Famer's Story Writing Debating Tournament, Imabench vs Ren!

The surgical masks would have been no help to the burglars in the residence of Ronald Reagan, because the men from Inception made one critical error. They had believed that the valuable goods stored in the basement was good old fashioned gold, but it turns out the valuables were not gold, it was a super rare form of radioactive Promethium, an element that has its use in powering satellites and batteries for years. The huge metal door that kept the Promethium down there was used solely to keep the radiation from spewing out, but also to prevent heat from coming in. Now that the door was wide open, it was only a matter of time. Or was it? Marteuse Ricotti was once a member of the Inception team, he retired though for reasons he told nobody, and dropped off the grid. He was beloved by his fellow Inception team members, which is why in scenarios they often name people after him (Hence the character at the opening of the story was named Marty, after Marteuse, in his honor). Marteuse though knew exactly what was going on but couldn't do anything until the burglars had infiltrated the residence and blown open the door, leading to the countdown. "The door is open, the extraction team will be there shortly" - Mart said to his two allies. Adam Kazama was the worlds leading supplier of materials that is used to power batteries and help space vessels generate electricity. A covert $60 billion business that he secretly owned half of through one organization or another. The Promethium was the only industry he didn't have any stake in, so the downfall of it would only be to his benefit. "What was the issue that you said came up?" - Adam Henri on the other hand was a large chap from Scotland who had detailed information about the secret moving of such goods through presidential residences during the cold war, which he discovered was done to prevent any material from being lost in a nuclear war by the Russians. However once the Cold War ended the process still continued because of how covert and successful it was. Henri though was mistaken in how much of the material was located in the residence, and when they learned how fast the burglars died they all realized there was much more than they thought. "We are dealing with much more material than we thought, its so much that in a matter of minutes it could blow up Los Angeles, something that we would actually profit from but could raise too much awareness about our operation. It is in our best interests therefore to make sure this doesn't happen" - Henri "How can we contain it?" - Mart "Our immediate goal is to keep the Promethium under room temperature to make sure it doesn't blow up, so a quick seal is necessary. However the radiation would surely affect the community so the radiation needs to be capped too and that will take far too much time without people dying and our cover being blown." - Henri "What solutions do we have?" - Mart "The more Promethium there is the bigger the explosion it will be, however it dissipates easily so if we removed enough of it the crisis will resolve itself. Problem is we don't have the manpower to remove all those goods, we were anticipating a one man operation for the entire extraction." - Adam "What if I blew up parts of it? would that work?" - Mart "It could but the explosion would have to not give off too much heat and cause a further radioactive explosion, while also be big enough to significantly eliminate enough of the material to prevent an explosion too. The Math behind it is quite complicated, even a physicist would struggle with it" - Henri "I know where I can find someone" - Mart "Well you better hurry otherwise LA will be gone in a matter of an hour!" - Henri 52:37........ 52:36......... 52:35........ 52:34 Mart pulled up outside the complex where the inception team was operating. He hauled a** up to the door and slid his ID card through the key reader. He knew his team wouldn't be able to close his ID account, sure enough he got inside and made his way through the halls to the operating room. He burst through the doors while whipping out his mini notebook to explain everything as fast as possible. "Mart what are you doing here? I'm thrilled to see you but we're in the middle of-" - unnamed scientist number 1 "Pull everyone out, your extraction team is dead and LA will blow up in less than an hour, I need everybody's help on this" - Mart He showed him the mini notebook, they did as he said without asking any questions. ============================================================================ Klaus, Ginger, Horatio, and Ryan all were in the same room when the train burst through the wall in slow motion. They all grabbed on and rode it into the wall on the other side which brought them to the next level. ============================================================================ Vicki and Franz were still in the bedroom when the same train plowed into their room at a greater speed. Franz grabbed Vicki and the team helped Franz get on the train as it plowed into the next wall, bringing them back to real life. ============================================================================ Everyone who was sedated suddenly woke up. Franz, Horatio, Ryan, Ginger, and Klaus woke up in one room, Vicki woke up in the other room, and soon everyone was brought up to speed. "I'm going to need all of you to suit up, we got a lot to move and a little more to blow up." - Mart Mart then went into the room with Vicki and pulled out the rest of the mini notebook. Vicki was actually a brain-child who knew anything and everything about elements, but her interest in the nature of explosions made her the best person to have when trying to figure out how to not cause a city to die by blowing up the material that would blow up the city..... Vicki did some calculations as the team piled into the vans and hauled a** back to the Reagan Residence in a host of vehicles. When they got there the team suited up in the radiation suits to remove all the Promethium they could into an armored truck modified to contain radioactive materials while Vicki just finished calculating how much TNT they would need from another van. 12:21....... 12:20....... 12:19......... 12:18............ Mart checked his watch, he had just over 10 minutes left. The armored car was hauling a** back to the lab to stabilize the Promethium, and the detonation went off without a hitch. "Hey Mart can I ask you something" - Horatio "Fire away" - Mart said, he was staring with satisfaction at Greater Los Angeles which he just helped save from a catastrophic event, and his bank account would soon reflect his determination and quick wit. "Before you vanish again, why was it you left the first time?" - Horatio Everyone seemed to stop in their tracks to listen in, they had been wanting to know the answer to that very question for years now. Marty took a deep breathe, exhaled, and then brought up the story of why he retired from the business.....