Chapter 33
At the Galactor Base…
Joe looked up at the door.
"Too late..." he said quietly.
Kyle/Ken was already at the door, in Birdstyle, the maniacal look again in his eye.
Joe asked, while keeping an eye on Kyle/Ken, "Jun, do you think any of the data on these computers will be helpful to Nambu?"
"I don't know, Joe, I could see what I can do to dump the information into our system if you want."
"Do it, and then I want to destroy this place without bringing the buildings down on our heads."
"So, Condor, now you are trying to take my place as Commander, are you? Well, if you want it I guess I will have to do this." sneered Kyle/Ken.
Just as Kyle/Ken stepped into the room, the door slid shut behind him. Katse's voice rang out in the room.
"I see I have caught myself three little birdies again. And with your Great White Hope under my control, I think it will be easy to get the Swan and Condor under my control as well."
Jun and Joe looked from Kyle/Ken to each other and then up at Katse and his troops.
"So now what?" asked Jun.
"Well, if I thought Ken were himself, I might feel better." replied Joe.
Then they both heard a yell. Turning, the two ninjas watched Kyle/Ken jump up a level, lower his head and begin to charge towards the Galactor troops.
"Shit! What did I just say?" muttered Joe as he pulled out some shuriken and took off towards the melee.
Jun moved toward the computers and found an active keyboard. With a few commands into the system she asked the main computer to download its information into computers at the medical lab back at base. Jun then pulsed out her yo-yo bomb and set it, before jumping up to join the Condor and Eagle in the battle.
Landing next to the Condor she announced, "All set!"
Jun gave a kick to a goon approaching from the side.
Then she hears Joe mutter, "What is he doing?"
Joe had been keeping an eye on Kyle/Ken and had noticed something was wrong with the Eagle's fighting style. Ken was not performing his usual flowing moves; he now seemed stiff, almost wooden, through some of his sequences.
Joe turned to Jun and asked, "How long do we have until that system blows?"
"It should be going any time now."
Just as Jun finished her sentence they watched Kyle/Ken jump into the air and then get caught by the explosion, sending him sailing back against a ceiling beam. He fell to the floor and did not rise.
"Ken!" Jun yelled before racing to his side.
Joe took a second to look around and noticed that the last of the goons had been taken out by the explosion as well. Then he too raced towards the Eagle.
"Idiot!" Joe yelled at the unconscious form, "Don't you remember me telling Jun to set the explosion? What were you trying to do; get yourself killed?"
"Joe, we have to get him back to the Medical Lab, so Nambu can help him."
As they picked the Eagle up, Joe questioned Jun. "Do you think these neurotransmitters could change Ken's fighting abilities?"
"What do you mean?"
Joe continued, "I was watching Ken while he was fighting, and some of his moves seemed odd… awkward. Some of the sequences he made did not seem like Ken. I was wondering if the neurotransmitters could change something we do so instinctually."
"I do not know that much about chemical neurotransmitters, but maybe you should ask Nambu when we get back." Jun responded.