Intercept

By Andrew Zellgert and Sam Wright

Five years after The Bread Company...

The voice of Mr. Conz...

Time ticks slowly...

Randy, now an official member of the Bread Company, is kidnapped by a powerful foe. When he learns Mr. Conz is still alive he will do anything he can to stop the man with the umbrella from ruling again. And ag

• Language: English
• Publisher: Zellgertbooks
• Release date: Nov 22, 2022
• ISBN: 9781088046845

Andrew Zellgert

Andrew Zellgert is an award-winning science fiction author who primarily writes for children and teens. The topics covered in his work translate the calamities of life into relatable, entertaining allegories. He currently has nine releases spanning from epic intergalactic espionage to chilling dystopian prison life. His latest work, The Adventures of Randy, is a sci-fi trilogy involving time travel, cunning villains, heroic sidekicks, and an intergalactic adventure you will never forget! Join Randy, the restaurant employee as he goes on an allegorical journey through self-discovery. Zellgert is a medalist in the Outstanding Creator Awards of Summer 2022 and was given a five-star review by Reader's Favorite. In his spare time, he loves to read children's books and go for walks in his hometown of St. Cloud Minnesota. You can contact or connect with Andrew Zellgert at: Twitter: @AndrewZellgert Facebook: @zellgertbooks Pinterest: /andrewzellgert Goodreads: Andrew Zellgert All Author: /author/andrewzellgert BookBub: @andrewzellgert

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Andrew Zellgert

Intercept

The Adventures of Randy #2

First published by Zellgertbooks 2022

Copyright © 2022 by Andrew Zellgert

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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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Contents

Chapter 1: The Secret Before

Chapter 2: Rogue

Chapter 3: The Capital

Chapter 4: The Disaster

Chapter 5: Strangers

Chapter 6: Cyber Holdem

Chapter 7: The Deal

Chapter 8: Parallels

Chapter 9: The Repeat

Chapter 10: Failure

Chapter 11: Orange Hood

Chapter 12: A Past Life

Chapter 13: Sono

Chapter 14: Protocol

Chapter 15: Realization

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Chapter 1: The Secret Before

FINISH HIM! screamed Monopoly.

No, murmured Tabby as she drew her claws.

Monopoly raised his umbrella and hit the feline with the full force of his lightning. The cat desperately tried to push through, but Randy could tell almost immediately that she was struggling.

Just think, Tabby, hissed Monopoly. All of this pain doesn’t have to be… you can kill Randy and get your bread… the bread you NEED…

Tabby looked back and forth between Randy and Monopoly, clearly unable to decide which side to take.

Tick-tock, tick-tock, Tabby… you don’t have many seconds left, hissed Monopoly. He turned to the doctor and Randy and said, You will suffer… you will ALL suffer this fate!

Just then, Tabby yowled and leapt through the lightning, grabbing the recipe with her claws. In one flying leap, she flew through the air and landed in the fire. The recipe burned up instantly, turning into black ash and floating away out of sight.

NO! screamed Monopoly. He charged Tabby’s burning body.

But at that moment, Hero soared down from above and said, I don’t think so. He slammed his fist into Monopoly, and the vile man was catapulted backwards.

I see you have recovered, HERO, snarled Monopoly. His eyes glowed bright purple as he rose into the air, preparing to blast them all with lightning.

Hero would not move.

Monopoly raised his umbrella, and thousands of lightning bolts came raining down upon Hero.

Hero unzipped his jacket and revealed he was wearing a metallic coating underneath. What the— began Monopoly, but it was too late. His lightning rebounded and slammed him backwards, catapulting him into the air and out of sight.

Randy turned just in time to see Tabby turn to ash and float out of the fire.

No! cried Randy as he tried to grab a piece of Tabby. Monopoly could make out Hero flying up, attempting to reach for a piece of the feline’s remnants, giving him a sense of sick twisted amusement.

