Animal Crossing In Action: Duo Of Justice
Chapter 9: Return Of Phantom Angel's Performance
In the morning, Robert woke up as he finally got out of his bed. Then, he saw the golden rose that he picked up from Emblem before he and the others escaped. He sighed heavily and started to change his clothes. As soon as he came to the dining room, he saw Lorelei and Darren at one of the tables. He joined them and started to eat his breakfast.
"Morning, guys!" said Robert. "Sorry if I overslept..."
"It's nine o'clock right now, Robert," said Lorelei, "you didn't overslept."
"Oh, right. I forgot to check of what time it is right now!"
"Is everything alright, dude?" Darren asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Robert answered. "It's just that I was having a rare dream all of the sudden."
"What dream?" Lorelei asked. "And what is it like?"
Robert scoffed. "Oh, you think I'm going to be crazy if I told you about it..."
"Just tell us, Robert!" Darren demanded.
Robert sighed heavily and began to explain his dream to Lorelei and Darren. "Well, you see...When I was at the town plaza, which it was very similar to StarLily, I thought I heard someone singing so I turned around to see who it was. There, I saw an angel sitting at the town tree and singing in her soft tune. I couldn't see her face because the darkness concealed her from revealing of who she is. Although, that figure looks quite...No, that can't be..."
After Robert explained everything to Lorelei and Darren, they both glanced at each other in a confused way. Then, they looked back at Robert dumbfounded; and he suddenly laughed as if he was joking around.
"Sorry, I knew this is hard to believe to both of you!" said Robert jokingly. "But anyways, I've got to go!"
After Robert left the dining room, Lorelei and Darren exchanged glances at each other. Neither of them had any idea of what he was talking about. So, they both shrugged and finished up their breakfast.
Meanwhile at Silverwings' house, Nick was practicing the drums and Serenity was practicing the electric guitar. While Vicki was writing the song lyrics, all she could hear was the horrible, loud off-key music from them. Suddenly, she heard a knock on the door, which it turned out to be a loud one. As soon as Nick and Serenity stopped playing, Vicki opened the door and saw Sammy and Jimmy who were very cranky.
"Hey Silverwing, keep the noise down already!" Sammy complained. "We're trying to get some sleep here!"
"Yeah, keep the racket down already!" Jimmy agreed.
Vicki immediately slammed the door in front of the twins without saying a word to either of them. Then, she looked at the clock to see what time it was right now. "Like, it's already 11 o'clock right now," she said. "How can those two oversleep by the time like this?"
"Beats me, sis," said Nick. "Besides, Serenity and I need to take a break. We've been practicing for almost two hours now."
"Yeah, you need to take a break, too, Vicki," said Serenity. "You tried your best to write the song lyrics, but it turns out that it's not going so well...Am I right?"
Vicki sighed. "Yeah, you're probably right...Let's grab a bite to eat. What do you say?"
"I'm in!" Nick answered.
"Same here!" Serenity agreed.
At the ship, Charlene was walking pass by every compartment after compartment. Until she saw the tiny lights moving around in one of the compartments, she saw the lady who had yellow and black short hair and red eyes. She was playing the electronic keyboard while she was humming in rhythm. When Charlene was listening to the music until the end, she began to applaud the rockstar for her performance.
"Good show, Elly!" Charlene exclaimed. "I didn't know you have it in you."
"Oh my, do you think so?" Elly asked. "It's all I can do so far."
"Well, I'd figure as much. Say, how would you like to save your performance for StarLily?"
"Hmm, I don't think it's a bad idea..." Elly started to look up at her disco ball for a split second. "Perhaps, my performance needs a shimmering one...but less light, more darkness!"
Back in StarLily, there was the white dog named KK who was eating his lunch in the dining room. Robert, Lorelei, and Darren were surprised that he was here. Lorelei took out her smartphone and took a picture of him. Robert began to clear his throat as he pushed Lorelei aside and went to see him.
"Hey KK, what a coincidence to see you here!" said Robert excitedly.
"Hey there, hep cat!" said KK. "What a surprise to see my fans! Are you planning to stop by at Club LOL tonight?"
"You bet we will!" Lorelei answered happily.
"Cool! Then, I'll see you all later! Right now, I have to set up my turntable at Club LOL."
"Alright, see you later, KK!" everyone exclaimed.
After KK left the dining room, Robert, Lorelei, and Darren were very amazed to see him. They sat down at the empty table and ordered their lunch. While they were waiting, Robert felt bad for Lorelei and Darren that he owed them an apology.
"Hey guys, sorry about what happened this morning..." Robert apologized. "I don't know what I was thinking from the start, but let's just forget about it. Shall we?"
"Um, it's really okay, Robert," said Darren.
"Yeah, there's no need for you to apologize, big brother," said Lorelei.
"Well, if you say so..." said Robert, as he quickly changed his subject. "But anyways, has any one of you seen Vicki yet when I was gone?"
Lorelei and Darren looked at each other and shook their heads at Robert as their response. He sighed as he felt very disappointed until someone gave him an answer.
"Yeah, she's in her house with her band geeks," said the familiar voice. Everyone turned around and saw Sammy, who answered Robert's question, and Jimmy.
Robert scoffed. "I'm sorry? 'Band geeks?'"
"You know whom I'm talking about, Goldfish!"
"It's Goldstein!"
"That's what my brother said!" Jimmy laughed, while Robert shook his head in disapproval.
"Anyways, I don't know what the mayor and her amateur band were up to, but they're making a horrible racket!" Sammy exclaimed.
