First thing Aleksander noticed after regaining conciousness was that he was laying on some cold, hard stone. The first thing he heard were piercing, feminine screams.438Please respect copyright.PENANAR5CoxFNyCb
438Please respect copyright.PENANAE6aVdQpt3n
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!"
The boy slowly picked his head up and turned around. Apparently the voice belonged to nobody else than Jessica Charlize, who was staring at the wall and yelling frantically.438Please respect copyright.PENANA4y01KfolsL
438Please respect copyright.PENANANxNRyN2HH3
"Nice of you to join us." Aleksander looked in the other direction and with a surprise noticed the messy-haired, Middle Eastern boy. "We were just thinking about maybe murdering Davey's little girlfriend."
"Shut up, Jamon!"438Please respect copyright.PENANA9K2Pw3xCuN
438Please respect copyright.PENANAAzBRji3nhj
Aleks got up and looked around.Outside of him, David and Jamon, Xi, Dagmar,Nicola and another boy from the 7th departmen were present too.. And in between them stood an unicorn.
"Is it..."438Please respect copyright.PENANAeKGWM2TQds
438Please respect copyright.PENANAu1KeKoaHL9
"Yeah, this is the unicorn which captured us. Then he was captured himself."
"......AAAAAAAHH!....."438Please respect copyright.PENANA9SRUK5EOKp
438Please respect copyright.PENANAljFwskLRB0
"She keeps going like this since we've arrived." Nikola moaned,holding her ears.438Please respect copyright.PENANAGOdzFpEGZx
438Please respect copyright.PENANAZI2sp1PtaW
"You are still in luck here." David replied, doing exactly the same.
"You are the computer expert here." Jamon said. "Have you thought about turning her off and on again?"438Please respect copyright.PENANAtwTok3iidL
438Please respect copyright.PENANAFtGke2MMOT
"Jamon, I swear, if you don't..."
"You are all awake now."
The teenagers turned around and saw a brown-dressed man with a balaclava on his head and a big controller in his hands looking at them from the other side of the bars.438Please respect copyright.PENANATyQZPLGbMd
438Please respect copyright.PENANAcPz56fLqWj
"Who are you?" David asked, coming near.438Please respect copyright.PENANACHpKyEnhtU
438Please respect copyright.PENANABDOJTYgyiI
"You don't need to know who I am." The man replied softly " After all, you won't live long enough for this knowledge to be useful for you."438Please respect copyright.PENANAurPOtcBRki
438Please respect copyright.PENANA6dbDBphp95
"What do you even want with us?"
"You are unwanted here." He replied calmly "You have hindered me."438Please respect copyright.PENANA1LIH52ljf1
438Please respect copyright.PENANA93UPzEluaV
"In doing what?" Dagmar asked438Please respect copyright.PENANAVNCa54WdQA
438Please respect copyright.PENANAqHHGBS8UpZ
"Hunting." the man replied. He moved the stick of the controller in a few different directions and soon a metallic robot stood near him. It was only now that they saw a small stream of oil running down the robot's leg.
"So, That is where it came from." David muttered.
"You are hunting the unicorns, aren't you?" Aleksander asked
"Hunting. Collecting. Still, they don't really matter to me. What is important is their treasure."438Please respect copyright.PENANAAhzfj4QPjF
438Please respect copyright.PENANAru5DX73qZc
"Treasure?"438Please respect copyright.PENANAD69bR9PzbQ
438Please respect copyright.PENANA40JScVL5ar
"Yes, treasure of the unicorns." Dagmar responded." The greatest treasure there is. They say this treasure can get you immortality, infinite power, advance science, give you love you never dreamed of..."438Please respect copyright.PENANAypatd8ApPC
438Please respect copyright.PENANAlLuRC2tzJI
"I just want some cash." The man interrupted her.438Please respect copyright.PENANASNDt7nBHQt
438Please respect copyright.PENANASRHSLWy3Ap
"You will not get away with this." David said. "The rest will realize we are gone. They will start looking for us."438Please respect copyright.PENANALJpKGe4OgX
438Please respect copyright.PENANA87abfYrmRw
"I realize that." The man in the mask calmly replied "That's why I have to leave earlier then I planned. But before I do, I WILL get this treasure.
