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The feeling of cold water splashing into his face woke Wise up in an abrupt manner, his vision was blurry and unfocused, the dim lights on the room being no help on the matter.
“Wakey, wakey Phaethon” he felt a hand roughly grab into his hair and forcefully move his head to face the scarred look of his captor, a hollow rider most likely. “It was hard to pin you down, but once we did you didn't put up any resistance” ah right, Belle was out for some business in Waifei which meant no one was around to help.
“So much for the legendary proxy, now then, out with it, where is the AI?” AI? How did they know about Fairy? “That look in your eyes tells me everything I need to know, where is it?” Wait… that's it! Feeling a form of confidence bubble up in his stomach the proxy looked up to his captors and asked a very simple question.
“What day is today?” The answer was a backhand into his face. “You don’t get to ask questions here, where is the AI?” The scarred man knew he couldn't kill the proxy just yet, but he could rough him up until he spit out all the answers they needed, unfortunately for him Wise's name was not an irony.
He could feel a small trail of blood from his lip, nothing major at least. “We change the location of the AI at different intervals, its location depends on the day it is today” the hollow raider looked at the face of his captive, looks like the interrogation would be quicker than he expected, perhaps too easy.
Instead of answering he decided to press on from a different angle. “You have been captive for a while now, how exactly would anyone move it?” While they did find Phaethon, they only found Phaethon, not a single lead on any possible ally or help, this way they could take them all out in due time.
Wise was about to answer again when all of a sudden he felt a single chill run down his spine, a sensation he had grown very familiar with ever since he met Nicole for the first time, the feeling of someone about to do something that was very dumb, but also certified to work.
Then the wall at their left exploded, which made Wise come to the conclusion that it was in fact, past friday night.
A few hours back.
Anton threw back an entire mug of beer and gulped it all down in one go, slamming it back into the table, he looked at his opponent in the eye and smirked. “Beat that bro!” Across from him, Seth replicated the same motion and finished his mug just as quickly. “Don't think I am going down that easy, I am just getting started!” he said in a voice that dripped confidence, which made Anton cheer and serve both of them yet another cup.
A few steps away from them Lighter adjusted his cue slightly and hit three of the balls in a single stroke, the numbers 3 and 4 falling into their holes while 5 unfortunately missed. “Told you I was not to be taken lightly” he joked as he walked over to the other side for a better angle, sitting close by and nursing a beer of his own Harumasa contemplated the thought that perhaps betting against Lighter on this was a bad idea and that maybe he should have played darts after all.
But he would never admit that outloud.
And speaking of the devil, Billy grabbed a hold of one and carefully started to take aim, he struck a quick pose and yelled out. “Starlight Barrage!” before hitting the bullseye two times over, unfortunately the third missed out on the bullseye just by an inch. “Not bad at all right?” He turned to his opponent who politely clapped at the display.
Hugo then grabbed his own set and smiled. “Indeed, but this game is already over my dear metallic friend!” he took a quick breath to calm his nerves and in a flash hit the bullseye three consecutive times leaving a flabbergasted Billy staring at the board. “How?! I haven't ever done that before!” Hugo for his part just smiled politely, nothing new for the Mockingbird.
With the game now over he turned towards the last member of their little group and smirked. “How about you Ben, are you willing to face off in a quick game of darts?” The bear put a paw on his chin before nodding. “Sure, I'll warn you though, I haven't played in a while so I am quite rusty” Hugo for his part nodded and sat on his spot. “Nothing to be ashamed of, this is just a game after all” Ben nodded at that, feeling just a bit more confident and walked to the darts board.
He grabbed one and in a quick move landed a 60 points shot, then another and then another, reaching a score of 180 in the first round of the game which left Billy open mouthed and Hugo slightly worried. “I am quite rusty, I used to be able to hit that spot in the center all the time” oh boy, he might not be able to win against this one.
