Terratoratan (2 page)

Kai and BC returned to the science lab with their breakfast. Kai took a bite of his toasted sandwich as he watched the computer screen. ‘Perfect timing,' he said. ‘Only ten seconds to go and the pest-poo test will be done.'

‘Here it comes,' said BC.

Kai read the test data on the screen.

‘New cells,' said Kai. ‘I don't like that.'

Kai took the pest poo out of the testing unit and put a
glass tray with the beast dust into it. He closed the door and waited.

‘That combo beast had the same unknown new cells in it as the pest poo,' said Kai.

‘Those pests in the mud land dropped the pest poo,' said BC. ‘Then more birds were made from it and more birds kept coming.'

‘Did they have the new cells in them too?' asked Kai. ‘Maybe these new cells let them make clones somehow. We need to know more. We need to go back to the mud land.'

Then the computer screen flashed. It was an alert from the BMC.

‘Check out that big black cloud, BC,' said Kai staring at the screen.

‘It's heading over the border wall into Earth!' said BC.

‘I don't have a good feeling about this,' said Kai.

Kai and BC raced back into the lift. ‘Observation Deck,' Kai said in a loud voice. The lift doors closed and the lift shot up through the middle of the lighthouse.

The lift doors opened and Kai ran onto the deck. ‘The cloud is moving fast!' he said as he looked at the huge black cloud moving towards them in the sky.

‘Is it a storm?' asked BC. ‘Is Earth safe?'

‘I don't know,' said Kai.

‘I'm going to send my orb out to get a sample.'

Kai took his orb from his pocket and hit the orb's test sample button. Then he hit the button for the orb to fly.

He opened his hand and the orb flew off towards the cloud in the sky.

Hurry up, orb,
thought Kai.

I don't like this at all.

Then everything went dark.

‘The cloud is right on top of us now but it is still moving towards the rock land,' said Kai.

‘Look, here comes your orb,' said BC.

Kai opened his hand and the orb flew gently into it.

‘Bad news,' he said to BC.

‘The cloud has the flying toxic jellyfish pests from the mud land in it and they have the new cells as well.'

‘And now they're on their way to the rock land,' said BC.

‘We have to go to the rock land instead, BC,' said Kai. ‘Before that storm cloud does! We need another guard to help. I'll send Ying Li a message.
She's just been made a Border Captain. She's perfect to go to the mud land.'

Then Kai's orb beeped.

‘It's a message from the BMC,' said Kai.

‘They are testing the new cells. They're calling them C-cells. They think they help make clones of things.

But other things need to be added. We need to find out what.'

‘We'd better get ready then,' said BC. ‘We need our gear.'

‘The BMC has chosen the Jet Drill for us,' said Kai.
‘They've added a pest spray to the Maxi-2 Heat Blaster. The jet and battle gear are waiting for us in the transport chamber.'

Kai and BC took the lift to the transport chamber.

When the lift reached the bottom floor the doors opened.

‘In you go, BC,' said Kai. He lifted BC into the Jet Drill.
He strapped BC's seat belt on. Then Kai climbed in beside him.

Kai checked the backseat for the Maxi-2 Heat Blaster and then keyed in the codes for the rock land.

‘Firing up the engines now,' said Kai. The wall of the transport chamber slid open and the jet shot out the tunnel towards Beastium.

Kai and BC flew over big canyons and rocky cliffs. Toxic, yellow rain was pouring all over the rock land.

‘The storm cloud beat us here,' said Kai looking out at the rock land. The rain from the cloud is making pools and puddles everywhere.'

‘Look, the colour of the land is changing,' said BC. ‘The rain has turned the dusty red and brown land to a weird dark blue.'

‘When the toxic yellow rain mixes with the rock dirt the colour must change,' said Kai. ‘And I bet that's not all that the cloud is changing here.'

‘We need to get rid of this cloud,' said BC.

‘Maybe I can dry it up with the Maxi-2 Heat Blaster,' said Kai. He grabbed the upgraded gadget from the back seat and then he opened the cockpit.

Then, without warning, a massive swarm of pests flew from the cloud towards Kai and BC.

‘They're the flying jelly fish that we battled in the mud land last night,' said BC. And they're coming straight at us!'

‘Right, said Kai. ‘We'll worry about drying up the cloud later. I'll hit the flying toxic jelly fish with the fly spray upgrade.'

‘I'll fly out and hit them with my eye lasers,' said BC.

‘Go get ‘em, boy!' said Kai.

BC took off towards the swarm. Kai took the jet off hover-mode and followed him, ready for battle.

But as Kai moved in closer, he noticed that the pests were dropping poo into the puddles below.

‘BC!' Kai said. ‘Look down at the pools of water. They're dropping poo into them and new pests are being made. The pests are making clones!
We need to get rid of them fast before they can clone too many for us to handle.'

Kai sprayed and BC zapped.

‘There's too many of them!' called BC. ‘And heaps more pests are coming out of the pools and puddles!'

‘I'll get the pests with the spray,' said Kai. ‘You need to stop the pest poo reaching the water.'

Kai sprayed the new pests that were hatching in the puddles. Then BC quickly turned his force-field bubble on. He made it big and long and pulled it over the puddles.

Pest poo landed on BC's force-field in splats.

‘Good dog, BC!' Kai called. ‘Stay there! The spray is working but there are so many pests.'

Kai sprayed as fast as he could. Toxic flying jellyfish fell away in groups but more kept coming from inside the cloud.

Kai sprayed at the new swarm and all at once the entire swarm turned to dust. Kai looked around.
What just happened?
he thought.
There's not a single pest left.

BC turned his force-field off and flew back to the jet.

‘I saw what happened,' said BC. ‘You hit one pest and then they all went away. I think that was the real pest and, when you hit it, all the clones went away too.'

‘Pests and beasts that can make copies of themselves is a big problem, BC,' said Kai.

Before Kai could say any more the rock land shook with a massive noise.