One year later after the global satellite downfall, the world all began to rebuild itself and each country helping each other in getting rid of the zombie threat. also after their big operation, both the mafia and terrorists were all being hunted down in every country by every military in the world.
As for the means of communication, they all agreed to the old ways of airmail rather than via sea since the people still has the fear over what happened. And also by the time that the omega team brought back fragments of broken satellites, they have now begun their secret operation at making a satellite of their own as they now have a means of going into space.
"hey Stacey, how is project mimick going?" rod said after walking down the halls in the main company where he met Stacey with the other leads
"hey rod. Project mimick is just doing fine. And also, here are the list of new projects that the students are currently making." Stacey said as she handed over a few papers to rod
"hmm.. I will look over them later. So how are you feeling? Are you all healed now?" rod
"if you will excuse us maam, we still have some things to do." One of the leads
"alright then."
The students then walked away at the other direction.
"as you can see, im all healed now. so how is work going on?" Stacey said as they then walked down the hall
"hmm.. pretty much a bit busy but still okay. At least I can make my own schedules now."
Giggles. "oh yeah, you were pretty busy back then running back and forth."
"yeah. And whose turn is it now to take care of them?"
"hmm.. it should be Sheryl and kaori."
"then they should be fighting again right about now."
"those two never change don't they."
"yes. but I don't mind."
"so..I have been thinking recently"
"what?"
"would you like to have another one?"
"are you sure? Since were all now kinda busy and everything. Though I don't mind at all."
They were now in an elevator where they were going towards port Sistine, the underground port for the origami.
"hmm.. let me also think about it for now."
"I see."
After that, rod then slowly reached out to her hand where he held her hands. She noticed this and saw rod with a smile which she also then smiled. They then arrived at the port deep underground where maria was busy with entertaining both the Japanese and the Philippine president.
"hi maria! How are the presidents doing in their tour?" rod said after they got to maria
"hi rod! I just arrived from the presidents request for a tour inside our secret base." Flore
"hmm.. this base is great rod." jap pres
"yes. I didn't even know about it until now." dutuer
"I just gave you guys every information that I have, including this base." Rod
"o-oh.. I will read all of it later. Right now, we are excited with the tour." Dutuer
"alright then. Though this would just be a brief tour of the base since most of the base is still unfinished." Rod
"which part?"
"the part where we put bunkers and more space for more innovations." Stacey
"I see."
"lets all go then to the tour."
As they move on, maria saw Stacey holding hands with rod so she also grabbed his other arm. Stacey notices this and holds his left arm firmly. Although the both of them came to terms that they are wives of rod, they just couldn't stop with their competitiveness with each other, for pride as women who fell in love with the same man.
"oh! Is this what I think it is?!" jap president
The Japanese president was then looking at the lancelot which was just right along the far side of the base
"yes mr president. It's the lancelot from the battle of south korea." Stacey
"does it still move?"
"how the hell did you make this?"
"all of it is just made out of recycled metal and circuitry." Stacey
"do you want it to move right now?" maria
"nope. Just asking. But does maintaining the robot cost?"
"only a little. Once its built, the only maintenance it needs from now on are repairs and grease." Rod
Dutuer then looked at the side of the robot, there was an unfinished project Excalibur.
"whats that?" dutuer
"that is an unfinished project Excalibur. We were suppose to launch 2 of them that time but circumstances prevented us from completing it in time." Stacey
"hmm.. what is it made of?"
"the outer layer is made out of thick layers of recycled metal the same as with the inside." Stacey
"what?! Its still made out of recycled parts?!"
"we just cant afford to buy very expensive stuff like titanium every time." Rod
"sothe iron suits are made of?"
"that was the only exception that we made since lives cost more than titanium." Maria
"oh..look.. there is a project delta force over there!" Japanese president looked far right from the unfinished Excalibur to find another particle laser cannon.
"so that is where it was being put. Those damn brats.. not putting everything on the origami as ordered." Stacey cursed as she remembered the last time she did an inventory
"so what more inventions do you have in here?" dutuer
"for the big projects, that's probably all for now. For the other secret projects, you can just come with us to the other side of the base." Rod
"did you know that over 50% of all our personel went to work on the lancelot for like a year." Stacey
"and that this base was dug using project delta force." Maria
"oh the memories of all our hard work back then. We have really come so far." Rod said smiling as he faced each lady on his arms.
"from what we could see, you all certainly have worked very hard on all of this rod mason." Jap president
"so project delta force was being used for digging huh.. how about helping us with the metro rails down in manila?" dutuer
"president dutuer.. I still remember this project being disqualified for actual use as it will also be turned into a weapon. Don't you remember Geneva?"
"yes, I know. But still the implications that our country could do with this machine."
"I will leave the decisions to you world leaders. But please do remember that whatever we create here, it was with good intentions in mind." Rod
"we know rod. and we respect your thoughts on making more innovations for the good of man."
"though im afraid that man isn't ready for actual good use for your inventions."
"which was the primary reason why I had it as a secret to begin with until those old geezers poked into the wrong tree."
"im truly sorry about that time."
"a-anyways, we should now put those thoughts behind us and continue on with the tour of this city. Would you guys like a sample of the local delicacies?" maria
"sure."
After that, rod and the others went to the observatory and the construction company where they were also shown around. Stacey and maria stayed back in the company to finish some business.
"hey flores! How is the training with the new recruits?" rod said with the presidents at his side
Flores was inside the training grounds of the new security agency where trainees were being trained with military training.
"whoa.. rod, why are the presidents here?"
"we are to show them around our operations, and the Japanese president also tagged along. Didn't we already discuss that over dinner last night?"
"o-oh.. yeah. Sorry, my mind was somewhere else back then."
Rod then kissed her lips for a bit.
"did you remember now?"
"maybe just a bit longer." She said smiling as she kissed him again with a deep kiss.
