Animal Crossing In Action: Duo Of Justice
Chapter 2: Archer's Invasion At The Hotel
At the ship, Steel Man began to explain to Allen about what happened back then. He told him that he met Phantom Angel for the first time. Then, he also told him that Masked Swordmaster sneaked up his sailboat somehow and beat him and his henchmen up. Finally, they took Rizzo from him and made their escape. When Steel Man was done explaining everything, Allen looked up in the sky and thought of something very peculiar.
"Phantom Angel, you say..." said Allen.
"That's right, master, that's the new hero we've never met before!" said Steel Man.
"But that's impossible! I mean, how can another person carried the heroic blood like Robert's?! Hm...Could it possibly be that this person is living in StarLily where Robert is right now?"
"I do believe it is possible, sir!"
"Well, if that's the case, Steel Man, you are excused. Arrowhead, come forth!"
After Steel Man left, the guy with the short, black hair and red eyes who appeared before Allen. He was the same archer who almost shot down the train back in Emblem.
"You wish to see me, Lord Allen?" said Arrowhead, bowing down to Allen.
"Yes, I certainly do," said Allen. "Your mission is to go to StarLily and find that weakly fool, Robert! Just take one of the animal slaves, and don't let one of those meddling fools take away your slave. Do you understand?"
"Yes, sir! I'll be on the lookout for that cat, Kabuki!"
In StarLily, Vicki was sitting at the town tree and started to draw a picture. While she was doing that, she was having a daydream. She dreamed about Masked Swordmaster who saved her life when she was Phantom Angel. Until Nick interrupted her dream, she got startled and glared at him.
"Hey Vicki, I tried to call you from afar, but you didn't respond for some reason..." said Nick. "Is everything alright?"
"Um...yeah, I'm okay," Vicki answered nervously. "What is it you want, Nick?"
"I just want to let you know that Robert is inviting us to the dinner at the hotel. Do you want to come?"
"Oh yeah, absolutely! Just let him know that I'm coming; or I can tell him that if I run into him."
"Yeah, sure thing..."
Vicki went to the Roost to buy a cup of coffee to relax her mind. Then, she saw Robert who was sitting next to her and drinking coffee. When he spotted her, he almost choked and began to swallow right away.
"Oh hey, Vicki!" said Robert, putting his cup down.
"Oh hey, Robert!" said Vicki. "Nick already told me that you invited us to dinner! And I will love to come and join you guys!"
"That's great! Thank you for your response."
While Vicki and Robert were talking to each other, Sammy and Jimmy were sitting at the table and overheard their conversation. So, they came up to them and started interrupting.
"Hey, Mayor V!" said Sammy, as he looked at Vicki. And then, he looked at Robert. "And who are you, red?"
"My name is Robert Goldstein," Robert replied. "The question is who are you both exactly?"
"I'm Sammy Slapjack!"
"And I'm Jimmy Slapjack, Sammy's twin brother," said Jimmy. "We're the Slapjack brothers!"
"Also, they appeared to be Nick's and my next door neighbors," said Vicki unenthusiastically.
"Oh well, nice to meet you both," said Robert, as he offered a handshake to Sammy and Jimmy. But neither of the twins wouldn't accept his handshake.
"Uh, no offense, but we don't accept handshakes to the geeks like you!" said Sammy.
"Yeah, we only accept handshakes to the cool people like us!" Jimmy laughed hysterically.
"And...that's what they said," Vicki frowned, rolling her eyes.
"Tell me about it..." Robert frowned.
"Well, I think it's time for us to head out now," said Sammy. "So, smell you all later!"
"Yeah, smell you all later!" Jimmy laughed.
After the Slapjack brothers left the Roost, Vicki and Robert turned around and sighed at the same time. Vicki rolled her eyes and drank her coffee while Robert tapped the saucer very lightly with his fingertip.
"I hope they didn't cause you any trouble, did they?" Vicki asked.
