Chapter 7: New York
(A/N: Okay, If you're wondering where that Meta-piece went, well…it's not here! It's been replaced with this, an explanation about…stuff. So this is the new form I will TRY to write in more often, if anything all the time. Also, just letting my readers know, don't expect another Brainstorm installment for a bit, but don't wig out too hard, I'll be putting up chapters of Dogs of War and Therapist to keep you all placated. Anyway I hope you enjoy the new self-beta of Chapter 7!
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"Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die." ~Malachy McCourt
Flight 727 to New York-First Class Cabin-3:30 AM
Mac
Even though it was three thirty in the morning, I couldn't sleep. I had too much on my mind; what am I going to do? Can I really beat them all? Am I strong enough? Just then, I felt a light tap on my shoulder. Looking over, I was shock to see I wasn't the only one stressing out about the situation at hand, they were all awake. I had sat farther away from the group so I could think, but it was Goo, Who'd gotten my attention, she looked worried, not just for her, but for us all. It reminded me vaguely of my deceased mother; she committed suicide when the plane accident happened. She was so devastated that, out of pure grief, hung herself. I shunned away from the horrible memory and focused my attention on Goo.
"Hey...you feel alright?" I asked, she giggled a little before answering
"I...was about to ask you the same." I chuckled, she continued.
"Can I... Ask you, I mean?"
I looked at her sincerely. "Sure, what is it?"
I saw her head lower and she looks at her shoes. She seemed embarrassed.
"What happens when...uh...Say there's a...hmmm..." She was struggling on her question, which gave it away.
"...You're afraid."
She looked up with tears in her eyes. "Is it that obvious?
Then the tears started to flow down her face.
"I-i-i...don't...w-w-want...I-if anything ever happened to-"
I didn't let her say anything more; I scooped her up in my arms, like a child, and put her in my lap.
"Shhhh... c'mon now, it's ok..." I sounded like a loving father trying to calm down his upset daughter over a broken toy or a scrapped knee.
"Hey, don't worry, we'll be fine. Nothing's going to happen to me, or Bloo, Frankie, Terrence, and especially you. You want to know why?" Goo had long dozed off in my arms, snoring lightly.
"Because," I whispered. "I'm not going to let that happen." I slowly stroked her hair as I felt myself slipping into a deep, dreamless sleep.
=Goo=
Time (7:32 AM) Place (Same)
I was dreaming, I knew that much, but it felt so real. My mother was rocking me slowly in her arms, for the moment, I was eight once again. I snuggled up to the woman who gave me life, and then suddenly, she started to wail as the comforting feeling started to fade to a horrible feeling of dread. Her arms became cold and hard, as she started to shake me like a ragdoll, her wails, not human cries, but mechanical whining. My eyes shot open, seeing Mac running with me in his arms, he had a look that made me fear for my life. As we ran down the aisles of the cabin, bathed in a red light, and sirens sounding around us.
"Mac, What's-?"
He put a finger over my mouth to silence me.
"Shhhh! We have to get to the cockpit, quickly!" he said in a hushed frantic tone. I was confused.
"What! Why!" He looked at me with dead eyes.
"The plane...It's going down."
Out of nowhere, an explosion rocked the plane violently and a ferocious wind blew in my face.
"Damn!" I jumped a little at Mac's swear, I've never seen him this angry before, except when he was angry at me. He made it to the dividing station and stopped.
"Ok, we gotta move...can you walk?"
A part of me wanted to say no, but I pushed the thought away.
" Yeah, let me-" Another loud explosion caused me to fall out of his arms, and slide towards the open plane door. I screamed and tried to grab on to something, to no avail.
"No. Goo!"
Mac dived and caught my outstretched hand, pulling me into his arms again.
"C'mon, we need to go!" Mac yelled, I stood as we ran past the sleeping quarters.
"Hey, what happened? Where are the others?"
He kept moving, I followed.
"They're up at the cockpit, waiting, as for what happened, "I saw the blood and debris around the hallway."I'll explain later."
Mac finished, I heard my stomach turn in my head, and I felt sick. I then saw the bodies of the stewardesses, or what was left of them. They were in shreds, it was terrible. "Oh...God...What-?"
He stopped me, this time covering my mouth with his entire hand.
"Quiet, look i know it's bad, but I promise that I'll explain everything. But we have to keep moving."
I complied as we made our way to the Cockpit.
"Guys, I got her!" Mac said.
Frankie was ecstatic to see us, I guess, because she came up and hugged us both.
"Oh, I'm so relieved that you two are alright. How's it looking out there, Mac?"
I decided to leave them to their conversation; I went over to the other two who were trying to keep the plane from plunging nose-first into the water.
"What's going on?" I asked, Bloo scoffed at my question with dark humor in his tone.
"I don't know how, but the people of the Big Apple got their hands on an Anti-Aircraft gun."
Terrence chuckled at his remark, exchanged a look with Bloo, and rose from his chair.
"Ok, people, it's painfully obvious that we can't keep this hunk going any farther. So...we're gonna have to jump."
A parachute appeared on his back as he walked to the nearest open door and jumped. We stood in silence for a few moments, then we all started filling out through the door, I stopped at the open hatch, and spoke to Mac behind me.
" We have to jump?"
He looked out the open emergency door.
"I guess so."
I gulped hard; I even felt my legs quiver. Mac held out his hand to me
"C'mon, we'll do it together."
I grabbed his hand, and a jolt shot up my arm, there was a sharp pain it the back of my skull, I held my breath, shut my eyes and jumped into the everlasting sky. The wind whipped my face and tossed my hair, the clouds cleared and I saw the water coming up fast. I pulled my chute, lost Mac's grip, and sailed down to Liberty Island. I landed with a thud on the soft, wet grass, and gasped at the sight before me. The city was in ruins, buildings and streets destroyed or littered with bodies, other than that not another person to found. The others landed down with equal expressions of shock and horror on their faces.
"Oh...my...God, what-?"
The words died on Frankie's lips as she took in the gruesome sight. Mac voice rang with venamence.
"This is bad, really bad. But we have to figure a way out of here"
He looked over in my direction, and I looked back with heavy feeling in my heart.
"Mac I-" That all I got to say before he embraced me in a tight hug; whispering" I know, I'll protect you."
And almost instantly, I felt better. I looked around at everyone, who were either preparing for the journey ahead or speaking quietly with each other.
"I...need to get ready." he had been holding me...still...His face flushed.
"Oh...Yeah...Heh...Sorry" I giggled a little at his embarrassment. I ran over to a wall of the statue of liberty, now a smoking mess, and changed, my cloths faded away, leaving me naked for a split second, then fading in to my 'signature' outfit of a rainbow long-sleeve, and an open police vest thrown over, light blue jeans, and yellow Vans. My IW appeared and I put it behind me, in a holder I conjured up.
"Cool," I said to myself."Guys I'm ready!" I ran out to my friends, who were also ready. Bloo, in a white collard dress shirt, navy blue vest, jeans, and blue combat boots. His IW, a Gun blade, perched on his shoulder. Terrence, a black negative Smiley long-sleeve shirt, and his red plaid button-down, Acid-wash jeans with holes, and his ECS gloves and boots. Frankie, in a black traditional PPG mid-drift and green sweat shirt, purple jeans and black shoes. She had let her hair down, so it flowed down around her. Her IW, two rapiers with designs, behind her, just above the waist, formed a "X" shape. Mac, in a black thermal shirt with a red hooded sweater, black jeans, and black and red shoes. His IW, a scythe, floating by his side. I felt a little overdressed so I lost the thick bulletproof vest and walked over to the others, they were huddled up, discussing a plan, so I sat and listened.
"Ok, what do we do? We don't know what's out there."
"Well I know one thing," Mac looked towards the light coming from far off, the Empire State Building.
"That's where we need to head."The dark silence was suddenly ended by a deafening screeching noise.
"What…was that?" I asked to no one in particular, I got my answer when I looked across the bridge that lead to the mainland, it was millions of people and they didn't look too happy. Frankie sighed in relief
. "Oh good, people. I'm so...wait..." She seemed to catch on to the hostile vibe they were letting off."Why are they looking at us like that?"
Terrence stepped ahead of us. "Because, they want us dead, they're no good as a pack of rabid dogs. Worse... Like Monsters looking for blood." He conjured up fire in his left hand and handgun in the other. The mob's eyes seemed to glow red simultaneously as they readied the blunt or sharp objects.
"Oh, what do we do?" Bloo yelled pulling out his sword. Mac looked like he wanted to go and hide,
"Run?" He said lowly to me,
"Run." I said simply, I was ready to turn and make a hasty exit, but I felt Mac grab my hand and started pulling us closer to the screeching mob.
"Mac, What are you doing?" He looked at me and shrugged, but he had an edge to it.
"I don't know!" he jumped and we flew up over the group and landed on the roof of the building behind them. We landed with a hard 'thump' on the concrete roof; I sat up and stared at him,
"What did you do?"
He sat up, a cut on his forehead, bleeding slightly,
"I'm not entirely sure; I just thought I could jump up here…so I guess I did. What about the others?" I turned, concerned about how they would get out, I sighed in relief when I say them, they were all flying towards us on various rides, Bloo was riding on a big, blue surf board, Terrence had used his air ability, and Frankie was sitting on a fire red cloud;. They landed beside us; Bloo jumped off his board and grabbed us,
"Oh God, I thought you two were toast!"
Mac seem to brighten up at the sight of everyone's well-being, I was smiling too, I was also glad we'd survived.
