A Crazy Boy and a Beautiful Love

Chapter 9: Betrayal of Avenir and a X

-A few days later; Avenir Storage No. 3- The group got was able to get more work for Passe done... So, they decided to get more work from Avenir so that they could spy on the company. They were lucky to get close enough to the leader... Or, so they thought.

"And, so... Neptune and family arrive at their destination," Neptune narrated.

"What's with the narrative, Nep?" IF asked.

"Oh, I'm sorry.. I just wanted to have some fun with the story, too," Neptune smiled as she looked over to IF.

(Hey! That's my thing, Neptune! A/N.)

"So? I wanna join in, too! I'm the main here!" Neptune told the narrator.

(Uh... Hate to break it to you, Neptune... But, Bradley is the main. A/N.)

"Guh... That was a gut punch," Neptune said as she held her stomach.

(I didn't even... A/N.)

"Bah, you're too serious... Lighten up," Neptune smiled as she shook her head.

(Neppy, you do realize that I have the ability to make the story my own, right? I can make you the main... But, the summary clearly says that A YOUNG SAYAIN is the main. You aren't a Sayain, Neptune... A/N.)

"Ok... I know when I'm beat," Neptune said as she nods her head.

(Good... Continue! A/N.)

"Anyway... I wonder where that Ganache person is," Neptune said as she looked around.

"Uh, Neppy? What's a Gang Hash?" Plutia asked.

"A what, Plutia?" Bradley asked as he looked over at Plutia, "That was worse than Neppy saying Armoire instead of Arfoire."

"Aww... Don't be mean," Plutia told him.

"Ah... Hello again, everyone," Ganache's voice called to the group. Ganache walked up to them and smiled politely.

"Oh, wow... You're alone this time?" Tristan snarled as he glared at Ganache.

"Heel, boy," Noire told him. Tristan scoffed and looked away.

"Right... So, how you doing these days? You look well rested," Neptune smiled.

"Well, I take my breaks quite liberally," Ganache smirked, "Of course, machines do a lot of the work for us. So, yeah... It is quite relaxing."

"I wish I could take my breaks anytime I want," Compa whined as she shook her head.

"Comp... It's never gonna happen with us around you," Bradley joked as he looked at her.

"Boo..." Compa said.

"Compa is just like my Compa," Plutia said.

"I won't ask," Bradley sighed, "So, what kind of job do you have for us today?"

"We have an ore inside that has the ability to power a console for thousands of years. And, we want you all to retrieve it," Ganache told the group.

"Wait... Thousands of years? No way," Emily said in disbelief.

"What kind of power source has that much power?" Bradley asked in confusion as he folds his arms.

"Hmm... What is the name of this ore?" Tristan asked.

"It is called Lastelite," Ganache said in a stoic tone.

"Lastelite? Never heard of it... Not even from my dimension," Tristan said after a few seconds.

"I've never heard of this Lastelite before, either," Plutia said as she looked up at Bradley.

"Neither have I," Bradley said.

"Same," IF said.

"Me, either... Nep-Nep?" Compa asked.

"You're asking a person with no memory, Compa. Noire, what about you?" Neptune asked.

"No... And, I live in Lastation," Noire said.

"Hey, don't look at me. I'm as clueless as you all are," Emily said. Yoko shook her head as she stuck by Bradley's left side.

"Well, I'm not surprised that any of you have heard of this ore. Only Avenir has possession of this ore... And, it's right inside," Ganache said.

"I don't know about this, guys... Something isn't right about all this," Bradley told the group.

"But, Hubby! The ore could power game consoles for thousands of years!" Neptune said to him.

"Bradley..." Plutia said as she looked up at him. Bradley sighed and took a couple of steps away from them.

"I'm sorry... My gut feeling is screaming for me nit to trust him," Bradley said to the group, "I'll wait here... You guys go on ahead."

"But..." Neptune told him.

"It's okay, Nep... We won't be too long, ok?" IF told him.

"He tries anything funny, do what you gotta do," Bradley told Tristan.

"I got it," Tristan said. The group walked away from Bradley and went into the storage. Bradley turned away and sighed.

"What's wrong with me? Why am I not with them? I was actually being a coward? I'm foolish for not going with them... I promised Neptune and Compa that I would protect them both. Even if all my senses tell me not to go... I have to ignore them!" Bradley thought, "I can not leave them!" Suddenly, he heard a loud bang from behind him!

"What the hell?! Guys?!" Bradley called as he turned back towards the storage. The entrance was blocked by debris!

"No! Guys!" Bradley raced towards the entrance and stopped.

"Ganache, what is this?!"

"Oops... My bad. I must've pressed something," Ganache smirked.

"You son of a..." Bradley snarled as he glared at Ganache.

"Hubby!" Neptune called to him.

