"Aren't you coming?" Blink asked as they walked to the car.
"No I already told Raven i wasn't coming in today" she told her walking past the car.
She knew where she wanted to go she just didnt who where it was but she was sure she could find it. She was worried sure it had only been a few days but he wasn't in the hospital or picking up for Ms Kenae something had to be up. Walking down the street she felt a little stupid where was she supposed to even start in this search.
Taking a step back she thought about calling the Professor reaching into her purse she felt around only for the phone to be gone. She didn't even need to think to know who took it. "Stupid Buttercup and that speaker" she grumbled to herself she should of seen it coming really. Blink must of took it when she found out that she wasn't coming into work those girls were obsessed with listening to music during work now days.
Taking a few more steps she felt even more irritated with herself. She wasn't one to do something impulsive that was Bubbles. She thought things through she made plans but here she was looking for a house or even an apartment and she didn't even know where to start. Sighing she wondered briefly what to do while wondering farther down the path.
"Maybe I could just say I wanted a day off?" She thought aloud to hide her shame how could she of dived into something with no information.
"That's what I'd do" a voice said from behind.
"Found out how much of a slave driver he is?" She asked knowing who the person was.
"One thing to say about that man he knows how to work people" he commented. "This is going to be the only free day I'll have in a week" he continued with a groan.
"He's pretty flexible he let us fight crime while on the job" she shrugged.
"Really he's working with your old man to develop ear pieces so we can assist you while we work and you fight" Brick groaned walking to stand next to her.
"That's pretty rough" she sucked in a breath though she could him doing exactly that.
"At least I'm not in the kitchen" his voice coming out with humor.
"You'd burn everything," she joked.
"Well maybe" he grumbled. "So what are you doing out here?" He asked scanning the surroundings.
"I just wanted a day off," she answered crossing her arms she couldn't tell him another leader that she came out to look for a house with no idea how to get there it was against her pride.
"Alright that's the story now why are you actually out here?" He asked plainly was she that see through.
"I'm going to head to Mr. Greens house Ms. Keane said he was released but he hasn't picked up any of her calls or shown up to school i was worried he might of been attacked again" she sighed keeping out the part that she didn't have any idea where his house was.
"Oh i thought that was going in a different direction" he sighed in relief.
"What direction could it of gone in?" She asked looking up at him slightly.
"Oh nothing now do you actually know where he lives?" He asked how see through was she.
"Well no i don't" she answered truthfully.
"Well that's good. I can take you there" he offered causing her to look at him with surprise.
"How do you know where he lives?" She asked raising a brow.
"When i ya know didn't let him die he asked me to bring some of his stuff to the hospital since we were so close to his house." He answered with a shrug.
"You mean saved?" She asked.
"No no I didn't save him i did him a favor" he watched as she looked at him with a confused look. "A favor means he owes me something" he clarified as she stared at him like he was crazy. "One day I can ask him to do anything it's one of those if I say jump you say how high kind of thing" he went into more detail.
"I know what you mean but why don't you just say you saved him" she asked causing his shoulders to sag.
"Because it not what i did. Saving him means that it was free and as your 'grandpa' likes to think nothing is free" he said walking forward. "If you want to go to Green follow me"
"Brick?" She asked after a bit of walking.
"Yeah?" He asked waiting as she hesitated.
"I know it's a delicate subject but why didn't you bring Mojo to us i'm sure the Professor would of done something." She talked slowly watching his reaction closely as his shoulders stiffened.
"There was nothing you could do" he answered he seemed so sure.
"But im sure that he could have preserved his brain and found so way" her pink eyes scanned him even closer.
"That might of been an idea had they not have taken it" he answered head lowered he didn't seem to exploud on her like she thought he would he seemed so calm about it sure it hurt and that showed but he didnt lash out like she thought he would.
"They took it?" She gasped hand covering her mouth.
"That along with his ears the women had a fascination with body parts its sick" a scowl took his features as he spoke.
"Do you think she has his brain even now?" Surely it would have rotted unless it was being preserved.
