CIA Langley (originally from American Dad) is a CIA base in Langley Falls, run by Avery Bullock. It is the 48th stage in Legend of the Seven Lights, Nolan's 6th stage and Carol Masterson's first.
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Mr. Game-and-Watch was in a dark-blue cyberspace, completely 2-D like him. He jumped a pool of electric, then saw a key floating above a square line, in which two platforms traveled along it. Game-and-Watch hopped on one of the platforms, avoiding the electric spheres moving on the line as well, and grabbed the key, opening a locked door ahead. When he entered, floating, black, 2-D drones hovered over and shot turrets at Game-and-Watch. The Program used his frying pan to flip hams up to the drones and destroy them. Game-and-Watch began to jump a series of platform columns, where certain ones only scrolled up or down. More turret drones flew at him, so Game-and-Watch avoided their bullets as he maneuvered on lower platforms to flip hams up at them.
Game-and-Watch encountered a group of four stationary turrets, protecting a key from all sides. Each one took several hits from Game-and-Watch’s ham before it was destroyed, the Program took a few hits from their bullets, but he survived with what HP he had left and destroyed them. The door opened after he grabbed the key, so Game-and-Watch continued to a field full of electric gaps in the floor. Columns of electric appeared between them at certain intervals, requiring Game-and-Watch to use caution while jumping. The end of this route was blocked by a larger stationary turret, so Game-and-Watch maneuvered to avoid both the electric and the bullets. The battle was tedious with G&W’s hams, but the sentry blew up eventually.
With that, Game-and-Watch made it to a door labeled ‘Interrogation Room.’ Game-and-Watch entered, and through his eyes, Carol saw that the room was holding ‘Sandman.’ “Perfect, Mr. Game-and-Watch. Let’s set our little Sandy free.” The duo cracked the code ‘Mindwash.’
Nolan York sat bored inside the interrogation room, head rested in his hand while his elbow propped against the table. He heard the speaker by the ceiling ring and expected an agent to come and question him. “Good news, Mr. York! Your savior has arrived!” said an energetic girl’s voice.
“Huh?” Nolan sat up in surprise. “Who is this?”
“It’s Carol Masterson. Remember? I’m that adorable rich girl who tried to use your grappling hook?”
“Oh yeah… Wait, what’re you doing here?”
“I found out you were in jail and came to rescue you myself. It turns out, I have a superb talent with computers and hacking!”
“And suddenly you’re breaking into government facilities? Seems like a wild jump for you.”
“You’re just jealous ‘cause I learn faster. Listen, I’m about to unlock your cell, then once I do, you’ll have at least 30 seconds to grab your gear out of that hall over there and back out. I want to focus time on turning off enough security for you to escape.”
“Hang on, I still have to help Wiccan and Coldman. Are they in here, too?”
“Sigh, fine. But I’m taking a big risk here, I’ll help you as much as I can, but you’ll have to do the hard parts. Mr. Game-and-Watch says your wristwatch has Vanellope’s signature in it. I’ll be able to talk to you directly if you have it.”
“Got it.” Once the cell was open, Sandman quickly rolled out. He crossed to the open door on the other side, finding a hallway of security lasers. The lasers shut off, so Sandman used the 30 seconds to race across the passage, maneuvering around the metal blockades they had in the way just in case. He grabbed his suit and equipment, dressing himself up quickly before making his escape through the hall. He got out just in time before the security lasers reactivated. Carol then appeared on his wristwatch.
“Nice rollin’!” she nodded brightly. “While we’re on the subject, how come Vanellope’s signature is in your wristwatch?”
“She helped me reprogram my watch to be good at hacking. Not that I wasn’t a master before.” Nolan smirked lightly.
“Egomaniac.” Carol puffed her cheeks. “Okay, I found something else. Prisoner ‘Wiccan’ is in the Northwest Wing, just past that door.” Sandman looked at said door’s label, the Northwest Prison Wing. “While Prisoner ‘Coldman’ is in the Weapons Storage, being used for research. Two agents in the offices have a Card Key for the prison wing and Weapons Storage. You’ll have to try and swap them without being spotted. Their names are Duper and Eric.” She sent him pictures. “The agents aren’t looking at your room right now, so this is your chance.”