"Neppy, are you okay?! Are the others with you?!" Bradley called as he turned back to the blocked entrance.

"Yeah... We're here," IF groaned.

"Your bad feeling was spot on, bud..." Emily called.

"Damn it!" Bradley called as he glared at Ganache, "You will fix this, you bastard!"

"I'm afraid not... Your friends will satisfy the hunger of all the monsters there," Ganache smirked. Bradley grabs Ganache by the collar of his suit jacket and hoisted him in the air.

"You will find a way to set them free... Or, I will bathe myself in your blood and organs!" Bradley snarled as the demonic red aura surrounds him once again. Mulina's spirit appears over Bradley's body as he slammed Ganache to the ground. Ganache crawled backwards in fear as a bloody red scythe materialized in Bradley's right hand.

"Are you... A demon?" Ganache gasped in fear.

"A demon? You could say that," Mulina's voice said in a sinister tone as her body appears in Bradley's place.

"Now, are you gonna let them go? Or, do I have to get angry?" Mulina asked Ganache.

"E-even if I could... T-The entrance is blocked by debris. T-The plant is also surrounded in an anti-goddess force field. T-They're trapped in there," Ganache stammered as Mulina got closer to him.

"So... There's nothing you can do?!" Mulina roared as she held her scythe right in front of Ganache's face.

"Y-yes," Ganache said in a terrified tone. Mulina kicked Ganache in the face, knocking him into a pile of debris. He slowly got to his feet and raced away in terror. Mulina then turned back to the entrance.

"There has to be something we can do..." Mulina said as she shook her head. Bradley's spirit appears beside Mulina.

"There's always another exit to these kind of places... We just have to find it," Bradley said to Mulina. Then, Mulina changed back into Bradley.

"Hmm... We just have to think like Ganache. Where would a secret exit be located at?" Bradley said as he scanned the building. He then snapped his fingers and went around the left side of the building. He stopped at a small window near the bottom of the wall.

"Yep... Basement always helps!" Bradley smirked as he used the scythe's blade to smash the glass. He dove into the opening and lands in a dark room.

"Crap... No ceiling light. Good thing I always come prepared," Bradley thought as he held up his right hand. He had a ball of yellow light in the palm of his hand. He walked around the dark room and stopped when he came across a tube with a strange green liquid sloshing around inside of it.

"Uh... What the hell is this?" Mulina's voice asked.

"I have no idea... Look. There's writing on top of the tube," Bradley said as he looked at the top, "-Experiment X.- What is this thing?" The tube housed a human female with red hair that reached her lower back area and a petite body figure. She was in the fetal position as she flowed up and down in the middle of the tube.

"It's... A girl. Why would there be a girl in this thing?" Bradley asked as he looked at the human. Suddenly... The female quickly opened her eyes and looked at Bradley.

"Whoa! Um... Hi." The girl looked at him fervently and tilts her head to the left side.

"Do you have a name?" The girl shook her head no.

"Oh, you understand me?" She nods her head yes.

"Ok, good... So, do you know how you got here?" Bradley asked. The girl then had several visions about her past... Including her family, how she got taken by Avenir, and how she was experimented on. She slowly nods her head.

"Is it something horrible?" She nods her head yes.

"Wow... I bet you feel so hurt right now. Hold on, I'll get you out of there," Bradley told her as he looked around. He saw a panel right next to the girl's tube. He walked up to it and looked at it. He saw a lever that said, "Purge". He pulled it down... And, the liquid drained out of the tube. The girl sank to the bottom of the tube and coughed when all the liquid drained out. She hugged herself as tears slowly streamed down her cheeks. Bradley took off his red jacket and placed it on her shoulders.

"T-thank you," she sniveled.

"To be honest... I came here for a different reason. But, I'm glad I found you," Bradley told her as he looked around. He saw a hospital gown hanging beside the tube. He grabs it and hands it to the girl. She puts the gown on and the jacket over the gown.

"Who are you?" she asked him.

"Bradley Phoenix... You?"

"Destiny," she told him, "But, my family calls me Dess."

"Destiny... Not gonna lie, that sounds really beautiful," Bradley smiled at her, "But, you should know I'm taken." Destiny smiled small as she stood up.

"I'm also taken," Destiny giggled lightly.

"I can believe that," Bradley told her as he turned to her, "So, who put you down here?"

"..." Destiny didn't reply.

"Hey, I understand... Besides, I'm not gonna leave you here to die. Stay by me... I'll keep you safe from harm," Bradley told her.

"Ok... Thank you," Destiny smiled as she hugged his left arm. He held up his other arm that had the orb of light in the palm of it and kept walking.

A few minutes of walking later, they came to a staircase that led up.

"Hmm... This could be the way up. Let's go up, then," Bradley said. The 2 teens walked up the stairs in silence.

"Um... Why did you come here?" Destiny asked Bradley.

