Roxy continued cackling, just like in the last chapter, but in this one, she not only continues it but also makes it louder. This gives the group a scare, except for Aisha. She continues to take a stand for they were just ordered to eliminate Roxy. That task hurt them except for Aisha because they recently had an argument so when the task was given she happily received it.
"ROXY! SHUT UP AND TURN AROUND!" screamed Aisha at the top of her lungs, breathing heavily.
"Pssshhh….you do not know what is going on do you?" asked Roxy, whose voice sounds wrecked.
"Of course! Unless you mean something else..." acknowledged Aisha, slowly gazing into the sky, thinking about what Roxy means till Roxy spoke up.
"I don't think you do." Roxy doubted. Her face slowly turning into a grin as she remembers her plan that was set up just a few minutes or hours ago.
"Screw you Roxy. You wasted our time." Aisha blurted.
"Tell that to Musa instead of me Aisha." Roxy giggled a bit. "She was the one who lead you to me wasn't she? Now get outta here before I do it myself." The squad quickly ran away for they will need to experience a scolding from the Chief which EVERY squad hates.
"Glad that's over." Roxy thought. Fearing what life will put against her sooner or later. Roxy walked towards the edge of the roof to think what had just happened just a few minutes ago.
"Another encounter with the girls, great job Roxy, great job." Roxy sighed, her face turned into a wicked grin after wards.
"They will definitely go after me, after what happened now with the girls, a few days ago with the Chief. I bet they already told what I had planned to do against him. A little payback will do me good." said Roxy, giggling slightly. She assembled some stuff that was in the alleyway and piled it up on the roof. She had no idea what to do but planned something.
"It is almost night time." Roxy thought to herself. "The squad might be almost done with their scolding. Anyways, from the time I had spent here, let's see. I will first listen to what they say after wards. I feel like they will want to kill me so I'll act oblivious then I will start threatening them or lecturing them on what they did before, that before means when everything started or got heated up between the Chief and I. Then I'll threaten them some more, Aisha will probably engage me in a fight. Definitely can take care of her, I'll enrage the rest and then single-handedly beat them all, let's do it slightly viciously to show that I ain't messing around. Chief is popular before for poisoning people then making them turn against someone who is against him but that horrid procedure is over. I'll keep them for a while as my personal pet. I have to make sure that they do not know what I have planned for them soon." Footsteps then can be heard nearing the alleyway.
"Must be them." Roxy thought, her plan was now in action.
"I must say Aisha, you are very horrible in threats. No offense, oh wait, never mind." teased Roxy. She was trying to reenact what happened earlier. Making all the pieces of her plan fall into place.
"Little scum! Get her!" commanded Aisha, making the rest hesitantly prepare themselves and rush towards Roxy who in return just shrugged. The girls surrounded Roxy with their guns, Aisha though, being too proud, did not have her weapon in her gun.
"Let's use that to my advantage shall we?" The girls heard Roxy mutter under her breathe, the next thing they know is that Aisha was knocked down and they were too but they weren't only knocked down, but they were also tied. Aisha was struggling.
"Let me go!" Aisha cried. Finally realizing what a situation she has put herself into.
"You! All of you I mean—" started Roxy but a nasty Flora interrupted.
"What!? Let us go—!" Flora said, very worried, but was interrupted by Roxy shooting a bullet near her which trembled everyone on the roof.
"Shut up nature girl. Oh, sorry for being harsh. But that is how you treated me isn't it?" mocked Roxy again. "Let me start again. All of you have treated me very badly lately, plus you always changed sides from the Chief's to mine. Pick one already! But you already decided haven't you not? Anyways, thank you for cooperating very well for my plan to fall in place. As of right now, you need sleep. So good night!" The next thing the girls realizes is that their view turned to black after Roxy's little speech.
"Girls?! Girls?!" Bloom croaked as she slowly woke up from unconsciousness, desperately trying to wake up the other girls.
"Bloo...Bloom? Is that you?" said the pink-headed techno girl.
"Yes! It's me! Are the others okay? I can't find any here." replied the red-head.
"Yup, they are all still asleep or unconscious though." came the response.
"Who is unconscious?" Musa's voice echoed through their vast chamber.
"Oh! Musa! You're awake as well!" Bloom exclaimed happily.
"We are awake too you know! We were waiting for an hour and a half! Plus, where are we anyway?!" said Stella and Aisha in unison. Laughing after wards after realizing what they said is exactly the same and in sync. Suddenly, a tv appears and starts playing clips of their Chief doing the most horrible things imaginable, all were shocked at the sight.
"Is this what Roxy is trying to say to us all along?" Aisha muttered, this didn't go unnoticed by Musa.
"Aisha"—Musa said, putting her hand on Aisha's shoulder.—",it is what Roxy is trying to say. We were all so dumb. She may have been younger, has experienced less than us, lived shorter than us, not as wise as us. But she can make an impact when she says something."
