Hey Guys, here's Chapter Eleven! Enjoy!
Confrontation
"Hey Alex," Micheal greets the level 1 TAG officer in the hall.
"I'm not Alex," the penguin insists. "My name is Timothy."
As they continue to walk, Timothy pauses and turns toward Micheal.
"Why do you keep calling me Alex?" Timothy questions, curiously.
"Because...that's your real name. I heard you say that yourself the first day you came." Micheal answers.
Timothy shakes his head.
"Impossible! I was a TAG agent long before you came here!" He tries to reason.
"Maybe...what's behind room 219 will jog your memory," Micheal suggests.
"Room 219?...Even Level 1 officers aren't allowed to go in there. Only the Director is allowed to go in there." Timothy starts to walk again.
"Come on aren't you at least bit curious?" Micheal exclaims.
"...Maybe." Timothy replies just barely audible.
*Flashback ends *
When I look back on those days, I always regret my actions. If I hadn't reminded him of who he was...none of what spiraled after wards would have happened. Micheal shakes his head sadly. Micheal teleported back to TAG headquarters and finds it still in chaos. Alex. That's when Micheal hears a loud bang and then two thuds.
"Micheal?" A voice asks, surprised.
Micheal puts on his night vision glasses.
"Hi Alex," He acknowledges. "I see you're making use of the air vent system."
Alex turns to look at the phone which is sitting on the desk near Micheal. Micheal walks over to it and then pulls the plug.
"You're not going to give us away?" Alex asks.
"No...but it's time we talked."
Micheal presses a button, that's underneath his desk, and the room goes into lock down like a panic room.
*Flashback begins *
"So you came?" Micheal asks as Timothy is walking toward the only hall that leads to room 219.
"Uh..I guess I am" the level 1 TAG agent replies.
"Good. I was hoping you wouldn't be so stubborn," Micheal states.
As they start to walk down the forbidden hall, Timothy turns to face Micheal.
"I don't have the key."
"What?" Micheal questions.
"To that room. I don't have the key to that room."
Micheal grins.
"Who said anything about going through the front door?"
*Flashback ends *
"What do you want to tell me?" Alex asks, while Gary stares at the panic room's mechanics.
"Fascinating," Gary remarks.
"You ask me," Micheal counters. "We've got all the time in the world."
Alex nods and then takes a seat in a chair.
"Okay then. You still haven't told me...what happened to Sarah after that day."
*Flashback begins*
Micheal hops down from the air vent with Timothy following behind.
"I knew you'd be able to deactivate those lasers!" Micheal congratulates.
"I shouldn't be doing this" Timothy remarks, bitterly.
Then Timothy hears a gasp from Micheal.
"What? What's wrong?" Timothy hurries over to Micheal.
"This place is...Awesome!"
Micheal looks around the room, starry-eyed. It is like finding pirate treasure or lost treasure. The room is full of items.
"A junkyard," Timothy remarks amused.
Micheal starts to dig through the stuff and finds things from a digital watch to a rubber ducky. While Micheal surveyed his findings, Timothy noticed something curious about the room's door. There is a small slot at the bottom of it, almost like a dog or cat door but smaller like a mail slot. Just enough to pass through...Food? Is there something living here?
*Flashback ends *
"She's find." Micheal adds, "maybe."
"Maybe?" Alex repeats.
Micheal shifts in his seat.
"Why did you leave us behind?" Micheal inquires.
"I...you guys were dead," Alex reveals.
"Obviously we aren't."
"Where's Sarah?"
*Flashback begins *
"Hey Alex, check these guys out!" Micheal remarks, pointing to some fluffy creatures.
Timothy turns and the creatures immediately jumps on top of him.
"Awww, they like you." He exclaims.
"Puffles" Timothy informs, softly.
"What?" Micheal asks, while playing with the creatures.
"They are called puffles" he repeats.
"How did you know that?"
"I don't know. I just do."
Timothy looks at the puffle in his fin.
"You look familiar" Timothy says to it.
The puffles just stares back at him in puzzlement.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Timothy adds.
He puts the puffle down, but it jumps back on top of him. Timothy shakes his head.
"Micheal, we have to go now" he states.
Micheal pauses in his play with the puffle.
"Aw...but Alex...we can't just leave them here." All alone!"
When Timothy looks at Micheal's pleading face, he smiles.
"Why are you smiling?" Micheal asks.
"You're just like Rookie." Timothy remarks, casually as he watches Micheal with the puffle.
"Who?" He asks, still playing attention to the puffle.
"What?"
"Who's Rookie?"
"What?"
"You said I'm just like Rookie. Who's Rookie?"
Timothy shrugs his shoulders.
"I don't know," he answers.
"Then why did you mention him?" Micheal asks, curious.
Micheal's attention averts back to the puffle, soon forgetting the question he had asked. Timothy turns to look at the door.
"I don't know..." he mutters to himself. "I don't...even know anyone by that name.
WoW! Why does Timothy think that Micheal looks like Rookie but then remembers that he doesn't know anyone by that name? What do you think Room 219's purpose is? That was an information overload! For those of you who are new, or just forgotten. Alex joined TAG (reason still unknown) after Operation: Blackout. This is where he met Micheal and Sarah. He takes on the identity as Timothy Ryder and becomes a level 1 agent. (takes on a new identity by choice or not? Go find out). Sometime later, the EPF ruins TAG's plan of Operation: Takeover and Alex retires from agency life only to return in Operation: Sandy (Night, Night EPF agents story). So that's all the recap I'm going to give for you confused folks. I don't want to spoil secrets this early! So now, what in the world is going on? Alex is trapped in a panic room! Why doesn't Micheal alarm the agents that he has Alex? What happened That Day? Find out more on November 20th!
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Rosa Blythe: Yeah, it seems like the other EPF agents won't be seeing Alex for a while...Who do you think Joe is looking for? If he is looking for a some TAG agent? Honors, Advanced Placement courses, I don't know how Sarah could manage that having missed several weeks of school and classes...besides the fact that she's never really gone to a public school learning regular courses. When she was a child, Sarah went to an Academy in TAG headquarters where it's focus was mostly on things related to spying. It makes you wonder where her parents are.