"How? You don't even have the slightest clue where it is!"
"Oh, honestly, I already found it. You see,I literally shook the ground lately... and now I know it's location. After I get it, I will return here and make sure there won't be any witnesses left. And I think, actually, I should leave already.
The man smiled at them,it seemed,from behind the mask and walked away slowly. The group of teenagers looked at each other.438Please respect copyright.PENANA2cEzsZh0Qs
438Please respect copyright.PENANAS3WRkypQMM
"We need a plan,and we need it FAST." Aleksander emphasized,and looked towards Nikola and another boy from the 7th department "You guys are leading against us in the tests. You possibly ARE better then us. So, have any of you got any ideas?"438Please respect copyright.PENANAJgV7j2ZV20
438Please respect copyright.PENANALsC7NdOUGQ
"Oh,come on!" Nicola shook her head. "The only reason we are leading is because our Head Officer bribed someone from the HQ to give him this year's official list of challenges. We knew exactly what we had to do. That's it."
"What?" Jamon and Xi looked at them with disgust.
"Nikola!"438Please respect copyright.PENANACOPmlXSpL1
438Please respect copyright.PENANAqA8nZ2Jovt
"Sorry, Thomas, but do you think that's fair? Do you...?"
"GUYS!" Aleksander stepped in between them "We don't have time, and I sadly am not speaking metaphorically. We need to get out of here!"438Please respect copyright.PENANAQoUFOC0YRf
438Please respect copyright.PENANASa3hR8F6QH
"Maybe Dagmar should have a chat with the unicorn?"438Please respect copyright.PENANAkzgWIi3K4c
438Please respect copyright.PENANAsCbRJqsyPc
"You know what, Jamon?" David said "...Well,maybe she should."438Please respect copyright.PENANAEzXTthLX3n
438Please respect copyright.PENANAsRME3H2jHJ
The girl nodded her head and calmly walked towards the unicorn.438Please respect copyright.PENANAe44VA7tn9w
438Please respect copyright.PENANAULkWzJbCff
"Hello." She said, coming near it, and the creature responded with a neigh. Everyone looked at each other stunned - with the exception of Jessica,who was still screaming. " I realize it is tough to ask right now, but we NEED to know where the Secret of the Unicorns is."438Please respect copyright.PENANAIk2PV1neZV
438Please respect copyright.PENANAf47bB0amlg
"Hey, what?" Jamon asked, but Aleksander stepped on his shoe and hushed him. The creature meanwhile neighed some more, only this time more aggresively.438Please respect copyright.PENANA4Vs3nvHyHW
438Please respect copyright.PENANAmPjxbCLP7C
"I know." Dagmar said "I know it is supposed to be a secret. But we just want to stop that man from stealing it. Think - would you rather let us help you and also see the treasure, or do you accept him taking it for himself?"438Please respect copyright.PENANAfA0Y72uwly
438Please respect copyright.PENANAj4paMbdFPC
The unicorn was silent for a few seconds, before neighing with resignation.438Please respect copyright.PENANAeUJ2ksEs1e
438Please respect copyright.PENANAfjztemcLjM
"What is he saying?" Aleksander asked.438Please respect copyright.PENANAnBd9lK3D4X
438Please respect copyright.PENANAMQKuWYfbYA
"Get out of my sight." 438Please respect copyright.PENANA1mL4oxPA63
438Please respect copyright.PENANAjGqqapkRl9
The girl shook her head and moved away from the creature - just as the unicorn stood up. In an blink of an eye, it run towards the bars with amazing speed, and forced them down. The unicorn looked at Dagmar expectingly and neighed again.
"Wow." Jamon said stunned.438Please respect copyright.PENANAKr7C3vn645
438Please respect copyright.PENANA8P4vPIik4m
"It wants us to get on his back." The Swedish girl said "But we can not all fit ..." She interrupted, as suddenly they heard a noise, like another steel bars were being broken, and soon after many more creatures arrived. "... on one unicorn." She finished.
