Chapter
four
Ozzy grabbed the guy by the collar and threw him across the
room. The man hit the wall and fell to the ground. Oz walked over
to him grabbed him by the throat and jacked him up against the wall. The
guy grabbed Oz's wrist and try to pull him off but Oz was way to strong.
Oz punched him in his jaw; you could hear the bone crack when he made
contact.
"I wouldn't
have to do all this if you'd just tell me what I want to know!" Oz growled.
The man spit
in his face, "I ain't tellin
you nuttin."
"Fine have it
your way…" Ozzy punched him again and again beating
him to a bloody pulp. He stopped and asked him again, "Well changed your
mind yet?"
The man's
face was bloody and his eyes were swollen shut, but he managed to spit out a
few words. "Isis…army…complete…" Then he blacked out.
Oz shook him
and yelled at him. "Where! Where's the army!" He
cursed and dropped the unconscious guy. He'd been on his own for months
now, looking for Isis
and he had gotten nowhere.
He was at a
club where most of Isis's
goons hung out. Everyone had left when he showed up except for the few
that decided to get in his way. As he walked out he thought of what his
next move would be. He got on his motorcycle and started it up. It
would probably bebest if he went back to
headquarters. He took out a dime sized explosive and threw into the club…just a
little calling card. The club exploded and he took leaving it in ruins.
Oz had been
working by himself ever since Tino and Tye were injured inaction. He decided it would be
better to work alone than to have to worry about a partner. The explosion
burnt Tye up good and left her paralyzed from the waist
down. So now she went to a rehabilitation facility. Tino took leave from the field and worked in the lab now so
he and Oz still saw a lot of each other.
When Ozzy got back to head quarters Scythe immediately called
for him. He got up to the office and saw that Tino
was in there waiting with Scythe too. Ozzy stayed
standing while the other two took their seats.
"Well any
luck?" Scythe said as he lit a cigarette.
"She's completed
her army." Oz said his tone sharp.
Tino shook his head. "Well, we think we may have a lead on
where she's at. Just her though…and maybe the host."
Oz looked at Tino. "Do we know who or what the host is?"
Tino inhaled sharply, "Yeah…" He stood up. "Come on. I'll
show you." Tino lead Ozzy and
Scythe down into the lab. There, Tino flipped
on a big flat screen up on the wall. "We've found out that Isis has possession of the A.N.E. formula.
But she only used it once it seems on her." A picture of a female
hedgehog with silver fur and quills popped up on the screen.
"A rat?" Oz cocked his head to the side and studied the
picture. "To bad it's only a head shot…" Tino and
Scythe looked at him. "What?" They just shook their heads.
"Don't let
this be like the incident when you first met Isis." Scythe said.
"Hey, she was
putting the moves on me. I just went along with it."
"My point
exactly…"
Tino cleared his throat, "Well if we can continue
gentlemen. She's a hedgehog Oz and a very deadly one at that. Her
name is Arsinoe, Isis' pride and joy. She's the
host. She was trained for combat, stealth, Intelligence…but mainly combat. She's stronger then you Oz."
Oz rolled his
eyes, "Tch…yeah whatever. She ain't
nuttin but a pin cushion with a mouth."
"Yes well this pin cushion my very well have the power of the chaos
emeralds. But it's not for sure."
Oz stared at
the hedgehogs amber eyes. "So…you create one perfect killing machine…then you
copy it. You're one sick kitty Isis."
"15we have to
find Isis' location and the location of the
army immediately ."Scythe said.
"Don't you
think I know that." He snapped. "Arsinoe…she
was the youngest sister of Cleopatra VII. Arsinoe
plotted to overthrow her older sister to claim Egypt's thrown, but Cleopatra murdered
her first." He was more speaking to himself then to the others. "And Isis…the sun goddess. She was the Goddess of motherhood
and fertility. Suits them both real well."
Tino interrupted his thoughts, "I think you should first
find all the chaos emeralds. If they are all accounted for then we have
nothing to worry about."
