"Are we really going through with this?" asked Emmet.
The group, minus Blackstar, who had to return to Astor City for an important meeting, had piled into an Agent helicopter and were currently on route to wherever the Agency had put Inferno after the Second Battle of Bricksburg.
"Unless you can think of another way we're going to get the location of the Third Oblivion Crystal, this is the only option we've got Emmet," said Chase, who was sitting in the pilot's seat of the helicopter.
Cindel Shan had accompanied them from the Mars Base, seeing as the Agency needed extra security to accompany the group, for where they were going, they were going to need the security.
"Where exactly are we going again?" asked Laval.
"We're going to The Brick," said Chase, the controls of the helicopter getting relatively harder to keep at a level he could keep good control over.
Outside the helicopter, the rain was getting heavier the further they flew; the helicopter started to get harder to control, but Chase managed to keep it steady.
They had returned to Bricksburg to take a quick trip back to Astor City so they could get another helicopter, before they headed off in an unknown direction for the most part; Chase seemed to know which way they were heading in.
"How long is it going to be til we get to…this 'Brick'?" asked Laval, leaning back in his chair as he tried to keep himself distracted; it was starting to get a bit boring.
"Firstly, it's The Brick, and secondly, we're here," said Chase simply, before he pressed a few controls and the floodlights at the front of the helicopter suddenly turned on, illuminating what was in front of them.
In front of them, there was only one thing they could see thanks to the floodlights; it was a single, faded white helipad, the waves of the ocean below crashing against the supports and barely reaching the base of the helipad.
It didn't look all that safe.
"Uh, are you sure this is the right place where we should be landing? It doesn't look that safe to me," said Laval, getting up from his seat, despite the more violent rocking of the helicopter, and approached behind Shan's seat, looking over her shoulder.
"Trust me, it's safe," said Chase calmly, before he and Shan both worked the controls in sync so that nothing bad were to happen at the last minute.
Once the helicopter had landed firmly on the helipad, and several clamps suddenly sprang up from the helipad's base and attached themselves to the helicopter, one of the side doors slowly unlocked.
"Make sure to move quickly; we can't stay out in the open for long," warned Chase, yet there didn't appear to be any concern for his fellow figures in the helicopter, as he got out from his seat and headed for the door.
Though the others did share a few looks with one another at the strange tone in Chase's voice, but they shook it off for now as they all slowly made their way for the partly opened door.
Instantly, they were met with the howling wind almost pushing them back into the helicopter, and the freezing cold, blindingly heavy rain pounding the sides of helicopter and the figures as they tried to get out.
Holding their arms over their faces to block the rain from getting to their faces, Emmet, the other Master Builders and Laval looked around to find where Chase had vanished to.
Laval turned around and pointed around the helicopter, saying, "He's over there!" Though because of the howling wind and the rain, it looked as though he was just mouthing the words for the others to see.
Everyone present all nodded, their faces and hair pieces shining from the rain covering them, and walked around the helicopter.
They found Chase, his own face and hair starting to get a shine to it, as he stood on what appeared to be a smaller helipad, in the same colours as the main helipad the helicopter was resting on.
His arms folded behind his back calmly, Chase stood there motionlessly. Emmet thought about going over to help him, thinking that something was wrong with him.
Though he got the real reason behind it when Chase suddenly dropped, the base giving way.
"Chase!" shouted Emmet, stepping forward for try and catch Chase before he fell out of reach.
He saw that the base that Chase had been standing on lead down to what appeared to be a small, downward facing tunnel, leading somewhere under the dangers of the water and heavy rain.
Emmet looked around near the small area where Chase had been standing on; there didn't appear to be any other one like it. 'Must have been the only one,' thought Emmet, a slightly hurt feeling; knowing that Chase must have known there was only one, and didn't wait for them.
"Well, only one thing to do!" shouted Wyldstyle, her voice barely a whisper against the force of the wind and rain, before she grabbed Emmet's hand.
