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Chapter Eight: The buried, The missing, The lost


(Monday, August 19, 2019)

(Amity Dungeon)

I walked into my office and took the center chair as the computer screen on the desk activated. It is not as impressive as the holographic display in my laboratory, but the view made up for it.

As I learned more about the dungeons, I realized I liked the feeling of being able to walk around an office and look down at the city from above. As the people I animated walked around performing tasks to help me in my goals.

I pulled my thumb drive from my inventory and inserted it to transfer the information. hitting a key brought up my list of activities for today.

A smile grew on my face as temptation hit me. In the setting Sam, Alex, and Clover are from their boss Jerry would surprise them with different ways of bringing them to the office. I decided to start their morning with a bit of familiarity.

I cast [E Emergency] to contact Sam, Clover, and Alex.

A swirling portal appeared in the air and the girls fell through the portal into a jumbled pile on the floor.

"Good morning, ladies." I said with a smile.

"Like that was so not fun Adam." Clover said as she stood up. "You could have called us and gave us a warning. We did not even have time to brush our teeth or our hair."

Because of the time the girls stood in front of me wearing pajamas.

Clover's pajamas are a dark blue pants and a lighter shade of purple shirt with a bunny on it.

Sam's pajamas are a pink nightdress that stops around the thigh with a ribbon tied under her chest.

Alex's pajamas are a yellow and white shirt and pants with a panda on it.

"I am sorry. That brought me no pleasure. "I lied. "I have a schedule to keep and there is a lot of work to do. After I tell you your mission you can get ready."

"What is the mission?" Sam asked.

"Sam, Clover, and Alex, I want you to go to Camp Montega in Fairfax, Connecticut." I said "Tech-12 will transfer the information to your compowerders.

"What are we looking for?" Sam asked.

"You are going to be digging up a dead body." I said as I pulled up a file on Talvinder gill.

"What?" Clover asked with wide eyes.

"This is how horror movies start." Alex said.

Not surprising that they would react this way. The spies the girls are based on did not really deal with dead bodies. More mad scientists trying to bring about weather disasters and twisted business owners trying to avenge the pains of their youth. In the end all the people missing turned up whether they were the victims, or the villains and it was all resolved in less than thirty minutes.

"Who is she?" Clover asked.

"Talvinder was a college student at Cyprus Rode University. During the summer two years ago, she worked as a camp counselor at the camp. Near the last two weeks of August, she "disappeared" and has been declared missing since no one has found her body. " I said turning the screen to face them.

"That is horrible." Alex said bringing her and up to her face.

"It says a counselor named Owen Turnbull was charged with the crime and arrested." Sam read off of the screen

"It is true that Owen was charged with the crime but according to my files Owen has been framed." I informed them. "We are going to dig Talvinder up to see if it true. If so, we are going to free Owen and place the proper criminals in prison."

I tapped a key which caused five faces to pop up.

Susan Lam, twenty-six years old, currently an accountant, married to Luke Benjamin, one son named Jaden.

Dawn Duguin, twenty-six years old, currently a journalist for FlashPurple magazine, between relationships.

Peter Broome, twenty-six years old, currently working in a Ngo, between relationships.

Andi Criss, twenty-six years old, currently working remotely for a customer service job, between relationships.

Noah Jenkins, twenty-six years old, currently working at a computer help desk. No relationships.

"Are these your suspects?" Sam asked.

"The research states that in their original setting that Talvinder had been murdered by the group. It started out as a light prank that got out of hand. I want to see if it is true for this world as well." I said.

"How did she die?" Alex asked.

"If it is similar to what happened in their setting the group smashed her head in with a big rock." I answered.

Talvinder had really pissed Andi off.

"Ouch." Alex said.

"Here are your gadgets." I said pulling a box from my inventory and using telekinesis to float it over to them. "Inside the box is a dowsing machine to find Talvinder's body, three shovels to dig the body up, and a stasis capsule to move and preserve the body."

The stasis capsule is based on the pokeball. Pressing the center button causes the capsule to enlarge. Once a person or animal is contained inside it puts them into a state of hibernation and stasis. The person inside would not notice the minutes passing. It would just seem like the blink of an eye.