"ehem!" dutuer
"o-oh.. sorry about that." Rod then broke off kissing with flores
"this here gentlemen is the new training facility for the new hurricane industries security agency." Flores
"all units! Attention!" rod shouted
"hey, why are you suddenly calling them?" flores said to rod
"this is just to show off. Don't worry."
"okay then."
All the trainees then presented themselves in front them.
"you got something to say to them president dutuer?" rod
"o-oh. So this was my qeue.."
President dutuer then gave a speech in front of the new trainees for a while before returning them back to training.
"are you training them well miss flores?" dutuer said as they were walking away from the training grounds
"yes sir. They will be ready with some more training." Flores
"and why are you training them with military training? They aren't going to war."
"you cant always expect the enemy to be very forgiving when it comes to someone your guarding." Rod said with a serious face
"whoa.. that's hard there. Though it is expected when your company becomes international."
"so rod, where are you going next?"flores
"to the car factory where I can show them our factory line."
"okay then. I got to go back to training the troops." Flores then kisses rod before she jobs back to the grounds
"you got very loving wives."
"yes. and im proud to call them my wives." Rod
"though only a few men would have as many wives as you do. Except maybe if you're a muslim."
"I agree with you on that. Still, im just glad they are all with me." Rod
They then go towards the car factory where it was just a normal factory that they are managing in mistuhiros absence. 6:00pm, they finished their tour of the entire hurricane industries and came to their new home for dinner, now bigger than before.
*doorbell*
"Sheryl, kaori. Im home."
Sheryl then opens the door
"hi rod! glad your back."
"pleased to meet you miss Sheryl. Is this your new house?"
"yes. please stay for dinner." Sheryl
"yes, certainly."
they entered the house and later on, sat on the dinner table.
"wow. All this looks delicious."
It was sheryls turn at making dinner now and she has made both filipino and Spanish dishes.
"thank you presidents." Sheryl
"lets eat now guys. Im starving." Flores
"me too. Lets all pray." Maria
"thank you God for the food." All of them said their prayers.
"that's all?"
"yes." rod
"we decided that it would be best for all of us to just keep it all simple." Yukiko
They then begin eating their meals
"yes, I do agree with that. Though I have nothing else to comment on this matter."
"a-anyways, how is the world right now presidents?" maria
"hmm..im hesitating if we should tell you guys all of it."
"you can just tell us what you have to tell." Maria
"okay then. First off, the Philippines was already saved thanks to your efforts of getting rid of the source zombies. After that, it was just a matter of cleaning up the remaining areas of other zombies that has infested the city."
"as for international matters, since people just cant live without any communication and since there are just concerns from many people that they would need a means of communication to contact their loved one, we world leaders decided to implement the old mailing system. This would have regular mail be delivered through the sky or by sea."
"but what about their fear of any zombies?" maria
"that was eventually solved by also having the military accompany every vessel going in and out of ports as well as guard every port. right now, were seriously short on soldiers in the front lines."
"though it seems the terrorist groups aren't moving for a while since the military has secured every trade route in every port. and this happening to all countries of the world."
"and their big operation was still fresh from the peoples memory, which might have also affected trade big time. " flores
"yes. right now I just received intel from the US, china, and Russia that they are now in the efforts of making new satellites for the whole worlds communications to be back on."
"actually, we have something to admit ourselves." Kaori
"hey, this is not the time to talk about that." Sheryl
"its useless Sheryl. Eventually, the world leaders would discover it and we would be in a bind." Kaori
"what is she talking about?" both presidents said
"rod, what are your thoughts on this?" yukiko
"hmm.. let me think first.." rod
"this isn't the time to think about that now rod. if we don't do something, by the time they finish building satellites, they would discover what we were doing."
"hey rod, we wont be angry with you. But just tell us if you have anything else your hiding. If its possible."
"though we do respect your privacy as a company, why would you want to keep it now that you have already shared all of your secrets with your company to us?"
"its not that. Its just that maybe other countries wont approve of it." rod
"hes right. its really not easy to have the approval of the other world leaders with this secret." Flores
"okay then. You can just share it to us."
"by the way, does the mayor also know that we are here?"
"no. the less people who knows, the better will your travels be. And one day wouldn't hurt with just one tour right?" yukiko
"yes. but just to be safe, shouldn't you—" jappres
"you can rest assured of that mr president. The military is currently around all of north Mindanao so no terrorist should be able to get past towards this city." Dutuer
"hmm.. I was going to say that you can rest assured of that since we already have some of the assault team guard us along the whole tour." Rod
"as we speak, they are around the house now, hovering around this house ensuring our safety." Flores
"really? How come I didn't see them?"
"they are hovering in the sky remember?"
"oh. Okay then. Anyways, can you just share it to us only?"
"we can, but it would be best anyways for the others to also hear it." rod
"alright then. We will discuss this on your behalf with all the other world leaders later."
"alright then. I would hope for good news on this." Rod
"you can maybe count on that. Just don't lose hope on us with that just yet."
"okay. lets just get the cat out of the bag with this rod." Sheryl
"sure. Actually, we are also salvaging destroyed satellites from outer space to reverse engineer it and make our own satellite."
"what?!" both presidents were surprised
"why on earth would you do that?"
"as a scientist and an entrepreneur, aren't you interested in expanding your business else where as well? Like having your own satellite for the purpose of communications and to see everything that you would need to see on the ground." Stacey
"this would be used for our communications and observations for our rescue and security agency." Sheryl
"why would you steal when you could just ask?"
"you know, it seriously takes forever for an approval. And requesting for a satellite would also be very expensive right?" maria
Rod and the girls all nodded.
"o-okay.. we get it. but isn't just requesting for a satellite more easier than stealing?"
"yes it is." rod
"in fact, we already requested already to the world leaders.." maria
"we even asked the pope for one but wasn't able to provide us with one." Yukiko
"so given the situation, you just took advantage and just go along with the plan am I right?"
