Hey, readers! WaterDragonMaverick here with the next chapter of "Sideline: Another Story". When we last left off, a mysterious man named 'Sombra' was seen ready to steal a sword from a party at a mansion. How did it go and what does he have to do with Fragment Hunter? Find out in this chapter.
You'll never see it coming!
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After the battle with Team CRDL on Monday, Team SLVR was satisfied with how they did and continued to work harder on their combat skills alongside the rest of their friends for the rest of the week. The three teams of SLVR, FCSA, and SAFR were finishing up their homework early for the weekend and were ready to enjoy a fun weekend for themselves. "Okay, Fragment Hunter," Silver said as he closed his textbook. "It's time we enjoyed our Friday night!"
"You said it," Rua agreed as she got up and stretched.
"Let's go and enjoy some time at the mall," Celadon suggested.
"Sounds fun," Cereza and Layla replied.
"I'm sure that we could go to a few Dust shops and get more supplies as well," Sunset mentioned as she checked the sleeves of her jacket. Everyone else agreed and soon, the twelve went off to the city of Vale to enjoy the rest of their day.
While the teenagers enjoyed their day in Vale, they made several stops for equipment and leisure. Celadon and Cereza wanted to check out a few boutiques for new outfits, Sunset and Silver went to get tools for weapon tune-ups for everybody, and Vinyl suggested going to the arcade for some relaxing fun and games. After a few hours, the group headed off to get something to eat and found a noodle stand called 'A Simple Wok'. "Today was fun," Layla said she sat down.
"Indeed, it was, Darling," Celadon agreed.
After some talk about how the day went and their food arrived, Fragment Hunter started to chow down. However, Azalea seemed lost in thought. "What's wrong, Freckles," Rua asked after slurping down a helping of ramen.
Azalea snapped out of her apparent daydream and turned to Rua. "It's nothing. I'm just trying to remember something," she answered.
"Still trying to figure out why Blake's name sounds familiar," Rebecca guessed.
"Yeah," Azalea admitted.
"I'm sure that the answer will come to you. They always take time," Layla reassured.
"Like writers or artists and their works," Vinyl said as a comparison.
"Heh. Yeah. You're right," Azalea said.
After finishing their meals, the group was about to head out when Rebecca turned to face something in the sky. "Rebecca, what's up," Lapis asked as everyone tried to see what their ninja friend saw.
Time passed in silence for a few seconds until a breeze picked up and Rebecca jumped onto the roof of the noodle shop in order to get extra air when she jumped again. As she surprised her friends with her sudden action, Rebecca grabbed something in the air and started to fall back to the ground. Landing safely, Rebecca showed everyone what she caught in the air. "I saw this flying in the air," the ninja explained.
Everyone gathered to see that it was a card with an emblem pictured on it. The image was a half-moon design with diamond-shaped markings to look like a mask and a raccoon's tail curling above to resemble a question mark. "What is it," Lapis asked as she took the card to get a closer look.
"This emblem seems familiar," Celadon said as she inspected the design.
"I think I've seen it before, too," Cereza stated.
"I get the feeling that our weekend just got a little more interesting," Vixen remarked with a titter.
The next morning, Fragment Hunter was still wondering about the strange card they found. They kept the card and sat at a table in the cafeteria to discuss it further. "It kind of looks like something we would wear on our outfits," Silver said as he took a closer look.
"It does look like it," Layla agreed as she turned to look at her vest's symbol. Everyone looked around and looked at their clothes to see all of their different emblems. Brainstorming more of what the symbol could mean, Slate closed his eyes and tried to concentrate. After a few seconds, Doctor Oobleck and Professor Ozpin were walking along and stopped to greet Fragment Hunter.
"Hello, students. I hope you completed your homework for the weekend," Ozpin reminded.
"We did it yesterday," Slate said. "We're just trying to figure out what the mark on this card could mean."
"May I see it," Oobleck asked before Vinyl passed the card to the history teacher. Taking a closer look, Oobleck adjusted his glasses before placing the card back onto the table. "Where did you get this," he inquired with a little concern in his voice.
"Rebecca found it when we were finishing dinner at 'A Simple Wok'. Why? Do you know what it is," Sunset said as she eyed the doctor.
"Indeed, I do," Oobleck replied. "This symbol was actually shown on the news earlier. If you check the Vale News Network on your Scrolls, you'll find out more." At Oobleck's advice, the teams pulled out their Scrolls and searched for the local news. Looking at the top story, everyone turned on the video shown on the site.