Ozzy turned to Tino, "And I'm
guessing you want me to bring in the host as well…unless you want her
terminated…"
Scythe smothered
his cigarette on a desk. "No…bring her in."
Tino pulled out a small device the size of a compact.
"Here, this is a tracking device to find the emeralds." He hand edit to
Oz.
Ozzy took it and looked at it. "You know I don't like
this kind of stuff…"
"Ozzy stop being a pain in the butt and just use it. How
else would you find them?"
"I'd find
them…somehow…"
"Just use it.
Technology isn't all that bad."
Oz rolled his
eyes, "Fine I'll use it. So I'll be on my way then."
Scythe stopped
him, "Hold it." Oz froze where he stood. "We can't, correction, YOU can't
afford to fail. You know that right?"
Oz pocketed
the tracking device and made his way out the door.
Oz was on his
motorcycle and was on his way to the JFK airport. All reservations and
tickets were paid for…another plus for government work. He boarded the plane
and soon he was headed off to Britain.
He either
slept or flirted with the flight attendant. When he got there he headed
for the Grand Hotel in his "company" car, a black Mercedes that was of course
decked out with a blasting sound system and rims. Oh yeah, he be pimpin now.
Ashe got
settled into his room he pulled out his tracking device. He turned it on
and looked at it. "Now, let me guess the blinking lights are the emeralds. Or
maybe it's the stationery ones." He said talking to himself. He shrugged and
decided he'd try the blinking ones out. He decided to go down to the
restaurant and grab a bite to eat before he went to work.
He took a
seat at a table near the window. He winked at the waitress when she was handing
him a menu. She blushed slightly pink and took his drink order. Oz
smiled to himself when she walked off. Who says you can't have a little
fun while working… She came back with his drink and to take his order.
When she was about to leave he beckoned her to come closer. He took her
by the hand and made her lean over and whispered something in her ear. She
gasped and slapped him right across the face.
"Hey !It was a complement!" He called to her when she stomped
off. The people around him were staring at him. "Why don't you take
a picture it'll last longer!" He snapped at them. They
turned around and went back to their meals. "Yeah that's what I thought…"
He finished his drink and decided to skip the meal and go straight to
work.
By the time
he was ready it was late. He wore black pants and t-shirt, along with
black boots and of course his trademark his cap, which he wore backwards. He
walked out into the hall and took out his tracking device and looked at it.
Once he knew where to go he pocketed it and made his way out the building
and down the street. He walked a couple of miles until he came to a
really huge mansion. He whistled a she looked through the iron gates.
It was brick and built in the Gothic style. He looked around and the
street was completely deserted; well it should be since it was after midnight. He jumped the twelve-foot
gates with ease, then once on the other side he stopped and looked around for
surveillance cameras and movement detectors. The cameras seemed to be
offline already and the motion detectors weren't on as well. He shrugged; maybe
they for got to turn them on.
He
walked stealthily up the drive towards the house. When he got there he
peeked through the windows. No guard dogs or night watch men. The
cameras inside were even dysfunctional. Either these people were really
careless or he wasn't the only one after the emeralds.
He walked
around the house to the back and saw that a window in the top floor was open.
He cocked his head to the side wondering how the hell someone got up
there. He shrugged and took a few steps back. He sprinted towards the house
then jumped up to the window. He gripped the windowsill with his claws then
climbed inside. When he was climbing in his foot got caught on the window
and fell flat on his face. He stayed on the floor frozen just waiting for
the paranoid owners to come in shooting. Nothing happened so he stood up and walked
out of the room into a hall. He took out his tracking device and followed
the blinking light to huge double oak doors. He pocketed the device and looked
around checking to make sure no one was up. He then turned around and
tested the doorknob…open. He opened the door and peeked
his head in. It was completely dark except for the single light the
illuminated the case that the emerald was in. He shook his head; the
owners apparently didn't know what they had. Oh, well a lot of the
emeralds were sold to rich snobs that collected rare jewels, so maybe this job
won't be so hard after all.
