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I've got excellent news! Balto: Espionage Tactics is completely finished!!! I finished it on February 1st at 9:43 PM Eastern Coast Time! I'm going to post the remnants of Chapter 3 here, but if you want the last two chaperts, it'll be on the site! Hope everyone loved it, it was a great joy to write!
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Jenna nodded silently and followed Balto inside the elevator. Jenna pressed the 4th Floor button and the doors closed, the elevator lurching upward. Balto and Jenna stood in silence as they ascended to the fourth floor, the bridge to the other building. Suddenly, the elevator stopped on the 3rd Floor- and the doors opened to reveal a single guard.
Balto grabbed the poor guard and pulled him into the elevator, Jenna quickly pressing the button again to shut the doors. Balto slammed the guard into the metal wall twice before giving him a quick blow to the side of his face, knocking the dog out. He stowed his handgun, took the soldier’s M16 and made sure it was fully loaded, smiling in satisfaction when he saw it was.
The elevator doors opened and both agents stepped out, guns raised in ready. Before them, a large corridor led to another building off in the distance, connecting the two facilities. Balto lowered his rifle and motioned for Jenna to follow, both of them beginning to walk down the very long hallway-bridge. About halfway, they began to feel nervous.
“Strange… There’re no guards here…” Jenna said feeling slightly unnerved.
“Hmm, I wonder why that is-” Balto began and saw two black boxes, one on either side of the hallway. As Jenna stepped forward, a red beam was seen as her foot broke it in half and a beep was heard.
“JENNA! GET BACK!” Balto shouted and grabbed her shirt, pulling her back as a large explosion shook the hallway, sending the two dogs flying backward.
Balto hit the ground and grunted as Jenna landed on top of him. A section of the hallway shook and crumbled, falling down to the ground from the explosion. The two agents stared in amazement and panted slightly. Balto sighed in relief as he let his head fall back to the tiled floor. Jenna glanced back at him and lay back on his chest, giving him a soft smile.
“You saved my life…” Jenna said softly, staring into his brown and gold eyes, “Thank you, Wolf…”
“No problem Jenna… Only doing my job…” Balto replied, staring back into her amber eyes, but quickly snapping out of it, “Well, the bridge is out… Probably Nikki’s doing… So, what now?”
“Well, there is an underground passageway that’ll lead us to the other building. It’s on the third basement,” Jenna explained, “Hoping that it hasn’t been rigged as well… But Nikki isn’t the brightest dog out there… He probably thought that explosion would’ve killed you… Good thing you had me, right?”
“Yeah…” Balto said, smiling at her, “Well, we can head down there as soon as you get off me…”
“Oh, sorry…” Jenna said, blushing and quickly climbing off of her teammate.
“It’s alright…” Balto said to her and climbed to his feet, “Alright, B3 you said, right?”
“Yep! Let’s go,” Jenna said, grabbing her dropped handgun and walking off back toward the elevator. Balto grabbed his rifle and carried off after Jenna.
Steele felt the tremor of the explosion from his new office. He smiled in satisfaction, picking up his wine glass that was standing on his desk. He trusted Jenna’s word, but when he went to taunt the agent some more, all he found were a bunch of bodies and an empty cell. He’d ordered Nikki to rig the bridge with C4 and was glad that the pesky agent was done with, once and for all. He chuckled darkly and took another sip of his wine. Everything was working perfectly to his plan… or at least it was now, now that the agent is dead.
Pressing the intercom system set up on his desk, Steele spoke through to one of his top-four teammates. This time, he was speaking to Nikki.
“Excellent work, Nikki. If I no longer see that agent, you’ll be getting a raise…” Steele said, grinning evilly.
“Thanks boss,” came the voice of Nikki through the system, “I told yous I wouldn’t let yous down.”
“Well, we’ll see if your handiwork paid off… Steele out,” replied Steele, before pressing a different button, switching his contact to Star, “Star, have you located any trace of the agent?”
Nothing but static came through the intercom. Steele pressed the Talk button again and narrowed his eyes slightly.
“Star, did you hear me? I asked if you saw that agent. Yes or no?”
Static again. Steele was now getting annoyed and slightly worried. Pressing the button again, he let his anger slip out.
“Private First-Class Star, do you read me or not?!?!” he shouted through the speaker to his comrade. Just then, the double oak doors opened and a grim-faced Kaltag walked in, striding up to Steele’s desk.
