With the four of us flying as fast as we were, it only took us about nearly fifteen minutes to reach the meadow in the forest. As we hovered above the meadow below us, I was about to suggest that we landed and walked through the tunnel entrance, but the ground opened up again just like it did when Killer Moth unleashed his robot legion a couple of hours ago. This was probably due to Fixit taking into account that Lola was with us at the time.
"I assume you know the way", I asked Lola as I patted her head. The female moth responded with a tiny hiss as she began descending into the open hole in the ground. "This way, Guys", I called back to Raven and Beast Boy, urging them to follow me. Once we were inside and the floor/ceiling closed above us, Lola then led us through a series of tunnels, just big enough for the moths to fly through one at a time, that eventually led us back to the large, white room where I first met the Big Five. Once there, Lola and I were immediately greeted by her four brothers. "Okay, okay, I missed you guys, too", I chuckled as a few of the moths playfully nipped at my clothes, despite me being on Lola's back.
"Sweet", said Beast Boy as he morphed back into his human form in midair, landing on Nightmare's back as he did so. "You think I can try driving?"
"Wait, Beast Boy, not Nightmare. He's got a bit of a—", I began before being interrupted by Beast Boy's panicky shriek as Nightmare took off like a jet. "—temper", I said finishing my thought as I watched Nightmare try to throw Beast Boy off of his back. I was just about to send Lola over to calm him down, but Raven beat me to it as she does a one-handed whistle, which immediately grabs Nightmare's attention as he comes to a completely halt that was so sharp that Beast Boy was thrown off of his back. He didn't waste any time in morphing into a hawk and flying away. Raven then comforts the disgruntled moth by petting him via aura. "Raven, you're a natural", I said to her with some friendly applause as Nightmare flew over to her. Raven began blushing as she began to awkwardly pet Nightmare, who was instantly smitten with her at this point.
"Great", said Raven sarcastically as Nightmare then began rubbing up against her. "Now how do I get him to stop." I chuckled upon hearing her monotoned answer as she tried to gently push the giant bug away from her. Her moment with Nightmare was interrupted upon the ceiling opening up.
"'Bout time y'all got here", said Cyborg as he leaned his head upside down through the opening. "Now get 'ya butts up here, Robin found Killer Moth's control center", he continued before pulling his head back out. The three of us then left the moths and flew out after Cyborg as he then led us back to the control room where Moth and Mod had first introduced me to Chang.
"Well, this is in no way suspicious", said Raven sarcastically as she looked around the room upon us entering.
"Wonder how long this has been going on", commented Beast Boy.
"Who knows", began Robin as he was surfing through files and documents on one of Killer Moth's computers. Starfire and Fixit stood by his sides as he worked.
"Judging from how big the base is, and how big his collection of robots was, I'd say he's been down here at least a year or two", I said.
"Well the timing fits", said Cyborg as he looked over at Beast Boy.
"What about the timing", I asked.
"This isn't the first time that Jump City's villains formed an alliance with one another."
"Yeah, the last time they got together they turned Paris upside down", added Beast Boy.
"How long ago was that?"
"About two years ago", said Raven. "The breakouts came some time after that."
"What do you mean?"
"Last time", began Robin, "the villains were all under the employ of the Brotherhood of Evil."
"More bad guys", whispered Beast Boy to me in a joking manner, as if to imply that I was about to ask who the Brotherhood of Evil were. I let it slide because truthfully I was. Also because Robin continued despite Beast Boy's slight interruption.
"They assembled every villain we ever went up against, recruited them, and they all ambushed us."
"Technically no, they didn't", began Beast Boy. "Doctor Light wasn't there, or Blackfire, or Red X, or that tofu guy that Cyborg ate…."
"Wait, what", I asked in reference to the last villain he mentioned.
"Man, was that a weird day", mumbled Raven.
"Whatever, Man", said Cyborg as he cut us off. "So maybe not every villain, but they did recruit damn near all of them. Their little alliance almost accomplished a global cleansing of the Titans."
"Wait, so there's more?"
"Have you not been listening", asked an irritated Starfire. "There are many more villains from which we have defended our city from."
"I knew that, Star. Considering how long you all seem to have been in this "hero business", I am more than certain that the Teen Titans are enemies to more than a mere fifteen villains. I was referring to there being more Titans. Am I correct in assuming that me and Terra aren't the only heroes you've recruited to your team", I asked Robin.
