Ashe continued to look outside the window while the rest of her friends were wide awake now, as the morning sun came up. Ashe really didn't know how to talk to herself, as she kept the other girls up all night with her chatter. They sat criss cross in a circle as Zella continued to complain about her tight shirt.
Zella:"Ugh. When are we gonna go shopping? I'm getting of wearing this old thing."
Diane:"Didn't you have that shirt since you were a kid? (Giggles)"
Zella:"I don't know, Diane. Have your hips always been that way?"
Diane:"What's that supposed to mean?"
Zella:"I'm just saying that your pants are already stressing out because of that big butt of yours!"
Diane:"Oh, you're asking for it sister!"
And then, they started throwing pillows at each other. All the while Francine tried to break it.
Francine:"Ladies, please! Violence is never the answer!"
However, she ends getting a pillow to the face as well. That was enough to get her peeved as well.
Francine:"To heck with non-violence! It's on like Donkey Kong!"
Then they three of them started to furiously pillow fight each other. It was enough to get Ashe's attention as she got in between all of them, keeping them from ripping each other apart.
Ashe:"Knock it off! You're gonna get us kicked out! Look, we all need a change of clothes since what we're wearing now is getting too small for us."
Diane:"Plus, we left some of our stuff back in the city."
They all groaned and facepalmed.
Ashe:"I need some air. Try not to kill each other while I'm gone."
With that, Ashe left the hotel room, leaving the girls alone, who were still a bit angry. Diane tries to lighten the mood by changing the subject.
Diane:"So...any of you have a man in their lives?"
Francine:"Not in a long while."
Zella:"What about you?"
Diane:"Nope."
Zella:"Well...who would wanna pair up with a girl that has a butt as big as yours?"
Just as Diane was about to kick Zella in the face, Ashe can be seen walking down the hall. She eventually headed out an open door and found herself in a a side yard that had a gravel garden and cobblestone path. And from where the path ended, she could see part of Royal Woods, and guessed that Luna must've had a great view from the window.
Ashe:"Not the ideal spot to get some air, but at least it's peaceful."
Unfortunately, that's not all she found. As on the other side of a fence were two of Reginald's minions, Hal and Trace. They were walking down a back alley with a dumpster, some boxes, a trash can, a sewer drawing and a fire escape that could lead back to her room. Soon after did she spot them heading inside, and it was enough for her panickingly pull out her cellphone as she called Diane.
Ashe:"Hello? Diane! Listen to me! Two of that creep's goons are heading your way!"
Diane:"What?! They're here?! Okay! We'll hide!"
She turned off her phone as Zella walked to the bedroom and Francine walked to the bathroom.
Diane:"Guys! Reginald's goons have showed up! They're on their way here right now!"
The quickly turned to see Diane panicking, and they started to run to the rooms they were heading in.
Diane followed Zella while Francine hid in the tub of the bathroom. Diane and Zella searched frantically for a hiding spot, until they saw that they had a very big closet...one filled almost entirely with boxes, but they could make it work.
Diane:"Alright! There's enough space for both of us!"
Zella:"Not really! You're gonna have to look some place else!"
Diane:"What? Why do you get the closet?"
Zella:"Because I don't take up much space!"
Diane:"Oh, come on!"
Zella:"Look. Why don't you...go on top shelf?"
Diane:"How would I be able to fit up there?!"
Zella:"Well, you can always fight back!"
Seeing no other choice, Diane climbs up and starts squeezing herself through. When she couldn't get in on her own, Zella was forced to start pushing her butt with one hand to get her in there.
Zella:"Get up there already!"
Diane:"I'm trying but there's literally no room up here!"
Zella:"Ugh! You sound like Lori! And what out! This thing's an antique!"
Diane:"Oh, like I care!"
After a little bit shoving and squeezing, the managed to get Diane into the top shelf. Then Zella moves some boxes around, making space for herself as she piles the boxes back up around herself so she's totally unseen.
Diane:"Uh...Zella? The door?!"
Zella:"Oh, right!"
A little unstacking and restacking later, now, they were completely hidden away as they wait for Reginald's goons. Speaking of whom, Reginald, Hal and Trace had managed to break the door to the room as they looked around to see no one inside.
Reginald:"Look around. There's not many places they could've been."
Hal searches the living room while Trace was about to head into the bedroom. However, Reginald found that the door to the bathroom was locked.
Reginald:"Over here."
The two come to see their boss struggling to get the door open.
Reginald:"One of them has to be in there."
Hal:"It's a bathroom, so it must be occupied."
That lame pun deserved a slap in the back of the head from Trace, as Hal rubbed it in pain.
