The Great War League

by Flipfrog

New terrors are unleashed on the Western Front. M assembles an emergency League to deal with it: a pilot, a jungle lord, an airship captain, a cat burglar, an inventor and what! an insect man. Battles will erupt in the sky and rip the Earth asunder at the front-lines before the evil is traced to an island where science itself has gone mad. The Twilight Heroes lurk in the shadows.

20. Chapter 20

Chapter 20

"It is finished M." Announced Monk Mayfair.

Paul Carruthers continued. "This chemical attractant should allow Gregor to track whatever it's attached to over a long distance."

A large amount of the indicated solution was placed in a metal dispensation device.

"This dispenser releases tiny droplets of the attractant in timed sequence." Said Monk. "It should leave a scent trail in the sky that Gregor can follow. If the wind is light it shouldn't disturb the trail too much."

"I take it that the Captain will have to pursue the super zeppelin immediately after it leaves." Asked M.

"Definately." Stated Paul Carruthers. "The chemical is strong and with firm stabilising agents, but over a vast distance and with unpredictable air currents, the trail could spoil or go cold pretty fast."

Captain Mors asked. "Where do I attach it to?"

"To the super zeppelin's rudder." Answered Monk. "These clamps I've fixed to the dispenser can be applied fast."

"That leaves the problem of getting to a super zeppelin and attaching it." Said M.

Irma Vep stepped forward. "Oh! Gregor, the Captain and I have a plan to do that."

"We just need to know where to find one." Added Mors.

The three League members had overcome their gas induced fear after a few hours in the open air. M informed them that he saw Jonathon Crane blowing gas from a little cylinder into the dormitory vents. After opening each window to help dissipate the gas, M wrestled with The wicked chemist.

Mors, Irma and Gregor each woke from disturbing nightmares and promptly left their gas filled rooms to begin a slow recovery. Gregor jumped through the roof and flew away; an early preparation of the pheromonal concoction was used to draw him back.

Gregor has since tested the final product and believed he can track it over a long distance.

Jonathon Crane remained in the compound lock-up showing signs of a cruel madness.

It was on their way back to Sheffield that M announced that Biggles has been discharged from hospital and can rejoin the mission. The Luftpirat had been re-plated and was ready for flight. M was set to take a train to London; he received reports from Sir Robert Morton.

"We know where a super zeppelin will be." Said M. "A build up of those scientific horrors has been observed by one of my agents on the Western front. Super zeppelins drop these forces off at a base just behind the German lines."

"Are they going to attack British or French?" Asked Mors.

"Americans." Answered M. "The next attack will be at Meuse-Argonne."