The P.U.L.L || #Wattys2017

Chapter 49: Betrayal

Click!

Attention! Guards! Gather at the location of the power source and stay there. The announcement crackled through the speakers scattered around the whole area. We are moving to the last stage of our plan and we need to keep our guards up in order to accomplish our goals. We have no time to lose!

Click!

"You heard that?" One of the guards asked. "Let's go! It's the mastermind's orders! We have to hurry!"

Without a second thought, all the guards went to the location of the power-source just like the announcement had ordered. No one even stopped to think that this is the first time such an announcement has made. It also didn't come to the guards' mind that they had left all the prisoners unguarded. The only thing that mattered to them was that they have to obey the orders of the mastermind no matter what. 

Unbeknownst to them, just as they were racing their way to the power-source, all of the metallic doors began to slide open, specifically the doors leading to the prisoners' cell.

.....

"We've called them, sir." Emma's aunt told the mastermind who looked quite pleased with himself.

It was all like a dream to the mastermind. He didn't even expect his plan to be successful since everyone was much smarter than him. But now that he began monitoring the state of the world, he began to get quite full of himself.

The United Nations is panicking, the world is full of chaos, the population going down, everything was going according to the mastermind's plan. And now, the core is failing, slowing down rapidly, making the seas overflow in the mainlands. Pretty soon, the world leaders will come looking for all the possible help that they can get, and then, I will come to the scene and  rescue everyone. He thought to himself.

Brrrrrrrr...

Suddenly, the power-source began to power down. It was so unexpected that the mastermind wasn't able to budge an inch as he watched the power-source shut itself down. "W...w...what's happening!" He exclaimed. "No...no...no!"

"Sir! We'll try to get it back on line." Karl anxiously said as he rushed towards the power-source.

"I'll help you." His wife muttered as they both set to work on the power-source's codes. "Just give us three minutes, sir."

The mastermind rushed towards the power-source, trying to find out what went wrong. "I built this flawless machine! Nothing is supposed to go wrong!" He angrily shouted. "It can't be...you!" The mastermind glared at Joshua and Gladiola. "There's something wrong with your unlockers!"

Joshua and Gladiola looked at each other. They knew that there's nothing wrong with the unlockers. "We're so sorry, but, we tried to meddle with it when we discovered about the P.U.L.L." Joshua told the mastermind. "I tried pulling my unlocker with an electromagnet once but it can't come off. I think it was really built-in in my hand and it's already fixed."

 Gladiola looked at Joshua, confused. She knew that Joshua was lying but he was pretty good to cover it up since the mastermind couldn't detect it. As she met Joshua's eyes, she began to realize what he was up to. I see, this is our chance to confuse him. Gladiola said to himself.

Bang!

Suddenly, the door on the far side of the room flew open, and then, countless men in police uniforms flooded the area, leaving everyone surprised. "This is the Central Intelligence Agency and we hold you under arrest, mastermind!" They shouted.

Joshua, Gladiola, Emma, and Rick all looked at each other, thinking that one of them was the one who called the CIA here. But they realized that they didn't do it when they all nodded sideways.

The mastermind, on the other hand, was taken aback. He immediately grabbed a gun from his pocket and was about to fire it. Unfortunately, one of the CIA men was quick enough to draw out his taser gun and shoot the mastermind with electricity. "That's the last one." One of the men said through his phone. "We were able to round up all the guards easily since they were all gathered around on the entrance of this room. It was quite easy, all thanks to the one who tipped us."

What's happening? Joshua asked himself as one of the CIA men went over to him. "Are you and your girlfriend alright?" He asked. "We'll get you out of there in no time. We just have to bring in some specialists shortly since we don't you exploding on us. We might get fired." He joked. "Anyways, you're safe now." 

Wait? Girlfriend?! Joshua thought. But he knew that the man just misunderstood the situation so he just nodded without saying another word. "Who are the specialists?" Joshua asked, curious since he doesn't know anyone who knew about the power source.

Meanwhile, Emma and Rick safely got out of their binds with the help of the CIA agents around them. The men really know the ins and outs of the entire process since all of them seem to move with purpose. One by one, the CIA men took all of the guards and accomplices of the mastermind with them. Joshua concluded that the men have plenty of cars outside the building since they didn't seem to have a problem with continuously taking them out. "Just wait for a wee bit longer, kid." The man told Joshua. "Apparently, the specialists that we called are also prisoners in this building, the same as you kids. So our men are on the process of bringing them here right now." He explained. "Don't worry though, the one who tipped us confirmed that they had turned the power-source off, so it won't be exploding any time soon, unless someone who doesn't know about it tweaks it up."

"Sir, why aren't you arresting those two!" Rick shouted, pointing at Emma's Aunt and Uncle. "They were the main accomplices of the mastermind and right now, they are trying to bring that power-source back to life! Can't you see?!" Rick anxiously exclaimed. "Why are you still letting them continue on with their work on fixing it!"

The CIA men looked at Rick, perplexed. But a split second later, they began to hold their mouth as if trying hard not to laugh. Instead, they pretended to be coughing and motioned for their leader to explain things to Rick. "I'm so sorry if you're still confused." The CIA head apologized. "But actually, those two were the ones who tipped the mastermind and his plans. Without them, we wouldn't have been able to capture the mastermind and his henchmen, and we wouldn't have stopped the end of the world if it weren't for them."

"What?!" Emma shouted, looking at her aunt and uncle.

Mr. and Mrs. Tratzky smiled at Emma in return, then they set to work disabling the power-source and shutting it down once and for all.