"The robbery in Vale's Upper-Class District continues to baffle the police and media alike. The night of the theft, Tanner Sands hosted a party at his mansion to reveal a newly acquired artifact. A sword that was once wielded in the battles of the Great War. This blade has been rumored to have been discovered through legally questionable methods, but the craftsmanship and markings indicate that it once belonged to the Celeste Family of the Kingdom of Vale," the news reporter said to the viewers.
Sunset's eyes widened at the mention of who the sword used to belong to. "Celeste Family?"
"Police are still investigating, but we were allowed to know these details. After the lights suddenly turned off, the sword was missing from the display case and this was left in its place," the reporter continued before showing an image of the display case. Everybody was surprised to see another card like the one they found was in its place. The raccoon-like moon emblem was printed on the card in the picture, but the one in the display case had a written message on it. 'Too easy. Try harder next time. Sombra.' "If anybody has any information that can help with this case, please contact the Vale Police Department. In other news," the reporter instructed before the video ended.
"We found a calling card," Fragment Hunter all said as they looked back at the emblem.
"Indeed, you have," Ozpin replied. "I think this requires investigating. But, I'm afraid that we have prior engagements with work and the Vytal Festival. It seems that Doctor Oobleck and myself have our hands full. Oh well, I'm sure that a small group of teenagers can stay out of trouble while they have an adventure to partake in."
"Dreadfully sorry that we can't be of assistance," Oobleck apologized. "But, some matters come before others. An important lesson in life. You should take it to heart," the history teacher explained. "Farewell. Enjoy your weekend," he said as he zipped away.
Ozpin took a sip from his mug and spoke to his students again. "I suppose I'll see the twelve of you in class on Monday. Have fun," he said before walking off.
"Now what," Rua asked as Sunset picked up the calling card.
"We need to do some digging about this 'Sombra' character," Sunset said. "Maybe we can find something from people in town."
Returning to the city of Vale, started heading to a place in town that Yang Xiao Long talked about before. Reaching a seedy part of town, the twelve found a nightclub that was under repairs. According to Yang, the owner of the club was an information broker that supposedly knew everything in Vale. If anybody knew even the smallest detail about 'Sombra', it might be him. "Well, let's head in," Cereza said as she walked through the ruined door with the others following her.
Men in suits were going around the destroyed dance floor fix up whatever they could and Fragment Hunter could see the largest of them talking with a pair of twins with black hair and green eyes at the bar. As they were approaching the three, everyone in the club turned to the twelve teenagers and were glaring at them. "What do you kids want? We're not even open yet and you all look too young to even be here," the bearded man said to the teams.
"We're here for Junior," Sunset said. "A friend of ours said she stopped by here before to talk to him about something. And looking around, it seems like she didn't get the answer she wanted."
The employees witnessing the conversation between their boss and the teenagers all flinched at the implications of Sunset's words and slowly backed away from them. "Did this 'friend' have blonde hair and a tan jacket," one of the twins asked.
"Yeah. That's Yang," Azalea replied.
Shuddering at the memory of what happened that night, the bearded man turned back to Fragment Hunter. "I'm Junior. Why do you need me," he bluntly asked.
Pulling out the calling card, Sunset placed it on the bar counter with the emblem showing. "We need to know who 'Sombra' is. We only know he uses these cards when he steals things," Sunset said.
Looking at the calling card and the emblem, Junior's face focused and he stepped behind the bar to pour himself a drink. "I know who you're looking for. I don't know where he is, but I know who he is and what he might go for next," he remarked.
"Tell us," Silver and Rua exclaimed as they slammed their fists on the counter.
Finishing his drink, Junior looked toward the twins before speaking to Fragment Hunter. "His real name is Smoke Shadow. He's what you'd call a 'Phantom Thief'," he began to explain. "He can break into any place he wants to and steal whatever he can. He's got a reputation that started in Mistral and spread to the other Kingdoms. No level of security is too much for him. In fact, he loves the challenge and will even use these calling cards to show that he's targeting something or to show what he thought of the security he had to go through."
"A real Phantom Thief... Wow," Vixen whispered to herself.
"If he's still staying in town, he might go after something tougher to steal because he didn't like the challenge from his last heist," Junior said. "You might want to check museums and other places with good security. If you kids are looking for Shadow, then you're in for a challenge yourselves."
Fragment Hunter looked at each other in silence and thought it over. "Thanks for the info," Vinyl said before she started to leave.