Sandman crept out into the offices, using Detective Vision to spy the agents as he hid behind the nearest cubicle. “So do you think that girl is one of those girls who looks like a kid, but she’s really 18, or-or 21?” Agent Dick stuttered.
“Don’t be silly, Dick.” Agent Jackson told him. “Even if she is, she’s way too young.”
Agents Duper and Eric’s auras were marked green in Sandman’s Vision. Since several agents were close around them, Sandman sent out the Grapple-Cam to latch its way across the room. “I see up them shorts.” Sandman whispered into his controller’s microphone. His voice emitted from the Grapple-Cam, catching their attention.
“G-G-Guys?” Dick shuddered. “Ah-I think there’s a ghost!”
“Dare you to check it out, Dick.” Duper snickered.
“Mmmm.” Angry, Dick went over to the source of the voice. The Grapple-Cam was on the ceiling corner, so when Dick was below- “Ow ow ah!” Nolan pelted his face three times with the grappler before flying the Grapple-Cam to another corner of the room. “Okay, which one of you guys did that!”
“What’re you talking about, Dick?” Duper chuckled as the agents went over to check it out.
During their squabble and distraction, Sandman rolled behind another cubicle with a computer desk. The computer screen displayed a code in green numbers: 15-14 1 14-15-2-12-5 13-9-19-19-9-15-14 20-15 10-1-16-1-14, 20-8-5 D-G-20-8 16-18-5-19-9-4-5-14-20. Sandman quietly snuck up behind Eric in the back of the crowd, swiping the Card Key off his belt. Sandman rolled back and hid before any agents looked over. Duper was still surrounded by agents, so Sandman positioned the Grapple-Cam to a far corner and said, “Duper is a pooper! Pooper Duper!”
“What?!” Duper whipped around as the agents snickered. “Alright, I swear I’m gonna…” Thankfully, Duper went to investigate the sound by himself, so when he was far enough away from the other agents, Sandman tailed him to swipe his Card Key. With that, he hurriedly rolled back to the interrogation room, sliding Eric’s key into the slot beside the prison wing door. Sandman rolled inside and drew attention from the criminals behind barrier cells.
“If you get beside your friend’s cell, I can have Game-and-Watch jump in from your watch.”
Nolan searched each cell before… “There she is! Crystal!” He spoke hushedly.
The witch looked up from her bench. “Nolan!” She eagerly came over. “How did you get out?”
“The same way you’re about to.” Nolan held his watch beside the cell terminal.
“There’s your window, Game-and-Watch! Jump in!” On Carol’s command, the excited little Program jumped into the terminal’s mainframe. Floating sentries swarmed in and blasted at G&W, who withstood some shots as he flipped ham up to destroy them. Mr. Game-and-Watch had to jump up a series of platforms where twin security lasers scrolled up and down (each going opposite of the other). There were protective bars on either wall, so G&W got on the platforms beside them, waiting for the lasers to pass by before jumping further. Game-and-Watch made it to a high field where red balls bounced all around between the floors and nonexistent ceiling. He evasively dodged the balls as best as his 2-D controls would, took a few hits, but he managed to grab a key to open the door.
There were floor turrets in this room, trying to scroll below Game-and-Watch and shoot upward. Game-and-Watch got onto some platforms above, and from there flipped hams up at stalactites to make them come down and stick through the floor. They destroyed the turrets with successful strikes, allowing Game to pass to the code room. He cracked the code ‘Bowling Day’ and opened Wiccan’s cell.
“Hoo. Thanks, Nolan.” The witch smiled as she stepped out.
“Don’t thank me. Thank this little girl.” He showed her his wristwatch.
“Wow, your hair is so purple!” Carol beamed. “You look like a witch in this story I read!”
“Fascinating. Nolan, I’m afraid they took my staff.”
“It could be in the Weapons Storage. We’re going there for Yuki.” The two hurried through the prison wing—Sandman stopped them before they entered the interrogation room, sensing agents inside with Detective Vision.
