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Part Four
Uptown New York City
So as to not be teleporting into the middle of the Kortac headquarters, The Gray Zombie teleported elsewhere in the city, and then hopped into a cab heading towards Sci Fi headquarters. He carried a case with him, roughly the size of a regular suitcase, but metallic in appearance. The cab driver talked on and on, then kept looking in the rearview mirror to make sure his passenger was still alive. The Gray Zombie was not much of a talker, but he was always a good listener.
"So," The cab driver asked, "why are you going to the Sci Fi headquarters? You one of those celebrities who says, 'I am Sci Fi'?
"No."
"You created some series for Sci Fi? As part of the new Sci Fi Prime?"
"No."
"Well, then why?"
Gray Zombie looked into the rear view mirror at the cab drivers reflection, "I'm part of a team who has been chosen to save the Earth from being conquered by a race of dimensional beings." Then he turned an looked out the window.
It's New York, they'll think you're just nuts. he thought.
"Yea?" the cab driver continued. "this dimensional race gotta name?"
Gray Zombie kept looking out the window as he answered, "The Kortac."
If the Gray Zombie had looked to the cab driver, he would of noticed that the cab driver's expression changed to that of being concerned. He knew exactly what The Gray Zombie was talking about.
Eventually, the cab arrived at it's destination. Gray Zombie pulled out his wallet.
"How much do I owe you?" he asked
The cab driver looked straight ahead not turning towards Zombie, "Don't worry about it, just do me one favor."
"What's that?"
The cab driver turned and faced the Gray Zombie. He was no longer human looking, instead he looked exactly like the gray aliens seen on Sightings. "Be careful, you have no idea on what the Kortac are capable of."
The Gray Zombie looked at the alien, his expression never changed, he never showed any surprise about the truth of the cab driver, "Tolstoy kept us informed on a what to expect."
All of a sudden, The Gray Zombie received a picture in his mind. The alien was projecting it. It was an image of a man in a business suit.
"This is Mr. Green, one of Sci Fi's executives." The alien said, "At least, it's Mr. Green's body. The brain currently residing in the body is Martac, Supreme Commander of the Kortac Invasion Force. He's the one in charge. Whatever you do, stay away from him."
"Ok, gotcha."
"Again, be careful."
The Gray Zombie got out of the cab, then peered at the driver, this time he was human looking again.
"So, what's your story?" Gray asked
"I'll tell you at another time."
And with that, the cab sped off. splashing mud on a gentleman in a business suit who tried to hail the cab.
The Gray Zombie pushed the communicator button on his wrist band. Tolstoy answered
"Yes, Gray, have you found Dan?"
"No, but I know that an executive named Mr. Green is a Kortac."
"Really? How did you find that out?"
"There may or may not be an ally or group of allies we can trust. Not sure, I'll probably find out at a later time."
The communicator bleeped, DanZero cut in.
"Gray, are you here yet? No telling what the Kortac are doing to Medusa."
Gray Zombie walked into the building and immediately found Dan
"Ok, I'm here. Let's go" he said
"Great, I'm gonna have to have the Computer help me in building a Decapitator. That'll come in real useful."
They walked to the elevators. After they walked into the elevator and pushed the button for the basement, Gray turned to Dan.
"What in the hell is a Decapitator?"
Basement of Sci Fi building
DanZero and The Gray Zombie searched the basement looking for a secret entrance to the sub basements.
"Gray," DanZero asked, "Wouldn't there be some surveillance equipment to monitor for trespassers?"
The Gray Zombie was searching the floor, after finding a grate leading to an underground ventilation shaft he said, "We're not going in through the front door."
DanZero looked at the shaft, "You think the ventilation duct is big enough for us to crawl through?"
"I'm willing to bet on it."
"Why are you so confident?"
Gray Zombie shrugged, "Well, this is beginning to sound like a movie plot of sorts, right?"
"Yea.."
"So, there's always a ventilation shaft that is big enough to crawl through."
"Good point."
They both pulled up the grate and entered into the shaft."
Sub basement Seven, Detention Level
While DanZero and The Gray Zombie worked their way down to the Kortac HQ, the rest of the Capper's were in the Kortac detention level. Each one was in a section of the room, instead of cells, that one would expect to be put in. Each Capper was held in a force field bubble, which gave off a blue glow. They were all able to talk to one another.
"Well, this is nice." Rizzz stated, "I think next time some stranger asks us to save the world, I'm gonna suggest he talk to the marines.
"God damn, sum bitch." BuckFifty muttered.
"Buck," Medusa said, "you've been saying that ever since we were captured, can you say something else?"
Buck thought for a minute then turned to Medusa, "Lovely weather we're having, isn't it?"
"Ok, you can go back to 'sum bitch'"
Rizzz looked at his wristband. "I wonder why they never took these away from us?"
"What difference does it make?" Buck asked, "They're useless. We can't teleport out. Can't contact anyone."
MedusaD looked around, "Wonder what happened to Dan? I hope he teleported someplace safe."
animebabe was lying on the floor looking up at the ceiling. "I'm hoping that he got help."
BuckFifty nodded, "I'm sure he has. Maybe Gray Zombie and Tolstoy are on their way."
The conversation was interrupted by the doors to the room opening. Four Kortac guards walked in, followed by a human.
"The hell?" asked Rizzz, more to himself than to anyone
The stranger spoke, "Hello, You may call me, Mr. Green. And we are going to have a little chat, one by one."