"Hold up. You're not going to charge us an insane amount of Lien for what you gave us? Because if you were, I'd probably deal with all of your men before decking you in the face," Rua remarked as she glared at Junior and the twins.
Junior sighed and poured himself another drink before talking to the training warriors. "That blonde broke everything in here by herself. If you're all friends with her, I'm not going to risk getting my club demolished even further," Junior said before downing his drink. "Just go and deal with whatever. I don't want my club turned into rubble."
Heading out to meet up with Vinyl, Fragment Hunter left the club and started to talk about what they were told. "Smoke Shadow, huh? Sounds dangerous," Slate commented.
"We found out where the card came from, but now we need to get that sword back," Sunset said.
"Can't we leave it to the police," Azalea asked.
"No! We have to get that sword back and give it to the Celeste Family," Sunset exclaimed. "It was theirs to begin with and it shouldn't be hoarded by some rich guy who doesn't know the true value of it."
Azalea was surprised by Sunset's opinion about what to do and so was everyone else. "Is there any reason for that, darling," Celadon asked.
Sunset realized what she said and looked at all of her friends. Sighing, she rubbed the back of her head while explaining. "It's... complicated. But, I can just say that the Celeste Family founded Garrison Academy. So, it's pretty important to me that we get it back for them," Sunset said.
"Sounds fine to me," Cereza replied. "We have work to do, so let's go."
In Vale's Industrial District, a shadowy figure was leaping from building to building in the dead of night. Reaching an abandoned factory, the figure entered the building and looked at something on a table. A bejeweled broadsword laid down on the table with the gems in the pommel and crossguard shimmering in the light from a lamp above. "This still could've had been a better challenge for me," the figure said as he stepped into the light.
"Smoke, you should at least be happy it was an easy job," a voice said from the back of the room.
Smoke stood at 5'9", had a fair-skinned and lean build, brown eyes, and a gray raccoon tail with black stripes. Running a hand through his short and messy ombre hair, Smoke sighed as his fingers ran through the black and gray strands. "Too easy. Wasn't much fun," Smoke said to his associate. Smoke adjusted his outfit and looked in a nearby mirror to check his clothes. He wore a black trench coat over a blue shirt, had black pants and boots, and wore blue gloves and a red pouch on his left thigh with the same mystery raccoon moon emblems on his calling cards. Removing his black domino mask and brown backpack, he took a seat on a couch and started to unwind. "Maybe we can find another place before we leave town?"
"I've been looking into it and found a few places that have quite the amount of loot for us," a skinny, yet fit male said as he entered the same room as Smoke. He was a short young man at only 5'0", had pale skin, hazel eyes, and short dirty blonde hair. "I have Rouge scoping them out for recon. She'll be able to get me what I need for us," he said as he adjusted his glasses to reveal a small mole on his left cheek.
"Oliver Electrum, what would we do without you," Smoke said with a smile as he pulled out his Scroll to play video games.
"Quite a lot, but not much when it comes to computers," Oliver remarked. Oliver wore a green hoodie over a brown t-shirt, a pair of black pants with designs on the knees that resembled turtle shells with circuitry, a pair of fingerless gloves, and a pair of brown loafers. Sitting down with Smoke, the two decided to play a few video games while waiting for their colleagues.
After about 30 minutes, two more people arrived in a van and got out of the vehicle. "We're back, Hermit," a tanned young woman with dark blue eyes said. She stood at 5'9", had a toned and curvaceous hourglass figure, long white hair that reached her hips, and wore red lipstick. Her outfit consisted of a black tank top with a pink symbol that looked like a bat-winged heart with a kiss mark, a pair of black pants, and a pair of white go-go boots. "That last place on your list looks like the perfect target," she said as she walked over to the two boys on the couch and placed a customized set of binoculars next to Oliver.
The second was a large male at 6'4" with a dark complexion, buzzed black hair, and orange eyes. He had a stout and very muscular physique made him look like a strongman rather than a bodybuilder. He wore a gray sleeveless jersey, black boxing trunks, gray boxing shoes, and chains around his forearms and shins. The man also had tattoos over his arms that added to his intimidating look. His tattoos consisted of gears on his knuckles, a rhinoceros head with drills for horns on his left bicep, and his right arm was covered in a design that resembled fissures after an earthquake. "When do we go after whatever's in there," he asked as he cracked open a soda from a cooler.
