Chapt. 4
A distressing discovery
"Okay girls, one of those strange energy signals I picked up has become stronger. I't's at the pier where Mojo is along with the other fainter one. I still don't know what they are so be careful while you're there." The professor instructed over the compact. "Right professor. Blossom: out." Momoko confirmed as she closed the compact.
"So, how did you guys know where to find me?" Kaoru asked suspiciously. Momoko could no longer avoid the subject. "I-It's actually a funny story. See we actually, sorta, kinda, followed you on your date." Momoko said nervously. "YOU WHAT?" Kaoru yelled. "Hey guys, I think we're here." Myako interrupted.
She pointed towards a large ditch in the water glazed over with ice. "How long has that been there?" Momoko asked. Myako searched the area"There's Mojo. And a giant egg and…." Myako was interrupted by Kaoru, "Van!"
"I'll say this once. This doesn't concern you, monkey. Now step away from the egg." Van told Mojo. "How dare you command me-mojo!" Mojo screamed. Mojo's robot then deployed two large missles. "Taste my steel-mojojo!" Mojo yelled as he launched the missles at Van.
Van nimbly dodged them. "Okay; we'll do this the hard way." Van said smugly. "Eximo Potentia!" he said into his watch and in a flash Van transformed into a battle suit. The suit was primarly black with white gloves and boots and a white belt. It had an open white vest with a crescent moon emblem in the middle of his chest and his mouth and nose were covered with a black mask. Finally, his eyes were covered with a pair of black goggles with yellow lenses.
"He's a superhero too?" Momoko asked surprised as Van battled Mojo with great prowess. Nimbly he dodged many of Mojo's attacks and sent them back ten-fold with a series of melee attacks as well as a strange, concentrated, light blue laser he called Hellfire. "He's good!" Myako commented watching Van's awesome display.
The boy also showed many other abilities such as flight, strength, speed and the ability to scream at a dangerously high frequency, leaving Mojo's robot immobilized. Meawhile, Kaoru was fuming. How could he keep this from her? Why? "I've seen enough. Girls, move out!"
"But Kaoru, Van seems to have everything under control and…" Myako stopped when she saw how mad Kaoru was. "I said: MOVE OUT!" She commanded as she flew into the ditch. "Um, did I die and make her leader?" Momoko asked. Myako shrugged and together they joined Kaoru.
"Not so fast Mojo!" The girls said in unison. Van turned around in shock. "Girls? No, stay away!" He screamed. But the girls didn't listen. Just as his back was turned, Mojo saw his chance. He launched a rope from his machine that latched onto the egg and with it he blasted off.
"The egg is mine-mojojojo!" He howled in triumph. "No, the egg! Come back here you dirty ape!" Van yelled. But before he could fly off, the girls beat him to it. "We got him, Van!" Momoko yelled. But the closer they got to the egg, the weaker they got and soon they were too weak to fly. "What…the heck….just happened?" Kaoru asked exausted.
"Kaoru, you okay?" Van asked as he rushed to help her. "And what are we, chopped liver?" Myako asked annoyed. "Get off me!" Kaoru commanded, getting back on her feet. "Look I can explain everything." Van told her, sensing she was mad. "Sure, I bet the police would love to here it." she said. "No! the police can't get involved! It'll just make things worse!" He exclaimed in a panic.
" You mean this isn't as bad as it gets? You lied to me, Van! Me!" Kaoru yelled. "Look, is there some place we can talk?" He asked trying to calm Kaoru down. Momoko and Myako giggled. "The four of us, huh?" He said, annoyed. "We can go to the professor's lab. That's pretty secluded." Momoko said. "good let's go." He said as he prepared to lift off. Just then Kaoru pushed him back. "Ladies first." She demanded and the girls flew off with Van tailing them.