Animal Crossing In Action: Duo Of Justice
Chapter 8: What A Common Sense!
During the night, Vicki fell asleep and started to have a dream. It's the same dream that she had when she first encountered the mysterious person as Phantom Angel. She still couldn't see his face, but they suddenly reached their hands and started holding together. As soon as they touched their hands, Phantom Angel could feel the warmth from his hands. She looked at him with his face concealed in blackness.
"I'm very curious, who are you exactly?" Phantom Angel asked. "Something tells me that you looked awfully...familiar to me. Haven't we met before? Unless, if I'm mistaken for someone else..."
"There are some things I'm ready to tell you," said the familiar voice. "But some things I'm not quite ready yet..."
"What? What do you mean by that?"
"You will find out whenever the time is right for us... Farewell."
After Vicki's dream ended, she got up from her bed and looked through her window. Then, she saw her own hand that was touched by a mysterious person and felt it with her own fingers. Suddenly, she heard her smartphone ringing, so she checked it and saw the text message appeared from her screen.
"Oh my, it's from Robert," said Vicki, as she began reading the text message that Robert sent her. "'Meet me at the Roost.' Hmm, I wonder why he wants me there for, but I'm going there right away."
At the Roost, Vicki was waiting for Robert to arrive there while she was drinking her coffee. Few seconds later, Robert finally showed up and saw her waiting for him. He ordered Brewster a cup of coffee before he went to the table and sat next to her.
"Hey Vicki, have you been waiting for me that long?" Robert asked.
"Oh hi Robert, I just got here about a few minutes ago," Vicki answered. "I got your text message before I got here. Do you have a reason for that?"
"I've been thinking about something in a very long time. Well, if you know what I mean..."
"Uh, like...what? For example?"
"Um, how do I put it this way? It's a long story short, but I'll tell you. My sister, Lorelei loves Darren ever since they first met back at Emblem."
Vicki remembered hearing the town, Emblem that Masked Swordmaster explained some disaster events to her while she was Phantom Angel. "Oh, Emblem is your town? Is that where you guys are from?"
Robert nodded. "Yeah, it was before it became a destruction..."
Vicki gasped. "That's horrible! Do you have any clue of how your town was destroyed?"
Robert sighed heavily. "There wasn't a trace of how this would happen..." Suddenly, he quickly changed his subject and smiled at Vicki. "But enough with the tragedy part, let's go back to our main subject!"
"Okay, whatever you say...Anyways, my brother, Nick fell in love with my best friend, Serenity ever since she arrived in StarLily last year. What a coincidence, right?"
Robert chuckled. "You said it! Your brother told me that you haven't found a guy in your life yet, not even you first arrived in this town. Is that true?"
Vicki sighed desperately. "Yeah, every word he said is definitely true. Nick is very lucky that he found true love, but I don't. Lorelei once told me that you had a girlfriend before until she turned you down. Is that right?"
Robert looked down at his coffee and gripped the handle not too hard. "Y-Yeah, that is correct...The girl, I first met, was beautiful and sweet like you. But I feel so blind-sided when she met someone else few months later. Now, I don't feel like talking about it or her. She was very kind at first, but not anymore...because I ended up being used by her; and I don't want to say her name in front of you."
"Okay...so, what are you trying to say exactly?"
"Well...Ever since we first met in few months ago, I'm hoping that...you know... Maybe, you and I will get to know each other a lot. What do you say? Do you want to try? I-It's okay if you don't want to..."
Vicki was surprised to hear of what Robert was trying to say. She quickly nodded her head and answered, "Oh yes, let's do that! Even if we are doing this very slowly, I have no problem at all!"
Robert chuckled and began to smile. "Well, that's great! Starting now, we will get to know each other, whether we both have a lot of common or not."
"I guess we may never know that until later."
"My thoughts exactly, and I totally agree with you!"
Suddenly, Vicki's smartphone began to ring and ended up interrupting the conversation. She picked it up and checked the phone screen. She rolled her eyes when she saw of whose text message was from. She quickly replied the message and sent it back to the sender.
"Sorry, that was Nick who was sending me a text message," said Vicki with the uncomfortable smile.
