Hey, so when we last left off, David, Penny and Bolt had found David's old trainer named Blonski, who revealed to David that they were taken from their families so they could be trained, Penny assures that he will find his real family someday, and Blonski agrees to help them. I hope you guys like the results for the chapter, and I'll even add a few plot twists and surprises along the way. I hope you guys like the results. Enjoy.

Chapter 13

Time: 0500 hrs.
Area: France
Location: Woods outside of French military research facility

It was the late afternoon in the forests of France. The trees were whispering, the sun was slowly starting to fade, and the animals and birds were minding their own business as they trampled through. David, Penny, Bolt, and Blonski were moving silently through the forests that would eventually lead their way to a French research facility. David had traced the tracking signal that was hidden on the EMP chopper and saw that it was heading towards a distant French research facility where they have been said to developing a new EMP satellite that was a top secret project for months. The small group had brought some of Blonski's guns while they left the rest back with the truck. Blonski was carrying a sniper rifle, David was carrying and assault rifle, and Penny had a pistol that was in a holster on her belt while she was holding a small screen that was tracking the helicopter's movements, Bolt was at her side like he always was. After trudging through the woods for what seemed like forever. Penny stopped everybody as she was getting something on the device.

"Did you get something?" asked David.

"Yeah" Penny replied "It's coming up on the screen, and it's coming our way, how far is the facility?"

"It's about half a mile from where we are, but if we go fast enough, we could reach it at the same time the helicopter would"

"Alright, let's go" said David. They continued to walk through the forest until they came across a large building that was on the other side of the large dirt road. It was connected by a large bridge that seemed to stretch four houses, there were guards surrounding the gates, areas of the building, and other places while there were fighter planes circling the area from above.

"Wow, quite the amount of security they've got here" Penny said.

"Don't worry, I've been through way worse places than this" David said to him.

"Alright, so we'll wait and see what they'll use the copter for" Blonski said to them.

"Strange" Penny said "Why would they only use one copter to steal a satellite from here?" they all started wondering the same thing. Suddenly, a rumbling noise was heard from above, it could have been a thunderstorm, but what happened next caught everybody in awe. A strange dark cloud activity started to form above the facility, it was round shaped and several lightning bolts were seen from the vortex. Then, as if on cue, the vortex suddenly disappeared, and a flash of light scattered across the facility and the entire area. Penny, David, Blonski and Bolt all shielded their eyes as the flash went straight past them. After the flash was gone and the clouds cleared up, most of the lights in the facility had gone out, all of the guards were rushing about, and the jets were starting to spin out of control in the distance.

"What just happened?" Penny asked, she looked at her device and saw that it stopped working, she tried pressing some buttons to get it up and running again, but nothing worked.

"I think that was an EMP blast" said Blonski "I just remembered that those scientists were building the satellite for Calico industries" just as Blonski finished explaining, an out of control plane was heading straight for them.

"Get down!" David yelled. Everybody soon ran for a large fallen tree and took cover just as the plane hit the ground and exploded. After the explosion cleared, the four of them slowly looked up from under the log and soon saw that a large convoy of Calico's soldiers was heading to the facility, the EMP helicopter arrived and saw that it was landing in the center yard of the facility.

"Looks like we've got a change in plans" said Penny.

"Alright, looks like we're gonna have to follow these men without being spotted" said David. With that said they all jumped up from under the logs and proceeded to follow the men into the facility. They stopped by a group of bushes and saw the yard in front of the main entrance. They all watched as the doors to the helicopter opened and out stepped a few officers along with Lori who was now wearing a skin tight operations suit, she took a good look at her surroundings then gave an order to the men as they were entering the facility.

"Alright let's hurry this up!" Lori shouted "We've got work to do!" David, Penny, Bolt, and Blonski looked up from the hill and knew that they had to follow them now.

"Looks like Lori have been a little rough lately" Blonski said to David.

