The Governor

Sofia Infante

Science 8B

Brian Gorodetsky

26/1/2013

The Governor

Skylar walked wearily with the package in his jacket tightly tucked under his arm.  He stopped and looked around, saw no one suspicious and slipped the package in the mailbox. He looked up again. His blue eyes searching the streets as he walked. Checking his back constantly, he turned the corner into a small alley connecting two streets. Skylar walked forward as he reached the end of the two large men popped out.

“The package now!”

“I don’t have it.”

Skylar looked back and two more guards were surrounding him. The guards got closer and closer. Skylar thought quickly, he ran up the wall and jumped over the guards. They fired but he was one of the best spies the CIA had, which meant he is quick. He ran to the end of the alley the guards chasing him. He looked back just once more to see four large guards chasing him. He turned around and found himself looking at a woman. A woman in black clothes and a down jacket and a gun in her hand. Her face scared and her eyes filled with anger but she held a smirk. Skylar looked down and placed his hand on his stomach he slowly weakened, he fell to the ground, his arm fell lax. His phone fell out of his hand, it light up and “message sent,” slid across.

            Chapter 2

“Morgan guess what? Someone found a massive virus on their computer and the virus turned out to be the biggest virus in the world capable of taking down a whole a whole country.”

“ That cool. Way more exciting then my day.” Said Morgan as he chuckled

Dexter felt the bussing in his leg and pulled out his phone.

“Message!! It’s a message from…Skylar.”

 “The jerk who got you kicked out Stanford.”

“Ya….”

“Well what does it say?!”

“Don’t let it fall into the wrong hands. You’ll be in danger but she’ll help you.”

“What does it mean?”

“I have no idea.”

Dexter stared at his phone in confusion. He read it over and over in his head.

“Don’t let it. It, what’s it?”

“Well I guess we’ll find out. Dexter we better go.”

“Yea…yea, I’ll be right there,” said Dexter as his eyes slowly left his phone and he repeated the text once more in his head.

The two men both having mixed feeling: confusion, excitement, fright; left the small circular compound in which Dexter and Morgan lived. They both jumped in their Nerdherd car and drove to the BuyMore. Dexter was silent during the ride but Morgan thought out load about the message.

“Maybe he’s giving you a girl as a sorry for kicking you out of Stanford. I mean it makes sense doesn’t it? How much you wanna bet that Skylar is rich now and has the best job ever? Him just sitting in his room smoking a cigar and whiskey and lots of girls and his impressive good looks. His perfectly high cheek bones…his full brown hair…I wonder if he uses conditioner. I really have to start my hair is like a haystack. All ha….”

“Morgan!! You’re not helping. I’m trying to think and your talking about Skylar’s looks!”

Both fell silent. Dexter stared forward with his eyebrows pulled down and his eyes in a slight squint. Morgan sat looking out the window mimicking Dexter’s words.

Dexter sat at the Nerd herd desk in the middle of the BuyMore with his hands resting on palm and his elbow resting on the table. Morgan strolling around selling appliances to costumers. Out of the corner of his eye he spotted Dexter staring at nothing in a gaze. He excused himself from the costumer and made his way over to Dexter.

“You thinking about the text?”

“Huh? Ya.”

“Well you don’t have to worry well find out what he’s talking about soon enough. Just give it some time.”

“Ya…ya your right. I mean something will happen soon enough,” said Dexter as he raised himself up straight and the confused left his face.”

The rest of the day flew by.

“Hey ill meet you at home. I’m just going to take the bus home.”

“Ok Morgan. Ill see ya there.”

Morgan made his way to the door.

“Hey buddy!”

“Yea Dex.”

“Thanks. Thanks for everything. Thanks for keeping me in line. Not just today but everyday.”

“Yea no problem what are friends for if you don’t.”

“Yea,” Dexter said quietly as he smiled.

Morgan started walking again and left the BuyMore. Dexter stood there in the middle of the poorly light BuyMore. He sat down and sat at his computer. He went up to the search bar and out of curiosity typed, “Skylar Parkins.” He found nothing but a picture of Skylar in college. Its like he had disappeared off the face of the Earth after college. Dexter looked up from the computer and looked at his watch.
“10:00. Damn, lock up was 30 minutes ago. Big John is going to’ be pissed.”

Dexter packed up all his stuff grabbed the keys and walked outside and locked down the BuyMore. He walked to his. Out of the corner he saw something under a car. It was like a lump. Then he saw it; he saw the dim lights of thermal goggles. He got into his car and act like he never saw anything.

He arrived home.

“Hey Morgan, you would believe what I saw when I was leaving the BuyMore!”

Morgan appeared from around the corner eating a slice of pizza.

“What a polar bear?” said Morgan sarcastically.

“No I saw a person spying on me from under a car.”

“It was probably just Anna and Taylor being their stalker, perverted, Asian selves.”

Dexter wasn’t satisfied. But he let it be.

Chapter 3.

Dexter woke up took a stretch and walked downstairs. He passed Morgan’s door and he could hear him snoring all the way from down the hall. He put the coffee on and walked outside to get the newspapers. He opened the door and there was the morning newspaper but next to it was the pile of usual mail and a small package. He set everything on the kitchen got his coffee and sat down at the table. Dexter is a very eager person so he always opens biggest to smallest. Even when he was a kid. He opened the package and only found a bracelet. It was streak black. And looked very spy like.

“Wow this looks awesome! Its like iron mans arm piece but a lot smaller.”

 He opened the bracelet put out his arm and put the bracelet on. Dexter started to shake and he could feel a piercing pain in his arm. The bracelet made a high-pitched noise and then broke, sparks flew and it fell off Dexter’s arm onto the table. Dexter in shock with his eyes bulging put his arms up and fell with his chair. He laid there on the ground unconscious.