Lastly hard at work in the kitchen of Lycaon's manor, the wolf himself prepared a different arrangement of pastries for his guests while the other two focused on the main event. “I must say I am impressed sir Lycaon, getting my hands on such quality of ingredients would cost my entire weekly allowance most times” he heard Yinhu praise besides him as the Yunkui mystic chopped up the many vegetables that were needed for dinner.
Turning to him the wolf smiled politely. “If you wish I could arrange a meeting with our usual supplier, they have a business on Failume Heights as well so I am sure they would be happy to meet one of the saviors of the settlement” those words made Yinhu's eyes sparkle ever so slightly, the amount of possibilities was uncalculable.
And to complete the trio Manato was in charge of the stove, cooking the different pieces of meat that Lycaon acquired for the event. His pink apron dutifully protected him from anything that flew off the pan. “I must say, it's nice to have actual help on the kitchen, the rascals try their best but I really cannot trust them with a knife, let alone the stove” the young thiren commented as he flipped the pan around, making the pieces of meat move around and ensure all of them get cooked properly.
The panda let out a sigh as he remembered his own ordeals at the kitchen. “Indeed, while Shifu Yixuan and Senior Fufu have the right mindset, their skills are not the best” Lycaon just smiled at that, he was unable to fully sympathize with his companions after all. “I suppose I am quite lucky then, both Corin and Butler are superb aid on the gastronomic matters, although I will agree Ellen and Rina could use some guidance” or a permanent blacklist from any kitchen in Rina's case, master Yinhu would probably weep at the sight of her cooking.
The three continued their activity for a few more minutes, once that was done they served up the food in 10 plates and walked out of the kitchen, outside they could see Hugo clenching his teeth as he was getting completely destroyed by Ben in their game, Billy happily laughing at the downfall of the thief.
Anton for his part was barely clinging to reality as Seth served both of them yet another bottle, it seemed that the power of bros was nothing against the power of justice and lastly Lighter observed as Harumasa lined up the shot that would end their game, perhaps he showed off a bit more than needed.
After a quick scan of the room Manato realized something. “Wise hasn't arrived yet?” he asked the group as he set a pair of plates on the table and removed his apron, replacing it with his usual jacket.
Harumasa quickly made his way to the table and swiped one of the plates for himself, leaving the game with Lighter all but forgotten. “Yup! Not sure what's gotten onto him today, he usually is among the first to arrive” he started to gleefully dig in, just one of these 3 in the kitchen was a treat, all 3 was an actual gift.
Lycaon set a few more plates down and pulled out his golden watch, his look turning into one of slight concern “It has been thirty minutes since the agreed time, perhaps something happened?” Besides him Yinhu set the last plates and started to think of any possibilities.
Realizing the absence of their silver haired friend, most of the group started to think of different possibilities. “Maybe he ditched us to go have dinner with his girlfriend again?” Lighter suggested as he took his own seat, usually he would be eating as well but the matter got a bit too complicated.
Seth made his way to the group while a plastered Anton hung from his shoulder and proceeded to carefully leave him on a seat at the table as he explained. “I don't think so, the Captain has been swamped with work after the massive failure of the Defense Force at Waifei, the higher ups fear something like that happening here so she been forced to attend more meetings than usual” the information made everyone else start to feel a new sense of dread, to the point that even Anton adopted a serious look through his alcohol haze.
“I'll just call him” Harumasa pulled his phone out instantly and started dialing the number of their friend. Everyone stared at the member of Section 6 with bated breath, the lack of sound making the moment weigh on them more by the second. “He is not picking up” Well shit, time to panic, Billy pulled out his own phone. “I'll call the manager, she might know something we don't” Yinhu shot down that idea immediately.
“She's all the way to Waifei, she's helping with the filming of Ferocious Tiger 2: Legend of the Qingming Bird” the panda explained as he began to think of any other options, despite the urgency however Lighter couldn't help himself. “Wait, they are filming a sequel?” Everyone turned to the champion who just looked back dead serious.
