Chapter 13: Interrogating The Enemy
We have not been heroes for long but in that time. We made a hero team, Took down our first enemy, Found out he was an old friend turned bad, He goes wild and hurts my closest and most recent friends, We go to Japan and went through some stuff there, Traveled to Las Vegas and met the criminal mastermind behind it all, And then captured him and my friend so we can interrogate him. We've done more active things that people would do in their lifetimes in just a few months. Man, I love being a hero.
It's crazy how all this is happening on the same day as when we go to Japan.
We brought both of them back and found the lair a mess. Turns out the two egghead scientist, Mr. Neutron and my dad, were about to be finished with the teleportation device. Although they needed to find the right tool so they could add the last part. That's when we came in, dragging an unconscious Mr. Neutron across the ground along with Bryce up on my shoulder. Both of them look surprised and then came bolting at us.
We brought Mr. Neutron and Bryce to a cell block we had in the base and tossed both in different cells. Afterward, we explained what happened and the whole thing with Japan, then Vegas, and how it led up to this moment. They looked at us and with surprise that we accomplished all that we did in such a short amount of time. "I guess when we took the team name, The Elite, we meant to be an elite team of superheroes." I said, "Well, in any case, we have one more thing to do before the teleporter is fixed. Give me and Bill a sec to finish and we'll meet you in the prison block." My dad said to me and the team.
It would take a while for either of them to wake up, so we decided to take the opportunity to relax in each of our rooms. Reeve went into his and said, "I'm just gonna lie down for a while. Stretching makes my muscles ache and I did a lot of stretching out there." Jack then went into his room and said, "Man, I didn't do anything out there. Next time, let me do the breaking and entering." Next was Josh, he said, "A chance to be lazy is always great in my book. But as Jack said, I should have been more active out there. I'm gonna exercise in my room till we are needed." And he entered his room. Next was Caleb, he spoke out a speech, "You know Michal, you didn't have to go in alone. We're your friends and you need backup. It may have been alright today but what about tomorrow, and the uncertainty that surrounds the outcome. As your friend, I want to look out for you so try not to make to many things harder for me okay. ", "Wow Caleb, I didn't expect something like that coming from you." I replied, "Yeah well, just remember this. Next time, I'm team leader." He said in a calm but demeaning tone, and he went into his room. Then I walked Janet to her room, "You know, Caleb did make a point." She stated, "Uggghhhh, I can't believe that came out of your mouth. Caleb being nice, and being right" I said in an undermining, "Well...yeah, but he makes a point. You made a call that could have been disastrous, I mean, what would have happened if Mr. Neutron just took your powers instead of negotiating?" She said and asked, "Guess I was lucky, You know I had to make that call and it did work out in the end. Just be glad for the victory and I'll come to visit later. For now, I want to relax and lie down in my fire form in my room." I answer and said, "Why in your fire form?" She asked, "Because, I can without causing major damage. Also, I wanna boost my endurance so I can stay in my Fire Form longer without having to take short breaks." I answered, "Fine, I'll see you in a bit." She said while waving goodbye, "Till a bit 'My Love'." I replied, and I went into my room and lied down.
Though brief we had all relaxed, some in their unique ways, until we were called on an intercom not an hour later to come to the holding facility. We all then arrived and found Mr. Neutron, already awake, sitting up in his cell. He glared at us and then back at my dad and Mr. Electron. Then we began our discussion
"So, is this what you've resorted to doing Hank." My dad said in remark to Mr. Neutron. Also weirdly, who knew his name was Hank, crazy. "Well, what can I say? I needed someone to take my place, and he wanted the powers. Young Bryce was the perfect candidate to inherit my power, though as I told your two little troopers there. He wanted to help people and I needed him to do my bidding. I'll be cooperative, tell you what I also told your little younglings. If you want to free Bryce, then either I die, or I say 'Bryce, you are free to go'." He said and explained, "And thank you for the cooperation." My dad said to Mr. Neutron. Then a voice above them said, "Voice recording...Complete." We knew, like an evil mastermind would stereotypically do, that he would give us the key to freeing Bryce.
The others and I entered the room with a drive that had the recording stored on it. We then entered Bryce's cell and woke him up, and boy was he not happy about being knocked out. But we then played the recording and the weirdest thing happened. And you know it's weird when I say that something is the weirdest about something.
Bryce lit up and his eyes started to glow a really like dark blue or purple, maybe it was black but black doesn't produce light. And then the light started to change from black to grey, to white. After his eyes glowed a bright white, he sat back down and his eyes turned to normal. That's when he regained consciousness and...he started to freak out. I guess when the phrase was said, it canceled the mind control and he regained his own free will. Though, when he saw us in our costumes, he jumped back and said, "What the hell, who are you? Where am I? Why am I at some sort of orgy?" That last comment kind of hurt, but we could all see where he was coming from.
He didn't seem to remember anything before meeting Mr. Neutron. That means the Bryce we all met that day, the guy who envisioned nothing but destruction, was some sort of alter ego that Mr. Neutron concocted to do his bidding. Finally, we got the old Bryce back.
Or did we.
The end. Continuation in the works