Chapter 4

“Dexter…hey Dexter wake up.”

Dexter sat up in daze and shook his head.

“What happened,” said Morgan

“I don’t know exactly all I know is that there is something wrong with that bracelet,” said Dexter pointing at the black broken bracelet on the table.

“Ok well do you feel anything different,” said Morgan as he helped Dexter off the floor.

“No not really. I feel normal.”

“Ok then. We got to’ go we are late.”

Dexter and Morgan gathered their stuff and made their way to their jobs at the Buy More.

Dexter made his way to the Nerd Herd desk but today was different. It took him less time to get to the desk it took him less time to do everything, he was faster than usual. In the duration of the day he could feel something was different he could do things better than he could before. He could run faster, have faster reflexes, he was stronger and for some reason the small paper cuts he had from before were healing way faster. By the end of the day Dexter couldn’t wait to tell Morgan, he didn’t have anytime during the day he was to busy studying his new abilities.

“Morgan that bracelet it did something to me,” said Dexter breaking the silence in the car home.

“Really! I was hoping it gave you super powers or something,” said Morgan excitedly.

“Yea but I’m not so sure that its power. I don’t know what it is I just feel different. Faster in everyway,” Said Dexter sharing Morgan’s excitement.

They arrived home in a matter of no time. They got into the house and Dexter put all his stuff down excitedly with a big smile.

“I’m going to go tell Ellie!”

“Yes, ok. I’ll come with so I can be the dramatic feeling when you tell her.”

They both went out the door quickly and went to the next house in their tiny circular place. They were just in front of the door and about to knock when a hand grabbed both of them by their shirts and pulled them into the bush next to the door. A hand went over their mouths and their eyes widened and they moaned.

“Hey be quiet and ill tell you what’s going,” Said a quiet but soft voice from behind them.

They nodded their heads and the hands came off their mouths and a stunning woman appeared in a crouched position in front of them. Her blond hair silky and blue eyes liked electricity. She wore casual clothes, dark jeans, a blue shirt and a black leather jacket.

“Listen, whichever one of you is Dexter,”

Dexter raised his hand.

“Ok you. You recently got a bracelet from Skylar Parkins, a former CIA agent. That bracelet is no ordinary bracelet. When put on it on it injects the DNA of a super human. A person capable of impossible reflexes, incredible speed, the jumping height of a Kangaroo, the intelligence of a genius, the mind capacity greater than a computer and the strength of a body builder.”

“Dude! Your friken’ awesome,” yelled Morgan as he put his hand up for a high-five.”

“Shhhh. Keep your voice down. You are in deep danger. Criminals all over the world would do anything to be what you are. So if you care about your sister you wont tell anyone. Do you understand?”

Dexter nodded his head bewildered.

“So Skylar is cooler than he was in college. I didn’t even think that was possible.”

“He was. But it doesn’t matter. I am now your handler from the CIA, my name is Gabriella but you call me Gaby. Ok so lets get to it tomorrow we start your training.”

“But I have work tomorrow.”

“I think this is more important. Actually no, I will teach you to use your abilities without exposing yourself.”

That night Dexter didn’t sleep in the slightest. You would think a person in his position would be excited but he was just scared.

Chapter 5

“Good Morning, Dexter, “Said Gaby as she looked over him with a smile.

“AHH!”

“Ha-ha, sorry I didn’t mean to scare but wow you scream like a girl. But hurry up we have to go.”

Dexter rushed around the house muttering to him about not being a little girl. They were out of the house in 5 minutes, a new record. That they did many tests working all his abilities.

Dexter looked down at a piece of paper that he was signing.

“Hey Dexter catch!”

Gaby threw a pencil straight at his face and he caught it like it was a miniature fly.

“Good job. But that was just one test. They are more coming so stay alert.”

The day flew by and Dexter had used his abilities to learn everything extremely fast. All sunk into his memory.

“Hey Morgan see you at home ok?”

“Yea Dex no problem.”

The car ride unlike others wasn’t silent.

“So how did you know Skylar?”

“In the CIA we were partners for a long time. Until he sent you the package, he went out on his own.”

“mhhm. I’m CIA property now right.”

“Yes, you are because you hold one of the CIA’s greatest invention you are our one and only asset.”

“Ok, so let me get this straight with your signal tons of CIA agents will arrive on the spot.”

“Yes, but we wont call anyone in because we have to get you trained to be a spy.”

They arrived home; they walked through the small arch and into the larger circle with 3-4 houses.

Gaby froze but left the same expression. Dexter stopped as well slightly confused.

“Dexter there are three men behind you in the veins on the wall. How many on my side?”

“One, guess they don’t think your bad enough,” Said Dexter seriously.

“I need you to use everything I taught you to take out these men. There is one top center, another in the left corner and one on the ground. What you need to do is quickly run and jump onto that wall throw a man down onto the ground man and take out the other. I'll deal with this guy. Remember your not immortal your just fast and smart.”

“Got it.”

Gaby acted like she was giving a high five but really with her other hand she counted to three. On three Gaby ran to the one man swept his feet and kneed him in the head knocking him unconscious.  While on the other side Dexter did exactly what he was told h pushed the first guy off ,while jumping and balancing on the small ledge, knocking the ground floor man out. He then threw the best punch he could give to the oncoming man in the corner. His super strength flew the man onto the floor. Everything went so fast.

“Dexter that was great. Your first real fight and you did excellent.”

 She gave him a real high five this time. At that moment Morgan walked in.

“Jesus Christ!”

Morgan stopped dead in his tracks.

“This is just the start Morgan.”