“What? It's one of the few action movies I can watch without worrying Lucy will chew my head off about how Moccus, Grassy, Woody and Bricky shouldn't be watching it”
Well that explained that, before they could continue with their impromptu guessing game they heard three steady knocks on the door, a telltale sign of Butler wishing to catch their attention, steadying himself Lycaon made his way to the door and opened. “Is something amiss?” he asked the small bangboo who made a vow to his master before talking.
(Good evening Master Lycaon, while I do know you wished me to not interrupt your night, this is an emergency and I cannot get a hold of head maid Rina) Lycaon frowned and gestured for Butler to continue who presented an image of the Random Play minivan in the middle of the street, the vehicle having the driver side window broken.
“Ah fuck” While those wouldn't be words Lycaon would ever utter while wearing this uniform, he could very much agree with the assessment.
"Wise has been kidnapped" Lycaon announced to the group.
"Why is it always Wise?"
"I do not know"
“Well, we all know how this goes right?” Hugo asked the gathered group who all turned serious at the question.
Lycaon asked something out of Butler who left only to return a few seconds later with a roulette that had nine different spots. “It seems our friend and colleague Wise has once again been kidnapped, I presume everyone brought their random junk we happened to carry in our pockets at the time, correct?” Lycaon asked without missing a beat as the other nine members of the group took a seat at the table, their meal all but forgotten as Lycaon placed the roulette at the very center of the table.
Harumasa smiled in his usual carefree manner, removing the small cross that usually hung around his neck and depositing it on a space. “How could we forget? We have followed the rules of the code ever since it was created, well most of us” he gave a side eye to Hugo who simply shrugged with a guiltless smirk as he removed the Mockingbird badge on his chest and also placed it on a space in the roulette.
“Well my dear agent friend, no harm came to Belle under my watch did it?” The two heard a light scoff as Lighter removed his shades and placed them on the next spot. “Yeah but only because Lycaon was there, you really are lucky that Hamburger Gal wasn't in a killing mood” before they could enter a full blown argument Ben placed Anton's trusty wrench and his reading glasses on the same spot.
“Now now, we all know what went down that day and while we all agree Hugo's actions were… extreme, no one was injured” as always the big bear found himself in a rather volatile situation but as the oldest member of the group he needed to act as such. “Well, they are all still alive so it should be fine right?” Billy's voice continued as the android carefully left the Starlight Knight's pin on his designated spot.
Manato simply removed his fang shaped necklace and placed it, next to him Yinhu did the same with his small glasses. “We were not part of this group at the time, but given how things look at the moment I would assume it was not the worst thing ever” Manato reasoned as he worried internally over how exactly he would pull this off if it landed on him.
Seth was next and he placed a firearm of all things on the roulette. “Exactly! Sure he went about it in probably the worst way possible but now he is here with us!” he excitedly replied as he secretly hoped it did in fact land on him, with everyone else having already placed their own trinket, Lycaon placed his own golden watch in the roulette.
“Very well then, the Who's turn it is to unfuck the siblings fuck ups shall commence!” Despite how out of place the words seemed to be in the mouth of the refined butler, everyone held their breath as they watched how the roulette began to spin.
It was barely more than a few seconds but to everyone present time seemed to slow down as the roulette's rotation started to come to an end, after a few more seconds it had finally come to an end.
“Oh no bro” Anton muttered from his slumped position as he saw the arrow point towards the duo of his wrench and Ben's glasses, for his part the accountant just sighed and pulled out his phone. “Yes? President we require a dump truck” the sounds of annoyed screaming could be heard from the phone as the bear quickly removed it from his ear.
“Not that kind of dump truck! Wise got kidnapped again and we lost the Who's turn it is to unfuck the siblings fuck ups so we have to bring the armored vehicle” more screaming from the other side and what they could only assume was a sigh of resignation. “We'll try to bring it back whole but we make no promises” and so the line went silent.
Lycaon smiled content with the results and grabbed his watch from the table, around him the rest of the participants did the same for their own trinkets, he turned around and began to walk towards the door as he adjusted his gloves.
Behind him everyone adjusted to their own rhythm, he walked out of the room and stood in the center of the hall and soon enough his companions started to walk out of the room as well, all of them lined up as if they were awaiting for something, which they were.
