THE ZILLIONAIRES X

Keith and Ryan were in Keith’s lab testing out the brand-new Octaprowler that Keith had built. Keith had invented another one of his great inventions, the Velocitrolic Compactor. It made it possible for the vehicle to be able to withstand great pressures and have super strength.

It had 8 wheels that were able to be individually functional or work together. The Octaprowler was about ten feet long when fully extended. It was about four feet high and six feet wide. Many wires and tubes covered the multi-trillion dollar device. It even had parachutes, stretching arms with grabber-hooks, storage compartments, and a remote control to control it. There was a solar power panel 20 foot square on top. The purpose of the device was to go to other planets or remote places on earth.

Ryan had made a large testing ground with many obstacles like vertical walls and holes. There were also bumps and collapsible surfaces. The testing surface covered the floor in the giant 1,000,000 square foot warehouse. The Octaprowler was in the lab waiting to be tested.

"Ready to try this thing out?" Keith asked.

"Sure." replied Ryan.

Ryan turned on the generator while Keith used the remote control to guide the Octaprowler onto the test ground. The machine was very quiet.

Just before it reached the first obstacle, the Intercom 9000 began to beep.

Keith turned off the Octaprowler and looked at his C.I.M. (Caller Identification Monitor). It showed a photo of the caller, and all the known information about that person. The caller was the President of the United States of America.

"Yes, sir?" Keith said.

"Keith? Ryan? This information is classified. Do not repeat this to anyone else."

"Yes, sir. We promise not to repeat this information to anyone else. What is it?"

"The C.O.W. has stolen our plans for the National Defense.

Come to the Pentagon immediately for your assignment."

"Yes, sir." Keith turned off the connection and told Ryan the news.

Ten minutes later, the two brothers flew to the Pentagon in their RX-4000's. After they landed on the helipads, they were greeted by a guard who rushed them down the stairs into the hall. They followed the guard through many rooms and doorways until they finally came to the M.C.C. (Meeting Command Center) a few minutes later.

The president welcomed them. After they all sat down at the large table, some people in suits brought them each a

high-powered lap-top supercomputer, some CD-Rom disks that were numbered, and 2 power packs.

"I’ll get right to the point. Please turn on you computers first and insert disk #1." the president said. They all did so, and a pass-word log-in came up. "Type in your full names and press enter, then type in your individual codes which you should already know and the blue screen will come up. Then click on the N.D.P. (National Defense Plans) icon. Type in the same password again and you should see the National Defense Plans. Somehow, the C.O.W. got a hold of these plans. We think that it was an inside job pulled by General Bryce Adams. He has not been seen since we learned about the C.O.W. getting the plans. We believe that he is somewhere at the C.O.W. headquarters in Russia. I want you two to find him since you are the best. I heard about how you got the information back from that dead traitor Max. Will you take the job?"

Keith said to Ryan, "Do you think that we should take this assignment?"

"Why not?" said Ryan.

"I was just asking."

"Oh. Yeah, I think we should."

"Alright."

"But if we fail, you will have to come up with new National Defense Plans. I have every confidence in you that you will be able to make some plans to save all of America."

"Thanks."

Ryan said, "Mr. President, we will be more than happy to do it."

"Good. And let me remind you that the fate of America is in your hands. Good luck. Dismissed!"

Keith and Ryan left the building and flew away in their RX-4000's. At their house, they told their families about this mission, and that they were leaving again.

"Why are you always leaving?" Allison said, "You are hardly ever home. Do you have to leave? We never go on vacations or anything together. You are always on another mission. Please stay."

"I’m sorry, but I can’t." Keith said.

"But we were going to go on vacation together!"

"Fine. When we get back from this mission, I will take all of us on a nice, long, peaceful vacation, without worrying about any missions. If someone calls and has another mission for me to do, I’ll refuse. This will be a real vacation where we will do only fun things together. O.K.?"

"Do you mean it?"

"I do indeed."

"Thank you!"

