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Chapter 10: Genius Grove
It is around three in the afternoon when Holden wanders into Genius Grove. He soon walks past Dexter's old house and Numbuh 5 is standing out front of the house with her Lime Pop Guns on her hips.
She pushes the visor of her hat down and then replies in an upbeat questioning voice, "You needed some time to get away and relax, didn't you?"
Holden nods, sits down on the curb and replies, "I just needed to get out of Sector V. I managed to get things under control for the time being at least at the school."
Numbuh 5 smiles as she hands Holden an ice cream sandwich and then states. "Numbuh 5 says eat up before it melts. You've earned it from what Numbuh 2 was saying."
The door to Dexter's house opens and Professor Utonium walks out with Deedee beside him.
She looks like she wanted to cry and she then bellows, "Where are my Pony Puff Princess Dolls! I know I didn't drop them! Where could they be!"
The Professor frowns and rubs his eyes tiredly. He and Numbuh 5 had been put in charge of protecting Dexter's old lab from Fuse. It didn't help matters that Mandark's house across the street is now an infected zone nor the fact that the old tunnel leading from Mandark's lab into Dexter's lab was still intact.
The Professor smiles and replies in his fatherly tone, "We'll look again later tonight Deedee. They have to be around here someplace."
Holden looks up into the sky and spots a Tech Wing that is flying suspiciously higher than usual. Holden stands up, takes out his rifle and aims at it. He pulls the trigger and shoots it once and it crashes into the street with a gaping hole in its chest. One of Deedee's dolls rolls out of the chest cavity and over to them.
Numbuh 5 gives a deep whistle. "That explains where they went. They probably made a fusion of you Deedee with at least one of those dolls."
Deedee's eyes open wide and she exclaims loudly, "Why do they want a fusion of me? I'm not a hero! I'm not even that important!"
Holden smiles and interjects, "You're important to Dexter and Susan and don't forget your other friends too, Deedee."
Deedee stops to think then nods.
Numbuh 5 scratches her head in confusion and asks, "Who is Susan?"
Deedee answers, "Its Mandark's real name." She then giggles.
Holden then frowns and he suspects that the Tech Wings were taking the dolls to a fusion inside the infected zone.
Holden walks over to the telepad, but before he can use it, the Professor walks over to him and replies with in a serious voice, "Where do you think you're going, Holden? Mandark's house has too much infected ground and it's dangerous in there!"
Holden looks back at his godfather, smiles and replies, "I'm going to take out the Tech Wings that have gone into that fusion lair that's near the back edge of the house. I'll be fine Professor, you don't have to worry about me."
He activates the pad and disappears onto the other side of the barrier. Professor Utonium smiles and knows that Holden can hold his own sometimes when it comes to danger. He always had since the day he and Blossom had become best friends and Holden had become a member of the Utonium family. Still, the Professor would worry about his godson all the same out of habit.
Inside, Holden is surprised at how much damage there has been. Holden takes out a grenade and lobs one at the nearest Terrafuser and destroys it. The ground around the remains of the Terrafuser would take awhile to recover from the toxicity. Holden looks around at the platforms and jump on the only the available one there is to safely cross over the infected ground.
"You could have just asked me to protect you. After all, I have a poison protection skill." Nano Blossom replies as pokes her head over Holden's shoulder.
"Next time we run into a huge area of toxicity I'll call on you." Holden replies as Nano Blossom smiles, nods and disappears into his com.
The fusion lair entrance comes into view and Holden enters to find not a cave like he normally does, but a high tech building area. Holden realizes that he is inside part of Mandark's old lab. Holden looks around quickly and finds a few Doom Drones, along with Tech Wings in front of him. He carefully takes aim shoot each one at a time.
I really need to get a shattergun; it would make taking out large groups easier thinks Holden.
Unexpectedly, one of the Doom Drones drops the head of one of Deedee's dolls, and immediately Holden picks it up and contacts the Professor and replies in a rushed voice "Looks like Numbuh 5 is right about them making a fusion of Deedee."
The Professor appears and replies with a bit of worry in his voice, "Well it probably has a deadly array of dance moves. I know you can move quickly, but don't do anything rash." Holden moves farther into the lab and finally sees the Fusion Deedee a few meters away. She suddenly comes at him with a kicking ballet move. Holden dodges to his left and fires a shot that hits it once in the back, but it causes minimal damage. Holden takes out the great sword from his com and lunges at the fusion, cutting through Fusion Deedee's defenses and slicing it in two.
The fusion collapse into a small pool and a C.R.A.T.E. and one of Deedee's dolls is all that is left behind. The C.R.A.T.E. contains an Apex Rifle must to Holden's surprise, and the head of another doll.
The doll that lay in the fusion puddle shines for a moment then turns into a nano Deedee who promptly says in an excite voice. "Oh! What does this button do?"
It presses a button that is on the side of Holden's Nancom and the Professor suddenly appears. "A Deedee nano? Let me guess, she was pressing buttons on your Nancom."
Holden nods and the mini Deedee responds, "I won't press any more buttons I promise." Then she disappears after hugging Holden.
Leaving the infected zone is a bit trickier than it was coming in, but Holden carefully studies the platform movements and eventually finds his way out. When Holden exits the infected zone, he hands the two dolls to Deedee.
The Professor smiles at his godson and replies happily, "We're about to have dinner. Why not join us?"
Holden's stomach growls loudly and he replies with a smile on his face, "Sure why not? I didn't even have lunch today."
The supper that the Professor makes is unfortunate not Numbuh 5 liking, since it is mainly broccoli. Holden thought, just eats it all up. Afterwards dinner it is getting towards dusk and Holden is getting ready to leave.
"I should really get back to Sector V; hope to see you all later." He says to them with a grin on his face to as he exits through the door, thanking them for a delicious meal.
As he leaves Genius Grove, he turns down a road not so commonly walked, Holden decides not to go home, and instead continues down the unfamiliar street. He still has one last stop to make…