So I just found out some thing and that was Nico Minoru is 16 at this time
so from even through last chapter I said she was 15 shes now 16
there a reason for that
and you would find out later in this chapter
So with out further ado
time for the chapter
Chapter 2: Meetings
* The Wilder Residence 9:47 p.m. *
All of the Pride members turned to the wall.
" That noise. Sounded like screaming." Victor, Chase father, announce. Panic was starting to show on all their faces.
" The catacombs." Geoffrey, Alex father, stated as he was still holding the bloody knife in his hand.
Robert, Nico father, looked at Geoffrey. Anger starting to show on his face, but you couldn't tell for his costume covers mostly his face and showing his eyes. " Catacombs? You said this place was secure Wilder!" he shouted at Geoffrey. But Geoffrey didn't turned to him.
" As if you don't have secret passage ways in your lair, Minoru." was Geoffrey reply to Robert.
" Relax, boys." The Pride turned to the voice to see that Alice, Molly mother, was walking to the dead girl body. " It was probably just psychic residue from the sacrifice." was her simply answer, as she turned over the body with her foot.
" Regardless, I want that worthless husk disposed of immediately." he turned to Frank and Leslie, Karolina parents. " Frank, Leslie, sweep the tunnels for rats..." Geoffrey turned to his wife, Catherine. " Dear, you'd better check on the children." She nodded her head and started walking to the entrance of their lair. And left after the door open up.
" God help us if those kids saw what we did." Gene, Molly father his telekinetic power still evident as his body emanates a violet glow.
" We always knew they'd find out sooner or later Hayes." Victor said calmly.
" But, they're not ready to know about The Pride!" Shouted out Stacey, Gert mother. " We're suppose to protect them from all this un till they're eighteen." at this point she was mainly yelling at Geoffrey.
" It's what the Abstract dictates!" Tina, Nico mother, stated.
" There's no cause for alarm ladies." Geoffrey said, as he grab a napkin to wipe the blood off the knife. " Im sure out young ones are find. For Naruto wouldn't allow them to come down here."
* Up stairs 9:51 p.m. *
" AHHHH!" oh no, there screaming, What has happen to the young kids? Because at the moment, Catherine was walking no running up stairs and heading for the game room.
" Alex?" she shouted as she was getting closer to the game room.
" Stop it!" a voice yelled from inside the game room.
" Get off! You're hurting me!" another voice shouted.
Catherine finally reach the door. She started to turn the door noob." Alex, what is going on in--" and to see all the children on the floor, some on top of others.
" Oh, hey, mom," Alex nervously said, as some of the kids were on top of his body. Catherine look down to see they were on a single sheet of paper with different color circle on it.
" Alex, is... is everything all right up here?" she nervously asked, trying to act as the kind mother.
" Uh, yeah, totally. We were just fooling around with one of your old games. And you think Vice City is dirty." Alex said the part in a hushed tone of the last part to him self, as he was able to push the bodies off his back and sat up. " Why? Is everything all right with you?" He asked his mom waiting to see her answer.
"Of course. It's just, we heard yelling, and we were afraid..." She said as she watch the most of the kids starting to get up. " Anyway, your parents and I are almost done with the last draft of the new fubdrasining charter. We'll be in a few. Try not to break anything expensive before then?
" Heh, not a problem, Mrs. W." Chase said with a big smile on his face, as Gert, Alex and Nico all gave her a big smile to, showing there teeth to her. Catherine gave one last look at them before leaving. *Slam*. The door was closed, meaning Alex mother was no longer around.
" Whew." Chase let out a sign of relief.
" I have never run... so fast... in my life." Gert said as she was trying to regain her breath.
Nico turned her head to Alex. " Do you think she bought it, Alex?" she asked.
" I don't know. I... I think I'm gonna puke." was all Alex could say.
" Okay, will some one please tell me what's going on?" Karolina asked as she was starting to get off the ground. " What did I miss down there?" she asked too the four, as they where the ones to watching the parents.
" And please tell me why we had to start playing this game." Naruto said in a annoyed voice, as he choose to remain on the floor and not bother getting up for the mean time.
" Why'd we stop Twistering? We just started!" Molly innocently asked. As she was getting into a sitting position.
" Gert, take Molly to the bathroom or something." Alex whisper to Gert.