“Maybe the ghost was just one of the criminals.” Dick’s voice was heard.
“Maybe. Hey, didn’t we have a guy in there?” Duper asked, pointing at Nolan’s former cell.
“Someone else musta locked him in there.” Eric replied. “Hey, you think Director Bullock will let us play with his gadgets?”
“I wonder if Sandman has Anti-Aging Cream?” Dick asked hopefully. “Oh-ho-ho, what I wouldn’t give to look 32 again…” Sandman watched them pile out. He sighed with relief before entering the room with Crystal. The agents were sitting at computer desks in the office room.
“Crud. We can’t sneak into Weapons Storage this way.” Sandman said.
“I have a plan.” Carol reported. Sandman saw the girl’s aura walk out into the offices. “Hey, everybody! My CIA office is sending donuts to us, outside!”
“YAAAAAAY!” The auras excitedly piled out. Sandman and Wiccan seized the chance by rolling out there. “The short story is, Dunkin’ Donuts owes me a few favors.” Carol informed. “With that in mind, you have about 20 minutes ‘til they get done with ‘em. I’ll go back to watching cameras, you handle the rest.” Carol rushed back into the computer room.
Sandman used the Card Key to open the door to a short hallway where an agent was backed against the wall, holding a chair to an angry mammoth in defense. “All I wanna do is ride you to McDonald’s! Why do you gotta be like this?” The two heroes paid this no mind, as Sandman used his grappler to fly up onto a walkway near the ceiling, pulling Crystal with him. They avoided sight of the agent, then dropped to the floor on the other side.
They entered the massive room that was Weapons Storage, where missiles, guns, and gadgets alike were lain about, and agents patrolled everywhere. He detected a stiff frozen aura far away, and when they looked from behind some missiles, they saw it was Yuki Crystal. He was frozen in a capsule of liquid nitrogen, which had chi-blocks set around it. “Since he can’t icebend, he can’t unfreeze himself.” Nolan observed. “If we could at least burn those off…”
“Let’s look for my staff.” Wiccan said. They grappled to a higher walkway, seeing the guard was several feet ahead, then grappled up to the large metal ceiling pipes. Sandman detected an orange, stick-shaped aura on the right side of the room. Crystal’s staff was encased inside a safe, protected by two armed guards. “Carol, could you hack into that if we got close?”
“Yes, but make sure no one’s looking.” They waited for the walkway guard to climb down the ladder, then Sandman glided onto it—weighed down a little carrying Crystal. Nolan sat at the very edge of the walkway, holding his watch up. “You aren’t close enough.” Carol told him. The safe was just a few feet around this turn.
Crystal noticed the metal pipe that traveled along the wall, from them to above the safe. “Give it to me.” she said. Nolan unhooked his watch and gave it to Crystal, who put it around her head like a necklace. She climbed up and sidled atop the pipe, then very carefully stepped onto the safe. She made sure not to breathe as Game-and-Watch did his thing.
A giant green wall chased G&W inside the blue space, so he hurriedly beeped and ran. He ran through a field of orange spikes both on the floor and air, jumping precisely in-between them. He quickly jumped up a set of tall stairs, and at the top, flying drones began shooting at him. He flipped hams up to destroy a few, then kept running. He climbed a ladder, giving the green wall some time to catch up, but G&W got away in time, running across a long field. He encountered a wall of pixels and flipped his hams to destroy each little one, doing so hurriedly as the wall was catching up. When the pixels were all gone, Game-and-Watch rushed inside to crack the code ‘Forbidden.’
The safe beeped open, but the guards didn’t seem to hear. Crystal quietly climbed off the safe, cracked it open, and got her staff. She subtly shut the door and flew away on the stick. “Way to go, Crystal.” Nolan said, taking his watch back. “Um, and Carol. I’ll distract the other guards, you shoot those chi-blocks.” Sandman grappled above the pipes and sent his Grapple-Cam to a wall away from the frozen capsule. “You wield that gun like a girl!”
“Of course I do, my mom taught me.” One of the guards replied simply.
“Was she that ugly?” So on that cue, the guards rushed over to the source of the voice.