"yes. we admit." Rod said raising his hands
"you know, we could have you court martialed for this. But since you have helped us more than we could count, we will put up a good word for your company."
"yes!" rod and the girls celebrated
"but your all not out of the woods yet—"
"I know. As we currently have the means to transport the Excalibur into space safely, we promise also to clean all the remains of satellites orbiting around earth." Rod
"im sure that the astronauts who are on a mission on space cant communicate for now." Kaori
"you don't have to worry about that kaori." Stacey
"the US always have a contingency plan in cases like this." Stacey and rod said giggling
"that's not funny at all rod. though think of those astronauts stuck in space."
"I know. But its their mission to stay in space and research you know." Rod
"and the US doesn't really need our help with anything. They are more than capable of handling for themselves. Just look at our mission logs, have we ever gone to the states, Canada, Australia, or anywhere else?" Stacey
"that there is really irresponsible of all of you. Its also saying that japan is incapable of handling for themselves as well as with china."
"were not mocking mr president. We know that the countries can also take care of themselves but our point is that they so rarely request for our help that we just gave up anticipating they might need our help at all." flores
"I agree on you with that."
All of them nodded at the sentiment
"which reminds me rod. I was up all day sorting through all the requests and some research papers form other teams when I stumbled upon a request from the US." Yukiko
"wow! Lets all hear it." Sheryl
"one of them would be from another rescue agency requesting help for missing persons over north of cuba."
"wait... isn't that.." Japanese president said open eyed
"the other would be a rescue mission from the US government. Apparently, they have no time to spare for other rich kids going missing on the jungles of cuba. I believe there was a request for that before to search for a lost adventurer." Yukiko
"hmm..so they are just too busy to save some kids huh. Just great. Where were they last headed again?" rod
"to the jungles of peru where your book said it holds underneath the temple of Eldorado." Yukiko
"hahh.. after all the warnings.." rod and the girls then sighed and face palmed
"but its now your job right to try and rescue those people."
"yes." rod
Then a cry was heard at a separate room where the babies were at.
"I will get it." kaori said as she stood up
"we will also come with you rod." Sheryl
"hold on. Who will oversee the company and take care of the babies?" rod
"we can just skip the company for now right?" Sheryl
"no can do. We currently are on the red for now so we really need to pull through on our efforts." Rod
"all the more for the CEO of hurricane industries to not go on the mission." Yukiko said with an eyebrow up
"don't worry girls. I will be back, believe me. And Sheryl can always take care of the company while im away for a while." Rod said with a smile
"you know, its really not wise to leave your wives and your company like this rod."
"they are right. you shouldn't leave your company just like that all to go for an adventure."
"alright then. I will stay. Anyways, the request can always be postponed for a few more days or until a weekend." Rod said with a gesture
The presidents then nodded in agreement.
"miss yukiko, what other details can you get from the request?"
"that the request is already 3 days old and the one who requested it is the US president personally." Yukiko
"guys, shouldn't we agree to that already? Its already that old." Kaori said as she was holding a baby walking towards them at the dinner table
"now that's a bit tricky." Maria
"yes, im with you on that." Yukiko
"hold on. Who else from your rescue agency could even go for the request?"
"only us and the current assault team." Flores
"its now this old. Wont the president get angry already over the neglect?"
"alright. for the sake of international relations, we should agree to this request." Rod
"what?! Then who will even accompany you?! Kaori?!" Sheryl
"hey! Whats up with me?!"
"calm down girls. Calm down." Rod said to the girls as Sheryl and kaori was stare fighting
"so you already have someone in mind right?" maria
"yes. though I don't know if he will accept. If not then I go alone." Rod
"no!" the girls shouted
"oh boy. Lets just hope that your contact would accept your invitation." Dutuer said as he face palm
After their dinner, rod accompanies the presidents to a local hotel where they were checked in with the hotel staff never saying a word.
"hey rod, are you really sure on going?" Sheryl said as rod and the girls were now in the bed about to sleep
"yes. who else would have to go? Anyway, I will be back."
"its not that im worried about." Sheryl
"ehem. Were also here you know." Yukiko
"haha. Sorry about that. Teeheee." Sheryl
"hahh..so who are you going to invite?" maria
"its----"
The next morning, rod picked up the presidents and gone to the origami to take off.
"are you really alright without us?" Sheryl said with a sad and worried face
"maybe, I don't know. But just trust me on this."
"we trust you on this rod." maria said with a worried face before she kissed him
"so go and make us proud." Floressaid with a worried face before she kissed him
"don't ever forget to bring home data from your adventures." Staceysaid with a worried face before she kissed him
"here is your lunch if you ever get hungry." Yukiko said with a worried face before she kissed him and gave him a lunch box
"please do come back for us." Kaori said with a worried face before she kissed him
"and don't ever forget to call us every now and then." Sheryl said with a worried face before she kissed him
"and never get more women other than us! Understood?" the girls said
"uhh.. alright. that's a promise." Rod
With that, rod climbed aboard the origami along with the presidents.
On the bridge of the origami.
"so where are you going to go first rod?" Japanese pres said as he sat on the chair
"hmm.. maybe I will take you presidents first back to manila or japan." Rod said on the captains chair
"no rod. we will accompany you as well in this journey"
"really? Like seriously?"rod
"yes."
"this beats just stamping on papers right?"
"and?" rod said as he raised an eyebrow
"and we can only taste an adventure like this only once.." dutuer said as both of them nodded
"alright then." Rod said with a smile before he faced the new crew of the carrier "set sail for Australia."
"roger!"
"origami setting sail for australia"
"submerging the origami now for underwater travel"
"opening hatch for deployment."
After that, they then submerged into the waters in the base and into the hatch leading to the waters beyond the port. then they resurfaced and flew upwards steadily towards Australia.
On one of the offices for marine life preservation in Australia where Wesley was working in the office just at the edge of a beach. It was still a bright morning at 10am.
"hey Wesley, how are you doing there?"
