The Mayship was once again in the air and soared through the clouds. It was a real hassle to get the big ship moving again, they barely had the proper parts to fix the engine. But the main mechanic, Novel, managed to fix the ship so that the crew could make it to their next destination, which was Paris. There they would pick up the proper engine parts need to fix the ship completely.
Dizzy walked down the corridor with her friends April and May, May was telling Dizzy about the events when she was absent.
"...And then that crazy woman started blowing everything up!" May said as she was flailing her arms out, "By the time the smoke cleared she was gone."
"Well it's good that everyone managed to land the ship safely, no one was hurt during the crash were they?" Dizzy asked.
"No, only April was hurt, she said she was cut by a ghost." May turned to April, "Oooohhh...I'm the ghost of the laundry room!"
April looked frustrated with May's imitation of a ghost, "I'm telling you it was a ghost! It was all white, had yellow glowing eyes, and a creepy voice. It threatened me with some kind of sword and asked me where the deck was."
May waved her off, "Yeah yeah, whatever. So Dizzy what happened to you? You went to bed so early we couldn't talk to you."
"Well, when I fell..." Dizzy started, when Johnny came around the corner. May ran off to meet up with him.
"Johnny!" May yelled.
"Don't you ever get tired of greeting me like this?" Johnny asked as the young pirate as she ran up to him.
May shook her head, "Nope, never for my favorite captain!"
Dizzy and April looked back at each other with a 'here we go again' look.
"Where are we heading to next?" May asked.
"Well we're heading to Paris and..." Johnny started.
"PARIS!! That's great! There's so much cool stuff there!" May ran back over to the girls, "We can go shopping and," She looked towards Dizzy, "We can show you all the cool little thrift shops there and..."
"Hold it." Johnny said stopping May's sentence.
"What is it Johnny?" May asked.
"I don't think it's a good idea to have Dizzy go out when we get there. Dizzy said she was attacked by someone..."
"You were attacked!? Who? Why?" May said as she looked back from Johnny to Dizzy.
"Yes by a man named Janus, he said he was looking for me, I don't know why." Dizzy said to her excited friend.
"Well that happened back in your hometown, we'll be on the other side of the world, you should be fine."
"I just don't want to put Dizzy into any more danger as is right now, who knows how they found her, they could have people all over the world, how else could they have found her so fast? I just want to play it safe and keep her out of the public eye until the whole thing blows over." Johnny explained to May.
"But we're going to Paris! We rarely get to visit! We could keep her hidden," May said as she grabbed April's arm, "She can were her cloak and no one will recognize her."
"We just can't do that May, Paris is a big city and anything can go wrong while we're there. Plus, we're only stay for a short while, Novel and I have to go pick up parts for the Mayship and then we plan to get out before anyone notices us, this isn't a pleasure stop."
"But Johnny!" May said as she jumped up and down.
Johnny held out his finger, "No buts May, we'll have another time to visit, just not now. Now, if you'll excuse me, its time for breakfast." Johnny said as he walked off.
Johnny disappeared from the girls' view as he made his way around the corner, "That's not fair!" May said stomping her foot, "Dizzy, you have to see Paris, it's one of the coolest places we travel to!"
"Well Johnny said that we couldn't and we're not staying long." Dizzy said to her friend, "Besides he said we would visit again."
"Yeah but 'visit again' could mean a year!" May proclaimed.
"Well there's nothing we can do about it May so don't get all worked up." April explained to her frustrated friend.
"I guess you're right." May said lowering her head.
April put her hand on her friend's shoulder, "Come on May, let's go to the cafeteria for breakfast, I'm starving." The three girls walked down the corridor, heading for the cafeteria. Most of the crew was already eating at the tables, the girls got their trays of food and sat down.
One of the other girls, June, sat down with May when she saw them come in. "Hey, did you hear we're going to Paris?"
"Yeah, but Johnny said Dizzy can't go?" May said angrily.
"Why not?" June asked as she looked to Dizzy.
Dizzy explained to her the situation of her house arrest.
"Well that's a little over protective don't you think, what are the chance of that happening again?" June said after Dizzy's explanation.
"That's what I said!" May shouted.
"I don't mind, Johnny's just worried about me." Dizzy said.
June looked around then back at the girls with her voice lowered, "You know, you could just sneak out while Johnny's away."
"You think we could get away with that?" May asked.
"Yeah of course, I can keep you covered while you take Dizzy out."
"I don't think that's a good idea," Dizzy said. "I don't want to do anything that would get us into trouble."
