Simon held completely still, in his hiding spot. I hate this place.
His hiding spot happened to be in some bushes. Bushes crawling with spiders and snakes.
"Cap. Please tell me you're almost done!"
The captain, who searched for a reading, sighed. "Simon. It's been two minutes. Let me- Oh SNAP, someone's coming!"
They ducked into hiding whilst some people(and a monkey) ran by.
The captain came out, seconds later. "What was their problem?" The captain halted. "AHA!"
The reader detected high residue right underneath their feet.
"Someone has rigged a portal here. We have to open it… but how?"
Simon stepped out from his spot. "Will our receptors work? Maybe they could open it, using whatever's left to open a portal, nearly alike to the one here."
The captain had already done so. A portal that led to a black void awaited them. The captain grabbed a rock and tossed it into the portal. It fell and hit a floor.
"It's a fake. Someone's definitely in this portal! Let's go!"
The captain jumped down first. He landed safely and looked up. "Don't come down yet! At least, not all at once."
"What'd he say?"
"I think he said to all come down at once."
"Okay, then!"
The captain's eyes went wide. "Wait-"
All of them landed on the captain. "I said, NOT all at once!"
He heard a slap and Simon shriek in reply.
As they stood, the portal closed, leaving them in darkness.
Simon turned and started walking, but hit a wall, halfway through him being lost.
"Uhh… normally, voids don't have walls… or floors… or sound… this isn't a void."
Simon felt around the walls. "Maybe we could-" He grunted as his side hit a doorknob. "...I found the exit." He moaned.
They pulled open the door. "Here's the plan. Simon, go and find the girls, Alph, scout out the land, Luigi, you're with me, to find our guy,"
Simon slowly walked through the dimly-lit hallways. An extremely thick smell of latex hung in the air.
It took his whole being to not gag.
As he was going to quit, Simon halted and heard a noise. "...Say, why does the boss want us to patrol, anyway? Aren't we still going to get beat?"
"Probably. They were the ones who killed Omega, they could probably kill us…"
Simon ducked into the nearest room and got low.
"I wonder if they're here. That swordsman… he's… formidable. His style is definitely reminiscent of something I've seen before… Was it The Hero-King?"
It IS the Hero-Kings style! He must be-
"I heard that that style is outmatched by countless others… is THAT true?"
"Probably. In any case, I am still learning certain styles… and might be able to beat him, eventually."
Simon sighed as the two people left. Simon walked out and started moving again.
Simon halted when he heard voices, faintly.
"Is someone there? I'm hungry, I'm starving, I'm going to eat 3 if I am not given food soon."
The nearest room, Simon suspected, held the origin of said voices.
He slowly crept into the room and removed the poorly placed tarp over the holding cell behind.
"Ah! Roxy and… uhh..whatever your name is!"
Amber gave an offended look at Simon.
"Ok, whatever. Do you, perhaps, know how to get us out of here?"
"Nope, not a clue, have no idea, I got nothin'." Simon replied.
"Well, Billy has the keycard, could you get it? Maybe he could open it and let me out of this cell and as far away from this possessed thing as possible?"
3 frowned. "I'm not possessed!"
"Whatever."
Simon turned and quickly turned on cloaking right as Billy walked in.
"Someone removed the tarp?! They're here, aren't they?"
Amber and 3 both exchanged glances.
"Yup."
"Nope."
They angrily glared at each other again.
"I don't think so.."
"Indeed, they are."
Billy smirked. "Hah...hah...hahaha…. That's funny. You guys…" He held back a fit of laughter, then attempted to not fall asleep as Simon hit him with the nearby tranquilizer gun.
Simon plucked the card off of Billy's vest. "That was easier than expected. So, I can finally let you out! Genius, I know!"
Simon opened the cell, but paused. "Wait… just… stay here for a sec, okay? I'm going to go and check around to make sure that no one's out there, alright?"
Simon turned to the door, turned back and flinched as Amber stood right behind him.
"Well? You're going?"
"Could you, perhaps, give me some space to breathe?"
Amber took a very small step back.
Simon slowly left the room. "Ok, since you didn't want to stay in the room, you are going to have to be dead silent, alright-"
Amber strutted down the hall with no apparent wish to live or be stealthy.
"Hey! You have a death wish?! We're supposed to be stealthy!"
Amber turned and gave Simon a glance, over her shoulder.
"Yeah? That's YOUR way of doing this. I'm just going to walk right up to them and-"
"And what?" Taunted Mick, who stood VERY close behind Simon.
