Note: And now the moment you all have been waiting for.
Day Three, He's Back
Viktor and Jason grumbles as they sit cross legged in the dojo at the early morning. Their heads were in their right hands, leaning their right elbow on their right leg, and eyes were drooping. They didn't get to have their night's drinking, because Clik was wise to them and wouldn't let them anywhere near his drinks. Not that they would have been able to slip him anything anyway, because Nina had come into the tavern to look for him and he jumped to the cross beams to enjoy his drink before going to bed. "You guys don't have to be here if you don't want to." Clik yells down from the roof. He had just climbed a role that hung from the ceiling for climbing exercising.
"That's what you think." Jason mumbles through his fingers.
"Thanks to those ears, Tuta and Justin can't watch him anymore." Viktor mumbles back.
"Why do they have to watch me anyway?" Clik slides down the rope and lands in front of the two them. He puts his hands on his hip and his right leg crossed in front of his left.
"Don't stand like that." Viktor grumbles.
"I'll stand however I like." Clik says with humph sound afterwards. Then he sticks his nose up in the air and walks out of the dojo. Viktor and Jason scramble to their feet to chase after him. "As much as I would like the escort, you don't need to follow me any further." Clik puts a hand up to stop them from following him, once they came to the bath.
"Whatever, we'll meet you at the restaurant then. Don't be late." Jason stuffs his hands into his pockets and motions Viktor to go. Viktor grumbles a reply and the two take off. They were sitting opposite each other, out on the balcony and were sipping coffee, when Clik came in an hour later. He was clean, dressed in clean clothes, and looking quite refreshed. He has a plate of toast balanced on his head, holds a plate of eggs in his right and pitcher of apple juice in his left.
"Should learn to wake up early and exercise. Could do you a world of good." Clik commented. He places a plate of eggs and pitcher on the table, and then takes the plate of toast of his head to set on the table. After that, he takes a seat on the side between the two men. They grumble at his comment and help themselves to the food placed in front of them. "Juice would be much healthier than coffee. Coffee is addictive." Clik pours three glasses of apple juice and pushes two of the glasses towards the other men. They roll their eyes, but accept the juice anyway. The three eat in silence, till once more, Nina appears outside looking for Clik. Clik takes a last bite of eggs, downs the juice, and grabs a piece of toast before Nina could spot him. He gets ready to jump off the balcony once more, but Viktor grabs him by the arm.
"There' a meeting in the Meeting Room later this afternoon." The big man whispers to him. Clik nods, takes the toast in his mouth and brings a ribbon out from under his cape. As Nina runs after to him, he jumps off, using the ribbon to slow his fall and climb the rest of the way down. Nina looks over the balcony trying to note where he's going.
"Sort of feels like old times." Jason comments as he helps himself to some more eggs.
"Yeah."
"Think he'll get better?"
"Maybe."
"He will. My Sir Flik can beat anything." Nina clutches her hands together. Her eyes grow big and a star could be seen at the bottom of each one. "My Sir Flik is the best there is." Mist surrounds her as she sees him standing across from her; his arms wide open. His mouth moves to say, 'Nina, my all. I have come back to you.' She runs into his arms and he holds her close, kissing her forehead. "Oh don't ever go away again." Something brings her back to reality and she find that she hugging herself. Viktor and Jason are nowhere to be seen. They have taken off while she was imagining. "Well…" She goes off to look for Clik.
Later in the Meeting Hall, all the usual people were there: Camus, Miklotov, Justin Nanami, Pilika, Huan, Ridley, Viktor, Jason, Freed Y, Chaco, Fitcher, Shu, Apple, Teresa, and Shin. Shu was pacing the room. His face revealed his dislike. "Well, this will be his first meeting." Shu says gravely. "We better keep an eye on him."
"Come on. You still don't think he's a Highland spy do you." Viktor rolled his eyes.
"You did replace the locket, right?" Jason whispered to Viktor. Viktor nods and Jason pats him on the shoulder. "Good man. You'll live to see another day." Viktor chuckles.