"How does he know about Terra", asked Beast Boy before Cyborg placed his hand over his mouth to shut him up.
"That's correct", said Robin. "The Titans have allies stretched across the globe, much like you and the Elementals." I was just about to ask him how he knew about the Elementals being spread out across the globe, as Raven was the only one of the Titans I told about that at that point, but Raven jumped in with a question of her own.
"Who's number fifteen?"
"What do you mean", I asked her.
"You said you assumed there were more than fifteen villains, but by my count, you've only had encounters with fourteen."
"Let's see", said Cyborg as he began counting them off. "Doctor Light brought you here, then Rancid jumped you…."
"The H.I.V.E. Five make seven", added Robin.
"We defeated an additional four villains at the Hall of the City", added Starfire.
"Five if you include Chang", added Raven.
"So that's twelve", said Cyborg.
"And then Plasmus and Trident kicked Wolfman's butt", said Beast Boy.
"Thank you, Beast Boy. I'm aware", I said to him irritated.
"Raven's right, that is only fourteen villains", said Robin.
"Who are we missing", asked Cyborg.
"Or whom is the Wolfman leaving out", added Starfire as if to imply I was withholding secrets. In response to this, the Titans all turned to me for my answer, a few of them looking suspiciously at me.
"I don't know his name, nor have I seen his face, I just know he exists."
"And why is that", asked Robin.
"Because, he was the one who ordered my capture, as he did with the other Elementals."
"Wait, he was", asked Cyborg.
"Then let's go get him", added Beast Boy.
"He's long gone by now, BB. And with me having no idea who he is or what he looks like, I'm not sure that we can find him."
"So, this guy also wears a mask", asked Raven in reference to the fact that she knew Adryen's captors were masked men. I simply nodded in response.
"Was this mask half-orange and half-black", asked Cyborg.
"Nah, it wasn't Slade. These guys have black and white masks, and the guy in charge has an all-white mask."
"Sounds like Slade's looking a little paler these days", chuckled Beast Boy. The rest of us all kinda looked at him. "What? He could've gotten a paint job", he added as he was positive that it was Slade who was after me.
"I am afraid that I have to disagree", said Fixit.
"How come", asked Beast Boy as we all turned our attention to the monotoned cyborg.
"Because my former master's master was never one called "Slade". This man in white that Master Wolf speaks of is one that Killer Moth referred to as "DS"".
"DS"", I asked him.
"What might that refer to", asked Starfire.
"Devil Skeletons", suggested Beast Boy. Upon him giving a stupid answer, the rest of us continued to converse, initially ignoring him.
"I'm not sure, but we've got to figure that out", said Robin.
"Disco Snakes", continued Beast Boy.
"How're we supposed to do that", asked Cyborg. "Our only clue so far is that the villains seem to be organizing again. Too bad we don't know how many or which ones", he added sarcastically.
"Dino Soldiers", said Beast Boy.
"So what, we just sit back and twiddle our thumbs while we wait for the next villain", asked Raven in an equally sarcastic tone.
"Demonic Scorpions", said Beast Boy.
"I fail to see what else we can do at the moment", said Starfire.
"Dragonic Squirrels", said Beast Boy.
"Wait a sec, what about the other Elementals", asked Cyborg. "Can't they help us? Or maybe one of your other animal friends?"
"Diver Squad", said Beast Boy.
"I am not about to willingly send my Horde into a war against an enemy we know nothing about", I said. "Besides, what about the other Titans?"
"So you rather us sacrifice out friends instead of your own", asked an accusatory Starfire.
"Silver Diamonds. Oh wait", said Beast Boy to himself.
"Oh don't give me that", I began getting a little irritated.
"Whoa whoa whoa, calm down, you two", said Robin as he stepped in front of Starfire as she tried to push her way around him. I responded to this in a similar manner as Cyborg stepped in front of me to keep me from charging at her. This ended up starting a commotion as Starfire and I began arguing and yelling at one another, while Robin, Cyborg, and Raven tried yelling over us to calm us down.
"Derpy Scientist", asked Beast Boy.
"Shut up, Beast Boy", we all shouted to him as we took a moment to pause the chaos as we were too irritated to ignore him anymore.
"What? I don't hear anyone else coming up with any ideas."
