Team Up by Lucas Flint

Author:Lucas Flint [Flint, Lucas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: young adult, superheroes
Publisher: Secret Identity Books
Published: 2018-07-10T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

Bolt stuck his hand into the vault and felt along its interior, hoping that his eyes might be playing tricks on him or that there might be a secret compartment he was unaware of. But the walls, floor, and ceiling of the vault were completely smooth. They were even slightly dusty as if this vault had not been opened or used in quite some time.

“Oh, come on,” said Shade. “It can’t be that empty, can it?”

“Looks like it can,” said Bolt, pulling his hand out of the vault and staring into it glumly. “We went through all of this for nothing.”

“Do you think that Sasha could possibly have it with her downstairs?” said Shade, glancing at the floor. “Maybe she got too lazy to put it away and it’s still in her work suitcase downstairs.”

Bolt slapped his face. “We don’t have time for that. We’ll just have to abort the mission and go back to Monsoon. Tell him we couldn’t get it and that we should try again some other time.”

Abruptly, the open windows on the balcony slammed shut and the lights flashed on, leaving both Bolt and Shade temporarily blinded by the sudden change in lighting. Shade even covered her eyes, as if to protect them, but Bolt just looked around, bewildered, until someone fell from the ceiling above and landed on the floor before them with a slight bounce.

It was Rubberman. He was rising to his feet, dusting off his costume, a grim expression on his face. He looked no worse the wear for having been smashed against a cave wall by Bolt earlier, aside from his hair, which was slightly messed up.

“Rubberman,” said Bolt as he and Shade turned to face him. “Didn’t expect to see you, of all people, here.”

“That makes two of us,” said Rubberman. “When Sasha told me to wait here for you two in case you tried to break in, I was dubious, but it looks like her concern was correct. You two were trying to steal her private laptop, weren’t you?”

“Yeah, we were,” said Shade. “You wouldn’t happen to know where it is, would you?”

“It’s with Sasha,” said Rubberman. His hands balled into fists. “But I’m not going to let you go get it.”

Shade smirked. “Cute. Acting like you can stop us … you know, if I didn’t already have my eyes on a guy, I’d think about you, because you’re just my type even if a bit older than I like.”

“Rubberman may not be able to stop you on his own,” said a voice above them. “But he is not on his own.”

Bolt and Shade looked up just in time to see Takeshi drop from a hidden compartment in the ceiling. He lashed out with a kick, striking Shade in the head and knocking her out. Bolt, who had faster reflexes than Shade, just barely managed to avoid Takeshi. He jumped away as Takeshi landed on the floor where he had been standing previously, skittering across the floor until he came to a stop near the lamp in the corner.

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