"Good, looks like all we need to do is hop the roofs of these buildings until we find a place to hide out, at least 'til we get to the Empire state building." Terrence had pointed out, I peered over at him, he seemed anxious, eager to end this as soon as possible. While everyone was talking, I snuck over next to him; he was standing at the edge of the roof, watching the massive horde of people file into the doors of the museum we were on, we didn't have much time.
"What's wrong with them?" I asked him quietly. He sighed and looked at the sun lower slowly behind the water.
"That's what anger does; it makes you do things, no matter how much they hurt you or the people around you, no matter who they are. That's why I want to get this over with."
I saw a trace of pain and regret in his eyes. I didn't know what was going on with him, but I wasn't going to pry anymore, plus I was too tired to care, so I decided to change the subject.
"So...What now?"
He said nothing at first, and then he took a long breath.
"Well, you heard what Mac said, the Empire is the only place with power, so that must be where Anger is hiding out."
He turned away from the edge and walked towards the others. "I know for a fact that if we stay here, we will die."
Frankie stood up from the circle she was in with Mac and Bloo; I decided to take her place next to Mac, while she went to talk to him. I tried not to eavesdrop, but I couldn't help it. Frankie spoke first, she sounded a bit distressed,
"Hey, if we go out there, we're as good as dead." The word 'dead' came out hushed, as if it was a dark secret. Just then the doors on the roof began to rattle.
"Oh man, not again!" Bloo whined, Mac jumped up instantly drawing his weapon as they charged out the door and quickly surrounded. Mac let out something like a growl, "Looks like we'll have to cut our way out!"
He raised his scythe above his head, the Blade grew three times its size, he brought it down on a section of the crowd and carved a bloody pathway to the edge of the building, I could see the next roof, about three hundred feet from the edge. Mac must've seen me hesitate because he grabbed my hand and squeezed it, saying,
"Go for it, I'll see you on the other side."
I let go and ran as the path began to thin, I made it to the edge nearly missing a swift bat swing to the head and made a jump for it. While I was airborne, something strange caught my eye, it was a mansion, with walls of pure white marble and a faded pink roof, but that's not what was weird about it, the mansion was...glowing, shining in the dark like a pink and white star.
"What on earth- Ahh!" I didn't see the upcoming concrete roof, I got up and dusted myself off, cursing Gravity for my now aching butt, and looked over to the other side, first all I saw were the shifting dark figures of our enemies, then I saw them jumping out one by one, coming down more graceful than I had.
"Did you see that?" I asked them, pointing to the slight glow over some rooftops and a half a skyscraper.
"Uhh...See what Goo, I don't see anything." Frankie said, a worried look on her face, as if she thought I was crazy. I deflated at the group's confusion,
What, am I the only one who can see that? I thought, I saw Mac squinting towards the light,
"Wait...I see something, It is a faint light. Maybe she's telling the truth."
He looked over at me a grinned slightly, I could have kissed him, he was sticking up for me, I continued with my plan.
"Look, we could go to that mansion, there could be someone there and-"
Terrence cleared his throat and shook his head.
"Nope, we're not wasting time on your little illusions."
I froze from shock, and quickly melted with anger.
"Illusions!" I screamed "What are you talking about, I know what I saw!"
Mac shifted a bit, "Yeah bro, I really saw something, just give her a chance."
He turned to me and gave me that half smile, I saw Terrence's' eyebrows rise then, with a know-it-all sneer, came over to me and said,
"Fine, but I want to talk to you...Alone."
His face held a complex emotion of frustration, worry, humor, and sarcasm rolled into one. He walked by, I eyed him warily as I followed; we came to the opposite side of the building behind a couple roof vents and smoke caps. He sat on the edge and motioned for me to follow; I sat next to him and waited quietly. I looked over at him as he was lighting a cigarette, taking a long drag.
"You know," He said, holding one up to me, I silently turned it down. "Mac really doesn't know what's going on around him, but I do."
A smile crept up on his face, He turned to me and blew smoke in my face, I coughed hard, those weren't normal cigs, they had sickly sweet aroma and thick light blue smoke, he saw me in distress and snort-laughed like always.
"What could you know?" I said over my coughing, annoyed. I didn't like where this was going, he seemed too happy; as if he knew an inside joke he couldn't tell me.
"Heh...For one, I know about your little depression problem."
I turned away and shut my eyes, the images flashed through my brain. "That's...none of your business."
He shrugged, "I guess, but I should tell you that I also know that you have feelings for him." He said quietly.
My throat caught and my heart dropped into my stomach, I felt sick, but I swallowed hard and acted as if it didn't faze me.
"What do you want, Terrence?" I asked, feinting disinterest.
He went silent, Taking another long drag, "Look, I want you to listen to me; I'm not always going to be around 'Kay? I already discussed this with Frankie before we left...and...I want you two to look after him when I'm gone."
His eyes softened when he looked at me, could this be the same Terrence, the teenage monster?
"But why-"
He brought up his hand to stop me. "Just promise me that you'll protect him..."
I lowered my eyes, I was looking down into the alley below, I saw a dumpster, and a dark path that led to the lit streets. "Ok, I'll keep him safe..."
He stood up, "Well let's see if you can." then he walked over to the group, I heard his voice in the distance, "...Goo's going to leading us to this mansion so..."
I had no real idea what was going through Terrence's mind at the moment, but I'd made a promise to him, to myself. I stood at the edge, "This way." and stepped out and fell into the alley.
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Time (?) Place (The Vatican)
I was looking out over the city during the golden sunset, everything was working out perfectly. I heard the door creak open, and four figures slid inside, all surrounding a fifth, smaller, slimmer figure, they all were hidden by the shadows of the sun, I could not see who it was.
"Who have you brought me?" one of the figures spoke up, he had a thick Italian accent,
"A figment by the name Eurotrash, she said she was appointed to see you."
The Imaginary girl squeezed passed them, "It is Eurotrish, Idiot!" she corrected him defiantly, the Italian mans arm went up, but another hand stopped him. I tuned away and walked to my desk.
"Thank you, you may leave." They disappeared without a sound "So what do you have what I requested?" I said, sitting at my desk, she came closer but still about five feet away.
"Yes, I do..." She tossed a small metal ring at me, it hit my desk loudly, bouncing towards the edge, I caught it as it bounced off.
"Anger is following everything according to plan...But..." She hesitated.
"But...?" I repeated calmly.
"There was an unexpected bump; it seems that two of the council members are stations in New York, but...not to worry sir, t-they have barricaded themselves within their home." She took a shaky breath, I simply smiled, and she went rigid with fear.
"Well, That's not the best news, but I guess it's not worth killing you over." I said, her eyes went wide as I tossed the ring from hand to hand, "But then again…"
I slipped the ring on my finger, it glowed a vibrant purple. "Well, that's nice, after you are finished be sure to report to Pride and get his progress. I snapped my fingers, activating the little gift from lust. Eurotrish began to walk towards the desk.
"What's going on?" She got down and crawled under, I simply chucked as her hand grabbed my zipper.
~Frankie~
Time (4:02 PM) Place (Ruined streets of New York)
Y'know? Never in my entire life would I imagine myself slicing up human bodies and protecting earth. I already had my first taste of killing on the plane, when the attendants and captain had been affected by...well...I'm not completely sure, but when the they became so rabid, like animals, I didn't know what else to do...I stopped myself there, I had almost forgotten that the others were around me, and I was on the verge of breaking down right there.
So I sucked it up and kept a close eye on the two ahead of me, Mac and Goo, those two were with me through thick and thin. So much so, that I've developed a special feeling for them both. As friends? Man, I wish it was that simple, it's bigger than that...I love them; my thoughts were interrupted when we came to a break in our travels, literally. The road we were about to cross, well it wasn't a road anymore, just a massive crater strewn with debris of wreaked and flaming cars, raw sewage and dead bodies. I gulped, trying to keep down everything I ate in the last five years. Bloo crept up to the edge of the crater and looked both ways.
"Well, this is a snag." He said sarcastically "I can see at least a dozen of those guys on each side, if we try to go over, we'll be toast." he whispered, a slight edge in his voice.
Macs face scrunched up when he looked down into the dark hole, but he started to go down anyway
"Guess there's only one way to go." he said, then he dropped into the large chasm.
I followed after, "Eh...Works for me."
Soon we all were sneaking quietly through the area, "Woo, something smells terrible!" Goo stated, her fingers pinched over her nose.
Terrence made a noise behind his hand, "Yeah, I'm guessing it's the burning metal, raw sewage, and rotting corpses."
He kicked a severed hand into the shadows, and a moan sounded. "Aw, c'mon Bloo, it's not that bad." I said
"What? That wasn't me." He answered.
I scoffed, "Yeah, Then who was it?" I asked sarcastically
"Z-Z-Z-ZOMBLIES!" He screamed shrilly, running by me, almost knocking me over.
"Hey, what is your..." the words died on my lips as the dead started to rise.
"Oh great, what else can go wrong!" Terrence said, dodging a swipe by a zombie and backed against the wall of the crater, we all soon were pinned as the dead surrounded us; Bloo grabbed my arm and wailed sadly, "I'm too young to be eaten!"
I sighed and sliced an arm of a zombie who got too close; a pang of vicious delight ran through me as more approached. I knew this was it, but I wasn't going down without a fight. Just then I heard a roaring of an engine, and someone yelling
"Watch out!"
I saw her take out a large gun and fire down on the undead; they fell and ceased to move. The large Harley pulled up in front of us; the woman stepped off and looked directly at me, her eyes were the color of wine, deep red. She walked slowly in our direction, gun in one hand, the other held out to me. "Hello, my name is Mandy. You...remind me of someone I'm looking for, we both are."
