Chapter 34

                                    

                                          
I really am genuinely sorry for not updating for SO long. I will be publishing 3 chapter today as an apology. 
                          
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A black walled room with nothing but a table in the middle, where the beeping sound is coming from and a red number 100 that is slowly reducing by second. All the agents are now panicking except for the two agents, Melissa and Chris. 
                          
"What do we do?" Chris asked, trying his best to remain calm. He remembered what David told him, to be strong for the whole team.
                          
"It's a prank," Melissa said quietly but enough for all the agents to hear. Someone asked why would she she that and how she is so sure of that. "That's a kind of bomb that if it's real, it will cause a whole building to blow up, even with great technology protecting it. It is an advance bomb. And if it's real, it will blow up even Blake." The beeping sound still continued to beep, most of the agents trusted Melissa's theory but some are still afraid that she might be wrong for the first time.
                          
Melissa looked around each corners of the room, looking for the camera that Blake hid, then she saw one that is direct to them. She looked at each agent and spoke, "There are just cameras. There are no microphones or audios around, he wouldn't be able to hear us."
                          
One agent checked the time of the 'bomb'. It's just 10 now. "Are we sure that that bomb is not real?"
                          
Chris looked at that agent and nodded. "If Agent Benoist is so sure of that, I trust her. She is the best agent for a reason." The agents agreed and waited for the fake bomb's timer to stop. When it did, nothing happened but a mocking laugh audio. 
                          
Blake, who is in his room, was annoyed because he wasn't able to prank them but decided to wait for the other things he set to happen.
                          
Melissa gathered everyone before another thing strikes, "That was a fake bomb, like I said. I know this man and he will put the real one, which may or may not be a bomb, but something that could really hurt us at the end of whatever this is. I want everyone of you to trust me and to look for any possible opening out of this place. The objective here is to arrest him but I do not want to lose any agents." The agents followed as instructed.
                          
They waited for a few more minutes, while checking for any way out but they found nothing and no other obstacles came. Suddenly, a voice spoke from a speaker, Blake's. "You people are pretty smart. The fake bomb didn't fool you, funny. Now, I won't be fooling you. Get ready for real guns, alright? I suggest that you go find somewhere to go out now, nerds."
                          
Chris held Melissa's hand. "What do you think he readied?"
                          
"Guns," Melissa said out loud. "But not guns guns. Like guns with a twist. His twisted brain makes things twisted to probably like flying guns that will shoot us." the other agents were nervous at her statement.
                          
Soon after, there were flying drones that shoot bullets. Melissa was surprised to see those and said, "I was just kidding with the flying guns that shoot. But I guess, you could really make those?"
                          
One of the agents, who is also a technical engineer, spoke, "I think you could. Maybe he placed the guns inside the drones and have like a remote control or maybe it is automatic."
                          
"Smart," Melissa commented, she's not moving even though the drones are flying all around them, shooting whatever and whoever. The agents were dodging every bullet but she's just calm. "If I get one drone, will you be able to stop it shooting bullets and bring it back to the department? We need to be familiar with this guy's resources and technology."
                          
The agent  dodged a bullet. "Uhh, maybe? I mean, you could but there is a possibility that one of us will get shot."
                          
"Then make it fast, can't you?" Melissa asked, grabbing one drone that is still shooting and tried to get away from her grasp. "These things are like living organisms, it's like they have their own brain."
                          
"Huh. Maybe it's the technology," the agent replied. He looked at the drone in Melissa's hands, still shooting bullet but Melissa made sure that no one will get shot. He removed something from the inside of the drone that made the drone to stop shooting bullets.
                          
"Good job," Melissa smiled and tapped his shoulder. "Agent?"
                          
The agent smiled and was flustered, "Oh, uh, Agent Jordan! Jeremy Jordan! I can't believe that Agent Benoist told me I was good. Shit, did I say that out loud? Oh my, I'm sorry."
                          
Melissa smiled. "Then, thank you Agent Jordan. Now, let's look for a way out of this place, should we?" Jeremy nodded and they both looked for somewhere to go out, while dodging the bullets of the other drones that are still shooting.
                          
Chris ran towards Melissa, holding her hand. "Are you alright? We found an exit over there. Let's go." Melissa nodded and called all the agents towards the exit that Chris found with other agents. They went out of the place and escaped. 
                          
But before they escaped, Blake's voice could be heard. "You may have escaped me right now but IF you ever come back and try to arrest me, I'll do better. Something and somewhere where you wouldn't be able to escape. Melissa Benoist, you know me. You know that I can hurt people especially when I want to. Now, tell your comrades to stop trying to arrest me and leave me alone."
                          
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Once they entered the department, David immediately greeted them. He noticed that Blake wasn't with them.
                          
"What happened?" David asked them.
                          
"He was ready. He wasn't even surprised to see us when we came in. He has a lot of technology and.. I don't know. But I think Agent Benoist and Agent Jordan were able to get one drone." It was Chris who replied to the director, to David.
                          
"Agent Benoist, check it in the room and see what you can do." David instructed.
                          
"Yes, sir," Melissa replied. "Can Agent Wood and Agent Jordan assist me? Agent Wood knows some things about this and Agent Jordan was the one who stopped it from shooting bullets, I really do think he's good at these things."
                          
"Sure thing. Just report to me whatever you see and what it can do. I trust the three of you. Also, Agent Jordan, once you prove yourself more during this mission, you too will get your own name in this department. And probably an office, too."
                          
Melissa and Chris smiled at Jeremy who is very surprised and looks like he is about to scream but tried not to.