"No she doesn't have it" he told her sounding so sure again.
"How do you know that?" She asked.
"Because it's being used or at least his inventions are" he answered turning the corner.
"Being used?" She asked.
"That what I said isn't it. Sometime after we started our search for them their weapons began to work move even look oddly familiar. Then there was buzz around the organization of a new scientists making these amazingly effective weapons. We thought nothing of it until we found a blue print it was in the same handwriting same design plan and processing." He paused clenching his fist as if to control his anger.
"They where his we knew that it didn't take us long to put two and two together they had made some sort of vessel that they stuffed his brain to pump out his weapons." She had to move away from him as heat started radiating off his body. After a minute he had finally cooled off shaking his head he took his cap off ruffling his hair and letting out a puff of air she watched as it made a cloud of smoke against the cold air.
"Your temper has gotten better though your still a hot head" she joked, trying to lighten the mood.
"Being a hothead and spy don't go well together" he answered placing his hat back on his head.
"Then how did Butch survive?" She asked in an amused voice.
"Took a severe beat downs if i'm being honest."
"How many?" She knew it couldn't of been just one.
"Id say 25 before he finally got it through his head" he shrugged.
"You got caught 25 times?" She asked.
"Who said anything about me?" He asked.
"So then how did he escape?"
"We didn't let them live."
"How can you say that so nonchalantly?"
"Its either they die or we do" it was the last thing before they got an apartment building without another word he started to climb the stairs. Getting to the door 409 she knocked on the door.
"He's not here?" She asked after knocking again.
"Let's find out," he said before getting down to the door knob surveying it before going into his hair and pulling out pins.
"What are you doing?" She asked.
"Getting in?"
"By picking the lock" she was going to ignore the fact that he kept pins in his hair.
"Its discrete rather me kick down the door or bust a window?" He asked even if he knew the answer.
"Well obviously not" she scoffed hands going to her hips as he twisted the knob opening the door. Looking in her eyes went wider than what they once were.
"What happened here." She asked walking in it was the it was subtle like the door frame being broken and the knocked over drink. The broken window was the biggest show of a break in.
"Whoa" she could hear from Brick who went farther in.
"What?" She asked looking for him.
"Someone wanted to destroy something" he told her looking into the oven piles of ashes and burned paper laid in it.
"Do you think he was kidnapped?" She wondered walking out of the kitchen and into the small hallway.
"Maybe." Knowing Emit he was probably rotting somewhere out there but he wasn't about to tell her that.
"Hello?" A voice called from the front door.
"Oh my gosh Mr. Green i'm so sorry this idiot broke into your house" Blossom apologized.
"Right just ram me under the bus" he grunted as he joined her in the hallway.
"What are you doing in my house?" He asked raising a brow bags of groceries in his hands.
"Well we were wondering why you weren't at the school and we came to see if you were ok" Blossom explained she was talking really fast not knowing what to do in this situation she had never done anything as bad as breaking into someone's house much less getting caught.
"Right well i'm fine just hungry" he told her with a nod bouncing the groceries in his hand.
"How are your injuries?" Brick asked cooly he on the other hand had no problem with this.
"All healed and well" he assured the red eyes boy.
"That great well when will you be coming back to school?" Blossom asked.
"I'm not sure the doctor hasn't released me to go back just yet," he answered with a frown.
"That's too bad Ms Keane really cant handle it" Blossom said frowning. "She really wasn't made to work with teens?"
"Well im sure shes doing just fine you kids aren't that difficult" he answered with a smile.
"She's been trying to get in contact with you but you never call back" she told him he frowned again.
"My phone has been off for a while," he answered curtly.
"He must be hungry we should go" Blossom said looking over at Brick.
"Yeah i guess sorry about breaking in and all" Brick said in a bored tone.
"It's fine bye kids see you at school" he said causing Brick to to stop dead in his tracks whipping around his put his foot in the door hand slipping into his pockets. "Brick come on let him eat." Blossom urged.
"What's our names?" He asked suddenly.