"Actually, we were taking a job from Ganache," Bradley told her.

"We?" Destiny asked him.

"A group of friends and I were tricked by that snake, Ganache. Now, they're trapped here unless I can get to them and lead them out," Bradley told her.

"Wow... I'm sorry you all are trapped here," Destiny told him sadly.

"Not anymore... I made us a way out," Bradley smirked.

"Really?" Destiny gasped as she looked at him.

"I uh... Made like a cat burglar and snuck my way inside. Nah... I just smashed a window," Bradley chuckled.

"Oh... Real extravagant of you," Destiny said as she rolled her neon blue eyes.

"Are you getting sassy with me, missy?" Bradley asked her as he looked at her.

"No... I'm just being facetious," Destiny giggled.

"You remind me so much of my girlfriend," Bradley smirked.

"What is she like?" Destiny asked curiously.

"Well... She's cute, funny, goofy, sweet..." Bradley said.

"I didn't ask for a life story here," Destiny said.

"You asked what she was like!" Bradley argued.

"I know... Continue," Destiny giggled.

"Oh, God... Never mind. Huh? We're already at the top of the stairs," Bradley said. The 2 teens stood at the top of the stairs and looked around. Suddenly, an explosion thundered through the warehouse!

"Whoa! What was that?!" Destiny gasped as she looked around again. A cloud of smoke slowly came around a corner and went towards them.

"They must be close," Bradley said as he waked towards the smoke.

"Wait... Are you crazy?! You're walking towards the smoke?!" Destiny gasped.

"If this leads me to my friends... Then, yes. Are you coming, or what?" Bradley said seriously as he turned back to Destiny.

"Yeah... I have no other choice," Destiny said as she walked up to his right side. They raced through the smoke, covering their faces with their arms as they rushed ahead. Suddenly, the smoke cleared... And, they were greeted with fresh air.

"Phew... Not here. Where are they?" Bradley asked as he looked around. He then noticed a disc stuck to the wall on his left. He walked over to it and picked it off the wall.

"What is that?" Destiny asked Bradley.

"You're asking me? This looks like a regular disc to me," Bradley said as he examines the disc. Suddenly, the disc began to shine brightly... Blinding both Destiny and Bradley! When the light disappeared, they uncovered their eyes and looked around. They were surrounded by robots!

"What the hell?! Where did these things come from?!" Bradley yelled as he got into a fighting stance, "Dess, hide!"

"Hey, I ain't leaving you to these things!" Destiny told him as she surrounded in a bright light herself.

"What?! You, too?!" Bradley gasped. Destiny was dressed in a silver bikini armor and she had holographic wings on her back. Her hair was a darker red as her eyes became red as well. She also had on silver armor gloves and shoes and had a javelin in her right hand.

"How?!"

"Ask questions later, Bradley! Let's destroy these things!" Destiny told him in a more mature tone as she spun the javelin at her right side.

"Yeah... We have to talk about this one later!" Bradley told her as he transformed into Violet Heart, "Come on!"

"Crimson Dance!" Destiny yelled as she slashed several robots into binary code and punched another coming at her from behind.

"Arch Vice!" Destiny impaled several robots at once as she threw her javelin at them. She caught the javelin as it raced back to her.

"Sonic Crusher!" Bradley yelled as he slammed his right fist into a robot's cerebral cortex.

"Giant Vanity!" He then threw a large blue sphere at a group of them and blew them up, causing robot parts to fly everywhere!

"Icicle Targon!" Destiny yelled as she slammed her javelin onto a robot and froze it solid.

"Nova Dragon Fist!" Bradley yelled as he punched the frozen robot, blowing it up. Then, a robot fired a laser at Bradley and hits him in the back. He glared at it and charged at it.

"Take this! Hydra Crusher!" Bradley yelled as he grabbed the robot and flung it helplessly into the air. He then fired a violet purple blast at it, blowing it to smithereens.

"Nice... That was a good show," a familiar voice called to them. Bradley turned to the voice. A man with white hair walked up to them.

"Warren!" Destiny snarled as she charged at him. She grabbed him by the collar and hoisted him into the air.

"Where's Jack?! What did you do to my little brother?!"

"Oh, don't worry... He's safe. In Lowee, nonetheless," Warren smirked.

"Lowee?! Why is he there?!" Destiny yelled as she slammed him to the ground, "I let you do this to me so that he won't be harmed by your experiments! You promised that you wouldn't move him anywhere! You liar!"

"So? Like I care about what I promised an experiment," Warren smirked. Destiny held her javelin to Warren's throat and glared hatefully at him.

"Tristan was right... You are something fierce," Bradley snarled.

"Call it what you want... I still have control over you, Dess. If you want to see your brother again... Attack Bradley," Warren smirked. Destiny looked over at Bradley and sighed.