"im okay boss. Almost done with these last few papers." Wesley said in his crooked looking formal attire
"just done overwork alright. today is your last day in office after all."
"yes, I know. And I will retire and work on a farm by my moms house."
"yes yes. you told me that over a hundred times already."
*ring*
"don't you have to get that?"
"okay boss. I will."
He picks up the phone.
"hello Wesley! Its rod!"
"oh.. what brings you to call me?"
"please go outside or to the roof of your building."
"and what?"
"just go outside.."
Rod hangs up.
"boss, I will have to go outside for a while." Wesley said as he stood up
"okay. breathe some fresh air while your at it."
Wesley then walked outside the building where armored men were at the doorstep.
"sir Wesley chapman?"
"yes, that's me."
"rod mason asks your presence up at the origami."
The 2 armored men then took Wesley to the beach
"up? What are you—" Wesley said before he looks up. "w-whats that?!"
"it's the origami. Now if you will excuse us." They then lifted his arms to carry him together
When they were flying, Wesley was also struggling as he was surprised with the sudden turn of events
On the cargo hold on the origami.
"hello there Wesley." Rod said while crossing his arms
"hello my butt! You really surprised me there mate! And I was flying just like nothing!"
"yes, I will now explain why you're here."
"and who are these guys?"
"the presidents of Philippines and japan."
"whoa!! W-why are they here?!" Wesley stepped back in surprise
"hold on there. Please take it easy or you will fall."
Wesley then looked at his back where anymore steps backwards would send him back down dropping.
"mr Wesley chapman."
"yes!"
"would you agree—"
"would you like to work for me?"
"huh?!" the people around were surprised
"would you like to work for me with the rescue agency that im about to set up?" rod
Dutuer then looked at the Japanese president and just slide off the statement.
"u-um.. this is really sudden mate. Whats up with all this really?"
"we are now about to go to cuba to rescue some very foolish people."
"hahh.. this is really sudden. And sorry, im about to retire. Im currently 30 years old now and I have to take care of my parents now."
"that's all good, but would you please help us instead mr Wesley?"
"lives are at stake here and you are the only one whom rod trusts to do this."
"whats in it for me then?"
"more than you could ever have in your life." Rod said with a smirk
"huh?!" Wesley said as the presidents just smiled
"you will see later on. But if you agree to my proposal, you will be paid fairly." Rod
"what if I say no?"
"there are some people here on the line in my phone who wants to talk to you." Rod said as he lifted his phone which was on loudspeaker
"mr Wesley. Please accept rods offer." yukiko
"what if I say no?"
"your really in no position to say no to this! Because we have already arranged for you and your parents to be moved to the Philippines." Sheryl
"what?! I aint going to the Philippines! I have a home here!"
"it was also said in your letter one time Wesley that you would now like to retire from all the hard work. Ever since that incident, you have been promoted to office work and ever since then, you felt as if like unfulfilled or something right?" rod
"that's right. its like a part of me is missing. Though that doesn't mean I will agree to going with you."
"just think of this mission as a chance to know whether rod would have what you were lacking."
"just this one mission if you please."
"hmm.. alright then. Just this one mission. What harm could one mission do?"
After that, Wesley got back down to leave early from his last day of work before they begin their mission where he also got a change of clothes for the occasion. They then crossed over the pacific ocean to reach their destination, cuba.
"so.. what do we do in this mission?" Wesley said as they were going on lunch at the ships canteen
"it's a rescue mission for some rich kids and an observation ship." Rod
"and where are we headed?"
"to the jungles of peru and to the Bermuda triangle."
"pff!" Wesley was drinking some coffee back then when he almost choked
"t-the Bermuda triangle?! Are you insane!?" Wesley said as he wipes his mouth
"nope. We will try to rescue them if we can."
"whew."
"are you afraid?"
"no mate. Its just that the Bermuda triangle is where some boats or planes go to where they don't come back."
"which is why we will try. Why do you even think we are on the origami in the first place?"
"your right. this mission would be easy I think." Wesley said as he smiles on the thought.
On the bridge where the presidents were calling their staff about the trip.
"like we said, we will just be fine. Its just one mission."
"one mission?! If anything were ever to happen to you guys--!"
"relax.. this will be over by the time they know im gone."
"and besides, we are also taking this chance at seeing him do his work."
"but—"
rod and Wesley then enters the bridge
"oh.. here they are. please do reconsider from taking them with you rod mason."
"yes. our countries are now in need of them!"
"its their decision and im not their boss." rod said with a gesture
"hahh.." they did a face palm
"anyway, your all big worry warts. We will just be fine in here since we will just be observing."
"why wont you guys listen to us?"
Rod and Wesley then sat on their seat.
"don't worry. We both have our bodyguards with us just in case."
"what bodyguards?! You are just being protected by rods team! They might not be capable of protecting you!"
"they will be. Besides, the situation of the world right now, there is no way that we will be shot down in the air."
"you can never say that mr president. We—"
"please tell my wife that I will be just fine."
"mine as well."
The presidents then signaled to cut off the transmission.
"are you sure about this?" rod said to the presidents
"yes. this is fine once in a while to get away from work."
"I agree with you on that."
"how much longer will it take to get to cuba?"
"just a little bit more sir."
"are you sure to take them with us? I mean its an honor and all but--" Wesley
"yes. and its also their decision as presidents to go with us, so why not honor their decisions?" rod
"oh.. okay then mate. I hope you know what your doing."
After a few hours, they have arrived in cuban airspace where they were permitted entry before going directly to the jungles of peru.
"gentlemen, we have arrived." Rod
"are these the right coordinates rod? cause its all jungle out here." Wesley
"according to the last video from some adventurers who got lost in these parts, maybe." Rod
"maybe? What kind of answer is that?"
"sir, were currently detecting multiple heat signatures down below."
"hmm.. can we have a closer look at them?"
They zoomed in to the heat signatures where they saw some kind of exchange going on.
