Yay! 10th chapter! So exciting! Well I think it is... yeah, I don't know...
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Holley's POV
I woke up to the sound of mens voices, my head was killing me! I know bad guys have to drug their victims and all, but I don't do so well with drugs. They just give me terrible migraines, like right now! I slowly opened my eyes only to see... lemons, lemons EVERYWHERE! One of them noticed I was awake and called out to the others. They crowded around me with their evil smiles. I couldn't quite make out what they were saying, mainly because all I could hear was my heart pounding. My vision was still a bit blurry, so when one of the lemons pulled out something from a briefcase... I think, I couldn't make out what it was. I shook my head trying to clear my head.
"Aye! Are you listening?!" I could finally hear them say.
"Tell us where the girl is! And your partner McMissile too!" another lemon yelled at me.
One lemon walked up to me and looked me in the eye.
"Where is McMissile?!" he shouted.
Some of his spit landed on my face.
"Ew! You spit on me! Do you guys ever brush your teeth?! I know you're villans, but would it kill you to have some personal hygiene?" I blurted out.
"Shut it, Shiftwell!" a familiar voice said.
I looked to my left and saw a tall, muscular guy wearing a blue sweatshirt, dark green cargo pants and black boots. He noticed that I was looking at him with a confused face.
"Remember me?" he said.
"No, not like I want to anyway." I said bored, then I realized who it was.
"When we first met, I thought your grandfather needed help. Turns out you didn't have one." he smirked,
"You don't have a life."
"Your stupid."
"Says the guy who got arrested for working alongside the lemons." I countered.
Ivan, I hated the name. How could he join the lemons? I thought he was only supposed to be Victor Hugo's bodyguard or driver... or something.
"Why work with the lemons anyway? You don't get paid, so what's there to live for?" I asked him.
I was actually hoping that he'd eventually ditch the lemons and move on with his life. Ivan was about to answer when Professor Zundapp came out of no where- seriously no where, he just suddenly appeared- and answered for him.
"Don't try changing the subject Shiftwell. Now tell us, where is McMissile and the girl?!" he yelled at me.
I took a good look at his teeth and gave a small giggle.
"Why is she laughing?"
"She shouldn't be laughing!"
"Have you ever considered getting braces?" I asked him while smirking.
A few of the lemons started laughing, I looked at him expecting to see him embarrassed but instead he just stared at me blankly.
"Tell us where!" he shouted with rage.
The lemons immediately stopped laughing, some even backed up. I didn't have time for this. I tried to lift my arm to punch him when I noticed that I was tied to a chair. My hands were stuck behind me while my feet were tied together. Okay, I really need to brush up on my observation skills. How could I not notice this earlier? Since I wasn't going to escape any time soon I just decided to try and get some answers.
"What do you want with Kiara?!" I asked angrily, "Why do you need her to take over the world?!"
"We're not going to take over it." a british voice said.
Miles Axlerod. I almost growled as he walked over to me.
"We're going to conquer it." he said simply.
"But what does Kiara have to do with this?"
"You'll find out in time. But for now I suggest you start telling us what we need to know. Make this easy for us so that we don't have to hurt you." he said.
Is he serious?! Why on earth would I want to do that?!
"Never." I said firmly.
"Very well..." he walked back over to the lemons and said loud enough for me to hear, "Do what you must."
I bit my lip as the lemons slowly approached me. My heart was pounding, what are they going to do to me? I had to think quickly... My communicator! I stretched my arm and twisted it a bit just so it would reach into my pocket. I felt the familiar shape in my pocket and pressed the button on the side. Zundapp and the lemons pulled out a bunch of weapons as they advanced. I was getting nervous, I know I shouldn't have but... I couldn't help it. Then I remembered what I had learned in CHROME, no matter what happens you have to stay strong. That was our motto, the motto we had to recite everyday. And it was right. I had to stay strong, for Kiara. I could do that... right?
No POV
"Holley?! Holley, come in! Please respond!" Finn said into his communicator.
Tomber drove up to them with Kiara in the front seat. She got out and ran towards them.
"Finn! Did you find her?" Kiara asked,
"No, we were hoping you two did." Finn said.