Her voice was the equivalent of ice cream, sweet and ice cold. My instincts kicked in at this point and two things were on my mind, this woman is dangerous, and she could kill me. Without thinking I made a grab for my blade, before I could, I heard a light click near my ear, followed by slightly warm steel pressing against my temple. I was so focused on her eyes I didn't notice how fast she moved. She smiled a cruel smile, "Maybe you should listen to what I have to say, so I can help you. How about you introduce yourself?" she stated simply.
My hands fell to my sides, shaking slightly; I turned to the others, hoping for guidance, they all just fell back a bit, gasping in shock. Mac came up to me and touched the right side of my face; I froze, hoping the heat wasn't showing in my face.
"Frankie, what happened to you?" he asked worriedly.
"What?" I mumbled, confused I looked in a dirty window of a nearby car, I almost fainted, my face was half...transformed, one of my eyes were slanted and feral like some demonic cat, I had three thin lines that looked like...whiskers, my ear was pointed and thin, and had a little tuff of fur on it, my skin tone had changed as well, from peach to a dark grey. I knew I should have screamed at how hideous I looked, but I just stood there, staring at my ear twitch in the mirror.
Mandy turned to her passenger, "Looks like that's been activated…won't be long before they all are."
The hooded person just sat, not moving. "Grim, are you listening!" The hooded man jumped at her sudden outburst.
"I heard ya, woman! You told me ta keep an eye out for any trouble, it takes focus." He snapped, pulling off his hood, revealing nothing but a skull, frowning profusely. Mandy smiled, "Well, you'd better check on Billy."
Grim nodded and shut his eye sockets once again, stoic. I was getting impatient, so I tapped the young woman on the shoulder, "Hi, um...What the hell happened to my face!" I snapped at her, she just stood there, her eyes narrowed as she grabbed my face in a firm but gentle caress, Her lips brushed against my cheek, then she walked by, turning only to sarcastically say, "There, all better now?"
I checked my make-shift mirror again, I was back to normal. "How...how'd you..?" She smiled.
"I just absorbed that bit of dark Energy of yours, and it was very delicious." I felt my face flush so I turned away, she chuckled.
"Alright, let's get moving; I'm sure we've attracted enough attention." She made a simple jump up the five foot crater wall. Grim came up and smiled a boney smile, "Don't ya worry 'bout 'er, I'm not even sure she's sane anymore. But, there are far worse things to come..." with that he made his way up the wall, I simply followed, rubbing my, now tingling, cheek.
Time (7:45 PM) Place (Outside Manhattan)
Luckily, instead of walking, we'd found a faster, more comfortable way to get around the city. Mandy and Grim leading in their jet black Harley, Bloo in a blue Corvette, Terrence was riding on a silver ATV, and Goo rode along with me and Mac in a Red Porsche. We formed a large 'V' on the massive stretch of road, in the distance I could see the Mansion Goo had seen. It had soon come into focus for all of us as we got closer to the location.
"Guess you were telling the truth Goo, sorry for not believing you before." I apologized.
She smiled and put her hand on my thigh, "It's alright, Frankie."
It took all I had not to swerve off the road, her hand tingled against the denim of my jeans, a moment later she retracted her hand, but the sensation didn't leave.
"Guys, we have a serious problem!" Mac yelled from the back seat.
I looked ahead; it was a horde of brainwashed New Yorkers, millions blocking the fast approaching road. I heard a whistle from the front of the pack, Mandy had gestured to Mac, then she jumped off her cycle as Grim took the head, with an odd platinum rod scythe, Mac had jumped out of the vehicle also dashing up next to her his weapon growing, changing. Its handle growing changing from black to white, the blade formed out of pure white light, a giant angel wing exploding out, made of crystal. Mandy's growing just as big, but with a giant, green demonic eye where the blade and staff meet, it glowed and little creature started popping up around our vehicles. They were black things with green eyes and tentacles coming from their backs.
"What are they?" Goo asked, she scooted more my direction, away from the weird looking demon, clinging slightly to my arm. I swallowed hard and looked ahead, resisting the urge to put my arm around her. I saw Mac wiping out the mass with one swipe and a flash of white light. A moment later, bodies fell from the sky in pieces, that's when the little monsters started to glow, and a shield formed around us all. I kept my eyes forward, scanning the road for any sign of the two. Out of nowhere Mac ran up to the side of my car, and hopped in.
"Well…That was fun." He said, he was short of breath and splotched in red and black.
"You looked good up there." I complimented.
"Heh, thanks. Hopefully I won't have to do it again. "
His words were cut short when we pulled up at the outer gates of the large mansion. They opened on sight and we pulled into the outer circuit. The outer gates shut behind us, the mob didn't venture further, and we came to a larger Iron Gate with mailbox, signed "The Turners", and a small Com box. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a flash and wisps of pink and green fog; my focus broke when a shrill woman's voice screeched over the intercom.
"What! Who is it?" we all jumped back from the woman's loud, powerful voice.
Mandy pressed a small button on the box and spoke calmly into the speaker, "It's alright, it's me, and I brought you a little present...So open the gates,"
A few seconds of silence, then we were answered with the slow creek of the gates opening. We made our way into a small garden area that led to the front doors, it had a fountain, bush sculptures, and a large pond.
"How does this place look so...Good?" Goo whispered in awe, she was right, the whole city was en route to being a crater but this one home didn't have a scratch. "It's like...like-"
"Magic, yeah." Mandy cut her off with her sarcastic finish; she seemed a little rigid on the subject. The silence was awkward as we reached the big white, wooden doors with golden 'T' knockers, engraved with tiny wands. Mandy grabbed one and hit three times, just when it seemed like no one would answer, the doors burst open and a bright light engulfed us all, we had no choice but to walk towards it. After we steeped through the light vanished out of nowhere, and standing there in a bathrobe, wet hair, and cynical smile was a red haired woman, her robe adorned the initials 'V.T.', she let out a raucous laugh.
"So these are the ones who are causing the world to go to hell?" She spoke with a great balking voice, it was clear she had power way beyond anything we had.
Mandy smiled a little "Yeah, oh, by the way where is your lazy husband?"
The woman's evil smile softened, "He's in the...he's this way, follow me."
She turned and started down a large corridor that led into a large open foyer, we followed. She spoke to us while she walked, "Oh, and for future reference, you can call me Vicky."
She turned down another hallway and we entered a large, very expensive looking kitchen. I stared at all the state-of-the-art appliances and devices.
"Uh, Frankie…Are you ok?"
I shook my head out of the clouds and peered over at Mac, he had a teasing smirk on his face, I blushed a little, "Yeah, I'm fine. I just wish we had some of this stuff at home, would keep ol' hop-a-lot off my butt for sure." I joked, he chuckled.
"Yeah, like you could really figure all of this out." I gave him a playful hit to his arm.
"Ah, shut it." I sneered, trying to hide my smile.
"Ow, Fwankie, 'Dat Huwt." Mac cooed in mock pain.
I giggled, "Maybe I'll kiss it and make it better." I saw his face color a bit, I felt a victory for making him blush, just then, a loud, forced, 'Ahem' stopped out playful back-and-forth, I looked around, we were in some kind of Study, it had large soft looking chairs, and walls of bookshelves, books stacked in unstable looking columns. Vicky stood in front of one of the full shelves, pushing in random books, what is she doing. I wondered, suddenly the shelf opened, revealing a set of metal steps that lead down into an open room as big as a school gym, it had five colored doors, one for the three sides, two on the forth. In the center sat a young man with short brown hair, a pink cap, pink shirt, and blue jeans. He spoke, not facing us.
"Hello, my name is Timmy Turner; I want you all to listen to me. Given your current situation and skill level, I can't, in good conscience, send you guys out there to fight Anger without any real help. So, for as long as need be, you will spend your time here until my wife and I think you all are ready to fight this battle." Vicky walked up to him, he turned and she hugged him, I got a good look of his face, He had icy blue eyes, tender but they had a certain hostility to them.
"So any questions?" Vicky asked.
"Yeah, I got one." Terrence asked, he'd been pretty quiet up to this point. I heard that familiar tone of anger in his voice, I knew what was coming. "Where is the exit, 'cause I'm gettin' out of here!" he snapped. Terrence turned and headed up the steel steps, but the bookshelf door slammed shut before he could exit. "What the…" He trailed off, looking in our direction, I looked over at Timmy. Who was holding some kind of remote, pointing it right at the stairs with a mocking smirk.
"Yeah, I think it would be wise to stay here, little boy." Vicky said with a cruel snarl.
Dark humor was really vibrant around here. I thought. Terrence had made his way midway of the stairs, I felt a sudden spike in Terrence's' Energy, Looking up, I saw It swirling around him, a dusty yellow, he yelled as he flew down the stairs, charging up his power.
"You let me out of here, now!" He charged towards Timmy, when Vicky appeared in front of him, taking a defensive position. Terrence's fist started to crackle and spark with electricity, and then bolts of lightning were trailing his punch. Vicky had lashed out with a vicious kick just in time, she moved so fast, I didn't see it until they connected. The aftershock was huge, a blast of air erupted from the collision, Vicky's robe flew away, she stood there in a pair of red panties, and nothing else. Her D-Cup breast bounced around with every move she made. I pulled my eyes away to look at Timmy, he didn't look the way I expected, he actually looked interested in the fight...Like he was studying them. I walked up to him and tapped his shoulder, he looked up and saw my expression, he'd got the message.
Quickly, he pressed a small button on his watch and spoke into it.
"Uh…Guys, we have a bit of a problem." A second later, there was a poof of smoke, and two people floated in mid-air. They were both about my height; one wore a yellow blouse, black dress pants, and wedge heels. Her attire seemed too business-like for her bright pink hair that swirled around her. Her partner had a white business shirt and a black tie, black dress pants, and nice shoes. Also, his outfit clashed with his fluorescent green spiky hair.