"those might be the cartel. What are they doing in these parts?"
"lets give this info to the Cuban president later. For now, lets rescue some people." Rod
"your right. but don't you have to also take care of those people down there?"
"nope. Its not in the request." Rod said smiling
"hahh.. fine. If this is how you will work."
"you know, we cant have our people getting hurt in just for some speculation. That might be something else." Rod
"o-okay then. Lets just go forward."
They then go forward through the entire forest where it was also a bit foggy on the ground.
"sir, detecting another set of heat signatures just right beyond and above the falls."
"can you zoom in on those who are above the waterfall?" rod
"yes sir."
They zoomed in to those people above the waterfalls and they were carrying guns though the image was a bit hazy.
"we were right. those are the cartel."
"but what are they doing here?"
"lets all just ignore them and go back to searching." Wesley
"hmm..lets just go ask them nicely." Rod said with a smile
"wait! What are you going to do?" Wesley said as rod stood up
"prepare the assault team for sortie. We are going to ask those people nicely whats going on." Rod said as he walked to the door
"can we come?" dutuer excited
"mr president, I was only assured that you will come along to observe, not to combat along side." Rod
"that's right! the government will kill us if we also send the presidents out!" Wesley
"lets just observe them president dutuer. We mustn't disturb rod on his mission."
"okay." Dutuer being annoyed
Rod then goes out of the door straight to the cargo hold where the assault team was dressing up with their armor. In this mission, they all decided to go for the titanium armor.
"origami is ordered to remain above while me and the assault team will investigate." Rod at the comms while he was getting ready
"yes sir!"
"and Wesley, please stand by at the cargo hold."
"sir, Wesley is asking why." comms at the bridge said after a few seconds
"tell him that he is still a part of this team, so he is to also be expected in the rescue operations."
"yes sir."
Rod has finished preparing his suit and is now ready.
"team, lets roll."
With that, rod jumped out of the origami where he then turned his backpack on. The others then followed suit and jumped from the origami.
There right above the falls, 5 men were walking around armed with guns in the middle of a bit foggy background when rod and his team of 15 people descended from the sky. As it was a bit foggy, they took out each man in arms leaving them unconscious.
Beyond the waterfall on the ground, there stood another 5 men where they also took them out one by one. They then got all the men on the ground and in one place all tied up in a tree.
"is this all of them?" rod
"yes sir."
"good."
Rod then slaps each of the men to wake them up.
"who here speaks English?!" rod shouted
No one answered.
"hmm.. it seems my presence is a bit thin to these men." Rod then took out his knife. "once again, who here speaks English."
Rod then walks around the men but no one still responded.
"hahh.. and here I really thought I could make them talk." Rod then puts away his knife.
"sir, what should we do now?"
"call in delta team to bring in Wesley here. Its time to explore this area."
"yes sir."
With that, one of them tries to contact the origami but got static so that member flew to the skies to deliver the order while rod and the others wait. In seconds, the delta team brought Wesley down from the origami still in his outdoor attire.
"how are the presidents Wesley?" rod
"they are just relaxing on the bridge mate, watching over us from the sky."
"I see. are they also seeing what were seeing?"
"a bit. The signal is a bit crappy up there to even see your progress."
"I see. I will just have them see the rewind later. Right now we search the area."
"yes sir!"
"delta team, did you also bring the mariner with you?"
"right here sir." One of the delta team was already suited up with the iron suit for underwater diving
"good. We search the area now. report to me once you have scanned the perimeter."
"yes sir!"
"that means you too Wesley." Rod then faces Wesley who was looking at the pond.
"im already looking. Though I also have a hunch that there might still be something else on the water."
"how about we search behind the waterfalls. I will give you a lift."
"sure. Lets go."
That time, the other teams fan out to look around 50 meters for anything else while the mariner went down into the pond to see for anything else. Rod and wesley then crossed over the ponds, hovering, and over the waterfall where they stumbled upon a path which leads to a giant cave. They walked through the cave bearing their flashlights.
"it looks like there is nothing here." Rod
"well, lets just keep looking. Maybe we will eventually find something."
After a while, they then stumbled upon an ancient ruin.
"whoa.. look at this.." Wesley said as he shone the light towards large pillars of ancient ruin
"can you analyse the ruins Wesley?"
"no mate, this isn't my field. Though I could try to translate some of it."
"okay, I will help you shine some light."
"one those who are worthy can inherit the secrets. we shall bear witness to the next successor by the end of the ceremony. That's all I can read out of this part mate, the rest is just up our heads."
"want me to lift you up?"
"no thanks. Lets just take pictures of all of this and get out of here."
"okay."
Rod then hovers upwards to take pictures of the ruins where at the center, he then saw a mummy.
"hey Wesley, look at this!" rod shouted to Wesley
Wesley then walks towards rods direction to take a closer look.
"wow. There is a mummy here." He then takes a closer look at the remains. "it looks like mayan. Have you already taken pictures of this?"
"yes."
"alright then. We should go now mate. Its maybe getting late."
"sure."
When they got outside the waterfall, the whole team was assembled just beyond the pond.
"sir! There seems to be no one within 50 meters from here."
"okay, what about the mariner?" rod
"as I checked under the pond, it goes as deep as maybe 40 feet where there is a hole."
"and? Did you check inside the cave?" Wesley
"no. I thought that I should report this first."
"alright then. beta team, with me. The rest, guard the area from the air and take down anyone that comes near." Rod
"yes sir!"
"well Wesley, did you bring your own water gear?"
"unfortunately, I was only able to buy some goggles one time which im bringing it now but nothing more." Wesley said as he searched his pockets for the goggles
"we also ran out of helmets unfortunately, so you must make do with that I suppose."
"alright then. Lets swim."
Rod, Wesley, and the 5 members of team beta then go underwater where they found the hole at 40 feet under. Wesley with holding his breath as best as he could, they turn on their flashlights to go inside the hole on the wall. As they go inside, they saw marine life which is only present in caves and after 5 minutes, they finally swam upwards towards a bigger hole.