" Why?" Gert ask not knowing why he wanted her to take Molly somewhere else.
" So we can fill Karolina and Naruto in what happen, Okay?" Alex said thinking that what they should do. Seeing as Molly is still a kid.
" But this involves Molly's parents, too! She deserves to know the truth!" she started rising her voice.
" She's just a kid!" Yelled back out her in a loud whisper.
" She's old enough to know her parents are evil." Unknown to them the reason behind there argument was walking towards them.
" Um, helloooo. I know what you guys are whispering about..." Gert and Alex had a shock face on them.
" You... you do!" Gert was able to choke out, not believing that Molly would already know what had happen down their.
" Duh. S...E...X..." Molly said in a sarcastic voice." I'm not a baby." Gert and Alex were able to breath easy, seeing as she really didn't know what they were talking about.
" Fine. Come on, kid. Let's go powder our noses." Gert said as she put her arm around Molly shoulder and started to push her towards the door.
" That's code for pee, right?" whisper Molly to Gert as they were walking out the door. Once they saw that Molly was gone. They gave a sign to Karolina and Naruto to come stand where there standing.
" What the heck is going on, guys? You're scaring me." Karolina shouted at them.
" Let me guess, you saw all the parents naked... And maybe saw some of them being with another partner." Naruto ask them trying to be a smart ass, while in the back of his mind he already knew what they saw. While a comment like this would normally gross them out, at the moment all they could see was the murder that had happen in front of them by their parents.
" Karolina, Naruto, you... better sit down." But they both didn't sit down. Seeing that they weren't going to sit down, Nico decided to tell them, as she took Karilona hand and started to gentaly stook it." I don't know how to tell you this, but--"
" Alex's dad just killed some chick." Chase said as though it was no big deal, as he went to sit on the couch.
" What?" Alex angerly asked Chase.
" Chase!" Nico shouted, not liking how Chase could just say that so blunt.
" Huh?" Karolina said not believing she heard him right.
" Are you sure that's what you saw Chase?" Naruto ask, as he turn to see what his step brother was going to say. Chase just nodded his head. Naruto let out a sigh, before turning back to Alex, Nico and Karolina. " So is that why you four put on those fake smiles when Alex mom was in here?" asked Naruto. Nico turned to him and was surprise that he knew that it was a fake smile. While they could of fooled Alex mother it seem as though Naruto wasn't going to be as easily fooled. She looked at him before nodding her head to answer his question.
" It wasn't just my dad!" Alex was shouting at Chase, not liking that Chase was just rooting out his father." It was all of our parents! You saw it!"
" We have no clue what we saw, dude!" Chase shouted back at Alex.
" They stabbed an innocent girl in the heart!"
" Stabbed?" both Naruto and Karolina said, as they weren't given the full details of how they killed the girl.
" Well, we don't know she was innocent... right?" Nico ask, knowing that sometimes not every thing is as it seems.
" Are you guys high? Our parents are super-villains!" Alex shouted out.
" And I'm sure shouting it out won't let them know, that you know! Or that we were just told that they murded some one!" Naruto shouted at Alex. This surprise everyone, as they weren't thinking of what to do at the moment, but seeing as they were doing nothing but shouting about their parents stabbing a girl. They knew they had to shut up and talk quietly. Naruto decided to go sit on the couch that Chase was sitting on. As did Karolina and Nico. Nico grab Karolina hand softy and guilded her too the couch.
" Actually, I think Alex might be right, Karolina." Karolina eyes widen at that, as she was sitting now on the couch with Nico still holding her hand.
" You mean, like... Doctor Doom?" Karolina asked in a shaky voice, as she couldn't come to terms with what she was just told.
" Kind of, but more like.... " Naruto trailed off, as he tried to think of a famous villian group, but he was drawing a blank at the moment. Well he was, not Alex the nerds of heros.
" Yeah, only time twelve. They said they were part of something called 'The Pride'. Whoever they are, we have to... to stop them." Alex said, not liking the idea of fighting his parents.
That sounded more like a self righteous speech. Thought Naruto as his eyes went to Alex for just a split second before going back into place of looking at Karolina, but at the moment he was remembering every time in the past he has heard those kind of speech's from mainly heros. And in some ways the television heros.