Reginald:"Together now. Let's break it down."
Three kicks later, the door was open and they find that the bathroom looked pretty empty too. Little did they know that Francine was still in, but they just couldn't see her. She was lying down in the bathtub, as still as possible and held her breath as Trace pulled back the shower curtain.
Trace:"...Nothing. Oh well."
As he closed the curtain, Francine had let out a sigh, but then, the curtain was pulled back once again. All three boys stared down at her as she began to panic.
Reginald:"Get her!"
And then, they all leaped into the bathtub and sounds of punches and kicks and be heard as a cloud of smoke filled the room. It was enough cover to allow Francine to get out of there and pull the drapes down on the boys as she exits the bathroom.
Hal:"What the-?"
Trace:"Wha-? Oh come on!"
Meanwhile, Ashe was running down the hall as she trying to call any of the girls while also trying to find the room.
Ashe:"Come on, come on. Come on!"
Back to Diane and Zella, they were still in hiding, but then, they began to notice that they place had grew to be very quiet.
Diane:"You think they're gone?"
Zella;"Maybe...go check it out?"
Diane:"In case you haven't noticed, I can't exactly move any part of my body!"
Zella:"Okay, geeze. Let me check then."
She slowly opened the door to the closest and peaked her head out even slower. Although she sees that the bedroom is empty, the second she heard a noise, she ran right back into her hiding place.
Diane:"Did you see anything?"
Zella:"No!"
Diane:"Well, why'd you run back in?!"
Before she could answer, the closet doors opened and Zella screamed in fear. It was then that she threw a small box at whoever opened the door, but a familiar voice was heard when they screamed "ow!". She peaked up and looked to see that was Francine who opened the door, and who was holding her head after being hit with box.
Francine:"What was that for?!"
Zella:"My bad! I thought you were one of those thugs who had gotten in!"
Francine:"Well, I'm not. They're right outside the door."
The turn to see that the door was being banged on and it was minutes away from breaking off its hinges.
Zella:"Okay. Sorry for hitting you with a box."
Francine:"Apology excepted. Now, we need to find a way out of here and regroup with Ashe!"
Zella:"Right!"
And they head towards the window. But not before forgetting that Diane was still stuck in the closet.
Diane:"Guys? A little help?"
Zella:"Oh yeah, right."
The three thugs outside were sti trying to kick the door down and found it a lot harder than the last door.
Reginald:"God, this is ridiculous!"
Hal:"That bathroom door was way easier than the last one!"
Trace:"It'll have to break eventually! And if it doesn't, than the walls will!"
And as they were doing that, Zella and Francine were pulling on Diane's right arm and legging, desperately trying to pull her out. And when she pops right through, she lands on top of them, squishing them both.
Diane:"Well, at least it was a soft landing."
Zella:"Maybe it would've been easier for us to leave her and comeback for her later."
Diane:"Excuse me?!"
Francine:"Forget it! Let's just go!"
And they make a break for the window. Without a second thought, Zella leaps right through, and by dumb luck, does she land onto a small building, barely even hurt. Diane tried to follow suit, but, since her lower body was much bigger than the window...she ends up getting stuck and the door was coming close to breaking off its hinges.
Diane:"Aw, come on!"
Francine:"Oh, come on!"
Zella:"You have got to be kidding me!"
While Zella grabs hold of Diane's arms and tries to pull her out from her side, Francine was watching Diane's legs kick and wave around like crazy.
Francine:"This would be funny if we weren't in a situation.
Her attention turned the door being banged on, making her panic little by little as She then started to push Diane, uncomfortable at the thought of touching her butt with her hands.
Diane:"All that working out for nothing!"
Francine:"What working out?! I hardly ever see you leave the couch!"
Zella:"Would you two quit it already?!"
Francine tries another way of pushing, using her left shoulder. Although, she felt very uncomfortable with the fact that her head was now dangerously close to Diane derriere. She was grossed by it completely.
Francine:"I really hate how this is going.
She needed to figure out something quick, and that's when the door was started to sound like it was being rammed. And that's when she got the idea...
Francine:"Oh, I am definitely gonna hate this."
With that, she takes a few steps back and right when the door was about to come loose, she breaks into a run and rams herself, face first into Diane's behind. It was enough to push her out and they both made onto the other side. Diane rubbed her butt in pain.
Diane:"Ow! Did you ram your face at my butt?!"
Francine:"By the by, I wasn't wild about it either! What else was I supposed to do?!"
Diane:"You couldn't think of anything else?!"
Francine:"I tried, but it was getting me nowhere!"