"We don't have that problem now, have we?" The middle eastern boy asked rhetorically and got up at the back of the tallest creature.438Please respect copyright.PENANA1rezdvwW0s
438Please respect copyright.PENANA7z24Ym84oz
"Wrong." David facepalmed.438Please respect copyright.PENANAD8P3jGrKli
438Please respect copyright.PENANAG75FWCoCQU
"What?"438Please respect copyright.PENANAoaAUuZIPOW
438Please respect copyright.PENANAesIDuov6y7
"You are sitting the wrong way."438Please respect copyright.PENANAq1gyr1puMR
438Please respect copyright.PENANARW3OVT7q8o
Jamon was, indeed, sitting on the unicorn backwards, and facing it's tail rather than it's head. It took him, however, a few moments to understand. 438Please respect copyright.PENANAKfieN8gP7v
438Please respect copyright.PENANAIY3XN0xewq
The Unicorn seemed insulted.438Please respect copyright.PENANADS0NZHHHLh
438Please respect copyright.PENANAeYwVtumcoZ
"We don't have time!" Dagmar got up on the unicorn she just spoke to eariler and commended it. "Go."438Please respect copyright.PENANAAU1BuhQJRi
438Please respect copyright.PENANAoFm9pC1Fsy
The first unicorn neighed and ran with great speed,far greater then any horse could, followed by the rest. They ran upwards through the corridor (apparently they have been kept under the ground) and as soon as they entered the jungle, the creatures ran even faster. The teenagers found it hard to stay on the animal's back - especially Jamon,who did not manage to correct his position.438Please respect copyright.PENANARkdqOFwL1Y
438Please respect copyright.PENANAxLMRBMMgwy
The middle eastern teenager found great comfort, however, seeing he was not the only one scared of the "ride" - next to him, another male was facing the same dillema as Jamon did, perhaps maybe even bigger, as he was "sitting" only with one leg and arm, and the rest of his body was not in contact with the creature.438Please respect copyright.PENANArIRXvypWCm
438Please respect copyright.PENANAw0FKP2LuNE
Although the man seemed more like 60 years old, then 16.438Please respect copyright.PENANAxP7W1mOlXR
438Please respect copyright.PENANAcMMHBVmfiM
"Hey." Jamon decided to risk "You... some kind of 7th department... boss?"438Please respect copyright.PENANA9OwhaXl5vA
438Please respect copyright.PENANArBLPs4Kwyp
The other man looked at him terrified and shook his head.438Please respect copyright.PENANAO5hDoILqrj
438Please respect copyright.PENANAhgvKo3pUlN
"Me not." He replied in broken English. "Mustafa got here vacation. Mustafa not knows what the happening. Me scared..."438Please respect copyright.PENANAjrS7w8KPxA
438Please respect copyright.PENANAjQ0lz3lDmk
The man cut off mid sentence, as his unicorn neighed, turned around and ran into a completely different part of the forest than the rest.438Please respect copyright.PENANA7HPR5o5dvf
438Please respect copyright.PENANAcdAdmgKadT
The teenagers rode for a few more minutes, until the creatures suddenly begun to slow down and finally stopped in front of a huge cave.
"We're here." Dagmar said and patted the Unicorn. "Good job, Nafik."438Please respect copyright.PENANAPaiQRntH1P
438Please respect copyright.PENANA0RAc5AIEu8
The rest of the teenagers also got out of their respective unicorns, some of them feeling dizzy and stupifed.438Please respect copyright.PENANAybF0xoZfbK
438Please respect copyright.PENANASOgoX9yYLC
"Use the flare Aleks." Dagmar ordered,and the boy nodded his head . Soon, the sparks filled the sky. "Now Aruta knows we are here. Let's enter."