Kiara buried her face in her hands, "Ugh! This is all my fault! If I hadn't run away she wouldn't have gone after me. Then she wouldn't have gotten kidnapped!"
"Kiara this is not your fault, do not blame yourself." Finn said softly.
Wait a moment… Finn thought. That's exactly what Siddeley said to me when Leland…
"But it is my fault!" Kiara shouted,
"I agree completely." Rose muted under her breath.
Finn glared at Rose for the first time which surprised her. She then glared at Kiara who was too busy blaming herself to notice.
"Wait! Remember when you three came to my shop and asked me for information on the lemons?" Tomber asked.
When Kiara and Finn nodded he continued, "On my way to the shop I saw two lemons whispering to each other while looking at me. I didn't want to tell Kiara because I didn't want to scare her. So I left her in my car while I went out to buy what I needed."
"What?!" Kiara exclaimed,
"Go on." Finn said.
Tomber rolled his eyes, "Well the lemons approached me and asked if I've seen a girl with red eyes and purple hair. I said no and they accused me of being a liar. Then well…" Tomber gestured to his black eye.
"So that's how you got your black eye!" Kiara said, "I'm gonna kill those stupid lemons!"
"No unless Holley beats you to it." Tomber chuckled, "So anyway, after they gave me the black eye, they gave me a little hint as to where their hideout is."
"It's that thing that you were muttering as we drove home, right?"
Tomber nodded.
"The chemical will lead you to the root of the mark." Kiara said, "But what the heck does that mean?"
Finn closed his eyes to think, Rose was looking at her nails while Tomber was staring dreamily at her. Kiara nudged Tomber and smirked as she gestured to Rose. She looked up and glared at both of them, Kiara glared back while Tomber blushed.
Finn opened eyes, "Land mark. The lemon must have meant The Eiffel Tower because that's where the meeting place is near."
"But he also said 'root of the mark'. Doesn't that mean like… underground or something?" Kiara asked walking over to Finn.
"Yes, that's what I'm afraid of…" Finn said uneasy.
Kiara noticed this and smirked, "What are you, closterfobic?"
"No, it's just that...it's under the Eiffel Tower... I'm not so sure if you should come along..." Finn said slowly.
"What? Why not?" Kiara complained as Finn expected.
"... Siddeley would get bored without you?" Finn said making it up.
Kiara didn't believe him and gave him a skeptic look.
"He'll live. But I can't just let you go by yourself!"
"Miss Shiftwell and I were planning to go alone anyway. We were going to leave you with Siddeley." Finn said. "Please try to understand."
Kiara thought about it for a moment then shook her head no.
"Come on Finn!"
"Kiara, I said no." Finn raised his voice a bit.
"But that's not fair!" Kiara complained, "I'm not a little kid, I can do this! I'm not some sad little girl wanting to hide from danger. I want to go!"
"No! You think you can do these things but you just can't Leland!" Finn shouted.
Tomber and Rose both looked away from Finn while Kiara stared at him confused. Finn realized what he had said then turned his back on Kiara.
"Who's Leland?" Kiara asked.
When Finn didn't answer she looked at Tomber and Rose who were trying to avoid her question.
"Finn, I don't know who this 'Leland' person is, but he doesn't relate to this!" Kiara said, she glanced at Tomber who flinched then continued,
"You said that this mission is dangerous. But I can tell that there's another reason why you're not letting me do this. Why can't you just tell me?"
Finn turned around and walked up to Kiara. He took something out of his pocket and put it to her neck in one swift movement. She fell to the ground unconscious.
"I'm sorry... But I can't risk another..." with that Finn picked up Kiara and headed towards the hotel.
For the first time Rose looked at Kiara without anger, instead she looked at her with sympathy. Tomber mumbled something about Leland then walked back to his car and drove away. As Finn walked up the staircase to the eleventh floor he thought about Leland. All the adventures that they'd been through together. He still wasn't over the fact the Leland was dead. He could still remember when they first met.
Finn was walking towards his next class when he heard someone yelling. He turned his head and saw a student wearing a red vest and black shorts heading towards him with a football in his right arm. The student tripped, his shoe flew off his foot while the football was headed straight for Finn's face. Finn caught it before it hit him and walked towards the kid who had tripped.