" How? You expect us get a few shotguns and go all Menendez brothers on'em?" Chase asked, as he stood up and looked at Alex.
" We can't exactly confront them, can we? How do we know they won't kill us?" every one thought about and agree with what she said. They won't kill any of you... There doing this for you. Naruto thought while looking at them.
" Battle stations, kiddies." Every one turned to the sounded of the voice to see that Gert and Molly were walking back from the restroom. " Something wicked this way comes." Gert announce. After a minute, Frank, who by now had gotten out of his costume, open the door all the way.
" Hey, Gang!" He said with a big smile on his face." Don't worry, the old-times are finally packing it in for the night." After that he walk into the hallway were they looked and saw all there parents in the hallway to. Gene and Dale were carrying a chest.
" Gertrude, could I get some of your strapping male friends to give us a hand taking this out to the car?" asked Dale.
" I guess. What's in that thing?" Gert asked while eyeing the chest.
" Oh, you know, just some antiques the Wilders were nice enough to donate for our auction next month." Dale simply reply.
" Um, Nico and I can get that, Mr. Yorkes." Alex said with a nervous smile.
" Yeah, uh, I may not be one of the boys, but playing tuba in the marching band has given me amazing upper-body strength." After Nico said that she starting to flex her arm to show that she had muscle. Naruto was trying his hardest not to laugh at Nico flexing, since it was a poor flew of her muscle and the nervous smile would make any one laugh.
" Remember to lift with your knees, sweetie." Tina said with a smile on her face.
" Yes, we don't want anyone getting hurt tonight." said Geoffrey.
After that. Nico and Alex carried the trunk to the Yorkes car.
" Oh, my God... is this what I think it is?" Nico asked Alex, seeing as though they were the only ones there.
" Maybe. Feels about right, doesn't it?" even though Alex had meant the weight of the body, Nico thought of something else.
" Nothing feels right, Alex!" she shouted at Alex. It took her a minute to calm down before she ask." Do you think they know that we know?"
" Would they let us carry this if they did?" was all Alex could say at the moment. After that was said they lifted the truck to the back of the car and closed the door to the car.
" So what? Are we supposed to go home and act like nothing happen?" Nico asked Alex, as she put her hands into her coat.
" For now, just so our parents don't get suspicious. But I'll get every body's e-mail address before they take off. We can meet up later tonight, figure out what to do next." Alex was now serious.
" Right. What to do next..." Nico ask her self.
* The Griffith observatory 1:03 a.m. *
In the middle of the night a figure was walking to a statue. At the statue there was two other figures standing there. One was female and the other was male.
" Hey, short bus, why didn't you just say meet at the Planetarium's? It took me an hour to figure out where this stupid James Dean memorial was." the walking figure said.
" Sorry, Chase." the figure walking was now known as Chase. " That was my suggestion. The Planetarium's pretty much the same distance from all of our houses." said the female figure.
" Oh, no, it... it was a great idea, Karolina. I'm just messin' with you." Chase quickly said to the female figure, trying to cheer her up. Karolina look around and notice that so far only half the group was here.
" I don't know why Nico or Naruto not here yet. She replied to the forward, right?" She was beginning to panic. " You don't think she--"
" I'm here, I'm here!" The three turned to the sounded of the voice and saw two people where walking towards them. " Sorry, Gert doesn't have her permit yet, so I had to give her a ride." Nico said as she pointed at Gert.
" And I lost my stupid glasses, so we had to stop and pick up contact solution and--" Gert was cut off.
" What ever." Alex look around. " It looks like almost every one was able to sneak out, okay." And this was true seeing as Naruto wasn't there.
" Nico, where is Naruto?" Karolina asked, as she knew that Naruto was currently living with Nico family at the time.
" That the strange thing. After I told him where to meet us tonight, he got up left." Nico said remembing the earlier events.
" What do you mean he got up and left? Did he say where he was going? Or what?" asked Karolina concerned for her one of her close friend.
" He didn't say anything. Just said thanks for telling me where to meet you guys tonight. And that he has to pick something up." Nico said, trying to remembering every detail of what he said before leaving.
" Well I hope he doesn't tell our parents anything." said Alex, fearing that Naruto has told one of their parents.
