Truth & Lie

Chapter 2

"Well, sir?" Gandra pressed on.

He sighed. "First, I have to see if he's good enough to be a FOWL agent. I'm testing him."

"Testing him?"

Bradford was getting fed up with Gandra's questions. He turned around to face her for the first time. "Gandra! Since you so graciously volunteered, you can be in charge of this mission," he said.

She was taken back. "Me? I barely know the kid!" she defended.

"You met him once, and that's enough for me. Once I give you the okay, you can begin work on your new assignment."

She grinded her teeth, wanting to protest more, but she knew better than to go against him. She lowered her head. "Yes, sir."

...

Huey went through the tunnels on the cave. He was cold and wet and his clothes stuck to his chest. He tripped a lot because of how many rocks he had to climb over. And it didn't help his mood that a flip kept ramming into his face. He waved the insect away with his cap. He was just about to yell at when lava shot out of the ground before him. He yelped and jumped back. The lava shot straight up through an opening in the ceiling.

Huey's eyes followed the lava. "Louie! Watch yer step!" he heard his great uncle say. Huey smiled hopefully. His family was right above him. He tried to call out for them, but the passage to them closed to quickly.

Huey began to jog in the direction of his family. But he stopped when he heard a low humming. He stood and listened. It sounded like a machine. Several machines actually. He twisted his beak curiously.

Suddenly, a small metal orb flew up into his face. Huey poked a finger at it. It had a large red eye and just hovered there. "Hey, cute little robot," he began. "Are you lost down here too? Ow!"

It shot a laser at him. He rubbed his side. It was a small sting, but it didn't hurt him to much. But then it shot a few more lasers at him. He hopped from foot to foot, dodging the laser. "Hey! Quit that!" He smacked the robot to the ground and stepped on it hard. The robot squeaked, powering down. He let out a sigh, glad to be rid of one of his problems.

Then more mechanical hums buzzed in his ear. Out of nowhere, several more robots came. The duckling's eyes widened. "Oh boy," he said and took off running.

Heart pounding, Huey raced through the tunnels. He knew he was losing a lot of ground, but he didn't have time to worry about that. For now he just had to evade the robotic drones. He moved to turn, but a quick laser blocked him. He jumped back and gave a whiney. He ducked down, dodging another shot. If he wasn't in danger, he would be admiring the build of these murder bots.

The drones backed him into a wall. He frantically looked around for a way of escape. They surrounded him. He bit his beak. "Aw, come on! Why are you so set on killing me!" he exclaimed. One of the drones answered by shooting at him. He ducked down, but the laser got his hat. A small flame grew on hit. He freaked out and threw it on the ground. He stomped on it and put out the flames. "Man! That was my favorite hat!" he cried.

The small bug that had been flying around hit him in the face again. Huey groaned and tightened his fists. "Ugh! First Dewey gets me stuck down here! Then these razaphrazan robots try to kill me! They ruined my hat and the STINKING BUG KEEPS FLYING IN MY FACE!" he burst. Steam came out of his ears and his face turned red. He let out a scream and charged through them.

He smashed several of them but an army still remained. He cooled down a bit, and smashed one last bot. The rest of the drones turned to him. He took off running again, annoyed at Dewey for getting him in this mess. He swooped behind a boulder. He held his breath, not wanting to give away his hiding spot. This was the first chance he had to think. He tried to come up with a plan but he was too frustrated. He found himself thinking of Dewey and how he didn't listen to him. But to his surprise, it wasn't just Dewey he was mad at. He found himself getting annoyed at his whole family, picking out certain moments when he dislike them.

He shook himself. Now wasn't the time to complain. Now wasn't the time to get mad at people that had hurt him at various points in his life. Now was the time for him to figure out the situation. He was supposed to be smart. He could do this.

Huey let out a sigh when he was sure the drones had passed him. He turned to leave, but walked into a drone. He gasped and on reflex, swatted it. It crashed into the boulder and sunk to the ground. He stared at the deactivated droid. He thought a minute. "Wait a minute," he said to himself. He picked up the orbital robot. He rolled it around in his hands and examined it.

"I could use this," he said. He opened up the drone and tweaked with the wires a bit. When he was done, he closed it up. He waited for the bot to start up. It turned on with a ding and the glowing red light turned green. The boy in red took out his phone and pulled out a controller type app. "Yes!" he cheered to himself. He controlled the robot for a bit. "Now, to deal with these droids." He peeked from around the rock and saw the robots searching for him.

Using the app on his phone, he controlled the drone to the middle of their crowd. Using another button, he shot a bunch of lasers out. He blasted them all out of the air. The red duckling grinned victorious. "Ha ha!" he cheered. He used his bot to smack against the other ones. Huey was amazed at how many robots he was able to take out.

He was proud when there was only one bot left. He strode over to it. He lifted his foot up to crush it, but startling him, a hologram flew out of it. He watched it peculiarly. A dark virtual figure stood before him. He couldn't tell what animal it was or what gender. He could just see the black image and barely make out a face. Then it spoke in a male voice. "Hello, Hubert Jet Duck."

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