Walking into the hall was the ever dutiful bangboo that Rina had gifted Lycaon not so long ago, Butler pulled out a small portable staircase which it used to rise up and stand in direct eyesight with everyone involved.
It was time for the most important part of the event, who rode with who.
(The rules are simple, no harm to each other) and true to his word Butler brought out a small toy gun to signal the start.
Nah!
Hugo adjusted his fedora and started to look for opportunities.
Neh!
Seth cracked his neck and focused on the path ahead.
Enh nah neh!
And so they were all off to the garage! As he usually did Lycaon steadily ran ahead of everyone else with the rest struggling for the coveted second place, Butler lowered himself from the staircase and turned to see Harumasa casually carrying a plate of food as he walked.
“What? I am not running, getting last just means I can nap on Billy's backseat” that made sense, Butler continued his walk and disappeared into the halls of the mansion, it was nice to see that Master Lycaon finally had friends he could be himself with.
Back to the main group Lycaon as always was the first to arrive and quickly entered his personal vehicle, the black sports car's engine coming to life in less than a second with a powerful roar, as soon as that happened the second door opened and Seth entered quickly closing the door behind him.
“Congratulations on your second place Officer Lowell” the attendant's voice was heard as he stepped on the accelerator and drove off, beside him Seth finally started to catch his breath. “It wasn't easy, Hugo and Anton run like they have Nineveh on their tail” finally letting his body relax, Seth turned to the rearview mirror and noticed a rather odd figure hanging from it.
“What is that?” He couldn't help but question. “That would be a teddy bear Corin made for my birthday, I find it aesthetically pleasing” Seth was not fully certain, but he had the suspicion that Lycaon's tail was currently wagging, oh well, family men things he supposed.
Back at the garage Billy unlocked the doors to the Starlightmobile and entered without issue, on the other side Manato was sitting as he tapped his finger against the armrest. “I thought you were going with Lighter?” The thiren just looked to the side where the biker and the thief were making their exit. “Hugo said he wouldn't be caught dead inside this, so we made a compromise” well that's just rude, sure the Starlightmobile didn't have an AC, seatbelts nor windows and the doors sometimes didn't open properly!
But it had a radio!
…Or well, Billy had a radio. “Wanna listen to Starlight Knights OST?” He decided to ignore the depressing state of the company vehicle and instead focused on the important things. Manato just looked at the very empty spot where the stereo should be and turned to Billy with a raised eyebrow. “Sure?” Billy excitedly pressed the button on where his left ear should be and-
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“Sorry, I forgot to pay my subscription" Billy's pitiful voice came out which earned him a small tap on the back from Manato. “I know how it is, what are we waiting for exactly?” as soon as he said that the backdoor opened and Harumasa casually faceplanted on the backseat. “That, let's go!” And so they were off.
Which brings us to the present.
“Are we sure this is needed?” Yinhu asked with a raised eyebrow as he observed the Belobog crew of 2 hard at work building… whatever that was supposed to be. “Drill bro insisted it was necessary for the plan and we all know the code” Lighter casually stated as he lazed around in his bike, how he got it to the roof of the building? Yinhu is not sure.
He was about to protest when the bombastic voice of Anton called back for attention, the duo turned to see an actual trebuchet locked and loaded. “All of us remember the plan right?” He asked into their radios as he turned around and started to take a seat on the platform attached to the trebuchet.
The part that is getting launched to be specific.
Lycaon, ever unfazed, was the one to answer. “Step 1, enter the building and take Wise. Step 2, get off the building by any means necessary. Step 3, we get him home before either his sister or girlfriend finds out he was captured, am I missing anything?”
Anton just smiled to himself and grabbed a hold of Safety, who in turn curled into a ball to ensure Anton didn't lose grip on him. “That's pretty much it, everything else in the middle we wing it” he turned to look at Yinhu who just made a resigned face and sat down right beside him, if only the roulette had landed on anyone else.