As they surface, there was still no light to be found as they search around the cave and Wesley then took a very deep breath of fresh air. Then they moved forward inwards inside the cave where it was pitch black dark.
"team, please turn on your spectral gear." Rod said as they climbed up towards land
They then turned on their spectral analysis where they also saw disturbances everywhere.
"guys, do be careful of the disturbances and proceed carefully."
"yes sir."
They walked further towards the inner parts of the cave where they also saw ancient remains of people as they also guided Wesley along the way to avoid the disturbances.
"I really wish I could have one of those." Wesley said in dismay to his situation
"you might if you will be willing to work for me." Rod said joyfully as they walk
"hahh..fine.. I will consider it."
As they walk, they also saw snakes crawling on the ground where they also have to watch out for.
"snakes, I hate snakes. Why does it have to be snakes." Wesley protested
they then walked inwards towards 2 paths.
"now how should we do this?" rod said thinking
"how about lets just do both?" Wesley
"hmm.. okay then. Lets first go to the left." Rod said after attempts to pick from the 2 routes.
They left a marker before they went. After some time of walking, they then stumbled upon a diagonal pit. One of the team then throws a rock down to the pit to hear no sound.
"I guess this is the end of the road for this one." Wesley
"lets all go back and take the other route." Rod
They all agreed and walked back to take the other route. After a few hours of walking towards the right side of the path, the path got narrower as they go further. Then at the end of the path, they saw a small hole on the wall where they could fit in if they would bend.
"this is really getting ridiculous." Wesley
"why?"
"The path keeps getting narrower as we go. Shouldn't it get bigger?"
"I don't know about that but this maybe is to guard some kind of secret."
"maybe. Lets find out."
They then arrived at the end of the path where it lead to a gigantic cave.
"whoa!" one of the team members said as he ran out of ground to walk.
"what happened?" rod
"there seems to be another hole up ahead. Let me check."
That team member then purposely jumped over to hover as he examines the gigantic cave. Others then followed to also examine the cave.
"would you need a lift from here?" rod said as he looked behind
Then from rods light, he noticed at the sides some kind of rope being strapped.
"no thanks. I have found a way down."
"that's probably not a good idea."
"sir, it seems we are now inside some kind of another cave. Even bigger than before."
"okay. Let me go first to check you path downward Wesley."
"sure."
Rod then jumps over to also hover and go towards the makeshift ancient ladder at the bottom of the hole.
"I guess I was right. it seems that theres a ladder that's broken."
"ughh.. I guess I would have to accept your offer for a ride." Wesley said reluctantly
They they flew onwards.
"code 6, do you have flares with you?"
"just about 20 of them sir."
"good. Can you light up the ground for us to see the ground?"
"yes sir."
That female team member then lit and threw some flares on the ground where they saw the flare fell into a group of snakes which then slither away from the flare. They did this until they got about 120 meters away from the hole. Along the way, they also spot on the ground some kind of ruins of an ancient city where they saw remains of people lying on the ground.
Then one of the team members bumped their feet on something. They shone their flashlights downward to find a structure of glimmering gold.
"whoa.. who would have thought we could find the ancient city of Eldorado." Wesley said wide eyed.
"team, lets survey the area."
"roger."
Team beta then slowly surveys the area as they hover around the ancient ruins, but first they surveyed the whole pyramid for its structure and layout. And on top of the pyramid, rod and Wesley landed at the entrance of a door being obstructed by a stone.
"stand back Wesley, I am going to fire lasers at this stone. Though if you can also find a switch while im at it, your free to try." Rod said as he stood in front of wesley
"if you already knew, why mention it? And why are you suddenly destroying relics? Let me first do my part." Wesley said as he overtakes rod
Wesley then tries to find for any signs of a lever to open the door but eventually wasn't able to open it, thus rod had to slice open the door with the laser gun that he had carried.
"hey rod, why are you carrying a laser gun instead of a real gun just like your team?" Wesley
"I just thought that there might be some boulders that needs to be cut or for the worst case scenario so I just brought it. and im glad I did."
"I see. And what worse case scenario?"
"you really have to ask that question? We being trapped of course."
"o-oh."
Wesley then had no comment over his statements. After 30 minutes, rod was finally done cutting through the stone that was obstructing the door. Then as they entered, they found almost dead bodies of some kids in their teens lying around the floor along with what remains of dead snakes.
"there they are! Rod! we finally found them!" Wesley said rejoicing
He then steadies the lights up ahead where it led to finding mummies at the sides and at the far end of the room.
"hey wesley, are you seeing what im seeing?" rod
"yes. it looks like the remains of what maybe their tribal chief."
"alright then. Can you help me with taking pictures?"
"certainly! This would be the find of the century rod!" Wesley said happily
With a portable camera on wesleys hands that was picked up from one of his pockets, they then took pictures of every nook and cranny of the place.
*screetch*
"agh!" rod touching his head over hearing the screetch from the comms
"this is code 6! Help!"
"what?! Code 6! Please respond! Where are you?!"
"im right here by the north end of the ruins! Aghh!!"
"code 6!"
Rod then ran towards the exit and flew up to find a light source. There in the distance, he found a light which was on the ground waving as if struggling. Rod flew towards that light and found code 6 being strangled by a giant snake. The snake was over 20 feet in length where its eyes were blind, which might have adapted to the darkness.
Without a second thought, rod then drew his laser sword and cut through the snakes body. Rod got code 6 after slicing the snakes body in half and he flew upwards before other snakes could even get to them.
"team beta come in!"
"this is team beta code 1, whats up?"
"regroup at the pyramid or temple right now! Were getting out of here!"
"yes sir!"
Rod was flying back towards the door to find wesley by the entrance waiting for him.
"how far have you guys gathered data?"
"about probably 80% sir."
