The
chobot chronicles
Chapter
4- A brick wall
Few hours
later Bebotron found herself in swaddled in blue and white blankets. Staring
down at her were the faces of Dan, Tripleh and Dragonflys each the same level
of concern. They just continued staring at each other. They didn’t say
anything, but the question written on their faces was clear- Who did it?
Josephine’s
apartment, 24 hours ago-
Dragonflys
heard the sound of a thump. He motioned for the others to follow him and crept
stealthily toward the sound of the direction, wary of what he would find. He
turned around to see an unconscious Bebo lying in a pool of blood! They
sprinted toward her. “The blood isn’t coming from her,” said Dragonflys softly
“it’s from Josephine.” Quiet but horrified gasps were heard from everyone
except Dragonflys (whose only reaction was a slight widening of his eyes) ,
none of them out of place at the drama unfolding around them. “L-let’s just see
if Bebo is still alive though…” said a thoroughly spooked Tripleh. He knelt
down and checked for a pulse. A relieved smile decorated his face. “She’s
okay!” he said “but we should take her down to the hospital…” the obvious
question remained unanswered “what do we do about Josephine?” whispered Dan
almost inaudibly. “We first take Bebo to the hospital and then call the
authorities.” Came the swift and firm reply from Dragonflys.
The hospital,
present-
“So wait?”
said Bebotron “didn’t the police question us? I mean we were at the scene of
the crime! It would be irresponsible if they didn’t!” “They did.” Came the
taciturn reply from Dragonflys. “Well?! Continue!” “There’s nothing to explain!
We invented a story about how Josephine invited us for a movie party, we found
the door unlocked we walked, found Josephine dead and you fainted at the shock
of seeing your “best friend” die!” Dragon roared. His furious expression
shocking all the visitors! Bebotron stared back motionlessly, she was used to
way worse “And they bought that?!” she said incredulously “They found burnt
popcorn in the kitchen…” came the put out reply. They all sat quietly, each
making their own conclusions about what went on before they arrived. Each more
fantastical than the last but each with the same general conclusion- she was
murdered by the person who took the professor and his brother. “Well you’re
free to go darling but take care next time and try not to be too shocked by
anything in the future! I mean you don’t seem like the timid type…” shooting
the motherly looking nurse a withering glance, she got up and donned her boots.
“Let’s hit the road fellas,” she said in an uncharacteristically happy voice
“we have work to do!”
They arrived
in Dan and Tripleh’s two bedroom apartment in Castellar residences. They had a
better paying job than Bebotron and it showed! A fifty inch flat-screened
television was seen upon entry to their house and every decoration even gleamed
more expensively than her ornaments! She didn’t mind though, this was just
another excuse to dirty their things and get Dan as mad as possible! “Okay,
what I don’t understand is the professor was kidnapped one day before Josephine
was killed,” started Bebotron “Yes?” questioned Tripleh “Well, wouldn’t the
police think of getting into the security room and looking at the tapes? I mean
come on!” she chuckled, slightly hysterically “Right?” she looked around for
agreement. She wasn’t disappointed. “They did try,” Dragon said but was cut off
by an extremely hyperactive Bebo “And they failed terribly? I mean I know
Josephine was amazing at her job at security, but how good was she?” “Good
enough to have an eye and finger-print scanner at start up and if you did
manage to get through that, the door would open to another door which would
only open to Josephine’s weight and voice patterns and handwriting and a
special phrase!” said Dragonflys with a superior smirk. The smirk had its
effect making everyone groan at his condescending attitude. Bebotron, unlike
the others, was actually more used to his sometimes patronizing attitude! She
did have to go in the same car as him and so was well trained! “Guys I think I
have a plan…” said Bebotron “what are you tal- ahh!” said Dan finally
understanding. “Umm, explain?” asked Tripleh, Bebotron leaned into her tan
skinned friend’s ear and explained “That’s GENIUS!” Tripleh said with a gleeful
smile. Dragonflys, who wasn’t appreciating being left out of the loop, asked
“Hey! Don’t leave me out! Explain!” he complained pitifully. Bebotron grinning
from ear to ear “You, my dear dear friend, are going to hack into her files!”
Spluttering, Dragonflys stuttered “WHAT?! No way you guys! No way! That is
ILLEGAL!” “Oh please! Big D you’re the most dare-devil person in Chobots! You’d
LOVE to do this!” said Bebotron; looking at his unsure expression she added “Yeah…
you probably wouldn’t be able to do it anyway. It’s too sophisticated for you.
You probably couldn’t crack it even if you did want to…” That statement had its
effect and Dragonflys jumped up and roared “OH YEAH?! We’ll see about that! And
by the way don’t think I don’t know what you’re doing…” he said smiling
impishly “Oh whatever do you mean big D?” Bebotron asked, trying (and
failing) at smiling and looking innocent. “You are trying to goad me into this!
Lucky for you guys though,” he said “I actually want to do this!” Dan walked
over to the older chobot “what are the tools that you’ll need for this though?”
he queried “just a laptop and an email recently sent by her.” “A recently sent
email? Why?” asked Dan; Bebotron smiled “simple because all the videos aren’t
going to be in the security room! It will be downloaded and automatically sent
to her email inbox! She’s a genius and so we must think like a genius!” she
glanced around the room and a teasing smile appeared on her face “It’s easy for
me! You guys might struggle though!” “HAR HAR HAR!” said Tripleh as he and the
others bashed Bebo with a cushion. “So you guys staying over at our place for
today?” emphasizing the ‘for today’ part “Yeah, I’m staying. What about you
big D?” when the chobot in question nodded, Bebotron yelled “I CALL DIBS ON THE
COUCH WITH THE EXTRA SPACE!” Dragonflys shook his head and tried to find a
place that was far away from the “bull-horn.”
X-To
be continued-X
Authors Note- so that was the
4th chappie and trust me it gets way better! Its OOC people don’t be
offended :D
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