Chapter 40

"I'm glad we finally managed to get out of there and get ahold of the God Phoenix!" Ryu said to Jinpei with a sigh of relief.

"Yeah, that was so not cool being captured." The Swallow shook his head as he searched the control panels for something to do.

"I guess it's time to find the other three...They sure know how to get all the action...I'm still wondering who the murderer was at the party." Ryu sighed and shrugged his shoulders to demonstrate his disappointment.

"Well at least you didn't get stuck with playing a girl! Fishnet stockings are so uncomfortable...It was interesting though because I never would have guessed Jun owned stuff like that!" Jinpei smirked. "I'll have to have another look through her wardrobe when we get back... did you know that I put a picture of Ken in the shower in her room? It was a full on picture of him too...smoochy, smoochy...hey I wonder what Ken would think about that!" Jinpei chuckled at the bribe material he had collected while he was snooping through the base.

"Quiet Jinpei, look at the screen!" Ryu urgently called out to him as they both looked up.

"Ahhh… hi Doc..." Ryu hesitantly smiled up at the screen, and he hoped that the Doctor hadn't heard the last part of the conversation.

"Ryu, Jinpei, you are needed urgently to go and pick up Ken, Joe and Jun... but first there is something you must know..."

"What is it doc?" Ryu asked as he set the coordinates for the pick up.

"It is a long story, so I'll give you the short version. It seems that Ken might have an identical twin brother."

"WOW!" Jinpei was impressed. "Way to go big Bro! And he never told us about him..."

"Ken never knew about his brother. Galactor attacked the town his family was staying in when he and his 'brother' were just babies, and Mark went missing. Apparently Ken's parents believed baby Mark was killed in the explosion, but then Red Impulse found out that he could have been captured. That seems to be the main reason he decided to go in deep undercover...not only to help save the planet but to find his missing son." Dr Nambu frowned and his expression grew more serious.

"We believe the goon who saved the boy named him Kyle, raising him as his own and then making him an agent. If any of this is true, Kyle is dangerous and worse still it will be impossible to tell the difference... between him and Ken. But you must bring him in if you find him. I need to run tests on them both."

"Roger that Doc..." Ryu nodded and turned the ship around to go and pick up the others.

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Joe looked over at Jun who was hovering over the two Eagles like a mother hen.

"Do you have to baby him like that?" the Condor asked as he maintained his distance and kept watch for the transport.

"What do you mean, baby him?" Jun replied. She was getting angry with Joe for his snide comments about Ken.

"You heard! He's a man he can handle it. The transport is coming and we can sort this mess out at the base. You dote on him too much! It can be smothering sometimes Jun, even with Jinpei." Joe folded his arms and turned his back on her.

"Why, are you jealous because I don't dote on you? Mr. Independent... You know when it comes to sharing your feelings, you're worse then Ken sometimes!" Jun was hurt by Joe's comments, why was he being so mean all of a sudden?

"Forget it!" Joe told her, brushing Jun's hand from his shoulder. "It looks like the pick up is the God Phoenix."

They both watched the ship approaching them in the distance...