They were both smiling down at him, the green-haired one spoke first.
"Hey, you called? What do you need, huh?" he said with a cheery voice. He pulled out a long rod, he clicked a small button and a big, gold star unsheathed itself at the top, the pink- haired woman did the same. Timmy turned to me, gesturing.
"Cosmo, Wanda, This is old Madame Fosters Grand-daughter, Frances Foster."
I sighed at the use of my full name, but I shook both of their hands. "It's Frankie, not Frances." I pointed out.
"So, what did you need from us?" Wanda asked, but he didn't answer, his attention was back on the battle that was still going on. Terrence was throwing fire balls in Vicky's direction as she ran towards him, she dodged them, swerving from left to right then laying a powerful knee to his gut, he flew back, catching his footing skidding to a top on his feet and one hand. He looked up to see her running toward him, he jumped up and defended against her assault of kicks, he ducked and swept with right leg at her other leg. She jumped upwards, doing a forward flip and sliced her leg down, Terrence blocked it.
She hung there for a second, suspended in mid-air, then she pushed him with her leg, causing him to slide across the room. Terrence willed his hand to be covered in stone, gripping the steel floor and grinding to a halt. Vicky smiled,
"That all you got?" she yelled from the far side of the room, Terrence laughed,
"Hah! You wish!"
He slammed his stone fist into the steel floor, it rumbled and suddenly spikes made of rock speared through, Vicky almost got hit by one in her slight lapse of focus, but she regained herself and continued dodging, smashing, and countering the large spires. I gasped in awe as she defied all laws of gravity with her jumps, flips, and acrobatics. She ran towards the east wall, and ran up it, the pillars stopped and she just stood there, eyeing Terrence with a chilling glare, I shuddered at it.
"Y'know, your actually not too bad, twerp. Maybe if you give up now, I won't hurt you." She sneered;
Terence had a sly grin on his face, "Yeah, not on your life, Big Boobs. You and your hubby started this fight, now I'm gonna finish it, old lady!" he yelled.
Vicky's eyes darkened, I heard Timmy suck in a sharp breath, "Ooh, not the best insult, dude." He said.
I fest a sudden surge of Vicky's Energy, "Old lady!" she screeched.
For a few seconds she just stood there, then nothing, she'd disappeared; in her place was a puff of smoke. I thought she had left, but the heat in the room still signaled her presence, out of nowhere, I heard a loud crack, Terrence was flying across the room towards the west wall, where Vicky lie in wait, when he reached her she let out a devilish kick, sending him rocketing skyward, I looked back where she had been, but just more smoke. That's when it hit me, I thought she had found some way to teleport around but she was just moving so fast our eyes couldn't follow. She appeared in the air, over Terrence's body and grabbed him up, and started laying fierce punches to his face, each more painful looking than the last.
She rose up her arms and came down on him with a double handed slam; he hit the floor with the force of a meteorite. He lay deathly still, barely breathing, unconscious as Vicky floated down gently. A worried look spread over her face as she stood over him, almost in compassion. She picked him up by his shoulders and dragged him over to the south wall where we'd taken refuge; she laid him down near us,
"Maybe I was too rough with him, but he did last longer than I thought he would." She told Timmy, he nodded
"Yeah, tough kid, a little dense though."
I'd gone over to inspect the damage, but there was none, the others looked over Terrence's body in confusion, he'd just had the beating of his life but there were no marks, bruises, blood, or broken anything. I took my eyes from him and saw the two fairies, Wanda was looking at Vicky with disappointing pink eyes, Vicky flinched when she saw her. She uttered a small squeak of terror, like a child about to be scolded, and that's what she did.
"So! You're just going to run around half naked, huh! Are you striving to become a Nudist now? And I can't believe you, beating on this young man like you did, I don't care if you were only using a small fraction of your power!" That last statement took me by a horrific surprise, if that was only a bit of her power…
Vicky hung her head, "Sorry Wanda, I won't go so overboard next time."
Mandy stepped in, running over and putting her arms around the sulking redhead, shooting Wanda a murderous glare.
"Hey, lay off pixie dust! She was trying to protect Timmy."
Wanda turned to Timmy, a questioning look on her face, He scratched the back of his neck, "Sorry Wanda, I should have handled it."
Her hard, No-Nonsense looked melted. "Though that may be true, Vicky did a great job, right Cosmo…Cosmo?"
Cosmo had been paying more attention to Vicky's bare chest than his wife. Wanda frowned, floating up next to him,
"Enjoying the view?" She asked lightly, Cosmo flinched when he heard her voice, "Uhh…Ouch!"
Before he could come up with a good excuse, she grabbed him by his tie and dragged him away from Mandy, and Vicky who had perked up and watched in amusement. They poofed away, but not before giving Vicky a thick black sweater that came down to her mid thighs and overlapped her hands. She turned to Mandy,
"Are you staying to help, Dee-Dee?" Mandy's face flushed a little, she didn't look like the type to get embarrassed.
"Yeah, but don't call me that in public." She said, her voice a little flustered.
Vicky giggled. "Sorry, I forgot."
They stared into each other's eyes, and then their lips met for a good ten seconds. My eyes widened as did everyone else's. They broke and Mandy went upstairs, I heard the audible closing of the door and she was gone.
"Timmy, I'm going off to bed, I guess you'll finish up here?" Vicky said, embracing him in a hug.
"Yeah, you go on ahead, and try not to stay up for too long. But, aren't you going to wish our guests goodnight?" His voice held some inner humor I couldn't pick out. She chuckled,
"Oh yeah, that's right." She gave him a quick peck and turned and walked to me. I tensed up when she hugged me, "G'night, Ms. Foster." She said, I didn't respond, my head was too foggy from exhaustion to think about how weird this was. She let me go and moved on to Goo, she held something out to her, it was a small rainbow hairclip.
"Here, you dropped this."
I didn't see any clip on her before, but she took it so I didn't give it any thought. Next, over to Mac and Bloo, for some reason I was a little more alert, She came up to them and grabbed them both in a sisterly hug, "Good night, Twerps." She said.
Finally, she walked over to Terrence's still unconscious body, she bent over and rubbed his forehead, I found myself staring at her backside, I quickly looked away, I heard a noise from Timmy, but he just looked straight at me, a grin on his face.
What is wrong with me, I can't believe what I was thinking.
Vicky had gone up, leaving us with Timmy. He stared up the steps after her for a few seconds then he yawned and said, "I was supposed to start training you all tonight, but I'm tired, plus, one of you is out of commission." He gestured to our sleeping friend, he picked him up and carried him to the south wall, the one with stone spires jutting out of it, and he sat him beside the yellow door that was there.
We were right behind him; Mac was lagging behind, his eyes drooping.
"Mac, what's the matter, Pal?" I asked him, slowing down so he could catch up.
"I can't…So weak." Was all he managed before grabbing onto me for support and passing out, I almost fell over,
"Mac, Mac! What's wrong, wake up." I said, shaking him worriedly.
Timmy looked up and sighed, "Don't worry about him; he'll just have to sleep it off." He said through a stifled yawn.
I balled my fist, "What did you do to him, if he's hurt I swear..."
He put his hands up in mock surrender, "Hey, whoa! Don't get all feisty. I'll explain, first, let me ask, aren't you a bit on the wasted side."
I raised my eyebrows, feeling the exhaustion hitting me unexpectedly. "Yeah, a little." I lied, I was actually too tired to stand, but I powered over the feeling and waited.
He grabbed Terrence and pulled him into his room. "Right, that's because people like Vicky, Bloo, and even your grandmother are, what is called, a Drainer Type, which means they can absorb the energy around them and put it to their own use. There are many Types, you for instance, are a Burst Type, or a Speed oriented fighter, the faster you react and attack the more precise and deadly your damage. Your friend here, Goo, is a Last Resort Type, or on a technical note, when you're running low on Energy, injured, even staring death in the face, you are at your most powerful. It's a very dangerous but useful trait, but one wrong move and it could spell your end." He explained to her, Goo gave a small whimper and looked down; Timmy gave her a light pat.
"Hey don't worry, when we're done, it shouldn't have to come to that." She gave him a look before nodding and walking to her door, he gave her a sad smile and turned back to me to finish explaining.
"Terrence is a complex case, he is kinda the opposite of her, a Charge fighter, this means his attacks come out in levels according to how much Energy is built up, i.e. the longer the charge, the bigger and stronger the attack. But I'm getting off topic, we're all so beat because that speed show that Vicky put on, cost us a lot of power. So a good night's rest should recharge the batteries, so to speak."
I creased my brow; this was a lot to understand. "What about Mac, what's his type, then?" I asked.
I was curious, but also in a rush, he was still breathing lightly on my neck, it made my skin tingle. Plus I felt my legs starting to wobbled; Vicky's drain had taken more out of me than I thought.
Timmy smiled, "I knew you'd ask that, well to be honest we will never know for sure, I do know that his old man was something of a Special Type. A Special Type can be all the other Types or none at all; it could be a brand new ability that is unique to that one person. But in order to tell, we'd have to see him in action. Anyway, I think you should get sleeping beauty here to bed, pronto." Timmy finished his lecture and padded up the steps.
"Wait which door is his?" I yelled up the steps,
"The grey one." I heard before the door shut behind him. I sighed in relief, and almost crashed in the process, Mac was getting heavy,
"Bloo, could you give me a hand please?"
