Chapter 8: Found Ya!
"I'm coming with you," Agent White said after work as he talked with Luna.
"I'll need at least you or Ten," Luna said. "Both of you would be good too. There are some people I know and they're looking forward to meeting you."
"What'd you get them into?" Patrick asked.
"Nothing too dangerous they probably haven't already been through," Luna answered with a smirk. Ten agreed to come too, and they headed out the very next day. White wasn't showing up at work and hopefully, the king wouldn't mind.
Luna picked up her chakrams and they were out into the city. When they reached the end of the city, Luna stopped them.
"Do you have any idea what lies beyond here?" she asked.
"I've never had any work down here, so no," Ten replied.
"It's the poorest place in Wonderland," Agent White said, and Ten looked at him in a bit of shock. "Of course you'd never have work there Ten." Luna nodded, not caring how White knew what he did, but just so she knew he knew what to expect. They pressed on, hitting the streets and dirty surroundings. Luna was given looks at passerbys, for they knew who she was. As for her two friends, the others were merely shocked that she kept her promise.
The wind tugged at her hair, they walked into the small neighborhood Luna had been in two days ago. She stopped in the middle of the street.
"Luna's back!" Slash yelled to everyone as he rushed up to her. Tricksy came into view, a small smile gracing her face.
"Told you," Luna said, smirking back, chakrams at her sides. Slash cheered, knowing what was to come next.
"Agent White," Tricksy addressed and she bowed her head quickly. "And the Ten of Clubs." Ten did the same. "I thought you were toying with us."
"I don't toy," Luna said. "Now, point us in Christy's direction once more and I will return your favor." Tricksy let them into the neighborhood and they sat to discuss a plan.
It was done. First, Slash and his friends were going to distract or get the attention of anyone who may be in the building. They were going to be loud and obnoxious as much as possible and when the guys came out, Luna and Tricksy were going to climb up the side to try and crack an open window. Meanwhile, Ten and Agent White were to enter the building and sneak around inside. Once Luna and Tricksy were inside, they were to meet Ten and White in one of the main rooms. They were going to have to wing that one. If anyone caught them, it was every man for himself. Luna was going to try and sneak around to see what she could find. If the situation were to get too dicy, Ten and White would attempt to arrest them. Attempt. If that failed, it was retreat. there was nothing more they could do but come up with something else.
"Ready?" Tricksy asked as she pointed to the building.
"It's pretty big," Slash said. "Good luck."
"Good luck to you and your friends, Slash," Tricksy said, looking to the others.
"I was born ready," Luna replied. Ten nodded, giving them each an earpiece. He put on in his own ear as well. White gave his sign of readiness and the operation began.
"LALALALALALA!"" Slash yelled. "You can't catch me you dope-head! I bet you smoke soooooo much that you can't even see me right!" He was yelling at the window and the door.
"Yeah! You couldn't catch us! We're too fast for ya!" his friend yelled next.
"AND, you run away like a little pussy!" a second said. They kept up with their taunts and Luna went around the side with Tricksy, separating themselves from the other neighborhood people and the two friends. Luna climbed up, dropping a rope for Tricksy to climb.
"See anything?" Tricksy asked in a whisper.
"There's a few things, but these bars seem pretty tight. I'm climbin' higher," Luna reported into the earpiece as she tied the rope to one of the bars. She made her way to the fourth floor without the rope, finally seeing a better entry way. She took out her chakrams, looking back to check on Tricksy. She was fine.
They heard commotion down below and Slash came jolting around the building. They were doing great. Just don't get caught, Tricksy prayed. Luna peered inside the one open window. There was no one around, so she took her weapon and sliced at the glass. It shattered, making Tricksy looked up to see the glass falling towards her. She put her head down, covering it with her hand. Small pieces gracing by her and only one or two landed on her.
"What are you doing?" Tricksy asked. "Someone probably heard that."
"Well then," Luna replied, dropping another rope. "Get up here."
Agent White and Ten went inside to see how huge the place really was.
"And they think she's here?" Ten asked White, though White wouldn't have known in the first place.
