw a map on the computer. 'Okay, I drew a map of the whole mine… I know it on the back of my hand… most of these shafts I dug myself…' her fingers flashed across the keyboard and then said: 'Map, transferring…' She hit the enter button. '…right now…'
'Great job, Sarah, wow, you are amazing…' She heard Gloria say, causing Sarah to blush furiously. She stuttered a thank you and then smiled, but the smile soon vanished as she saw five red dots outside the mine.
'Dad? Are there other agents waiting for you outside? Five in total…?'
'No, why?' he said and waited for an answer. Sarah moved the mouse over the five dots.
'VENOM...' She said. 'Watch out, you guys have company…' She told them.
'I see them, thanks Saar…' Sarah heard her father say.
Sarah smiled and looked around to see what Scott was doing. He was currently investigating a locker that didn't belong to him.
'Scott, what are you doing there?' Sarah asked 'that isn't your locker, now get out of there, before you get me into more trouble then I'm already in…' She said. A beeping sound caught her attention and turned back to the computer.
'Sarah, what is happening? Talk to us…'
'I have no idea what is happening…' She said as her fingers fled across the keys. 'You're falling away dad… dad…, dad, come in!'
'…Falling away… bad connection… can't hear… what… saying…' After that silence fell into the room.
'DAMN!' She cursed loudly. Sarah moved the cursor to the five dots, which were now in the mine; she moved over all of them and found that one was being used. 'Disrupter' it read… Damien.
Sarah cursed again. This wasn't good… and now that she hadn't any contact anymore with the others, she couldn't warn them. 'Shit…' She called and hit the computer, accidentally opening a whole new file that was locked with a password.
'What's this?' Scott asked as he looked at the computer.
Sarah shrugged. 'Don't know' she said 'But I can find out, if you want?'
'What do you think?' Scott answered.
'Then grab a chair and come sit here…' Sarah smirked and began to tick in a few passwords. It all came back with 'ACCES DENIED' yelling at them in white letters with a red beam on the screen. Someone really wanted this tape to be in the right hands… and if it wasn't they wouldn't get in, because of the contents, and the password.
Out of frustration she ticked in her own name and hit the enter button. 'ACCES GRANTED… welcome, Sarah Tracker…' The computer said as the red beam changed to a green one. The screen turned black once again and then a video started up;

Matt Tracker was sitting behind his desk and was putting the last letters in a document. 'Welcome, children… I have no doubt, that when you are watching this Sarah, that Scott will be sitting next to you…' He lay down his pen and then looked into the camera. 'At this point I have just written down the last things of a new mask. It is called Quicksilver and will come with a new vehicle. Buddie is now in the process of making it…'

Sarah checked the date in the right bottom corner… the beginning of this year.

'Sarah, when you see this, two things may have happened, or I'm dead, and need a successor… Sorry Scott, but you're still too young… Or, my life is in much danger that this tape is found, by you guys…Or it is just dumb luck.' Matt shrugged. He wouldn't know. 'Anyway… Sarah, I do have the idea that you now know with which project I'm working and the answer is yes… they have started again, and this time it went further, they are requiting youngsters, not only to work but to defend as well…' He spoke about how the children were requited and how they were being taught how to fight and shoot a gun…
'So, now you see, Scott; that I can't ask you to come… So, Sarah, I ask you…' He had stood up while explaining and had walked around the desk and was now leaning on it. 'Sarah, if you look at your right side, then you will find some lockers. One of them is still closed and has no nametag on it… That one is yours. That locker will have the suit that you will wear from this day forward, if you accept the terms and your place as a MASK agent.' He took a breath and continued: 'Go on, look for it… it will have the same code, with the one you came to this file with… At the right side you will see a little keyboard, you know what to do.' Matt stopped and looked at her.

Scott's eyes looked like an upcoming storm and brooding he crossed his arms over his chest. He was too young always the same excuse, it was either being to young or to small. Life just wan't fair. Sarah not really understanding it all; stood up and walked toward the locker and ticked in her name. The door sprang open and she saw her suit. It was a racing costume and was dark grey. At both sides, three silver lines went from top to bottom. She held her breath as she stroked the material. It was soft, yet it was strong.

'The suit is made from a very light material, if you might have noticed, but it is very strong, and almost unbreakable. It gives wind and fire no change to get through it…' Matt explained. He smiled with what he was going to say next: 'This is your new vehicle… Watch and be amazed.'

The computer shifted place and she saw a drawing. Her mouth dropped open and then squealed. 'Oh my God!!' she screamed and jumped around.

