Chapter 5: THE SNEAK-IN

Felix.co in Danville

Felix is at his office which is large and has a table filled with documents. These documents contain blueprints of inventions that he is currently supervising. His office has an air conditioner with large glass windows that view the scenery. When one looks afar, volcanoes can be seen at a distance in this scenery. The office is at the third floor of his company. Experiments are carried out at second and ground floor.

Felix Point Of View (POV)

I am enjoying the comfort of my leather office chair tilted back. My feet are relaxed on my wooden table. I remember how I was waved off, about 6 months ago, when I first told Gangola of my proposal. A frown forms on my face as I remember the day he raised his voice at me for the first time. It was at that time that I felt alone and angry. "You caused this Gangola." I say this aloud with teary eyes. "You made me execute that plan of using my powersucker cubes to capture the powers of your people....Well, it turned out good. Though most of you all went into hiding before I could get more powers, I got enough. This is the best invention I have ever made in my few years of being a successful scientist and inventor. I have four branches of laboratories and I have some inventions in the planning phase. Soon, I will find where you all are hiding and also that core you spoke to me about! Just watch and....

The building's alarm goes off interrupting my soliloquy. I immediately dash out of my office and ask the two guards at my door what the noise was about. "Sir, it seems like there are intruders in the storage vault downstairs" the guards answer with much agency urgency. "What?! How didn't the cameras see this and why are you both still standing there?" I shout at them with rage. They're meant to get to the vault and make sure the intruders don't escape. I wonder what these intruders want anyway.

The guards quickly apologize and start descending the stairs. I go back into my office to get the big guns. And by big guns, I mean my latest invention, call it "my power sniper" it has a lens used to aim at your target no matter the being. I have like two of these which consume 4 powersuckers. To confirm your suspicions, yes they have high damage on all beings including gifted, just in case of anything. I input the code to my portable vault, unleash the devil's weapon and run downstairs.

On getting there, I notice some of my guards trying to find the intruders. I get my gun set with my eye looking through the lens, when I suddenly notice two dragon beings, one with a sack strapped along is scaly back about to fly across the gate and the other already pass the main gates. These beings must be using their camouflage ability. I aimed and shot the one with the sack on the leg and as I tried to shoot again they were both gone.

"Damn" I shouted.

"Sir 10 powersuckers are missing from the vault." one of the lab scientists said. "Call the security guards and your head lab scientist to my office now!" I ordered with so much rage and frustration.

I'm in my office deep in thoughts about how they got into the vault. Perhaps they hacked it or try to pass through with powers. It must have been planned. I shot one of them, I'm sure that one won't survive.

There's a knock on my office door. "Come in!" The head scientist comes in with the 12 guards in this building."Concerning the infiltration today, we need to put some measures to prevent a second attack."

The head scientist raises his hand. "What?"I asked with little annoyance.

"I got reports from the other Labs that they were attacked there and some of their powersuckers were stolen." I take a deep breath to avoid taking a shot at the head of the lab scientist because my power sniper is still at my table tempting my anger. "This is how these gifted want to play it, right? Gangola, you always try to bring the fire in me." I suddenly turned to the people standing in front of me. We need update our security cameras and vault lock. We will use a lock that allows a special card to open it and I will be the custodian of that card. We will do same for the other four branches. The lens of the sniper I used to shoot one of them was able to spot the beings even in their camouflage suits. The only way we can invent more lens like that into our security cameras is through the use of the magic in the powersuckers we have here. How many powersuckers do we have left in all the branches? I turn to the head of the lab scientist when asking this question.

"The other branches have no more powersuckers. Apart from the six that have already been used for domestic inventions. 13 were stolen and one missing. So....." "What do you mean by one missing?" I asked really wondering how one can just go missing.

"Few days ago, one was missing at Louisville branch when the scientist were about to use it." The head replied me showing that he had no idea how.

"You guys are so incompetent, this is why I do things myself. This means these guys were already at it a while ago. That's why they were able to make a clean steal today. They were probably spying at us. Why wasn't I told about this? I asked with much annoyance. The head of the lab scientists is about to speak when I shut him up, "Don't bother, just tell me how many is left."

"We have 15, which are all from this branch."

"Ok...33 were stolen, 11 altogether used, one missing. So out of 50 we have only 15 left, that is terrible! We need to go on with the next phase of our plans. The scout team should search thoroughly for that core and the hiding place of those gifted things. The security measures should be taken to the next level like I said. You! No slip-ups this time and you guards should up your game with the security cameras." After they leave, I pace to and fro for a while, before sitting at the edge of my table with my hand on my chin. "I'm coming for you, G".