Chapter 22
Joe and Jun leapt up and both came down with forward kicks, knocking down the Captain and crushing two of the goons.
"Sir!" another goon yelled out while the Captain was sprawled out on the floor, "What if this is Gatchaman and the one in the gas chamber is an impostor?"
Joe and Jun stopped and gave each other a knowing look. If Joe could pull this off, then they both might be saved from imminent death.
"Gatchaman in the gas chamber?" Joe laughed mockingly, "That's impossible since I'm right here!"
The Captain rolled his plump body over and looked directly at Joe. ""G-gatchaman!" he stammered.
"That's right - the White Shadow that moves unseen. You know who I am!" Joe responded menacingly and gave the Captain a lethal kick to the head.
Turning to Jun, he then ordered, "Let's get out of here and find the others!"
Jun nodded and followed Joe out of the room.
The two ninjas were in the hallway, walking to yet another chamber in the distance.
"This is some weird set-up" Jun commented.
"Yes, it is." Joe answered back.
"Joe, wait!" Jun called as muffled voices could be heard coming through the chamber's door. "Do you hear that?"
"Ha ha ha ha ha" That familiar maniacal laugh - Katse!
"Let's go!" Joe ordered, but Jun grabbed him by the arm to stop him.
"We can't just barge in there - we're not in Birdstyle. We don't have the same defense mechanisms and protection they give us."
"K'uso! This is annoying! When we get out of here, I'm never changing out of my civvies again - even if that damn 2 is big enough to see from space!"
Joe paused for a minute. "I don't care. If Ken, Jinpei, and Ryu are in there, then I'm going in too."
"I don't know what I would do if you got hurt - or worse." Jun responded tenderly.
Joe's gray eyes met her emerald ones. "I won't get hurt. We won't get hurt. That's a promise."
But just as Joe got these words out of his mouth, someone else's voice responded.
"Katse-sama! It's the other 2 ninjas! They're here! We have the entire Kagaku Ninjatai!"