The Junior Officers entered the cave, followed by a parade of unicorns.438Please respect copyright.PENANA8jtXt066N2
438Please respect copyright.PENANA3zHDrTsFQt
The masked man was standing above what seemed like a small hole filled with water, and with a golden box near his feet. He turned around, hearing someone entering the cave. At first, he seemed surprised, but now he was smiling.438Please respect copyright.PENANAzoNJi3aWjm
438Please respect copyright.PENANA2X8O8snkG3
"You are too late." He said, pointing at the box. "Do you know what this is?"438Please respect copyright.PENANAYfiNlG1yVJ
438Please respect copyright.PENANAwj2TiCwcYV
"Probably the Treasure of Unicorns." Jamon muttered.438Please respect copyright.PENANAOMB4hyPNhc
438Please respect copyright.PENANAFWsJg4ZfZR
"Correct, young man!" He clapped his hands "Why don't we take a peek inside before you die?"438Please respect copyright.PENANACHjg70g8rS
438Please respect copyright.PENANAQurnVKKTbi
Dagmar steed forward.438Please respect copyright.PENANAvIaMPIfzAO
438Please respect copyright.PENANAAVu7CN3CHV
"Just put it back where you took it from. You have no idea what you're doing."438Please respect copyright.PENANAzKHsJsKWGc
438Please respect copyright.PENANASn5kqEuL5d
"Of course I don't." The man responded "That is why it's so exciting."438Please respect copyright.PENANAGez9YF6Aou
438Please respect copyright.PENANAqtIoVC7v4H
He bent down and reached for the box.438Please respect copyright.PENANAu0BwhFxC1K
438Please respect copyright.PENANA6WM90OgFHk
"Now, what do we have here?" He smiled ever more and opened the box. "Huh... that's weird."438Please respect copyright.PENANA1J6lPmZZ6i
438Please respect copyright.PENANAUKEiFJWV1G
The man looked up and stopped smiling. He did not even manage to blink when the unicorn's hoofs send him to the ground.
"Wow. Nice, Nafik." Dagmar said,smiling at the unicorn.438Please respect copyright.PENANAIoEqFFJQVB
438Please respect copyright.PENANAnE9fyH39xG
"We saw the flare!" Aruta, Jens and Robert ter Maan entered the cave, panting.
"What's going on?" The PISF president asked.
The 5th department Head Officer looked around and, noticing the masked man laying on the ground, unable to get up and the unicorn in front of him, responded:438Please respect copyright.PENANAcD3URB5NWW
438Please respect copyright.PENANAJN3uItG3Od
"We may never know."
Aleksander and David moved towards the man who tried to steal the tresure of the Unicorns.438Please respect copyright.PENANAKFyNLUXhh1
438Please respect copyright.PENANAJG55g8EMjm
"It's time to see the face behind the mask." The blonde boy said.438Please respect copyright.PENANA8GRzbZkgfC
438Please respect copyright.PENANAGgQf5lt1xp
"NO!" The man screamed "Please, don't! Don't unmask me in front of...!"438Please respect copyright.PENANA45tLy3OURq
438Please respect copyright.PENANA761k2ZeYhn
His pleads were not listened to. David quickly pulled the mask out of his head, and everyone froze on the spot.438Please respect copyright.PENANAygJEJqUavT
438Please respect copyright.PENANArQwjSOLTrC
"How about that" Jamon said. "He is a she."438Please respect copyright.PENANARpawcgbPJH
438Please respect copyright.PENANAptpF9k4UfJ
Everyone's glares turned towards Robert ter Maan,who paled.438Please respect copyright.PENANAzHDVulQmy8
438Please respect copyright.PENANAPXuqsjDtYn
"Julia?"438Please respect copyright.PENANAwWyl0gYwyi
438Please respect copyright.PENANAlSs4Ky205G