“No, he doesn’t read you…” Kaltag said gravely, “He’s dead.”
Kaltag tossed Star’s gun belt along with his various assortment of handguns onto the desk. Steele just stared at the guns for a moment before shifting his gaze up to Kaltag.
“How?” he asked, unwilling to believe that one of his elite soldiers had fallen.
“Apparently, we’ve underestimated that agent…” Kaltag replied plainly, his eyes not leaving Steele’s for a moment, “He’s disabled our cameras, so we have no idea of what went on. All we found was his body, a single round put right through his head…”
“That’s impossible. Star survived for six days on his own, just with those guns and now you’re telling me he’s dead?!?!” Steele asked, raising his voice, “I refuse to believe that one agent was able to defeat a military trained soldier who’s mastered every type of handgun ever made!”
“Do you want to see his body?” Kaltag asked, keeping his cool, “It’s the most gruesome, the most disturbing, the most down-heartening-”
Just then, Kaltag realized Star wasn’t there to interrupt him anymore. He sighed sadly, his ears lowering in sorrow for his lost friend. Kaltag saluted Steele before walking out of his office again, closing the doors behind him. Steele pressed Nikki’s frequency and spoke to him again.
“Nikki, change of plans…” Steele said neutrally, his eyes flashing with anger, “I want you to rig that underground tunnel with as much C4 as possible. That agent has just killed Star and I’ll be ***** if I let his death go without being avenged! Now make sure there’s enough explosives down there so that agent never sees the light of day ever again!”
Angrily, Steele sighed and clasped his hands across one another, leaning back in the armchair situated behind the desk. Thoughts flashed through his mind of Star being killed, but he quickly shoved them away. He wasn’t about to let some government agent ruin his master plans, not now! He’d come too far to just lie down and die. If that agent wanted this facility back, he’d better be ready to fight, because Steele was bringing the fight to him.
The elevator doors slid open and Balto and Jenna stepped out into the white hallway, guns at the ready. Balto moved the barrel of his rife in a sweeping motion down the hall, ready for anything and everything. Jenna kept her handgun at the ready, the slightest movement and she’d have her gun trained on it faster than it could react. After their near-death experience with Nikki’s explosives, they weren’t about to let anything get by them now.
Balto saw a camera and realized he hadn’t shut them down on this floor. Raising his rifle, he put a single round through the lens, effectively shutting it down for good. Smirking, he carried on down the hallway, Jenna by his side. He motioned to her bandanna and eyed it for a moment.
“Where’d you get that? You from the Western states?” Balto asked. Jenna glanced at her bandanna, laughed softly and shook her head.
“No, it’s just something my mother gave to me when I was little…” Jenna explained, touching it gingerly, “I’ve had it most of my life and I’m never letting it go.”
“Sentimental value, huh?” asked Balto, giving her a small smile.
“Yeah… It means a lot to me…”
Jenna returned his smile and carried on surveying the halls. Her amber eyes darted around the empty corridors. She held her breath and raised her hand, motioning for Balto to stop. Balto froze and looked around.
“What is it?” he asked, giving Jenna a strange look.
“There’re no guards here either… Nikki’s down here…” Jenna told him, pointing her handgun down the hallway.
“How do you know that?” Balto asked, his eyebrows rising in interest.
“When I was here before you, they were doing tests with the guards. Whenever Nikki was setting up explosives, they would evacuate that area… There were no guards on the bridge and there’s none here, so Nikki must be here…” explained Jenna, getting a surprised look from Balto.
“Wow… That’s impressive Jenna…” he complimented, “Better keep our guard up then, huh?”
“Yeah, with Nikki, be ready for anything…”
Both agents cautiously proceeded down the long white corridors, keeping their eyes on the walls and floors for any explosives. When they finally reached the connecting hall, they sighed with relief. It had been smooth sailing so far, so why would it not continue? Using her keycard, Jenna opened the door and revealed a large tiled tunnel, going on as far as Balto could see.
“This is it?” Balto asked, staring down the tunnel.
“Yep… This is it… Come on, we can get across faster in one of these…” Jenna said, leading him over to a small collection of jeeps parked along the wall.
She climbed in the passenger seat as Balto took the driver’s side. Starting the ignition, Balto pulled them out and began to speed down the tunnels. Nothing bad happened as they drove on. About halfway down the tunnel, Balto chuckled and glanced at Jenna.