"You have no Idea" David said rolling his eyes. The four of them slowly moved out of their hiding position and made their way down the dirt road to the main entrance to the base, while trying their best to not get spotted. David was able to knock out a few guards and hide their bodies so that they wouldn't be noticed by anybody else. Soon, they made their way up the stairs that was on the side and entered through the gate. They all quickly ran behind a barrel and decided to plan what their next move would be.

"So now what?" Penny asked the two men "Should we split up?"

"No" Blonski replied "If we spilt up then it will be easier for them to capture or kill one of us"

"He's got a point" David replied "We'll enter the building through the air shaft and it will take us into the main chamber"

"Alright" Penny replied "Let's go" they all crept around to the side of the building, and sure enough, there was an airshaft that led right into the building "Bolt, stare" Bolt nodded to Penny's order and started to use his laser eyes to open the bars to the airshaft which were welded shut. After frying his way through the metal bars, they started to give way, and David quickly caught them and placed it gently on the ground.

"Ladies first" David said gesturing to Penny. She got into a crouched position, and started to crawl up the airshaft with Bolt, David, and Blonski following behind her. As they were crawling their way through, Penny soon saw a fan that wasn't moving and knew that they had reached the inside of the building.

"I think we've made it" Penny said to her companions "There's an entrance right there"

"Let me handle this" Blonski replied. David, Penny, and Bolt moved aside as Blonski grabbed the metal bars, and pulled them back quietly and placed them to the side before entering the room. David followed him and landed on his feet, Penny came next, with David lowering her down with his arms, and finally Bolt, who just jumped down into the room without making a sound. Once they got into a covered position, they saw that the entire inside of the facility was in a state of ruin, walls had burn marks on them, papers were lying on the floor, and a few fires were burning here and there. Soldiers were examining the area, looking for the satellite, while also finding any survivors that needed to be eliminated to make sure there were no witnesses to the event. The whole area was dark, but the soldiers had flashlights that were equipped onto their riffles, which allowed them to see what they were shooting. Lori walked into the room, and a soldier stood straight as she walked towards him.

"Did you find it?" Lori asked him.

"No, but our men are searching the whole building" the soldier replied to her.

"And the survivor's" she asked again.

"We're taking measures to finding them and eliminating any potential witnesses" the soldier replied back.

"Just make sure that satellite is secured, we don't want to waste any more time" Lori said to the soldier "Keep looking"

"Yes ma'am" the soldier replied saluting her before continuing the search. David looked back to the rest of his group and knew that they had to act fast.

"Alright, we gotta get to that satellite before they do" David said.

"But how are we supposed to see in this dark?" Penny asked.

"Easy" Blonski said from behind them "I brought these night vision goggles in case the area was dark, they'll do us good" he opened up the bag and took three night vision goggles and handed two of them to Penny and David. Bolt probably didn't need one since he has the ability to see in the dark. After they put the goggles on their heads and turned them on, Bolt went to the front of the group while David went right behind him.

"Alright, Bolt is gonna use his smell to see where the satellite is, and he'll lead us right to it" David said "Follow us and keep quiet" Penny and Blonski did as he said, and Bolt started to follow the trail to the satellite. David had his assault riffle with him and Bolt was capable of handling himself, Penny kept her Walther PPK with a silencer close to her side and Blonski was covering the back side with his sniper rifle loaded and ready. As they crept their way through, they heard several people in the distance plead of mercy, followed by sounds of gunshots, and they guessed that they were probably killing several survivors. Soon, Bolt came to a stop in front of a big door, and David signaled everybody to stop as well.

"Did we find it?" asked Penny.

"I don't know" David replied before turning to Bolt "What do you think boy?" Bolt looked back up to David, then aimed his head straight at the door, indicating that this may be the door to the room that contains the satellite "I think we found it, let's go inside" David then walked up to the door and opened it. The room was dark, but David had his night vision goggles, walked inside, and allowed Penny and Blonski to follow him in. Once they were inside, the sight that they saw was one to look at in awe. Before them, was a massive satellite that was on display, it had golden trimmings on the side, several reflective spots, and the Calico symbol marked on both sides of the satellite.