"good. That's maybe enough for now. And do not ever fly even lower than touching your feet on the ruins! That's an order!" rod then drops code 6 at the entrance.
"yes sir!"
"thank you sir for saving me."
"were all coming back alive and in one piece!" rod said with a serious tone as he walks towards the far end of the room to take pictures of the chieftains mummy.
It was also the first time for Wesley to ever hear rod in a serious tone. Then team beta arrived by the door.
"sir, we have all gathered."
"lets take these children back with us. They are still alive and breathing their last breath."
"yes sir!"
There were about 4 children and about 6 of them, including rod, who can fly.
"sir, I can still fly." Code 6 said by the entrance as rod passed by
"alright then. Lets all get out of here."
But as rod said that, the pyramid was then surrounded by snakes all over including the big ones. Without a second thought, they then flew up, leaving the snakes to crash on the pyramid walls as they try to run into them. They then found their exit after a couple of minutes where they saw snakes coming out from the hole.
"team beta, is there any other exit?"
"probably not sir. We have already checked most of the area to find nothing else."
"tch. Code 6, can you handle carrying Wesley here?"
"roger that sir."
Rod then transferred Wesley to code 6 and drew out his energy sword again, This time, he is taking the lead. As rod nears the hole, one big snake sensed rod and tries to jump at him so rod cut the snake in half. Then at the hole, there were still other big snakes to follow so after fitting himself through the hole, rod then tears through the following march of snakes until they all were able to exit the small hole.
But as they exit, they witnessed a whole group of snakes in all sizes coming up to them. Rod took vanguard now wielding 2 energy swords while the rest of the team tries to exit from the small hole. Even Wesley was wide eyed after he exit the small hole as rod was battling with a horde of snakes. After that, rod then flew along with the rest of the team forward towards the big pond to which they came from.
After a few minutes, they finally came back to the pond where they immediately dive underwater to get back to the other side and resurface. It was in a few minutes as well that they finally were able to resurface on the other pond by the waterfall where they then saw a firefight between the cartel and the rest of the assault team. The cartel was on the ground while the others in the assault team were still hovering while firing guns.
"assault team! Respond!" rod said as they were still floating on the pond
"y-yes sir!"
"status report!"
"we are currently under fire by what seems to be the cartel sir! They have also freed the others which has also joined the fight."
"damn it! all units! Retreat! And cover us while we fly out of here!"
"yes sir!"
Their fight was a bit unclear because of the fog but the rest of the assault team then goes to the pond to cover rod and the others. They then went to land so that rod and team beta can fly out of the battlefield and back into the origami which was waiting up in the sky where a few of the assault team, the mariner, and the med team was standing by.
"were back! First aid team! Treat the wounded." Rod said as he landed on the cargo hold wet
"so how was it?" Japanese president
"we managed somehow but the cartel or who ever they are, are really persistent." Rod said as he walks towards the bridge
"we have already gathered enough data for others to never come back here." Wesley said right behind them with his dripping shirt and pants while coughing a bit.
"are you alright mrwesley?"
"yesmr president. Im alright. maybe compared to the men down below, they might not be so fortunate."
They finally arrived at the bridge where the monitors displayed a blur image of people running from giant monsters.
"what the hell is happening down there?!"
"we will explain on the way sir. For now, we go towards our next destination."
"does this journey ever have any breaks?" Wesley said as he undresses out of his wet clothes
"not yet we aren't. we still have one more mission to go to." Rod
Then they flew towards the seas north of cuba where the Bermuda triangle is.
"hey rod, cant you at least let us see the footage now?"
"not yet mr president. We still have one more mission to go to before we can deliver these brats back to the states." Rod
"by the way, where is welsey?"
"he is at the cargo hold where hes drying his pants. And being watched by the ladies."
There at the cargo hold, Wesley was drying his pants while being stared and giggled at by passing ladies from the science, assault, and med teams.
"haha. Now that's a bit of a laugh."
"where are we now omega 3." Rod said while smiling
"we are almost at the Bermuda triangle sir. Are you sure about going here?"
"yesim sure."
"o-okay then."
The presidents then gulped for the adventure of their lives as they will now enter the Bermuda triangle. And while flying over the waters of the Bermuda triangle, a storm was also brewing.
"great. We just arrived at the worst possible condition to be here."
"you said that we are going to also observe rod as he does his job, but I didn't anticipate this."
"its alright really. But you guys should also prepare for the worst." Rod
Once again, the presidents gulped and kind of regretted their decision to also come.
"we have been flying for hours now. Omega 5, switch to spectral gear."
"displaying spectral analysis on screen now."
There on the monitor, they saw multiple distortions around the sea.
"whew. Finding that lost boat would be like finding a needle in a haystack." Rod
"rod, you should say finding a needle in a storm. Were never going to find them like this!"
"and what would happen if we enter those distortions?"
"omega 4, please explain."
"yes sir. It would be like being in Siberia there. Though it was not tested, returning alive from the distortions would be like digging your own grave since it might close at any time."
The presidents felt a cold chill down their spine.
"It would be nearly possible to ever find that boat. They might be sucked into one of those things!"
"maybe, but we will still try." Rod
After a few minutes of observing, they accidentally found a gigantic entity coming through a very large distortion.
"w-what is that?!"
The whole crew in the bridge suddenly felt afraid
"that's probably an entity. But we have never seen then in this size." Rod
Wesley then enters the bridge without still without his pants.
"im back! Gosh those pants are seriously hard..to..dry.." Wesley then saw the image on the screen with wide eyes
"what the hell is that?!" Wesley shouted
"that's an entity Wesley, the one that I talked with you about once before." Rod said looking at Wesley on his chair
"I have heard many legends over the years but this is really the first time I have seen it with my own eyes!" Wesley
"I know right?"
"oh yeah, I have heard of a mayan legend of a giant serpent in the sea. So this is maybe what their talking about!" Wesley
"that ridiculous! That's no serpent!"
