I march into the
main room of the base, tossing my backpack aside. Folks at school, as they
usually are, were being stupid when it comes to the League. Mostly, people have
been talking about Charlie and Stefan.
And it was pretty much about the stupid
stuff such whether they could be trusted or how cool it would be if they were
villains like their grandparents. It hasn’t been helped by the media asking
those questions and many others like them.
“Absolutely moronic,” I snarl as I sit down
at the main computer.
I take a deep breath and calm down. I
got meaningful stuff to worry about.
Right now I got to right a report on
genetic and environmental differences for my science class. I may have only
gotten it today, but I like to stay on top my school work. Doing so leaves me
for free time for the truly important things, especially if something major
comes up like another supervillain attack.
I’m about halfway done after ten minutes
when an alert starts flashing. I bring it up, hoping it won’t be anything
major.
UNKNOWN ENERGY DISTURBANCE DETECTED
SOUTH OF DEERLEAP
RECOMMEND ACTION INVESTIGATE AND PROCEED
WITH CAUTION
NOTIFYING LOCAL POLICE AND AUTHORITIES
NOTIFYING MI9 AGENCY
DO
YOU WISH TO SEND ALERTS TO THE REST OF THE LEAGUE OF HEROES?
“What’s the threat level?” I ask the
computer.
MINIMAL
78% LIKELIHOOD IS THAT IT IS AN
INTERDIMENISIONAL PORTAL OF MICROSCOPIC SIZE
ASSESSMENT IS INCOMPLETE AND INACCURATE DUE TO
LACK OF INFORMATION REGARDING EVENTS
I think about it for a moment. Minimal
threat and probably just a really small portal. The police, local council and
MI9 have been told and will respond to it. The others are busy. No real need to
bother them when I can just take the Sentinel armour and investigate myself.
After all, if I do need help, I can
always call someone later.
“Don’t send an alert,” I tell the
computer, “I can handle. Just save my homework to my folder.”
NO ALERTS SENT
SENTINEL IS RESPONDING TO SITUATION
SAVING
GENETIC & ENVIRONMENTAL DIFFERENCES
REPORT TO DANIEL SCIENCE HOMEWORK FOLDER
I close my text book and enter the lab.
The Sentinel armour goes on quickly as
it always does. I’ll have to improve that over the holidays.
Just I’m taking off outside of the base,
I receive an incoming call. MI9.
Probably Agent Lewis, I think as I
answer.
“Sentinel,” says Lewis as I guessed
correctly, “We received your notification on the energy disturbance. Any ideas
on how to deal with it?”
“I’m in the Sentinel armour now,” I
reply, “I’m flying over to investigate. The base computer says it’s probably a
microscopic portal from another dimension, but it isn’t sure for certain. The
threat level is minimal, but neither I nor the computer knows for certain how
dangerous it is. I haven’t called the rest of the League about it through.”
“Okay,” replies Lewis, “We’ll have the
police evacuate the area so you can deal with it.”
“That’s a good idea,” I agree, “I’m
almost there by the way.”
“I’ll be keeping an eye on the
situation,” says Lewis before hanging up.
I land about twenty metres from it. You
can’t see anything with the naked eye, but my HUD is showing it clearly.
“So what am I looking at?” I say out loud
to the empty area.
I’ve been waiting for something to happen
for about five, maybe six, minutes when Sam calls me.
“Daniel,” says Sam, “I’m in the base. I’ve
just seen the alert.”
“Nothing to worry about,” I reassure him,
“It started roughly eight minutes ago and has done absolutely nothing since
then. No need to come unless you want to be bored like I am.”
“I’ll pass,” answers Sam, “Just call me
if something happens, okay?”
“I was planning to anyway,” I say.
“Bye,” says Sam before hanging up.
Another couple of minutes pass before
something finally happens. I spot someone approaching on my HUD. I turn to look
for the movement and I see a couple of people in police uniform as they
approach. My HUD identifies one of the them as Inspector Oakley.
“Good day Inspector,” I call, “Nothing
in the last ten minutes.”
“Hello to you too Sentinel,” replies
Oakley as he and his companion get closer for me to see them properly.
I notice that his companion is a woman
and is a mere constable. She has flaxen hair and a look of youth to her. She
can’t be more than twenty two, twenty four at the most.
“This is Constable Eleanor Melville,”
continues Oakley, “She’s a Class 3 and has sonic manipulation. She has only been
on the force for a couple of months. What’s the situation?”
“Boring,” I answer, “It’s probably a
microscopic interdimensional portal with a minimum threat level, but I don’t
have enough data to be sure. Nothing has come through in the last ten minute
however and seems like it’s going to stay that way.”
“Sounds like you’re just waiting for
something to happen,” notes Oakley.
“It something doesn’t happen in the next
half hour, I’m leaving,” I say, “I got my homework to finish.”
Oakley chuckles and both Melville and I
look at him.
“Sorry,” says Oakley sheepishly, “But I
never really imagined a superhero having to do homework.”
I’m about to reply when a swirling
circle of multicoloured light appears.
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