Without another word mentioned or even attempted, Wyldstyle jumped down the column that lead to wherever Chase had travelled to.
Emmet's scream of terror echoed around the darkened column as they fell down it; Emmet saw a few flickers of movement above them, showing that the others had followed their example, by jumping after the two Master Builders.
They continued to free-fall down the column for a few more minutes, meaning that they were heading very deep under the water and the ground.
Finally, they were nearing the end of the column; though the next thing that crossed Emmet's mind was what was going to happen to them when they reached the bottom.
"Any ideas on how to land?" he shouted in question, looking around at Wyldstyle, as the Master Builder's hair flicked around her face.
"Uh…no, actually," said Wyldstyle, trying to keep her voice calm, despite the fact they were picking up speed the closer they got to the ground.
They were about to hit the ground when something dark orange suddenly appeared in front of them. When they made contact with it, it wasn't hard like Emmet had expected; in fact, it felt as though it was full of air and rather soft.
When they suddenly came to a stop, Emmet lifted himself up from the dark orange thing, and found it to be an inflatable raft; an odd thing to find in a facility like this, despite it being near water; albeit, this far under water.
"Glad to see you guys followed me," said Chase, as he slowly wiped off some water that had landed on his forehead and hair, drying himself off.
"Thanks for-Oof!" said Emmet, getting cut off when Laval and Zeon came flying down from the column above them; both of them, landing right on Emmet.
"-waiting," gasped Emmet, finishing off his cut-off sentence.
"I was needed down here as quickly as possible, seeing as this is an...Unconventional moment," said Chase, before Emmet looked on either side of where Chase was standing.
Lining the walls on either side of Chase, there were guards, armed with rifles and bullet-proof vests donning their chests, with, again, the Agent's emblem on their vests, standing at attention, ready to ready their weapons at a moment's notice.
"Uh…why are these guys here?" asked Emmet, just as Zeon and Shan came flying down the shaft, landing on the dark orange inflatable boat.
"Security reasons," said Chase, before he turned around and headed down the corridor.
"Welcome to The Brick," introduced Chase.
"How many prisoners do you have here?" asked Emmet, quickly scrambling to his feet as he followed after Chase, followed by the other Master Builders and Laval.
"Not prisoners; prisoner. There is only one prisoner at any one time here," informed Chase, his arms folding behind his back as he continued onward.
"So…Inferno is your only prisoner? Seems like a waste of space," said Zeon, scratching the side of her head in confusion.
"It's all for security reasons," said Chase, almost as though he had said it a hundred times before, adding, "Besides, The Brick is designed to be the ultimate prison; no-one would be able to escape from it, once they're locked away inside."
He stopped suddenly, causing Emmet to almost walk into Chase. After getting a slightly annoyed glare from the Agent, Chase turned around to face a re-enforced metal door, and pressed a code into the keypad next to the door.
After dialling in the six number code, the door slowly opened with a hiss of air. Looking inside, Emmet saw that it seemed like a large waste of space.
All that was inside the surprisingly large room, was a small column sitting in the middle of it, with a small gap in the middle of the column, about the half-way point. This part was replaced with a thick layer of glass.
Approaching across the thin, long metal bridge connecting the door to the column, Chase was swiftly followed after by the Master Builders and Laval.
Emmet walked around Chase so that he was the first to reach the column, and peered inside.
Inside the surprisingly large column, despite what it appeared from the outside, there was a figure.
He was wearing a standard, orange jumpsuit with a number ID over his chest, reading the number, 8635, with one of the sleeves cut off. The reason for this was for the silver robotic arm on the figure's left side. The figure's hair piece was definitely unique; with the black, stuck up style with orange highlights.
He had a scar over his right eye, and what appeared to be a permanent sneer smirk on his face.
"Hello, Emmet," said Inferno, slowly lifting his head up slightly to glare at Emmet; it was as though he could tell Emmet was there without any words.
Anyone that gets the reference for Inferno, you get a cookie :P
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