"Are you okay?" Finn asked,
"Yeah, sorry mate, I'm new here." he said embarrassed, "Oh, by the way, my name's Leland, Leland Turbo. What's yours?"
"Finn McMissile." Finn said.
He handed him the football and was about to walk away when another student in a silver jacket was about to bump into him. Luckily Finn stepped aside just in time to see him fall on Leland.
"Siddeley!" Finn said annoyed.
"Sorry Finn! I couldn't help it though, Aiden was sticking flammable gum in my hair and wanted to see if it would catch on fire! So then I-"
"Um... pardon me for interrupting, but... WOULD YOU PLEASE GET OFF ME?!" Leland shouted.
"Oops, sorry... hey! Your the new kid!" Siddeley said helping him up.
"Uh yeah..." Leland said, "Where'd my shoe go?"
"It's on the ceiling fan." Siddeley pointed out.
The ceiling fan was spinning rapidly with Leland's shoe that was somehow stuck on it.
"Give me your football." Finn said,
"Why?"
"Just give it to me."
Leland handed Finn the football and watched what he was doing.
"Sid, go long!"
Siddeley was running down the hallway, Finn aimed the football towards the ceiling fan and threw it. The football hit the shoe sending it flying towards Siddeley.
"I got it! I got it! I-" the shoe it Siddeley in the face.
Siddeley fell on the ground while Leland and Finn burst out laughing. He got up and was about to walk towards them when the football hit him again, but in the stomach.
"Going down... again!" Siddeley said before hitting the ground.
Finn turned to look at Leland, "You should come with us if you want to survive this school."
Leland laughed again but stopped when he noticed that Finn wasn't, "Oh, your serious... well okay. It's good to have some friends now, so I won't be the school's loner." Leland said,
"Don't worry!" Siddeley said getting up, he walked over to Finn and put his arm around him, "We'll be your friends, don't you worry Leland!"
"Um... Siddeley? I'm over here." Leland said a little concerned.
"Friends?" Finn asked,
"Yeah!" Leland paused, "We... are friends right?"
Finn thought about it for a moment then answered, "Yeah, I guess we are."
Finn POV
I eventually reached the eleventh floor, I choose not to take the elevator because I'm quite certain people would notice a man carrying an unconscious girl with him to his room. That wouldn't seem casual. I opened the door to find Siddeley picking at the gadget on his leg with a paperclip. He looked up at me and started shouting.
"Finn, can you please take this thing off me?! I can't walk ANYWHERE!" Siddeley whined.
Kiara let out a small groan, that's when Siddeley noticed that she was unconscious.
"What happened to her?" he said quickly forgetting about his leg.
"I put her to sleep long enough for me to go find Miss Shiftwell." I answered as I carried Kiara to her room.
"What? Where's Holley? What's going on?" Siddeley asked confused.
"Holley was... kidnapped by the lemons." I said quietly.
"That's it, I'm going with you." he said sternly.
"Siddeley, we already talked about this-" I stopped mid-sentence.
As soon as I entered Kiara's the room, the window near the bed was open. I quickly, but gently put Kiara on the bed and ran back into the main room where Siddeley was.
"Sid... did you open the window in Kiara's room?" I asked carefully,
"No, I was in the other hotel room the whole time. I just got here about five minutes before you came in. Why?" he answered.
We both rushed back into the room to look for any clues as to what happened. But it seemed as if the only thing that was missing was Kiara's dress from the dinner gathering.
"Everything seems to be normal." Siddeley said,
"Yes, except that Kiara's dress is missing."
"But what would anyone want with a blood-stained dress?"
"I'm not sure... This morning before we all went out I distinctly remember Kiara putting the dress on the chair near the desk."
I walked over to the desk and noticed a slip of paper. I picked it up, but it was blank.
"Should I contact CHROME about the situation?" Siddeley asked.
I thought for a moment then answered, "No, I can get Holley back... the lemons know our location. We must leave tomorrow. Siddeley, get everything we need and we'll leave in your jet. But if I do not make it back take Kiara to a safe place, somewhere the lemons will never find her."
"Yes sir." he said as he walked out of the hotel room dragging his foot with him.