“The safe guards are still there, but I’ll risk it.” Crystal aimed her staff and shot small fireballs to burn the paper seals. The safe guards didn’t seem to notice or react, and the other guards were still looking for the Grapple-Cam. Nolan and Crystal watched the frozen capsule intently after the chi-blocks disintegrated. …The frosted glass was beginning to crack. The agents whipped around when it shattered completely.
Yuki Crystal stood on the platform that once rested his liquid nitrogen capsule. “Brrr-r-r-r… I feel a little… stiff.” Yuki spoke calmly, but inside he was flowing with power. “I should… stretch my legs a little!” He smirked vigorously.
“Yuki, freeze all of the guards, quick!” Sandman yelled—again startling the agents.
“Oh! Okay!” Each guard ran for an alarm button, Yuki blasted ice beams at each one, one at a time. The safe guards shot their guns at him, Yuki flipped off the platform, dodged, and froze them from afar.
“That’s anything but stealthy…” Carol said with disbelief.
“At least we still have time. Sort of.” Sandman replied. “Is the coast mostly clear out there?”
“Not really, they’re coming back already.” Carol replied, looking at the offices camera on her computer. “And… uh-oh.”
“I just wanna check something on my email real quick, maybe that girl will let me.” Dick said as he was about to enter the computer room.
Carol hurriedly closed her laptop, unplugged it from the CIA computer, and looked worriedly for a place to hide. She saw an air vent on the floor and said, “Good thing I brought this.” as she pulled out her screwdriver. She unscrewed the bolts in the vent, cracked it open, and crawled in, closing the vent.
“Oh, she’s gone.” Dick said as Carol saw him sit down. “Maybe she was outside and I didn’t notice. Oh well!”
Carol sighed in relief before deciding to crawl further in the vent. She heard the fast strumming of a banjo and some singing echoing from the room around the corner. When she peeped through this vent, it appeared to be an office. Carol clutched the vent bars and pushed it open with all her force, but held the vent tight so it didn’t bang on the floor. Carol crawled inside and saw who was singing.
The CIA Deputy Director, Avery Bullock, was at his desk. He was kicked back as he merrily strummed a banjo, singing “The Window Cleaner” song. “All day up this ladder, I’m as happy as can be. Any thing thing thing, anything, the things I shouldn’t see! Oh, the blushing bride looks divine…”
Bullock’s telephone suddenly rang, so he placed the caller on speaker. “Hello? Deputy Director Bullock?” a gruff voice spoke on the other end. “I’m not… interrupting anything, am I?”
“Ohh, Corporate President Carter Pewterschmidt!” Avery spoke brightly in his British accent. “No, of course not, please, chat with me for a pint.”
“Um, okay. Also, why the hell is your speaker phone on?”
“It makes the atmosphere feel more open, of course. Besides it hurts my arm to have to hold that dreadful device to my ear for too long.”
“Well, considering all that coke I send you, God forbid your arm gets tired. So what’s the deal with these White Lotus Revolutionaries stealing our Mega Footbombs?”
“Oh, it’s nothing to worry about, Carter,” Avery spoke casually, tuning his banjo, “they only stole prototype bombs from the stadiums. I have the secret locations of three bombs marked on blueprints in my office, they’re all still safe.”
“Good. We’re thinking of sending the Teen Ninjas to blow up KND Moonbase, Arctic Base, and their Undersea Base. Three bases, three Footbombs, keep ‘em safe, Avery.” Carol internally gasped at this. “Then the Leaders can quit worryin’ about them. Anyway, something else, Director, my security cameras saw a group of kids crossing the border to Mexico a few days ago. One of them was some sort of giant, and they had a skeleton child with them. Did you see anything like that on your cameras?”
“I thought I caught a glimpse of something of the sort. I was on cocaine at the time, however, so my memory’s a little fuzzy.”
“Well, send extra security to the border ASAP! We saw them go back over the border, but that skeleton was the same that escaped from Pueblo de Niebla, and I don’t want him finding his way back there! Not only that, but one of those kids was one of the Seven Lights our Leaders told us about! Since Pueblo de Niebla has one of those ‘Gibberish Rock’ things, I know they’ll be going back there eventually. I don’t want those brats to ruin my Lazarus Operation!”
