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Needing to get
to the control room,
and since all the humans were still up, Nemo decided to use the back
furthest route. It is a little harder to
get at, but it would
be quicker then using the master bedrooms heater vent and sager than
the main
bathroom. Walking a few steps up, Nemo
lifted the carpet of one of the stairs and pressed himself into a space
between
the wall and the stair. Squeezing
himself in, he made his way through the storage that was where the
garage used
to be. The previous owners of the house
had built half of the garage into a bedroom, and had left the space
between the
floor and the cement open.
Wondering to himself as he dodged a huge
spider web, Nemo figured that this would be a better place for the
control
room. Suddenly a huge gust of cold air
blasted out from underneath the house. Nemo
quickly thought better of his idea and hurried
towards the opening
in the wall. Prying open the heater
vent, he climbed in. Hoping that it
would not turn on, last time he had used this enterance, his hari had
been
crazy for over a week. Finishing the
last leg of the route to the control room, he jumped through another
door in
the side of the vent and pushed it closed. Quickly walking
to the monitor
equipment, of which had been left running, Nemo looked at the screen
and
gasped. Filled with surprise, Nemo smiled
as he watched the cursor, indicating Viktor, move towards one of the
radio tags,
and then in confusion follow after another. Watching the obviously
confused
Viktor, Nemo glanced at the time and sighed; it was still too early to
go after
Viktor. Thinking a little harder Nemo
questioned, “Or is it?!” Viktor could be
caught unaware right now and Nemo knew that he could do this mission
all alone. Walking over to
one of the many
shelves that lined the small space, Nemo dug through his available
equipment. As he decided what to bring,
his eyes fell on the box with his suit in it. Shaking
his head, he once again smiled and figured that
Viktor could
never merit to putting on the uniform. Scooping
together the equipment that he would need, Nemo threw them into a bag
and
headed towards the Matter transporter gun that he had left in here from
last night’s
mission. Since the Teleporter on the
stairs was in use, Nemo was going to use the gun. Setting
the Coordinate for Viktor, he smiled
at the presumptuous thought of his catching Viktor by himself. This time, Nemo had concluded, he would have
the jump on Viktor and Viktor would not know what hit him.
Setting the Teleporter gun on the ground, he
pulled the trigger and stood back. Immediately
Nemo was engulfed and thrown into the vortex of being split up. Quickly emerging into view, Nemo quickly
stepped onto the pavement of the road and while carrying the bag,
dashed into
some bushes by the road. Pulling out the
scanner pad, Nemo located his position on where the transporter had
sent him
and smiled as to the fact that he had actually been sent real close to
where
Viktor should be. Running forward,
he craftily dashed
from bush, to tree, to parked car. Avoiding
the public eye in the post setting sun, he made
his way to
where Viktor was located. Finally reaching
the general area, Nemo
stopped underneath a car parked on the side of the road and looking at
the
scanner, watched the movement of Viktor; the direction he was heading. Setting the pad down, Nemo grabbed the heat
pair of heat goggles that Tsuki had used last night, and put them on. Slipping the strapped loop over his head and
ears, Nemo set them in place over his eyes and pushed a button on the
side to
activate them. Seeing that they were in
working order, he slightly lifted them up and pushed them to rest on
his forehead. Reaching
again into his bag, he pulled out two containment force fields. Placing them in his mouth, he dashed from
underneath the car and ran to the direction that Viktor was traveling. Making about twenty feet ahead of where
Viktor was eventually going to go in the sewer line, Nemo placed one of
the
balls on the ground and pushed the button on it. Quickly
sinking into the asphalt, Nemo knew
that it was going to be activated once it landed in the sewer pipe; and
immediately when Viktor steps on it, it would capture him. Seeing that that
was in order, Nemo
dashed further ahead to where a sewer manhole was located in the road. Setting the last containment field on the
ground, just in case Viktor made it past his first, nemo set it past
the
manhole and activated it. Not even
waiting for it to sink down into the ground, Nemo was already prying at
the
manhole lid. Climbing down, he turned
and pulled the cover back into place. Instantly
immersed in darkness, Nemo could still faintly
see the bottom
of the tunnel from the light that was coming through the holes in the
man hole
lid. Pulling the heat goggles over his
eyes, his vision was immediately represented in shadowy lighted red
paths. Cats could already see in the dark,
but even
dark tunnels like this, Nemo would need assistance.
Climbing about half way down the ladder, he
stopped and pushed a button on his tail. Not
wanting to be completely defenseless, he activated a
small
protective shield, of which HQ had installed in him.