“See? You thought Nikki was rigging this place with explosives, but it turned out he did-” Balto said, but was cut off by a sudden explosion.
The explosion came from underneath the vehicle, sending it flying through the air and spinning. Balto and Jenna screamed as the jeep slammed to the ground on its side and skidded for several yards. It then jumped and crashed again, landing completely upside down. Groaning, Balto crawled out and pulled Jenna out along with him, helping her to her feet.
“You alright Jen?” Balto asked, looking her in the eyes.
“Yeah… I’m fine…” she replied, brushing herself off.
Suddenly, another explosion sounded and the tunnel began to quake. Balto and Jenna looked around nervously and saw the tunnel beginning to collapse behind them. Gritting his teeth, Balto motioned down the tunnel.
“C’mon, run!” he shouted to Jenna and both agents dashed as quickly as they could down the tunnel.
Rocks began to cave in behind them as the tunnel collapsed. Nikki’s work had been done; the tunnel was attempting to crush them. Balto and Jenna kept running, panting hard as they gave it their all. Despite their attempts, the falling rocks still came closer and closer to them. Just as they were about to be smashed, Balto grabbed Jenna and leaped forward, barely getting them out of the way as the cave-in finished.
“Are we dead yet?” Jenna asked, her voice muffled by the concrete flooring. Balto looked up and saw their luck.
“No Jen, we’re not dead… We’re probably the luckiest dogs on the planet right about now…” he said and Jenna looked up to see what he was talking about, chuckling weakly as she saw their good fortune.
“Wow… Now that was close… Let’s not do anything like that again, alright?”
“No promises… Come on, let’s keep moving…” Balto said, grinning at her and climbing to his feet. Jenna got up as well and the two finished their walk to the other end of the tunnel and to the other building.
Jenna walked him over to the other side and was about to open the door when she heard guards talking on the other side. Gasping softly, she backed up a bit, looking around for another escape. Spotting a ladder and hatch going up, she pointed to it.
“Up there, Wolf…” she said and Balto nodded, running up to it and beginning his ascent. Once at the top, he moved the hatch just enough to be able to look around. He saw snow and concrete, the outside of the other part of the facility, but no guards on the outside. Slinging his rifle across his shoulder, Balto drew his handgun and moved the hatch, climbing up first to secure the area. Jenna climbed up a moment later and closed the hatch behind them.
“Is this the entrance?” Balto asked, pointing to a metal shutter. Jenna nodded and ran up to it, sliding her card through a nearby scanner. The shutter began to open and Jenna grinned at her teammate.
“After you…” she said and Balto chuckled softly, stepping inside, Jenna right behind him.
Inside, there were a large amount of shells that could be fired from a missile launcher, all of them marked with a nuclear symbol. Balto began to worry more and more about this weapon, wondering what used nuclear warheads as shells.
“You know what these were made for?” Balto asked Jenna, pointing his gun at one.
“No, I told you, I haven’t been here before,” Jenna answered, placing a paw on his handgun and lowering its aim to the floor, “Could you not point that at them? I’d rather not be marked KIA, alright?”
“Yeah… Right…” Balto replied, lowering his ears in embarrassment for his carelessness.
The two agents moved onward, eventually arriving in another hangar area. This one, however, was filled with large sheets of steel. Balto was about to go inspect one when a gunshot caused him to freeze in his tracks. He quickly dove behind a stack of steel and glanced out, spotting a gun holding a handgun.
*****! How could I have been so careless? Balto thought and growled softly at himself.
“Come out with your hands up now!” the guard demanded and began to reach for his radio.
Before the guard to grab his radio, Balto jumped out and put three bullets into the dog’s chest. The guard shouted and fell over. From his right, a short burst of fire was heard, barely missing his head. Jenna came out this time and fired of two shots, hitting that guard in his face and stomach. When both guards were dead, Jenna walked over to Balto, an angry frown on her face.
“Are you nuts? You almost got yourself killed just now!” she said, chastising Balto.
“Look, I’m sorry, alright? Happy now? It was a mistake…” Balto snapped back, raising his hands defensively. Jenna sighed and softened her voice.
“I know… I’m sorry Balto… It’s just- this mission has me stressed a bit... I think I need a vacation after this…” she replied calmly.