Simon flinched and moved closer to Amber. "Oh, whoa whoa whoa! Hey! Don't… Don't do that."
"Do what?"
Simon flinched again when Arris sat her hand on Simon's shoulder.
"ARGH! Stop doing that!"
Arris drew the giant axe she had. "Looks like we have ourselves some intruders, Mick… whaddya think we do with THESE ones?"
"Let's ask the leader, there he is!"
Simon quickly whirled around. "HAH! Not this time-" No one stood behind him. "Oh."
He turned and Leader stood right in front of them. "Oh, hey."
Simon sighed. "Why did that still scare me?"
Meanwhile…
Alph slowly traversed the ventilation system, only stopping to eat a snack and accidentally fart right as the fans started blowing and having to endure that smell for most of the time he sat in there.
He stopped. In the nearest opening, he saw 3, sitting by her lonesome.
Alph opened the vent, silently, and snuck out.
"Hey! 3!"
3 turned in Alph's direction. "...hm? Who's there?"
"It's ME! Alph!"
"I knew you guys were here, Simon just left!"
"Where's Amber?"
"Who?"
Alph stepped out of his hiding spot and reached into the bag that the captain made him carry.
"Here, the captain said to give you this."
Alph handed a smaller bag with 3's gear inside to her. "He said that we're not leaving without the adversaries, so we're going to have to fight them."
"Nice. I've been itching to beat some heads in.." Mumbled 3, as she geared up.
"...you seem different. Quiet… is something wrong?"
"Uhh… no… Just a little headache and I'm starving."
"...okay."
Alph peeked outside. Simon and Amber had been caught and surrounded.
"...3!" Alph turned and quickly turned away, out of common courtesy. "...uhh… you don't wear anything under your gear?"
"Are we supposed to?"
"Uhh… well… never mind that, I'm just going to have to use the memory loss machine on myself later…"
"That's hurtful."
Alph carefully turned around this time, to see 3 in gear. "You ready?"
"Probably not."
Meanwhile meanwhile…
Luigi and the captain ducked into hiding for the third time. They watched Billy pass by, as well as Marco, who had been following him.
They started following them.
Billy stopped and turned around. "Marco, could you step aside?"
Billy walked right up to their hiding spot and smiled. "You think you're so smart, MVP scum?"
They remained silent.
"Come on. I know you've been following us. Step out, and I won't have to light my own work on fire." They remained silent.
"I don't want to sound like a lunatic. Don't make me sound like a lunatic, step out, please."
They remained silent.
Billy pulled out a grenade and yanked the pin out. The captain left Luigi to sit in the machinery as he dashed out and as far from Billy as he could. "I suspected you'd know of our arrival…"
"You did?" Billy started laughing. "You- Y- you did? Haah… HA!" Billy rolled across the ground in hysterics, "You SUSPECTED? HAHAH!"
Marco awkwardly chuckled.
"Oh man, you guys are too much… Anyway… I knew that you were coming from the second you made the announcement, stupid! I planned this out! I knew what was going to happen, I placed that hiding spot there for you to crouch down in, I made sure to block off certain ventilation shafts to make your little blue pal find the squid, I KNEW! You think you were the smart one here? I can say exactly what's about to happen. Ms. Annoying and Mr. Swords are gonna get stuck in my trap. Little guy and Squid girl are going to be at fault and you aren't even going to be able to protect them, or yourselves! So, now, pal…"
Billy put his arms behind his back to activate the chrome ones he had hidden. "What are YOU gonna do about it?"
The captain motioned for L to come out of hiding and they drew their weapons. "Well, we're gonna fight back…"
"A fool's solution. Fine. Once you guys disappear from the face of the universe, another unstoppable team will take your places anyhow… and I'll be there to tear them apart. You're gonna learn your place, scum."
The enemy base, Simon's side…
Simon drew his sword. "Stand back,"
Amber stepped in front of him. "And what are YOU gonna do? It's one sword versus everyone else's!"
"NOT TRUE!" 3 screamed, delivering a very hard heel kick to Leader, sending him flying into the wall.
Arris whirled around. "OY! How'd you escape containment?!"
Alph charged in, nimbly dodged a swing from the axe and cleared the way for 3 to tackle Arris.
Simon and Mick just showed down again, and then Amber got in and started beating up on him.
The three fell back for a second. "Ok… you remember what the Boss said to do?"
"Yeah… the shields thingy."
An alarm stopped the cast. "Caution! Reactor meltdown imminent! Lockdown activated! Meltdown Occurs in: 30 Minutes."