"I think this is it" Penny replied.

"Yep, it sure is" Blonski replied to her. Penny took her cell phone out of her pocket and started taking pictures of the satellite so that they could keep it as a reference. After taking five or six pictures, she turned to David and the others.

"I think that's enough for reference" she said.

"Alright" replied David "Let's get out of here before…" but before he could say anything more, sounds of guns cocking were heard and lights were pointed straight in their direction. They all turned around to see a squad of soldiers with weapons pointed straight at them. David quickly took off his night vision goggles, as did Penny and Blonski as they were surrounded. Then, in the silence, a sound of high-heeled boots came from outside, and soon revealed to be Lori who had a smirk on her face as she walked into the room.

"Well, it looks like the mouse has just walked into the mouse trap" Lori said sarcastically with her golden gun pointed at them "You really think we didn't notice that tracking device that you put on the helicopter in London" David realized that they had known about the tracking device and that they decided to leave it there so that they could follow them to the facility "It looks like your little journey has come to an end".

"What are you gonna do with the satellite?" David asked him.

"I'm afraid that's no concern of yours" Lori replied stepping in "You should have taken me up at the arms fair in London; I suspect that this will be much more difficult for you than it was in Shanghai"

"Nothing you say or do will convince me otherwise to not put a bullet in your skull" David said coldly to both Lori and Calico.

"I agree" Lori said "But this will" she suddenly grabbed Penny by the arms, dragged her towards her, and pointed the gun directly at her head, while restraining her hands behind her back to make sure she doesn't try to move. David realized that they had caught him in his weak spot.

"No Wait!" David said.

"Ah, ah, ah, don't even come any closer" Lori said stopping him "Put the gun down first" David was reluctant at first, he didn't want them to get away, but he didn't want them to harm Penny either.

"David don't do it" Penny said pleading him. Lori squeezed the tip of the gun closer to her head to shut her up.

"I said put it down, now" Lori said to David again. David so decided to do what she said and slowly started to put the gun down on the floor "That's good, we'll just be taking the satellite and go" soon the roof above them was pried open and the helicopter soon started to attach some cable to the satellite and started to lift it off the ground and into the air. As soon as they got the satellite, Lori started to slowly walk away towards the door while still holding Penny as her hostage.

"You're a sick girl" David said to Lori.

"I try" Lori said as if it were a compliment, she turned to the soldiers "Take care of them" she ordered. She then closed the door, and as soon as she did, Bolt lunged at a soldier and knocked him down. David quickly pulled out his pistol, and in the blink of an eye, he shot every soldier down with extreme accuracy. He knew that Lori has already started to run off with Penny since she probably heard them.

"Let's go" David said. Blonski and David both picked up their riffles and Bolt ran to the door and burst his way to chase after Lori, since he was worried about Penny as much as David was. They ran throughout the building, with soldiers coming from all sides, trying to shoot them where they were running. David and his two helpers were a lot faster, and shot their attackers while they were running, once they made it to the front door, he saw that Lori was still holding on to Penny and attached herself to a cable that carried herself and her hostage up the helicopter, where they went inside in once they got up. David ran out, and started shooting multiple rounds up into the sky hoping to hit the helicopter, but it already flew away with the hostage. After that, David fell to the ground on both knees in defeat, he saw that the girl that showed him the lighter side of everything was now taken, and didn't know where too. Bolt ran up to David, upset as he was, and started to nudge him on the side, and David returned it by patting his head.

"Don't worry Bolt" David said to him "We'll get her back, I promise"

Looks like Penny has been taken, but don't worry, there are more surprises yet to come and more to this story. I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter, I am also hoping to get this story done before the summer starts so I can do another story Idea that I'm planning on, but that doesn't mean that I'm gonna halt this story. Please review, and I'll update soon. Until next time, Bye.