He trotted over after wishing Goo a good night, and grabbed him by his other arm; we hauled him to the grey door with the initials 'M. F. 'on it. Inside, the room was very luxurious, like a mini condo. It had a nice flat screen TV mounted on the wall, facing a big queen sized bed, a kitchenette, and a full bathroom. I laid him in the bed, removing his shoes and hoodie, he looked so peaceful snoring lightly, I pushed back his hair and kissed his forehead,
"Goodnight, I love you." I said quietly before stepping out and shutting the door.
There waiting was Bloo, "Hey." He said, I faced him, expecting a goofy smile or sarcastic comment, but his face held nothing but seriousness, he looked at me through his dark eyes, still there blue color, but specked with worry. "Are you sure about these people?" he asked.
I saw his expression and backed away a step, I never saw him like this.
"What do you mean?" I questioned cautiously.
He raised his head and eyed me through his bangs, "I mean are you sure we can trust them, you saw what that woman did to Terrence."
I smiled warmly and put my hand on his shoulder.
"Yes, I trust them, and you should too, and honestly we need their help, unless we want to end up dead."
I patted his shoulder and walked to my door, conveniently placed a few inches away from Mac's door.
"Goodnight Bloo, Get some rest." I said, he gave a small grin,
"Yeah, Night." He said before I closed my door. I inspected my room, it was similar, but with different furnishings, like a computer and stereo.
How long do they think we're gonna stay for? I thought.
I looked left and saw the bathroom. "Maybe a hot shower'll clear my head." I said to myself.
I shed my favorite green sweater, a little torn by a few zombies, I set it on a hook next to the door, crossed the room to my bed and sat, taking off my shoes and socks, I plodded over into the bathroom, removing my shirt, bra, and jeans. I stared at myself in the full length mirror, studying my body; I was beautiful, long red hair, deep onyx eyes, curves in all the right places. I kept my figure in shape, except maybe once a year when Grandma makes her famous cookies.
But what do they see, I hope something good.
I started the shower, and purred in satisfaction, even the sound of a hot shower was inviting. I took off my panties and hopped in, the water felt great on my skin, I just let the water run, the sensation was pleasurable. I felt my nipples harden due to the steam and heat, I realized this was the best shower I've had in a while, with the rabbit breathing down my neck with all of his rules, I never had time to relax. I felt my hand going south, there's also something else I haven't done in awhile. I thought, as I rubbed my aching clit.
(Bloo)
Time (3:45 am) Place (Training room)
I kept telling myself 'Frankie was right; they were here to help us.' But afterwards, Terrence's pummeling came to mind. If that was true, why did that happen? That Vicky lady nearly killed him and Timmy had let her do it. I shook my head, trying to push today's events from my mind, unsuccessfully. Making my way to my room, the blue door, past the others next to Terrence's room, I looked towards Goo's door, it was green. Guess they were supposed to match our Energy Auras, I gave it little thought as I found my way to her door, I raised my hand, and then let it drop and let my heat thump against it.
"Ugh…What am I doing? This is so stupid, but I need someone to talk-Ah!"
The door opened, the pajama clad Goo stood in the doorway, rubbing her eyes grumpily.
"Mhmm…What is it Bloo? I'm tired, I want to sleep." She mumbled. I was taken aback at the nightclothes she was wearing, they were Mac's white silk button down and pants. It was big on her, the sleeves past her hands by an inch or two, the legs covered her feet completely, and one of the shoulders was hanging off. To be honest, I could see her cleavage and more, the pajamas were thin and see-through. I kept my eyes off her chest and on her face; her eyes were a bit bloodshot.
"Look, are you ok? I was wondering if…Hey, are you crying?" I asked her, I hadn't noticed that her collar had damp spots here and there, and her cheeks were lightly streaked.
She was quiet after my question, then, she opened her mouth, the quickly shut it. "What is it?" I asked. She looked like she wanted to speak but nothing came. Then, out of nowhere, she grabbed me around my waist and proceeded to bawl into my chest, tears falling unchecked.
"Hey, hey, what's the matter? I was just-" She squeezed me tighter, cutting off my air,
"Ok….Ok, let's get you inside." I said out of breath. We went through the door, to her bed and sat, "So, what is the problem?" She didn't respond, she just grabbed the letter sitting on her nightstand and handed it to me. I gasped; it was signed with the initials C. A. M. I Read:
Dear Miss Goo,
I'm so sorry to inform you that, due to forces beyond my control, your parents James & Nera have been killed. Once again I'm sorry for my poor actions but something had to be done about them. If it serves any purpose, they didn't suffer. I would hate to see you or any of your friends having to go through the same unpleasant fate, I do hope you understand, and feel free to tell your comrades, if I know them like I think I do, I don't believe any of you will listen to reason. I also will make sure that your parents will have a proper burial, and I even sent you a grieving gift, hope everything goes…the way thing should be.
My Condolences,
C. A. Mathews.
My heart turned to stone, what kind of monster does this kind of thing? The stone melted away with fire of rage. My arms wrapped around her, pulled her close and let her cry on my shoulder. I could care less about the wet spot forming on my shirt, or the tear flowing out of my eyes too, all that mattered was paying that bastard what he deserved. She stopped crying then, sniffling out something I couldn't hear. It was muffled; her head was still in my shoulder.
"Hm? What was that?"
She raised he head and whispered
"Can you…Stay…Tonight?"
My eyes widened. What should I do? It's obvious that she's hurting and upset, and it would be a dumb move to leave now. But she's tired and delirious and looking for comfort…What if-
I shut down my thoughts right there, I told myself that it was just a good gesture between friends and nothing else. But to be sure I asked
"Are you sure, Maybe I should-"
She squeezed tighter, her nails digging into me.
"No, please…I don't think I can handle being alone tonight. I don't know what I might do."
Well there was no way that's happening, well...
"Okay, I'll stay, wait here."
She was hesitant to let me go, like she was gripping for her sanity and her life. Now I really couldn't leave her, so I grabbed a pillow and a bed sheet out of her closet and laid them out on the floor next to her bed. I kicked out of my shoes and slid under the sheets, laying my head on the soft pillow. I sighed, I really wanted to know something, but I was sure it wasn't really the time to ask. But I could feel her inside my head, I turned my head and our eyes met.
"How long have you had that letter?" I asked her, we sat in a long silence before she answered
"Since we first left the House, I really didn't have time to open it until now." She said, She actually giggled a bit, "Yeah, and the whole mind reading thing, I guess it has to do with my Type, guess it's not just a physical thing… plus, before any of this started I could always, kind of, 'tell' what people were thinking, kind of a special talent, that's what my mom would tell me." She finished, I heard he voice choke up towards the end, like the words hurt to say.
I turned and looked up at the ceiling. "Your mom sounds like a wonderful woman; I would have loved to meet her."
Goo sniffled, "Can we please drop the subject?" she asked in a shaky voice.
"Oh, right sorry." I apologized, It was quiet for awhile before I checked the time, a whole hour had passed, it was a little after two in the morning. I heard a quiet whimper come from under Goo's bed sheets, I jumped up and crawled up next to her bedside,
"Goo…Are you ok?"
She pulled back the blanket from her face, which was riddled with tears; I caught her up in another hug, hoping to quell them. I felt her pull me closer to the bed, I smiled, I knew what she wanted. It took a few minutes with her clutching me but I managed to get us both situated under the covers of her bed, I had no intention of doing anything, neither did she, Goo just wanted to be held, I figured, because after a few minutes of tears she was snoozing lightly in the collar of my shirt, broken by the occasional small sob or sniffle. The only thing I could do was hold her tighter, hoping to drive away her nightmares.
Mac
Time (6:30AM) Place (Turner Mansion: Stateroom)
I was woken up by a loud knock on my door, I shot up, I didn't remember much about last night besides the fight and then me passing out from exhaustion. Someone must have carried me here. But I've never seen anything like what happened last night, all that speed, power and skill, it made me realize how weak we really are, hopefully this training will shape us up for our battle with Anger. People like Vicky, Timmy's wife who had beaten my brother into a pseudo-coma, coming out without a scratch. Mandy, the steely gaze girl who had saved us from being a zombie buffet. And who knows what Timmy has in store for us. I opened the door; Mandy was standing in the doorframe, in a lacy, black nightgown,
"C'mon, kid. Breakfast is upstairs." She said, maybe it was just me but she sounded more sullen and depressed than yesterday. She turned and headed across the now clean training room, I looked around for some remains of last night's fiasco but I couldn't find one imperfection. We walked up the steps and through the study,
"Uh, Mandy, what's with all of this?" I looked around at all the open books and things on the floor. Mandy chuckled,
"in a way, we're very in to books." She said, I didn't get it; we finally made it to the kitchen. Everyone was stoic and quiet, as soon as we entered, all eyes were on us. I tensed up; it felt like bad news was coming. Bloo and Goo looked like hell; Bloo's hair was a mess, sticking out in tuffs all over his head, his vest gone and his shirt half open, his collar splotched by wet spots. Goo had tremendous bags under her eyes, her face streaked with lines of old tears. She was still in her nightclothes. Frankie looked bad too, she didn't bother to put her hair up into a signature ponytail, and she just let it hang freely covering her face.
"What is going on?" Timmy's eyes shifted to a chair,
"I think you should, uh, sit down." I took a seat across from Frankie while Timmy explained,
"Goo…Has…Regrettably informed me that her parents have been murdered. She got a letter from the criminal himself, a Mr. C. A. Mathews, we also have reason to believe that he was the cause of your parents 'accident' and the loss of Frankie's parents some twenty years ago." I heard it, but I couldn't believe it, I stood out of my chair, it fell over from the force.
"No! That's not true…I..." I sank to the floor; I looked down, letting it all sink in. I felt my anger rising, and my Energy along with it.