"If I may make a suggestion, Master", asked Fixit to me. Upon hearing his monotoned voice, I calmed down enough for Cyborg to trust me to handle myself as he stepped away from me.
"What is it, Fixit?"
"Perhaps it would be best to put this issue to rest for a moment. Databases indicate that the Jump City Police Department has new information to share with the public in the next five minutes."
"He might be right, y'all", said Cyborg as he looked at a screen on his arm. "T.v. guide says that the news station will be recording another conference meeting in five minutes."
"Then let's head back to the other room", suggested Robin as the Titans began walking towards the doorway. Fixit and I hung back for a brief moment before following behind them.
""Master Wolf"", I asked him in response to the name he used to reference me a moment ago.
"I felt it had a better ring to it when compared to "Master Wolfman"".
"Like I said, you don't have to keep calling me "Master", Fixit."
"I am aware, Master", he said with a slightly mocking bow and a tiny grin before continuing on ahead to catch up with the others.
I followed him and the others back to the living room where the large t.v. was. Cyborg, being the first one to enter the room, already had the t.v. turned on the correct channel by the time I got there. Upon noticing Cyborg, Robin, and the girls were all taking up space on the couch, Beast Boy and I Changed into wolves again as we trotted around the others and sat at their feet up front.
"Pffft, commercials", grumbled Cyborg with his resting on his hand in annoyance as the supposed five-minute wait turned into fifteen minutes as we still had to sit through ten minutes of meaningless commercials before the conference even began.
"Who puts five sandwich commercials before a press conference", asked Robin.
"Shhh! It's starting", I said in excitement as I was anxious to hear what the police had to say. With everything that went on within the past 48 hours, I wasn't certain where I stood with the people of Jump City.
Before the conference started, we were shown a newscast from the newswoman from before. She opened up by talking briefly about the incident that occurred at City Hall and the arrival of a mysterious werewolf (me). She then cut away to another reporter who was interviewing random citizens in the streets, most of which witnessed or wound up in the incident, about their opinions about me.
"It's not safe, I'm going to go ahead and say it. I do not feel safe with him here", said a woman who looked to be in her mid-30s.
"Why is he here? Why is he doing what he is doing? I shouldn't have to live in fear of this monster creeping around at night. I've got kids, I shouldn't have to expose them to this", said another woman as she held her toddler in her arms.
"When a dog goes rabid, you kill it. When a dog bites or attacks somebody, you kill it. When a wild dog shows up, you kill that son-of-a-bitch on sight. So why then, are we allowing this murderer to roam free right now? What's there to even debate? He's a rabid dog who is has been confirmed as both a killer and even more dangerous than that spider-thing that attacked us", said a large, country man with a heavy accent who looked to be in his 50s.
"A werewolf? With psychic powers? Give me a break", said a non-believing, old man with white hair, a balding head, and thick sunglasses as he waved off the reporters question as stupid before returning to his game of checkers with the gentleman that sat across from him.
"You sorry meat sacks", I mumbled to myself with a growl in my chest.
"Are people always this rude with you", asked Beast Boy as he morphed back to his human form.
"Actually this is the nicest bunch of humans I've revealed myself to in a while. Remind me to send them all "thank you" notes", I said sarcastically.
"I'm thinking that won't be necessary", said Raven just before the newswoman cut away again to more interviews.
"It was so cool", began an excited middle school-aged boy who was accompanied by his two friends. "This robot was like, "pow pow pow", and then he flies in like "ROAR"", continued the boy as he pounded on his chest like a gorilla. I assume the boy went on and on for a long while as the camera cut him off mid-sentence as it cut away to another interview.
"He saved us. I don't care what they say, he saved us. If he is just a mindless killer, then why would he waste his time on us", asked a 30-something-year-old man with his wife and two daughters.
"We're not talking about a guy who claims that he would take a bullet for us, he actually has already. I mean, I'm sure there will be complaints down the road that he'll have to answer to, like all of the damage he did to the cars, and that street lamp he ripped out, not to mention those three boys he killed, but uh, yeah, he seems to be okay with me. His methods are a little unorthodox for my taste, but, they're effective", said one of the police officers who car got smashed by Nightmare. The camera then cuts to another man, who they were polite enough to give a caption to, most likely due to his connection with me as it read: "Pierce Howard: Friend of the Werewolf".