May put her arm around Dizzy, "Oh come on, live a little, it why you're here isn't?"
"Well..." Dizzy started.
"You have to see Paris Dizzy! It's really fun, you'll miss out." April assured her.
"It'll be alright Dizzy, like I said, I'll keep you guys covered while you're out. No one will know you're gone." June said.
Dizzy gave up. "If you insist."
"Yeah!" May shouted, a couple of the people in the cafeteria looked at her, "Oops, sorry. So when do you want to sneak out?"
"You'll probably want leave after Johnny does, once he does you'll probably have about an hour or two before he get back." June said.
"Alright! We'll sneak out tonight once we reach Paris, you won't regret this Dizzy!" May said. Dizzy assured her with a smile.
Testament was sitting on rock in the forest, contemplated on yesterday's events.
"What is the Postwar Bureau doing here? I thought they were disbanded after the Crusades."
Testament needed answers, but he didn't want to break his promise to Dizzy and leave the forest.
"Wait, maybe there's something in that lab that can help me."
He got up from his rock and tried to retrace his steps to the hole that led to the lab. After a bit of searching he managed to find it. The rope was still there and he made his way down into the dark under cove. When he reached the bottom he looked around, nothing out of the ordinary.
He started to move towards the corridor that when he overheard something, a buzzing sound.
"BZZZT, REQUESTING-UPDATE..."
The sound was coming from something lying on the ground, Testament could make out a man in a white and blue coat on the ground, he was twitching and, sparking. Testament then realized it was one of the machines from the PWBA. The robot appeared to be smashed.
"UPDATE-RECEIVED...RENDEZVOUS-IN-PARIS-TO-CAPTURE-THE- COMMANDER-GEAR."
"What!?"
The robot began to move around but was unable to get up, its arms and legs twist in weird directions as it tried.
"Damn! If the PWBA is after Dizzy, those pirates won't be able to protect her, I have to find her."
Testament made his way out of the cave and back into the forest. He would have to rely on human transportation to make it to Paris, he headed to the nearest town.
"I'm going to have to get there fast." He looked back as he left the forest, "I'm sorry Dizzy, but you need me more than the forest."
The Mayship landed near the outskirts of Paris. Johnny and Novel made there way outside.
"We're going to have enough time for me to look at the other stuff they have, right Johnny?" Novel asked.
"Sure, but I don't want to waste too much time, I'd like to get out of here by 10 if possible."
The two made there way towards the city. Some of the crew waved them away as they departed. Part of this group was May, April, Dizzy, and June.
June turned to the three girls, "Ok, now you should be alright if you leave in about ten minutes, its 7:00 right now, you should be back by 8:30 if you want to beat Johnny and Novel back to the ship."
The girls nodded and waited for the time to pass. Once the time passed they departed the Mayship and made their way into Paris. The city was lit up with lights all around, it was looked as if the city was glowing. This was the first time Dizzy has ever visited a city of this size before, she was amazed at how beautiful it looked.
"Didn't I tell you this would be cool Dizzy!" May said as she looked around the city.
"Wow, I had no idea that it was this big! The city is so beautiful." Dizzy said as she admired their surroundings.
April walked in between the two girls and put her arms around them, "So where do we want to go first?"
May pointed her arm out, "To the nearest shopping center!"
The girls giggled as they made their way down the street. After many shopping sprees later, April looked up a near by clock, it said 8:03. "Oh crap, we need to get back to the ship!"
The three girls ran out of the store caring their shopping bags, they looked around, "Which way is the ship?" Dizzy asked.
May took out a compass, she looked at it and then down one of the streets, "This way!" They ran down the street, after a little while they came to a T section.
"Oh no, we need to go around!" April said.
May looked and saw an alleyway, "Look! There's a shortcut, let got this way!" The three girls made their way into the alleyway, soon after they came to a dead end.
April turned around, "Oh this is just perfect, good idea May, now we have to backtrack!"
"How was I supposed to know that it would be a dead end!?" May said, frustrated at their current dilemma.
"Well how were you supposed to know it wasn't!?"
"Quiet! You want the whole city to hear you, this is getting us nowhere?" Dizzy said.
"You girls lost?" A man from behind them said.
The girls jumped and turned around to see there were two men in the alleyway with them, "Oh! You startled us! We just got turned around that's all." April said to the men.
"What are you doing sneaking up on us like that!?" May asked rudely.
The two men looked at each other and then back towards the girls, "You know it's dangerous to be wandering down alleyways, there are muggers all over the place."