***438Please respect copyright.PENANAms3T8uu5MR
438Please respect copyright.PENANAxzMGn6fTaj
"So it's Julia Cruz who was trying to steal the treasure of the Unicorns, and gave Jens Hans Bernhardt von Himmischenkriegmann the trials' plan in exchange for money. " Robert ter Maan sighed, after the teenagers explained the situation. "After all, she compiled them herself.438Please respect copyright.PENANATuuegTi4O3
438Please respect copyright.PENANAsRP3grrYAF
"Yes, sir." Nikola nodded her head. "Turns out all the time she has been excusing us during the trials, she was just continuing her search. She made a sort of underground lab and used a robot to search the area, so probably she was planning this for a long time. Probably that's also why she wanted us to spend two or three days here. She hoped that while we were busy with the trials, she could continue what she was doing and nobody would notice.438Please respect copyright.PENANARNC5TNNDlB
438Please respect copyright.PENANAwKgCC35eqb
"Is that so?" The president asked and looked at her "Is this why you choose this place, Julia? Because this is the only place on earth where Unicorns truly live free?438Please respect copyright.PENANASdwhPznGMY
438Please respect copyright.PENANAECOwTKeJwP
"YES!" She shouted, struggling with two officers which were holding her hands behind her back "And I would have gotten away with it too,if not for you meddling kids!"438Please respect copyright.PENANAnXHOiDRyKl
438Please respect copyright.PENANAjdbEmj4CYq
"So, about the Tests... Ayumi, it seems like your department won by being fair, so, up to the finals you go."438Please respect copyright.PENANAE0VlUaDoVD
438Please respect copyright.PENANAF7j4Oe7vFy
"I have a better idea, Robert."The woman smiled "I have told you about Aleksander Jennsen, haven't I?"438Please respect copyright.PENANAUaPWfwVksQ
438Please respect copyright.PENANADk2wIEE0O1
The boy looked at them surprised, hearing his name.438Please respect copyright.PENANA0Pi3ho8Fb6
438Please respect copyright.PENANAul9Wm5uuXE
"You most certainly have..."438Please respect copyright.PENANAuZ9yNCwPpL
438Please respect copyright.PENANAHlpw5GtCgx
"Well, as you see, he is absolutely capable of fairing for himself. How about we won't make him take full trainings, only the shorter session and see how it goes?"438Please respect copyright.PENANAA0ack8sY6F
438Please respect copyright.PENANAQRVGRo49Sr
"Do you agree, young man?"The President asked.438Please respect copyright.PENANARasbvywUQK
438Please respect copyright.PENANAzTyRQ2SCnb
"Well... I suppose I could give it a try."438Please respect copyright.PENANAzr4uicb1OW
438Please respect copyright.PENANA17FsUN8PYf
"Wonderful. So it's settled then, isn't it Robert?" The woman asked and he nodded her head.438Please respect copyright.PENANAIjceVOQ500
438Please respect copyright.PENANAoi0cc67RnT
"I am sorry, but I do not understand one thing, though." David said "The Treasure of the Unicorns was empty. Why?"438Please respect copyright.PENANALY4uXoktfK
438Please respect copyright.PENANAywNXM7UG93
"Because this was not the Treasure." Ayumi replied.438Please respect copyright.PENANAWHLcV9rcuC
438Please respect copyright.PENANAXrwszHemR3
"Yes, really did you think that creatures such as Unicorns would keep their treasure in a box hidden in a cave for everyone to see? This was a fake, created to confuse a potential thief. Where the real Treasure is and what it is, hasn't still been discovered yet." Robert explained.