"Oh, what did he say exactly?" Robert asked.
Before Vicki was about to answer, Robert's smartphone began to ring this time. He checked his phone screen and wasn't too happy when he saw whose text message was from. It took him a minute or two to respond the message before sending it to the sender. Finally, he put his smartphone away after that was taken care of.
"Sorry about that," Robert apologized. "That was Lorelei, she and her crazy ideas these days...I just don't know what to do anymore!"
"What crazy ideas?" Vicki laughed.
"That's hard for me to explain and hard for you to believe that."
"Oh yeah? Well, it's hard for me to tell you about what Nick said to me and hard for you to believe his nonsense!"
Few moments later, Vicki and Robert started to laugh out loud with their good sense of humor. While they were laughing with each other, Sammy and Jimmy entered the Roost and suddenly saw them.
"Well, looks like somebody is having a good time together," said Sammy, as he was interrupting the conversation between Vicki and Robert. "Look, Jimmy, if it isn't Mayor V and Goldeneye!"
"It's Goldstein, Sammy," Robert frowned. "But I suggest that you can call me Robert instead."
"Oh, my bad! But anyways, what are you two up to?"
"Yeah, what are you two up to?" Jimmy repeated.
"Like, you two want to know..." said Vicki. "But that's none of your concern, guys."
"What she said!" Robert agreed.
"Come on, Robert, let's go!"
"I'm with you!" Robert opened the door for Vicki as they were about to leave. Then, he looked at the Slapjack brothers before he left. "See you later, Slappy brothers!"
When Robert closed the door behind him, Sammy and Jimmy turned around for a second and thought they heard him say something. "What did he say?" they asked to each other before they shrugged.
Vicki and Robert were sitting at the town tree together. They both were thinking about their own thoughts. It took them about a couple of minutes until Vicki had an idea.
"Hey Robert, how would you like to come over to my house?" Vicki asked. "I would like someone to accompany me for a change."
"Sure, I will love to come over to your house!" Robert answered. "So, what time will you want me to come?"
"Oh, let's see...what about six o'clock? Are you available on that time?"
"Of course, I'll see you at six then!"
"Alright, see you!"
Later in the afternoon, Vicki started to clean up her house and cook some meals. Nick was sitting on the couch and watching his older sister do all the work. Until she pushed him from the couch, she began pounding the cushions to remove the dust. Nick stood up and looked at her with an odd expression on his face.
"Hey sis, what's the occasion?" Nick asked.
"I'm inviting Robert to my house tonight," Vicki replied, while she was so busy cleaning and cooking. "That way, we can enjoy ourselves together."
Nick started to grin slyly. "Can I join in as well?"
"Don't you have a date with Serenity? Your text message said so!"
"Huh? Oh yeah, I forgot about that! I did mentioned that, but can we join you both as well?"
"Just go somewhere else instead...alone!"
Meanwhile at the hotel, Robert couldn't decide of what to wear. So, he decided that he should wear something causal. He looked at the mirror and thought that he was okay wearing that. Then, he looked at the clock to see what time it was right now.
"It's five thirty right now," said Robert softly. "It is a little early, but I think I should be heading to Vicki's house right now."
As soon as Robert left the hotel room, he nearly bumped into Lorelei and Darren. He was surprised that he wasn't expecting them to show up by the time like this.
"Hey guys, I was just-I'm going to Vicki's house right now," said Robert.
"Oh, can we come, too?" Lorelei asked.
"Um, don't you guys have other plans to do?"
"Yeah, we have-" Darren replied, but his words were cut off by Lorelei's interruption.
"But it can wait after we paid Vicki a visit if you think that's okay with you!" Lorelei exclaimed.
"Just go hang out somewhere else, guys!" said Robert abruptly.
At the ship, Allen was talking to the guy who wore a heavy black armor. He had a silver hair with black highlights and red eyes. He carried the club and tapped it on his shoulder very lightly.
"So Master Allen, you want me to invade StarLily to knock out your foe, am I right?" said the armored-guy.
"That's right, Buster," said Allen. "Once you do, bring him to me. Unless if you see Phantom Angel, don't let her get in your way. She is not our main priority, but you can do whatever you want with her at anytime."