"Brick what's with the question of course i know your names" he answered.
"Really? Because I never told you my name."
"Well she just said it" he answered frowning again.
"Whats her name?" He asked the man looked at them for a moment.
"Look I really need to eat" he said gaining a nod of agreement from Blossom.
"Answer the question teach you should know she is one of your students" he pushed staring him down.
"I don't understand why are you asking questions you broke into my house" he seemed to be getting irritated, good.
"Brick he's right he doesn't need to answer these silly question of course he knows my name we need to leave" Blossom on the other hand was not happy about the irritated teacher.
"I heard you switched subjects what do you teach now?" He pressed he wasn't giving up no matter how much Blossom tugged on his hand.
"Well why don't you ask her she's in my class" he answered looking at the two.
Finally Blossom slowed down on her tugging before she looked at the two.
"Brick he teaches Chemistry now honestly your the biggest idiot in the world why couldn't I have sisters instead of a twin brother" she scoffed hands crossed her arms over her chest.
"See I teach chemistry now you two run along home it's getting late" to told them as he attempted to close the door.
"So when did you forget that I had sisters Mr Green?" She asked as Bricks foot blocked the door.
"I didn't forget" he urged now trying to slam the door on the boys foot.
"What are their names?" She questioned raising a brow so this is why Brick was interrogating him.
"I just came out of the hospital my injuries are healing and I want to eat" he urged backing away from the door.
"All things we told you about yourself" Blossom observed. "Tell us something for a change" she urged stepping inside Brick following close behind.
"My name is Mr Green" he offered clenching the bag tightly.
"I called you that when you walked through the door and not many people would address themselves so formally like that" Blossom deadpanned crossing her arms.
"You two are very different from one" another he offered again stepping back
"You could deduct that from this entire conversation" Brick respond to the lame information.
"I will call the cops on you if-" before he could finish a blood bullet rammed through his forehead.
"Brick!?" Blossom exclaimed as the the man caught on fire rushing over to him she backed away as his face melted away, revealing a metal exoskeleton.
"Why did you do that?" She shouted.
"He threatened to call the cops on someone who saved his ass the real Green wouldnt of done that" he answered curtly.
"What if he only had amnesia" even if it was robot it could of been the real thing.
"Then he wouldn't have acted like that Blossom."
"Bl-oss-om y-our name is Bl-oss-om" even though its exoskeleton was revealed it was its last ditch effort before Brick blasted it with bullets.
"What is that?" She asked stepping closer to him.
"There androids a certain type they are used to collect information from their surroundings to act like the person they replicate." He answered walking over to the android. "That works?"
"Humans usually give away to much information they could be anywhere really there basically unrecognizable. Unless you know what to look for when they slip up" he answered bending over clenching his fist it like he took all the oxygen out of the fire as it died.
"What was his slip up?" She asked he seemed pretty normal up until Brick began to question him.
"He said he'd see us in school but I don't go to school" he answered and she felt stupid for the second time today how had she not cought that.
"What if they learn everything about the person they replicate?" She asked.
"That my dear puff is absolutely impossible there's always slips up here and there they could stuff themselves with information and even make there own assumption but they cant replicate the person's exact brain." He explained taking the head of the exoskeleton.
Opening it up he took out a ball of what looked like energy. "This thing collects information but its not a brain" he then started to squeeze it causing the android to thrash violently.
"We need to get rid of the 'body' he said after the thing stopped moving.
"Did the scientist make these?" She asked looking at it with caution.
"Take a look for yourself" he answered showing her the inside of the skull a symbol of the four triangles making a diamond was engraved into it. She felt it coming a burst of laughter. "That the syble a diamond made out of little triangles that's the symbol to represent the big scary organization?" She snickered this in turn caused him to chuckle.
"Why are you laughing?" She asked.
"This symbol can put fear in the hearts of many and here you are laughing at it" he his chuckle turning into full blown laughter. She found that she liked him laughing it made her laugh harder.
After there little fit a question came to her head. "If this isn't the real Green where is he?"