Kimiko is currently in such a capsule in her own room right now.

"Okay." Sam said.

"We need to change our clothes. I am not going to walk through the forest in my jammies and sandals." Clover said.

"I did not plan for you to." I said using the Amity Key to create a glowing door that led to the house. "Get dressed and Tech-12 will open a portal to the camp."

"Fine." Clover said as she walked to the door.

As the girls walked out of the room I turned to Tech-12-1.

"Tech-12-1 how are the poffins doing?" I asked as I turned the screen back around.

Poffins are a baked magical cookie-like deserts that enhance certain qualities after consumption. I had found a recipe book during my exploration of the Amity Dungeon. It helped explain why the trees in the dungeon grew those strange berries. Depending on the berries involved I could create Poffins that could give enhancements for the attributes of Cool, Beautiful, Cute, Smart, and Tough.

I planned on recruiting Lee Kanker today and part of the plan required on using Poffins to enhance certain traits.

"Tech-12-3 has finished baking them." Tech-12 replied.

I could have my newer servants bake the poffins but right now I wanted accuracy to make them as close to perfect as possible. Accuracy that could only come from a machine.

"Good. Connect me to Diane." I commanded.

With the door open I could use Tech-12 to communicate with the others.

Diane is a new sculpture I created to serve as maid. Diane is the name I gave her because in her setting she is only known as Dexters mom.

"Yes sir?" Diane asked.

"I will be summoning you. Be prepared and bring the Poffins from the kitchen." I said.

Twenty-five seconds later I cast [E Emergency] and watched as a swirling portal opened up in front of me.

Diane stepped out of the portal but unlike the girls hers was more like a simple pathway instead of a twisting tunnel. Diane is a woman in her thirties with red hair. She wore a light blue shirt and dark blue pants hidden behind a white apron.

"Here you go sir." Diane said handing over the box with the poffins inside.

"Thank you." I said. "Diane ow would you feel about more help around the house? "

"I would not be against it." Diane said. "Who are you thinking of?"

"Sam, Alex, and Clover." I answered.

"You could say that." I said. "They disappointed me, and I was thinking you could teach them a lesson. "

"All you need to do is just say the word." Diane said.

"You can return upstairs." I said.

As Diane walked away, I summoned Fugan, Mugan, and Cora.

"Morning master." Fugan said.

"Bossman." Mugan said.

"Eevee." Cora said happily.

"How is your training with Cora going?" I asked as Cora skipped over to me and hopped on to my lap.

"She is doing well." Fugan said. "I fully believe during the operation that she will be able to rip all of the knowledge from Stans head."

"That is wonderful news." I said with a smile. "After I am done with my work, and Fugan return from his mission, I want to see just how good Cora has gotten."

"No problem." Mugan said.

"What mission do you have for me?" Fugan asked.

"Fugan I want you to go to seven-seven-seven Sinclair Lane in Southport, North Carolina." I instructed. "The house belongs to Benjamin Willis. I want you to kill him."

Benjamin Willis is the villain in the movie I Know What You Did Last Summer. A couple of weeks past in July Ben Willis had been walking down Trestyn Road. Four teens collided with him and sent him flying. The four teens checked on him but due to their lack of medical skill believed him dead. They decided to dump the body and keep their actions a secret between them.

Suprise, it turns out Ben was still alive.

It did not stop them from dumping the body in the ocean. They agreed to try and move on. Now one year passes and the group starts getting notes. Understandably Ben survived and he wants revenge. Ben wants these teens dead. It is not his first time.

The group would learn that night they ran over Ben he had been walking home after killing Max Nuerick. The teen that had been dating his daughter and killed her in a drunk driving accident. Even further back he killed his wife during a honeymoon vacation.

"Okay." Fugan said.

Alex, Sam, and Clover would ask questions about this mission, but Fugan would just see it done.

"In that house there will be his son Ben. Do not kill him." I said.

"You want me to bring him to you?" Fugan asked.

"No. I will talk to him later. I have plans for him." I said.

"Alright," Fugan said.

"Here is your equipment." I said pulling their equipment out of my inventory. "One gas mask, a pepper spray filled with the sleep powder of a butterfree, and a needle filled with the venom of an arbok. Inject it into Benjamin medicine drip and he is certain to die."