The next day, they flew to the C.O.W. headquarters, which was in Moscow, Russia. When they got there, Keith and Ryan landed and got into their gear. It included a black spy suit (it was one piece), food, water, night vision goggles, cameras, a tazer gun, a pistol, a Retro Grapling Hook Gun, and a 1,000 foot bungee cord. There was also a lap-top in each backpack. The brothers put on their Hover Boots and their control panels.

"Do you remember where the C.O.W. (Criminal Organization of the World) is?" asked Ryan.

"If I’m not mistaken, it should be under that warehouse where it was before. At least that’s where we came out of when we escaped."

"Good. Let’s hurry up and get in that warehouse."

"No problemo."

They flew around for a while before they saw the warehouse. When they opened the door, something hit them on the head. Keith blacked out.

"Ouch!" Ryan said.

Then he fell down, pretending to get knocked out cold. They brothers were dragged into the secret tunnel and into the compound after the guards took their backpack’s.

Guards tied them up and carried them into the dungeon. After they left and locked the door, Ryan struggled to get free but it was useless. The guards had tied them up too good. Then Ryan got an idea.

He kicked Keith and he moaned. Ryan kicked him again and Keith shouted,

"What in the world was that for?!"

"Wake up dummy! We’re tied up! See if you can reach my back pocket and get my lighter."

Keith jerked himself over to his brother and stuck his hand into Ryan’s back pocket. After he got his lighter, he burned Ryan’s ropes. Then Ryan burned Keith’s ropes and started to dig up the detonators from the last time the were there. He set one on the door (which had been replaced from the last time it got blown off). The detonator blew up.

Keith and Ryan got a few more detonators and put them in their pockets. Then they walked out after they re-buried the other detonators.

Ryan remembered where the secret pipe to the industrial waste was. They went down the corridor and to the dead-end wall. Ryan pushed the wall to his left and it swung open. They fell down the pipe and this time they landed in the sewage waste. It was 5 feet deep. Ryan accidentally swallowed a large mouthful of it. Keith and Ryan began to vomit. It was the most disgusting that had ever happened to them!

They brothers screamed in agony. They got out of the sewage in 15 seconds and ran to the shower room to take baths. There was no-one in the shower room. When they took their clothes off, they discovered that the sewage hadn’t penetrated their spy suits and Hover-Boots. The sewage was only on their heads and hands.

"Thank goodness it’s not on our entire bodies!" Keith said.

"Easy for you to say! It’s in my entire body!" Keith’s brother said. They both started to vomit again. They got some clean clothes and various weapons. In the hall, they didn’t see anyone. The got to the Mess Hall and walked in. There wasn’t a person in there that noticed that they weren’t guards. Keith and Ryan went to the front and got some dinner. They sat down to eat when another guard came in.

He looked around at all the faces and when he saw Keith and Ryan, he shouted something in Russian. The brothers pulled out their guns and shot all of the people. They rushed out of the emergency exit and into the room where Max was held a few years back.

"Doesn’t this place bring back some wonderful memories, Ryan?" Keith said sarcastically.

"Shut-up retard."

They noticed a door to the right side of the empty room. As they approached it, someone came out. Keith stunned him with the stunner.

They went into the doorway and wound up in a bunk house. Some people were sleeping, others were working. Keith and Ryan walked down the row of bunks and came to 3 doors. They went through the first one which was a bathroom. It made them remember the afternoon’s adventure. They vomited again.

The next door was a laundry room.

The last one was the entrance into a computer room. There were 6 men in it. Keith stunned them. He then they tied them up and gagged them.

"What do you think this computer system is for?" asked Ryan.

"Most likely, it’s used to monitor this operation. It should have the National Defense Plans on it. If we can find them, then all we have to do is find out where Bryce Adams is at so we can arrest him."

"Let’s do it."

They logged onto the machine and brought up every file that there was. There were not that many, only about 14 hundred pages, including the diagrams, photos, and attack patterns.

Keith pressed the print button and all of the page printed out. There were 10 Desk-Jet Printers. It only took 6 minutes to print all the pages.