"Jump City just doesn't know him the way me and Monica do. I've seen this guy jump in front of trains, chase down real murderers, he actually the reason why I'm standing here today. He's saved my butt more times than I can count, and he never asks for much in return, if at all. He is always looking out for other people, that's what he does, and he's pretty good at it. So even if he did kill those three guys that night like everyone says he did, I'd bet my favorite suit that there was a good reason for it."
"Thanks, Pierce", I said to myself upon hearing his kind words.
"How do you know him, Wolfman", asked Cyborg.
"He went to high school with me and my cousin."
"Who, the eagle", asked Beast Boy.
"Yes, Beast Boy, the eagle is my cousin."
"So, how does that work exactly?" Before I could even consider asking his question, the camera finally cut back to City Hall for the press conference.
"People of Jump City", began the Police Chief once he reached the podium, "as you are aware, there is a werewolf among us. We don't know who he is, we don't know what he wants."
"I'm not an alien, you jackass", I said aloud.
"Hey", said an offended Starfire behind me.
"Easy", said Robin to quiet us down. The Chief continued.
"What we do know for certain is that he was indeed involved in the deaths of Mackenzie Daniels, Jonathan Stevens, and Joseph Briar. However, we also know that as of today, he has been recruited as a Teen Titan, and that due to his heroic actions, hundreds of innocent lives were spared today from a madman's terrorist attack on our city, including our very own mayor. Therefore, we offer this werewolf known as Wolfman a proposition. In light of recent events, and the discovery of new evidence, we will no longer press charges for his arrest on the account of murder. In exchange, the Wolfman is hereby ordered to report to the police station in one hour. If he does not comply, the warrant for your arrest will continue as before." Without another word, the Police Chief stepped away from the podium just as the camera cut back to the newswoman.
"Guess it's a good thing we turned on the t.v.", said Raven sarcastically.
"I'll say", began Cyborg. "With the window of compliance being only one hour, if we had missed this, Wolfman would be the most wanted man in the city."
"Where are you going, Dude", asked Beast Boy upon noticing that I had Changed back to my human form, rose to my feet, and began walking towards the door from which we entered a moment ago.
"I'm going to go check on my swarm, make sure they're taken care of. After that, we'll head to the station."
"Your swarm", asked a suspicious Starfire. Robin quickly interrupted with a question of his own before I had the opportunity to react.
"You going to be okay?"
"I'll be fine. This is nothing new for me. They just want to talk. They'll ask me a bunch of demeaning and arrogant questions about my mutation and whatnot, they'll make me promise not to kill again, possibly give me a slap on the wrist, and then I'll be on my way."
"If that is the case, then why do you require us", asked Starfire. I turned back to her and the others before answering.
"I don't, but I figured you all may have questions as well. Anything they have to say to me, they can say in front of you guys."
"You sure", asked Cyborg.
"You don't owe us any explanation", said Raven.
"Perhaps, but it's the least I can do. I'll be back to head to the station in a few minutes. You all are more than welcome to join me." I then turned to Fixit. "Shall we?" Fixit simply nodded in response before following me out of the room and into the hall. The two of us walked in silence all the way to the room where the moths were.
"May I ask what troubles you, Master?" I chuckled a moment before responding having accepted the fact that there was no way to get Fixit to stop calling me "Master".
"Just thinking about a whole lot of stuff is all."
"Perhaps one of the topics that troubles you includes the assistance you were given today."
"Yeah, this DS guy is not like any villain I've ever dealt with before. Whoever he is, he seems to have knowledge of the Elementals and our abilities, and he's using it to his advantage."
"It would be concerning if that didn't trouble you, Master. However I was in actuality referring to the others."
"What "others"?"
"The two mutants that assisted the Titans today."
"Who, Monica and Pierce?"
"Forgive me for the confusion, but I was referring to the mutants who helped to defend the city from Professor Chang. The mutants who destroyed his cannon."
"Wait a sec, you saw that?"
"Though several parts of my anatomy are still organic, my eyes are inorganic, and therefore are not influenced by light or darkness."
"So you were able to see through the flash."
"That is correct."
"May I", I asked him as I pointed to my head. Fixit, having understood what I was asking him, nodded in response. With his blessing, I then used my powers to enter his mind, only this time with a twist.
Rather than having a third-person point of view in Fixit's memory as I did before, I took note about his ability to see through flashes of light. So instead, I watched his memories of previous events through his eyes. I rewound his mind all the way back to when Chang was just about to fire his cannon. I remember sucking my teeth to myself when the "camera"(Fixit's eyes/point of view) looked away from me and Raven and instead focussed on the cannon ahead of us.
