The Adventures of Kid Combat 3: Jones Strikes Back by Christopher Helwink Page A

our assignment – we’ll contact you
when we are there.”
    “Good. Roller, Gears – you two, ready?” Kid
Combat said.
    Back at The Playground – Kid Combat’s secret
base that lied beneath Maple Forest – Gears and Roller monitored
the situation. Sitting at two computer terminals within Main
Computer Lab 1, Gears and Roller glanced over at their monitors,
checking for errors.
    “All set here, Kid. You let us know if you
need us,” Gears said back to Kid. Deep down, Gears hoped he didn’t
hear from his four friends – until they were long off the
train.
    “Roger,” was all Kid said back to him. Kid
and Samantha got up from their seats and headed further up the car
towards the front of the train. They would need to pass through
several cars before they would reach the front of the train. But,
they didn’t want to get there yet…
    Going in the opposite direction, was the set
of twins – Wedge and Rocket. They had a very different objective
then Kid and Samantha. Playing their favorite role on a mission,
the twins were the distraction.
    As the twins got up, they headed for the rear
of the train, which oddly enough today, was were the engine of the
train was found. Each carrying a back pack, the twins made it
through the few cars that separated them from the engine. They
opened the doors to the last of the cars and found a seat next to
each other.
    Kid and Samantha, on the other hand, stopped
a few cars short of the front of the train. They stood in the small
doorway that connected the two cars. They peered through the
windows on the door and looked for their objective.
    Sitting four rows up, and on the left side,
Kid spotted what they were looking for. He tapped Samantha on the
shoulder and as she looked over, Kid motioned without any words.
Sam looked over, spotted the target, and went to open the door.
    “Wait,” Kid said to Samantha. Her head jerked
back and looked at Kid. “I have a bad feeling about this,” he
added.
    “What?” Samantha said puzzled. “We don’t have
time for fears. What’s up?”
    “I don’t know. Something,” Kid continued.
“Let’s check him again before we go.”
    “Ugh,” was all Samantha could mutter. The two
members of SOCKs peered through the window again. There, still
sitting four rows up and to their left, was the Boy in Blue.
    The Boy in Blue was still a mystery to SOCKs.
Samantha noticed him with the curator a few weeks back – helping
plot the Spring Road Toys break in. Since then, SOCKs had kept
their eyes on this boy.
    That had little run-ins with the boy that
wore a blue hoodie and thick silver sunglasses that hid his
appearance since the heist, but his importance to Jones definitely
seemed to increase over the last few weeks – making him a threat.
They needed to find out who this boy was.
    “See. He’s there. All alone. Now let’s get in
there before we get downtown and lose him in the crowd.”
    Kid was reluctant, but nodded his acceptance
to Samantha’s plea. She reached out, hit the automatic door opener.
It took a second, but the door sprung open. Before either Kid or
Samantha were able to take a step, everything went horribly
wrong.
    As the door opened, Samantha peered up and
glanced at the Boy in Blue. She noticed him turn slightly around,
as if he knew they were coming. And, even though he wore thick
silver sunglasses that shielded his eyes from Samantha, she knew
Kid Combat and herself were being targeted.
    Samantha stood there puzzled and didn’t move.
Kid Combat didn’t move for another reason. As the door swung open –
Kid noticed something worse than the Boy in Blue. Through the
windows into the next car, Kid noticed a man walking towards him.
He walked very determined and was followed by a row of men walking
two wide and many deep. It was Phillip Arthur Jones and a group of
his body guards.
    “Oh no,” Kid exclaimed to Samantha. “It’s a
trap!”
    Kid grabbed Samantha by her arm and turned
around and opened the door to the train