"Alright," Fugan said.

"You two are dismissed." I said.

Fugan nodded and walked off trough the glowing door.

"Use this time to practice Cora." I said.

Mugan walked out of the office door.

I opened the status window and shifted to the quest tab.

[Mend the Misfortunate]

[Objective: help people that have mutated and suffered due to Compound V.]

Time: Unlimited

0/10

[Reward]

61,000 EXP

plus 1000 EXP for each bonus supe added to the quest

20,000 USD

Luck Incense

Fire Stone

Shiny Stone

Grimoire of Iron Dragon slayer magic

My problem with the quest is that I have too many options to choose. The Red River Institute where Derek stays has more than enough. The problem is I would have to wait too long to accomplish some of those tasks. Meredith wants me to kill Soldier Boy. I was not ready for that fight.

So, I would have to find others.

"Tech-12 display the position of Lee Kankers phone." I commanded.

Lee lived off campus with her sisters Marie and May. Their scholarships did not cover room and board, so they rented a place together.

"Lee Kanker is currently in the subway tunnel under the intersection of James Avenue and Gordon Street." Tech-12-1 stated.

"Tech-12 display an image of Adam Masterson." I commanded.

Tech-12-1 brought up an image and I animated it. This animation is different from the others as it was incapable of thinking.

I opened my inventory and pulled out my game controller. I used it as a medium for my puppet manipulation skill. With my skill I could see from either first person point of view or pull back and see from third person.

Puppet Adam walked to the box of poffins and opened it. Puppet Adam took a poffin that increased traits of cool and smart.

"Tech-12 open a portal to the intersection and make sure no cameras are looking in the area." I said.

Puppet Adam walked through the doorway.

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(New York Subway)

Puppet Adam stepped through the portal and looked as Lee stopped in confusion.

Lee is wearing a white top under a yellow jacket with tan pants.

"Hello Lee." I said.

"Professor Masterson?" Lee asked looking between the portal and me. "How did you do that? What is that?"

"That is not important right now. Lee, I came because I have a proposition for you." I said causing Puppet Adam to shake his head.

"What kind of proposition" Lee asked.

"I am gathering a crew for a job, and I want you in it." I said.

"Really?" Lee asked. "Is this a joke?"

"No. I believe that your power can come in handy." I said.

Lee has the power of x-ray vision. She has distance over depth. According to information Tech-12 had gathered it was the girl's mother had been the one injected with Compound V as a child.

Leanne Kanker is a rather rare case as one of her powers did not manifest until later in her life. Apparently, she has the ability to quicken childbirth. It also turns out the children are born with Compound V in their blood. She came to New York as part of a Vought experiment to see how her kids would develop.

The downside is the moment she touched the baby the man grew weaker and eventually died.

"How illegal is this job?" Lee asked.

"Spain would probably throw a fit if they learned about it." I admitted.

"Are you talking about smuggling something?" Lee asked.

"No." I said. "We won't even have to leave the country. probably."

I knew the answer, but I could not let her think that. I had to make it seem as if this job was something that I had to research on.

"Probably?" Lee asked.

"Yes, but it will be worth it." I said.

"How much could I get from this job?" Lee asked.

"One million dollars." I said.

Lees eyes widened at the number.

"Tell me more." Lee said.

"I want you to join me in a treasure hunt." I said. "In the eighteenth-century a Spanish ship called the Merchant Royal was coming back to Spain from The New World packed with gold and treasure. One day during the trip the ship encountered a storm near a coastal town near North Carolina. The ship and crew sunk to the bottom of the ocean. The Merchant Royal was lost, and the gold disappeared."

"Are you telling me that you know where it is?" Lee asked.

"Yes, I know were the ship sunk." I said.

"How much gold? How much is the gold worth?" Lee asked.

"All I will say is that it was a lot back then. Now it is worth even more" I simply said.

In today's money the gold would be worth four hundred million.

"Are you serious?" Lee asked.

"Yes." I said. "Do you want to know more?"

"Yes." Lee said.

"Good. " I said.

"Master people are approaching." Tech-12 said.

"Think on it." I said. "I will come by your place later and we can talk more about it."