There was nothing too important about watching me with Raven, I just wanted to see through another's eyes how we looked when we combined our powers. Though there was a sense of panic and alarm when Chang fired his cannon at the city, in that moment when Raven and I merged our auras to create a shield, I felt that I could take anything that was being fired at us. It was a stretch to assume that my powers alone was enough to shield an entire city from a giant cannon, but having Raven there by my side made me feel invincible. I digressed from my gushing upon seeing the cannon being fired.
Though I was watching the event through Fixit's eyes, I was still able to use my powers to slow the memory down. As I watched the cannon's blast collide with the shield Raven and I created in slow-motion, I quickly sensed a familiar presence. Through the corner's of Fixit's eyes, I noticed that way up on the cliff where the cannon stood, there was somebody climbing to the top of the cannon. Due to the distance of the cliff from the city, I wasn't able to identify who it was that was climbing the cannon, that is, until he threw something at it, which triggered the red flash we saw earlier that day.
For this, I had to slow down the memory even further, as the flash had a hidden clue that we all missed, except of course for Fixit. Before the red flash became totally blinding, when it first appeared, there was an extremely brief moment in time (like 3/4 of a second) where the flash of light formed a giant letter "X".
"No way! He saved us", I asked myself. Before I could think too far into my thoughts, the memory returned to its normal speed, which was when the yellow aura-like lights began shooting out of the ground under the cannon. It was also at that point that I noticed that as the lights began shooting out of the ground, that Red X was still standing on top of the cannon, though out of everyone's sight due to how he was positioned and the angle at which we looked up at the cannon. He looked just as surprised to see those yellow lights as we were, which told me that they must've been the work of the other mutant that Fixit spoke of. "Looks like there's another stranger in Jump City", I said to myself as Red X leapt off of the cannon and escaped just before it plummeted into the sea.
"Am I interrupting anything", asked Raven. Upon hearing her voice, I exit Fixit's mind to converse with her.
"Not at all, Miss Raven", said Fixit with a bow. "If you'll excuse me, Master", he continued as he turned back to me. I nodded in response, and the cyborg responded by exiting the room, closing the door behind him as he entered the hall.
""Miss Raven"", asked Raven in response to Fixit's unnecessarily formal behavior.
"I'd just go with it", I said to her with a shrug. The two of us chuckled for a moment as Raven joined me at my side as I looked down at my swarm below. The moths were zooming past the glass at high speeds as they chased each other around the room, all except for Lola and Nightmare, who were both resting on the floor.
"How did you do it?"
"How'd I do what?"
"How did you tame his moths?"
"Like with Fixit, Killer Moth saw these five as slaves or servants. The world will most likely see them as monsters or abominations."
"And you?"
"I see them similar to how a parent might look at their child. When I see these creatures, each one with their own unique personality and vibe, I see five unfortunate souls who were dealt a bad hand early in life. They are the end result of one of presumably many experiments conducted by a madman Hell-bent on power and destruction. They were born in this underground lab for the sole purpose of their ability to destroy anything they cross paths with, and the only reason they weren't molded into complete monster is because of the fact that the five of them each had four siblings to lean on. Nothing about their genetic makeup is natural, but they don't know that. For better or worse, all they know is to stick together and to follow their leader.
"Kinda like a wolf?"
"Exactly", I said to her with a grin. I couldn't help but smile at her response. Due to my illusion of being under the employ of Killer Moth, if asked how I came about taming the moths, I was prepared to explain how I did so without the use of any wolf analogies. In the case of Killer Moth, it was mostly because I wanted to appear like a lone, rogue wolf without a pack, which would further fuel my illusion, but with Raven, I avoided them for the sake of trying not to sound too vain. That said, the fact that she was able to make the connection without me even so much as hinting it, earned her more brownie points with me.
"Well based on your performance today, I'd say their change of command was well worth the upgrade." The smile on my face grew even bigger upon hearing her say that. Her comment then led the two of us to stare at each other awkwardly as I once again got lost in her eyes. I knew I was staring too long when I noticed Raven break away first, which caused me to panic a little as my heart began to race. "So uh, what're their names", she asked somewhat awkwardly as she tried to move the conversation forward.
