March
24
Domon's Campsite 7:46 AM
Bunny, Cath, Janet, and
Shirley sat at Domon and Rain's campsite, waiting for them to wake
up. Rain stumbled out of the tent, black circles of exhaustion under
her eyes. Before her vision even cleared, she was bombarded by the
Neo- American girls' shouts of worry. Shortly there after, Domon
stumbled out. "What's all the noise out here?" he
yawned.
"Chibodee's been gone a REALLY long time!"
Bunny cried.
"He left two nights ago and he isn't back,"
Shirley gave a more detailed explanation of the situation.
"I'm
worried," Cath moaned.
Janet nodded in agreement.
The
6 looked up hearing approaching footsteps. It was Chibodee; he
cradled Allenby in his arms, wincing each time he took a breath. His
jacket was draped over her like a blanket as she slept. "Rain!"
he called, despite the pain in his chest, "You gotta take care
of Allenby; she's in bad shape." He set her down on the ground,
then dropped to his knees, clutching his chest. He looked over at
his crew. "Girls, go back to the camp." They hesitated
for a moment. "GO!" he demanded, wincing. He looked over
at Domon. "I gotta talk to ya, Neo-Japan."
"No
you don't!" shouted Rain, "You're injured too! Stay here,
I'll check you out after I look at Allenby."
"Fine..."
Chibodee rolled his eyes. He held out the folded paper to Domon.
"Master Asia told me to give this to you." Domon glanced
over the paper, nodded, and then ran off to meet up with the other 3
members of the Shuffle Alliance.
Within the hour, they were
all sitting around the last ashes of the campfire at Domon's
campsite.
"I destroyed it, attack in 2 days,"
Domon read the brief note aloud.
"First off, Bro, who is
this from and what is 'it'?"
"This note is from the
Undefeated of the East," he said calmly.
"WHAT!?"
The other 3 were shocked.
A voice called out from inside the
tent. "It's true, and he even gave me a swift hit in the
head!"
Another voice followed. "Don't do that,
Chibodee, you're hurting yourself."
"How?"
inquired George.
"Michelo and Chapman," the new king
of hearts replied, "They have in their possession the 4 kings,
completely revived, as well as the serum created by my father. They
used it to revive Master. However, not to worry, Master is on our
side."
"Hard to believe that!" Chibodee's voice
came from the tent.
"Chibodee!" Rain's demanding
voice was heard.
"Yeesh! Sorry!" he replied.
"Well
he did let us go, Chib," Allenby's weak voice could be
heard.
The 4 turned their attention away from the tent and
back to the matter at hand. Domon resumes speaking "The flaw in
the serum is it only lasts 5 days, Master has destroyed it. According
to him, it will be 2 days before they are vulnerable again." He
relayed the information that Fuhai Toho had given him earlier. "The
point is," he continued avoiding the doubtful stares of the
others, "they will be vulnerable again relatively soon and we
need to be ready." He spread out a map of the area to plan their
attack.
Rain walked out of the tent a little while later,
facing the four men. "Well..." she began, "As for
Chibodee, as far as I can tell from what I have here, has a few
broken ribs and will need several weeks if not months to recover.
Allenby on the other hand is an extraordinarily bad condition. Though
she shows no injury, has taken on some intense damage to her body and
is seriously lacking energy, in my professional opinion, I am shocked
that she is still alive." The 4 men look at each other and nod
all had figured out that Allenby must have been injected with the
serum.
The Warehouse 7:53 AM
Michelo scowled seeing the
metal door to the small closet wide open, and the vials of serum
broken, and the liquid spilled on the ground. He turned to the
Undefeated of the East. "Didn't you wake up when this happened?"
he hissed.
"Me?" Master began, "I always sleep
like a baby. Besides, couldn't I ask the same of you and
Chapman?"
Michelo smirked. "I'm not out yet, I still
have one last plan," he said before entering one room he always
kept locked. 5 minutes later he walked out and exited the warehouse
with something in his coat
pocket.
A/N the
SA prepares to launch their attack but run into some unexpected
trouble.