"Do what you gotta do... I understand," Bradley told her.

"I'm sorry," Destiny told Bradley as she looks sadly at him.

"Honestly, I would do the same thing," Bradley told her, "Warren, you're not going to get away with this... You know that, right?"

"Yes, I am," Warren laughed.

"I'd advise that you put your weapon down," a voice told Destiny as she points her weapon at Bradley. A woman with waist length blue hair floats up to Destiny and held a red whip sword towards Destiny's throat.

"Who are you? This isn't what it looks like, I swear," Destiny told the woman.

"Oh, really? Cause, it looked like you were about to attack my pet," she smirked as she held the blade closer to Destiny's throat.

"Wait a sec... Plutia, is that you?" Bradley asked her, "You're a... Dominatrix?"

"Good answer, Bradley... You knew it was me. Now, next question... Who is this little uppity bitch? Is she bothering you?" Plutia asked him.

"Bitch? That's a little harsh, lady," Destiny said as she glanced at her.

"My name is Iris Heart to you, bitch... Remember that," she said simply as she loosened her grip on the whip sword.

"Plutia... That man is your enemy, not her. He is trying to get her to attack me," Bradley explained.

"Oh, is that right?" Iris Heart smirked as she looked down at Warren.

"Oh? And, what are you gonna do? Sex me to death?" Warren asked her.

"No... You're not my type, swine. Picking on little girls ticks me off," Iris Heart said in a peeved tone, "Prepare to be punished..." An actual crimson whip appeared in her right hand.

"What the?!" Warren gasped as he got to his feet. Iris Heart whips the ground in front of Warren and giggled as she hovered towards him.

"Oh.. The fun I'm gonna have with you," Iris Heart smirked.

"Plutie!" Neptune's human voice called to her. The group rushed towards the dominatrix and stopped as they saw Destiny.

"What?! Another CPU?!" Tristan gasped as he looked at her.

"I'll explain later... I have some business to take care of," Bradley said as he cracked his knuckles. He walked over to Warren and glared at him. The demonic red aura surrounds him once again.

"Iris... I will get info out of him. Stand down," Bradley told her as he grabbed Warren by his throat, "For your sake... You'd better talk." Bradley glared into Warren's eyes and Warren screamed in horror as he covered his eyes. Bradley tightened his grip on Warren's throat, cutting his scream off abruptly.

"If you have time to scream, you have time to answer our questions! What are you planning to do with Jack?!" Destiny asked as she walked up beside Bradley.

"What are you doing in this dimension?" Tristan called as he folds his arms across his chest.

"And, how should I torture you?" Iris Heart asked. Everyone turned to Iris Heart.

"What? I can't have any fun?"

"Iris... Quiet, please," Mulina's voice said. Iris Heart sighed and folds her arms.

"I don't have to answer any of you," Warren snarled as he closed his eyes.

"You do realize I don't have to look directly into your eyes, right? I look deep into your soul," Bradley told Warren.

"You wouldn't dare," Warren coughed.

"Oh, I dare!" Bradley smirked.

"All right... I was planning on turning an entire family into man made CPUs," Warren growled.

"No! You bastard! You did lie to me!" Destiny yelled as she punched him. Tristan and Noire held Destiny back as she tried to charge at Warren.

"Calm down, Destiny... It's not worth it," Bradley said as he looked at her. Destiny stopped and looked at Bradley.

"What am I supposed to do? Jack is all I have left," Destiny told Bradley. Bradley threw down Warren and returned to human form.

"We'll help you," Compa told Destiny.

"We got your back, Dess... Don't worry," Bradley told Destiny.

"Thank you," Destiny smiled as she returned to human form. Iris Heart returned to her human form as well.

"I'm sleepy," Plutia yawned as she leaned on Noire's left shoulder.

"Plutia, now's not the time to be resting! We have to get out of here!" Noire told Plutia.

"Leave that part to me... I know the way out. Well, I made a way out," Bradley told the group. Bradley walked over to Plutia and hoisted her onto his back.

"Is that better, Plutie?" Neptune asked Plutia.

"Mm-hmm," Plutia smiled.

"Good... As for you," Bradley said as he glared at Warren. He kicked him in the face, knocking him out.

"Let's move!" IF called as Bradley races ahead to the downward staircase. The group followed Bradley towards the basement.

(Destiny joins the party! LV: Destiny: 33; Bradley: 35; Neptune: 35; Compa: 35; IF: 35; Noire: 34; Plutia: 33; Tristan: 34; Emily: 36. Lily Rank Update! Bradley, Destiny: 6; Neptune: 8; Compa: 8; IF: 7; Emily: 8; Plutia: 8; Tristan: 8; Noire: 7. Destiny was a last minute addition to the story... Last one, I promise! A/N.)

-End Chapter 9-