Alex Rider: Moving On
I'm doing short chapters because I love them. They allow me to write better than I do with big chapters. So here you go. Enjoy chapter twenty-three.
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Chapter Twenty-Three:
Here We Go
The Virus yelled out in victory as the he finally finished his work with the servers.
"Done!" he yelled and got up.
Dmitri looked at him and said, "You sure?!"
The Virus nodded and said, "Yes! In about ten minutes the entire system of the United States will shut down and the virus will launch itself into every security area in the system. Once the system will come back online, the virus will strike and start to take over the entire network."
Dmitri smiled and nodded.
"Things are going according to plan. Nice job!"
The Virus grinned.
Dmitri suddenly took out his handgun and aimed it at the Virus's head.
The Virus's eyes widened in fear.
Dmitri fired a round into his head and watched as his lifeless body fell to the ground.
Dmitri smiled and said, "Sorry pal. But we cannot allow you to live. You know... or knew... too much." He laughed at his own joke.
He turned to his own men and said, "Let's get ready to go. Destroy the servers once the virus is done."
The Chimera soldiers nodded.
Dmitri turned back to the body of the Virus and did a bow to him.
"See you in hell," he joked. "Considering if there really is an afterlife."
Alex could feel his pulse racing as they got closer to the power grid.
Lily had managed to get them into Los Angeles under thirty minutes as she promised.
They could see the lights of the power grid not far from where they were.
"I'm going to land on the helipad," Lily said.
"Okay," Alex responded. "Mr. Smithers and I will head into the facility and stop Chimera. Lily, I need you to keep watch over the plane for us."
Lily sighed.
"Why do the girls have to be counted out of the action?!" she complained.
Mr. Smithers chuckled and responded, "Because you're beautiful and we're not-so-beautiful. We don't want the girls to look like us."
Lily laughed.
"At least you know how to make me feel special."
Alex rolled his eyes.
Get a room you two! he thought to himself.
They finally landed on the helipad. Alex and Smithers didn't waste time as they moved towards the door on the roof, handguns ready.
"Here we go," Smithers kicked open the door and they both went on through, heading down some stairs.
Maybe I killed "The Virus" dude a little early. But I thought it was time for him to go. I wanted to develop the character of Dmitri a little bit more. Alex and Smithers will take them on in the next chapter.
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