"Woah, that was deep." Bloom admitted. They turned to the TV again when another clip played. It was about when Roxy's parents were killed under the command of their own chief. This enraged them but they suddenly realized that they also did that and removed their anger which was quickly replaced by guilt.
"She had to go through all this and all we did was worsen it. We are indeed horrible people." Stella concluded, looking down.
"Guys! Listen up please"—Flora pleaded as she tried desperately to get their attention. Everyone being sad and not doing anything about their situation is bugging her.—",I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but we are still stuck here without any knowledge of where we actually are. Let's mourn our foolish mistakes later and find a way outta here."
"Flora, thank you for suggesting the idea but no, we are worthy enough to be put in a chamber like this. We did treat her the way the condition of the place is—like trash." said the blonde.
"But I'm scared." admitted the brunette, she doesn't like dark places which is the reason why she suggested getting out. Maybe if it was brighter, she would quickly accept the situation but no, someone decided it to be dark which scared her so much.
"It's going to be okay Flora." Tecna assured, trying to sound as calm as possible.
"I hope you are right." Flora answered, slightly doubting the words of her techno friend. The TV then retracted itself to where it formerly came out from and then the room was then pitch dark. There was only a very faint light source that illuminates the room but it doesn't give the prisoners enough light to see fully. They can only see what's in front of them but not across or anything similar to that. Since they couldn't do anything anyways, they went to bed. Hoping this was all a bad dream when deep inside, they know it is definitely not a dream but a nightmare.
All woke up to the sound of the wind gushing through the room giving it a haunted effect to which all woke up to.
"Is everyone okay? I can't see anything still. Oh wait! The TV is on!" Tecna said as the TV popped up.
It continued to play clips from the chief, showing that some people on the planet have a dark side, a very evil one to be honest. And their chief was one of those "people."
"I thought everything about him was true, except for the people saying he was corrupt but put everything aside, we are actually working for a corrupt company!" Aisha said, disgusted at what she just realized after the 1 year of working at Warfare Veterans.
"I wonder whe..where we a..are actually." stuttered Flora, trembling in a dark side of the room. Musa came up to her and started to comfort their frightened friend.
"Flora it's okay. Everything will be okay..." Musa began. This only made Flora be frightened even more.
"No it won't! I have a feeling that something terrible will happen." Flora said, pacing back and forth in the corner. "I really want to get out!"
"Shhh...Flora, it's okay. What is the main reason of you being scared of this place?" Musa asked, desperately trying to keep Flora as calm as possible till they have a possible escape route.
"Well, it's dark, it's unfriendly...it's scary…. The place is just horrible that it is so frustrating….!" ranted Flora, Musa engaged her in a conversation to keep her fear at bay which helped very much. The squad then continued to watch the television where their chief is being exposed right in front of them. In the TV rather, not literally in front of them. Anyways, they can slightly hear a microphone and a person talking maybe above them. It's a female, plus they can hear crowds cheering. All rush to the walls to hear slightly more, they listen to what the MC is talking about but cannot really make any words out of it.
They then hear many voices approaching their chamber, they also hear many footsteps and as they turn around. A door opens revealing some men entering.
"Hey! You six!" called out one man who seemed to be the leader because he was the most armed in the group. "You need to come with us or else!"
"And what happens if we don't want to?" inquired Tecna, taking a stand against them. They barely know them and they are gonna go with them?
"Are they nuts?!" That thought was encircling all of their heads.
"Well then, we can do this the easy way"—The men bring out some sort of rope and a blindfold out.—", or we can do this the hard way, like most people take but remember, not everyone has survived our hard way." reminded the leader.
"I must say, non of you look intimidating." Aisha insulted.
"You have no right to insult a S.W.A.T. officer! Arrest them and take them where they need to go!" The head commanded as his squad rushed towards them full-speed like a raging bull. Aisha signals them to hold their position as she runs towards the first guard, she then whistles which signals that they can attack.
"Take this you filthy cop!" chirped Stella as she head-butted one of the officers.
"Hey Bloom! You take him at the front while I do the back!" Flora advised as she pointed to one of the bigger mercenaries in the cops group.
"Okay!" Bloom agreed. They rushed towards the mercenary and did a strategic attack on him. More cops flood their chamber and the next thing they know is that they are all back-to-back. All feed off the cops well but as they fight, they get exhausted. 30 minutes have passed and they are still fighting. None could take the exhaustion anymore and surrendered but they were immediately hand-cuffed and were knocked out.
All woke up and realized they are hanging off of something that can kill them.
"Flora, Musa, Tecna, Stella, Aisha, are you guys okay?" Bloom asked, really worried.
"Yeah." All chorused.
"Whoever put us here is a big jerk!" Stella joked, all laughed except for Tecna who had her jaw open.
"Tec? What's bothering you?" asked a concerned Bloom.
"Who is that?" asked Tecna as she pointed to a pink-haired girl with long hair staring at them. In her hand was also a control that will lead them to their deaths if activated. The face looked familiar.
Then, it hit them….