Vigilante by Choice

Chapter 32: Test Monkey

 

What better way to spend a Saturday morning than testing different inventions high school students made. We made it to an abandoned freight yard so no one would hear us. Also it was owned by Lehman enterprises so Kenny could get us in without having it look suspicious. They made a bunch of things. Flashers, things that I throw at people and it electrocutes them, smoke bombs, I could go on forever. The only bad thing is that majority of the inventions blew up in my face. That and with the electroshock stars I was the test subject. Everyone got a kick out of that.

Just when I thought the torture was over. "Try the grappling hook." Rory said, handing me a gun.

I tossed the gun back. "You want me to try that thing out?" I asked, knowing it was a horrible idea.

Rory rolled her eyes and tossed it back. "Yes. We have to make sure it's functional." She said

I sighed. There was no use fighting her. "Where do you want me to shoot it?"

"At the top of that train carts crate." Kenny said pointing to a freight.

I prepared for the worst. I silently cursed myself. "Ok." I pointed the gun at the top of the freight and shot. With the pull of the trigger a rope shot out of the gun, releasing a grappling hook. The hook shot over the crate. Hooked onto the ledge of the crate and the rope tightened. Pretty impressive. "There, it can shoot. It can hook." I said, letting go of the gun and letting it swing into the side of the crate.

"Now make sure you have a good grip. Then push the button on the top." Kenny said flipping through a small notepad.

"Are you sure that this is going to actually work?" I asked turning around to Kenny, grabbing the gun that was dangling.

"I'm at least 57% sure that this with work." Kenny said, doing math in the air.

"57%?" I stopped, turning around to face the both of them. That was barely ½. I could literally die. 50-50 chance of it happening. And I really don't want that to happen.

Rory interjected at this point. "Just suck it up and get it over with."

I groaned. "It's not like you're the one who is doing this Rory." I said making a face at her. She gave me a look threatening look back. I groaned and held the gun. I pushed the button that the top. The rope was pulled back into the gun, dragging me up with it. I kept going upwards until the only thing left to go in the gun was the hook itself. I pulled myself up and stood on the crate. "Holy crap! It actually work!"

"Of course it did." Rory said looking up at me.

Kenny finished writing down notes before he said anything. "I can't believe you doubted us." He shouted up at me.

I threw my hand in the air. "Well the other gadgets blew up in my face." I shouted back.

Rory looked at her clipboard for a second. "Those were all made by Kenny." She said looking back up at me.

Kenny lightly pushed her shoulder. "Hey no they weren't." He said back. "Hey I had an idea. Now would be a good time to test out the landing pad."

"How does it work?" I shouted, keeping my balance on the crate.

Kenny looked up at me while holding something in his hands. "Well, you would take it and throw it at the ground. Upon impact with the ground it will inflate and be able to jump on it from high heights." He shouted, explaining so I could operate it correctly.

I was hit with a realization. "So I'm suppose to throw it to the ground?" I asked him again, putting emphasis on the word ground.

Kenny nodded his head. "Yes." He shouted back at me.

He was not getting the point. "I don't have it. You didn't give it to me." I shouted down at him.

Kenny stopped talking for a second. "Oh, that's a problem." That was all he said.

Rory grabbed the pod out of Kenny's hand. "Well, this is what you have to do." She stepped back and threw it at bottom of the crate making it inflate.

"You're a genius Rory." I said sarcastically, knowing what her response would be.

She smirked up at me. "I know. It's good to jump now." Rory said stepping back. And with that I jumped off of the crate. I landed on the pad.