"No, of course not," Robert replied. "Why is that?"
"Well, Nick told me that those two shook off all the bells from him and dumped him into the trash can last year."
"What? Seriously?"
"Yeah, seriously! Here's the tip for you and the others...Next time whenever you see them, beware of their stupidity or whatever they plan to do something crazy if you know what I mean."
"Uh yeah...whatever you say?" Suddenly, Robert looked at the clock on the wall and realized that he has to go. "I think I should be heading back to the hotel now. I'll see you later at dinnertime!"
"Okay, I'll see you there!"
Few hours later, Arrowhead and his henchmen had arrived at StarLily with Kabuki, the cat. When the animal villagers spotted them, they were frightened and ran away to their homes. Once they were arrived at Main Street, Arrowhead began to sniff his nose and suddenly hit him.
"Folks, I smell a human with the heroic blood nearby!" Arrowhead exclaimed, as he was pointing at the hotel. "And it's coming from that building!"
"So, what's your plan now, meeooo-OH?" Kabuki asked.
"I'd say let's put everyone, in the hotel, to sleep first with my arrow knock-out gas. Then, we'll put this hero out cold and bring him to Allen Parker!"
When Arrowhead and his gang were heading to the hotel, Nick suddenly glanced at them through the window. He got up from his chair and spied on them by the window. Suddenly, he saw them entering the hotel and the door was closed behind them. He wanted to check out to see what's going on so he left Nook's Homes right away. He hid below and looked carefully through the window. He overheard and saw Sammy and Jimmy bumping into Arrowhead and his henchmen. The twins began to scream and ran away from the hotel after he made a threat to them. They left the hotel while they were running and screaming, which caused Nick to startle. Finally, he looked around to see if no one's there before calling Vicki on his smartphone.
Inside of the hotel, everyone passed out after Arrowhead shot the whole place with his arrow knock-out gas. Then, he and his henchmen crashed into every hotel room before they reached to Robert's room, which it was on the top floor.
When Robert, Lorelei, and Darren heard a noise from the bottom floor, they snuck up and saw Arrowhead and his gang. They quickly ran back to their hotel room and closed the door behind them. Neon appeared and wanted to know of what's going on.
"Arrowhead and the bullies are here!" Lorelei exclaimed.
"Well, I'm not surprised at all!" said Neon, as he turned to Robert. "Robert, you have to stop them before they put every human and animal in danger!"
"Right, I'm on it!" said Robert, as he tapped his wristband and transformed.
Outside of the hotel, Vicki arrived just in time as Nick showed her of what's going on inside of the hotel. They saw all the animals passed out and saw Arrowhead and his henchmen crashing every hotel room on each floor. Also, they saw Kabuki being on guard of the hotel. Vicki told Nick to be on the lookout before she could transform.
Back inside of the hotel, Arrowhead and his henchmen finally reached to the top floor. Lorelei and Darren peeked through the door and were afraid that they might find them. Before Arrowhead broke down the hotel room, he and his henchmen heard someone coming into the hotel.
"Hey you, didn't someone ever told you to knock before you enter?" Phantom Angel shouted.
"Say, I've never seen you before," said Arrowhead. "Just who are you?"
"Why, I'm the hero of melody and purity! I am Phantom Angel! If you want to fight, then bring it on!"
Lorelei and Darren peeked through the door and saw Phantom Angel for the first time.
"No way, there's another hero appeared?" Lorelei asked surprisingly.
"We've never seen her before, have we?" Darren asked shockingly.
"Did someone mentioned another hero showed up?" Neon asked, as he tried to look through the door to see for himself.
Arrowhead and his henchmen leaped down to the bottom floor. Then, he ordered his men to take Phantom Angel down. While she was fighting them, Serenity stopped by and joined Nick to watch the scene. Kabuki tried to avoid the fight and told Arrowhead that he spotted Lorelei, Darren, and Neon were on the top floor. So, they quickly ran upstairs, but Phantom Angel stopped them and kicked Arrowhead down the stairs. Then, she grabbed Kabuki by his shirt and hung him by the coat hanger. Arrowhead shot her with his mulitple arrows, but she quickly dodged them.