"Wh-Why? Why does this always happen?" My Energy exploded out around me; It was black, cold and dangerous, but inviting all the same. It started to envelope me in darkness, but I didn't flinch. I felt a strong yank that pulled me up and awake before it could swallow me. I saw that my saviors had been Frankie and Goo, Timmy grunted,
"Take him back down to the Vita-chamber, let him blow off some steam before he kills someone." He said, a bit bitterly. Goo and Frankie led me down back to the steel room, I decided to take his advice, I found a spot of bare wall and slammed my fist into it, after the dust cleared, in the wake I'd left a huge crater in the wall, but I wasn't satisfied, so I hit it again, this time black flames flying out on impact. I cursed at every hit,
"Shit…Shit…Shit…Shit…SHIT!"
I fell to my knees, all the rage put aside; I stared down at the blurry steel floor surrounded by chips of stone and metal. Tears of pure dread burned down my face; I shut my eyes in sadness.
Why? Why couldn't it all just be over?
I felt a hand on my shoulder, I tried to shake it off but it wouldn't budge, so I shook harder, but instead another hand caressed my face. I rose up off the ground, keeping my eyes on the small pebbles scattered across the floor, I was distracted by two pairs of shoes, one blue the other yellow. The hand pulled my head up and made me look at the two women who knew my pain, they didn't say anything, they just both grabbed me, and I felt horrible, I'm sure they did too.
"I'm sorry guys."
Frankie spoke up, "It's fine, trust me, we're all pretty devastated, but all we can do now is fight back, right."
Goo chimed in "Besides, what's the worst they could do to us now?" A few minutes later, we heard footsteps on the stairs, followed by Timmy's voice,
"Alright, we're coming down, so if you all are still making out and stuff could you please finish up." Goo and I quickly backed away from each other, blushing, Frankie just glared at him when he walked over to us.
"Oh, and even if we were, what's it to you?" she snapped, he just looked at her,
"You tell me." He said simply before pulling up a console in the center of the room. I overheard Vicky talking to Terrence and Bloo about the Vita-chamber,
"Yeah, any damage that is caused inside the chamber will be instantly repaired, fixed, or healed." Right behind me, the wall that I'd destroyed was quickly repairing itself, the pieces of wall floated up and put themselves back into place until it looked like new.
Timmy laughed, "Ok that's enough standing around, it's time to get to business."
He typed in a few commands and the metal training room disappeared, in its place, a grassy plain, with pillars of rock around, a big ocean-like lake shimmered to the north, and a deep, orange canyon blazed in the west.
"It's time to get you guys into shape, Vicky would you mind taking Frankie to the canyon?"
Vicky smiled at Frankie, who gave a wan grin,
"Of course!" She quickly grabbed her up and tossed her over her shoulder, Frankie struggled,
"Hey, put me down! I can walk on my own." She yelled, Vicky smiled,
"Yeah, But can you run?" and they were gone, a scream could be heard about two hundred yards away.
"Whoa! What was that?" Bloo asked,
Timmy stretched, "That isn't important, what is important is that you all learn something, Mandy?" The short blonde appeared almost out of nowhere,
"Yeah, what is it?" she said, sounding bored.
"You take Terrence and Goo here up the Mountain in the south." She shrugged, snapped her fingers and a swirling green portal appeared, they all jumped through, and the portal disappeared. Timmy looked off into the distance at the mountain, then back at us,
"Alright, just you two then." He said to us "Guess that just leaves the lake," he started walking away from us, "You guys ready, it might get a little difficult from here on out."
Bloo and I exchanged glances, "Yeah, let's go." I said, Bloo nodded in agreement,
"What are we training for, what will we learn?"
Timmy grinned at us, "Energy Control."
~Frankie~
Time (10:17AM) Place Training Field- Canyon)
My thighs were on fire, my breath, ragged and heavy. I've done this before, but not like this. Vicky's giggles rang in my ears,
"Faster, c'mon, you're almost there." I moaned loudly as I felt my body starting to clench up, she was right, but if we kept this up I would…
"What's…Ah…this…mhmm….supposed to teach me?" She laughed again, running a fingernail up my back, almost making me lose my already fragile balance.
"Energy control, silly." I groaned in dismay, running was always a great talent of mine, chasing around the Foster's residents, plus my little kids had always been a good workout for me, but running the base of a large canyon for the fifth time was something different, finally I reached the end,
"Thank god…" Vicky had perched herself on a large rock next to where I had collapsed.
"How do you feel?" she asked suddenly, she seemed very interested.
"Tired, exhausted, dead, take your pick." I breathed out, Surprisingly, I could still speak. We waited a few minutes before she asked again,
"How about now?" I was about to snap at her, but I thought about how I felt.
"Good, strong…wierded out, what happened?" She stood up on the rock,
"That was your Energy, refilling your stamina. But you want more than just that. You want it to constantly flow, so that when you exert any power, you'll never tire out." I was amazed at how much I didn't know, but I became disappointed,
"Does this mean…?" I started fearing the answer I already knew.
Vicky jumped off the rock, "Yep, let's get running!" she started along the path,
"Ugh…Why?" I could already feel my legs burning.
+Terrence+
Time (12:50 PM) Place (Mountain side-Training Field)
"Ugh…Ok this is ridiculous, why the hell are we scaling a mountain side. What is this climbing a mountain shit have to teach us about Energy control, Blondie?" I yelled, Mandy was about a few feet ahead of me and Mac's girlfriend, who was lagging behind pretty bad. Mandy looked down at us,
"Well, I'm sure that this is enough climbing, I think I've wasted enough time. I guess we can head on up now." I couldn't believe my ears; she'd been just fucking us over. I looked down, Goo's face held the same shock, so much so that she lost her grip, and started to plummet down the side,
"Oh god, Legs." I jumped off the side, using my air ability to fly down and catch her right out of the air; she had been screaming her head off before I caught her.
"Hey, hey...HEY! Calm down, girl!" She stopped abruptly,
"Oh, sorry. Thanks for that." She said meekly, I grinned.
"Now you have to agree to my request." I said slyly, I saw one of Mandy's Portals and flew towards it, Goo caught me off guard, laying a fat thank you kiss on my cheek.
"I already agreed to that, Big Bro." I felt my face get hot,
huh, I guess having her for a sister wouldn't be so bad, gives me someone else to mess with. I thought as we passed through the portal, and on the other side there was an ancient stone city, covered in snow. I set Legs on her feet, and wiped my face, Goo saw me and hit me in the arm.
"Don't do that, c'mon." we walked up next to Mandy who was walking down a large flight of stone steps.
"So what is this place?" I asked her, she smiled,
"This place was wished up by Timmy for training Energy Projection." We continued to walk and listen as we treaded through the snow to a large stone temple.
Mac
Time (3:12 PM) Place (Lake-Training Field)
"Alright, here we are." Timmy sighed out. I looked out over the vast blue, shimmering water, like it was glowing.
"Are we going to swim?" Bloo asked warily.
Timmy looked shocked, "What! No! That would be stupid…You're going to walk on the water."
My eyes grew to the size of dinner plates, "What do we look like; we can't just walk on water." I said.
Bloo didn't react much, he just shrugged.
"Eh, can't be too hard,"
I looked over at him, "Uh Bloo, that's impossible."
He looked at me like he couldn't believe what I was saying.
"After all that we've been through, you doubt that we can do this simple thing." He snapped. I was about to say something but after thinking on it, he had a good point. Timmy interrupted the conversation with clearing his throat,
"Right, this is fairly simple, it's all about compiling your Energy to a sustainable level to allow a base like structure to stand on, kinda like a platform, directly under your feet, and it's pretty easy. I'll show you."
Timmy gave a deep breath and walked on top of the water's surface, I watched closely, I could see thin sheets of pink and green glass under his feet. I was next, I took a deep breath and took a step forward, concentrating all my Energy, I shut my eyes as my foot hit a solid surface, a few more steps later I was a good ways out, Timmy was still farther away so I ran in his direction, I bounded up next to him, he gave a slow clap,
"Great job, both of you."
Bloo sauntered up next to us,
"Must you always rush?" he asked sarcastically.
Timmy signaled for silence, "Ok, quick lesson. You can project your Energy out for a lot of things, like a shield to protect you from certain things, mainly against brute physical force, but against Energy based attacks and Special Type abilities, it won't last long, and when it gives out you'd better be ready to defend yourselves."
=Goo=
"Wow, this place is…Kinda cramped."
We'd entered the old temple, I thought we'd start in the large room when we'd first got in, but Mandy had redirected us to a smaller room, in the lower part of the temple. Terrence was irritable about the cold, but he'd seemed to curse less when I was around. But that didn't stop him from complaining.
"Yeah, What Gives?" Mandy shot him a deathly glare, and he immediately clammed up. I'd never seen get him so quiet.
"Ok, this whole deal is pretty easy to remember, so pay attention, this exercise is to teach you how to project your Energy out around you, and this is no small feat. Just letting it explode all over the place will probably get you killed. You must learn to control your power." She finished.
And she was right, Mac almost got hurt. And I had to protect him, that's why I have to learn this. Terrence sat on the cold stone floor, slightly shaking.
"Well can we hurry this up, because I'm freezing my A-uh, my butt off!"
Mandy smiled in satisfaction, then turned my direction. "Well…?" she asked expectant;
Terrence also just sat and waited, for a moment there was silence, then I gave in and sighed.
"Alright, here we go." I said finally, I made my staff appear and calmed my mind, I started by doing the first step, summoning my aura, like at Foster's, then I started to push it out, trying to contain it around me. The green Energy surrounded me in a pod-like shape with slight warping around when I moved.
