Lana slowly woke up to the sounds of explosions and loud noises. The room she was in looked completely destroyed with parts of the walls torn off and a bunch of fires everywhere. That Charged Ruby sure did a number on the place.
Slowly getting up, she remembered what she saw before she blacked out. Com tricked her into breaking open the glass case, the blades accidently shattered the crystal causing it to go out of control and start shooting out bolts and streams if super charged energy and hitting her in the process.
Lana: Then I fell by some shards.. eyesight started fading and then.. some of the small shards started to go into my skin like.. I was absorbing them..
The froggy Loud quickly looked at her arms too see if any shards were sticking out like glass. Thankfully, none were visible but bug red spots had formed where the shards went into and were even making small white spikes stick out of the red areas.
Lana: Crap! What the hell is this?! Why did those shards do that?!
She then came to her senses and shook her head. The roof was completely open, reavealing a long and large opening to the surface.
Lana: *sigh.. No matter. I'll just ask Lisa to examine me later. Xinn got away with what was left with the crystal! I just hope she hasn't escaped to who knows where..
With a hip and a hop, she went up the floors as quick as her strong legs could jump. Up each level she went, the more shockwaves and loud noises shook the building. What was going on outside?! Were they using bombs or rocket launchers up there?!
Lana: I can't believe I let this happen! Why didn't I wake up sooner?! God this blows on so many levels! I hope Lola is doing fine from this sudden artillery. Who knows what could happen at this point.
Lana climbed and hopped up each floor, the tension increasing as she got even closer. Had she already failed the mission? Was the town already destroyed and what she was hearing was the sounds of Xinns men laying waste to anyone who apposed her? Not wanting to stall for any longer, she upped her speed and quickly reached the top of the building.
She looked down upon the wreckage and saw a Tank had arrived with Xinn in it. Must to her surprise, the large tank was having trouble moving on it's own. Even Lana couldn't help but laugh at this mishap that Xinn was going through.
Xinn: C'mon! Why won't this damn thing move?! Ugh! Why did Omega send me the old tank instead of the new one we literally just bought last week?!
Henchman: Uhh... It needed an oil change, ma'am.
Xinn: I.. *sigh.. Idiots.. All of you.. Now just try to get this to work before that blue idiot gets back here!
Lana: A blue idiot? How harsh! But I guess it would be funny to hear that a blue idiot was the cause of your downfall!
The angry crime boss looked at Lana in shock. How the hell did she even survive that point blank shot from the Ruby? It's essentially like getting struck by an ultra-charged lightning blast!!! Before she could start firing her pistol at the mutant, it was shot out of her hand by a stun ray from Lola.
Lola: Thought I had ran away? Ha! I'm not coward, unlike you who's hiding away in a tank that doesn't even work!! Now surrender now or face the consequence of being an evil turd!
Xinn: Foolish girl! I've still got plenty of tricks up my sleeves! Besides, this beautiful gem isn't any regular thing you find in the ground! Watch and learn!
She took out the Charged Ruby which had somehow reshaped itself back into a more sharp and spiky form and made it shoot out some energy at the control panel of the tank, making it suddenly turn on and immediately drive off quicker than a tank should even be able to go.
Lola: Lana!! What the hell is going on?!
Lana: No time to explain! All I know is that ruby can supercharge things with boatloads of energy, making it do things like making that tank go really fast! Also, be careful about the the stuff she'll most likely start firing at us.
Lola: I know what a tank is! Now you start planning on how to destroy that thing while I try to get the attention off of you. You have the power to probably destroy that thing compared to my shock gun.
Lola started firing at the tank with her shock pistol as she swung around with her grappling gun, making it stall a bit every time Xinn tried to move the tanks large gun. Lana took this chance and fired upon the vehicle by throwing out as many of her poison blades as fast as possible. Some of them missing while others hit their mark and lodged themselves in the metal of the tank.
Xinn: gah!! What are you waiting for down there?! Fire the cannon already!!!
Henchman: You got it boss! Firing cannon!
Lola was almost blind sided by the giant bullet that was shot at her. Luckily, she managed to dodge but it destroyed a chunk of a building. She looked back at the tank and started constantly swinging from the left side to the right side of the street to throw off the tank's aim. While this tactic worked, it didn't seem to phase Xinn at all as she kept ordering the people inside to keep firing at the approaching heroes to see if any debris would knock them down. Besides, the more damage caused the better is what Xinn thought.
Lola: Lana!! Try to get closer! She'll bring down the entire town if we don't hurry up!
Lana: I'm trying! But Xinn is incredibly dangerous with hand to hand combat! I can try to build up by poison spit but it won't be as powerful! The best it'll do is just slow it down for a bit!
Lola: That doesn't matter! We need to use everything at our disposal!
Lana nodded and started to slow down her hopping to let herself build up some of her poison spit. The spit built up a lot faster than usual which took her by surprise, making her spit it out in disbelief, spraying over the tanks barrel. Lola was a about to get annoyed at Lana for wasting the batch until she saw the spit was somehow dissolving the metal barrel on the tank.
Lola: W-what the hell?! Lana, what's going on?! You didn't tell me you could melt things!
Lana: I-I can't! This is completely new to me! Did.. Did those crystals that went inside me.. change me? Do I have new powers?