"Well thank you for your concern, we'll be sure to be more careful in the future." Dizzy said.
"It's a little too late for that." The other man said. He grabbed Dizzy by the arm and pulled her next to him, he put a knife to her throat.
"Dizzy!" April shouted.
"Let her go you creeps!" May yelled.
"Release me."
"No! Not here, not now."
"Give us your stuff and we might let her go." The man with the knife said.
May and April threw their bags towards the men, the unarmed man took them and looked through them. He tossed them aside, "There's nothing in here worth anything, just trinkets and junk."
"Maybe we should just keep the girl, she could fetch a price." The knife man said.
"Let her go! We gave you are stuff!" April said.
"Please let me go, I don't want to hurt you." Dizzy pleaded to the man.
"Ha! You hurt me, I'm the one with the knife, I make the threats." He said as he pressed the knife closer to her neck.
"I can't hold back...much longer!"
"Release me!"
"I don't want to hurt anyone!"
"Why are you doing this!?" May shouted.
The men ignored her pleas. "She is a good looking girl," The unarmed men said, "How much could she fetch?"
"Probably 2000, maybe more," The other man said, "But I say we should have are fun with her first."
"Don't you touch her!" May screamed.
"What like this?" The knife man then licked the side of Dizzy's face.
"RELEASE ME!"
"AAAAHHHH!!" Dizzy screamed as she grabbed her head. The back of her cloak lifted up, knocking the knifed man away from her and onto the ground, as he fell the knife was knocked out of his hand and slid away from him. Her cloak flew off revealing her wings and tail. Her wings were out of control and flapping madly, especially her green one.
"What the hell is that!?" The unarmed man yelled.
Dizzy's green wing enveloped around her, shading her dark black for a brief moment. Dizzy's wings came to a halt, there was a dead silence as everyone in the alley looked at Dizzy. Dizzy opened her eyes, but they were different, they were glowing a bright red and had horizontal slit in the iris, much like a cat's eye. Dizzy looked back at her assailant.
"KISSSSSHAAAAAAHH!" A loud roar came from Dizzy.
"Ahhh! Let's get out of here!" The knife man yelled as he tried to get to his feet.
Dizzy jumped towards the man, her hand turned into a claw and ripped into the man's chest, blood flew from the wound and onto the walls of the alleyway.
"Holy shit!" The unarmed man screamed as he watched his friend being dismembered, he started to run away.
Dizzy looked up at the escaping mugger. With great haste, she ran past him and blocked his way. The escaping man fell backwards, shocked at her sudden appearance.
"Please no!" The men plead as he held his hand out in front of him.
Dizzy's eyes continued to glow a deep crimson, "KILL! KILL!" She said with a demonic tone as her green wing wrapped around her arm and took the form of a dragon's head, the dragon then bit the man's head clean off, she tossed her trophy aside and looked for any more targets, her gaze met with April and May, who where in shock of Dizzy's outburst.
"Dizzy stop!" May yelled.
Dizzy walked slowly to the two, her eyes were still glowing a deep red shade.
"Dizzy snap out of it!" April said.
Dizzy raised her hand as it took the shape of a claw and was posing to strike them.
"DIZZY!" May shouted as she slapped her. Dizzy held her other hand to her face, she opened her eyes, they were no longer glowing and were back to their regular round shape.
Dizzy looked as if she was in a daze, "May?" She looked at her other hand that was still a claw, it was covered in blood. "What happened? I didn't..." She looked behind her and saw the two men from before, only they were dead. "No, no...No! I did this? I used my power?" Tears began to emerge from her eyes. She looked back at her friends, they didn't say anything, but their faces said it all. "Stay away from me!"
Dizzy ran away, she couldn't stand the sight of what she'd done and having May and April bear witness to it. This was the first time May and April saw her Gear side. "Wait! Dizzy!" May and April shouted, "Come back!" She ignored them and continued to run down the alley.
"Come on April, We have to catch her!" The two followed behind Dizzy's trail.
Venom looked at the massacre below him, he saw as one of the young girls killed their two assailants. The phone at his side began to buzz.
"Yes?"
"What's your status?"
"I have the girl in my sights."
"Excellent, proceed as scheduled and meet us at the rendezvous point."
"There's a problem."
"What is it?"
"You didn't mention anything about a Gear."
"That doesn't interfere with your mission does it?"
"No, I just like to know everything that could arise during a mission."
"Well now you know, we expect to see you soon."
Venom put the phone away. He jumped over to the adjacent rooftop following behind the girls as he saw them run out of the alley.
