This was written a while back, so please pardon its dust! I'm uploading my series here via request, so some stuff may be kinda rocky! THIS STORY WILL NOT MAKE ANY SENSE WITHOUT READING THE PREVIOUS STORIES
Why didn't I put on my suit? I could have taken them on if I had my suit. Stupid Remus, STUPID!
Remy repeated these bitter thoughts to herself as the rain and hail slammed noisily against the wooden roof. It sounded like thousands of feet pounding at once. The noise was deafening.
But not deafening enough to drown out the sounds coming from below.
"I knew everything." Said a cold, nasally voice. "I knew your plan before you even thought of it. That's why I sent her over."
"Yeah, whatever." Remy heard her mother reply. "Look. I'll scrub off the paint, okay? I'll pay you off. But the kids didn't have anything to do with it. Leave 'em alone."
"They know too much. I don't believe I can do anything to help you in that respect." Said the voice.
"We're gonna die." Minnie the coyote pup whimpered, jolting Remy out of her trance. "We're all gonna die."
"Can't you think of any way to get us out of here?" Truth, a mutt, asked.
Remy looked around the room sadly. "If I had my suit…"
"My suit, my suit, my suit. Cut it out about the suit already." Truth said. "You DON'T have your suit, so we need another plan."
Sneakers, a baby platypus with a strong cutonium gene, floated over to a small window in the side wall. Her soft pink glow revealed the two rival gangs below. Memory, the tortoise owner of the nasally voice, was still talking to Prince, Remy's mother. Remy noticed how unusually small her mother looked next to him.
Sneakers floated over to the next window, which faced the roof.
"The roof." Remy sat up. "Sneaks, you're a genius."
Sneakers blew spit bubbles.
"If we can somehow break out of the window, we can slide down the drainpipe and get out of here." Remy explained.
"How are we gonna get out of the window?" Minnie asked.
Remy dug around in a drawer and produced a knife. She began to cut a hole in the glass just large enough for them to slip through. "That's how. Come on, hurry. They may come to get us."
The four of them slipped out of the hole and carefully walked across the roof. The rain pelted down on them, making it very difficult for them to find safe footing.
"Dang." Truth muttered. "The drainpipe's over there. There's a window in front of it. They could see us."
"We'll be fast." Remy said.
Minnie clambered down the drainpipe first. Sneakers simply floated merrily down to the ground, oblivious to her situation.
Remy looked through the window. Prince was looking directly at her, with something like pride in her eyes.
She gave a slight nod.
I'll get help, mom. Don't worry.
Remy slid down the drainpipe.
The animal agents watched Monogram as he paced in front of the meeting table. Monogram did not look happy.
"I'll get right to the point." Monogram said. "I'm sure you all are wondering why I've called you all here, and I'm just going to tell you flat-out."
Peter the panda shrugged. "Fine by me."
"Okay." Alan the alligator said.
"I bet you all know by now that there were a couple of security breaches yesterday."
The agents nodded.
"That was due to CARL not closing the bay door properly when he borrowed the jet." Monogram said, glaring at Carl.
"Sir, that wasn't me. Admiral Acronym needed it to-"
"Hush, Carl!" Monogram snapped. "And I'm sure you all have been wondering about-"
"GET TO THE POINT!" Otis the owl said.
Monogram gave him a stern look before continuing. "We believe rogue agents may be trying to attack the agency again. We need you all to investigate and catch the rogues before they can begin whatever plan they're planning on using."
Ernest the eagle saluted. "It shall be done, Major. As my great-grandfather Ernesto Erneston once said-"
The back doors to the main room opened, and Perry the platypus padded in. He glared at Ernest before sitting down next to Peter the panda.
"I'm glad you're here, Agent P." Monogram said. "I'm so sorry I had to interrupt your vacation time, but… well, you know. There was an emergency, which I have already explained to you. You and seven other elite, trustworthy agents will investigate at night, and eight others in the morning."
Monogram saluted.
"We're dismissed, apparently." Peter said.
"That was quicker than it seemed like it should have been." Pinky the Chihuahua said.
Perry stared through his electronic binoculars at Kenny the koala.
He had no reason to suspect Kenny, of course, but it just seemed like a good idea to make sure. Perry had gotten into a lot of trouble with rogues in the past, and he didn't want to have any problems with them now.
The binoculars zoomed in on Kenny's face, analyzing it.
SPECIES: KOALA
AGE: ADULT, 10 YEARS
It zoomed in further. Kenny's face filled the whole screen.
"Hi, Perry." Kenny said.
Perry yelped and fell backward, landing on a pile of blankets that Jasper the joey was using to build a fort.
Jasper stamped his powerful hind foot.
"Sorry, Jaz." Perry said, patting him on the head. He climbed back up on the edge of the couch and laughed nervously. "Hi, Kenny. What've you been up to?"
"Oh, you know, napping." Kenny yawned. "Koala stuff, I guess. What are you up to? Platypus stuff?"
"Dealing with the rogue mission." Perry said. "Sorry I was watching you. I guess I'm just paranoid. I can't stand them causing trouble again."
Kenny tilted his head to one side. "You're very on-the-ball, Perry. I'm not so sure anyone is as worried about figuring this out as you are."
Perry looked over at his comrades.
Peter the panda was munching on a stick of bamboo. Billy the beaver was balancing spoons on his face. Pinky was preoccupied with a paddleball.
"At least I have four other people who I can depend on." Perry said.
"Not really." Kenny shrugged. "Kyle went to the movies, who knows where Charlisse is, Terry fell asleep in front of the bathroom door, and Doris went home after she heard the names of the people investigating with her. Maybe she's scared of Billy or something."
"Doris." Perry said. "What the heck does that wolf have against me? All I did was repeat one random thing she said to me and she freaked out. Now she doesn't even come near me."
"What did she say?"
"I don't even remember. Something about yin and yang and pro and con and darkness and lightness or whatever."
Kenny frowned. "Huh. Weird."
"Too weird. I'm gonna have a talk with her." Perry stood up and stuffed his binoculars into his pocket.
"DORIS is the rogue agent?" Kenny said.
"No, no. I just would like to know WHAT I did wrong, if I did anything to make her avoid me."
Perry rang the windchimes next to the wooden door.
"Enter." Doris said.
Perry opened the door and walked in. Doris the wolf was sitting in a wooden chair, stirring a cup of tea. She slowly looked up at him… and jumped as though something had stung her. The teacup fell to the floor and broke into little wet pieces.
"C-closed." She stammered. "We're closed for the day."
"The sign on your door said you were open."
"Typo." Doris said, motioning for him to leave.
"Typo? On a sign that says OPEN on the front and CLOSED on the back?"
"Yes." Doris said.
"Come on, Doris. I understand how I somehow upset you that one night, but can you at least tell me what I did so I don't do it again? It's kind of unnerving to have someone constantly avoid you."
Doris's eyes watered. "You did nothing wrong. It was me. Please don't ask me anything else."
"How could it be you? What's wrong?"
"I brought a curse upon you." Doris said, her paws shaking. "One of the worst ones. I didn't do it consciously, of course. Never on purpose." She wiped her eyes on her arm. "It was a curse my aunt gave me."
"You were cursed to curse?"
Doris nodded quickly.
"Okay." Perry said slowly. "Um… am I gonna die or something?"
"No." Doris shook her head. "It won't affect you. But… it will affect… it's a very… very bad, difficult curse."
"Okay. Can you please explain it?"
Doris nodded. "Have a seat… I'm so sorry, Perry… I'm so sorry…"
"Just explain." Perry said. "I'll freak out after I know what I'm in for, and THEN you can apologize."