“Operation Wise is Never Allowed to go Outside Alone Anymore is a go!” And so Lighter punched the rope that held the trio to the ground and suddenly they were no longer in the building, Anton let out an excited scream as they flew through the air, meanwhile Yinhu was starting to regret ever accepting Wise's offer to join his friend group.
As they approached the building Anton suddenly stood up in their airborne platform, defying everything about physics Yinhu ever knew and lifted Safety high into the air who proudly stood in the palm of his human coworker.
“This is the bangboo that will pierce the walls!” He screamed out loud to the heavens above them and Yinhu could swear there were actual sparks around him as Safety suddenly materialized his power drill from… somewhere and was held by Anton who stood now at the front of their makeshift platform.
The wall to their left suddenly exploded into a million pieces, Wise's would-be torturer tried to grab him as a shield but a bangboo came flying out of the hole and latched itself to his head. “Safety?!” Wise screamed in surprise as the man managed to grab a hold of the tiny rabbit and finally remove it, just in time for a fist to connect with his face that knocked him to the floor. “Sup bro!” Anton happily exclaimed as he turned around to wave at him.
Behind Anton, the hollow raider grabbed a hold of a steel pipe and tried to swing at him but instead of human flesh he found himself stopped by a panda, who quickly delivered three blows into the man and sent him flying to a wall. “We came to save you, now stay still!” His bro then suddenly came to life and broke through all the chains that were wrapped around the proxy's body.
Wise tried to stand up but found himself falling over almost instantly. “Must be whatever drug they used on me, I cannot wa-” before he could finish Anton just grabbed a hold of him and threw him over his shoulder. “Alright then, step one is done! Now to go for step two!” Yinhu advanced in front of them and blew the door out from its hinges with a mighty body slam, as soon as he did an alarm started to sound off around the entire building.
Wise for his part could only look in confusion as Anton and Safety ran behind the thiren “Wait, what is step two?!” Anton smirked as the group of three continued their run to the window, Wise paled as he realized what they were about to do and bravely closed his eyes. “I don't wanna do this!” he screamed as Safety threw himself against the glass, shattering it and making it safe for the rest to follow.
Safe from the glass anyways, the fall was still an issue at hand.
On the ground below Ben silently observed the sky as he stood on top of the Belobog dump truck. “Are they out yet?” Harusama tiredly asked as he laid down on top of the safe zone that Anton had gotten for the extraction team. “It doesn't seem that way” Ben responded uncertainly as he continued to stare straight up.
Harumasa just rolled to the side a bit and continued doing absolutely nothing as he answered. “Yay, I'll nap 5 more minutes” he was about to close his eyes when a loud crash followed by the constant screaming of a twink catched his attention and made him look up.
“Oh there they are” he commented as he saw the group of three quickly descend at top speed, the member of Section 6 just casually stood up and stretched his arms for a few seconds, once that was done he got off the 10 mattresses they stacked on top of the dump truck and got off.
“Shame, those were real cozy” he quietly lamented to himself as the screaming continued to grow louder. “Which reminds me, why didn't we just use a parachute?” Ben just turned to the man and shrugged. “Code rules” the archer put a hand on his chin at the information and nodded.
“We really need to rewrite those rules one day, preferably a day when Billy isn't the only one not drunk”
“Well, it has worked so far hasn't it?”
“It has but one day we will have someone even more insane than Anton here and that will be an issue”
“Good point”
The duo started to walk towards the cabin of the truck where Ben took a hold of the wheel while his companion sat on the other side and pressed a hand to his ear. “The extraction team is somewhat out, how's the rest doing?”
On the inside of the building there was a second team inside the garage where Billy was silently opening a gas tank and dumping some sugar on it. “Sabotage is going well, more or less done I think” he said as he approached another vehicle and did the same thing once again.
Outside of his view Lycaon was taking out the tires of the different vehicles with a screwdriver, the handle having a small shark painted on it. “31 out of 35 have been taken care of, so yes we are more or less done as you would say” he said as he stabbed yet another tire.