“How’s a week in the Caribbean sound?” Balto asked, grinning at her. Jenna smiled slightly and closed her eyes, picturing it mentally.
“That sounds perfect… I think I just might do that… Thanks for the suggestion…” Jenna answered and motioned for them to carry on, “Come on, let’s go…”
Just as she was about to walk on, the elevator in the hangar opened and Jenna gasped. She quickly shoved Balto behind a stack of metal and out of view, stowing her handgun quickly. Steele stepped out of the elevator and saw her and the dead guards. His face took an expression of confusion as he approached Jenna.
“Jenna, what happened here?” he asked, staring at her.
“I don’t know… I just came through here and the guards were dead… I guess that agent is here, huh?” Jenna said, faking innocence, which Steele bought into.
“He must be… I’ll put the guards on secondary alert then… Come on, I think it’s time you and I spent some time together, hmm? This job’s been such a stress on me and I figured we could use some relaxation time, what to you think?”
“I think that sounds great Steele...” Jenna said, putting on a sweet smile.
“Great! Come on, let’s go…” Steele said, leading Jenna back towards the elevator.
Balto glanced over the steel sheets and gave Jenna a questioning glance. Jenna gave him a look that said ‘Continue the mission. I’ll catch up to you later,’ and stepped into the elevator with Steele. The doors closed and the elevator began to ascend. Sighing heavily, Balto came out of hiding and walked over to the elevator, pressing the Call button and waiting for it to return.
The moment the elevator returned, Balto stepped inside and saw three buttons: Labs, Arms, and Offices. He sighed as he stared at them, trying to decide on which one to press. Just then, he got a call on his radio. He turned it on and listened in.
“Wolf, do you copy?”
“Yeah, I here ya…” Balto replied, “What do you need Colonel?”
“We’ve just received information that one of the US’s top military scientists is being held in the base. He’s probably being forced to work on the weapon. If you could rescue him, or at least destroy all research he made, it would be much obliged by the government.”
“Alright Colonel, will do. What’s the dog’s name?”
“His name is Doctor Kalgan. He’s one of the world’s most brilliant nuclear physicists. Please try to keep him alive, but if he is KIA, then it doesn’t matter… All that matters are the primary objectives. Good luck Wolf.”
“Understood sir. Wolf, over and out,” Balto finished and shut off his radio, pressing the Lab button.
The elevator doors closed and it began its slow descent downward into the labs. As soon as the doors opened, Balto went to step out, but heard footfalls approaching the elevator. He quickly kicked off the back wall and supported himself up on the roof of the elevator, waiting until a solo guard entered. As the dog went to press a button, Balto dropped down and brought his boot down onto the soldier’s head, dropping him like a ton of bricks.
“Sleep tight, buddy…” Balto said mockingly.
Balto then grabbed the unconscious guard and pulled him out of the elevator and into a long, beige-tiled hallway. Grabbing the handle to a door marked “Utility Closet” and tossed the guard in with the brooms. Shutting the door silently, Balto withdrew his handgun and warily carried on down the hall. He passed several offices until he reached a double-set of metal doors labeled “Private Lab.”
“This has to be the place…” Balto murmured to himself and pressed the button on the side of the doors.
The metal doors slid open with a whoosh and Balto slowly stepped inside, gun held at the ready. As he walked in, he passed down a small hallway, the right wall made entirely of glass. Through the panes of glass, Balto could see a large laboratory with a single dog working at a computer, his back to Balto. Silently, Balto walked into the lab through a glass door set in the windows and saw the scientist, a Border Collie, turn around and gasp as he saw Balto.
“W-who are you?” the dog asked nervously, rising to his feet, “What are you doing here?”
“Calm down, I’m here to help you…” Balto replied, holstering his handgun, “My name’s Wolf. I’m here to get you outta here…”
The dog looked suspiciously at Balto, and then sighed with relief. He dropped his arms and gave Balto a relieved smile.
“Oh, thank God you’re here! I’m Doctor Kalgan…” Kalgan introduced, “The government sent you, right? It’s about time… They’re almost ready to launch an attack on the States.”
“Whoa, slow down… They’re ready?” Balto asked urgently, “They can attack at any time?”
