Law and Order by J.S. Frankel

Author:J.S. Frankel [Frankel, J.S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Young Adult Fiction
Publisher: Totally Entwined Group Ltd
Published: 2016-03-15T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Betrayal

Sandstorm elected to stay outside, in keeping with his solitary nature. It’s more fun for me to practice out here, he signed. Ooze will fill me in later.

He quickly slithered off through the dirt. Paul sighed, knocked and entered with his girlfriend following him in. Ooze’s trailer, unlike the others, was nearly empty, with the exception of two large glass containers for him and Sandstorm to sleep in, his desk and laptop and a few spare containment suits.

No bed, no fridge… Ooze believed in a living a simple life. Being sentient water, his greatest joy seemed to be working on his computer and dreaming up new devices for the Nightmare Crew to use in their constant battle against the crooks of the city.

He sat in front of his computer, busily typing away then spoke over his shoulder. “I haven’t been able to decrypt all the files yet, but I did manage to get one file open.” He pointed at the screen. “Look here.”

Gazing at the screen, the facts stood out. It came as a virtual slap, and Paul gasped, unable to believe what he was seeing was true. Still, the facts were undeniable. The chamber wouldn’t work. Reversal process—not viable was written in a large font. The immediate shock passed leaving only one question. “So, why didn’t Peterson tell me the truth?”

“Ever think he wanted you out of the way?” A look of what seemed to be regret formed on Ooze’s watery face as he asked the question. It was a little hard to tell what his expression really was, considering water molecules didn’t cohere very well, but he sounded sincere enough. “Peterson’s got himself another boy—Mason. He has his own bodyguard, too—Catherine. And considering what I’ve learned so far, he’s just as afraid of us as we are of him.”

He typed something into the computer and a chemical matrix popped up. “This is what your cells look like. It seems that when you went through the process the first time, your cells bonded with the chemicals and laboratory-treated stem cells Bolson devised. Any attempt to separate them would either kill you or turn you into something I don’t want to think about.”

“Are we talking mutation?” Paul asked.

“Uh-huh. That’s about the size of it.”

Ooze swiveled around in his seat. “It seems they’ve developed other little goodies at their lab. There’s something about DNA inhibitors—other drugs for altering bone structure. And there’s notes on combining DNA with animals—enhancing strength.” A grim laugh emerged from his plastic shell. “Like genetically enhanced people need more strength?”

He didn’t wait for a reply. “I still need more time to analyze all the data and open the rest of the files, but when I know something, I’ll let you know.”

That seemed to be it for now. Paul slowly walked out of the trailer and sat down on the hard earth, watching the sun poke its way out of the cover of the night. It felt good to feel the sun on his face. In spite

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