Hey Guys here's Chapter Ten! Enjoy!
Another puzzle piece!
Rookie had annoyed the TAG agent, that was guarding them, long enough for them to leave and go get Rookie something to eat. A few minutes after they left, the power shut down and the EPF agents were all in the dark.
*Buzz Click! *
"Buzz...click?" Rookie repeats in the dark.
Then the EPF agents hear a swinging metal door open and then a loud thud that follows.
"Hey guys...our cells are unlocked," Rookie exclaims.
The other agents quickly felt for their cell doors and pushed them open.
"Now what?" Lake Blue asks, "did anyone else pack a pair of night vision goggles with them?"
"Wait, you have some!" Rookie complains, "they took mine!"
"I have mine still." Dot replies, "and a few extras."
After finding Dot and putting on the goggles, the penguins look at each other and try to discuss their next move.
"So...who let us out?" Jetpack Guy asks them.
"I think...Alex did," Rebecca answers.
"And what makes you think that?" Lake Blue asks.
Rebecca shrugs, "I just have a feeling that it was him."
"That's so cool!" Rookie exclaims, "are you guys twins? I read on the internet that twins can communicate with each other telepathically!"
"No we aren't! Alex is two years older than me!" She informs.
"So what is the plan now?" Dot asks, "maybe if you're right, we should go meet up with Alex."
"I guess..." Rebecca agrees.
As the penguins are leaving the room, Rookie stops for a second.
"One...Two...Three...Four...Five..." Rookie looks around the room. "One...two...three...four...five..."
"Come on, Rookie!" You're going to get lost!" Lake Blue exclaims, grabbing Rookie.
Funny...I thought we had six penguins with us, not including Alex. Oh look there's a vending machine full of...candy! Rookie rushes over to the vending machine.
"Hey does anyone have 75 coins on them?" He asks, eagerly.
"Rookie!" Lake Blue scolds, "now is not the time to be worrying about food!"
He had already known that the door was open before Rookie did. He had already left the room by the time Rookie fell on his face, discovering his cell door unlocked. He was already down the hall and in another room when the EPF agents began to leave the room. Joe's real name is not Joe.
As Joe walked the familiar corridors, he wondered how much of the facility TAG had changed. No, Joe was not a TAG agent, he never was, but he had walked these halls once long ago.
*Flashback *
"Okay let's move!" A green penguin orders his men.
The EPF agents hurry out of the hall toward the helicopter. Another penguin is staring frantically down the hall in the opposite direction. He starts to run down it to the other side.
"Alex, get back here!" Yells the commander of the group.
The commander runs after Alex and manages to stop him.
"Wait!" Alex yells, in desperation. "They'll be coming!"
The commander manages to drag Alex out of the hall and towards the helicopter just as an explosion rang out. The Tech Galactic Alliance was destroyed.
"Nooo!" Alex screams.
He tries to run toward the wreckage but the commander stops him in his tracks.
"They are gone, Alex." The commander states, coldly. "She's dead. No one would have survived that big of a blast."
Alex immediately turns toward the commander and then the helicopter. The commander nearly flinches at the startling sight. Alex looked emotionless as he gets inside the helicopter, like one of the living dead.
"I made a promise." He whispers, barely audible, as he passes the commander and sits down as the helicopter takes off.
*Flashback ends *
That day was different for everyone. For almost everyone in the EPF, it was a major victory. For TAG, it was merely just a setback. But for Alex...Joe pauses, as he finds the room that he's looking for. It was the death of someone special.
Rookie, Rookie, Rookie! He's always so hungry! Well now the EPF agents have escaped their cells and now they are off to find Alex. Do you think they will be able to find him along the way? What is Joe looking for? What is Joe's real name? What happened that day? What exactly happened when Alex was with TAG? Find out Next Week on November 13th!
RR:
Rosa Blythe: Well you won't have to wait much longer for some better rope, I sent someone else besides Rookie...although this penguin was asking me for directions to get and find the rope XD Sarah is pretty smart herself, I'm sure she'll be able to do just fine at school if...Katie was a normal average high schooler (which she's not because she's in all honors classes).
Brusselsprout Fiction: Well, Gary honestly has know clue what is going on at the moment. Then again he's a whole new level of sophisticated clumsiness compared to Rookie.