"Wow, that's pretty awesome." I said to myself, Mandy sniffed, "Yeah, big whoop, when you master Energy Projection you'll be able to use it in various combat situations, but until then, get back to work." She said, I groaned and got back to practicing.
After about an hour, Mandy check her watch and said we were ready to go, she opened up another portal and a second later we were back in the field with the columns.
"Where is everybody?" I asked,
Mandy sat in the grass and looked at the sky, "Don't worry, when they finish, they'll be here."
~Frankie~
"Wow, I don't ever want to run another step! that was pure hell!"
I fell to the cool shadowed rock, tired of only running the same course over and over again, but my fatigue was completely gone. I felt like I could run the entire tour de France in one go,
"Well, looks like you're ready, it's time to head back anyway." Vicky announced, she pulled me to my feet.
She nudged me playfully, "You wanna race back?" I gave her a glare, and she laughed at me, running to the exit. I growled inwardly as I chased her.
Mac
I was sitting out on the lake, waiting for Timmy's signal. He and Bloo had headed back to where we'd first started, I stared out at the virtual setting sun, thinking. Outside this safe haven were bloodthirsty humans, if you want to still call them that, and a demonic madman behind it all.
I wonder what it'll be like, fighting Anger. I'm a little nervous.
I heard a voice inside my head that wasn't mine, it was Timmy.
"Alright, they're here, get back here." I lost my focus for a moment and fell into the lake. I swam to shore, and tried to squeeze out most of the water out of my shirt, I jogged back to column field. When I got back, the others stared at me,
"What, I fell in the lake." I answered simply.
Frankie Snickered, causing me to do the same, Goo chimed in with little giggles, Terrence followed in with his low chuckle and Bloo with his chittering laugher. Timmy and Vicky were hugged up together laughing; even Mandy had a genuine smile on her face. Soon we were all joking and laughing though the house, til we met Grim at the front door hallway, a grave expression on his face, it caught Mandy's attention almost instantly,
"What is it Grim?" He tossed her a hi-tech looking watch,
"It's Billy, Tings ar' not goin' well, Irwin is dead, and Mindy, well, she's going ta need surgery only we can give 'er." he said in his thick Jamaican accent.
Mandy shut her eyes, like she'd just been hit in the gut. "Grim, get ready, we're leaving." She said.
Grim slid by us, and disappeared into a shadow along the wall. Mandy pulled herself together and activated her watch, a stone faced young man with a red baseball cap on appeared,
"Hello, Mandy? Is that you?" He asked in a hushed tone, his eyes were pink and watery. Mandy wiped her nose, her voice was a little strangled,
"Yeah Billy, I'm here, what can you report?"
He looked around, he was inside, what looked to be, a subway station, we could hear a females pain clenched cries, a redheaded woman came into view, Goo gasped in shock, and turned her head away into my shoulder. The girls arm had been torn from the socket, her stomach had been ripped open, as blood pooled around her. She looked our way and put on a painful smile, her face had all kinds of cuts, bruises, and gashes on it.
"Hey, Mandy. How's it going with the Foster's kids?"
Mandy stared at her in shock. "I-It's going great, how are you?" She asked, the girl, Mindy, rolled her eyes, wincing afterwards.
"Oh, stop worrying about me and do your part. I'll be fine."
In the background I heard hissing and snarling, and Billy's voice,
"Shit! They found us! Go stop Anger, I think I can hold them off!" the video fell to the ground, I heard gunshots being fired and screaming, the view of Mindy had been blocked off by a bloody figure in a torn shirt, the parts of her body I could see, twitched and flopped around, soon her screaming stopped, as the gunshots turned to empty chamber clicks, that's when the video cut out.
Mandy just dropped her watch; suddenly she sprinted to the door, kicking it in and froze on the porch.
We all came outside, and standing out around the outer gates were these creatures, not human but bloody, fleshy, monsters with sharp claws, there were all kinds of them, but most were skinny, with giant blade-like arms, behind them stood two big guys with giant clawed hands, protectively crossed over their chests. We were all instantly at the ready, weapons drawn, I heard Timmy's voice behind me,
"You sure you want to do this?"
I nodded,"Yeah, we're ready."
Bloo set his sword on his shoulder, "This is going to be fun." He mumbled sarcastically.
I had my scythe in hand, it barely touching the marble porch. Frankie was set in a crouched position, poised to strike, looking like a feral jungle cat, Goo stood a bit more defensively, holding her staff to her chest with both hands, like it was a shield. Terrence's gloved hands were buried in his pockets, a cigarette hanging limply from his lips.
I didn't know that he smoked. I thought,
He caught me staring and shrugged, "I only do it if I'm stressed." He mumbled.
The others, Mandy, with a look blazing with revenge, Grim, backing her. Timmy and Vicky were waiting almost patiently.
"Alright, Cosmo, Wanda, open the gates!" Timmy called out , the ashen gates flew open and the beasts poured in, The adults immediately jumped into the fray, Mandy was hopping on their heads 'til she made it to the other side, hopping on her Harley and pulling off towards the Empire state building, Grim had disappeared into the shadows again. I ran down the flight of steps and into a clearing of space, flanked by Cosmo and Wanda, they looked at me and smiled, unsheathing their wands and striking the ground, a wave of energy flew out knocking almost half of our opposition into space.
I silently thanked them both when they poofed away, and ran closer to the gates before my path was blocked by the two large ones, I hesitated and one swiped at me with its claws, I barely dodged in time, jumping back a few steps, soon the others backed me, I had a plan,
"Frankie and I will take this one, you guys take the other!" I yelled, Frankie needed no second command; she ran right by me and slammed into the thing. Her swords clashed with its claws, they were in a battle of strengths, but the beast quickly started to overpower her, she grunted in pain.
"Mac…a little Help!"
I ran up to them and swung at the creatures' arms, it was like hitting a wall, my blade just bounced off of him. I used the force of the blowback to shoot back and rush it again, putting a flurry of slashes into its side, it roared in pain and let her go. We both got some distance away from it, but it started closing in. I checked how the others were doing, they had it at bay, but it wouldn't stay calm for long.
"What do we do? This thing is like a tank!" Frankie asked, her voice was a little panicked, I had no idea what to do next, then Timmy's words rung in my ears,
"Infusing your Energy into your weapons or attacks can not only cause different form changes, but devastating power and speed."
"Frankie, stand back. I'm going to try something."
She looked confused, "What is it, don't do anything I'll regret." She said, but I was already focusing my power, filtering it to my scythe, it started to glow and the blade sparked with grey light, the beast closed it, pouncing at me, I heard Frankie yell, I swung my blade, there was a loud slice, the monster flew right by me, gash running all the way down its side. Terrence whistled, I looked over at his approving expression.
"Hey, not bad. I'm gonna try that." His gloves started to glow yellow, and smoke surrounded his hands, soon he had two giant pistons for hands, he struck the other one, it flew into a building not too far from the main house.
"Awesome, how'd you two do that?" Bloo asked, I ran out into the street, kicking a smaller creature out of my way,
"No time to explain, come on!" I said, we spawned some quick vehicles and drove in the direction Mandy had gone. I hoped she was still alive.
Anger
Time (10:50PM) Place (Empire S.B.)
I had been meditating for the last two hours, waiting as patiently as possible for this kid. I felt a presence in the room, I opened my eyes,
"They're coming sir, should I ready the offence?" A red eyed human told me in his raspy voice.
"Great, but don't, no need to detain them any longer." The man nodded and slinked back into the shadows. I pulled up a solid glass plane and images flickered around until his menacing face popped up.
"I can't wait to see what you are made of, young man. You know what they say…" I smashed the glass,
"waiting for death is easier than praying to live."
+Terrence+
Time (11:00PM) Place (Subway station – outside Empire)
We'd finally caught up to Blondie, she'd managed to save her friends, even the torn up one, and run them through the tunnels until she found the station closest to the building. We were outside it now, preparing for the final assault.
"I don't like this, it's too quiet!" I grumbled to myself, when we'd started out, there'd been not that much opposition. And when we got here, there were only two guys guarding the front.
"Hey bro, you sure about this?" Mac crossed his arms and shut his eyes, the motions he normally takes when he's thinking, while he was deep in thought I decided to go talk to the rest of the group, starting with Mac's little friend, Bloo. He'd been testing out his sword, swinging it as if fighting an invisible enemy.
"Hey, Bloo, You practicing up for the big showdown." He stopped mid-strike, turned and smiled cockily,
"You know I am, I can't wait to kick some syn-ister ass, get it?" he prodded with his lame joke, I chuckled, walking over to the rainbow clad girl, sitting against a wall, she looked up when I approached, smiling a little.
"You know, just because I'm in a dangerous place doesn't mean you have to check up on me." She said sarcastically, I gave her a look,
"I was just trying to see how my only 'sister' was doing." She giggled, her face giving a slight tinge.
"Yeah, I know how much you care about me, big bro." she said in a mushy voice,
"Ma'am" I mock saluted her and turned military style, right into Mandy.
"What are you still doing here; I thought you would have left with your injured." I asked, she shrugged, she was about a head shorter than me.
"Oh, I let Billy take Mindy back to the Underworld, they'll be fine without me." She was nervous, I could tell.
"Yeah, don't worry, we can handle this on our own, but thanks for caring." Her face reddened in embarrassment,
"Who said I was worried about you?" she huffed.
"You did, just now." I replied coolly. She opened her mouth to respond, but then shut it quickly,
I win I thought.
"Alright, guys, it's time to head inside, there are a lot of enemies in there, but don't be discouraged, we are ready for this." We all crept up the steps and stopped at the shattered glass doors, the seven of us lined up outside.