Outside both of their views Hugo was wiring a bomb to the ignition system. “I have to say that their security is almost laughable” his mocking voice came as he finished the plantation. “34 done, should we disable the last one or keep it to ourselves?” Billy asked the more experienced thieves who turned to each other.
“Not risking it, could have a tracker” Lycaon finally decided as he drove the screwdriver into the wheel. “Sabotage is done, let's get out of here before they realize what's happening” he turned around and the group made their way to the exit.
Back in the air Wise continued to scream as his rescuers fell. “Don’t worry bro! It's all planned!” Anton's confidence while admirable was not something Wise particularly felt at the moment. “Sheesh, you should be more like Yinhu and his unbreakable faith, right Yinhu?” falling beside him the panda kept his eyes closed as he prayed to the deities above.
“Buzzkills, at least Safety believes in my plan”
Neh Nah!
“That's what I like to hear!” he exclaimed as Safety landed on the mattresses, bouncing off of them and doing a spin before landing proudly on the ground with his arms held outwards, the gesture earning some claps from Harumasa.
Soon after Yinhu landed and fell off with a thud, his eyes still closed. “Safety, did we survive?” he asked as he refused to open his eyes to the outside world, he knew he wasn't a virtuous person so might as well hide from the dangers beyond.
And soon enough a last impact was heard. “Of course you are alive, you are with me!” Anton declared with full confidence as he held his thumb up in what should have been an inspiring gesture.
The fact that Wise looked 2 seconds away from either fainting or throwing up (maybe both) did not help however. “Hey Wise” Harumasa casually called out from his seat. “Hi… why didn't anyone stop him and make a better plan” the group just shrugged all already formulating the same answer.
“It's just how the code works”
“I hate you all”
“Wow, we came all the way here to save you and this is how you treat us? Anton do me a favour and send him back to the kidnappers, we don’t want this ungratefulness” Anton for his part nodded and did a perfect 180 walking back towards the building he just exited.
“Wait no, I was just joking!” he desperately pleaded as the construction worker continued walking. “I'm sorry and thank you for saving me!” he screamed hoping to get a reaction which he did.
“Now was that so hard my dear junior?” Yinhu playfully asked as he took a seat on the mattresses, with Safety laying down beside him and looking mighty cozy while doing so.
“I hate you all” he said pathetically as Anton mounted the truck and let him down on the mattresses. “Alright then, Wise is secured so let's leave already” Ben heard the orders from his friend/superior and slammed on the pedal, making everyone in the back jerk slightly from the sudden movement.
“Hey that reminds me, why haven't they started to pursue us yet?” Wise asked the group from his position, he was still unable to move after all. “Oh that? We had a few guys sabotaging their vehicles, they-” as soon as he said that a loud boom resounded in front of them, toppling their truck over and sending them flying away.
Thinking quickly Yinhu grabbed a hold of Wise and shielded him with his body, the pair crashing into a wall. “Senior! Are you okay?!” the desperate voice of Wise reached his ears, making him snap out of his daze.
Carefully placing the incapacitated proxy on the ground Yinhu stood up and walked to his fallen hat, a short way away Anton stood from the wreckage he had been launched at, Safety ready at his side.
From the truck a paw broke the front glass, Ben crawling out of the now broken truck and pulling his support beam/rocket launcher thing from nowhere in particular. “The president will be angry” he muttered to himself as he walked towards the cause of the destruction.
Harumasa for his part just walked through the now broken glass. “Well there goes my nap on the ride back” he unfolded both swords from his back and combined them into a bow.
“It seems we arrived at a most opportune time” Lycaon's calm voice made him turn to the side where the attendant calmly adjusted his gloves as he walked.
Behind him Hugo's suitcase shaped into a scythe. “It seems that way, I almost feel bad for that poor machine” and to finish the trio Billy was staring at the now destroyed truck.
“Not the dump truck!” He exclaimed in genuine sadness over the fallen vehicle which earned him a roll of the eyes from Hugo. “Please, as if that was the Belobog's dumptruck you care about” the comment made Billy turn perfectly serious and carried a silent promise of pain.