Jumping the rest of the way down, Nemo splashed
in the knee high water and glanced ahead to see if Viktor had been
captured. Seeing only a faint distant
blur Nemo began to run forward, as he was confidant in his actions
because
everything was going as planned. Pulling
the scanning pad forward, he turned it on and located the general area
that
Viktor was located. Seeing that he was
right where Nemo had dropped off the Containment field, Nemo smiled. Viktor was most likely trapped in the
field
and the only way to get out was through Nemo. Filling
with confidence, he dashed forward faster. Seeing
that the tunnel was several feet in
diameter, Nemo gracefully dodged the joining pipes and holes from the
surrounding urban houses. Using his
goggles, he ignored the surrounding tunnel, of which was warm and
created a
faint glow through the goggles. Suddenly
turning a bend in the pipe, Nemo was waiting to come face to face with
Viktor
but came to his barrier and there was nothing inside.
Looking at the barrier, Nemo knew that Viktor
had activated it, but Viktor was gone. Nothing
animate could escape the barrier, Nemo knew. Tapping
the wall around the humming
entrapment, Nemo could not see a fault in the tunnels wall. Retracing his steps aound the bend, Nemo
tried to look where it would have gone wrong. Suddenly Nemo
heard a thump adn a
woosh. Looking forward, he saw a wall of red coming at him, but did not
have
time to get out of the way. Blasted
back, Nemo tumbled to a stop as the protective barrier shield around
Nemo,
sputterd and flashed and then stopped working. “Blast
it,” Nemo mumbled while jumping to his feet. Staring
forward, he could not see anything,
and figured that the goggles were not working. Ripping
them off, he looked at them and could faintly see
the lenses
cracked and the hardware broken. Glancing
up, he could barely see the outline of a dark
figure at the
head of the tunnel. Blast it; this is no
time to meet the enemy. Throwing the
goggles to the ground, Nemo took deep relaxing breaths to calm himself. Hearing only the shatter and the splash of
the goggles hitting the tunnels side and then the water, Nemo prepared
himself for
whatever Viktor had up his sleeve. Feeling not as confident as before,
Nemo
then tried to remember some of the dreams he had, in order to try to
get the
results that he had had last night. “Do you really
think that I would
come to meet you, UNPREPARED?” Taunted the figure.
Recognizing
the voice as Viktor’s, Nemo ignored his comment, while trying to
concentrate on
his dreams. Viktor
confidently claimed, “Your
fate is in my hands and at last I will defeat and capture you! No more of this stupid game that we have been
playing; I have pulled all of my aces. You
shall be MINE!” Getting
frustrated, Nemo could not
bring his dreams or even his nightmares to the front of his mind. He was at a disadvantage as Viktor had a
weapon and Nemo could not see him. Faintly watching
Viktor reach
around to his tail, Nemo dashed forward, hoping that it was Viktor’s
usual
weapon of choice. With just a possible
chance, Nemo hoped to take Viktor down with just his normal tactics. Pulling it
forward, faster than
Nemo had ever seen Viktor do, Viktor cocked the gun and pulled the
trigger. Taking a hit to the shoulder,
Nemo stopped his attack and reeld back onto the ground from the force
of the
blow. Splashing into the water, Nemo hunched up from the ground, and
leaned
against the pipe. Something was not
right with Viktor, something had definitely changed and it was obvious,
decided
Nemo that Viktor was like a totally different person.
Looking forward Viktor was gone. Listening
in the dark, Nemo got to his feet staggeredly
as he could not use his right arm now. Recognizing
the shot as from Viktor’s stun gun, Nemo was
definitely at
the dis-advantage without his arm. Seeing that no
one was coming Nemo
peered around the bend. Grabbing his
shoulder in pain, Nemo leaned against the wall, as his shoulder
throbbed. Seeing the faint light up ahead
of the light
coming through the sewer manhole, Nemo knew that Viktor was gone. Walking forward, Nemo noticed that he was
sloshing in deeper water. Realizing that
the water was rising, Nemo bolted down the tunnel towards the exit. “Too late,” yelled Nemo as he was smashed by
the wall of oncoming water. Being crammed
back down the tunnel, Nemo was slammed into the first barrier that he
had set
for Viktor. While the water passed
through the barrier, Nemo was left to be crushed by the coursing water,
being
pinned against it. Struggling he
fought against the
water, but the immense weight of the water, that was crushing him,
effortlessly
smashed him harder against the barrier.
“This can’t be it,” Nemo said to himself, “This can’t end
this way.” Cringing while his shoulder
stung and pierced
his entire body with incredible pain, Nemo regretted that he was alone,
and
would have no one to know what happened to him. Giving
one last struggle against the current, Nemo became
limp and
darkness consumed his mind. CLICK
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