"I'll need to go over all of Rouge's information and recon photos, Tremor," Oliver said as he grabbed the binoculars and walked toward a set of computers. "That's always important. If I have enough data, then we'll be able to get the target in just a few days."
"I just hope that we can get something good," Rouge said as she inspected the bejeweled sword. "If it's like this, then I'll be happy. I just don't understand why somebody like that guy had something beautiful like this."
"I'm glad that we took it then," Smoke said as he stopped playing games. "What do you have so far, Hermit? I'm itching for a new heist."
"Just hold on," Oliver said. "I'm just getting everything transferred to my computer." After a few minutes, numerous photos of museums and other buildings were displayed on the screens. As all four looked over the pictures, Smoke saw one location that intrigued him more than the others.
"Check out this museum, Hermit," Smoke instructed. Doing so, Oliver found the museum's website and everyone looked at the upcoming displays. "It looks like the new 'Treasures of The Great War' exhibit has a few important things. Especially with the Vytal Festival coming up so soon," the Raccoon Faunus said with a smirk. "And there's one thing that looks like the most secure display."
Looking at the header for the page, everyone saw that there was a crown in a display case. "A crown that belonged to the Warrior King of Vale," Rouge said in awe. "That'll definitely be a good score."
"Okay, team. Let's get more recon and plan out our heist," Hermit said as he started typing away at his computer. "With some luck, we'll be able to accomplish this by tomorrow."
As everyone got to preparing themselves and checking equipment, Smoke Shadow looked at the image of the crown on the screen. "This is going to be fun," he said to himself.
During the weekend, Fragment Hunter was investigating potential targets that Sombra could go after. Eventually, they managed to figure out the two most likely places that a phantom thief would strike and split up into two groups to check out both locations. Azalea, Slate, Layla, and Team SAFR chose the museum hosting the "Treasures of The Great War' exhibit.
"Wow... Look at all of these old weapons. I bet Ruby would love this exhibit. Too bad she and her team are looking for Blake," Azalea said as she walked past a collection of rifles and daggers that were in a display case.
"They were worried about their friend suddenly running off. I'd be worried if my little sister disappeared," Slate mentioned as he checked out a few antique firearms.
"I didn't know you had a sister," Layla remarked.
"Not important right now," Slate said. "Figuring out if that 'Sombra' guy's coming here or not is."
Looking around, everyone tried to figure out how Sombra could get in the building and what would be the main artifact that he went after. "I wonder if he would come in through the roof," Celadon pondered. "That's one way a phantom thief in the books I read make an entrance. But, he could also disguise himself and walk in through the front door."
"We don't know what he looks like. So, I don't think we'll be able to find him that way," Sunset reminded. "Maybe if we just check through everything and figure out what he might take after getting in? We could stop him before he makes his escape."
"Sounds like a plan to me," Vinyl said as she started looking over every exhibit again.
After a while of exploring the museum, everyone seemed to be exhausted and bored out of their minds. As they took a small breather, Sunset noticed something in the corner of her eye. Going over to check it out, she saw that it was an ornate crown and started to read the placard. "Hmm... 'This crown was once worn by the Warrior King of Vale during his coronation and has been considered one of the greatest remaining treasures of the Kingdom of Vale's pre-war history.' Guys, I think we found it," Sunset said.
As everyone saw the crown for themselves, the lights in the building all suddenly turned off. "What's going on? A blackout? Is something happening? Mommy? Stay close to me, sweetie." Several bystanders were confused and kept stumbling around in the darkness as Fragment Hunter quickly pieced the situation together.
"Looks like he's actually here," Slate remarked as he tried to look around in complete darkness. "Try using your Scrolls for a light source, everyone."
"See anything, Azalea," Sunset asked knowing her friend was able to see despite the sudden blackout.
Looking around, Azalea was able to notice a mysterious figure in a mask and carrying a cane making his way toward the crown. Pulling out her baton, Azalea was prepared to the battle the enigma as he ran at her. Setting Gladion to use Lightning dust, electricity sparked from her weapon and caught the attention of everyone as she swung the baton at the figure. With quick reflexes, the cloaked man nimbly dodged the strike and ducked under Azalea's arm. "He slipped past me," Azalea shouted to her friends.
"Keep on him," Rebecca answered back. "I'll help with the light situation." Retrieving a few shuriken from her armguards, Rebecca threw them with precision at the ceiling and the lights turned back on. "Looks like we don't need our Scrolls for light now," Rebecca commented.
