Quinn Arkin's Story

"Do you think they'll be there?" Quinn asked, unsure if the Infinity Squad would be at their home base or not. There hadn't been an overwhelming amount of crime lately and it had apparently been taken care of by someone else. He wondered who this mysterious new hero was.

"If they're not, then we can just drop off the cookies. They know it's us because of my awesome baking skills." Quinn's younger sister, Alexandria or Alex for short, grinned up at him. She loved to bake and often made the sqaud treats. Quinn would joke that she was going to make them all too big to do anything. She wasn't worried though, because Venus was a good leader.

The two came across a man hole in an alley close to a local park. The city of Gigatopia was big, with a few parks throughout. Quinn, being the stronger of the two, lifted the manhole as Alex climbed down into the sewers. She clicked on her flashlight and her brother carefully slid down the ladder. "Show off," she mumbled as the two started walking. It was about fifteen minutes to the underground base of the Infinity Squad from this marked manhole. It was the closest one to the siblings house and the one they used most often when they wanted to see their new friends when they weren't out and about.

The two didn't speak as they walked on, knowing the way like the back of their hands. A few times a rat ran in front of them Alex flinched, but she had learned not to scream when she saw one. They finally arrived at the base and entered it. It was much bigger than one would expect an underground base to be and the siblings were always amazed at how something like this was underneath their city. They knew they were privileged to be allowed in here at all, especially when not invited.

"Hello?" Alex called out, setting the circular tray of chocolate chip cookies on the kitchen counter. "Anybody home?"

The two paused. Nothing. Quinn shrugged and figured they were somewhere else in the city. "C'mon, we should go before we get into trouble." He placed his hand on his sister's shoulder.

Alex shrugged him off and took the clear wrap off of the cookies. They were fresh and smelled really good. She figured they wouldn't notice if she ate one. She plucked the top cookie off of the pile and began to munch on it. Quinn stood impatiently by the door.

Sara opened her eyes. Something started pinging on the security net, and she opened the window. It showed a camera view of the bases entrance, where Alex and Quinn were walking into the base. According to the camera, someone else was there... She switched to thermal, and spotted the real intruder. She put the base on lock-down, an iron-clad door preventing the siblings from escaping. While not particularly top notch security, it did its job at stopping most humans from getting in. Sara then activated several defense turrets, which came up from several different points. Each was fully-automatic, and had a laser attached for aiming. They quickly focused on the true intruder. A speaker then crackled to life. "Alex, Quinn. Do not be alarmed. This is Sara 009. You're presence has alerted me to an intruder. Please remove yourselves from the doorway as I 'herd' him towards it, if he is fast enough." The turrets started firing, shooting towards places on his body that would force him towards the doorway, which Sara was ready to open as soon as he got close enough, though, he didn't know that.

The siblings both jumped as an alarm sounded. Quinn leaped back from the door, as a heavier, more durable doorway slid down. Well, at least his arm wasn't cut off. He looked Alex who's eyes were wide. She was worried someone was made at her for eating a cookie. Several turrets rose from the base and aimed at something they couldn't see. The day had taken a turn very quickly for them.

Alex hugged Quinn tightly as he struggled to move towards the kitchen to duck below a counter. Sara 009 then spoke, telling them she had set off the lock down mode because someone else was there. Quinn nodded, figuring that she could see them and waddled over to the refridgerator with Alex still holding onto him. He pried her off of him and sat her down in a corner as he sat nect to her. Whoever was here would have to go through him to get to her.