BLACK CELL
BY: INVISIBLE WRATH

Chapter Two:
Reactivation

September 5, 1998
The Apartments at Oxford Spires, Oxford, England
1754 hours

    “You’re early, Conrad.” Dash said as he opened the door and saw the two men with him.

    “”I brought some friends, Dash. Hope you don’t mind.”

    “Not at all, come on in. Allie, they’re here.” Dash called out to his wife.

    “They?” she asked as she joined him….”Conrad!” she exclaimed, hugging her old friend.

    “How are you, Allie? Still keeping Dash tame?” Conrad asked

    “Housebroken is more like it…Blaine! How are you?” Allie said as the second man entered.

    “Not bad, Lady Faireborn.” Blaine Parker replied as he entered, hugging her.

    “I told you to stop calling me that, you hacker.” She smiled. Allie and Dash didn’t recognize the third man with Conrad.

    “This is one of my new men, Kamakura.” Conrad introduced the third man.

    “Snake-eye’s student?” Dash asked as he shook the man’s hand.

    “Yes, Dr. Faireborn. It is an honor to meet the legendary Flint and Lady Jaye.” The young man bowed to them both, causing Allie to blush.

    “I hope you all like steak.” Dash said, wrapping his arms around his wife’s waist.

    “I would kill for a good steak.” Blaine replied as Dash led his guests to the dining table. “This is a nice place you two have here. Bet it puts you back a bit, huh?”

    “Not really.” Allie replied. “It’s this or that creepy family estate of mine in Ireland.”

    Once dinner was over, Dash looked to his old friend.

    “Now tell me why you three are here.”

    “Blaine, bring it up.” Conrad ordered as the man pulled out a laptop and brought up a video onto the screen, Kamakura dimming the lights. The video started, showing a shootout in a parking garage. The man who seemed to be the target of the attack ran for the door, only to be struck by a car and surrounded.

    “What are we watching?” Allie asked, her voice all business.

    “One my men was ambushed in Paris two nights ago. They took him alive.” Conrad replied.

    “Why did you come to us?” Dash asked. “What does this have to do with us?”

    “And was captured?” Allie asked, resting her chin on her hands.

    “To answer both of your questions….” the screen froze and zoomed in on the man’s face.

    “Shockwave…does Jinx know what happened?” Allie asked, worried about her old friend.

    “She knows about her fiancée, Allie. And to answer Dash’s question…” a new face appeared on the screen. Allie’s eyes darkened when she saw the man, her jaw clenched…

    “I assume you know this man?” Conrad asked.

    “I should, that’s the fuck who murdered my mother.” She growled. “But he’s dead. Destro blew him and his castle up over 5 years ago.” Dash’s hand held Allie’s trying to comfort her.

    “I’m sorry to inform you this, but it appears that Darklon survived the explosion. And that is why I am here.” Conrad replied.

    “What?”

    “Shockwave was on a different assignment in Paris. It had nothing to do with Darklon, but those are Darklon’s men attacking and capturing him.”

    “So why did you come to me?” Allie asked. “I still don’t see the connection.”

    Conrad pulled a piece of folded up paper and slid it to Allie.

    “That was left on the scene.” She unfolded the paper and looked at it, then dropped it in shock.

    “What is it?!” Dash asked, snatching up the paper. On the paper was a coat of arms and a message. The message read…

    “. If you want him alive, you will deliver us the Hart female. Any attempt to rescue him, or stop us will result in his execution. “

    “Allie?”

    “That’s my family’s coat of arms…why do they want me?” she asked Conrad.

    “I’m not sure, Allie.”

    “I want back in.” Dash stated as he stood. Allie nodded and stood.

    “Both of us do.”

    Conrad grinned as he stood. “Excellent. Meet us at Heathrow tomorrow morning at 0900.” He motioned for Blaine and Kamakura to follow him out of the apartment. “By the way, welcome back, Flint and Lady Jaye.”

    Outside the building, the three men climbed into a car.

    “I noticed you didn’t give Lady Jaye the entire message, Duke.” Blaine said.

    “She didn’t need any more stress, Mainframe. Did you see the look on her face when she found out Darklon was alive?” Conrad replied.

    “Darklon murdered her mother and tried to kill Jaye when she was 5. She deserved a chance to avenge her family’s honor.” Kamakura added.

    “So what now, Duke?”

    “We go back to our hotel and get some sleep. Mainframe, contact the rest of the team and tell them to meet us at Heathrow at 0900.”

    “I’m on it now.” Mainframe replied as he started dialing his cell phone.

    <Let’s hope we can pull this off…> he thought to himself as he dialed….

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