Alright everyone, here's the new chapter of the story. Hope you like it!
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Blacking Out
The next day, Radiata was busy as ever as everyone walked and talked along the way. Miranda was running as usual to the Theater Vancoor to meet the squad. As she was near the guild, she saw Felix standing against the wall reading a slip of paper. "Hello, Felix." She greeted as she ran towards him. He looked up and saw her. "Hi, Miranda." He greeted before turning to the paper. She stopped as she looked at the paper curiously. "What you got there?" she asked. "Our mission for today." He said with a frown on his face. "What's wrong with it?" she questioned. "It's from Miss Rose." He said sourly. "So?" she said. "So, she is the sour woman in the whole Radiata except Miss Iris." He explained.
"One time, I came in and bought a Mage's Robe and she said, "Good, now, get the hell out of here!" he told her while mimicking her voice. "Well, maybe, she doesn't like to talk to people." She suggested. "All I know is she hates everyone and not a single person she like," He said as he stood from the wall. "Come on, let's go find Jack." "Shouldn't you say Sergeant Jack?" "No." "Why not?" "Because he said we can call him whatever we like. Sonata calls him 'Sir Jack', I call him Jack, and you could call him whatever you like." He said as he walked away. She stopped to think until she saw him walk off. "Wait for me!" she called to him as she ran after him.
Jack was in his room lying on his bed listening to his phonograph play the 'Night halls' song. "Man, this is boring." He said out loud. It was just him and the polka-dotted egg. "Didn't Felix say that egg is supposed to hatch today?" he said as he looked at the egg. "It didn't move an inch today." Silence was heard as he sighed loudly. After that, the whole room was shaking as the stuff was rocking. The egg was moving so uncontrollably it went to the edge of the table. Jack saw this and ran and caught the egg before it fell on the ground. "It better not be the assassins' stupid attempt to lure and kill me again, I mean that's so old now." He said annoyed.
He put the egg on his bed as he ran outside with his sword ready for battle. He ran upstairs to find a drunken Jarvis and Fernando fighting on the bridge. He stood there with his hands on his hips as Fernando was looking at him. "What's going on here?" he asked as he walked over there. "This man here was threatening me with a sword as he fell on his chest many of times." He responded kindly. "Shut up, you old man!" Jarvis yelled at him. Jack sighed as he said, "He's drunk again." "What the hell's the racket out here?" Thanos questioned as he ran towards them.
"It's Jarvis again." Jack said as Thanos looked at him. Thanos sighed big as he said, "Oh, well, I'll send Aldo and Carlos to pick him up. You just stay away from him till he's sober again, you hear." He walked away as Fernando walked away doing as he told. Jack looked at Jarvis and whispered, "If you kept this up, you'll lose the squad's account." "Hey, Jack." Felix's voice called out. He turned around to see Felix and Miranda walking up to him. "Hey, everyone, do we have a mission today?" he asked. "Yep, but you wouldn't believe who it's from." He groaned. "Who is it?" "Lady Rose." "What! Not her! You mean the old crow!" Felix turned to her and said, "I told you that she's hateful."
"You can't judge a book by its cover." She said as she smiled. "Are you kidding? She threw me out just because I was browsing around for a Serpent Crest!" he exclaimed. "But till it doesn't make her mean." She said nicely. "Anyway, what does she want?" he asked. "Hmm, it doesn't say. I guess we have to talk to her." Felix said as he read the slip. "Alright, to Miss Rose's." he said as they started to walk. They were outside of her shop in the road of the mage town where they met Sonata who was outside of the shop waiting for them. "Well, before we go in, I have to say that, if I die in there, you'll bury me in Solieu Village." Jack said as Felix smiled a little, Miranda sighed, and Sonata rolled his eyes. "Okay, let's cut the dreary parts and get it over with." Jack said as they stepped inside.