As soon as the lights turned back on, Layla, Slate, and Team SAFR all saw the figure for themselves as the bystanders ran for safety or get security. Looking back at the teenagers, the masked man chuckled to himself. "I thought that this would be a challenge, but I didn't expect this," he said. "Allow me to introduce myself. I am the Phantom Thief, Sombra," he greeted with a bow and showed off his raccoon tail.
"AKA Smoke Shadow," Slate said as he drew his guns and aimed at the thief.
"I see you've been studying for this," Smoke said as he started to idly spin his cane around. "I'm sure that you'll go places. But, let me tell you. You're no match for me," he commented with a cocky smirk.
"Let's see if you can prove it," Sunset replied as she drew her sword and everyone else prepared their weapons.
"Who am I to disappoint a cute girl," Smoke remarked as he got ready to fight. Layla and Azalea immediately attacked with their weapons, but Smoke dodged and hooked his cane around Layla's scimitar. With one quick pull, she was disarmed and Smoke hit her in the stomach with his cane. Pressing a button, Smoke's cane emitted an electric current and shocked Layla before he pushed her away. "Although, I'll admit that I hate fighting them," Smoke said as he jumped away from Azalea's next attack. "I don't like hurting women."
"How about me," Slate asked as he pulled the triggers on his pistols and fired at the Raccoon Faunus. As the bullets flew, Smoke gasped and dodged out of the way. Evading the shots, the thief ended up standing next to Celadon and Sunset who were ready to slash away at him.
With swing after swing of their weapons, the two girls kept keeping Sombra on the defensive. Thinking quickly, the thief grabbed something out of his coat pocket and threw it on the ground. Breaking on impact, the object was revealed to be a smoke bomb as a dark cloud erupted from underneath Sunset and Celadon. Coughing from the smoke, the girls were distracted as Sombra ran past them and went for the crown again. But before he could get within a foot of it, a loud noise echoed through the room and alerted him.
Avoiding another attack in the form of an energy blast, Smoke Shadow saw that the next rookie Huntress to confront him was Vinyl as she had a hand held forward. "That was a nice trick," Smoke complimented. Vinyl only nodded in response before activating Rhythm Scratch to form her hard light claws. "Not much of a chatterbox, are you," the thief asked. Shaking her head, Vinyl attacked the Raccoon Faunus with a slash from her claws.
Vinyl kept Smoke on the defensive as she slashed away at him and matched his agile movements. Dodging every swipe of the projected claws, Smoke saw a chance to head for his target as Vinyl backflipped to gain some distance. Running past Vinyl, Smoke was nearly at the crown until he heard something flying through the air behind him. Turning to see a few shuriken thrown in his direction, Smoke leaned quickly to the side as the blades narrowly missed his cheek. "You're not done yet," Rebecca said as she pulled out her wakizashi and used her armguards to retrieve her previously thrown shuriken.
Smoke just looked at his new opponent and smirked. "I haven't fought a ninja in a while. This'll be fun," the phantom thief said as Rebecca sped toward him with her sword raised. Rebecca kept maneuvering around Smoke in order to get a good angle of attack, but Smoke was able to match Rebecca's speed and reflexes as the two were starting to become blurs. "Hahaha! I was right," Smoke laughed as he managed to hook his cane around Rebecca's wrist and threw her to the ground before shocking the ninja with his cane.
As Rebecca recoiled in pain from the attack, Sombra rushed past her and reached the crown's display case. "The seven of you gave me a good run for this," Sombra complimented as he held his cane back behind him. "Hope to meet again, ladies," he said as he threw his arm forward and the hook of the cane went flying on a cable toward the ceiling and electricity sparked off of it. With an even more powerful electric current sent through the lights, the room was pitch-black again.
"Crap! Not again," Slate said as he couldn't aim at Smoke Shadow again.
"I got him," Azalea exclaimed as she went off chasing the now fleeing phantom thief who somehow managed to swipe the crown as he took out the lights. As the two Faunus ran out of the museum, they ended up in the middle of a parking garage. "Get back here," Azalea shouted at the Raccoon Faunus.
After another minute of chasing after him, Smoke stopped and turned to face the girl pursuing him. "It's kind of nice to talk with another Faunus. Especially a pretty girl like you, Miss," Smoke said as he idly twirled the crown around his wrist.
"W-wh-what," Azalea stuttered as her cheeks began to flush pink.
