Alex Rider: Moving On
Things are not going so well for our heroes! And it is about to get worse!
Enjoy chapter twenty-five!
Chapter Twenty Five:
Opened The Gates Of Hell
Fear went across Alex's body as he watched the virus start to take over the system. For about thirty seconds everything that ran on internet connections shutdown.
"Guys?!" Lily voice came over the micro-phone. "Something's wrong!"
Ya think! Alex said to himself.
"Reckoning has just begun!" Dmitri repated himself. "We just opened the gates our ultimate plan!"
"You just opened the gates of hell! Smithers protested. "What do you guys get out of all of this?! You are you planning?!"
Dmitri laughed.
"We want to destroy this nation! To take everything from it! To show the world that we are the most powerful organization on the planet! Once the United States has fallen, many people will begging us to help take out their rivals! We will make millions off of this weapon! Pandora! The United States will be a deminstration of what we are capable of!"
Alex's face got red.
"Yeah, kill millions of people! You're a real maniac!"
"What?!" Dmitri said with sarcasm. "Not millions, Alex! When we are done with America and when we do this again to other nations, billions will be dead! We will be rich and poweful! By the end of this year, there will be no more powerful governments! Only Chimera will be the most dominat!"
Alex shook his head. He couldn't believe that he was hearing this from a madman. Chimera was more insane than anyone he has ever faced before.
"You won't be able to win! We will stop you!" Alex warned.
Dmitri laughed and said, "Good luck!"
Still using the night vision, Alex saw Dmitri and his men running out the back door and down the stairs. He switched to x-ray and was able to see them climb down the steps.
"They're getting away!" he roared at Smithers.
Smithers nodded and they ran forward, heading towards the door. They followed them as fast as they could.
Mrs. Jones and Joe Byrne rushed through the doors of the control room of the CIA outpost.
"What's the problem people?!" Joe asked.
A man got up from his computer and walked up towards him.
"Sir, the system has just shutdown," he said calmly.
Joe raised an eyebrow.
"Just shutdown? How does that happen?"
The man shrugged and said, "One minute it was working fine and then it just went off."
Another voice from across the room said, "Sir, something's happening to the screens. The system just came back on but we blocked out by an unknown source. There's a symbol too."
Joe and Mrs. Jones turned their attention to the big computer screen in front of them. They watched as red signals started flashing and a symbol, with the head of a lion, a body of a goat, and a tail of a serpant came on it. They also saw the name at the bottom: Chimera!
Mrs. Jones took out her cell phone and tried to dial a number. But her cell phone failed her.
"I can't reach my people," she said shockingly.
"That's because everything isn't working," Joe replied. "Chimera has just taken control of our very own control system. We are vulnerable for any attack."
Everyone stared at him with fear and worry.
"What do we do?" someone asked.
Joe shook his head and said, "Let's hope that Alex Rider can save us."
Alex and Smithers reached the bottom of the stairs. They raced to the front doors, passing a dead body along the way.
They watched as Dmitri and his men got into their vehicles and drive off.
"NO!" Alex yelled. He brought up his gun and started firing at them.
The bullets bounced off the cars as they disappeared from the front gates and into the streets.
Alex fell to his knees and dropped his gun.
Smithers came up right next to him and put his hand on his shoulder.
"Guys?" Lily was worried now. "What happened? Someone talk to me?!"
Smithers was the first to respond.
"We're fine. But Dmitri has escaped. They succeed in their plans."
"Oh shi-!" she didn't finish. "What do we do now?!"
Alex stood up and asked, "Is there a safe house here in Los Angeles?"
"Yes," Lily confirmed.
"Alex put his gun away and started walking back into the facility and up the stairs with Smithers.
"We need to regroup and get a plan in order!" Alex said. "We are losing too many battles here! Chimera is planning something huge and if we cannot stop them, then everything is going to be gone!"
"Right," Lily agreed. "What do you have in mind for a plan?"
Alex thought about it and said, "We need a hacker. Someone who is good enough to undo the Virus's work and stop this Reckoning from happening."
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