"UHH… WHAT?!" Screamed Simon.
"Boss must have hit the detonate button… we're all gonna die!" Cried Mick.
3 turned and saw metal walls replace chunks of hallway.
"We are SO dead…"
Everyone jumped when one of the walls dented. A raspy yet clear laugh resonated from behind said wall.
"Listen, MVP scum," Monologued Billy, from behind said wall, "just give up. Your friends aren't here to help you, that wack boss of yours isnt here either. No one can save you. NO ONE. What did you think would happen? And, see, Marco didn't have to even step in. That's how strong I've gotten."
3 walked to the wall. "Guys! The captain needs help!"
"What are WE supposed to-"
3 sighed and reached down. She grabbed the underside of the wall and started lifting. "We've got to help the captain!"
Mick reached down too. "This is ONLY because we have to get Marco out."
As they had made optimal progress with lifting the door, 3 saw Billy, giving her a cold stare. "Huh. Some for your friend? No matter, only I know the way out and you guys are all going down, with this ragtag piece of garbage I call a base."
Billy turned and placed his hand on a wall panel, leading to a broom closet-sized room with ONE portal inside. "In you go, fellas. Just be careful to not shut the door, I coded it so that no MVP scum can follow us in."
Right after Marco went in, Billy went to go in, and Amber grabbed the chrome arm, hanging out.
"You're not going anywhere!" She yelled, as she flung Billy out and the door shut behind him.
"AARGH!" Cried Billy, "I can't open that door, once it's closed back! NO!"
Billy grabbed and yanked off one of the nearby vent covers. "Plan B. Gotta go and-"
"You know we can hear you, right?"
Billy darted down the vent, with everyone at his heels. Everyone, but Simon, who held the tip of his sword in the doorway. "Gotcha…"
Simon pushed the entrance open and gawked at the emptiness. "Ah crap… Where'd the portal go?" He mumbled.
Amber stood behind Simon. "Hey. That room is bomb-proofed. Gamma used that material for bomb shelters or completely indestructible rooms…"
Simon sat down in the room. "It's not like we can all squeeze in here. I doubt this room's big enough for me. Besides, I don't even know how to shut it back. We may very likely die here."
"Michael won't like that… I'm going to this room."
Simon sighed. "This is about as small as a broom closet, are you REALLY-"
Amber stepped in and closed the entrance behind them, somehow. "Okay, we're in the room now."
Simon stood, realizing the lack of space between them, due to the room size. "Okay, how long until the bomb goes off? I have an apparatus, but only one. If we're left, suspending in space, one of us is going to have to-"
Amber held out an apparatus as well. "I'm fine. I got this. We're just going to live deaf for the rest of our lives, because of the bomb going off so close to us."
"Wait, what?!"
"I'm joking, the walls are soundproof. No one can hear us, anyhow."
Simon tried not to begrudgingly sigh. "Well, I guess we're just going to have to wait."
Amber sat down, still very close to Simon. "Nothing to it, but to wait and hope your colleagues get to safety."
Meanwhile…
3 held Billy still, while everyone else secured the bomb shelter and shut the door.
"Where's Simon, and what's-her-name?"
Billy laughed. "They're in the indestructible closet, probably licking each other's tongues."
Alph shuddered. "Why would he do that? I thought that Alpha was dating her!"
"EW! She's his sister, creep! Where are YOU from, Alabama?!" Spat Billy.
"What's an Alabama? What did he mean when he said licking tongues?!"
The captain sighed. "We'll know if they're dead for sure if we see their headstones after we lock YOU up!"
"You know you can't lock me up, right? A group of bounty hunters are still in for their payments, hahaha!"
Back with Simon…
"I think they're fine."
"Yeah," Replied Amber, "they're a tough group. I mean, I still hold the grudge from when you did that weird thing and beat me at that Gamma coliseum, last year."
"You remember that? I thought you had gotten, like, some sort of blunt head trauma and forgotten that."
"You don't get trauma from a sword. Especially not head trauma."
Simon sighed and attempted to sit down, but couldn't, due to the lack of space between them.
"Here, move your leg, OW! Not right there, you're stepping on me, ow."
Simon stood up. "You know, how about I just stay right like this?" This is very awkward.
Simon started thinking to himself about the awkward situation, not actually noticing how Amber screamed at him to cover his ears.
"Meltdown in: 30 seconds."
"Meltdown in: 10 seconds."
"Meltdown inbound-"
? later….
Simon shook himself awake. Whatever he had landed on, he really liked how it felt.
