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Chapter 5 - CHAPTER FIVE

 At Central Intelligence Agency headquarters, in Langley, Virginia, several unmanned space ship was spotted in the airspace of the agency descending close to its landing zone.

Emergency management personnel were on ground and the space ships landed. Immediately, it's door burst open and aliens dashed out unarmed; then security personnel from the agency surrounded them pointing their guns at them.

"Hands up!" the leader of the security personnel yelled walking towards the alien's carefully.

The aliens scanned the personnel and then the building; then the leader of the group shouted;

"Curest!"

Then each alien charged towards the security personnel with each transforming into the attacked CIA personnel having exactly the same weapon and was impregnable to bullets.

Then after defeating the CIA personnel at the landing zone, they charged towards the main building with the breach alarm blaring, more CIA personnel rushed out of the main building, barricaded the entrance, and tried to smoke out the aliens.

The aliens fell on the floor motionless and then they stopped. At the touch of the first CIA personnel, trying to handcuff the foremost robot, the host arose and attacked. As the combat was on-going, a handful of aliens breached the barricade and gained entrance into the main building.

 At the safe house, underground of the main building, the leader of the group of aliens stood close to the door. He stared at the RFID controller and placed his hand on top of it; scanned it for a while and instantly swiped his long nails through the card reader hollow and the door opened. Before him at a transparent glass was the Curest and his eyes glowed as he smiled.

 ****

 As the leader of the group of aliens stretched his hand forth, he heard;

"If I were you, I wouldn't do that!" a voice yelled playfully.

Then the leader of the group of aliens turned and stared for a while and yelled,

"Hmm!" with his arm, he broke the glass and as he reached for the Curest – the Replicator got hold of his hands and they both was locked into a combat that lasted for several minutes and then the two burst out of the room renting down the walls, then the Replicator was facing the leader of the group of aliens behind him was the Curest. Then six other aliens emerged from the shadows and then they all attacked the Replicator. The Replicator defeated the other six aliens easily and as he charged towards the leader of the alien group, he saw a group of CIA personnel with a van and he shouted;

"Take the Curest away to a safe place, now!"

Quickly one CIA personnel picked the Curest and placed it in the van and they took off. Then, the leader of the group of aliens brought out a sword that had a threefold glow of green, yellow and pink, at that instant; the Replicator felt dizzy and as the alien leader approached him, he felt a total drain of his strength. 

Then the alien leader struck him severally, the Replicator fell on the floor unconscious and he was about to strike him the final blow, then the pendant on his wrist glowed and he quickly charged towards the entrance trailing the van.

 ****

 At Dr. Aberdeen's home at North Dakota, he was at his Lab working, when he heard a clumsy noise from his sitting room.

"Who's there?" Dr. Aberdeen shouted as he listened sternly.

Then after a few minutes without any response, he continued working; instantly he heard a slumping noise. Then he rushed to the sitting room only to find the Replicator – Dave – lying motionless on the floor with Dave's suit severely ruined and blood all over Dave's body.

He quickly used two robotic arm controlled by him to take Dave to his Lab.

 ****

 After some hours, Dave woke up and as he looked before him, he saw Dr. Aberdeen working opposite his bed with a Lab coat.

"Where am i?" Dave inquired.

"At my personal Lab. So don't you worry!" Dr. Aberdeen replied smiling.

"Oh, thanks! So how long have I been out Doc.?"

"At exactly eight hours!" Dr. Aberdeen retorted as he drew close to Dave's bed side, pulled a stool and sat on it.

"So Dave, what happened at Langley?"

"I met an alien with a sword that had a threefold glow, the moment he unsheathed the sword, I instantly was drained of my powers." Dave replied slamming his palm on his forehead.

 "Ok. Let me show you something!" Dr. Aberdeen said, went straight to a cupboard and brought out a box.

"How do you feel now?" Dr. Aberdeen said opening the box, extracted a pinkish gemstone and brought it closer to Dave.

"Argh! Please stop; it's killing me!" Dave shouted in severe pain.

"Oh!" Dr. Aberdeen quickly replaced the gemstone inside the box.

"What's that?" Dave inquired.

"It is a gemstone called Spodumene! Composed of lithium pyroxene. So this is your Achilles heels?" Dr. Aberdeen remarked smiling.

"So this is it!" Dave inquired.

"Yes!"

"Look!" Dave yelled pointing at the television.

"Today tragedy was averted and incurred as aliens from space invaded CIA headquarters at Langley, Virginia, and tried to steal the Curest kept in the safe house. But American superhero and mask man – the Replicator – intervened.

It was seen at the video footage that some CIA agent took the Curest from the safe house to be transported to another safe house of the agency. But the six agents' and the Curest is nowhere to be found.