"Angelic halo ring toss!" Phantom Angel called, as her attack countered Arrowhead's attack.
"Spiderweb arrow!" Arrowhead shouted, as he shot the arrow at Phantom Angel. Suddenly, the arrow transformed into the spiderweb and captured Phantom Angel like a net.
Phantom Angel tried to break free from the spiderweb, but she couldn't get out of it. "Hey, get this thing off me, you jerk!" she argued.
Arrowhead laughed. "Sorry, no can do! In any case, it's not you I'm after. Since you're out of my way, I'm only here for a certain someone who-"
"Hey Arrowhead, are you looking for someone particular?" said the familiar voice. Everyone looked around to see of where this voice was coming from. Until they looked at the top floor, it was none other than Masked Swordmaster.
"Ah ha! It is you whom I'm after!" Arrowhead exclaimed.
Nick and Serenity stared at each other in a surprise way and their jaws began to drop.
"Who-Who-Who is that?" Serenity asked.
"I-I-I don't know!" Nick answered.
"Why don't you pick someone your own size?" Masked Swordmaster asked, as he was looking down at Arrowhead.
"Just get down from there and fight like a man!" Arrowhead exclaimed. "Otherwise, I will shoot you down!"
"Ha! With pleasure!"
Masked Swordmaster jumped up from the handrail and grabbed onto the chandeliers to swing. Then, he landed on Arrowhead's henchmen and crushed them. Arrowhead quickly aimed his arrow and shot him, but the swordsman dodged it and saved Phantom Angel who was trapped inside of the net. While Arrowhead kept on shooting at him with his arrows, Masked Swordmaster kept on running and dodging them at the same time. When he reached to the reception desk to block the archer's attack, he cut off the net to set Phantom Angel free.
"Thank you for saving me...again," Phantom Angel smiled, as her eyes began to glimmer while looking at Masked Swordmaster's.
"You're very welcome," said Masked Swordmaster softly, as his eyes began to shine like hers. "And I did told you that we meet again, now didn't we?"
Phantom Angel nodded. "Of course we did meet again! And there's something that I have to ask you, but I guess it will have to wait till later. Am I right?"
"Oh, I guess you're right! Arrowhead is still in large! Whatever the question you want to ask, I'll give you an answer later. I promise you!"
As soon as the two heroes began to get up, Masked Swordmaster felt the sharp pain on one of his ankles. Phantom Angel was worried when she saw him sitting still on the floor and rubbed his ankle very slowly and gently.
"Hey, are you okay?" Phantom Angel asked anxiously.
"Y-Yeah, I'm fine," Masked Swordmaster replied. "It's just a little sprained...It's going to be okay, there's no need to worry about me."
"But-I-Alright, let me stop Arrowhead, you must stay here to recover your ankle."
"Just be careful! You don't even know his antics are!"
"I can handle that! No problem at all!"
Phantom Angel leapt out of the reception desk and faced off Arrowhead. He began shooting his arrows at her, but she began to dodge them. She took out her star compact before he continued shooting.
"Angelic reversal mirror!" Phantom Angel called, as her magical mirror reversed Arrowhead's arrows and turned them against him. The arrows pinned him down on the wall. "Hey Arrowhead, you just lost the battle! So, you might as well leave this town or else!"
Arrowhead growled. "Fine, my henchmen and I are leaving this place once and for all! And we will be back next time!"
Arrowhead and his henchmen disappeared from thin air, except Kabuki who was left hanging on the coat hanger. Phantom Angel walked up to the cat and took out her talisman. She would've used it on Rizzo, but she might as well give it a try on Kabuki. Hopefully, it would break a curse from him if it turned out to be successful.