He continued to soar through the air, beyond the planet’s atmosphere and out into space, and there he remained, motionless as the cold, unforgiving domain enveloped him. He drifted there for a long time. Long enough for Hero to wipe everyone’s memories and for the spacecraft to rocket away. The pirate captain and her crew had abandoned his body. No doubt, after their next big break and Mr. H was long gone. It was the quietest funeral ever as the former Mr. Conz drifted past planets and stars. Sailing beyond every charted planet and beyond the Milky Way. He traveled peacefully, in a wretched way. Many spaceships passed by, and a couple even stopped to watch the floating body that had come from the neighboring galaxy.

After many years of drifting, the body attracted a little interest. Various alien scientists would drop by occasionally to check up on Mr. Conz’s flight to run chemical tests. Beyond that. However, he was alone.

After many more years of drifting through the vacuum of space, his body bumped into something. Many scientists in their research vessels were gathered around his body, watching with anticipation as they saw the body approach the one place in the universe no one ever dared to go: The Great Nebula. A treacherous wall of space, dust, and gas where many went in, and nobody came out. Luckily for Mr. Conz, he had bumped into one of the many safety nets surrounding it, but this safety would be short-lived. The alien scientists had agreed, for scientific purposes, to allow Mr. Conz’s body to drift through the nebula. Various alien equipment was strapped to his body, and when the all-clear was given, the safety net was lowered, and Mr. Conz floated through into the nebula and out of sight.

The scientists eagerly initiated their tracking devices and diagnostic tools to see what they could find in the nebula. A loud roar echoed through the nebula, and the aliens desperately tried to figure out where the sound was coming from. Unfortunately for them, their equipment could not see through the space debris. They were slowly losing signal as the interference of the nebula took over their instruments, sending feedback controversial to their understanding of the universe.

The roar echoed throughout the nebula again, and to their surprise, through the static on their screens, a strange figure in a cloak had appeared in the nebula. As the scientists leaned in to see what was happening, something large and heavy slammed into their spacecraft, and they all jumped. Then another impact shook their vessel. Then another and another repeatedly. They bailed in their panic to the escape pods to evade the danger approaching. However, as quickly as it had come, the barrage stopped.

The scientists stared out their escape pod windows and gazed in awe as lightning flashed and thunder rolled throughout the nebula as the silhouette of a man with piercing purple eyes and an umbrella held high flashed through the debris.

Monopoly had returned.

Chapter 2: Rogue

We need more cheese! cried Randy as he rushed around the Bread Company kitchen, trying his hardest to find the Swiss cheese for a sandwich. It had been five years since he had begun working for the Bread Company, and by this point, nothing surprised him. He carefully passed by a man in a superhero suit and a woman with a jester’s hat on her head. After he reached the back, he picked up a camera, snapped a picture, and a long, thin slice of cheese made its way out of the camera. Once Randy’s cheese had developed, he quickly brought it over to a cook.

Thank you, Randy, replied the cook hurriedly. Within seconds he had fashioned a wonderful-looking sandwich with the bread perfectly browned and an olive on a toothpick sitting perfectly in the center. It looked like something out of a sandwich commercial.

Randy felt his arm being nudged, and he turned around to see the Jester pointing to the garbage bags and he nodded and darted over to them. After placing a steel wool bag in the trash bin, he carefully carried the garbage out through the employee entrance in the back to the dumpster. To his right, Mr. Byron sat on the ground with a metal collar around his neck connected to a chain bolted to the wall. A sign next to the ex-health inspector read: Beware of Byron. Randy, who was amused by what the employees had done with the savage monster, walked past the menace over to the dumpster. Mr. Byron attempted to bite Randy’s leg, but the chain prevented him from getting close enough. The monster looked down and saw ants crawling nearby, and he quickly chased after them instead. Gnashing his teeth viciously as he went.

Once Randy was back inside, he took a deep breath in and closed his eyes. The typical hustle and bustle of The Bread Company was relaxing to listen to. A well-oiled machine that continued to produce the best sandwiches, breads, and pastries this side of the galaxy. Hero walked over to Randy and said, We need more lettuce, Randy. He handed Randy a hatchet and gestured to the Gateway off to