Inside, the room was filled with weird bottles of potions and a glass case for the crests and shelves of herb extracts. A woman with her light purple hair in a pony was sitting in front of a desk writing something. They walked over to where she is as Jack stood up front with Miranda and Felix beside him and Sonata behind him. "Uh, Lady Rose?" he said. She stopped writing and looked up with angry red eyes and exclaimed angrily, "Who are you sneaking up to a busy woman who tries to have a normal life by working her time and disturbs her like some ignorant, nasty child you are!" They flinched from her loud voice as Felix whispered to Miranda, "I told you so."
"Uh, ah, we are here for the mission you sent us." Jack told her. "Oh, so, you're the nasty brats that going to get me my priceless crystal ball, huh?" she questioned as she studied them real well. They all sweat dropped when she looked into Jack's hair like an ape. "Yes." He answered. "Hmph, like I get filthy snots to do anything that requires nobility." She said as she sat back down. Felix and Miranda looked at each other and questioned, "Nobility?" "Okay, since you are all here, here is what you need to do."
"I can't believe this is what she calls a difficult, killing, aching job!" Jack exclaimed as they were walking from a black market shop carrying a big, crystal ball. "She needs to look it up in a dictionary!" he laughed at his comment. "I was looking for excitement instead of a normal chore." Miranda said as she walked along. "The woman doesn't know what excitement is." Felix said as he walked beside her. "Hey, Sonata, what did you think of 'Lady Rose', huh?" Jack asked as he held the ball with his two hands. "Zany." He spoke in normal tone. "What's that mean?" he asked. "It means crazy." Felix answered him. "Hah! Sonata, you read my mind!" he exclaimed as he laughed on the way.
Up on the rooftops, a man in black was watching Jack and his friends with a pair of binoculars. They arrived at the shop with the ball. They went inside to see Miss Rose pacing around in a circle. "Oh, thank goodness!" she exclaimed joyfully as she snatched the ball away from Jack as she smothered it with hugs. "Did those nasty children marked you, because if they do, I'll whip them 50 lashes with my whip." She cooed at the ball. They were nervous as they sweat dropped at the scene. "Um?" he questioned. "Hmm, oh, the brats, you're pay is at the guild. Now, get the hell out!" she yelled.
They went outside as they walked towards the Olacion Order. "Finally, let's go back home." Jack said as they walked towards the guild. The man on the rooftop grinned as he held a tranquillizer gun in his hand. "Not so fast." He whispered as he fired the gun and went into Jack's neck. Jack felt dizzy and woozy as he walked weird until he collapsed on the ground with the yells of "Jack!" in the background. He woke up to find himself in his house as he looked around with dazed eyes. He saw Felix studying the egg as Sonata looked at his stuff and Miranda looking at me like some miracle. "I see you're up." She said as she stood from my bed. Felix and Sonata went over to me as I sat up. "What happened?" I asked curiously. "You fainted out while we were walking towards the Olacion Order. We had to carry you home so you can rest." Felix explained the whole thing. "You must be really tired, you were out like a light." She said as Sonata nodded.
I nodded as I whispered, "Maybe." Three knocks were heard on my door as Miranda walked to answer it. She opened the door to find a worried Thanos standing there. "Is Jack here?" he asked. "Hey, Thanos come on in." he said. He walked over to him as he asked, "Didn't you hear the news?"
I shook my head as he sighed big. "Alicia just got kidnapped." He told us. We all were shocked. "Alicia, are you sure?" he asked worried. "Yes, seems like she was walking towards Yuri's restaurant when some dude in black struck her in the head and jumped out of sight with her. The only witness was Gene and he said he can't see his face." He explained the story. "Why didn't Gene do anything?" Felix asked. "Gene was too weak by this man's magic. He was hopeless to help." He explained.
'Man, that guy is the biggest pervert!' Jack thought as they were silent. "HAHAHAHAH!" the guy in black laughed loudly as Alicia was tied to a chair unconscious. "Excellent, with the progress I'm making, I'll be able to kidnap every girl and woman in town!" he talked to himself. "And what you going to do after that?" a boy asked him as he stepped from the shadows. "The unthinkable, my boy, the unthinkable."
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Some characters are a bit different, sorry! R+R!