"I suppose, let's see what we can find," the agent replied. They snuck around, Ten being the best hider considering he was in black. Agent White stuck out a little. They heard a TV running close by and White hid behind a barrel...a barrel? Yeah, there was a barrel right in the middle of the floor there. This place was almost like a garage! It sure smelled like one too. Ten gave him the signal that it was safe to come out, knowing the agent's tendencies to hide. They peeked around the corner, seeing a slumbering man with popcorn covering his lap. They looked at each other and began to sneak past him. White taped Ten on the shoulder and gestured to look up. Ten stared at the ceiling, seeing Luna coming in through another room. She was balancing on the boards and Ten turned down his microphone.
"Look down," he whispered and Luna, hearing the message, looked below to see Ten and White. She smirked.
"I'm going to check out these rooms here," she was pointing to the third floor. It was amazing how this one room stretched so high up and had so many boards to hold it together. There were wires everywhere Luna was though. The boards must serve some purpose. Then, she was off, jumping to the top of a staircase. White and Ten found a staircase too in the room they were in. After getting successfully past the sleeping man, White began to climb the stairs. But, someone else was using them too.
"Hey!" the muscle man exclaimed. "Who are you?"
"I am Agent White," White said, slight fear in his voice. "Ten and I work with the Queen..."
"I HATE the Queen!" the man exclaimed, waking the other who was sleeping.
"Oh, so do we!" Ten exclaimed. "glad we agree. Come on White."
"Not so fast," the man said. "You're trespassing, and we don' like trespassers..." He charged at them. Agent White stepped to the side, hitting the man with a quick, lashing sound of his cane. Ten dodged.
"Luna," he said. "We've got a situation!"
"So do I..." Luna said, then she stopped talking.
Luna had been spotted by a few room guards. She figured she was close and Tricksy wasn't too far behind her.
"Oh, what I wouldn't give for an Ace or two," she grumbled, grabbing a pice of wood. She whacked the guy on the head, but he didn't pass out.
"You leave me no choice," Luna said then, drawing the chakrams. She slashed and struck until the man lay dead in his bloody heap. She searched him, finding not much but some money and a gun. Why didn't he use it on her? She'd have thought a lot quicker if he had that pointed at her head.
"Guys," she addressed everyone with an earpiece. "They may all have guns on them. This one did."
"10 4," White responded. Just then, the man they were dealing with drew his gun. White smacked him on the head with his cane again. Ten tackled him, taking the gun away and White gave him another whack, this time to the beck of his head.
"He may not be out for long..." Ten said. White looked behind him, seeing the other guy up and had his weapon at the ready. White grabbed the man's gun, pointed it over Ten's shoulder and hit the other square in the head. Now everyone knew what was going on. Ten turned around in shock at seeing the dead man before him.
"White," he gasped. "You saved my life!"
"Grab his gun, you're gonna need it now!" the agent informed him.
Tricksy and Luna ran into more men, taking them down the best they could. Tricksy tackled and thrusted with her dagger as Luna slaughtered anyone she could who didn't already draw their weapon. Tricksy dealt with the rest.
"Go!" Tricksy yelled. "Find them. I got things covered here."
"I ain't leavin' you," Luna contradicted.
"Get Christy and get outta here!" Tricksy yelled, as if it were a command. Luna ran for her life down the hall, and began bursting into rooms. When she found nothing, she moved on, and when she found men, she charged to kill before they knew what hit them. In the midst of her searching, she found bombs and other weapons.
"Ten," she sounded into the earpiece. "Looks like you guys aren't the only ones who find the Queen cruel."
"What do you mean?" Ten asked.
"There are bombs everywhere," Luna said.
"Holy mother of God!" White said into the earpiece. "This sounds like an operation against the Queen. Members of the Resistance? Could this be that to the extreme?"
"Maybe we shouldn't have stopped 'em," Luna said, smirking. There was no response as she kept searching. When she had no luck on the third floor, she went down to the second. If I'm caught here in a corner, I'm done for, she thought, but this was her best shot. her escape was up on the fourth floor, and the windows here were all bared in.
"Any luck?" a familiar voice rang in the earpiece.
"Tricksy!" Luna exclaimed. "You're alright?"
"Hey, I don't die that easy," she told her. "I'm a bit worse for the wear, but I have to retreat. I got nasty shoulder injury."
"Alright, be careful," Luna said, kicking down another door. No Christy...