"*clears throat. Well, you've got Killer, Grinder, Jiant with a "J"", I began as I pointed to the purple, blue, and yellow moths respectively.
"Why a "J"?"
"Apparently Mad Mod thought it was important that I knew that bit of information", I said as I walked over to a button on the wall and pushed it, opening up the hole in the floor that led to the moths' room. I then walked back over to Raven, who was looking down into the hole. I then clicked my tongue, and upon hearing it, the two resting moths flew up me immediately while their three brothers continued playing. "This is my Beta, Lola", I continued as the green moth rubbed her head against me as I cradled it in my arms. "And you've already met my Gamma, Nightmare", I said as Nightmare tried giving Raven the same treatment. Just like before, Raven tried to push the excited moth away from her, though he wasn't having it.
""Gamma" means "third" right", asked Raven as she continued to push against the hyper insect. I chuckled in response as I left Lola and walked over towards them. I then let out a low, yet calm growl to calm the bug down. Upon hearing it, Nightmare ceased pushing, but he remained close by.
"Don't worry, he won't bite, will 'ya, Boy", I asked Nightmare. The moth responded with a hiss.
"That's reassuring", said Raven sarcastically.
"Come on", I said as I grabbed her wrist. After doing so, I immediately began scolding myself for once again refusing to stop grabbing at her. Upon realizing that there was no turning back at that point, I gently guided Raven's hand out in front of her, urging her to keep it frozen like that. In response to this, Nightmare calmly floated over towards Raven's hand and gently touched her palm with the top of his head. I then moved her hand with my hand as the two of us began petting Nightmare, who was hissing in delight the entire time. "See? Totally harmless", I said to Raven just before looking back at her.
"Thanks", she said softly as her eyes locked with mine. In addition, her hand had stopped moving, which meant now my hand was just awkwardly resting on top of hers, and what made the situation even worse, was that upon looking into her violet eyes, I couldn't move a muscle. The two of us remained like that, staring into each other's eyes, while awkwardly touching hands, as if the two giant moths weren't in the room with us, for about what felt like ten minutes. The awkward silence was interrupted by a certain green-skinned mutant.
"He-llo? How long does it take you two to look at giant moths", asked an impatient Beast Boy from my communicator. The two of us jumped at the sound of his voice breaking the silence, immediately pulling our hands away from each other in the process. Raven also stepped away from both me and the moths with her back turned to me as she pulled up her hood on her head.
"Calm down, Beast Boy. I'm the one with a deadline to make, not you."
"Yeah, well we're coming, too. So can we please get out of here already? Something about Killer Moth's lairs always give me the creeps."
"Alright, you green baby. We'll be right there", I said before hanging up on him.
"We should probably get going", said Raven as she made her way to the door. Waiting on the other side was Fixit, who bowed to her again as he stepped aside, allowing her to pass him into the hall.
"I promise to care for them properly, Master", said Fixit as he walked up to me and the moths. I nodded to him in response before then turning to the moths.
"You and your brothers stay on your best behavior, okay", I asked to Nightmare. The red moth nodded with a hiss before diving back into the hole where his three brothers were playing. "And you keep them all in line. Can you do that for me", I asked Lola as I grabbed the sides of her head and pulled her in close. She hissed in response as she playfully nipped at my nose. "That's my girl", I said as I cradled her head in my arms. I then kissed the top of her head as I released her. The green moth then hissed one more time before rejoining her brothers down below, with the hole in the floor closing behind her courtesy of Fixit. "And as for you, Fixit, I assume Cyborg removed whatever restraint Killer Moth gave you", I asked him in response to the fact that he seemed more powerful with his techokinesis abilities than he was when I first met him.
"You are correct in the assumption that I was being restrained. Fortunately for me, your friend was able to remove it."
"I figured there was a reason you two fell back when the fighting started. You think you'll be able to contact us from down here?"
"The circuitry that Cyborg used to create your communicators is nearly identical to my own, so I should have no difficulty."
"Good. Since a bunch of Killer Moth's toys are still down here, you think you can keep your eyes and ears open for Red X?"
"Of course. Shall I inform you of any other anomalies, like of the mutant who destroyed the cannon for instance?"
"This time you read my mind", I said with a chuckle as I walked towards the door. "Oh, and one more thing, keep this conversation between us, for now."
"As you wish, Master. Good day", he said as the door closed behind me.