Clockwork World |
Series: Clockwork |
Writer(s): Zero and FreezAntix |
Link: LTBSA |
Date: Early April 2008 |
Preceded By: Welcome to Stillsville |
Followed By: A Gift from Kronos |
Clockwork World is the third story in the flagship Clockwork series, closing out the original trilogy as well as providing closure for Erika Stone. New inventions like the Time-Stopper also appear, and the events of the story lead to the foundation of the International Temporal Enforcement Agency.
Summary[]
The Paradise Foundation has been hitting hard on a global level, thanks primarily to Erika Stone who is now under the control of Ryoshi Tenzo as per the use of a Type-7 Chip. With Erika's Temporal Gene Interpol has been hard-pressed to fight back, even predicting the targets proving futile. Lucienne Christophe has a multi-team task force under her command but the teams are slowly getting picked off, Hui Lan and Miranda Ohala thanks to the new Time-Stopper. Desperate, Lucienne put herself back in the field and manages to discover that Erika is involved, as are her supposedly-dead friends Aisha Reynolds and Cassandra Flick. Lucienne also has been receiving tips from an unknown source called the Night Ninja, who claims the Foundation is behind everything but there is no proof that can be offered to a court. In spite of problems with Erika due to overwork Scott Dawson has her continue field work, resulting in Interpol rescuing Cassandra and even Erika herself, though Tasia Spiro is captured. The Night Ninja, in reality Mary Hamilton, is unmasked by Scott but she'd already sent Interpol blank chips to use for protection. Wanting Erika back, Scott arranges for a trade: Erika for Tasia. Erika reluctantly agrees to help with the promise that her record will be cleared, but when the exchange goes back thanks to the new Freeze-Key Erika uses a small dose of Type-7 to act as a ruse. Brought to Paradise Manor in Vancouver, Erika rescues Mary and the pair, after admitting their love for one another, saves several Interpol agents and hurry to stop the Foundation's end-game weapon: the Uranus Generator. Just as it seems the attack is a success the Generator is activated, but Scott had used the attack to hide his own agenda, which used the generator to cover his own tracks and leave for good with Ryoshi. In the aftermath, the Foundation was exposed publicly and effectively destroyed.
Appearances[]
Interpol/Law Enforcement[]
Paradise Foundation[]
Civilians[]
Trivia[]
- Nearly named Interpol agent became a member of the ITEA.