“For God’s sake, Carter, you’ve already harnessed more than enough of that Lazarus to last yourself another 30 years. Why do you insist on staying in that backdesert country?”
“Because the World Government caught on to what I’m doing, and they want in.” Carter said with what seemed like a whisper. “I’m gonna have to mine this whole desert to give ‘em the amount they want. Just send me your agents so I don’t have to worry about those twerps!”
“Relax, Old Boy, my Agent Smith is the best there is. He’ll show a few brats a thing or two. Plus you’ve still got those hillbillies you’ve persuaded to work for you.”
“Sigh, alright. So um, anyway, that whole thing with Doflamingo was pretty messed up. You know, they’re actually considering letting his son fill in as president. As soon as they find him.”
“A CHILD for a president, if that isn’t the highlight of my evening!” Bullock exclaimed with humor.
“What’s he gonna do with the company,” Carter continued with a noticeable humorous stutter, “turn it—turn it into an action figure, c-comic book-type business—aaah, you know that crap kids do!” He and Mr. Bullock shared in laughter. “Ahhh, well uh, I have a meeting to go to, so I’ll let you get back to… whatever it is you’re doing. Send those agents over soon.” He hung up.
“Sure, sure, I’ll get right on that.” With that, Mr. Bullock continued playing his banjo, resuming his “Window Cleaner” song. “The bride groom, he’s doing fine, I’d rather have his job than mine…”
Now that the dialogue was over, Carol kept on the floor as she searched for the Footbomb locations. On the wall beside the door was a collection of wanted posters. They depicted Wendy Marvell, Augustus Fizzuras, King K. Rool, Sandman, Red Eye, and Ragaj Gnik (who was worth two billion dollars, however a reason was not given for his criminality). Carol found a blueprint taped to that wall, so since Bullock’s head was tilted back during a verse, she quickly stood and snapped the blueprint with her cellphone camera. She then crawled to one of the vents in the opposite wall, opening its bars to see a blueprint lodged within. While Bullock was singing, she quickly reached in to pull it out, uncrumple it, and snap the picture before stuffing it back in.
The only place Carol guessed where the other one was was Bullock’s desk. She crawled around his right side, seeing the man’s head totally upward as his chair tilted back and his feet were on the desk, lost in song. His singing hurt her ears up close, but she used the distraction to stand up, rifle through a drawer, and found a Riddler Trophy. Annoyed, she crawled around to search the drawer on his left side, finding the blueprint. She snapped the picture, put the paper back, then crawled to the opposite side of the desk from Bullock.
“I’ll send these to Maseyfairy to send to Cheren.” Carol thought aloud quietly, texting Mason the photos while warning him about the Footbombs and the planned attack. The blueprints read the Footbombs were in New Jersey, Arlen Texas, and Colorado’s NFL Stadiums. “That’ll give them some time to make a plan.”
With that done, Carol was about to crawl back into the vent- “Who the devil are you?” She flinched. She turned her head to show her panicked face to Bullock.
“Uhhh… I’m the vent cleaner.”
“Ah, I was wondering when you’d come.” The Deputy Director smiled. “Well, carry on, then. Ahem, all day up this ladder, I’m happy as…”
Carol sighed, crawling back in as she stuck the vent’s hatch on. Dick was gone from the computer room, so it was safe for Carol to crawl out. She peeped into the offices and saw… all of the agents frozen solid. “Great, you made it.” Nolan greeted her.
“You certainly take care of things quickly.” The girl remarked.
“I’ll unfreeze ‘em if we’re ready to go.” Yuki promised. “Are we?”
“Yes, I think we should.” Nolan nodded. Yuki summoned all of the ice back into his hands before the team rushed out of the building.
“You guys! My life just flashed before my eyes!” Jackson exclaimed, panting after being unfrozen. “And I use… way too much… syrup on my waffles…”
Team Sandman hurried past the gate as Carol showed her badge to the guard, “All taken care of, have a nice night!” The guard nodded uninterestingly, focused on his DS. The team ran a far-enough distance away, where Jenkins’ limousine was parked. The heroes caught their breath.
