Ch.9

Briefing

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Ed rubbed his smarting ear, thankful that his sister was no longer tugging on it in order for him to follow her. Ed, Double D, Sarah, and Jimmy, Nazz, Jonny, Chris, and Zeke stood in front of a metallic door which had a small computer next to it.

"Okay, we're here!" The group looked down the hallway to see Kevin and Rolf carrying Eddy towards them, Eddy with a scowl on his face.

"We found him wandering around in one of the rooms," explained Kevin as he and Rolf dropped Eddy face first onto the ground.

Chris nodded as he turned to the computer. "Don't keep us waiting next time Eddy. Superior doesn't like it when others are late. Now don't look, I gotta put in the password to get inside."

"And what if we do look?" asked Sarah with her hands on her hips.

"Then we get to use this on you," replied Zeke as he dug into his pocket. Although it looked smaller than a pocket knife, a quick push of a button turned the object into a large taser. "It's specifically made for frying one's memories of the past few minutes, but it's still a prototype. It has a nasty habit of frying the victim's brain in the process." The door gave a robotic hiss before sliding open.

"Go on in and take a seat," said Chris. He and Zeke ushered the kids inside before the door slammed shut.

The room looked like a large study with numerous chairs facing a large desk. The kids all took their seats, looking around the room curiously.

"So, where's this Superior guy?' asked Kevin impatiently.

"I'm right in front of you." The kids continued to look around the room, but they couldn't see the Superior. "Pay attention to the radio." The kids gazed at the small radio-like speaker on the desk. "There we go, how are you?"

"Cool!" exclaimed Nazz. "This is just like Charlie's Angels!"

A chuckle rose from the radio. "Yes, I suppose it is Nazz, but this isn't some television show. The world is dire peril and it's up to you, along with Agents Chris and Zeke, to save it."

"Wait, how do you know Nazz's name?" asked Jimmy.

"I know all of your names," explained Superior. "I know things others don't know and things others think they only know. I know what you ate for breakfast last week, what you got on that math test in fourth grade, when you're sleeping, when you wake up…"

Ed gasped happily. "Like Santa? Are you Santa?" Sarah smacked him in the back of the head, causing the tall boy to fall face first on the floor.

"Let's just move on to the briefing, shall we?" said Superior as a screen lowered from ceiling behind the desk. A picture of a map of the world appeared with an arrow pointing to Japan. "We have received information confirming the location of the Sphere. You'll be on your way to Tokyo. From there, you'll be escorted to the underground base by the assistance of Agent Zeke. Once there, you will infiltrate the base, take out the guards, and escape with the Sphere. Once the Sphere is in your possession, you will bring it back to base immediately, understood?"

Jonny simply blinked. "Wow Plank, this sounds really simple but not simple at the same time."

"I assure you this will not be a walk in the park," replied Superior. This mission will require all of your strength, cunning, agility, endurance, and will you can muster."

"Rolf understands you, talking mechanical doohickey," said Rolf as he nodded in understanding. "And Rolf accepts your challenge!" The rest of the kids gave murmurs of agreement, some more enthusiastic than others.

"That's good to here," replied Superior. "I'm counting on all of you. Now Chris and Zeke will lead you to the weapons room, where you will stock up on everything you'll need to defend yourself. Good luck!"

The kids stood in an elevator with Zeke and Chris as it traveled downward. Each of the kids already had some sort of weapon in mind that they wanted to use.

"I wonder if they have some sort of tools and equipment for the purpose of gathering information and hacking," said Double D. "I wouldn't mind trying if they did."

"Who needs hacking when I can just use a high tech gun and shoot at people?" asked Eddy.

Ed hopped up and down with excitement, which caused the elevator to shake. "Maybe they'll have the goo-zooka from Allergy Medicine Gone Bad! Then I could cover my enemies in a slime that burns away their skin!"

"We've got anything you could ever imagine," replied Zeke. "And whatever we don't have available probably hasn't pasted the first preliminary test yet. We've got a lot of weapons like that."

"Anything we could imagine?" repeated Jimmy as the group exited the elevator and walked to the door. "Really?" Chris opened the door, causing all of the kids' eyes to grow wide as their jaws dropped. The room must have been the size of at least a hundred football fields, completely filled with all sorts of guns, tools, weapons, and whatnot.

"Yeah," replied Zeke. "Anything."

I hope you enjoyed the chapter! I know it's a bit short, but I'm a bit busy today! I've got an interview and if I impress the people, I might be able to go to a three week trip around Europe this summer! Please R&R!