ready to shoot.’’ Brent replied. Balto armed his gun and turned the doorknob, slowly opening the door. All three agents ran out of the doorway and headed for the office of the head of dataDyne. Suddenly, a barrage of bullets ricocheted off the floor and walls near Brent. He turned and fired at the guard, who dropped like a stone. Brent turned to Balto and exclaimed, ‘’you guys get the necklace, I’ll cover you.’’

Kodi and Balto nodded and opened the head’s office. Inside stood a female Irish Setter in a blue jump suit. Her red hair flowed over the suit almost beautifully. At her feet was the unconscious figure of Cassandra De Vries, the head of dataDyne. Balto recognised her in a second.

‘’Sasha?! What’re you doing here? I haven’t seen you in years!’’ he replied. Sasha, the sassy lassie from All Dogs Go To Heaven 2™ had somehow managed to get her self into the game. She shrugged.

‘’Hello Balto, I was kidnapped by a grey malamute, and Charlie should be in this game as well. He jumped into that strange machine that brought me here, and he was sent here as well. Luckily, I managed to escape from that crazy malamute. I was sent to the beginning of the game, just like you guys.’’

Kodi shook his head.

‘’Well, since we’re doing the same objectives, we should work together. Maybe we can complete this stupid game faster if we work together.’’

Just then, Brent burst through the door backwards. He fell onto his back as about twenty or so guards walked in. Balto grabbed his pistol and fired. Three guards dropped, and one of their guns slid over to him. Balto picked up the CMP150 and aimed it. He grinned and fired.

The rest of the guards fell like dominoes. Brent stared at Balto as he stood, still holding the gun. His hand shook and he dropped the gun. Sasha walked up and patted him on the back.

‘’Don’t worry about it Balto. These guys are just computer-generated dogs. They come back to life when the game is reset. Right now, we have to stay focused on our objectives.’’

Brent got to his feet.

‘’I couldn’t have said it better Sasha. Next thing we have to do is attach another EMC mine to the external security hub. This’ll enable us to escape on the drop ship with Dr. Caroll.’’ Brent explained and walked through the office door, followed by Kodi, Balto and Sasha. All four entered the elevator and watched as it went down to the 1st floor. Suddenly, an alarm started to go off. Brent knew what was about to happen. He was used to this sort of thing. Brent loaded his CMP150 and exclaimed, ‘’take out every guard you see, use as much force as you can muster. We have to get to that hub!’’ The elevator door opened and all four agents dispersed. Balto was to place the mine on the hub, while Brent, Kodi and Sasha kept the guards busy. Brent walked up behind a guy and placed his gun against the back of his head. He fired, and made a hole right through the guy’s head. Kodi was doing his best to shoot at five guards, but it wasn’t helping him at all. He then noticed a fuel tank near them. Kodi aimed and shot the tank, which caused an explosion. The guards flew over his head and slammed into the wall. Kodi grabbed a CMP150 and some extra ammo. Sasha was using her body as a weapon rather than her gun. She stood near a desk and seduced her enemies with her sly motions. Then, like a peregrine falcon diving for her pray, Sasha kicked them back onto the ground. She smiled and blew them a kiss as she grabbed a key card that lay on the floor near one of the guards. Meanwhile, Balto had managed to sneak into the room where the external security hub was located. He placed the mine on it and radioed to Brent.

‘’Objective complete. ECM mine on the hub. What’s next?’’

Brent voice came back in a few seconds.

‘’Next, we have to get to the lab. Go toward the left side of the stairs and enter the elevator. I’ll find Sasha and Kodi, you just go.’’

The line went silent. Balto pulled out his gun and ran for the elevator, taking out guards as he went. Balto arrived just as Brent, Kodi and Sasha came around the corner. All four bordered the elevator and headed for the lab.

dataDyne labs, 11:58 PM,

The elevator opened and all four friends walked out. Brent took point and led the trio to a door. He pulled out his CMP150 and opened the door. Two boxers intercepted him and fired. Brent dodged and returned their fire. The door at the back of the room opened and four guards ran into the room and surrounded Brent. Sasha grabbed Balto’s gun and fired at the guards. They were slain on their spots. Sasha blew the smoke off the gun and handed it back to Balto.