He stepped in
and closed the door behind him. He stood with the door at his back and looked
around the room. There weren't any windows except for the skylight.
That would be difficult if he had to get out quickly. He started
walk towards it but he was slammed back against the door.
"What the!"
he stood up but his feet were swept from underneath him. He hit the
ground hard enough to have the breath knocked out of him. He adjusted his
eyes to the darkness. He sat up kneeling and braced himself for another attack.
They came at him from the side this time and kicked him sending him
rolling across the floor.
He growled
and stood up. He focused his eyes on the direction they came from. He
could make out an outline of his attacker. They both stood there watching
each other waiting to see what move the other would make next. Oz walked
closer to the case where the jewel was, but not close enough to where the attacker
could see him. They came closer to him now they both were only a few feet
apart. They circled not taking their eyes off of one another.
Ozzy spoke first. "Who are you? Who are you working for?"
He saw them
smirk, "You first…"
A girl? He
moved closer to the case leading his opponent into the light. Not a girl,
a bat girl. They both stopped and sized the other one up. She was a
white bat with crystal blue eyes; she wore tight black pants and black stiletto
boots, and a black tank top. 'Hmm, sexy with an attitude…"Oz thought
smirking. He took no thought when his eyes were drifting further and
further down her body.
She cleared
her throat. "Excuse me, but I'm up here."
Ozzy looked up at her still smirking. Then he remembered
the emerald, and went back to his job. "Well are you going to answer my
question?"
She let out a
sigh; Oz could tell she was getting irritated. "No…"
"Well I'm not
letting you take the emerald…" Ozzy said standing
between her and the emerald.
She
smiled and stepped towards him. "Come now, do we have to fight?" She was so
close now that Oz could smell her perfume. She ran her finger down his chest
and pushed him up against the glass case. Oz stumbled and was with his
back on the case. She leaned in her body touching his and whispered in
his ear, "I don't think we need to fight." She kissed his neck.
Ozzy ran his hands up her sides the wrapped his arms around
her. He kissed her bare shoulder. "What's your name?" he asked
softly.
"Rouge…and yours?"
"Ozzy…"
Rouge smiled,
"Well Ozzy, I'd really hate to disappoint you."
"No…I don't
think so." He smiled and held up the emerald.
She looked at
the jewel and then at him. She couldn't believe it; she was out smarted by this idiot! She pushed away from him.
That's when she noticed she couldn't move her wings. She glared at
him, he had pinned her wings together. She couldn't reach them either to pull
them apart.
The lynx
smiled at her and pocketed the jewel. "Sorry babe, but you wouldn't answer my
question."
She spun
around and kicked him in the gut. "There's your answer!" She growled at him.
"Now give me the jewel."
Oz was bent
over with his hands on his knees, his said in short gasps, "Tell me why you
want it."
She went to
kick him again but he ducked and got behind her and wrapped one arm around her
throat and pinned her arms to her sides with the other one. "Yah know, I do like them feisty." He said. She growled and squirmed
to get out of his grip but he held on tighter ."Aw…
what's the matter? You were all over me a few minutes ago?" He kissed her on
the cheek. She twisted some more and then he laughed and let her go.
She stumbled
a little but found her ground and faced him. He stood there smiling at
her. She looked at her shoulder and saw what he was smiling at. The strap
from her top was cut. She glared back at him then she came at him throwing
another punch. He dodged her punch and stood behind her again and grabbed
her and kissed the back of her neck then he let her go. The other strap
on her shirt was also cut.
"Are you
having fun?" She asked him when she saw her shirt.
He stood with
the door at his back smiling. "Tons…But now I have to go." He winked at her, "Holla!" He opened the
door and walked back to room he came where he came in. He double-checked that
he had the emerald then he jumped out the window landing on his feet.
