CHAPTER EIGHT: WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CALL THE COPS

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Oh lord, what do I do, mum has a high blood pressure and dad.... Dad can't even bear the sight of blood. Those crazy bots, now have invaded the jewellery store. They're so gonna regret this I promise, they can't keep messing up our lives, making us dance to their tunes like puppets. Never!!! They mess with my parents, they mess with me and they'll surely live to regret it, I swear by Nana's grave, they'll pay for ruining the family business, I promise.

Catalina was on her way to the Montero jewellery store, without even informing the team. She was going unarmed. It made things worse when she almost ran over a young boy and his mother, who were walking across the street...

God damn, holy shit

She came down to apologize and luckily, they didn't drag any further. She continued driving with a heavy heart.
Her phone rang countless times, but she refused to pick the calls, she knew it was from Jenny and the team. And she wasn't ready to listen to any lectures from any asshole.

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"Oh God, this is the fifth time am trying to get hold of Cata, but she isn't answering any!" Jenny panicked

When Luna heard the news, she immediately called Jenny and the crew to meet her at her house, since her parents were out.

"Am very worried about that young lady, she might get hurt!" Bethany remarked

"Try calling her Jordan, maybe she'll pick yours" Madison suggested

"Probably.... Let me try" Jordan sighed heavily as he tried calling her, still she didn't pick.

"Try again!!" Jenny shrilled

"Am trying, am trying....." Jordan was restless, he moved around the room like a disturbed mother.

"Hello, Cata!?" Jordan shouted, as he informed the others she picked the call

"Give me that!" Luna said, as she collected the phone from Jordan

"Hello Cata?" She said

"Yeah" Cata said over the phone

"Where are you?"

"At the parking lot of the store. Am about to go in" Cata said as she heaved loudly

"Don't go anywhere, we're on our way"

"I can't wait, something bad might happen........"

"Shhhhhh..... Don't go in without us, we'll be there in 15" Luna demanded like her mum

"Okay, but if anything bad happens to them, I'll blame you!"

Cata cut the call, and sat down in her vehicle waiting for the crew to come.
She grew impatient as time past, she heard screams and cries coming from the building. She shivered at any bad thought. She thought of calling her parents several times, but she resisted with thought that they might be in hiding and with the ringtone, they could trace them.

"Hey dear" Jenny said as she came down from the vehicle to met Cata. She hugged her tightly, while Catalina burst into tears

"Jenny, my mum, my dad. Am so scared...." She managed to say

The crew gave her words of motivation and they soon started planning their way to launch them into the building.

"Nah.... This robots seem to be grade B class of robotics machinery. Meaning that, their IQ hasn't been powered with enough Natonium...." Jordan explained as he watched their faces. He noticed they were a bit puzzled and explained further

He continued "okay... So Natonium, is some sort of energizing power stone, when properly powered gives the robots enough power and IQ to function properly. Natonium is very expensive and is very rare."

"So that means, they aren't hundred percent smart. So there might be less surveillance outside and within the building." Maddison added

"Yeah, exactly" Jordan said

"So what do we do now, because time is certainly not on our side" Cata faltered

"We ambush them!" Jenny suggested

"Right, but with what? We don't have the proper machineries to get rid of them" Bethany said

"Ah, I have some stuff we can use at my backyard" Wednesday suggested

"Jordan. You, Wednesday and Madison should go and check those stuff out and bring the ones you think can help, while I, Luna and Catalina will wait here. Don't stay long" Bethany ordered

"Sure" Jordan, Wednesday and Madison chorused

"And remember to always keep your phone and GPS on at all time, in case....." Bethany added.

They left leaving Luna, jenny and Catalina, alone in the vehicle

"Nana owned the store, dad inherited it after she died. Mum decided to merge the two companies together ; the Montero Modeling agency and Montero jewellery company. Together, the company bloomed, many investors and stakeholders came to join the company. Am sure Nana must have felt fulfilled with the outcome." Catalina told Luna, Bethany and Jenny about her family wealth

"Granpops, died long before I was given birth to, so Nana put her heart, mind and soul into making the business a success" she said between tiny tear drops and silent sobs " and now this things, this bots came to destroy it all." She finally burst into a fit of rage, anguish and annoyance. She cried loudly.

Luna felt sad for Catalina. She hugged her and gave her more words of encouragement.

They bonded more, Cata continued to tell them more.

"But... We can't do this alone, we need backup" Bethany pointed out

"Yeah, exactly! So what are we gonna do?" Jenny said

"We've gonna call the cops" Catalina shrugged "that's the only solution"

Bethany heaved heavily "We can't rely on them, they didn't even come to the scene"

"And what are we gonna do huhn?..... Sit down and watch.... Fold our arms like can't we do nothing.. Surely we have to call them!" Jenny blurted out

"Yeah, I agree with smarty pants here. She's correct!" Catalina sipped her energy drink

"Yeah, I also agree with Jenny and long legs" Luna squinted and played a smirk on her face. Catalina hissed and blurt a swear

"Mother fucking bitch! My parents are in grave danger and you're busy picking fights. Darn you!"

Bitch.....this bitch is such a drama queen and .... Ugh..... Fuck

Luna snorted

Ha, they are back to their old gully attitude

Jenny frowned

"Okay... Okay, you guys can quit staring at yourselves, it's awkward"
......... Actually, it was awkward having those two go through a foolish staring competition.
They snapped out of it with a deadly stare from Luna, Cata didn't even flinch, and Luna gave her a one sided smile.

"Alright, alright... We're gonna involve the cops... Ugh, they're soon gonna hear from my lawyer if they don't answer" Bethany murmured

"But if we call them, they're also gonna have to know about us.... I mean us, the team, the crew" Cata pointed out

"Sadly, we have to go on. If not we can't save your parents" Jenny declared

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