Xinn looked at the melting barrel and slammed her fist down in anger. She bent down and signaled to the dude driving the tank to stop. She needed to check on something. She went up and stood on the top, perfectly balancing herself. The twins looked at her confused and raised their guards up.
Lana: What are doing? You finally give up?
Xinn: What? Of course not! I'm just giving you.. a little opportunity, Lana.
The twins eyes widened in shock as Xinn spoke Lana's name. How did she know?! Did she know Lola's name too? What was even going on?!
Lana: H-how.. Did you.. know my name?
Xinn: *Facepalm. I have ears you know. Your busty sidekick over there says your name a lot which.. Isn't a good thing. Though i'm guessing saying Royal Frog and Queen Diamonds would really get annoying after a while.
Lana: L-look, I didn't come to have my name revealed to my enemy of all people. So let's just fight fair and square and just.. not tell anyone about our identities.
Xinn: Pfft. Like I would tell anyone your identity. It doesn't matter to me if I know where you live or not, Loud. I may be a villain but I won't stoop that low to just ambush you. That takes away from the fun. Wouldn't be very.. Rewarding if I blow you and your family up in your sleep now, would it?
Lana: I.. F-fair point.. Also, how did you guess our last name?
Xinn: Don't be foolish, little girl! I may have only lived here for nine months, but even i've heard about the local legend of the Loud family. I've even worked with the likes of Lisa Loud. You lot are a more known around the world than you can ever guess.
Lola: I mean.. Fair point.
Lana: Ugh! Enough chit chatting! Any more info and this will seem likes it made to make fun of something outside our range of understanding! Now are you and I going to fight now or not?! We're on a tight schedule here ya know!
Xinn: Yes yes. In fact, how bout we start right NOW!!
Xinn delivered a swift blow to Lana's face, making her stumble back in confusion. Without even realizing it, Xinn started the fight instantly.
Lana: Gah! Why you little! Lola, help me!
Lola nodded and kicked Xinn's knees, letting her get a few hard karate chops on her back. She retaliated by grabbed Lola's knees and pulling her legs forward and making Lola fall on her back. Lana leaped in and got on Xinn's shoulders to start beating her head in, causing Xinn to stumble back and start slamming the frog mutant against the tank to throw her off.
Xinn: Get.. Off.. Of.. Me!
Lana smiled and pressed her legs together between Xinn's head in an attempt to suffocate her. Started to get impatient, she shot her tongue at Lola and made her stand up quick. Xinn tried to shake Lana off her by clawing at her legs, getting some open cuts on her skin but she still wouldn't budge. Lola rushed in and shot both of Xinn's legs with a high powered blast from her stun gun, freezing her legs entirely.
Xinn: Gah!! N-no! Get your.. grubby hands.. off of me!!
Lola: Yeah right! Just admit defeat already! You're done for! Now calmly submit or i'll knock you out with a stun gun to the face! So, yes or no? Choose quickly and wisely, I want to go home.
Xinn then thought to herself to plan out her next move.It was obvious she was trapped by the Loud duo. She refrained herself from using her powers to give her a huge advantage because she felt like it wouldn't be that fun for her. Though that might not be a good mindset to go by in this type of business. So, with no other option, she decided to end it all quickly. She closed her eyes and started to glow blue, making Lola start to hit Lola with the grip of her gun, but her hand was caught before she could land the blow.
Lola: W-what the?! Lana!!
Lana formed an arm blade, but Xinn threw her off with her new strength and sent her flying into a building. Lola acted quickly and kicked Xinn's knee hard but it didn't budge her. The pink Loud looked at Xinn's in fear as she was kicked back. She rushed again but was immediately stopped when Xinn pulled out her regular gun out.
Xinn: Good night.
Xinn aimed her gun down and opened fire at Lolas legs, firing three bullets total into her left leg. It happened so suddenly that she didn't even see herself fall to the ground and black out. Xinn smirked and looked to her left to see Lana slowly stumbling out of the building and see Lola's unconscious and bleeding body.
Lana: LOLA! NO! WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER?!
Lana leaped to Lola's side and held her in her arms, tears already dripping down her face. She didn't even dare try to attack the armed Xinn who was only staring at Lana cry her eyes out in sadness. She failed to get up fast enough, and Lola got injured as a result.
Lana: You... you monster...
Xinn: Awww.. Look at the little baby cry over her sister.. Grow up, Lana. You can't expect to get shot or injured at least once in this business. Now then, I feel like now would be a great time for me to take my leave. You're lucky I didn't aim to kill her. Now then, consider this a warning, Loud. If you come to attack me at my base after this, I won't hesitate to kill you and attack your family just in case your siblings are mutants like you.
The crime-boss got back onto the tank and drove off back to her base in the deep forest of the town. Lana slowly got up with Lola in her hands and jumped back home. She couldn't bring Lola to the hospital with her Queen Diamond suit on because it would reveal their identity pretty easily to the public which was something that shouldn't happen. So she went back home without bothering to change back into her human form and walked into the door to see almost everyone is the living room with the lights on as if they were waiting for her.
Lana: Huh?! Uhh.. Shit..
Everyone got up when they saw the unconscious Lola in Lana's arms. No words were shared as Lana's sunken face told everything. Lynn and Lisa got up and took Lola upstairs to Lisa's room to give her some medical assistance. Once they were gone, Lori stood up and walked over to Lana, placing a comforting hand on her shoulder.
Lori: We.. need to talk. About all.. this.