“Well, Carol, you have our thanks.” Sandman told the child. “But I have to ask, since you even look like her now, why couldn’t Rebecca Hawkins from Yu-Gi-Oh fill your role?”
“It’s called character development, Mr. York, it’d do YOU a few favors.” Carol spoke with a smug frown, her eyes closed. “I’m not letting you off the hook easily, you each owe me 150 dollars.” She held a hand open and wiggled her fingers.
“Why the devil should we?!” Wiccan shouted.
“’Cause I’m a little girl who’s up past her bedtime rescuing three adults from jail. I want a bigger allowance.” Her hand was still open.
“We’re superheroes, we don alter-egos to avoid paying compensation.” Coldman argued.
“Fine, I’ll put it on your tab. That only means your debt will increase as time goes on.” She winked cutely and stuck her tongue out.
“We’ll keep that in mind. Can you get home okay, Carol?” Sandman asked.
“Sure.” Carol casually walked to her limousine and got in. “Worry about yourselves. Oh, and consider it a gift from me,” she smiled at them, “I Copied Game-and-Watch and Pasted his clone in your wristwatch. Hopefully, he’ll make hacking a lot easier. I’ll say ‘hi’ to Dillon for you!” The heroes watched as the limo drove away down the street.
Sandman checked his wristwatch, seeing Mr. Game-and-Watch’s happy image. He made some beeps and bops before ringing a 2-D bell. “Hooray, we have a new friend!” Crystal grinned. “Where should we take him next? What’s our next mission?”
“Hmm…” Sandman sighed. “I think it’s been a long day for all of us. They’re going to know we’re gone before long, so let’s go home and catch up on rest. …Then afterwards, we gotta look for this Hugo Strange. If he’s one of the World Leaders’ apprentices…” Sandman looked at Game-and-Watch on his watch. “He must be pretty important to them.”
Story Importance[]
- Avery Bullock talks with Corporate President Carter Pewterschmidt as Carol eavesdrops.
- The Teen Ninjas are going to attack the three main KND bases using Mega Footbombs. Carol texts Mason photos of the bombs' locations, to warn Cheren of the attack.
- Mega Footbombs are hidden inside NFL Stadiums. The White Lotus Revolutionaries have been stealing them from the stadiums. If one recalls Chapter 2 of the story, Red Eye attacked an NFL Stadium.
- Carter mentions his Lazarus Operations in Pueblo de Niebla, and how he caught The Gang sneaking over the border.
- He mentions that one of the Gang members is one of Seven Lights.
- A Poneglyph is in Pueblo de Niebla, so Carter believes they will come back.
- Carter knows who Django is, as he hails from Pueblo de Niebla.
- The World Government found out about Carter's Lazarus Operations, and "they want in." They likely want the Lazarus for their Grand Inferius project.
- The World Leaders and Corporate Presidents are thinking of making Doflamingo Jr. one of the latter. Carter and Bullock mock the idea of a child becoming president. (This foreshadows something else.)
- The Teen Ninjas are going to attack the three main KND bases using Mega Footbombs. Carol texts Mason photos of the bombs' locations, to warn Cheren of the attack.
- Nolan York can now use Mr. Game-and-Watch to hack into places.
Collectibles[]
Cryptogram[]
15-14 1 14-15-2-12-5 13-9-19-19-9-15-14 20-15 10-1-16-1-14, 20-8-5 D-G-20-8 16-18-5-19-9-4-5-14-20 (located on a computer in the offices)
- ON A NOBLE MISSION TO JAPAN, THE 47TH PRESIDENT
Riddler Trophies[]
- Inside the right drawer at Bullock's desk, in his office. (Crawl to make sure he doesn't see Carol.)
Trivia[]
- In Mr. Bullock's office, there is a collection of wanted posters of various characters. One of them is Ragaj Gnik, worth $2 billion dollars, with no reason given. (This is likely the Government's way of keeping the Twenty Keys Quest a secret.)