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*dramatic pause* SPEED BUMPS! BEG Certain characters are the
property of MIB The Animated Series, others are property of Chanda
and/or Delia, while the rest are all mine. Hope you enjoy reading
this story. ^_^

Written in the Stars: A Destined Romance
Chapter 23: The Next Move

The MIB was busier than usual that day, mainly because this time, it
was one of their own in jeopardy. X had given them every detail that
he could remember about his ex partner. Zed was digging through
Ziphron's personnel file from the JeeDang Galaxy, "Hmm…what's this
about a conspiracy accusation?"

"Uh Sir, that's kind of a personal thing with X and I don't think we
should get into---"Chassidy began.

"No sis, it's okay," X assured her, "If this will help us get Elle
back, then I have to tell him."

"Well?"

X explained the whole incident to Zed, just as he had explained to
Elle. When he was finished explaining Zed took a moment to reflect
on the information. "I'm not sure if this will give us much to go on, the
kidnapping certainly seems to have revenge as it's motive. Now we
just have to prove that Ziphron IS the kidnapper and find Elle."

Yazmine came into the office and sensed the sullen mood in the
room. "I think I might have a bit of good news sir."

"And what might that be?"

"Jeebs is cooperating with us today and he just called in to let us
know that a suspicious alien, who had recently purchased a human suit
from him, just came in and bought a large roll of extra strength
Balbyan bonds." Yazmine finished.

"Really? That's tough stuff. Wonder who he's planning to tie up?"

"Sir?" Yazmine was confused; she'd missed the first half of the
conversation.

"The person…or thing…that abducted Agent Elle is obviously out for
revenge against Agent X here, and probably intends to use her as
bait." Zed informed her.

"Well then the information I have for you next will be of great
help!" she pulled a small communication device out of her lab coat
and handed it to him. "Agents U and W were monitoring Jeeb's pawnshop
from about a block away when the sale took place, they tailed the
suspect until he pulled into a traffic rush near the resort area in
the center of the city. We have reason to believe that he might be
using one of the resorts as a hideout."

"That would be Ziphron's style alright," X sneered. Chassidy turned
to Zed, "So can we send agents down there to check the resorts out?"


"No good," Zed sighed, "if he spotted the agents before they got to
the right resort then he'd just take Elle and make a run for it. We
need someone to go down there and scope out the area and find out
EXACTLY which resort he's hiding in."

"I'll go!" X volunteered, he was tired of sitting around and doing
nothing while Elle was out there scared and alone, she needed his
help!

"I'm afraid that's out of the question Agent X," Zed replied, "That
madman's after you and I can't allow you to go into a situation that
could quite possibly result in the death of TWO agents!"

"But Sir--" X objected.

"You and your sister are to stay in this building until this matter
is resolved," Zed continued, "That's an order Agent!"

X clenched his teeth together and stormed out, Chassidy followed
closely behind him, "Are you going to stay put?"

X looked back at her, "NO! That human's not going to order me
around."

"But he's your boss!" she reminded him.

"So?! Let him fire me! Right now all I care about is finding Elle
before that creep hurts her!" X pulled the keys to the SUV out of his
pocket and then pulled on his human mask. Chassidy was still wearing
her human suit, she slipped into the vehicle next to her brother.

"Where do you think you're going?" he demanded.

"With you," she replied, "there's no doubt that you're going to get
yourself into trouble, you always do. And you're going to need me to
bail you out when you do. Besides, I've known Elle longer than you
and I want to make sure she's alright!"

X sighed and turned the key in the ignition, his whole family was
just so stubborn, and there was just no arguing with them. He pulled
out and barely missed hitting one of the security agents who had been
ordered not to let X leave.

The agent watched helplessly as the SUV sped away, towards the resort
area where Elle was supposedly being held hostage. "Sir," he moaned
as he flipped open his communicator, "it's Agent X, he's gone, he's
taken and sister and went to find Agent Elle."

"Oh great," Zed muttered. He should've seen this one coming.

"What should I do Sir?"

"Wait for Kay and Jay to get down there, and then send them after X
and Chassidy." Zed replied.
He looked outside his window and wondered why X had gotten so upset
over Elle's abduction anyway, they had been at each other's throats
the day before?
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