Zella:"(grabs both of them) Can we talk about this when we're off the roof?!"
Meanwhile, the boys had finally been able to break through the door. But they were in for a shock as they saw the room was deserted.
Hal:"Oh, you gotta be kidding me!"
Trace:"I broke my toes for nothing?!"
In a state of rage, the two flipped a bed while Reginald merely glared at them. But then, they heard footsteps coming this way and he turned around to see the door.
Ashe:"Guys?!"
Upon entering the room, not even noticing the door was broken, Ashe came face to face with Reginald and her goons.
Reginald:"Well, well, well..."
Hal:"Guess we got a lucky break."
Trace:"Tell that to me feet."
Ashe:"(panicking) Reggie! ...and friends. Nice to see you guys."
Reginald:"You've been dodging us for two years, woman. But now, you're coming with us."
Ashe:"Not gonna happen, freak."
Reginald:"No running this time, Ashe. There's three of us and only one of you."
Then, out of nowhere, Ashe pulls out a dark sheath and handled Tantō. Upon seeing her unsheathing it, Reginald recognized the blade as his own. It was a Tantō he used against Ashe once before, until she stole it from him...
Reginald:"...I'm also gonna need that back."
Ashe:"Finders, keepers, Reggie. I was planning to get back at you for last time."
Reginald:"I'd like to see you try."
Then Reginald brought out a tactical Scimitar which had a black curved handle and silver blade engraved with lines. Trace brought a metal bat from his coat and Hal had a switchblade from his sleeve. Trying to stay calm, Ashe got into a type of stance as the three boys circled around her. But her eyes were locked on the bounty hunter who looked like a Neo poser.
Reginald struck first and their blades clashed. Ashe was a bit rusty with her sword, never thought of training herself for situations like this, while the bounty hunter had obviously more experience, striking swift and hard, but couldn't land a hit on Ashe. Last encounter they had left Ashe with a stab scar on her ribs, so he was surprised by this.
Reginald:"I nearly beat you last time."
Ashe:"I got prepared for this."
As they blades met once more, Ashe managed to knock his away from her, leaving her to strike. She swung her sword towards his face managed to cut him on the cheek. Reginald stepped back, as felt the sting of the blade and the blood that leaked from his wound. Then he saw how angry Ashe looked, gripping the blood tipped Tantō in her hand.
Ashe:"That was for my ribs, jerkwad."
Reginald:"...Boys? Care to jump in now?"
Then Trace and Hal attacked. It was like Ashe was stuck between a rock and a hard place, dodging a blade swinging from the left and switchblade coming from the right. She even used her Tantō to deflect some of the moves, but when sparks started to fly, she began to stumble, but she held her ground. At one point, she ran up against the wall as Hal was charging at her. Then she backflipped and kicked him in the back of the head.
She stomped the ground as she landed and looked at Hal coming at her. Seeing the knife being thrusted at her, she quickly grabs Hal's arm then grabs him in an arm lock. When Trace ran towards her, she quickly Hal forward and Trace accidentally knocks the guy out cold with his bat.
Trace:"Ooh...sorry Hal."
Hal:"Ugh."
Ashe then looks at the window and sees her way out of here. She suddenly grabs Hal by the ankle and then throws him through the window, but it was also enough to smash through the entire wall. The hole was 4 feet long and 6 feet wide, big enough for her to leap through. Which she did, making Trace and Reginald look to see where she landed. To their surprise it was a pool. She quickly jumps out and salutes Reginald as she ran away.
Reginald:"Damn it."
Then, Hal came from out of the pool, looking dazed.
Hal:"What happened?!"
Reggie facepalmed while Trace dropped his bat and walked away. Meanwhile, Ashe was running across the building close to the hotel, and upon making a sharp right turn, she bumped right into her friends, who happened to have been looking for her.
Zella:"Ashe! What happened to you?!"
Ashe:"(shrugs and puts the Tantō away) Oh, you know. The usual. But if it's all the same to you guys, I think we should go talk to the Louds about this."
Francine:"Agreed."
Diane:"Does this mean we can never back to the hotel?"
Ashe:"For now."
She looks back at the hotel and then thinks of a way to throw Reginald off their trail.
Ashe:"We should separate, cover more ground. Throw Reggie off our tracks."
Zella:"Where would we go?"
Ashe:"All across town. Anywhere they can barely reach you."
Diane:"And where will you be?"
Ashe:"I'm going to the Louds. They need to be warned about this."
Francine:"Try to stay safe, Ashe."
Ashe:"We'll meet again later."
And then, they split up.
