Welcome back! Here's the next chapter in the story. I'd like to thank my amazing Beta Reader ByakBlade for all of her hard work. She is a huge inspiration to the story. I'd also like to thank all of you who have reviewed, favorited or followed the story, and I hope you continue to do so.
"You know, for a computer company, they sure do pride themselves in paper documents," Phoenix spoke.
Phoenix, and his comrades were looking through files of the C.A.T.S. company. The Computer, and Technological Science company was infamous for their illegal activities.
"Well it doesn't exactly work if the CEO of a rival company is the world's best hacker," Wind Sage retorted.
Tidal Wave rummaged through multiple drawers until one specifically caught her eye.
"Uh, guys you might want to see this!" She shouted.
Terranova went to her and peeked into the drawer.
"Finally! Something digital!" He commented.
Tidal Wave picked up a small black flash drive and placed it in her pocket. She felt her mission phone vibrate. She picked it up, and answered.
"Hello?" She asked.
"Two minutes until police arrive, and they're pissy tonight," Ambient spoke. "There's been a break in at the museum. Shadow is already on his way, but you never know."
"So how did you piss off the police this time?"
Ambient laughed, "I kidnapped Link," he replied.
"Idiot," Tidal Wave muttered under her breath. "So how long now that we've wasted time?"
"Let's say you just lost about thirty seconds and counting."
Tidal Wave closed her phone and looked to her comrades.
"Grab all the filing cabinets," she grinned evilly.
"We're gonna have some fun."
As a man walked outside near the building, he looked up to see shattered glass, and multiple falling filing cabinets. He dove for cover.
The vigilantes were the next things out of the shattered window. All except Wind Sage.
"Phoenix, torch whatever we don't need," Terranova said while loading the getaway van.
Phoenix did as instructed, melting cabinets, and burning their contents. The screeching of tires could be heard as he was in the middle of the act.
"Time to go!' Wind Sage shouted from the window above.
A small cyclone appeared in front of him, which he jumped into, and started to fly away.
Phoenix entered the van as Terranova sent a rumble through the streets. He destroyed most of the road, and stopped many police vehicles.
Terranova created a hole in the ground, and disappeared into it, closing it behind them.
Tidal Wave started to drive the van away from the chasing vehicles. The ruined road slowed the pursuing vehicles down, but they were gaining speed. Time Corp. had built them to outrun any getaway vehicle. Fortunately, this was also a Time Corp. vehicle; one that went a lot faster.
Police vehicles started to suddenly swerve. The vigilantes didn't have to look up, as they already knew what was happening. From the top of another building Evergreen shot arrows into the tires of the pursuing vehicles. This created a wall in front of other vehicles, stopping the chase.
"Thanks!" Tidal wave said over the comlink channel.
"Oh, anytime. Though they just found me, and I should start running."
The door to the roof of the building Evergreen was on flung open by officers that had seen her before she started shooting arrows.
Evergreen let out a flurry of curse words, and took off running. She shot an explosive arrow into the building next to her, and dove through with a unhuman strength in her jump. She landed gracefully on the floor, and again took off running. She continued running until she was faced with another set of widows. She stopped to catch her breath.
To security guards burst into the room, with batons in hand. She looked out the window and saw a 100 foot drop facing her to a parking lot. She contemplated her options. Within a split second she was breaking through the glass, and free falling to the ground. She tried to use her spiked arm bracers to scratch into the glass to slow her descent.
She noticed a balcony on the side of the building, and fired her arm grapple at it. She climbed up the balcony, and used the grapple to hook on to a nearby building a short distance away.
She made her way to a fire escape, and descended to the ground. Evergreen touched a button on her wrist bracers, and called her bike to her. Once mounted, she made her way back to their headquarters.
Tidal Wave was faced by a police barricade in front of her, and saw no easy way out of the situation.
Just when all hope seemed lost, a hood biker sped past her.
"Go." She heard an unfamiliar voice on her comlink. The rider dismounted.
He had a tattered cloak, and gloves that were pointed to look like claws. He wore a dark purple armor, and a black cloak. His mask was that of a skull. His entire appearance was demonic. Dark wisps raced from his hands. He turned to Tidal Wave, and Phoenix.
"Are you incompetent? GO! NOW!" He shouted.
Not waiting to be told again, she put the van in reverse, and drove off.
An officer got out of his car, using his door for cover.
"Sir, put your hands on your head, and get on the ground."
He laughed demonically. He slowly raised his hands. He then proceeded to blast dark energy at them.
"I am Darkness. I am Death. I am Demon. I am Hell on Earth. I am… the Necromancer." He laughed in his demonic voice. "And I will not be commanded by petty mortals."
Officers proceeded to fire bullets at him, which stopped in midair. One by one the bullets made their way back to the officers that shot them. He laughed, and then disappeared into nothingness. Leaving his evidence for the police to find purposefully.
Sora found himself looking throughout the museum looking for what triggered the alarm. Normally he would've left this to the police, but they were busy with the vigilante sighting. He heard something crash through a skylight.
Shadow and Link crashed through the skylight, no longer caring for stealth. Link heard footsteps, and spotted two Dragmire grunts running towards them. Both were quickly shot down by Sora, who decided to make his presence known.
Link looked to him in surprise, and Sora only nodded to him.
"Evening, Director Hikari," Shadow greeted.
"Shadow," He said. "Who might your friend be?"
"This would be our new prospect. He has no codename yet, but I doubt he'll need one," Shadow responded.
Sora only nodded, and they began searching the museum. Dragmire guards were everywhere, and exhibits were being destroyed on the spot. The whole museum was utter anarchy. The only thing left of the security guards were their blood covered tools.
Link moved closer to the guards, keeping out of site. A shield against guns was quite redundant, no matter how indestructible it was. He was converging to the site of the alarm rather than dealing with the guards. Sora, and Shadow could take care of them.
He moved deeper into the heart of the museum. He heard something crash ahead. He began to run towards it.
"... and how he expects to destroy it is another mystery!" The voice spoke. "Nobody can lift the damn thing."
Link ducked by the entrance, and peeked into the room.
He saw the legendary bounty hunter, the Phantom in the room trying to the destroy an ancient artifact.
Unlike other artifacts Link had seen, this topped them all. It was the Master Sword.