'I thought you would like that…' He chuckled and the camera turned back to Matt himself. That will be waiting for you in the garage. Go on, your mask will be right there as well, fully charged… To use it call 'Quicksilver on' and it will spring to life…' He gave her an encouraging smile and said: 'Welcome to the team, Sarah Tracker…'

The tape stopped and then the file was destroyed. 'Come on!' Scott said and they both ran through the corridors to the garage. Buddie was just polishing a vehicle as the two barged in, heavily panting. 'What the…? Where have you two been doing…?' he said. 'And where did you get that suit…?'
'No time, to explain… I need to change…' She panted and disappeared in a room. Not long after she came back, zipped up in the suit. Scott and Buddie both whistled. 'Oh, shut it, guys…' She said as she tried to get costumed in it.
'It gets everywhere where the light doesn't shine…' She muttered as the two guys laughed.
'You will be needing your new vehicle with that, and your mask…' Buddie said with a smile, as he threw her the mask, which she barely caught.
'Your vehicle is awaiting you…' He said and opened a door. It was along black corridor. Buddie flipped the switch and by pair, lamps turned on, in the roof; making a tunnel to the middle of the room. In the middle a spotlight sprang to life and Sarah's mouth dropped open once again as she walked inside and up to the vehicle. Scott and Buddie followed suit. Sarah stroked the pearl meteor grey paint, almost lovingly. 'Quicksilver…' was painted in bright yellow across the side. The vehicle was a new Kawasaki ZZR 1400, the fastest motor of this time. Sarah squealed again and jumped around. '…The lamps can be turned into lasers, with this button. Pushing this button, you will get a navigation map on your screen, here… Push this button, and the flaps of your bike will turn outward and will become wings…' Buddie explained
'Wings…you mean; I can fly with this thing?' She ended yelling.
Buddie covered his ears and then nodded.
'Oh my god…' She whispered.
'Gas, acceleration, and this button…' He pointed at a red button close to the hand grab 'Will give you extreme speed.' Sarah listened at the instructions and nodded as she wrapped her long blond hair in a ponytail. She put on her mask which was the same color as her suit and motorbike.
'Good luck, Sarah…' They both said.
Sarah nodded 'Thanks, I'll need it…' She said and kicked the bike into life. The motor roared through the garage 'You just have to love this sound…' She called above the engine and sped away with spinning wheels. 'Heehaw…!' She yelled as she sped across the track toward the exit, leaving Scott and Buddie, behind with shaking heads.

As she came to the highway she turned left and put on her navigation system. She sped across the highway and followed every step on the way, going through the explanation again. The motor roared and she smirked. 'Let's see what you've got then, huh Quicksilver… Let's get some steam in to you…' and accelerated. 'Yeah, baby!' She yelled as the asphalt shot underneath her. The speed, the engine, everything she ever dreamed off, now came true. She accelerated once again and looked at her navigation system. Time to get airborne… Sarah pushed the yellow button above her speed-meter and the motor began to change. The flaps expanded and became wings; a hard metal came over her and became a cocoon. Sarah looked at the transformation in awe. This was so cool… She would hug her father to death, when she would get them out of there. The wheels lifted from the ground and she was flying. 'Oh, yeah, baby!' She yelled and then pushed the red button. Hardly feeling the G-forces she accelerated once more and sped across the sky toward Turkey.

It was nighttime when she landed in the desert close to the mine and looked at it. Shivers went down her spine. It hadn't changed a bit since last time she was here. It was still creepy and she could almost hear the cries of pain and despair of the children within the mine… oh, how she knew how it felt. Sarah had never believed it when someone would have told her that in the same mine, where she had spend her days delving coals; would now be a uranium mine, she couldn't grasp that thought. She also didn't understand that it went from coal to uranium… It was highly unlikely that these two were found together in one mine… But the tunnels were long and went deep, they lay scattered throughout the desert. Maybe they had found uranium somewhere? She shook her head to get rid of the multiple questions and memories that tried to surface once again. She closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths. When Sarah opened her eyes she began to walk toward the mine, feeling smaller every step she took.

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A.N. Okay, this is far as I have it until now… I also have no idea how Sarah is going to end up with the MASK Team, if she is going further in it, and how she will get involved in the whole mission that is going on now…

Okay, this is Sarah's:

Vehicle: Kawasaki ZZR 1400
Color: Pearl Meteor Grey
Code name: Quicksilver
MASK: mercury
Mask powers: shoots mercury, that penetrates even gold.

All help is welcome. Thanks, and till the next chapter.
Hugs, Silver Bloodelf