“You have no proof about what me and Grace do”
“Whoever mentioned Miss Grace Howard?”
“Lycaon, can I shoot this guy?”
“Rina asked dibs I'm afraid, so you'll have to wait until she takes her turn”
“Bummer”
The now group of seven (and one bangboo) stood in the way between the now revealed Typhoon and the immovile form of Wise.
As he usually did, Lycaon found himself in the center of the formation, his determined scowl staring down the powerful machine across from them.
After a few seconds a voice came out from the machine. “Do you really think you can stand up to us! White Noise will never be defeated by anyone! Much less so by a half-assed group like yours!” The voice continued to scream in rage at the group, Lycaon did a quick side eye to Hugo who was one step ahead and was noting down every detail in a smart checkbook.
“We have far more weapons than any of you could ever imagine! We are an organization with more than a thousand members!”
Harumasa just turned in confusion to Billy who shrugged, either he was fooling them in a magnificent manner or he was that stupid.
“What do any of you have that could stand against such power!?” the voice finally finished ranting, which in turn made Hugo stop writing. “Are you done?” he asked which the Typhoon answered by shooting a volley of missiles at them.
Billy pulled out both guns and in a flash shot each and every single one out of the sky. “Yeah he's done” he said as he reloaded his precious guns, Harumasa took that as his cue and quickly drew an arrow.
“Have you ever heard the whistle of an arrow in flight?”
As soon as he said the rest had already closed the distance between themselves and the machine.
“IT'S SHOWTIME!”
“The time is right! Let's crank the heat!
“I'll rip your throat out!”
“You should have worn a hard hat!”
“Alright bro! Together now!!”
“Postrate yourself before the abyss!”
TOTALIZE!
The poor mech did not stand a snowball's chance in hell.
Aside from that it was an uneventful ride to the exit of the hollow, whatever kind of counterattack the terrorist were planning was clearly stopped in its tracks by the combined efforts of his male friends, wait… there's three people missing.
“Where are Seth, Manato and Lighter?” he asked as they continued their ride. “Oh that? Well we needed to figure out who got you kidnapped so we moved a few strings, or well Seth did” Seth moved a few strings?... Wait.
All according to plan.
The enigmatic White Noise smiled to himself as he opened the main door to the empty Random Play store, as expected there was not a single person in sight.
Catching Phaeton was child's play to a hacker of his calibre, sure the duo had plenty of help but none of that help was in their near vicinity so it was just a matter of catching them at a point where the two of them were separated.
That part proved to be the hardest, especially ever since he noticed that blind sniper and the other girl with the purple hair, fortunately for him however neither of them were available today which made it perfect to stage his attack.
He made his way to the staff room and tried to open it only to find that there was a lock stopping him from doing so, with an annoyed look he pulled out a lockpick and got to work on it, after a few seconds he heard a click and smiled to himself.
He opened the door and basked in his victory over the two alleged legendary proxies… until he felt a piece of metal connect with the back of his head.
“Well that takes care of that” Manato stated as he moved his cleaver to rest on his shoulder. “I am almost disappointed we brought four whole people to deal with this” Lighter's voice carried over as he pressed a finger to his sunglasses.
“Either way, I suppose we should thank you for letting us get the drop on him, Miss Jessica” Lighter turned to the last two persons in the room, which was an amused Jane that had her tail hooked on Seth's arm who was blushing up a storm at the scandalous act.
“Don’t worry about that, however as I fulfilled my part of our deal so I will be taking my reward” she made her way to the door, all the while dragging her so-called reward with her who for his part was beyond embarrassed.
She stopped just before exiting and turned to the two remaining males. “Oh and make sure to ask for officer Qingyi when you drop him on PubSec's headquarters” and so she left, what would become of Seth? They didn't know but they appreciated his sacrifice.
“That man is coming to the next meeting either a father or in a wheelchair”
“It can always be both”
Just another day at New Eridu.