A Second Chance

Part 6 - Special FBI Agent, Walker

I woke up on the couch, finding myself in my comfy pajamas.  

That game must have completely sucked me in... because a part of wanted to jump in even as I was rubbing my eyes. The missions, blasts, and the ridiculous plot had be hooked. 

It's felt nothing like the games we had back in Ninjago. This one made me feel like I was actually in the story -  definitely the reason I lose all sense of time. 

"Wait... what time is it?"

Only nine? I swear I came back when it was dark. Looks like it becomes darker here much earlier than in Ninjago. A five to six hour gaming session followed right after, so I went to sleep at 11:00 P.M or midnight, but looks like I got extra.

Hauling myself off, I went to make some bacon and eggs. I haven't had that in forever and the thought of tasting that greasy, crispy bacon sizzling in the pan was enough to get me moving. Maybe I'd treat myself to lunch at one of those fancy restaurants later. Mark gave me way too much money, so why not splurge a little?

I was about to open the fridge, but a sharp burst of pain shot through my side.

"Ugh!" I braced my hand on the counter.

Why does it hurt so much? 

Oh, I remember!

Yesterday wasn't my average day... it was my grand debut as Power-Punch.

My experience as a ninja carried over, because those thugs were easy to beat. Even though they were low-level thugs, it felt good to be useful again. It's weird how the things you avoid turn out to be the most satisfying. 

But, not everything went the way I wanted it to. 

That girl... she was in a whole different league. She absolutely wrecked me and by the looks of it, she barely even tried. She also might have powers - I don't know what they call those elements here. The thing is, she somehow evaded my spinjitsu even I got the upper hand. 

And if that wasn't enough, The Vipers have an entire ranking system! I really hope she isn't a low rank, because that's very bad news - imagine how many people ranked above her I might have to face. If I meet any of them right now, my career will go in the bin. 

If she's a high-rank, then I'd at least have a chance.

No point spiraling over it now. The situation's completely out of my control until Mark assigns the next target. If all I can do is wait, then I could do other stuff to kill time. 

I could probably dig through Billy's book and see if he wrote something about their ranking system. 

But before I think too far ahead, I should focus on what's happening right now. There's still a decent amount of work to do, like check updates, see who to contact, figuring out what comes next- 

...

Okay, fine! You caught me! 

I just want to see if I made the news.

I mean, I saved a bunch of hostages, beat up a bunch of thugs. I was in a cool suit and I used my freaking element on live cameras. Someone had to record that, right? There's no way something like that didn't make a headline. Maybe they even caught my Spinjitsu, because it was just awesome... except for the time it failed.

I powered on my computer and loaded the browser. 

Why does this look so weird? What are these buttons and icons? There's a cool picture in the background, but how is it there? What do I even press?

Hmm... I remember someone say "ALT + F4" when I was walking here from Mark's mansion. I see those keys right here... that should do something.