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darkness.
    â€˜That,’ Zac said to himself, ‘was a whole new level of weird.’

CHAPTER
TEN
    Zac got to his feet and ran back to the Cheetah.
    Leon was still sitting inside the car, looking terrified.
    â€˜He’s an android!’ said Zac. He jumped back into the car and shook the rain out of his hair. ‘The BIG agent is a robot. That’s why he’s got such crazy super strength.’
    â€˜But it looked so human!’ Leon marvelled. All the fear had suddenly disappeared from his face. ‘That must be the most advanced android ever built!’
    Zac rolled his eyes. Nothing like a new machine to distract Leon , he smirked to himself.
    Suddenly, Zac heard sirens in the distance. GIB security! They were still after him.
    â€˜Can the Cheetah get us home?’ Zac asked, looking around at the damaged vehicle.
    â€˜Yeah,’ said Leon. ‘I think so.’ He punched a few buttons and…
    VROOOOOOOOOM!
    The Cheetah took off again. It weaved between the trees with incredible speed and then zoomed back onto the road.
    The GIB security sirens had faded away, but Zac knew that he and Leon couldn’t run from them forever.
    If only he could stop and explain all of this, Zac was sure he could make GIB understand what he was doing. Why he was so desperate to find out about his grandpa.
    Grandpa’s connected to all of this! Zac thought. He has to be. I’m not turning against GIB! I’m trying to complete the same mission they gave me!
    But he only had three days left to keep the ZacBot from setting off that Tech Blaster. There was no time to waste on explanations. Zac couldn’t take the risk that GIB would try to stop him.
    Besides, thought Zac, Big Boss doesn’t really seem to be in the mood for a chat.
    â€˜Well?’ said Leon, interrupting Zac’s thoughts. ‘What are you waiting for?’
    â€˜Huh?’ said Zac.
    â€˜The holo-projector!’ said Leon impatiently. ‘Hurry up and turn it on!’
    â€˜Oh, right,’ said Zac, reaching down to pick the holo-projector up from the floor of the car.
    After all these years of wondering, were he and Leon finally going to learn the truth about their grandpa?
    Zac plugged the computer chip into the side of the holo-projector and pressed the blue button. The tiny figure of Grandpa appeared and a woman’s voice began to speak.

    â€˜ Agent High Pants was the first in the Power family to join the Government Investigation Bureau. He was one of the greatest threats to BIG’s survival until he disappeared seven years ago. GIB sources continue to classify Agent High Pants as Missing In Action.
    â€˜However, BIG’s own intelligence reveals that the agent’s current location is a top-secret research facility somewhere in the Black Jungle.
    â€˜Your mission is to locate and capture Agent High Pants. Bring him to the Lunar Command Station, where he will be held hostage until midnight on Sunday.
    â€˜This mission is a critical step in our planned destruction of the Government Investigation Bureau. Failure will not be tolerated.’
    The voice recording ended. The holo-graphic figure of Agent High Pants was replaced by a spinning BIG logo.
    Zac switched off the holo-projector. For a long time, he and Leon didn’t speak.
    The only sound was the rumble of the damaged Cheetah speeding them home.
    Finally, Leon broke the silence. ‘The moon,’ he said, shaking his head. ‘The ZacBot’s taking Grandpa to BIG’s base on the moon.’
    â€˜We were right,’ said Zac quietly. ‘Whatever BIG is planning, Grandpa is right in the middle of it. For some reason, BIG need him out of the way until they set off the Tech Blaster.’
    â€˜But why?’ said Leon. ‘I mean, if Grandpa’s been hiding undercover all these years, why are BIG suddenly so worried about him? What do they think he’s going to do?’
    â€˜I don’t know,’ Zac