He disbanded that statement at the moment he had realized WHAT he had been laying on.
OH MY GOD!
"Oh, you're finally awake. Michael's gonna kill you."
Simon tried jumping to his feet, but hit the side of the little closet that drifted along in space. He pushed himself to the wall and made the little room stand upright. "You couldn't have, you know, woken me up?!"
"I was digging it, anyway."
"What was that? You're so quiet!"
Amber sighed. "Well, I warned you to cover your ears!"
Simon released an angered sigh. "Okay, I get it, it's my fault… when we pass out next time, don't sit there for…"
"About 30 minutes. From when I woke up, anyway. Also, MVP costumes are way softer and lighter than Gamma costumes. I might lay on top of you more often."
"Please don't. Listen, we're stuck in an indestructible broom closet in space! How are we going to get out of here without dying?"
"I dunno. I suppose Michael's gonna try and find us soon. Wanna make out in the meanti-"
"Who's Michael?!"
Amber laughed. "That's your superior, obviously! What, you never knew his name?"
"No, so I guess he's killing BOTH of us."
Meanwhile…
3 stood. "We lived! Yeah, we li-OH, WHAT IN THE-"
The captain quickly put his hand over 3's mouth. "Listen. Listen to me, right now. Don't wake him up. We're trying to contact Alpha and we're stuck in space, I know, do NOT wake that little buzzer up."
"Cap, Simon IS alive. His vitals still move… they just spiked, recently. Maybe he's with that girl, too? Alpha's gonna be so mad that S is stealing his girl..." Called Alph, his tone barely above a whisper.
"I think this scamp is right, they have to be siblings… how do they kiss?" Mumbled L, before having a crisis.
The captain frowned. "Listen, that's not important… even though I firmly believe that they are dating."
Alph pulled out his comms device. "Anyone out there? Any MVPs out there, anyway? We're trapped out in dead space, with limited oxygen or whatever we breathe, because I am currently about to pass out."
"Alph. Your comms aren't on. If your comms were on, we'd all be hearing it."
Alph groaned. "Darn. I think it's on now." He cleared his throat, "Hello? Is anyone here?"
Wherever Simon is…
"Hello? Is anyone here?"
Simon grabbed his comms. "Yes! I'm here! OH MY GOD! I'm SO glad you guys aren't dead, I can finally sign a restraining ord- I mean… uhh… we can make an escape plan!"
"Did you enjoy making out with that girl in that small closet?" Impeded 3.
"YES, I DID! Your friend is very good at-"
Simon shushed Amber. "Ignore her, we have NO actual relationship, I've known her for, like, two minutes!'
"Talk about speed dating." Chuckled L.
"What the heck is going on? I've been on this channel for the past hour and I hear someone's making out with someone else, what the heck are you guys DOING?!" Called a familiar voice.
"Michael, FINALLY! Say, I like these people! Especially Mr. Sword!"
Michael(Alpha, for the uneducated,) laughed. "Hi. Where the heck are you guys? Do you WANT to know what the heck I've been through? I'm coming. Wherever the heck you guys are, I'M COMING."
"Okay, Mikey, see you in probably some days! If I eat Simon, I want you to know that he was delicious."
Simon repeatedly screamed denial messages.
With everyone that's not Simon…
Billy shook himself awake, while the MVPs stood, huddled near their comms.
He smirked. It worked! The reactor didn't blow up! It was a decoy! Now… Do I have REAL decoys?
Billy stood and shook himself off. He slowly walked toward the nearest vent cover and turned off the portal that led to dead space and had been used as a misdirect. The base was still functioning quite fine, the only problem, as Billy deduced, that the rotations had been knocked out of whack.
Billy took a step, turned back, and the captain and him locked eyes. "Wait a minute…. Get over here!"
Billy dashed down the vent.
Name: Simon Shallows
Age: 27
Height: 5' 11'
Weight: 142 Lbs
Hair color: Blond
Eye color: Green
Nickname: S, Agent S
Species: Human
Gender: Male
Preferred weapon(s):Knives, machete, swords etc...
Ranged weapon score: 50%
Self defense score: 60%
Blade & knife score: 200%
Blunt weapon score: 87%
Simon, the stealth master. He's got some weird thing for knives and loves them supremely. He cut the turkey at thanksgiving like a boss. Leave it to him to give you the most equally cut slice of pizza. Or the cut-up remnants of it. Most of the time, he just barely grazes people or something of sorts, as an alternative to murdering everyone who defies him. Also, I cannot with cleaning up his stuff. Clearly the messiest of all of us.