Chapter 5 – Dr. Cable
Tally, David and Croy hoverboard in silence. They had not said a word since Croy had said that they needed to return to Diego because of something Dr. Cable was up to. Tally was worried, what if she had un-cured herself? What is the pills had backfired or something? There was no telling what Cable could do if she became uncured, she would blame Diego and cause another attack. Nobody wanted that to happen, Diego had already suffered enough in the past few weeks. Tally shakes all the horrible thoughts from her head and concentrates on hoverboarding, trying to make it to Diego as fast as possible.
Around sun-up they stop to rest. They lay their boards out to charge and set up camp. Silently they set up sleeping bags, make a fire and fix some dehydrated food for the 3 of them. Just as they are getting ready to eat, Tally breaks the silence.
"So, whats going on?" she asked.
"Yeah, what is going on? I mean you just come and say that we need to go to Diego, well whats so urgent?" David asked.
Croy sighed, "Its Dr. Cable. Something happened with the cure. They aren't sure what it is but someone she un-cured herself." Croy said sadly.
Tally gasped, she had been hoping that her thoughts earlier wouldn't really be true but her wildest nightmare was coming true.
"How could she un-cure herself?" David asked.
"We're not sure. Maddy is looking for any loop-holes that could have been in the pill that would have backfired and sent Cable back to her old self but Maddy cant find anything." Croy said, shaking his head.
"So why do we need to help. Shay and the Cutter's stayed in Diego, surely they could hold her off." David said.
"No. Shay and the Cutter's are cured, they still have their strength and muscles and everything but Tally is the only real Cutter left, she is the only one that is designed to fight a war and will be able to stop Dr. Cable." Croy said. "Maddy said that she wanted you guys to come right away."
Tally and David nodded. Tally understood now, the whole letting Tally go thing; that was only a trick to get Tally out of the way so Dr. Cable could destroy Diego and the Smokies forever. In the wild it would be hard for Tally to receive messages or updates from the cities. Tally couldn't believe she had fallen for Cable's trick. No again. This time she wasn't going to get away with it.
"I can't believe I fell for it." Tally mumbled out loud.
"Fell for what?" Croy asked.
"Cable sent me back into the wild; she said she didn't want her work becoming extinct. But really it was if I was in the wild it would be nearly impossible for me to receive messages or updates from the cities. If she would attack a city, I might never know. There would be nobody to stop her because I'm the only one that is capable of doing that." Tally said, her anger towards Dr. Cable was building up inside of her.
David's eyes widened, "You're right, it was all a trap!"
Croy nodded, "We've got to stop her though, before she kills everything and everyone in the city." he said.
"Don't worry, she isn't going to do anything as long as I have a say in it." Tally said in a cold tone.
David and Croy blinked and then looked at Tally, "Do you have a plan?" Croy asked.
"Come on, its Tally, she always has a plan." David said.
Tally grinned, "Specials don't need plans."
David shot her a confused glance, "What do you mean?"
"I mean I don't need a plan, I'm designed for this. Specials don't need plans, their instincts tell them what to do." she explained.
David frowned, "Tally, a city is at stake here. You can't just wing it."
Tally grinned again, "I know that David, I'm not winging it. I just don't have up an entire plan." she said.
Croy nodded, "You know that you are going to defeat Dr. Cable and save the city. But how are you going to do that Tally?" he asked.
"Like I said earlier, Specials don't need plans."
David and Croy gave her a suspicious look but turned their attentions back to their food while Tally's grin just got wider and wider as she started thinking of ways to finally defeat Cable for once and for all.