Undercover

Chapter 12 - Out at SEA

Gabe and Trevor rounded another corner and blasted through the school's back door which leads to the school's parking lot. The boys huffed and puffed but they still needed to find a private spot to change into their suit.

"There're surveillance camera's around. We gotta keep moving," Trevor whispered to Gabe.

The boys managed to duck in between two large vehicles to change. Then, they activated their grabbling hooks and swung out of there.

"Where to?" Gabe shouted, struggling to be heard over the sound of winds as they swung to their location.

"THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO!" Trevor shouted back.

The boys swung to their location in record time. They landed on the support of one of the cranes there. They then surveyed their surroundings. The boys sat there patiently looking out for threats and it didn't take long before Gabe's ears picked up something.

"There! They're headed on that fishing boat! I'm hearing a woman's cry. Let's go."

They ran as fast as they could to the boat but even with Gabe's ability to channel and amplify the energy around him to his advantage, he still couldn't get to the boat in time before it sailed into the open sea.

"We need a boat!" Gabe said as he searched desperately for one.

"Here," Trevor said dragging with all his might a small paddle boat in the shape of a purple dragon.

"You got to be kidding me. What is this thing doing at a port?" Gabe said under his breath as he sucked up all his dignity and help Trevor shove the boat into the ocean. 

They hopped on and paddled like they never paddled before. Gabe could hear the woman's cry becoming more distinct the closer they were getting. As soon as they are in reach of the boat, they flung their grabbling hooks and swung on board. They met face to face with a hooded figure. The figure was cloaked in a black cloak.

Even though the boys couldn't see the figure's face, they could feel it staring into their soul and that gave them goosebumps. They saw the woman with a man who seems to be her husband and 2 children all tied up on deck.

"Who are you?! Unhand them at once!" Gabe spoke.

The cloaked figure said nothing. It stayed still for a moment. Not even flinching when a seagull pooped right at his boots. Then, at the least expected it waved its hand and the sky went dark. The rain started pouring down and waves started to rise. A bolt of lightning flashed in the palm of its gloved hands and the figure charged at Trevor.

Trevor was only just able to get away from the figure before the figure manages to strike him with the bolt. The spot where the lightning had landed had left a burnt mark on the deck. The cloaked figure swung back round to get ready for another blow. Gabe, using his speed and his cylinder (that really needs a better name) as a whip to try and get a strike on the figure.

Gabe missed his first blow and moved his arm back for a second but before he could, Trevor grabbed his arm and stopped him.

" You can't use that to hit it down. The bolt must be charged with all that electricity. You'll be fried if you used the cylinder. It's a conductor you see?"

"A conductor?" Gabe pondered as they both did their best dodging and trying to see if they could land a punch or a kick on the figure. The figure managed to land a blow on Gabe's arm. It stung of course but it didn't hurt him as much as if he didn't have the suit on. Then an idea hit him. Gabe signalled Trevor to follow his lead. Gabe threw a smoke grenade before running to the front of the boat and ducking under some barrels. Trevor did the same.

" Listen carefully," Gabe whispered as quickly as he could while the figure's vision was still blurred. "We'll use our cylinders as a trap. It's pressure activated right? So we'll roll in on the ground as soon as the smoke starts to wear off and well lure it towards the cylinder on the ground. He'll be bound to step on it and set of the hooks which will hopefully bind it and it'll end up electrocuting himself,"

The boys executed the plan like planned. The figure ended up shocking himself. The figure was knocked cold. The bolt flashed out of his hand and the water and skies calmed.

Gabe freed the captured while Trevor unhoods the hooded figure. He did a quick examination of the now known to be, man and snapped a few pictures of him on his cell before sailing the boat back to land.

Gabe swapped out their cylinders with the rope used to bound the woman and her family, called up Sir March and swung out of the area before the now freed family could muster out a thank you.