I walked back in Kiara's room, she was still sleeping, just as I left her. I sat on the edge of the bed just staring at her. I don't know why, but I feel strangely... drawn to her as if I have to be with her for every moment. I brushed some of the hair off her face and just stared at her. Why am I feeling this way about her? I shouldn't, I must not. I looked at my watch and realized that I was wasting time. I was about to get up when I felt two arms embrace my waist. I looked at Kiara and noticed that she was hugging me, although she still wasn't conscious.
"Mm... Oh Finn..." she said as she nuzzled close to me.
I smirked, I had to admit, she looked so adorable when she's sleeping peacefully. I gently took her arms off my waist and got up to leave. As I did I heard her mumble something.
"No... don't... go... Finn..." she said quietly in her sleep.
"I have to, I'm sorry." I whispered then left before she could say anything else.
No POV
Finn walked out of the building and headed towards The Eiffel Tower. Suddenly a blue car drove up beside him. The window rolled down to reveal Rose and Tomber. Before Finn could say anything Rose pulled him in.
"Need a ride?" Tomber smirked, before Finn could even think about it Tomber stepped on the gas pedal and the car zoomed off towards the Eiffel Tower.
"I'm coming with you." Rose said sternly,
"Miss Sharpski, really I don't think-"
"Nope, I'm coming and that's final!" Rose said as she buckled Finn's seat belt on.
Finn sighed then said, "Fine, but only if you will do as I say. I can't risk getting us caught."
"Fair enough."
The rest of the trip was silent except for the sound of Tomber's car driving through the empty streets. Once they got to the Eiffel Tower, Tomber parked his car somewhere and followed them.
When Finn gave him a questioning look, he shrugged and said, "I have nothing better to do, and my shop is closed at this hour."
"Fine, but if we get caught, I'm putting you in that impound." Finn said.
Tomber had a horrified expression until Finn and Rose started laughing. Tomber laughed nervously.
"Heh... you're joking right?" he asked.
Finn ignored his question and walked under the Eiffel Tower.
"So where is it?! Where's the entrance to the hideout?" Rose asked.
"Hm... Maybe we could try the elevator..." Finn suggested,
"You still didn't answer my question!" Tomber said.
"But didn't you say that it was underground?"
"Are you two ignoring me?!" Tomber shouted,
"Yes, but I've got an idea. Something I've learned in CHROME Academy." Finn said as he walked towards the elevator.
"It only goes up to the second floor." Rose said as Finn walked in.
"Yup, their ignoring me." Tomber said to himself.
"Would you shut up already?!" Rose shouted at him.
Tomber immediately stopped talking and blushed as Rose looked at him angrily.
"... Anyway, you two, stay here. If I'm not back in an hour then Rose, you come down. If Rose isn't back in fifteen minutes, Tomber," Finn threw something at him, he caught it and saw that it was his communicator, "Call Siddeley and tell him to bring the jet... and Kiara."
Rose and Tomber nodded. Finn walked in and placed a gadget on the ground. He turned it on and sparks flew everywhere, the next thing he knew the elevator was plummeting to the ground below the Eiffel tower.
"Good luck..." Rose said,
"So... have you ever been to Paris before?" Tomber asked trying to start a conversation. "Because, in my opinion it's the most beautiful city in the world. N-not that I would know... I mean, I would b-but..."
Rose rolled her eyes, "This is going to be the longest hour of my life."
Finn landed on the ground safely, he brushed himself off and look at his surroundings. It looked exactly like the platform he went on when he was doing the case on Allinol. Finn shuddered at the memory but continued his way. Suddenly he heard a scream.
"Holley!" he said quietly.
Finn ran into another room only to find himself above the room where Zundapp and the lemons were torturing Holley.
"Too much Deja vu..." Finn said to himself.
"Now, tell us where McMissile is!" Finn heard Zundapp yell.
"... N-no! I w-will... never-" Holley screamed again.
Finn flinched.
"No need for that." all the lemons and Holley looked up and saw Finn standing above them.
He shot his grappling hook on a ledge and descended down as the lemons shot at him. He landed perfectly without a scratch and took out his own gun and began firing.
"Let her go Zundapp!" Finn said sternly as he pointed the gun at him.
