Thunder: Chapter 6.5

Chapter 6.5-The Beginning Continued

Shannon couldn’t believe what she heard. But she had to do something, but what? For starters, she had to let the police know of her findings.


She drove out of the dockyards, and after a mile of driving, she stopped at a gas station, and went to a pay phone. After paying the right amount, she was able to dial the police.

“Canton Police, this is Rodger,” said a tired man.

“Uh yes Roger, began Shannon, “I have some evidence that the big drug scandal in the news is now at the dockyards, shipping off their latest drugs. You got to get there.”

“How do you know this?” the man rumbled.

“My secret,” she replied.

“Well, since you won’t give us proper information, we cannot go out there, without a large amount of reinforcements. But thanks for the information.”

“You don’t understand,” she exclaimed, “If you don’t go out there, then the drug dealers will be shipped off, and it will all be on your head, Rodger. And don’t think I will forget your name.”

“Sorry miss, but without --“

Shannon hung up the phone. She had no really good information that could make it a first priority. Bye the time they decided to get their, they would be long gone. She had to do something.

After a few moments, she finally had an idea. If Katie wouldn’t help, maybe Lance would. She got her phone out and started to write a text message.

~~

Lance gazed at the computer screen on the wall. He was able to tune into the local TV station: CNC (Canton News Central)

Everything was the normal. All they did was talk about the local deaths, and about the next day’s weather. He really didn’t like to watch this station, for it never told the truth about anything. They chose to leave out the bad stuff, so it would seem that the city was in perfect harmony. They chose to ignore the drug scandal that was sweeping the city, and ignoring the fact that Lance and Katie had control of every computer in the city.

The screen froze, and then the pictured narrowed. Then letters appeared in red: ALERT. He clicked on a key to see what the police records had this time. It read:

Recorded on Friday, May 16th
Anonymous caller gives suspicion that big Drug Scandal is shipping out at the dockyards.

Not a top Priority

Will visit once receive more reinforcements.

His eyes grew bigger as he read the report. This is what they were looking for. They finally had them in a corner. But the police weren’t going to do anything about it.

He picked up his phone, and dialed Katie’s. She didn’t pick up. What could she do? She was a computer genius, not a fighter. He doubted that she could do anything.

It hit him. If nobody were to go down there and stop them, then they would get off free. He couldn’t let that happen. That only left one other person that could do it. Himself.