Ten and White were having their own issues. Everywhere they turned there were more men. White's gun was running out of rounds and Ten didn't see any sign of Christy.
"There's too many," Ten said, and the other neighbors were charging in to help. Someone must've sent for them. Despite their efforts, the place was just too large. They didn't even know what happened to Slash and his friends. White fired off another round, sending more to the floor. He was becoming a little short of breath and Ten couldn't keep up with how many more were coming at them. The neighbors were becoming injured and some died the instant they came in contact with some of the men, even sooner than that.
"Oy!" a loud voice rang through the building. Rounds were fired at the men, taking half of them down. Whoever possessed that gun had a decent shot. Ten looked up to see a rebel-looking man with a red undershirt and tan jacket. He jumped from the window and reloaded his weapon. This man came prepared.
"Hatter!" someone shouted.
"You've hurt enough people," the man they deduced as Hatter said. "And it's about time you pay for what you've done. An eye for an eye." With that, he fired off more bullets and White joined him. The number of enemies was decreasing and with Hatter's stock of bullets, he could keep going for a while.
"Why don't you guys get out of here?" Hatter shouted. "I'll get 'em."
"But Hatter..." someone else tried to contradict him.
"Go!" Hatter shouted back, rolling behind the couch. The neighbors began running out, trying not to get shot on their way out. Some were lucky and others not so much. White rolled into Hatter's spot, and Ten ran into the next room. There were more men on the way, but for now, things were quiet.
"Who are you?" White asked.
"Call me Hatter," he replied.
"So you're the one those people look up to," White said as Ten listened through the earpiece.
"I guess you could say that. I give them a place where they are harmed less than what they would be, and I try to support them as best I can," Hatter informed him.
"So, you are fighting for them then?" White said.
"Yes," Hatter said. "And on my way I'm supposed to be looking for a girl."
"We're here for Christiana Heart," Ten said so Hatter could hear him through White's microphone. "I'm her guardian."
"Wow," Hatter said. "Coincidence. Good, then maybe you'll find her." He came up from the spot and shot more rounds before ducking back down. Then, Agent White took a swing.
"Perhaps we should get out of here," Hatter suggested.
"I'm with him, Ten," White said. "I'm out."
"I'll follow. There's just too many and we can't arrest them," Ten replied, and he fired his gun as he trailed behind Hatter and the agent.
Luna thrusted open a door to find a nicer room than the rest. The inhabitant was shocked and scared of her. Luna's hair was black and quite frightening to her.
"My name is Luna," Luna introduced herself. "I've been sent by the Ten of Clubs and Agent White to find you. We need to go now!"
"Ten?" Christy asked.
"You must be Christiana Heart, correct?" Luna said, and Christy nodded, wary.
"Then, grab on and don't let go," Luna said, Shoving one chakram into its place on her side and offered the girl her hand. She ran through her obstacles, Christy struggling to keep up, but she managed. Luna got her up to the fourth floor, dodging anyone that crossed their path.
"What are you doing?" Christy asked in terror.
"Seems like they've left," Luna muttered to herself. "And they've been gone a while." She looked outside the window to see her rope still there, but there were men everywhere. One sounded an alarm. They knew she was still inside.
"We have to jump," Luna said.
"What? No!" Christy said as Luna climbed out the window. But Luna grabbed Christy's hand and yanked her to her side. She slid down the rope, leaving a nasty rope burn in her right hand.
"Hang on tight!" Luna exclaimed, bracing herself. Christy just latched onto the spy, finding it pointless to argue.
"Ten, do you copy?" Luna asked. There was no answer. "Ten! White! Anyone?" There was nothing, and Luna figured she was on her own. "Okay, Christy, you're just gonna have ta trust me on this." Christy was still hanging on, but Luna let her go. She jumped first, landing on the ground towards the back.
"Jump...NOW!" Luna yelled. Christy was scared to death. This is why she didn't go with Reg the first time. This was what she was afraid of. But, she knew this would be her only chance of possible escape.
She launched herself into the air, shutting her eyes tightly. She never hit the ground, but rather into someone's arms. The spy ran, dodging the bullets somehow, Christy under her arm like a book.
"Gottcha," Luna said, running as fast as she could. She threw the earpiece away in a trashcan, hiding with Christy behind a restaurant so she had the chance catch her breath.
