As I rose from my slumber, I noticed that IF was no longer in her bed. I checked the clock. Six thirty in the morning. I realized that IF must have gotten onto the balcony. Carefully tiptoeing my way around the sleeping girls, daring not to wake any, I made my way to the balcony. Then I heard Blank stir. I froze, shaking in fear. Blanc rolled onto her other side, and continued her slumber. I continued to walk towards the balcony. Slowly opening the door, I stepped into the open air and shut the door behind me.
"Pretty early, right?" I jumped as I heard IF's voice behind me. I turned around. IF was in her nightgown, which was purple. She shrugged. "Well, we are to stay near or in the Basilicom facility for a full hour once we get there." she said. "We leave at six o'clock noon." I nodded. "Alrighty then." Suddenly I tripped on a stray rock. No, no, no! I landed on IF, who yelped, and we both landed with a thud. I held my breath, staying as quiet as possible. IF started to say something, to which I put my finger to her lips. She shut up and nodded. If I woke Blanc, I wouldn't get to see the light of day. After a full minute of silence, I got off of IF, who got up as well. I realized that the entire bottom portion of her outfit had slid down to her knees. I must have accidentally pulled them down when I fell on her. I turned around. IF whispered, "What's wrong?" I sighed. "Let me be blunt. Your butt's hanging out." I answered. She went silent, and I heard the sliding of cloth. IF turned me around. "IF?" I asked softly. She aimed a slap at me. The sound echoed throughout the house. Oh. Crap. IF froze as she realized what she'd done. The door slammed open, and a very angry Blanc stood in the doorway. I backed away, holding IF close. "W-Wait a sec..." Blanc summoned her hammer as she walked towards us. Panicking, I fired a CPU tranquilizer at Blanc. She let the hammer fall to the ground as she collapsed, and I caught her as she fell. I walked back into the room. I realized that it was 7 o'clock.
"Put me down at once!" I realized that Blanc had reawakened. I set her down, letting her get back on her feet. She looked at me through narrowed eyes, but it seemed like she wasn't in the mood to smash my face in. Blanc shrugged. "I'll wake everyone." she said, walking towards the middle of the room. I put my hand on her shoulder. "Let me." I walked towards the stove. I saw a package near it. It said, Here is your breakfast. Histy insisted. -Vert. Opening the package, I found a package of bacon and a skillet. Placing the skillet onto the stovetop, I soon had some bacon sizzling on the stove. As I cooked the bacon, I watched as each of the girls stirred from their slumber. Soon everyone was gathered on the couch, munching on bacon. Blanc grinned. "Good call." she commented. I nodded as I heard a rapping on the door. Opening the door, I was greeted by Noble's girlfriend, Lily, with Noble right behind her. Blanc sighed. "Noire would not have been impressed by bringing your girlfriend to a mission." Noble shrugged. "She insisted." Lily went over to the griddle. She picked up some bacon from the plate next to the skillet. She sniffed it, and then she popped it into her mouth. She sighed, then walked back to Noble's side, pressing herself against him. This is when the girls started perking up. Falcom spoke up first. "So, we have nine-ish hours. How we gonna spend them?" she asked. I shrugged. "Hmmm. We could explore the city a bit." I suggested. Suddenly a girl popped in. She bounced on a yellow alien-like creature. "I think that's a good idea, nyu." she replied. C-Sha looked astonished. "How'd she get in?" Broccoli smiled softly. "I came in from the vents, nyu." IF finally popped into the room. She had changed into her uniform. She made a b-line for the platter, taking the last piece of bacon. She started to open her mouth to eat the bacon, then she looked towards Broccoli. IF walked towards her. "Here. I'm not really hungry right now." IF offered. Broccoli gave a look of shock. "Um.. You really don't need to do that, nyu." began Broccoli. "I insist." IF pressed. Broccoli hesitated, then she seemed to give in, taking the bacon and she started to eat it. She seemed to practically purr as she ate. Noble stared at the scene unfolding in front of him. "So cute.." he commented, staring at Broccoli. Plutia popped in. She looked at me. "Good morning, Kenji." she purred. "Wasn't last night fun?" I nodded. "Yeah, that pillow fight was awesome." I looked at Blanc, who was holding out a phone. She probably almost called the police on me.
