Synthetic Beauty (re-posted)

Chapter Twenty-Six: Kyle

Kyle continues to climb through the vent and suddenly hears, "Kyle don't go into the Castleguard area! I repeat: don't go into Castleguard area! And turn your earpiece off."

Kyle stops climbing, beginning to back up out of the vent. Suddenly, a map appears on his watch showing another oxygen pump that was vital. Clearly Kevin had planned for something like this. When Kevin said dont go to Castleguard area Kyle knew that the men were headed there now. Castleguard is where they keep their energy supply. Of course Kyle was never going there, Kevin was setting up a trap.

Kyle runs at Special's pace quickly into the center area of the city and then to another pod. He gets there, pulling the vent door off its hinges. He army crawls into the vent and continues until hitting a huge room. No one remains as Kyle runs to the oxygen panel and begins to punch multiple areas of the control panel. Not much of a plan, but it's all he's got. Kyle punches through a heap of metal and then grabsultiple wires, forcing them out of the control panel.

As soon as he does this, Kyle looks outside at the tube that leads to the top of the ocean. His next mission. Kyle runs out to the pod and opens the pod door to the outside. Kyle swims in the ocean and quickly follows the tube all the way up to the surface. He takes his hand and slices right through the two foot wide pole. Kyle watches as the emergency oxygen control switches on and instead of sucking in air, it begins to suck in water.

Kyle smiles as he swims down to the pod where the hovercraft remains. He closes the pod, sucking the water out of the pod and sliding in the black machine. He has to just hope Kevin'll make it out during the confusion of drowning.

Kevin stands his ground as the man laughs evilly, "I've caught you. You bastard. You terrorist. You know how long I've been searching for you, to kill you?" the guy spits.

"You're going to have a lot to think about when you're dying then," Kevin maintains his posture and a straight face.

The man walks over in army gear, "You know how many people you've killed, son?"

"I'm not the one killing them, you are. I enlighten people and you kill them trying to dumb them down again," Kevin folds his hands confidently.

The man snarls, "We wouldn't be having to do that if you weren't poisoning them."

"Poison?" Kevin spits, "The only poison here is what the government does to innocent people getting makeovers. It's idiotic to think we wouldn't notice."

"Notice what? The government's intentions are purely for the sake of their people. They do everything just for the people," the man runs a gloved hand through his snow white hair.

Kevin eyes the small river coming from the vent. Kevin smiles, "That's what a brainwashed Pretty would say."

"I feel like you're stalling," the man's eyes narrow.

Kevin laughs, "I'm already in this position, what is there to stall for?"

"As if I could trust your word o. The matter," the man glares.

"I have just one question, where is Phoebe?" Kevin lifts his chin.

The man smiles, "She escaped before you came."

"And you're happy about that?"

The man crosses his arms, "Yes."

Kevin smiles as if laughing at his naïveness, "Well what you say next is your last words. I would use them to pray."

The man laughs, "You're so sure of yourself?" His laughter cuts off as soon as he looks down at the water pooling at his feet, "What did you do?!"

The man begins to approach Kevin, but a creaking noise stops him. He looks back at the vent, water pouring from it in a flood. Suddenly, the hinges break and the vent door flies off, allowing a vast amount of water to enter the room. Kevin breaks his cuff underwater and the man runs towards him in slow motion as the water engulfs him. Kevin dives through the other vent he had come from. He swims, only kicking his legs. Finally, he makes it to the pod and swims out.

Taking one glance at the dome full of water, he swims toward the surface.