"Bailey, Akashi has been informed. He said 7:30 am tomorrow. Shintarou will be there. Is that alright?" Crystal asked, looking over the younger male. There was a slight frown as he replied.
"It should be fine. I'll set up training in the meantime for our team, and perhaps send Akio off on a solo mission. Should be easy, maybe a few days, maybe less. Depends on how much research we already have. I suppose now that we're currently sharing their base and everything we'll have to tell Akashi in order to keep the teams from not being too suspicious. I think some time away from Aomine would probably be good for Akio, don't you think?" Bailey sighed, rubbing the back of his neck. Crystal laughed lightly.
"Akio could do with a little time alone. Also, his shipment should be arriving now. He should have a few spare though, just in case right?" She asked, the slightest hint of worry on her face.
Bailey mirrored her expression. "I'm not sure. He should have a few more, although I don't know whether he's been using them on missions. You know what he's like."
Crystal sighed. "Yeah I know. Even after you explicitly told him not to. If he keeps going like this... We haven't even seen the second stage yet."
Bailey frowned. "If it's anything like the first, we don't want to test it."
With a nod, Crystal sighed lightly before patting him on the shoulder. "You know we'll be fine. We haven't had an incident for a long time now, and we've got warning signs in place. There's no need to worry."
"I know I know, but I have to worry sometimes." The male rubbed the back of his neck and sighed. "No point in worrying about it now I guess. Crystal, schedule a training lesson for later this evening. We have to make sure they're not slacking off."
Crystal smiled to herself at the last line. She could tell he was joking, as they all practised as hard as they could. Bailey twice as much, but she didn't mention it. Although she didn't think Bailey realised how hard he pushed himself sometimes.
With a smile, Bailey began heading off. "I'm sure Akio will want to train with me exclusively again. I'll trust you to keep him busy."
Crystal laughed, before shaking her head. "I'll try my best."
Hmm? More snacks? Muraskibara was in the pantry again, as he had run out of snacks. However there looked to be something new in it. Walking over, he inspected the new entries.
"Ah Muraskibara!" Before he had the chance to actually have a look, the purple head's attention was diverted to the male that had suddenly appeared at the door. "Do you like the delivery?"
"Eh?" This was from him? Muraskibara was surprised. He hadn't truly expected it, but it was a nice surprise.
Picking up one of the snacks, he opened it and took a chip.
"Its tastes good. Adrian-chin is nice. Maybe I won't crush you." He lazily nodded to the other before grabbing the entire shelf of snacks and leaving.
Adrian stared after him, half shocked that he had taken the whole lot. That purple guy sure is interesting, he thought, watching him go. I guess I'll have to order more if he likes them.
Suddenly something struck him. Oh I forgot. I have to check. He dashed out of the kitchen.
Kuroko had been heading to give Momoi more information when the older male ran past him. Hesitating, he looked at the USB in his hand before deciding to follow him. He was certain that he would get more information than what was in the USB.
Turning around, he chased after Adrian. He had almost lost him, as the other hadn't stopped when he passed him. Probably because he didn't notice Kuroko at all, but either way he had to catch up. It wasn't easy, as the other had longer legs and therefore a longer stride, as well as the fact that Kuroko didn't know where he was going.
Kuroko almost lost him around a corner, but realised that there were only two places he could've gone from here and it was unlikely that the storage closet would be it. The only other place would be... The delivery bay!
Arriving at the door, he paused and slowly walked in. Even if he made noise however, it was unlikely that the other would notice him with his low presence.
Hanging around the door, the shadow watched Adrian fumbling around the new stack of deliveries while swearing to himself. It seemed like something hadn't arrived yet.
A frown crossed Kuroko's face. He didn't like that Akashi had let them do this, as their base was meant to be secret to everyone but them. Even if they were meant to live here for a bit, as most other places were unsafe, it didn't mean their stuff could come here. It meant that it was unsafe for his team, as it raised the chance of someone finding their base.
"It didn't arrive." Kuroko's attention was diverted back to Adrian. He had stood up, a serious look on his face and was still swearing at himself. "I need to tell them..." Turning on his heel, he dashed out of the bay and straight past Kuroko who stepped out of his way. Apparently he still didn't notice the smaller male.
As Adrian ran out, Kuroko continued to follow him. He hadn't gotten enough from the delivery bay, and it seemed as if the older male was going to tell someone. He would just have to keep to the shadows once again.
"Bailey!" Adrian ran into his room, panting. His captain turned around, having been sitting at his desk. "Adrian? What is it?"
"The shipment... It hasn't arrived. Crystal said it was arriving now, but I just checked. There's nothing there. We're in trouble."
Bailey's eyes widened in shock, and he checked something on his wrist. "He told me he had a few left..."
He grabbed the phone on his desk, hitting speed dial. He looked to Adrian. "Go find him."
Without a second pause, the other dashed out of the room and sped down the hall. Even then, he missed the smaller male standing just beside the door.
Kuroko considered following after him, but there seemed to be a bigger problem with the other team's captain. So instead, he looked back into the room.
"Crystal, they didn't arrive."
"Hm, what didn't?" Kuroko could barely hear the voice on the other end of the phone, but there were no sounds nearby and if he strained he could hear it.
"His pills. It's his last day on his current one, his status hasn't updated." Kuroko heard a gasp.
"Do you know where he is? Please tell me you know where he is..."
"I sent Adrian after him... I just need you to check where the shipment is. I'll handle Akio, please find it..."
"Yes Captain."
With that, he ended the call.
Kuroko tapped at something on his wrist, moving out of sight of the doorway. "Akashi-kun, something is happening with the other team."
"Tetsuya? Tell me what happened." Akashi's voice sounded in his ear.
Before Kuroko could say anything however, another voice spoke up.
"Akashi, the rest of you, please come to hallway B3 immediately." Midorima sounded unusually panicked, as if he had just seen something bad. Kuroko immediately began heading there. "I'm on my way, Midorima-kun."
Bailey's phone rang again, as he was heading out of the room. In one hand, he held a needle filled with a strange looking liquid.
"Bailey, I found him," Adrian said rushed. "Hallway B3 please hurry. It's starting."
"I'm on my way." With that, he ended the call and began to run.