"Yes, sir! I understand, sir!"
Back in StarLily, Robert arrived at Vicki's house just in time. He knocked on the door; and she finally answered.
"Hi Vicki!" said Robert smiling.
"Hey Robert, come on in!" said Vicki, as Robert entered her house and she closed the door behind them. "Do you want to watch the movie? I have some movies that you might be interested."
"Well, what movies do you have?"
Vicki looked at the shelf right below the flat screen TV and searched for the movie that might be interesting. Then, she finally found one and showed it to Robert. She asked, "What about this one? It's called 'Journey To Subspace Emissary.' It's one of my favorite adventure and action movies; and it's about all the fighters, from different places and worlds, were heading to Subspace!"
"Sounds like a very cool movie to me! Because believe it or not, it's also my favorite movie, too!"
Vicki gasped. "Really?!"
Robert nodded. "Yes, really! I've heard there's a sequel coming soon. What was it called? Oh yeah, it's called 'Journey To The World Of Light!' I saw it on the website."
"Oh my god, I'm so excited about the sequel!"
"So do I! I can't wait to see that movie!"
"Before we will watch the movie, do you want something to drink? I have orange juice, apple juice, water..."
"I'll have water, please."
When Vicki was going to get the water for Robert, he looked around the living room and felt so lively. He sat down on the couch and felt so cozy and comfortable. As soon as she got back, she gave a glass of water to him. Then, she set her own cup on the table. After Robert took a sip, he set the glass on the table as well.
"Say Robert, are you hungry?" Vicki asked. "I just cooked beef curry and rice."
"Oh yes, I love beef curry!" Robert answered. "And I love it when it goes with the rice together."
"Ha, I was thinking the same thing!"
After Vicki served the plates of rice and beef curry to herself and Robert, they were watching the movie together on TV. As soon as they were done eating their dinner, she served the fruit salad and placed it on the table. She scooped some fruits onto her plate and Robert scooped some onto his plate as well.
Two hours later, the movie ended and Vicki cleaned up everything from the table. While she was cleaning, Robert stretched his arms and legs for a second. He stood up from the couch and went to the kitchen when he saw Vicki doing the dishes.
"Do you need any help?" Robert asked.
"No, I can do this, but thank you anyways," Vicki answered.
When Vicki was done with the dishes, she sat next to Robert who sat back down in few minutes ago. She looked at the clock to see what time it was right now.
"Oh my, it's getting late, isn't it?" said Vicki excitedly.
"Wow, you know the old saying..." said Robert. "'Time flies when you're enjoying yourself!' But before I go, can I chat with you some more?"
"Sure, I have no problem at all!"
"Alright!" Robert cleared his throat and put his arm around Vicki. He was looking into her eyes and asked her a question. "I know that it doesn't concern to me at all, but what is something that you hate the most?"
Vicki was thinking very hard and answered to Robert's question, even if it didn't concern to him at all. "Oh well, something I hate...huh? Whether you believe it or not, I mostly hate intruders and trespassers who tried to enter the town unnoticeable."
Robert stared at Vicki for a minute before he spoke right up. "You know something, Vicki? I was thinking the same thing!"
"Are you serious?"
"Yes, I am!"
"I am so surprised that we have a lot of common!"
Vicki and Robert began to laugh with each other. While they were still laughing, they looked at each other once again before they stopped laughing.
"Vicki, can I tell you one more thing before I can go?" Robert asked.
"Sure, what is it, Robert?" Vicki asked.
"Can you close your eyes for just a moment? And don't ask me why or what for..."
Vicki slowly nodded as she took a deep breath and sighed softly. "Okay, whatever you say..."
When Vicki closed her eyes, Robert looked around the living room to see if nobody's present, not even from outside. So, his face was getting closer to hers and his lips were reaching to her lips. Before he could touch her chin with his fingers, he suddenly heard his smartphone rang. He quickly took it out from his pocket and checked his phone screen. He received the text message and read it, which it turned out to be trouble.
That doesn't sound too good, Lorelei... Robert thought. But I am on my way!
As soon as Vicki opened her eyes, she looked at Robert who seemed to be in a hurry. "Is something wrong?" she asked.