“No, not yet…” Kalgan explained, shaking his head, “They have the weapon all set up and they have enough ammo to turn America into a crater, but they still need the activation code before they can fire… The code that I have…”
“So they’re making you finish work on the weapon, then they’ll try and take your code?” asked Balto, getting a nod from the scientist.
“Yep. They’ll probably torture me until I crack, then they’ll probably kill me…” Kalgan said, chuckling slightly, “But I’m not gonna give it to them! I’d sooner die than be the cause for my country to suffer!”
“Is there any other way for them to fire it if they don’t have the code?” Balto asked.
“Well, if they had an expert hacker, then they could probably crack the code, but what’s the chances of that?” asked Kalgan, assured that they’d be unable to succeed.
“You never know…” Balto said uncertainly, staring at the floor before looking back up at Kalgan, “Say, what is this super-weapon that could destroy the entire country?”
Just as Kalgan was about to answer Balto’s question, the familiar sound of the metal doors opening was heard and Balto spun around. Not wasting any time, he ran to the far corner of the room and leaped onto the walls, placing one had on either wall, then shimmying himself up the corner. Balto saw Kalgan go back to work and then saw the glass door open. Kaltag and two soldiers stepped in and walked up to Kalgan.
“Nice job, Doc…” Kaltag said, picking up the report Kalgan had finished and looking over the figures, “These readings are the most accurate, the most precise, the most perfect-”
Kaltag was stopped when one of the soldiers slapped him. Kaltag sighed sadly as he was cut off, nodding to the soldier who had assaulted him. With Star gone, he’d had the soldiers slap him to compensate for the loss of Star’s constant cutting in. He then gave the report to the other guard and turned on Kalgan.
“Now, all we need is that code of yours…” he said coolly, “What is it?”
“I dunno…” Kalgan said, shaking his head as he kept typing on his laptop and glancing at the screen of his desktop. Kaltag growled softly and punched the doctor, knocking him out of his chair and onto the floor, his glasses landing beside him.
“Don’t play coy with me…” Kaltag said, slightly irritated, “Now tell me or you’ll regret it… You’ll be in for the worst, the most painful, the most unbearable-”
Once more, Kaltag was slapped, cutting him off. The tan husky rubbed his cheek, and walked over to the fallen Border Collie. He picked him up by the collar of his shirt and stared right into Kalgan’s eyes.
“Speak now or forever hold your peace…” Kaltag whispered bitterly, “Or end up like your brother… Steele put a round through his head, point-blank…” When the scientist refused to answer, Kaltag tossed the dog across the room and into a cabinet. Kalgan whimpered softly as he lay there, hoping Kaltag didn’t kill him.
Kaltag pulled out a handgun and slowly advanced on Kalgan. He pulled the hammer back and raised the barrel to level with the scientist’s head. He grinned maliciously; he wasn’t really going to kill Kalgan, but he wanted to scare him. Just then, Kaltag caught something in his peripheral vision. He spun and glanced up at the corner of the room- and saw nothing.
“We’ll be back later…” Kaltag said down to Kalgan, letting the hammer down and stowed his pistol, “Consider yourself lucky… Next time, nothing’s gonna stop me…”
Kaltag motioned to his soldiers and the two dogs saluted him. The trio then walked out of the lab and out of sight. After Balto heard the automated metal doors open and close, he came out of the cabinet he’d moved into while Kaltag had hit Kalgan. Growling softly, Balto walked over to Kalgan and helped him up.
“I just wanna get out of here…” Kalgan said softly, a few tears falling from his eyes. Walking back to his computer and picking up his glasses, he quickly replaced them on his face. “I hate it here… Please get me out…”
“I will, just calm down… I’m sorry about your brother… But tell me, where is the weapon being held?” Balto asked, staring intently at Kalgan.
“It’s in the Weapons Building… You can access it from a bridge in the Executive’s Office, also known as the Head of Design’s Office…” Kalgan said. Balto’s face grew dead serious.
“The Head of Design’s Office? The one Steele took over?” Balto asked urgently, growling as Kalgan nodded, “*****… Not good… If Steele’s in there, then I have no hope of getting over… But if he’s not there, then it’s a straight shot across…”
“One can only hope…” said Kalgan, picking up his papers that were strewn across the floor, “I’m gonna have to stay behind… If I leave, then the guards will become suspicious… I’ll be able to communicate to you through your radio… Call me once you’ve reached the weapon and I’ll help you take it down…”
“Alright…” Balto said, nodding in agreement, “By the way, what is this super-weapon?”