Eight hours later...
It was almost six o'clock. C-Sha escorted everyone out to the armored cars. The reason that Basilicom was different is because the original Basilicom was bombed a year ago. Fifteen council members were killed, twenty injured. So the Basilicom faculty was moved into one of the military buildings. So basically Planeptune's Basilicom now includes it's security field. C-Sha drove the vehicle. Noble, of course, took his girlfriend. I had to carry Noble's cheesecake. IF drove the other vehicle, escorting the CEO. Soon we arrived at the Basilicom building. As we went in, I noticed the high-rise elevators. The church part of Basilicom was on the top floor. You could take anything but eggplants into the Planeptune church. We had to check in at the security checkpoints, who now relentlessly searched for bombs. We soon got through security, which took a half hour because of the size of our group. C-Sha soon guided us into the elevator, pressing the Level 15 button. As we went up, I heard the familiar tune of the Greenhill Zone from Sonic. Soon the elevator stopped and the doors opened. C-Sha led us to a room, opening the door. We came to a room full of Basilicom representatives. All four members of the Gold Third were here, along with all the Makers. The CPU sat on one end of the table, motioning us to sit down. I sat down next to a girl who looked younger than everyone else. She fashioned red and had a gold dragon around her waist. I would refer to her as Red. IF sat down to my other side. The CEO began the meeting. The lights dimmed as the hologram popped up at the middle of the desk. The CEO sighed. "As you all know, there was an attack at the docks a few days ago, blew a hole in the ground and a ton of our men turn up dead. Intel shows that this attack was commenced by one man- John Harris. He has declared a one-man war against Planeptune, and under no circumstances is he to leave our airspace. You represent the entirety of Planeptune, and in the name of those we lost, you will run this bastard down. We will create a perimeter..." I noticed the case the culprit was holding. I turned to Red. "Do you know what's in the case?" I asked. Red shrugged. The CEO paused. "Kenji? You got something to say, then say it. Tomorrow it'll be too late." he said. I sighed. "It's nothing, sir." The CEO didn't buy it. "Spit it out, son. Don't be shy." I gave in. "It seems pretty suspicious, sir. Why would he only attack a simple dock? If he has stronger motives... this could just be the beginning." The CEO frowned. "Beginning of what, Kenji?" I leaned forward. "Sir, if he has a connection with Basilicom, he could plan a more sophisticated attack on a target that would cripple our government. Like this very meeting room." He sighed. "You hold a point, but we can't really confirm his location. Now then, we will.." Suddenly, I began to notice the red light seeping into the room from the window. The CEO went silent. I heard the unmistakable sound of a machine gun barrel rotating. I screamed.
"CLEAR THE ROOM!" The windows behind me were immediately shredded by gunfire. C-Sha was evacuating the makers out of the room. I heard the CEO shout into a radio. "We need air defense teams at the Basilicom building immediately!" Compa was hit by debris. She cried out as she hit a wall and fell unconscious. IF moved to her aid. "Crap! Compa!" IF scooped up Compa as she ran out of the room. Basilicom soldiers poured into the room, only to be immediately mowed down by machine gun fire. I grabbed one of the dropped rifles and started shooting at the helicopter. Unable to cause damage, I looked towards a panel that read Fire Hose. I opened it and tied the fire hose around the gun. I then threw the hose at the helicopter. It got hooked in the engine. The engine easily sucked in the hose. I realized that the helicopter was struggling to keep a good aim. I heard a crack as the panel box came loose from the wall, and it flew towards the helicopter engine. The resulting impact smashed the engine open, and it struggled to stay in flight. I noticed that the man in the cockpit vanished into blue light. The cockpit was empty when the helicopter finally dropped, falling down towards the ground.
I noticed that the Makers had come back into the room and they were all gathering around a body. Shoving aside Falcom and IF, I realized that the CEO of Basilicom had just been assassinated. I lost my knees as hot tears streamed down my cheeks. I slammed my fist into the floor. "Damn...it!" I shouted, as I mourned my old friend's death. Soon I began to hear sirens as emergency vehicles gathered below. I had failed.
