Chapter 5: It's On! To Paris We Go!
Channel HQ
"Talk about fancy. This place reminds me of a high class business in the magazine," Liana said as her gaze went around the building's interior.
"It is a high class business," Kagome reassured her.
"Yeah, yeah. So where do we look first?"
"How should I know? I'm new at this," Kagome replied.
"Oh. I know let's go to the security room," Liana suggested. "We can hack into their cameras to see what happened."
"Should I ask how you know how to hack a security camera?"
"It's better if you don't ask." Liana stated as she led the way to where she thought the security room was. Around the corner was the door that led to the security room. The two girls looked around before heading toward the entrance, but the door was locked shut.
"Kagome, watch my back."
Kagome was a tad bit confused. Then she saw her punk rock companion pulling out her laser lipstick. She quickly aimed it onto the side lock and sliced it. The door was finally open, thus giving them access to enter. Inside, there were 9 screens on all three sides adding up the total of 27 fully on screens in the room. Kagome quickly closed the door and Liana used a hard chair to keep it in place. Once that was done, they both went up to the controls of the center screens.
"How are you going to do this?" the time traveling teen asked. "And dare I ask do you have any experience in it?" She asked that last part with both worry and curiosity in her tone.
"Sure. I've done this many times back in the Beverly Hills Mall. I may have gotten in trouble for doing it but I never got caught by those chubby legged, bad excuses for coppers," Liana proudly replied.
Kagome mentally sighed. "I knew I was afraid to ask."
She came back to reality and asked the same question she'd had in mind before. "Do you know how to operate a camera?"
"Sure," Liana reassured her. All I have to do is find the tape for yesterday and we can see what really happened to Ms. Clover."
"How could you learn all this by yourself?"
"There's a lot you can do when you live alone in an empty apartment with no parents to watch over you. I learned those skills while I was in school."
"Don't worry, Liana," Kagome said kindly. "I'm sure we'll find your mom soon. Then you won't be lonely anymore."
"Thanks, Kagome. This is the first time you've made me happy."
"If I keep it up and you might be a new you!"
"Yeah, here's the thing... don't push your luck," Liana replied darkly. "Now find a video tape that was issued yesterday. It must be somewhere in here."
Finally Kagome managed to find yesterday's video-tape. Liana took it and put it in the VCR and then pushed play.
"We could've gotten popcorn for this," Liana remarked as Kagome sat beside her. In the video, it was any other day; a boring workaholic day for anyone. Liana was about to sleep when Kagome started shoving her shoulder. Liana woke up only to see Clover coming into the building. At that moment, Sephiria came in as she pointed her sword, Christ, at her chest.
"Come quietly and no one gets hurt," she told her. Clover didn't do anything until a figure came out of nowhere. The stranger was hard to tell since he/she was wearing a long black coat, black trouser like pants, and dark shades. He/She took out something from his/her pocket and threw it on the ground between them. It happened to be a smoke screen bomb.
After, when the smoke cleared the stranger and Clover vanished leaving a very angry Sephiria by herself. She got out of the scene afterward. The video went fuzzy after her disappearance and Liana took out her com-powder, found a plug, and plugged it into the computer. She then downloaded the video in order to send it to Jerry so he could analyze it. Kagome was looking at her in a confused manner.
As if reading her thoughts Liana told her, "I'm sending this to Jerry. Why are you looking at me like that?"
"How did you know the com-powder came with a computer plug?" she asked her.
"I don't know," Liana replied with a shrug. "I just noticed it now. Come on. I'm going to contact the dudes if they're done."
"You know they have names, right?"
"So?"
"Never mind," Kagome sighed. There was not point in arguing with Liana right then. They had a mission to complete after all.
However, before Liana could contact the boys the door suddenly burst open. The girls got into a fighting stance until a little ball rolled in between them.
Liana burst out laughing. "That's it? I thought something terrible might happen like-"
Smoke came out of the little ball and surrounded the two girls. They started coughing. Kagome soon went down. Liana ended up kneeling on the floor because being the stubborn person that she was, she refused to fall.
Then two guys in black suits came in wearing gas masks. She could barely hear them talking through it.
"Tell the boss we got them. We'll be taking them to Paris, France." One took Kagome over his shoulder and the other took Liana in the manner the first one did.
Liana quickly opened her com-powder and sent a quick text message to any of the two boys. She text "SOS. PARIS." After pressing send she slumped out of reality and into the dark void of unconsciousness.
Meanwhile in Thailand, our boys were having a problem of their own. Train and Lelouch kept dodging both Sephiria and Belze's attacks. ( It's Train vs. Sephiria and Lulu vs. Belze.) Train was fighting Sephiria by using hand-to-hand combat. Mostly, Train tries to not get killed by Sephiria's sword, Christ.
Lulu however, was not a fighter so he was ducking from Belze's spear, Gungrir. Mentally, Lelouch tries to come up with an escape plan before he and Train get captured by Chronos' lackeys.
An idea soon popped up in Lelouch's mind. While running for his life, Lelouch pulled out his Ice King cologne and turned around to face Chronos Number II. He then sprayed it right in his face. Our Lulu had frozen Belze's eyelids shut!
"My eyes!" Belze screamed loudly. Lelouch quickly pushed Belze into the janitor's cart, which by colliding with it made the cart fall on top of him.
Then, he took out the mini bomb mints. He licked one and threw it at the wall between Train and Sephiria. Momentarily, the wall exploded leaving a big hole in the wall for the quick getaway. Both the fighters took cover during the explosion. After, Lulu went to Train's side.
"Come on! We've got to get out of here, now!"
Train and Lelouch ran out through the hole with Sephiria close behind, but she soon lost them. Once outside they both got into the knightmare and managed to escape.
"That was close. Huh, Train?"
"Now we know where to go next. We're going to Paris!" Train yelled.
"No, we're going back to HQ," Lelouch argued. "I know the girls would do the same."
"That reminds me," Train began. "I wonder if they're done with their investigation."
Train got out his tech-wallet. "I got a message? I didn't know this could take text messages too."
"Neither did I," Lelouch said. What does it say?"
"'SOS. PARIS.' It's from Liana," Train stated. "Why would she text it to me?"
"I say it's a prank. Ignore it."
"Why would Liana lie about something like this?" Train asked.
"Wild Cat, we both know you like her and all, but after meeting her you should know by now how she acts."
"But think about it," Train exclaimed. "Chronos has Alex in Paris. What if Kagome and Liana are with them as we speak? Don't you want to save Kagome if she's in trouble? Do you even care about her?"
It took Lelouch only a moment to think it over. With a groan he told the brunette, "Hang on, it's going to be a bumpy ride to Paris."
He pressed a button turning on the knightmare's wing system. The rockets were on full blast and it sent them into the sky heading toward their next destination.
"Time to go save the damsels in distress," Train shouted.
"You're lucky Liana isn't here to hear you say that," Lelouch commented with a laugh. "Otherwise she'd kill you."
That much was true.
To be continued