"we know." Rod then stood up from the captians chair and walked towards the door
"where are you going rod?"
"all crew, this is an order. Stay on the skies and never come down. Assault team, ready to sortie."
"you are taking them there?! Are you mad?!"
"no. which is why we will try and search for that boat." Rod then got out of the room
"wait! Damn that guy!"
"what do we do now?"
"we just observe and wait as rod will rescue." Wesley
On the cargo bay, rod was discussing the strategy to the assault team.
"you got that?"
"yes sir!"
"now ready your gear and lets move out!"
After they ready their gear, the assault team then sorties out of the origami and into the storm. With their spectral gear, they also observe the movements of the entity along with the disturbances around them.
"sir, the drones are all ready."
"alright! alpha, beta, delta, and omega 6! Ready the drones for search and rescue!" rod
"yes sir!"
"team, lets all stall that entity. Remember what I just said!"
"yes sir!"
They then flew towards the entity where all of them readies their energy weapons. The whole team was equipped with energy lasers in their arm, and leg platings as well as energy swords so that they can do both fight and defend themselves. And at a safe zone, alpha, beta, delta, and omega 6 then launched 20 drones towards the disturbances to echo locate anything.
On the monitors in the bridge, the presidents couldn't believe themselves as they are seeing rod and his team battling the gigantic entity which was thrashing its tentacles at each one of them while they also saw the drones disappear after it entered the distortion.
"what happened to the drones?"
"and how will the fight last?"
"allow me to explain mr presidents. the entity is like a lump of accumulative quantum energy so by piercing it with pure energy, the atoms from that entity will scatter preventing it from ever getting hold of them. " omega 3
"Basically, they serve as a distraction while the others do their work." Omega 4
"damn it! if only we could also go in there to help!"
"no can do presidents. You stay right there." Wesley
The presidents all both cower in fear and frustrated that they could only watch at the side.
"by the way, how long can those drones go?"
"about 40 kilometers sir." Omega 3
"what?!"
"all the drones are disposable really. They just transmit visual data towards the controller where they will also see what is going on."
"basically, there is no going back for those drones right?"
"yes, they just basically move at a circular motion until they reach over 40 kilometers where we lose contact with them."
"what a waste of materials and money."
"that's not true sir, since all of the drones are all made out of recycled parts."
"hahh.."
the presidents of them just sighed as they have nothing that they could do while Wesley was busy analyzing the pictures taken from the ruins. After hours of intense fighting with the entity, the storm suddenly intensifies.
"drone team! Whats your current progress?" rod
"we are currently over 90% done sir."
"good." Rod said as he slashed the entitys tentacle that was about to grab him
On the bridge, the presidents just stood by and observe as the team was exhausted from the fight.
"cant we do something in here?"dutuer said as they all braced themselves for rough winds
"sorry sir but this is only a carrier ship, not a war ship."
"then what about project delta then?! This makes this vessel a warship!"
"that isn't used for war presidents. Please calm down."
"how can we ever calm down! I order you all now! Fire that thing!"
"but—"
"I order you as the president of the Philippines to fire that damn cannon!"
"shouldn't we consider this first president dutuer"
"I have had it with just observing! I order you now to fire!"
"y-yes sir!"
The origami then opens the hatch for the particle laser cannon and shoots after it charged itself. There, rod was then surprised by the sudden fire of the laser cannon.
"what the heck?!"
On the bridge where the presidents were looking at the screen.
"look! It works! Once you shoot that thing, atoms will disperse right?"
"yes but—"
"energy at 80%"
"hmm.. what if maybe we also search underwater..prepare project gravity fall!"
"what?! I was still in the middle of helping rod with shooting the enemy!"
"what we need to help rod now is to help him search the whole area, not making the matters worse!"
"guys, please stop this."
"we want to help rod! buzz off!" both presidents shouted
"launch the drill drones now!"
"r-roger! All hands prepare project gravity fall now!"
"cancelling fire from particle laser cannon."
Then the laser cannon suddenly stops firing where rod and the team noticed this after a few minutes of still dodging tentacles
"what the heck are they doing?!"
They then noticed dropping 5 drill drones down to the sea.
"what?! We only have 5 of those on board! What the heck are they—ugh!" rod was shouting when a tentacle almost hit him.
luckily rod was able to defend himself where the tentacle was cut into pieces.
"assault team! Retreat!" rod said after looking below as if having a bad premonition
"but we are almost done here!"
"we can also still go on sir!"
"that's not it! anyway! That's an order! Lets all go back now!"
"yes sir!"
The assault team then flew back to the origami.
"this is rod to bridge, please ascend to the skies.. now!" rod said after he landed at the cargo hold and walks straight to the bridge
"what?! Rods back?! But were not done yet!" dutuer said at the bridge
"sir, we really need to go now."
Then they saw in the spectral screen, hundreds of lights lights suddenly shining below the sea aside from the gigantic entity now trying to get to the origami. Even through rough weather, rod then arrives at the bridge still in his suit which he only removed his helmet.
"ascend now! That's a direct order!" rod shouted
"yes sir!"
They then ascended towards the stormy skies where thunder and lightning strikes everywhere.
"sir! Im suddenly detecting multiple distortions around the clouds!"
"what should we do now rod?!"
"calm down. For now, let us just ascend and get out of here. and don't you worry since this ship is also protected by a thick coating of thick plastic." Rod said after he arrived at the captains chair
Thunder and lightning struck around the clouds as the monitor also detects multiple distortions suddenly opening up. Then after a few minutes, they were high above the clouds and into the stratosphere where they were also floating a bit due to less gravity. They were also seeing the sunset back then.
"now move forward and take us to washington!" rod shouted another order
"yes sir!"
They then moved forward with the boosters at their maximum output.
After a while, they finally got out of the stormy weather in the Bermuda triangle.
"whew.. I thought we were a goner back there."
"presidents, this may be rude of me but.. we seriously need to talk.." rod said as he faced them with a very annoyed face.