With that I controlled Puppet Adam to walk back into the portal opened by Tech-12.

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I paused Puppet Adam and placed the controller on the table.

I tapped a key and in front of me appeared several files. I open the file on the left.

Violet Lickers. Twenty-seven-years-old, Married to Joe Lickers, she considers herself a journalist through her media vlog called Violets Delights. her most viewed page on it is titled Sex and Violets and is about the murder of Kit Jennings and the suicide of Justine Rijkers.

"Master, are you sure this is the one you want? She is dramatic, fame-hungry, and completely unprincipled." Tech-12 asked.

"She is perfect for what I need. If not according to her setting she will be murdered in two months." I said. "Anyway, if I am going to go after these types of criminals then I need someone that does not have to good sense to walk away. Tech-12 contact Violet Lickers and tell her an up-and-coming hero is a fan of her vlog and wants to talk about making an appearance."

Not to mention having a reason to visit the Clayborne apartments would give me access to all the other people living in the complex. People who with a simple tap could be pushed to become a hero or a villain.

Using telekinesis, I floated the briefcase that I carried to class and opened it. I removed the files that I was planning on reading after class in the library. Now that I was bringing Lee on the hunt for the merchant royal gold, I had no reason to return to the school in person at the moment. There are more important places that I needed to be.

I downloaded some interesting cases I had read during research to a thumb drive and placed them in the briefcase.

Picking up the controller I reactivated Puppet Adam.

"Tech-12 open a portal to Barber Street." I said.

Barber Street is just a few blocks off from Godolkin University.

Puppet Adam stepped through and started walking.

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(Godolkin University, New York)

Walking to the campus I saw Victoria standing above the campus on a platform of light.

Victoria Brant

LV 1

Supe

Power: Photon Manipulation

Feeling: Bordom

Victoria is a blonde-haired woman with matching eyes. Victoria a current member of The Ten. According to Tech-12 she has a temper and is known to have put a few idiots in the hospital. Fan of pirate movies and plans to gain a contract on the coast.

I could see in her eyes that she is sizing up the students. Looking for a challenge.

She looked at me with an intense look. Daring me to look away.

I had a feeling she would enjoy the age I am supposed to be bringing into the world.

Victoria smirked before she started walking away.

I continued walking down the path and I saw Gwen (Susan) and Penny talking to Kevin Pryce and Wallace Burton.

It looked like tutoring but given that Gwen (Susan) is under a false name I should pay more attention.

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"Hello class." I said.

"Hello." some repeated.

"Today we are to discuss what you should do when encountering a criminal robbing a bank." I said as I turned on board.

The students started typing.

"Imagine one day you are contracted to protect a city and are alerted to a bank robbery. After you show up you can see inside the bank and see two men holding guns. As they walk out of the bank a cop already on the scene confronts them. You join to help confront them and one of the robbers pull their jacket down and reveal a bomb. What do you do? " I ask Looking around I picked on Lo. "Lo, Tell me."

"I freeze him in stone." Lo answered in a bored tone.

"In your case yes but for a supe without the power to turn someone to stone. Instead with a more destructive power they just caused massive damage and worse possibly killed both robbers." I said.

"They should not have messed around with a bomb." Francis said.

"The thing is it was not either of the robbers in control of the bomb or the robbery. If you separated the man from the bomb, you would learn that the bomb had been strapped on to him by two psychopaths in gorilla masks." I explained.

"How horrible." Phoebe said.

"Smart." Ivan muttered.

"Now we move into another important part of fighting crime. Understanding the criminal's motive." I said.

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I released control of puppet Adam and let the copy of my memories it had to lead it. If needed I would regain control but for now it was time to move on to other schemes.

I printed the next file.

"Clover reports that they have found the body of Talvinder and is requesting a portal back to base." Tech-12 said.

"Very well. Tech-12 open a portal." I said.

A portal opened and Clover, Sam, and Alex stepped through it. The capsule floated behind them.

"Here you go." Sam said as she faced me as she gestured to the capsule.

"Thank you. Now go and see Diane. She has your next assignment." I said.

Now I would move to another target.

"Tech-12 bring me up a picture of Tyson Keller." I commanded.