"Okay, Kabuki, you must remember that we are not your enemies, we are your friends!" said Phantom Angel. "We're only trying to help you, just don't move!"
"I have nothing to say to you, meooo-OH!" Kabuki argued. "Whatever you're planning to do with me, it won't work at all!"
"Then, we'll see about that! Oh, light of the talisman, remove the curse from Kabuki and return him back to normal!"
Phantom Angel's talisman began to flash in front of Kabuki, and he quickly closed his eyes. When the flash disappeared, everyone looked at Kabuki whether he was back to normal or not. Even Masked Swordmaster wanted to find out for himself if it turned out to be okay. As Kabuki opened his eyes, the glowing red eyes were still there. That would've mean Phantom Angel's talisman didn't work after all.
"That's odd, why didn't my talisman break the evil curse from Kabuki?" Phantom Angel asked.
"It's because someone puts the powerful curse on him and the other animals as well," Masked Swordmaster replied. "There's nothing we can do about it, not even your talisman is powerful enough to break it...But at least, you did your best."
"Then...can you tell me about this evil curse?"
"Sure! Once we will take Kabuki to Booker and Copper, I'll tell you about it."
After the heroes sent Kabuki to Booker and Copper, Masked Swordmaster explained to Phantom Angel about the evil curse. He told her how the animals became evil by who and what caused them.
"So wait, you were saying that some animals were being controlled by the evil leader who holds the dark poison crystal?" Phantom Angel asked anxiously.
Masked Swordmaster nodded and said, "Yes, this crystal is a deadly one...to me."
Phantom Angel was shocked to hear those words. "D-Deadly? To you? How so?"
Masked Swordmaster sighed heavily. "S-Sorry, I have to go now! We'll talk more whenever we'll meet again."
"Promise?"
"Yes, this I promise you! Until then, farewell..." Masked Swordmaster left Phantom Angel's side and ran off.
In the evening, Vicki went to the hotel and saw Robert coming down the stairs. They both appeared at the same time and went to the dining room together. They joined in with Nick, Serenity, Lorelei, and Darren at the same table.
"Hey guys, sorry we're late!" said Vicki, as she immediately turned to Robert. "Are we that late?"
"Not really I believe..." Robert shrugged.
"Oh no, you guys are just in time!" said Lorelei.
"Yeah, so what's new?" Nick asked, as he was looking at Vicki in a suspicious way.
Before Vicki could answer, she saw a yellow dog named Isabelle, who was running to the dining room and joined the pink otter named Lottie, who was waiting for her. Isabelle took out some pictures from her pocket and showed them to Lottie. Then, Lottie took out her smartphone and showed some videos to Isabelle. They each looked at the pictures and the videos one at a time. Finally, they looked at each other in a very impressive way.
"Wow, who would've thought that Phantom Angel had a new ally?" Isabelle asked. "We haven't seen her in few months since the New Year's Eve performance. But the big question is who is her ally, and where did he come from?"
Lottie whistled while looking at one of the pictures. "Who knows? A guy with the hat and a cape who is looking handsome as your brother, Digby..."
Isabelle groaned as she was looking at Lottie with an odd expression on her face. "Um...this is Phantom Angel's ally we're talking about, right?"
"Well, what else are we talking about?" Lottie shrugged.
Isabelle sighed. "Anyways, we don't even know much about her ally. But as far as I can tell, they are not related!"
"Hmm, you're probably right about that. Either they could be friends or perhaps, they're..." Lottie gasped, as something struck her all of the sudden. "Or perhaps, they could be lovers!"
"Lottie!" Isabelle was irritated when she rolled her eyes and placed her paw on her face.
After overheard the conversation between Isabelle and Lottie, Vicki almost choked herself while she was drinking tea. Robert coughed a few times after he accidentally swallowed his food. Nick, Serenity, Lorelei, and Darren had nothing to say or to do. But they were staring at the two humans, who were secretly carried the heroic blood that neither of them knew about it yet, in a very awkward way.