"Never the less, we can't be too careful." Shu say. "We won't do anything till we know the facts." He tries to sound reassuring. The door opens slowly, everyone in the room tenses up. "Here he comes. Try to act natural."
"Hi gang. Guess who've I brought back with me." A man in a blue bandanna, shirt, cape, and black pants walks into the room. He places a Mangosh shield to the side of the door and straightens a one handed sword that was hanging by his side. Everyone in the room just stands there with their mouths wide open. "Geez. It's not like it's anything that big." Flik stands there and looks at everybody. "I mean it's great that he can come to visit, but you don't need to act so stunned."
"Are you alright, Sir Flik?" Dr. Huan walks up to him and checks his eyes.
"I'm fine." Flik takes a step back.
"Dr. Huan called him Flik. He responded to Flik." Nanami says jumping up and down.
"Why shouldn't I? That's my name." Flik has a confused look on his face. "Anyway the people I brought are…Viktor put me down!" Viktor had taken Flik up in a giant bear hug.
"Don't hog all of him." Nanami press between the two men, causing Viktor to have to put Flik back down on the ground, and then she gives Flik a squeeze as Pilika grabs a leg. "So glad you are back to yourself."
"Same here man." Jason gives a hard slap on Flik's back. Shu breathes a sigh of relief. The rest of the room cheers so loud, the glass shakes in the windows.
"What is going on here?" Flik pushes Nanami off and then shakes Pilika off. "Has everyone gone mad?"
"No, but you were." Viktor laughed. "But now you've come back to your senses. Couldn't stand the new you."
"The new me? Viktor have you been inhaling your ale instead of drinking it?"
"He's right Sir Flik." Dr. Huan says seriously. "You came back from your trip in different clothes, with different weapons, and with a different attitude."
"I came back? I just came back a couple minutes ago." Flik looks confused.
"Just came back?" Shu looked panicked. "Where have you been?"
"Gregminster. I've been staying at the McDohl's residence. Didn't you get my message?"
"He's been at the McDohl's residence the pass three days." Shun snaps out of it and gets serious. "Quick, gather all the soldiers in room. We have a spy among us."
"A spy. What's going on?" Flik looks around. "I come back from a little vacation and remembering to find this place under attack?"
"We're not under attack yet." Viktor looks stern. "Damn, I can't believe he fooled even me."
"Who? Who fooled you?"
"Excuse me, but did we come in at a bad time?" Gremio steps into the room, he followed by McDohl. "The Young Master and I were waiting to come in, but then there's the call for the guards."
"How should I know?" Flik shrugs as he looks at his two guests.
"Three days ago a man, matching your description, save for the color of his shirt and cape and with different weapons came here today." Shu explains. "We heard rumors that you were attack by bandits and thought you suffered from some mental or head injury. We've been working with this person in hope to make him back into you."
"A man looks like me?" Flik raises an eyebrow.
"Maybe…maybe Flik's got a twin brother?" Nanami asks hopefully, she doesn't believe a nice person like Clik could be a spy.
"But I don't have a twin brother." Flik shakes his head.
"Well, if it's a spy, he is uncanny." Viktor runs a hand through his hair, before looking his friend. "I thought for sure it was you. Not just facially, but the locket."
"Locket?" Flik's eyes open wide, he gets into Viktor's face. "You know about the locket?" He pulls out his sword.
"Uh…" Viktor gulps.
"It was nice knowing you Vik." Jason pats the bear-man on the shoulder.
"N…now Flik. Take it easy." Viktor backs away from the Blue Thunder.
"There is no time for this." Shu says so suddenly, that it startles to two men. "What matters right now, is that there is a spy among us and we need to deal with him. He will be here any minute." Flik nods, but does not sheath his sword. He stays by right side of the door and looks out as solider come in, then closes the door as to not raise suspicion. For some reason, Flik cannot shake the idea of somebody with his face and carrying the same locket as him here in the castle. 'Who is he?' He wonders. 'What is he doing here?'