"Why would I want to do that? Shouldn't you be more concerned about them?" Zundapp said.
As if on cue a bunch of lemons walked up to them with Rose and Tomber. Finn's eyes widened, but he kept his gun pointed at Zundapp.
"It's only a matter of time before-"
"Professor Z!" Grem shouted as he and Acer approached him,
"What?" Zundapp growled.
"The girl! She's not at the hotel anymore!" Acer said.
"What?! Then where is she?" Zundapp turned to look at Finn who smirked.
Before Zundapp could say anything else Miles Axlerod walked up to him.
"McMissile." he said with distaste.
"Axlerod!" Finn growled.
"Do not worry Zundapp. We don't need to chase her down." he said.
"Oh, and why not?" Finn asked,
"Because, she will come to us." Axlerod said evilly as he pulled out a remote, then pressed the big red button on it.
Siddeley's POV
I carried Kiara into the jet just as the lemons barged into the hotel. Luckily there was a back door so I could sneak out with her. Unfortunately I still couldn't get Finn's gadget off my leg so I had to drag it with me until I actually got to the jet. I gently set her down on the chair and let her sleep while I stared at my communicator waiting for Finn to call. I was a bit exhausted so I decided to close my eye's for a few minutes.
"Leland, what are you doing?" I asked him as I passed by his dorm room.
It was a saturday and I had finished all my homework, so I decided to go and practice flying the academy's jets.
"I'm going to pull a prank on Finn... at least I think that's what Americans say..." Leland said.
"Right... you have fun with that..." I said then tried to walk away quickly.
"Wait! Don't you want to help?" I knew he would ask that, he always seems to drag me into his little schemes.
"Leland, I don't think that's such a good idea. Finn could... well he'd basically kill us." I said.
"Nonsense!" he said then pulled me in his dorm room.
Half of the room was neat and tidy while the other half was messy, and I'm guessing that half was Leland's.
"Aw... ew! What's that smell?" I asked pinching my nose to block out the smell.
"What? Oh that? That's just my socks... heh... haven't washed those things in a while." he said embarrassed,
"Doesn't Finn mind?"
"No... his side smells like air freshener."
"I wonder why..." I mumbled.
"Anyway, Finn's showering right now, so I'm going to use a classic prank. At least I think it's one..."
"When we're older I promise you I'm going to take you to America, so you can see what it's really like." I said,
"Thanks mate!" he said happily, "So, anyway, I put flour in his blow dryer. So that when he uses it-"
Suddenly we heard a click then the sound of water being turned off. We heard Finn get out of the shower and then... we heard him turn on the blow dryer.
"LELAND!" Finn shouted.
Finn threw open the bathroom door and gave Leland a death glare. He was only wearing a towel while the rest of him was covered in white flour.
"He did it." Leland said pointing at me.
"What?! No I didn't!" I said, I can't believe I let Leland do this to me again!
"I'm giving you two five seconds." Finn said threateningly.
"Five..."
"I think we should run now..." Leland said,
"Four..."
"Oh you think?!" I shouted,
"Three..."
"He's going to kill us." I said as we ran out of the dorm room.
"Two, one!" we heard him say then he ran out too.
"Why do I let you drag me into these kind of things?!" I asked him as we ran.
"Because it's fun?"
"Right! Sure, being chased by your best friend, who is- might I add- the top student at CHROME academy is real fun!" I said sarcastically.
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I opened my eyes and looked at the time. Oh no... I've slept for two hours! Then I realized something, Finn and Holley still weren't back yet. He told me to leave if he wasn't back, but I can't just leave them here! I looked at Kiara and did a double-take. To make matters worse, she was covered in that dark shadow again! Only Finn knows what to do when this type of things happens! Oh no... I'm just a pilot, what can I do?!
Okay... I have to stay calm... Finn and Holley will be back soon... Kiara's going to be fine... RIGHT?!
So dramatic! Well not really... I don't know...
Anyway, if anyone noticed, I added a quote from another movie in this chapter, can anyone guess which movie?
"You think you can do these things, but you just can't _!"
Also I don't have this edited yet, if you haven't noticed. So if the spelling or grammar is wrong, then I'm sorry.
Hope you liked it!
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