"But then why did the Unicorns brought us there?"438Please respect copyright.PENANAeONO4Q0voH
438Please respect copyright.PENANAjGLib3ow67
"Because you wanted to stop the man who INTENDED to steal their Treasure, and that's where he... um, she went." Aruta replied." They brought you after him and..."438Please respect copyright.PENANARyJJcfvvA3
438Please respect copyright.PENANAFQnIeJZeio
"DAVID!!!"438Please respect copyright.PENANA5HkWTpBALx
438Please respect copyright.PENANAxEIVAK8jl5
Everyone turned around, to see an eighteen year old girl come out of the forest, covered in grass, leafs and with a scar coming midway through her face. A bird chirped happily and flied off the top of her head.438Please respect copyright.PENANAxLQLHasvkG
438Please respect copyright.PENANAaEAFUcCAWH
"Jessie?" The boy paled.438Please respect copyright.PENANAVtr6JLijHq
438Please respect copyright.PENANAk54lBnMBbe
"You left me there! You left me there, you bastard!"438Please respect copyright.PENANA6kQnSuzHtY
438Please respect copyright.PENANA9uOZL8Cc03
"Jessica, I... There were unicorns,and..."438Please respect copyright.PENANAA4SVzUEwIV
438Please respect copyright.PENANAcWxFu0lImf
"SILENCE!" She shouted and the spider fell out of her head. "I am breaking up with you!"438Please respect copyright.PENANAPj4VAQiLxg
438Please respect copyright.PENANAeR9IZ62CYh
The girl, still with an angry face, passed by the rest of the group and joined her friends, beggining to talk with them and seemingly forgetting about the whole situation that just happened.438Please respect copyright.PENANABBhobA7A7u
438Please respect copyright.PENANAG1xaJVubK7
"Okay..." whispered David.438Please respect copyright.PENANAwKHGBDlxe6
438Please respect copyright.PENANAJ4KrzDzZDH
The PISF President laughed and patted him on the shoulder.438Please respect copyright.PENANAcvKoWPgUib
438Please respect copyright.PENANAbxTJZ7m7zT
"You know,I had a similar situation in Bangkok in 1964. I left the girl in an morgue, and the next day..."438Please respect copyright.PENANAgH2YUx2sDb
438Please respect copyright.PENANA5jkV6dpFz5
"Well, I guess, it's time to go for us." Aruta decided and,with what looked like a bit bigger hand watch, estabilished a tunnel to the 5th department.438Please respect copyright.PENANA09Pfa9kXc7
438Please respect copyright.PENANAaZ2oV5C6re
"Hey, wait." Bianca asked "What about the 7th department Head Officer? You won't just let him get away from all this,will you?438Please respect copyright.PENANArumzvv33rb
438Please respect copyright.PENANAfAsz1JKteN
"No worries, young lady." The president smiled. "I have a very aproppiate punishment coming for him."438Please respect copyright.PENANAibPf9GHRoa
438Please respect copyright.PENANAHIDlm6vHQk
Everyone looked towards Jens, who paled dramatically and took a few steps back, gasping.438Please respect copyright.PENANAJRFerQiiIJ
438Please respect copyright.PENANA0A7tAeKihT
"No..." he pleaded "Not the..."438Please respect copyright.PENANAPtp9hgfKca
438Please respect copyright.PENANAp0P52cHCBN
****438Please respect copyright.PENANA3KnwDDcpoE
Robert ter Maan's office was a big, diamond shaped room, filled with elegant furniture, bookshelfes and paintings by world's most famous modern artists. The president choose a book, which happeneed to be "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" and sat in his desk, which was placed exactly in the middle of the office. He begun to wonder how any of the events from the novel could ever possibly be inspired by real world incidents.438Please respect copyright.PENANAFLQ3AEQKgS
438Please respect copyright.PENANAjWT6LrnoAz
"Hello?" A voice from a nearby cupboard said "Please! I think I learned my lesson!"438Please respect copyright.PENANAeXzIYYSmzY
438Please respect copyright.PENANAyWovNhWbn8
"No, you did not, Jens!" the president ignored the screams and pounding on the door.438Please respect copyright.PENANAm34H1CPlQx
438Please respect copyright.PENANAe6yilgmvtI
"Please, sir! I'll be good, I promise! It's dark in here and I think I have claustrophobia! Please,sir!"
"Be quiet or you will wake up Spidey!"438Please respect copyright.PENANAAWkI4bXExr
438Please respect copyright.PENANAe5yJ83j5m6
"What...?AAHH!!! YUCK!!! THERE IS A SPIDER HERE!" The pounding got more intense "Let me out! LET ME OOUT! HEEELLLP!!!
A/N So that's it for this chapter - hope you enjoyed :D Stay tuned, we will be returning to the main plot next time!
438Please respect copyright.PENANAW8vnpWIYsN