Razor, Sparks, Stryke, Shade, Jade, Blitz, Diane, Kai, Trevor and Sephrinia… quite a lineup, yes? lol…

Hmm… well… I guess I'm finally getting to a point where I will soon be able to get these up in a punch… 1 2 1 2… ;-) Why, you might ask? Well, I have a certain point of this saved… somewhere… and I think I'm almost to the point where I saved… so I guess you could say I am almost done… boring you, that is… *sigh* SOMEONE I DON'T KNOW PLEASE READ AND REVIEW… let me know you are reading it, you don't have to state an opinion if you really don't want to, but I really hate the feeling that I would have to be funny to get readers.
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Location: Gateway of Portals
Time: ???

*Razor headed west down the gateway, looking for the Los Angeles portal. As he came across the portal, the group went through.*

Location: Los Angeles
Time: 8:30 AM

*Razor, Sparks, Stryke, Shade, Jade, Blitz, Diane, Kai, Trevor and Sephrinia headed off, looking for Main Street. Lincoln, Birch, Washington… Main! There it was… Razor checked the two addresses on either side of him. The one to his right read 1294, and the one on the left read 1292. Razor nodded, and turned left, walking down the street. 1290, 1288, 1286… He walked, watching the numbers on the mailboxes slowly shrink in size. Soon he was looking at boxes that read around 760, and he picked up the pace slightly.*

Sephrinia *orange*: Why does he want to see you anyways?
Razor: I don't know, he didn't tell me…

*Razor sighed, and was soon outside of the building. He turned around, and smiled.*

Razor: You guys can all go off… go do your own thing, cuz I have no idea how long this is gonna take. We could just meet back here at… umm… Noon?
Stryke: Sounds good…

*Most everyone headed off, but Sephrinia stayed right beside him. Blitz, Diane, and Kai went around a corner into a nearby alley, and Razor shrugged as they left his sight, heading into the building.*

Location: Flip Team Studio Building
Time: 9:00 AM

*Razor headed forward for a moment, and saw his manager just coming down the steps. His manager raised an eyebrow to him, obviously not expecting him, but then smiled.*

FTM: Awesome, you're here… *headed back up stairs* Come on.

*Razor and Sephrinia headed up the stairs, and into a room with a couple computers in it. The team manager sat at one, and opened a program that looked a lot like a Paint Shop program, but with an oval 'canvas' that was shaped like a skateboard deck. Razor cocked his head at the computer, and the team manager looked over.*

FTM: I guess I should have told you what I wanted you hear for… but… well… I was curious… see, we're trying to make a couple more deck series, and I was wondering if you had any ideas…
Razor: Well… lemme think for a minute… *long pause* What about an inkblot series?
FTM: Inkblot?
Razor: Yeah, like have inkblots of certain colors, on a certain colored background, with the Flip logo and skater name… or something…

*The manager played with the mouse for a little bit, and soon an orange "blot" was on the board, with a white background. The flip logo was in one corner, and the words "Insert Name" was etched through the blot in white.*

FTM: You mean like that?
Razor: Yeah, something like that.
FTM: I think I know how Geoff would like his…

*Razor watched as the white was replaced with blue, and the blot became black. Geoff's name was now written in the blot in blue, the very end of his name being outlined in black to be visible on the blue background. Razor saw it, smiled, and glanced about. He saw the other computer, and frowned as he saw letters appear on screen. He noticed the computer wasn't on, and he gulped. The letters "G………………………O……………………O……………….O…………S…………E" slowly appeared on the screen, and he looked at it confusedly, trying to figure out its meaning. He glanced one way, and his heart stopped as he saw a black silhouette standing near the door. A gunshot rang out, and Razor fell one way, hearing the bullet whiz by his ear. He winced in pain as he felt his right arm get scorched by the bullet's flight, and he fell to the ground. He looked over, and saw Sephrinia, jet black, and trembling with fear. He crawled over to where she was under the desk, noticing the silhouette disappear.*

Razor: Are you okay?
Sephrinia: Ohmygod what was that!?
Razor: I… don't know… Are you okay?
Sephrinia *slowly calming down*: I…I… I think so…

*Razor looked her over for a moment. She had no injuries, and was slowly calming herself, fuchsia starting to replace the black. Razor smiled, and got up, pulling her out from underneath the desk. Razor's manager looked at him for a moment, then nodded.*

FTM: O….Kay… Umm… Well, thanks for your suggestion, Roi… Umm… why don't you go on and head home then.
Razor: Good idea… later.
FTM: Lata…

*Razor walked downstairs, and his heart stopped as he saw the downstairs. A pentagram was scrawled on the wall behind the front desk in blood, and there was plenty surplus in the several others downstairs. A reddened envelope stayed clutched in one person's hand, a horrified expression frozen on their face. A dagger's handle protruded from their chest, and Razor shuddered. He looked at the pentagram on the wall, and then walked up to it, looking over the front desk. The smell of death was unbearable back there, and Razor counted three lifeless bodies back there. One of them was lying on the keyboard of a computer, which was red with blood. Razor carefully lifted the head, and nearly vomited as he saw the bloody front of her face completely torn off. He could see the bone structure of the front of her skull quite clearly, and he put the head back down. He noticed that something looked as though it had been pinned to on of the secretary's backs; a black sheet of paper attached by a curved-looking dagger. Razor turned the paper over, and saw nothing but blood on the other side. Suddenly, the blood ran off the paper, leaving trails in the shape of letters. Razor gulped, and read.*

You come down here, you shall look like the picture on the computer screen of the faceless secretary.

*Razor smiled at the preciseness, but gulped as he slowly turned around. He looked at the screen, and saw the Zero Skull on it. Razor shook his head, speaking to the piece of paper.*

Razor: You know… if you are going to try to scare me, at least be original… the presentation was pretty well-done, though… You set up the scenery and blow it… nice job.

*Razor chuckled, and tossed the paper aside. Sephrinia looked at him, mortified yet again.*

Sephrinia: Why'd you go and taunt them like that?
Razor: Simple, they'd have tried again anyhow… might as well have fun with it.
Sephrinia *wryly*: How optimistic…

*Sephrinia rolled her eyes, and the two headed out of the studio. Razor turned around, and sighed, pulling out his emerald. After a few moments, the fire sprinklers turned on, doing a rather nice job of cleaning the blood off the walls and starting to clean the floors. Only after the pentagram was washed away did Razor turn and leave the studio.*

Location: Los Angeles
Time: 12:00 PM

*Razor and Sephrinia were waiting alongside Kai when the rest of the group came back. Blitz and Diane, as usual for the day, were asleep on the mighty phoenix's back. Razor just watched as the group came back, then headed into a nearby portal silently, the group following, entering the Cosmic Interstate, en route to Pice to check up on the raccoon.