“Have you ever heard of a rail gun?” Kalgan asked, “That chain-gun that fires missiles using electric and magnetic energy? Anyway, it uses a propulsion system that fires missiles without burning fuel, so it can’t be detected by any heat radars… In other words: it’s a stealth-missile launcher.”
“A stealth-missile launcher?!?!” Balto repeated urgently, “So they can attack anywhere in the US and the government wouldn’t know until it was too late?!?!”
“Precisely…” Kalgan said, “If they get it to work, then we’re in trouble… We have to take it out before then!”
“Got it…” replied Balto and pulled out his handgun, “Stay here then… I’ll handle the weapon…”
Kalgan nodded and sat down, going back to work. He rubbed his face where he’d been hit and Balto sighed softly. He motioned to the scientist’s face and gave him a concerned look.
“You alright? Need something for that?” Balto asked. Kalgan gave a slight smile and shook his head.
“Naw, I’ll be fine…” he answered and continued typing away, “You should hurry though… The guards may be here at anytime…”
Balto nodded and admired Kalgan’s courage for keeping an agent’s presence a secret. Turning, Balto walked out of the lab and silently snuck down the hallway back to the elevator. Just as he was about to turn the corner to the elevator, he heard two voices speaking to one another.
“So it’s true about the Sergeant, huh?”
“Yep. I guess he is as skilled as they all say he is…”
Balto pressed his back to the wall and peered around the corner. He saw two armed soldiers standing in front of the elevator, apparently waiting for it. One shook his head in amazement and chuckled slightly.
“Wow… That’s amazing… I mean, I knew Sarge was incredible, but who knew he was also a talented hacker?” the guard asked. The second one laughed and patted his friend’s shoulder.
“Just another reason to respect him more, huh pal?” the second one asked, getting a nod from the first.
“Yeah… Hey, the elevator’s here…” the first soldier responded as the elevator doors opened.
Balto watched the two dogs walk inside, then saw the doors close. He moved around the corner to the elevator doors and pressed the Call button. Sighing, Balto tapped his foot as he waited for the elevator to come back. After a minute, Balto heard footsteps behind him and turned around to see three soldiers spot him.
“Hey, you!” one of the guards shouted at Balto just as the elevator opened up.
Balto growled softly to himself and quickly raised his handgun, firing off three shots as he backed up into the elevator. One of his shots struck a guard in the chest, dropping the guard with a final shriek of pain. The other two leveled their rifles and began firing as Balto pressed the Offices button and pressed his back to the wall of the elevator as the rifle bullets ripped through the air in front of him and pierced the back wall. As the door closed, Balto heard the final few pings of their last bullets hitting the metal elevator doors.
Sighing with relief, Balto wiped his brow as the elevator lurched upward. Balto ejected the clip in his handgun and counted up the six remaining bullets loaded in it before replacing it in his gun. As soon as the elevator doors opened, Balto saw a lone soldier standing there, waiting for the elevator. As the guard gasped with surprise, Balto put a bullet through his enemy’s forehead and grabbed the body before it could hit the ground.
“******… Didn’t expect that…” Balto muttered to himself and he looked up and down the hallway. Spotting no other enemy soldier, Balto slowly dragged the guard into a nearby bathroom and tossed him into one of the stalls and locking it.
Balto glanced around the bathroom before slowly walking out into the hallway again. He heard a door open nearby and glanced around for a hiding place. Noticing the hallways were narrow enough for only two dogs, Balto ran up one wall and kicked off, placing one foot on each wall and standing in midair on either wall roughly ten feet up the wall. Below him, a single guard walked down the hallway, rifle held at the ready as he patrolled.
“I don’t see why they make me patrol this hallway… Nothing ever happens here…” the guard muttered to himself.
Balto smirked as he listened to the guard’s protests. Once the armed dog was beneath him, Balto dropped down and brought a combat boot down on top of the soldier’s head, sending him to the ground. Balto checked for a pulse and found the dog still alive, then dragged him into the bathroom and locked him in another stall. Sighing, Balto turned and walked back out into the hall and down an adjacent hall to a pair of oak doors, gold words reading “Head of Design.”
“This is the place…” Balto said to himself, smiling as he stowed his handgun and placed a hand on the doorknob.