 The names of the blacklisted agents are Sandra Harlow, Luis Puth, Hilda Theron, Sam Aaron, Dominic Chow and James Cancelo; the above agents are most wanted in all countries of the world.

And the question in the hearts and lips of all America and the world is; "Is our safety still guaranteed?" from Langley, Virginia; it's Jessica Ritchie MNS news."

"So Dr. Aberdeen, what do we do?" Dave asked.

"Okay come!" Dr. Aberdeen beckoned on Dave and they both went to another section of the Lab.

"You see, when the Curest came to us at Space Hi-Tech Firm, I knew something like this might occur, so I installed a transmitter on it, with which its location can be known!" Dr. Aberdeen said while tapping a projected screen and at the third tap, he zoomed;

"There it is at a subway, there!" Dr. Aberdeen said pointing at the displayed location.

"Then I must go!" Dave said trying to reach for his torn suit.

"Wait! You have not fully recovered; why not spend the night?" Dr. Aberdeen retorted.

"Any more delay and it might be too late!" Dave said as he tries to put on his suit.

"If you must go then – there!" Dr. Aberdeen said opening a closet and brought out a new suit.

"What is this Doc.?"

"It is a suit made of Fluavil, which would nullify the Spodumene's effect! Here – take!"

"Thank you very much Doc.!" Dave said.

"Dave, just be careful!"

 "I will!" Dave replied and flew out of the window.

 ****

 The leader of the group of aliens entered a building and as he entered the hallway, he heard his pendant beep and he went to the left wing of the building, there he found the Curest several feet's away. He smiled and walked towards it, at some feet's away, an alarm sounded, and then a loud sound erupted of a fallen object.

Then as the alien observed for a while, he continued and at each attempt to get the Curest, he was repelled with severe cuts.

Then clap erupted from afar;

"Thanks boys!" Dr. Robert shouted as he approached the Curest.

The alien fumed and charged towards him but fell back.

"Oh, so sorry!" Dr. Robert said animated.

"And I will keep this!" Dr. Robert said handing the Curest to Anthony Mane.

After several attempts by the alien to escape the cage, he resigned and stood staring at Dr. Robert.

"Okay, now! Shall we!" Dr. Robert said laughing. 

After a while;

"What is your name?" Dr. Robert asked.

"Lucius!" the alien responded.

 "From which Planet?" 

"Galaxy Nimubs!"

"Oh, the home of Curest!" Dr. Robert exclaimed.

"So, why are you here and why did you kill my men that came to your planet!"

"Oh, no response?" Dr. Robert asked.

"Then we would continue in the morning!" Dr. Robert said and as he was walking away;

"Would soon be here!" the alien shouted.

"Who?"

"My Lord!" Lucius retorted.

"Okay!"

"He would obliterate your world and make his conquest through time!" Lucius mused.

"Oh, I am scared!" Dr. Robert feigned a frightened demeanor.

"That he will do."

"What if I hand the Curest over to your Lord, what would become of me?"

"He would spare you and obliterate this world!" Lucius responded.

"Okay. Let's make a deal! I would …" Dr. Robert continued.

 ****

 The Replicator was at the subway and he approached a penthouse, he stopped and sighed.

Then, he burst the door open, at the left wing, he saw the alien fondling the Curest and smiling mischievously.

Quickly, he ran towards the alien and unleashed a heavy blow to the face of the alien, the blow sent the alien to the ground several feet's away from him. 

On the floor, the alien gave a loud deriding cackle and instantly, his appearance transformed to that of Dr. Robert's.

As the Replicator tried to charge towards him, he found out that he was trapped; each attempt to break free, resulted to injury and renting of his suit. After several trials, he was exhausted.

"Who do we have here? The Replicator! Saviour of America and the world!" Dr. Robert laughed.

"You son of a bitch!" 

"If I were you I wouldn't do that! This!" Dr. Robert said caressing the transparent glass cage.

"Is made of four protective layers made of laser, larva, high voltage – hundred times that of any man-made Hipotronics and explosives each encapsulated with your antidote – Spodumene!" Dr. Robert laughed.

"You won't get away with this, I promise!" the Replicator fumed.

"I have already! See you in the morning!" Dr. Robert and Anthony Mane walked away.

At the car park of the penthouse;

 "Mane! Send the signal to the Nimbusian's and let me know when our guests would arrive!" Dr. Robert said.

"But boss, you want to work with those aliens?"

"Of course not! When his silly Lord comes to the Earth, I would dispossess him of the remaining Curest and the world would be mine – mine!" Dr. Robert laughed and zoomed off leaving the penthouse.

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