"Uh, nothing's wrong!" Robert replied. "I just remember that I had, um...urgent things to do. Sorry, Vicki, maybe it will wait some other time..."
"Oh, it's okay, Robert! I hope you can take care of that!"
"Yeah, and thanks for everything!"
After Robert left Vicki's house, he ran as fast as he could. He looked around the surroundings to see if no one's here. Finally, he started to transform into Masked Swordmaster.
Back to Vicki's house, Vicki stretched her arms and legs for a second. Suddenly, her smartphone began to ring so she picked it up and checked her phone screen. She got the text message and began reading it. She was shocked that the message turned out to be worst. She quickly put her phone down and transformed into Phantom Angel.
At the Roost, everyone began to scream and ran away at the same time. There was something chaotic going on inside of it. Buster and his henchmen were destroying everything, even the chicken named Knox who joined the evil forces as well. Nick and Serenity were under the table while Lorelei and Darren were under another table to protect themselves from the evil's disaster. Neither of them were able to escape because of the evil's rage. Even Brewster was unable to do something, he only stood there like a statue and started shaking in fear. Until suddenly, someone appeared right in front of them.
"Hey, stop what you're doing!" said the familiar voice, as everyone started to see of who it was.
"Oh great...guess who, folks?" said Buster unenthusiastically, as he saw none other than Masked Swordmaster.
"This place is for only people and animals to enjoy coffee and chit chat, not for destruction and roughhousing!"
"Nick, it's him again!" Serenity whispered. "It's that guy from before..."
"I can see that, Serenity," Nick whispered back.
"Well, look who's talking!" Buster grinned. "If it isn't the hero of strength and intelligence..."
"And don't forget about me, you foolish armored-guy!" said another familiar voice, as everyone turned to see Phantom Angel who was sitting by the window.
"Look, Darren, it's her again!" Lorelei whispered.
"Yeah, what a nick of time!" Darren whispered back.
"Well, doll face, this is the first time I see you," said Buster. "Let me guess...You're Phantom Angel, right? Some of my allies told me a bit about you!"
When Masked Swordmaster heard Phantom Angel's groan in misery, he tried to attract Buster's attention and said, "Ahem! Buster, just leave her alone! You and I have some business to settle!"
"Oh yeah? Do you want to go there, muscle-brained swordsman?!"
"Just bring it on!"
"Um...Attention everyone!" Phantom Angel announced. "Run for your lives! It's not safe to remain here and watch!"
The remaining people and animals were running away from the Roost as they could. Except for Brewster, who was still standing and looking terrified. Phantom Angel quickly ran towards him and shook him for a bit.
"Brewster, you got to get out of here, too!" Phantom Angel whispered. "It's not safe with bad guys in here! You need to leave here right now!"
"Dude, she's right, you know!" Masked Swordmaster whispered. "If I were you, I would get out of here right now! So, hurry and get going, Brewster!"
Suddenly, Buster slammed the counter with his club. Luckily, the heroes dodged his attack, but that made Brewster panicked even more. He began to scream and crash through the wall that made a shape of himself, instead of using the door like his customers usually did. Phantom Angel and Masked Swordmaster wouldn't believe that the pigeon went to the opposite direction.
"Uh...that's pretty rare that Brewster went to the wrong direction," said Phantom Angel. "Because the exit is right behind us..."
"But at least, he got out of here alive," said Masked Swordmaster. "Anyways, we have an enemy to fight!"
Phantom Angel and Masked Swordmaster fought against Buster's henchmen first. It took them a couple of minutes to knock them down. Once they faced off against Buster, Phantom Angel rushed to the armored-guy and kicked him. Few seconds later, one of her feet was in a big pain, and she began to scream in agony.
"Ow, my foot!" Phantom Angel yelled, as Masked Swordmaster caught her on time before she fell to the floor.
"Are you alright?" Masked Swordmaster asked.
"Y-Yeah...Does Buster's armor always that hard like a shield or something?"
"As far as I'm concerned, it is as hard as both the rock and the metal!"
"WHAT? S-S-SERIOUSLY?!"