As Balto turned the knob and opened the door, he saw a large, ornate office. Inside was a large mahogany desk, bookcases, a TV, a computer and laptop situated on the desk, and on the left side of the room was a lit fireplace and a loveseat- with Steele and Jenna sitting in it. Balto winced, realizing he’d forgotten about Steele and stepped inside, silently closing the door behind him. On the far wall, just behind the desk, was another wooden door. Balto silently tried to sneak to the other side of the room, moving slowly and silently.
“Yeah, I know, Steele…” Jenna said softly and glanced at Steele, then saw Balto and held back a gasp.
Jenna gave Balto a look that said “What are you doing here?” Balto motioned to the door and Jenna nodded slightly. Steele turned and stared into Jenna’s lavender eyes, smiling widely.
“You’re really beautiful, Jenna… Aren’t you glad you’re here, with me, instead of being forced to work?” Steele asked softly. Jenna felt like just walking away, but couldn’t or else he’d catch Balto.
“Thanks…” Jenna replied in a soft tone of voice, giving him a sweet smile that easily deceived the twisted Sergeant.
Balto quietly continued to move along until he was roughly halfway to the door. However, as he was circling around the desk, one of the pouches on his belt hit a pen on Steele’s desk, knocking it to the floor with a clatter. As Steele went to go see what caused the noise, Jenna grabbed Steele’s head and pulled him into a kiss. Balto gasped softly at Jenna’s distraction, but quickly took the moment and walked over to the door, then through it. Once Balto was out of sight, Jenna broke the kiss.
“Heh, wow Jenna… That was a shocker…” Steele said grinning and licking his lips, “Let’s do that again…”
Just as Steele leaned in to kiss Jenna again, the double doors opened and two guards walked in. They saluted and stood at attention before Steele.
“Sir! We’ve just received reports that the agent has to be somewhere on the premises,” one guard said as he stood completely still. Steele growled furiously and pulled out his handgun, firing a shot and destroying the soldier’s right eye. The dog dropped to the floor, dead, and Steele pointed the gun at the other soldier.
“Do you have anything to report as well?” Steele asked angrily.
“N-no s-sir!” the soldier said, terrified of his commanding officer.
“Good… Now scram!” Steele shouted, watching the guard grab his dead companion and run out faster than if he was under fire. Steele smirked and holstered his gun, turning back to Jenna.
“Now… Where were we?” he asked slyly, leaning toward Jenna again. Just as their lips were about to meet, the intercom system on Steele’s desk sent the voice of Kaltag into the room.
“Steele? Are you there? This is Corporal Kaltag, do you read me?”
Steele sighed with irritation and rose from the loveseat. Slowly, he walked over to his desk and pressed a button on the intercom unit.
“I’m here Kaltag. What’s up?” he asked into the speaker.
“It’s Doctor Kalgan, sir. We have all the info we need from him, but he won’t tell us the code to activate the weapon.”
Steele growled with annoyance at the scientist.
He’s been trying my patience for far too long… Steele thought bitterly, rubbing his eyes as he thought. After a moment, he pressed the button again and gave Kaltag his next order.
“I’ll hack the system… We don’t need his code…”
There was a moment of silence in the office. After a brief period, Kaltag’s voice came through again.
“What should we do with him then?”
Steele grinned maliciously. He knew exactly what to do with the insubordinate doctor. Chuckling darkly, he activated the intercom and grinned wickedly.
“Kill him…”
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There you go! The end of Chapter 3! The rest of the book is just as thrilling and I really hope everyone who's been reading this will go and finish reading it! Thank you so much for all the feedback and compliments; I greatly appreciate them and they mean a lot to me! Hope everything I write is as popular as this one. Until my next fanfic, enjoy!
-- Balto5670
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I may write a sequel to this though, it all depends on how many people like this and how high it ranks on the site. I'm so glad you liked the ending! I know it's a little anticlimactic, but it leaves it open for a sequel and it took be about an hour and a half to think of the best ending for it (a.k.a. the one I used.) So anyhoo, if it does rank fairly well and get great reviews, I will write a sequel to this! ^_^
). That said, you can really cover the big stuff, but try spicing it up like instead of this: 
Anyway, I really am enjoying the story. I absolutely LOVE Jenna as you've made her, body, character, voice and all. And I will keep reading ASAP.