They went through them for over an hour before they came to the National Defense Plans. It took another 15 minutes to find the sheets of paper with the whereabouts of the C.O.W.’s secret agents. Ryan found a brief case with a lap-top, tracking system, a phone, and lots of room. Keith put the National Defense Plans and the whereabouts sheets in the brief case. He stunned the tied-up people again and he and Ryan deleted every single file on the computer system. Then they ripped out the hard drives and smashed them. Then the found some metal poles and bashed the computers beyond repair.

"So what do we do now?" asked Ryan.

"Let’s get out of here and take these plans to the president. Then we’ll make copies of the whereabouts sheets and give them to the president."

"How do we get out of here without being seen and all?"

"Keep our faces covered."

"And our backpacks that got taken away?"

"We’ll get them too."

"Where do you think that they are?"

"Search me... Hey! Wait a second here! I’ll use this tracking system in the briefcase. I can type in our passwords and can find our backpacks."

Keith did so, and discovered that they were in the computer room with them!

They searched around, and found another door behind the computer system. They opened it, and there was a supply room! It had guns, food, water, rope, clothing, boots, masks, stunners, lap-tops, and their backpacks.

"All right!" shouted Ryan.

They loaded up on supplies and their backpacks, and headed out of the computer room. They stole out of the headquarters and flew to the White House. They were shown to the president’s office and greeted.

"Did you get the plans and Adams?" asked the president.

"Yes and no," said Ryan, "we got the plans and we know where Adams is. We stole a tracking device from the C.O.W. headquarters and we can find him on it."

He turned it on and typed in:

NAME: Adams, Bryce

AGE: 36

SECURITY NUMBER: 1029384756

A screen came up that had a map of New York State. It zoomed in to New York City. Then it zoomed in to the Statue of Liberty. The screen went down until it showed the Statue of Liberty sideways. It zoomed in on the top of the head. Finally, it zoomed in on Adams, staring out. Keith printed the picture and put it in the brief case.

"Mr. President," Keith started, "we’ve found him. He’s at the Statue of Liberty. We’re going to go and get him now. We should be back by tomorrow with him. Bye."

Keith and Ryan left and flew to the statue. Adams wasn’t there. Keith turned on the tracker and found out that he was in a bus headed out of town. They found the bus and followed it in the air. It was easy for the zillionaires to dodge the tall skyscrapers. People watched in amazement while the brothers flew.

Then a huge bird flew into Ryan’s engine and clogged it up. He went out of control and went through a building! No-one was hurt but now there was a plane sticking out of the building. Ryan got out, gave a billion dollars to the building’s owner, and got in with his brother. They re-found the bus and followed it until it stopped at the airport. Adams got out and Keith landed. He and Ryan got out and ran over to Adams. Keith stuck a gun at Adams and shouted "Stop! Or I’ll shoot!"

Adams looked back and ran towards the airport entrance. He barged in with Keith and Ryan close on his tail. Adams tripped and fell. Keith tumbled over him and the gun went flying.

Bryce Adams pulled out a knife and sliced Keith’s right arm open at the crook of the elbow where it bends inwards. Keith howled in pain.

"NOOOOOOOOOOO!" Ryan screamed.

The gash pored out blood and ran onto the floor. The gash was open 3 inches wide and 5 inches long.

People screamed and fled from the horrible sight.

Ryan got the gun that had flown out of Keith’s hand and shot it at Adams right before he stabbed Keith with the knife. The bullet hit Adams above the ear and blew his head wide open. What was left on the inside spilt out as he fell over Keith and what was left of his head hit the floor.

Ryan raced over and pulled Adams’ body off of Keith. He took off his shirt and wrapped it around Keith’s arm and tied it there. Then he took off his belt and tied it above the wound to constrict the blood.

A guard came over to help Ryan and the airport nurse gave Keith a shot of instant pain killer.

5 minutes later, the policethe police and two ambulances came. Keith was sent to the hospital and Adams was taken to the morgue.

Keith and Ryan’s families came to see Keith. Keith was doing okay and it turned out that the knife hadn’t hit the artery.

2½ months later, Keith’s arm was completely healed.