" What the hell are you saying, Alex!" Chase was now angry. " Are you trying to say Naruto will betray us, Alex?" Chase had by now gotten even more angry. He walked straight up to Alex and grab his shirt. " Naruto, isn't that kind of guy!" Chase yelled in Alex face.
" Chase, put him down." said a voice. Every one turned to the sound of the voice and saw that Naruto was walking towards them. Chase was happy to see his adopted brother.
" Where have you been?!" Chase shouted as he put Alex down.
" I had to pick something up." was Naruto simple answer. Naruto gave the group of people a quick glance over. It seems as through the only people who didn't change there cloths were Nico, Chase in some way and him. Chase was now wearing a jacket and a hat. Alex was now wearing a hoodie. Gert was now wearing a green jacket. And Karolina change her shirt. Which was a good thing since the shirt she was wearing earlier made it seem as though she wasn't wearing a bra. She was also wearing a hat. It seem as though every one was trying their hardest to blend in the night. But the way they were dress seem like they were going to rob some one. Or break into some one house
" And that was?" Karolina ask.
" You will find out later." Naruto said hoping they'd drop it. " By the way are we going to rob some one tonight or did I miss the dress code?" Naruto joking asked them. But they didn't laugh, it seem like it wasn't the time for jokes. Seeing as though he was done with talking for the moment, they decided to go back to the subject at hand.
" I still feel bad leaving Molly out of the loop. I hope she's... you know." Nico said voicing her thoughts.
" Is any one else having a hard time processing this?" Karolina ask, drawing everyone attention to her. " I mean, no matter what you guys saw down there, it sounds like our parents have been leading some kind of freaky double lives... for years, probably. How is that possible?" Karolina knew that she wasn't going to receive a kind answer for that.
" What? How is it possible that our parents lied to us?" Gert gave her witty remeak. Gert out her fingers out as though she was going to start counting. " Let's see : Santa, the tooth fairy, the easter bunny, um, God. 'You're the prettiest kid in school. This won't hurt a bit. Your face will freeze like that'..." Gert said as she remember some of the quotes used on children.
" Every things going to be alright." Alex added his quote.
" ' This hurts me a lot more, then it will you.' ' If you're good Santa will bring you presents.' ' A bird brings the baby.' ' Good will always win.' Should I keep going? " Naruto asked. They just shook their hands.
" So what do we do now?" Nico ask the group.
" Well, whatever it is, we should decided as a group. But I say we call the cops. They can take per parents to the vault, or where ever they put the sinister six-types these days." Alex said.
" Alex, if this 'Pride' really is a group of... of ' bad guys' like you think it is, how come I never read about them in my History of the Masked crime elective?" asked Karolina, " I couldn't even find anything about them on the Internet." Chase could only nodded his head in argument, and it wasn't just because he liked Karolina that he agree with her.
" Exactly. Just 'cause they dress up in stupid outfits doesn't make them super-terrorists or what ever." Chase told the group.
" It's called a secret society, boys and girls. Like the Freemansons?" Every one look at Gert wondering what the heck is Freemansons. " Am I the only one who saw From Hell?" Gert ask, and judging by there looks she was the only one who has.
" What Gert is trying to say is; basically the reason you weren't able to find any thing on this so called Pride is because their newly formed, and not many people would know about the Pride besides people in the black market... Most of the time you would see this in movies." Naruto told them, hoping that the tune down verison would help them understand.
" But if I accuse my mom and dad of something, and it turns out they didn't really do it, it could still ruin their careers. That happens all the time in Hollywood." Karolina said. Every one took a minute to think over what she had said, and had to agree with that. They knew they couldn't go and accuse their parents of something with out any type of evidences.
" Yeah, the more I think about it, the more I realize it was probably just some kind of lame performance piece. We should forget we ever saw it and go back to our lives." Chase said, believing that they should just end it now.
"Jeez, live in denial much, Chase?" Chase turned to Gert angry that she would say that to him. " I say we get LAPD on the horn and narc these psychos out." Gert said, her voice full of dertmination.
" Gert if you seen the movie The Matrix think of the part were Cyper says Ignorance is bliss and thats what Chase is going for." Naruto told her, nowing that was maybe a prime example of the state of mind Chase had at the moment.
" I agree... Which means we're two for and two against." Alex said. He turned and saw that left two votes. And if one was against and the other was for, then they wouldn't get anything done.