"Everyone ready?" We all exchanged glances, all of us were scared, even Mandy looked a little nervous.
We entered the main hall, it was in shambles. This place was a warzone, bodies were strewn all over the place, and blood covered every inch of the room, from the floor to the ceiling.
"What…the hell?" I heard a small voice murmur; it turned out to be Goo.
"You like what I've done with the place? A voice rang out in the large lobby.
"Red is my favorite color after all, so I decided to go with the more natural look."
A figure emerged from the back of the room, scythe in hand, it was Anger. He was wearing a casual suit and loosen tie, looking more human than Syn. He started walking to us, we put our guard up, he stopped putting up his hands.
"Whoa, whoa, hold on! There's no need to resort to violence, yet." We all stood in silence, I was confused.
"What's that's supposed to mean, what do you want?" I asked, skeptically.
"Oh, intrigued I see, well all you have to do is hand over the boy in the center and-"
Frankie had stepped forward, "No way you're getting a hold of Mac!" she yelled,
Anger smiled cruelly, "I was hoping you'd say that…Get them!" he sunk into the floor, there was a slight rumbling and a mosh of those things from the Turner's place poured in. One came at my right, I countered, grabbing it's outstretched arm and broke it, and then I decked the ugly bastard. But there were more, and I didn't think we could hold them off for long. I could see the others struggling, I had to think of something fast.
"Mac, Frank, Legs, Blob! Get out of here; go after Anger, Blondie, Bones, and I can handle this." I hit another with a ball of flame,
Mac tried to argue, "But-"
He couldn't say much after; they had already dragged him up the staircase. Mandy flipped next to me,
"Well, that was very noble of you." She sneered,
I laughed, "Hah, you know me, a gentlemen to the end." We charged at the giant mob, I snapped my fingers and lightning struck down on them.
~Frankie~
We ran down another damn hallway, and turned left, looking for some way up to the next floor.
I hope those four are alright, if Terrence gets hurt, I swear I'll kill him.
Mac suddenly halted, we'd come to a dead end, debris blocked our path, to our right was a door that read 'STAIRWAY' but at the end of it was a woman crouched over, crying quietly, we approached her slowly. Mac looked worried,
"Uh…Lady, what are you doing here, it's not safe. You need…to…" he trailed off, the woman had stopped crying and had turned around, my eyes widened, it was Mac's mother. As soon as she saw us she smiled, relief washing over her face,
"Oh, Honey, I can't believe you're here." Mac stared back at the woman, his eyes watering, he mumbled something,
"No…Not…Right."
The woman looked confused, "What was that dear?"
His Energy pulsated inside, "You are not my mother, my mother is dead."
I looked back at the lady who claimed to be what she wasn't, "What…Why would you say such a thing!" she yelled at him, she looked genuinely hurt. Mac thrust out his hand, a flash of dark energy flew out and sliced the girl in half, she dissipated, in her place was a paper thin sheet, cut in the shape of a person. Mac headed for the door, not saying anything, but before we could exit, the hallway began to rumble and two more of those large bodied thugs from the Turner mansion burst through the floor. I rushed them through the door,
"Go! I'll hold them off!" I readied myself for an attack as soon as they cleared the first flight, Just then, Timmy and Vicky blasted right by the two monsters, knocking them off balance.
I sighed, "Well it's about time!" I yelled, swinging at one of the big ugly brutes.
Mac
"This is insane, we have to go back!" Bloo told me, but I ignored his valid concern, yes it would be smart to go get help, but that'll just get us all killed, besides I had more than one score to settle with Anger. Harming Mandy's friends and copying my mother just to screw with me! Oh, it was time for some serious payback, we hit the roof door and I kicked it in, Anger didn't flinch, he was standing right in the center, basking in the red moonlight. I run up to him and put my blade to his neck. He snorted and a moment later he was gone, I readied myself, looking in all directions, catching glimpses of his face, he quickly popped up in front of me, I swung and hit nothing but air. I heard his voice whisper to me,
"You'll have to be better than that." I swung again and connected with only air. I saw him spawn a few steps away, I charged him, slashed, but he'd already gone, and out of nowhere my arm exploded in pain, I looked down, there was a deep gash the rolled up the side of it, I couldn't feel it, so I switched hands, another second later, I was knocked halfway across the roof, almost flying off the edge, I hopped up and jumped forward, high up, an invisible force slammed me down. I saw Goo rushing to my aid, I held up my good hand to stop her,
"No, don't get any closer!" I yelled at her, but it was too late, her body flew backwards, smashing into the door we'd just come though, the stone crumbled around her.
"GOO!" I tried to run over but I was hit again, this time in the leg, I fought to keep myself up by my good knee.
Oh god, I'm going to die here, and so will everyone else…this whole massacre is my fault!
I just about gave up when I heard a clashing of blades, Frankie had stopped Anger from hitting me again, and Vicky scooped me up, and dashed me over to the pile of rubble, Goo had dug herself out, she looked a little beat up, buy nothing to bad. Vicky laid me down and began working on my injuries, after a minute everyone else was attacking Anger, keeping him placated.
"There, finished Twerp, try not to fuck you up too much and it'll heal up nicely." I stood, the dark Energy surrounding me like at the kitchen. I let it embrace me, and let it transform me into that creature from the alleyway, the charcoal skin and glowing claws were a dead match from that time I'd saved Goo, my vision had warped again, this time all I saw was black, and shining figures, I rushed for one in particular, the one that was blood red. I slammed into him catching him off guard, he slid to a stop not too far away, I rushed him and swiped at him, he blocked my fury of attacks, but one connected, throwing him off. I took the opening and dug my claws into his ribcage, I winced in pain, his scythe was sticking out of my gut.
I gave one final smash, sending him careening over the edge, for a moment there was silence. I sniffed the air, it smelled like iron and plasma, Anger flew up high above the tower, a vortex of red encasing him, veins of it snapped out striking at us like bolts of lightning.
Bloo ran to my side, "Don't worry buddy! I got your back, I-AHH!" Bloo fell to his knees, is aura flicking on and off, I crouched next to him, he started to bleed, but there didn't seem to be any cuts on him, like it was coming from nowhere.
"I…Don't know what happening, blood, my blood is…"
Soon his hair streaked red until his blue hair was completely dull scarlet, his eyes changed from dark blue to deep crimson, his expression became furious, he grabbed his sword, which now had glowing red and blue veins pulsating on it, and jumped after Anger, I ran right behind him, then sprouting from Bloo's back were wiry wings made of blood, he grabbed my arm and we flew up together, Bloo must've knew what I was thinking because he threw me right at him, I grabbed him around his waist and bit his neck, he yowled in pain, tossing me back down to the roof.
Bloo was still in combat, his wings shooting out the same bolts of hardened blood, Anger went in for the kill, Bloo blocked him with his sword, and his wings jutted out, impaling Anger, Bloo gave one final heave, a geyser of black fluid splashed out of Anger's chest, and his body fell limply to the ground, not before disintegrating into red Energy that Bloo grabbed, it swirled around him as he landed, he was back to his cheery blue self again, I'd reverted to my human form a while ago.
"Wow Bloo that was Amazing! How'd you do that?"
He shrugged, "I'm a Drain Type I guess, I'm sure I can take the rest of the Syns' powers as well."
Timmy gave him a pat on his back, and looked at me "Well I guess you are a Special Type, Your power is like no other person in this or any other universe. You are now a Heart Type, being able to tap into the light and dark of your heart and use it in battle."
He congratulated me, as well as the others for such a good job, I noticed something weird about the sky, "Guys look."
The red glow of the sky faded into a serine grey, the buildings and structures were falling back into place, like a giant time rewind, then a giant plane flew over and landed somewhere in central park.
Mandy's wrist watch beeped an odd tune, "Who was that?" I asked,
"Oh, that's your ride, GJ Headquarters sent someone special to pick you up, another one of the council members."
=Goo=
Time (6:55AM) Place (Central Park)
"So who are these Global Justice Guys, again?" We were walking through the park, all of the citizens had changed back and looked scared or confused, especially whenever we walked by. I understood, we must have been a sight, a bunch of tattered looking adults and teens, all hobbling along in a group with cuts and bruises, I would have been careful too.
Timmy rubbed the back of his neck, Vicky saw him and started to rub it for him, "They're a government paid federal system in their Universe, but it's just a cover for the actual team that runs it."
He said, Vicky rolled her eyes, "Sorry, he has a habit of being vague." Timmy smiled at her, she grinned back at him, this made me look at the person next to me, I'd been holding Mac up to support him, he looked over at me,
"Hm? What is it?" he asked.
I looked away trying to hide my blush, "Oh…It's nothing, I just-"
A hearty female laugh stopped my rambling, "Well, would you look at that, you look like you all went through hell."
I looked up in awe, the ship was bigger than the Foster's House, There were three people standing in the open hatch of the plane, one had red hair like Vicky, other was a green skinned woman, and the last was a blonde haired man with something pink on his shoulder.
"That's because we just were there, Miss Go." Mandy said sharply to the green girl.
The redhead spoke, cutting them both off. "Alright, calm down you two, hello you five, my name is Kim Possible, this loud mouth is Shego, and this is Ron." The other two nodded respectively,
"So these are the brats we have to take to Europe, huh?" Shego said in a questioning tone. We all looked at each other, and I guess we must have had the same thought, because we all said the same thing at once:
"EUROPE?"
End of Chapter 7
A/N: Okay, There it is the Updated, refreshed and Edited Ver. of chapter 7, I hope you still enjoyed it so far, even though I changed out a bit of the original plot. Make sure to watch out for chapter 9 and my other stories "Therapist" and "Dogs of War".