Gremio escorts McDohl in and has him stay by Justin. He, Viktor and Jason bring out their weapons to protect the leader and former leader. Nanami join the three men to protect her brother. Everyone waits for the strange person they had among them to enter the Meeting Room. "Men, be ready." Shu orders. The soldiers bring out their swords and wait at the bottom of the stairs. The left side door open and everyone holds their breath as the red cape person enters the room. Flik jumps to the side of the guy who entered and brings his sword to the man's throat.
"Who are you and what is your business?" Flik demands. The man turns to look at Flik. Flik could not believe how he looks exactly like him.
"They…" The man points to the other people, "know me as Clik. But you…" Clik face is serious as he stares Flik right into his eyes. It unnerves him at how this man was looking at him. Clik puts his left hand up to the sword at his neck and pushes it lightly away, "know me by another name." Flik allows his sword to be pushed aside. He doesn't know why. Something inside tells him not to attack this person."
"Enough." Shu points at Clik. "Men get the spy."
"Spy?" Clik looks at Shu surprised. "Me? Wait a minute. You said I was Archery Captain, and that I lead a unit in the Calvary. Now you say I'm a spy?" Clik starts to back out of the room.
"You come in, in hopes to steal information." Shu says angrily. "And to think we almost let you in on our battle meeting."
"Hey, I didn't want to come. But you guys insisted that I do." Clik looks back to Flik for help. "Hey, help me out here."
"I…I don't know who you are." Flik shakes his head and brings his sword back up. "But I intend to find out, spy."
"But I'm not a spy." Clik sees that he cannot convince anyone at this rate and breaks into a run down the stairs. Flik is close on his heels.
"After them. Don't let the spy get away." Shu orders and the soldiers follow after them. Jason, Viktor, and Shu follow after them in that order. After them Justin and McDohl want to get into the act, so they brought out their weapons and are at the strategist's heel. Panicked, Gremio and Nanami chase after them.
Clik gets to the bottom floor and slides to a stop in behind the Guardian Deity. Pushing off the statue he goes right and runs down the East Wing. Hangs another right and trips going down the stairs. He scrambles to his feet and runs out the door. Clik chances a look back to see that Flik is not as far back as he would hope. He's out the door and goes in a spin trying to turn left. Nina appears in front of him, making an attempt to grab him, but Clik manages to stop spinning and heads for the baths. Flik comes out after him and Nina is confused.
"Sir Flik? But I just saw you past by here not a second ago." Nina jumps in front of him. "There are two of you? Oh, I have double vision and I'm loving it."
"Out of the way brat." Flik pushes her to the side. He runs into the baths after he heard some screaming in the women's side. A voice is trying to convince them that he needs only a minute to reveal a secret, but his bombarded with buckets and soap. Knowing better, Flik stays outside ready to pounce on Clik as he runs by. But he didn't get a chance to make a grab as Clik slide to the men's side of the room. He had slipped on a bar of soap and it sent him past the door and Flik. Again Clik scrambles to his feet, Flik coming in after him. Throwing his weapons to the side, Clik jumps into the bath and submerges himself. Flik tosses his sword and it landed next to Clik's weapons. He jumps into the bath and shoves his hand into the water. When Flik grabs hold of what would be a collar, he yanks it up. The face that comes up with it, is not the same face as before. It's covered with long brown hair that comes down past the shoulders. A hand comes up to move it out of the face. Flik looks at the face, down at the chest, then back at the face. "Kitty?" He asks when he finds his voice. Flik releases her collar and they both stand up.
"Hi Flik." The woman gathers her long brown hair into a ponytail and brings it over her right shoulder. "Long time no see." The soldiers come into the baths, followed by Jason, Viktor, and Shu. A second after Justin, McDohl, Gremio, and Nanami enter after him.
"Where is he?" Nanami jumps around from behind all the people to see. "Did Flik catch him? Did Flik catch the spy? What are we going to do with him?"
"No, but were about to take him into custody, as soon as Sir Flik moves out of the way." Shu tells him.
"Uh…" Flik moves to one side. "This person is no spy." He blushes with embarrassment. "This person is my twin sister, Catherine." He laughs nervously.
"I'm sorry for the confusion." Catherine bows her head, blushing at the same time. "I meant no harm."
"What do you make of this Master Ranma?" Gremio asks McDohl.