"Is it possible that you'd like to have dinner together," Smoke asked as he smiled at Azalea. With her cheeks turning red, she couldn't answer him. "Hmm. The shy type? Oh well. I was hoping to at least know the name of the beautiful girl that managed to see me coming back in the museum," Smoke remarked as he shrugged his shoulders.
"Y-y-you won't get away with that crown," Azalea said as she adjusted her grip on Gladion and pulled out her Scroll. "Guys, I found Sombra in the old parking garage outside. The fourth floor," she told the others.
"We'll be there soon. Just keep him there," Sunset instructed on the other line.
Humming in thought as he placed the crown in his backpack, Smoke looked over Azalea again and spoke up. "They might not get here in time. I'll be able to escape even if the cops are gathering beneath us, cutie," he stated.
"H-how can you be so sure," Azalea asked as she prepared to fight Sombra again.
"Because like you and your friends, I know when to have some backup from mine," the phantom thief explained. "TREMOR, NOW," Sombra yelled out to the shadows. Confused by who he was talking to, Azalea turned around to see a bulky man with a dark complexion and tattoos charging at her with a big punch. Quickly blocking the hit, she was able to avoid taking too much damage. However, Azalea was sent flying back from the punch and landed on her back.
Groaning in pain as she stood up, Azalea saw the large newcomer put on knuckledusters with drill bits and got into a fighting stance. "Time to fight, Tiny. Let's go," he said as he prepared to battle Azalea. Seeing that if she went after Smoke, she would end up getting attacked by the new guy and Smoke would escape if she fought, Azalea was in a difficult situation.
Luckily for Azalea, a few bullets were fired at her opponents and caught them off guard. Seeing that Slate and the girls made it, Smoke thought it over calmly and fished through his coat for more smoke bombs. "Tremor, heads up," he exclaimed to his ally as he threw three smoke bombs at the members of Fragment Hunter. Hearing the warning, Tremor's fist began to shake violently and he punched the ground with enough force to crack the concrete.
As the impact from the punch and the smoke bombs popped against the ground, the building filled with smoke and began to shake violently. Feeling like they were caught in an earthquake, Slate and the girls were unable to stand still and fell to the floor. With the massive cloud of smoke in the building as well, everyone was coughing to keep their lungs clear. Due to the old structure of the building and the vibrations, chunks of stone fell to the ground as well. "Come on, Tremor! Let's get out of here with the loot," Sombra exclaimed as he used his cane to grapple onto another rooftop.
"Right behind you, Sombra," Tremor answered back as he sounded like he lifted something to carry it.
After the smoke cleared and the shaking stopped, Fragment Hunter groaned in pain and coughed some more. "Damn. I didn't see that coming," Slate said as he held his head in pain from hitting it on the floor.
"None of us did," Vinyl said as she rubbed her arm to help with the pain.
"And those ruffians got away with the crown," Celadon said. "Leave it to thieves to always make a getaway that leaves us reeling in pain. We're lucky none of the bystanders got hurt."
Sunset rubbed the back of her head as she got up, but heard Layla gasp before she spoke. "Guys... Azalea's not here," Layla said.
Slate's eyes narrowed as he turned to his teammate. "What," he asked with a dangerous tone.
"Look," Layla said as she pointed to where a chunk of concrete was broken apart and covered two objects. The first was a Scroll that managed to avoid being damaged, but everyone immediately recognized the second item. Seeing Azalea's Multi-Action Dust Baton, 'Gladion', on the floor next to the Scroll had everyone realize the same thing.
"Azalea was taken," Celadon managed to voice as her eye were wide and she kept a hand in front of her mouth. "This is the worst possible thing!"
"I'd say you were being a drama queen, but you're right. This IS bad," Slate said with a glare at the rooftop Sombra managed to escape to. As he was about to contact Cereza and Team SLVR, he felt something was wrong. "Is it getting hotter in here?"
Looking around, everyone gasped as they saw Sunset grinding her teeth in anger and glaring at Azalea's stuff with enough fury that it looked like she was going to explode. This was further emphasized by her Fire Dust jacket sending large flames around her body and forming into the shape of burning wings that glowed with such intensity that it began heating up the entire floor. "I WILL BURN THAT RACCOON'S TAIL OFF AND TURN HIM INTO BARBECUE IF HE SO MUCH AS TOUCHES AZALEA," Sunset screamed in primal rage.
And now, have the first antagonists of Sideline and another cliffhanger! With Azalea missing after that heist, how will Fragment Hunter deal with those thieves and their missing friend? Find out next time on "Sideline: Another Story".
WaterDragonMaverick, signing out.