One of the Kortac guard deactivated Medusa's holding bubble.
"We'll start with you." Mr. Green said
BuckFifty pounded onto his holding bubble, hoping that it would break, "Damn it, you leave her alone."
Mr. Green smiled. It was a smile that sent shivers down the Capper's spine. Then he, the guards, and Medusa left the room.
"This sucks donkey balls." animebabe said
Buck looked at his two friends, "I just hope that the calvary is on it's way."
The Ventilation Shaft
The Gray Zombie and DanZero continued to crawl. Soon, they had lost contact with Tolstoy. The Gray Zombie figured that the Kortac jamming device was causing the problem. They kept in the ventilation shaft, hoping that the Kortac never thought of looking in the shafts.
"So," The Gray Zombie said, "what do you think we should name The Computer?"
"I don't know," DanZero answered "Why did you bring that up?"
"I dunno, keeps my mind off the fact that we are in the headquarters of dimensional beings who want to conquer our world."
"Oh, haven't thought of one, sorry."
They continued crawling through the ventilation shaft, peering through the grate every now and again, to see what was where (the Kortac restroom was the last thing they wanted to peer into). Along the way, they found what they considered to be the Kortac Command Center, which was full of Kortac. Zombie was hoping to somehow clear the room so they could get in and deactivate the scrambler device.
A few minutes of crawling, Gray Zombie looked behind him and saw Dan, with a nervous look on his face, about to knock the grate out. He quickly grabbed Dan and pulled him away.
"If you're trying to do something stupid that would alert the Kortac to our presence, I swear to God, I'll kick your butt so hard your teeth'll crack." he whispered.
DanZero pointed to the grate, "They've got Medusa. They took her into some room. I gotta save her."
"How many Kortac did you see?"
"Four and some human....oh, wait. I see what you're saying. Hold on. We're down here unarmed. I should kick your butt so hard you're teeth'll crack."
The Gray Zombie pointed at the suitcase, which he had strapped to his back, "I ain't stupid. I've come prepared."
"Oh, well, then we should save Medusa."
"We will. That means the others should be close by. We're about seven levels down. Don't think they would've taken her too far from the others."
"They could be placing a Kortac brain inside her right now."
"I'd say they're interrogating her, trying to find out why they're here. How they were able to materialize into their headquarters. Blah blah blah, yadda yadda yadda."
"So, we save the others, then save Medusa?"
"And deactivate the scrambler. Very important we do that, or else we'll never get out of here. Ventilation shaft won't even be safe anymore."
"We gotta save..."
Gray Zombie held up his hand, "You will save Medusa, but first we need a little help from the others."
"Thanks Gray."
And with that the two continued crawling through the ventilation shaft.
Interrogation Room
MedusaD sat at the table. She tried not to look nervous. Deep down, she knew that DanZero would come to save her, and then the two of them would show the Kortac what for. She eyed Mr. Green, she knew this was a Kortac brain inside a human body. She shuddered at the thought of a Kortac brain inside her body. Mr. Green looked at her, patiently.
"Well, my dear," he finally said, "I told you my name. Who are you?"
"MedusaD." she said
"That's not your real name, is it? What is your real name."
"As far as you're concerned, it's MedusaD. It's the name of the person who'll nail your ass to the wall."
Mr. Green laughed, "You are brave. I'm sure the others are equally brave. You may notice that I never took away your wristband. That is only because they're useless now. Kortac technology is jamming them, preventing you from leaving. Now tell me, other than you and your three friends, are there others?"
"No." Medusa lied, it was obvious that the Kortac knew nothing of Dan, which was a good sign.
"Why do I not believe you? The wristbands are of Technican technology. We Kortac conquered that world a long time ago. Most of their technology turned up missing, which meant a few of the Technicans escaped. So, who are you working for?"
"The good of Earth."
Green slammed his fist on the table, which made Medusa jump, "You're going to talk. I can wait as long as I have to, but once I grow impatient, you can either talk or die."
Detention Room
Rizzz, BuckFifty, and animebabe sat in their bubbles, hoping that Medusa was ok, and not hurt. They looked up when they heard a noise coming from the ventilation shaft.
"What was that?" BuckFifty asked
"Awfully big rats?" Rizzz suggested
The grate to the ventilation shaft fell off, and The Gray Zombie stuck his head out.
"Damn, I knew I should of taken that left turn at Alberquerqe." He said
"Gray!" animebabe exclaimed "Are we glad to see you."
Gray Zombie climbed out of the shaft, DanZero followed.
"Now?" he asked Gray
The Gray Zombie looked at the control device for the holding bubbles. "Can we get them out of the Mr. Bubble Jail Cell first?"
He looked back at the control device, then punched it. The bubbles were deactivated.
"About damn time."BuckFifty said, "Now what?"
Gray Zombie opened up the suitcase, and stuck his arm deep down in it. It was as if he was putting his hand through a hole in reality. He pulled out four laser rifles, and two laser bazookas. He handed them out to everyone, Rizzz and animebabe each got a laser rifle, Dan got two (one was for Medusa) and the bazookas went to Buck and himself.
"Ok," The Gray Zombie said, "we need to save our comrade, deactivate the scrambler device, get the hell out of here, and drink a few beers."
"HELL YEA." Buck agreed
animebabe activated her laser rifle, it made a soft hum as it came on. "Ok, let's show these Kortac bastards how we do things in this dimension."
To Be Continued
(Part Five. The final chapter to the first adventure)