" I will go with whatever is decided." Naruto said, as through he read Alex mind.
" So you're the tie breaker, Nico." Alex told her. After that every one turned to her.
" God, I... I don't know." Every one kept looking waiting for her choice. With all the eyes on her it seem as though it made her even more nervous. " We're talking about our parents. Mine aren't perfect, but they're not monsters. They never were to me or Naruto, anyway." Nico now seem to have come up with her choice. " But, I keep thinking about that girl. She wasn't much older then us, you know? If nothing else, we should try to get to the bottom of this for her. So I guess I say... make the call." Nico said now her voice full of dertmination.
" Weak!" Every one was surprise by that out burst, and turned to the sound of the voice. It seem as through Chase had gotten angry again. " You're just voting that way 'cause you wanna suck face with Alex." Chase yelled at Nico.
" I don not!" Nico yelled back at him, instinctively. Alex looks at her, and turns away. Nico tries to explain," I mean--"
" Forget it, Nico. " Alex cut her off. " Paul, a little dialing music..." Alex said as he brought out his cell phone.
" You're making a big mistake, bro." Chase said, but it seen as though Alex wouldn't listen.
* Parker Center, Headquarters of Los Angeles Police Department. 1:07 a.m. *
A phone is ringing in the police department. A cop was then seen reaching for the phone.
" Homicide two, Douglas." it seem as though he was talking to himself. He then pick up the phone.
" Hi, I'd, um, like to report a murder. I mean, I wouldn't like to, but--" The police officer cut him off, seeing as like he had his tongue tie at the moment.
" Slow down, son. What happen?" ask the calm officer.
" Well, that's sorata... complicated." said the voice on the end. " You gotta understand, we're not talking about a couple of gang-bangs doing a drive by here."
" Uh-huh, and what are we talking about?"
" My parents, and their friends. They're part of The Pride. They're, like, dark wizards and ... and mad scientists, and--"
" Nice try, kid." it seems as though the story wasn't believe able to this officer. " That line might work in New York, but it's gonna take allot more than that for us to lock up your folks."
" No! God, please, I swear I'm not lying!" the voice shouted.
Douglas rubs his forehead and says , " Listen, even if your're telling the truth-- which seventeen years on the job tells me you're clearly not- meta- crime isn't our jurisdiction. Try the super freaks in Manhattan. I think the Avengers got some kinda of hot-line."
" No kidding. I've been calling it since I was eight! It's just a machine! And they don't respond to anything unless it's, like, a full-scale Alien invasion! Besides, by the time Captain America checks his voice mail, our parents will probably have butchered a dozen other-" Click. It seem as though the officer had hung up on the person on the other end.
" Told you." Chase said to Alex seeing he had the person had hung up on him.
" Guess we're on our own." Alex said as he was putting his cell phone in his pocket.
" We can't just give up! The police will have to believe us if we bring them some kinda evidence." Nico said.
" Like what, one of our parent's Halloween masks?" Chase said. Every one look at him, for he was on the right trail of busting them. Naruto gave him a pat on his back to congratulate him.
" Good job buddy, your not a true blond after all." Naruto told him, as he patted him on the back. Chase just glared at him.
" No, more like a body." Gert said. Every one nodded there heads in argument.
" Exactly, where's the trunk now?" Nico ask.
" Trunk? What trunk?" Chase ask to every one, but no one would answer his question. Why does it always feel like i accidentally skipped a chapter? Thought Chase.
" Gert's dad probably already dumped it into the tar pits or something, Nico." Alex said as he remember that Gert parents were the last ones with the trunk.
" Actually, he and my mom carried it inside as soon as we got home." Gert told them.
" And you think it's still there? With the... the girl in it." Karolina asked her.
" One way to find out." Alex said. Every one nodded their heads.
* Santa Monica Freeway 1:59 a.m. *
" I ran away from home, and now I'm running back there?" Gert said to herself, as she was sitting in the back of Chase's car.
" This is purely smash- and - grab, Gert. We'll be in and out." Alex said trying to confomt her.
" Please don't say in-N-out. I'd kill for one of their burgers right about now. I've got this thing with stress and food..." Nico stated. Since in the past she was a nervous eater, but you wouldn't be able to tell by looking at her.