‘’It’s all too easy for me.’’ She answered slyly. Brent turned and headed into the next room. There were about five doors. The first objective was to photograph a radioactive isotope that was being kept at dataDyne for research. Sasha pulled out a small robot and replied, ‘’I’ve got it.’’

She walked through a door with the label “Caution” on it and defeated the guards behind it. Sasha then set up the robot and piloted it to the isotope, taking the picture and bringing it back within a minute. In the meantime, Brent had managed to gain entrance to Sector 2 of the labs. This led to another series of doors, only this time it was in a set of hallways instead of a giant room. Sasha joined the three as they walked slowly down the first hallway. At the end was another hallway, though it led to the right. Three guards stood in their way, but it wasn’t a big challenge to eliminate them. This hallway led to a door marked “Sector Three.” Brent opened it and found himself in a large room. Two guards ran around. Brent stepped aside and gave Kodi a chance to prove himself.

‘’Be my guest Kodi.’’ Brent said as Kodi dropped the guards with two shots each. Brent ran up and grabbed a small object from one of the fallen guards. Suddenly, he and his friends were given a health boost.

‘’I must have grabbed a shield.’’ Brent admitted. Sasha gave him a smug look.

‘’I don’t think I need this.’’ She said. Brent sighed and gave Sasha the chance to take point, which she accepted. The door that led to Sector Four opened to a small room with a security door and a laptop computer at the end of it. All four agents walked into the room and were surprised by two masked guards with green guns. Brent knew what they were in a second.

‘’Dragons.’’ He muttered.

‘’What?’’ Sasha and Kodi asked.

‘’The Dragon is a powerful machine gun that can hold about thirty bullets per magazine. It also has a proximity self-destruct feature. We’re in trouble now.’’ He answered grimly as the guards armed their guns. Kodi then made his move. He jumped at the guards and knocked their guns out of their hands. Brent and Balto picked up a gun each and fired. Both guards fell to the ground, both decapitated. Sasha walked up to the laptop and replied, ‘’this must be what controls the security doors.’’

Kodi jumped in and remarked, ‘’piece of cake! I just have to disarm the system. I just don’t know how.’’

Brent walked up and pulled out a gadget. He plugged it into the laptop and stood back. The gadget reprogrammed the system and the doors unlocked. Brent smiled and walked down the hallway, still holding his Dragon.

The door that led to Sector Five was the last door to go through. Brent opened it to a surprisingly empty room. After this part, he had forgotten what was next. Brent opened a door that had “Restricted” on it and to his surprise and shock, two drone guns sat on the ceiling. Both looked at him and fired. Brent stumbled backward and fell onto the floor. Balto ran up and destroyed both guns. Brent had taken a huge amount of damage, and his shield was gone. Balto helped his friend to his feet and the four walked into the main lab. The room was empty.

‘’Dr. Caroll,’’ Sasha called, ‘’Dr. Caroll are you here?’’

Just then, a voice filled the room.

‘’Well, is it safe?’’ it asked. Kodi nodded.

‘’Yeah.’’ He answered. A large section of the wall then lifted up and a small robotic AI floated toward the four.

‘’Hey, you’re a…’’Sasha started. Dr. Caroll stopped her.

‘’Very professionally done, my friends. But now isn’t the time. I have vital information I must give to the Institute about dataDyne.’’ He replied and headed for the door.

Lab elevator to lobby floor, 12:43 AM,

The elevator opened up and Brent pointed his pistol out into the hallway. The coast was clear. Brent made a motion to move forward for his comrades. Dr. Caroll followed Sasha closely.

‘’You know, I’m a free Sapient AI.’’ He lifted his eyebrows. Sasha groaned and replied; ‘’I’m married.’’

‘’Oh, sorry about that.’’ Dr. Caroll answered in an embarrassed tone. Brent suddenly put up his hand.

‘’Looks like we’ve been spotted by a camera.’’ He whispered. Suddenly, all the lights in the lobby went off. It was completely dark. Brent pulled out his spy sunglasses and switched them to Night-Vision mode. The room became green and he could see