While the heroes were talking, Knox took out the slingshot and aimed the lights from the ceiling. As soon as he shot them down, they quickly avoided them before they crashed down on them. Phantom Angel charged right to Buster immediately before Masked Swordmaster tried to stop her. She began to punch Buster's face, but her hand started to ache in few seconds later.
"Ow, my hand!" Phantom Angel cried, as she rubbed her hand very softly. "B-Buster, you're not really human, are you?"
"Unfortunately, he is big-boned!" Masked Swordmaster warned her. "Like Steel Man, Buster is a very tough opponent! Not even your magic attacks will stop him or slow him down a little."
"You...really think so?"
Masked Swordmaster nodded. "Yes...But let me take care of him, and you can take care of Knox."
"Are you sure you can fight him alone?"
"Yes, I've done this many times before I came here. So, don't worry about me, okay?"
When Phantom Angel agreed of what Masked Swordmaster said, she saw Knox hiding behind the table. She quickly tried to catch him while he was trying to avoid her. Finally, she caught him by his wing and dragged him to Booker and Copper.
"H-Hey, let go of my wing, clucking!" Knox argued, while he was struggling to loosen Phantom Angel's grip.
Inside of the Roost, Masked Swordmaster threw Buster and his henchmen out of there after they were defeated. Once they were outside, Masked Swordmaster used his sword to fight off against Buster's club. Both weapons were clashing one and another. The armored-guy swung his club at the swordsman, but he quickly dodged it. Finally, he used his sword technique to focus his power.
"Sword wind slash!" Masked Swordmaster called, as he thrust his sword and began slashing with wind power.
Suddenly, Buster's club was scratched off by Masked Swordmaster's attack. Not only that, but the wind slash attack was cutting off some of his hair. Buster was freaked out and furious that he lost the battle to the young heroic swordsman.
"You will pay for that next time, foolish boy!" Buster shouted, as he and his henchmen disappeared into thin air.
Masked Swordmaster put his sword away and saw Phantom Angel who returned from the police station. She was very glad that he could handle it on his own.
"That is amazing, Masked Swordmaster!" said Phantom Angel cheerfully. "How did you do it?"
"Well, it's not that easy, to be honest," Masked Swordmaster replied. "It took me a lot of focus to harness my new power."
"Your new power?"
"Exactly! That's something I haven't use last year."
"Ah, I see! But it's incredible though!"
"Yeah...But anyways, I think I should be going now. I'll see you later next time!"
Phantom Angel nodded as she saw Masked Swordmaster going until he was gone. She sighed softly as if she was beginning to have a connection with him. Until few moments later, someone was calling out her name.
"Phantom Angel!" It was Serena who rushed from the fountain to see her chosen hero.
"Serena, what are you doing here?" Phantom Angel asked surprisingly, as she hugged her guardian dog and looked around to see if nobody's around.
"Nick and Serenity told me of what's going on right now! They also told me that there's another hero who helped you fight the new evil! Am I right?"
"Yes, that's right! We already got rid of them! It's all thanks to my handsome and good-looking ally!"
Serena was surprised to hear of what Phantom Angel was saying. "W-Wait, what?! I'm sorry, I must've missed out the whole current events between you and your ally! Since when did you two first met? And where was I this whole time?!"
While Phantom Angel tried to answer one of Serena's questions, none of them realized that there were two figures were on top of the town hall. Behind the hidden roof of the town hall, they were identified as Masked Swordmaster and Neon who was on his left shoulder. They were watching their counterparts having a conversation, but they had no idea of what they were talking about.
"Lorelei and Darren told me about what happened at the Roost," said Neon. "So, I came to see of what's going on, but it looks like you and your ally had already taken care of that."
"Yes, we stopped Buster and his henchmen from doing something chaotic in the Roost," said Masked Swordmaster. "But what I'm worried about right now, Neon, is Allen's madness will not only cause this town's in trouble, but in danger as well..."
"I know..." Neon was eyeing on Serena all of the sudden while talking to Masked Swordmaster. "I wish there is a way to stop his madness and set some animals free from his control!"
Masked Swordmaster was looking at Phantom Angel with his sparkling eyes, instead of looking at Neon. "I know, I was thinking the same thing..."