The Power Stones

(7) The word on the floor

Steven had no clue as to what his next move would be. He didn't know if he should look for Alex, go home, run away or just wait. Something deep within him told him to wait and so he did, and after what felt like an eternity something did happen. Something that would change his future, destiny, and morals...

Five years later...

DC: Air and Space Museum 10:30 PM

At the Air and Space Museum, a mysterious figure moves in the shadow, using its red coat to blend into the shadows. The being moved gracefully jumping from building to building under the brilliant cover of night. "I have eyes on the target Glitch" Said the being. "Does my code name have to be a glitch?" said the voice in her ear in protest. "Why not?" said the being now carefully climbing up a hanger to a large window. "It sounds like a girly name, you know?"

"How in the world does glitch sound like a girl's name?!" As she said this she carefully reached into her tool belt and pulled out a pair of glass cutters. "Well, have you ever seen that one show, Spy kids?" "Ya" she replied as she carefully removed a discarded piece of glass. "Well in it there's a charter called glitch and..." Glitch was cut short by the sudden sound of alarms blaring in from the coms. "I see they have upgraded the security since my last visit" said Lightfoot(Lightfoot was her code name). "You ain't kidding, it looks like they have installed over seventeen new alarm systems since you last broke in." "Delitfull" said Lightfoot.

Light foot quickly lowered a rope and slid down 40 feet to the floor below. Just like the old days she thought to herself. She then spoke into her com "Ok im in now what?" "Are you sure you don't want to take anything from these planes, they are quite impressive?" "Stay on task, just give me directions to the shuttle." She said in a matter of fact voice. "Ok, Ok, just give me a sec to hack into their cams. "Waiting" she said while tapping her feet. "Hey, let's see you hack into top grade security cameras in less than a minute." "But of course, that's why I have you," said Lightfoot in a wounded voice.

"Ok, I'm in." "Finally" said Lightfoot in a teasing voice. Glitch rolled his eyes in disgust"Ok take a left then a right then i'll guide you from there." "Ok thanks." And with that Lightfoot sped off. After ten minutes of Lightfoot following glitch's directions she had finally reached her target. "Would you look at that" said glitch, Lightfoot simply whistled.

"The Discovery space shuttle" Muttered Lightfoot under her breath. "What exactly is your plan?" questions Glitch "it's not like you can just haul that thing out of here...Can you" "I'm not after the whole thing doofus, just enough to leave my mark." Oh, so something practically useless, invaluable but noticeable?" "Yep" Lightfoot walked over to the shuttle and carefully climbed up the landing gear to the underside of the aircraft. She then pulled out a shiny red pocket knife and with nimble fingers flipped out the knife. Using it she cut out a small panel from the underside of the rocket.

"Bad news Lightfoot, you got A patrol of eight guards coming your way." "They're late to the party" and with that Lightfoot leapt down and scurried off to the far corner of the room. I Don't know if you the reader know this but in case you don't read does not render well in the dark making anything red practicality a clocking device. Using this tactic by huddling herself in the corner she was practically invisible.

"You hear something?" questioned one of the guards named Phill. "I mean, I thought I heard something scurry around, but it's probably my imagination" said the other named Bob. "It's okay fellas" Said Phill "Bob's imagination is just acting up!"

Lightfoot heard the others laughing at poor old Bob so she decided to help him out. "It's only eight am I right?" said Lightfoot. "Wait, what are you doing?!" said the glitch. "Improvising!" shouted Lightfoot into her com. She charged the men head on. "Look!" shouted Bob "What in the world" yelled out one of them. "Brace yourselves!" yelled out Phill. Alex ran straight at them and when she was a mere seven feet away she shot her grappling gun that was tucked away into her wrist and used it to fly by over them and land on an edge thirty feet up in the air. "See ya boys!" she yelled out, and with the tip of her hat she ran off. Her plan was going perfectly when it suddenly was thrown awry when some of the guards pulled out a gun and shot at her. A bullet whizzed by her head expunging a nearby window. Glass shattered every which way and some impaled her. "Surrender now or we will release all we have on you!" Yelled Out Phill."That is our ultimatum" He yelled with a shaky hand on the pistol. "Amercans." said Lightfoot as she jumped out the now open window.