" I still think we should of taken my car. It's less conspicuous then the shaggin' wagon here." Karolina said as she was sitting on the passage seat next to Chase. Beside Chases car, Naruto had token his car to Gert house. His reasoning was if Molly was coming than Chase car would be to crowded for seven people in it. And what he had pick up remain in his car.
" Hardly. Remember those two sniper dudes last year?" every one started to listen to what Chase was going to say next. " When everyone in Virginia was looking for one white van? The cops couldn't find it 'cause every plumber and electrician and what ever drives one of these things are everywhere." Chase said.
" Okay, is anyone else worried that some of the fruit didn't fall far enough away from the tree?" Gert gave her witty remeak. But she did have a point.
* The Yorkes Residence 2:43 a.m. *
After they finally arrived to the Yorkes residence. They knew it would be easy to get in but to try and not make a noise while looking for something would be harder to do. Right now they were slowly walking down the stairs to the basement.
" All right, keep the volume on low. We don't wanna wake the bid bads." Alex said. Even though everyone already knew that, it doesn't hurt to tell them to be on the safe side.
" Don't worry, my parents slept through the '94 earthquake. Plus, they bought practically the only house in California with a basement in it so I could play drums without ticking off the neighbors." Gert told them. Even though none of them saw it Naruto was chucking a bit. They sleep through every thing, because they don't even sleep in this house... There always time traveling when they think your asleep. thought Naruto.
" Wow, it's like a whole season of Antiques Road-show down here. How are we gonna find anything?" Karolina ask. As they finally reach the bottom of the basement.
" Well, at least I found my accursed glasses. Granted, they were in my pocket..." Gert said as she was holding her glasses in her hand, showing everyone that she indeed had found them.
" But no sign of that pirate chest." Chase said as he was looking around. " See, no evidence of nothing."
" What if there's a secret passage or something? Like in Alex's house?" Nico asked. As she was wondering if all of there homes have a secret passage's in them.
" Check around for some kind of switch..." Alex said hoping to find something to quicken there pace to find any type of evidence. After a while of searching Karolina seem to have found something.
" Hey, here's one of those security keypad things." Karolina announced. Every one started walking to where she was standing.
" Don't touch it!" every one looked at Gert wondering why she would say that. " You'll probably set off sirens and stuff!" and she did have a point with that.
" Looks like we need a five-digit password." Nico said as she eyed the keypad. She kept looking at it and said, " Something with the number three, four and seven." Nico said. This caught everyone attention.
" How can you tell?" Karolina asked.
" Those keys are a smidge darker than other ones, from the oil on your fingertips, you know?" Nico said. And this was true since everyone looked at the keypad and saw that those numbers were darker.
" Get out! That is so C.S.I., Nico!" Karolina said with a big smile on her face.
" Nico, good job." Naruto said. Nico turned to him and saw that he was smiling at her. This caused her to blush little, but she turned so that no one would notice it.
" Thank you." Nico was able to squeeze out.
" Are there letters with the numbers?" Alex ask. Nico and Karolina turned to look at the keypad and saw that they did have letters.
" Yeah, like on a phone. Why? What can you spell with those three digits?" Nico asked.
" Pride." was Alex simple answer.
" The name of their little club? Isn't that shorta obvious?" Chase ask.
" Well, my mom's AOL password is ' password'. Old people aren't exactly good at this stuff..." Karolina said. All of them saw the logic of that.
" It's not worth the risk, Alex! if my parents catch us down here, we're dead. Literally." Gert said worried that they would get caught. " I know I said they were heavy sleepers, but they're not--" But Alex cut her off and turned to Nico.
" Try it, Nico. I've got a feeling about this." Alex told her.
" I agree with Alex." Naruto said. This surprise everyone, since they knew that Naruto and Alex barely agree about any thing. *Beep* *Beep* *Beep*
" I do trust both of you. I--" Nico didn't finish her sentence as the door open up. * Fwish* And they were open. "Whoa!" Nico said.
" A trap door? Are you kidding me?" Gert whisper to herself.
" It worked! It actually..." Karolina never finished her sentence as in the dark of the doorway two glowing red eyes were seen, and all that could be heard was.
" HSSSSSSSSSS." whatever was in there was in the mood to fight them. But where they ready to fight this early in there run a way from home.
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