"Yeah, it's very rare of them to play the music first thing in the morning!" Jimmy complained.
"Now if you'll excuse us, we will take our leave! So, see you all later, geeks!"
After Sammy and Jimmy left, Robert and the others shook their heads and sighed at the same time. Few moments later, Robert began to grin after what he heard from the Slapjack brothers. Finally, he had a brilliant idea.
"Hmm, I think I should stop by at Vicki's house soon," said Robert.
"So, can we come, too?" Lorelei asked.
"Yeah, sure thing...But don't do something crazy, alright?"
"Since when did I do something crazy, big brother?"
"You will know what I mean!"
In the afternoon, Robert, Lorelei, and Darren had arrived at Vicki's house. They suddenly heard a noise that was coming from the inside. Robert knocked on the door while Lorelei and Darren covered their ears. As soon as the door opened, Vicki saw the visitors after she told Nick and Serenity to stop playing the music.
"Oh hi Robert, Lorelei, and Darren!" said Vicki surprisingly. "Come right in, all of you!"
"Oh hey guys!" said Nick and Serenity, as they put their instruments aside when Robert and the others entered the house.
"Hey everyone!" said Robert, Lorelei, and Darren.
"So, what are you guys doing?" Lorelei asked.
"Oh, we were just practicing the music," Serenity answered.
"All day?" Darren asked.
"Yeah, all day..." Nick replied. "Our musical skills turned out to be worst as far as you can tell..."
"I think that's what Sammy and Jimmy told us about it," said Robert.
"Well, did they say anything else besides that?" Vicki asked abruptly.
"No, this is the only topic they discussed about..."
Lorelei noticed Vicki's notebook on the table. She wanted to take a peek at it, but the mayor quickly snatched it and held on to it.
"Uh, don't want to be mean, but you don't really want to look at it," said Vicki politely.
"Then, what did you wrote there?" Lorelei asked curiously.
"Well, you see, she wrote the song-" Nick answered, but he got interrupted by Vicki who hit him with her notebook.
"Err, there were so many errors that I made!" Vicki explained. "So, that's why I can't allow anyone to see my notebook! Ha ha!"
"Okay, I understand that..." said Lorelei nervously.
"Yeah...but anyways, we ran into KK today at the hotel," said Robert.
"Wow, really?!" said Vicki excitedly.
"Yes, really!"
"Oh, lucky you..." said Nick unsurprisingly, as Vicki stepped on his foot really hard and gave him a quite of pain.
"Um, we're planning to go to Club LOL tonight," said Robert, "so, do you guys want to come?"
Before Nick could say anything, Vicki covered his mouth and answered, "Oh yes, we will love to come!"
"Then, we'll see you all there!"
"Oh yeah, see you!"
After Robert and the others left, Nick grabbed Vicki's arm and pulled away from his mouth. He could finally breathe again and glared at his older sister.
"Sheesh, Vicki, what was that for?" Nick asked.
"Dude, you almost spoiled everything," Vicki answered.
"Oh, come on! It's not like I'm going to spill the beans in front of them! Not knowing your secret identity, of course!"
"Well, the only ones who knew my secret identity are you, Serenity, and Katrina! Nobody else, got it?"
"Yeah, you got a good point there, Vicki," said Serenity. "Besides, you're the hero of melody and purity after all."
"Exactly! So right now, let me rewrite my song lyrics; and you guys can continue practicing the music properly!"
Nick sighed heavily. "Oh, here we go again..."
At Club LOL, the axolotl named Dr. Shrunk was done cleaning up the stage. While he was starting to clean the dance floor, KK had arrived and was about to check his turntable. Suddenly, someone knocked him unconscious from behind as Dr. Shrunk turned around and quickly checked on him. When he tried to wake KK up, someone knocked him down, too. After the two animals were out cold, Elly and her henchmen stepped onto the stage. Especially, the purple squirrel named Static who carried the disco ball. Elly looked around the club and began to whistle.
"What a perfect place for our setup!" said Elly, as she turned to the two unconscious animals. "But first, we need to tie those two up so neither of them will interfere! And as for the disco ball, Static, attach it to the ceiling as you can."
"Yes, Elly, I will do that, krzzt!" Static replied in obedience.
While Elly's henchmen tied Dr. Shrunk and KK behind the stage, Static climbed up with the disco ball and attached it to the chain securely. As soon as it was secured, Elly gave it a thumbs up and grinned evilly.
In the evening, Club LOL was now opened for business. Everyone entered the club, including Robert, Lorelei, and Darren. When they were inside, they noticed that KK wasn't on stage and the music was in play automatically. Robert had a strange feeling that something's not right. Then, he spotted Dr. Shrunk who was guarding by the door.
"Hey Dr. Shrunk, where's KK?" Robert asked.
"KK? Oh, he's not feeling well right now..." Dr. Shrunk replied in a cold manner.
"I see...But thank you anyways."
After the small talk with Dr. Shrunk, Robert walked back to Lorelei and Darren. He told them to wait here so he could do something in a moment. First, he bent down and crawled through the crowd. Then, he reached to the stage, snuck up behind it, and checked to see if no one's around. He immediately took out his pen, which it was no ordinary one but magical, and raised it up high.
"Go, magical pen, disguise myself as a DJ!" Robert called, as his pen changed his normal outfit to his DJ appearance. "Well, I haven't use the disguise for a while now, have I?"
While everyone was still dancing, Sammy and Jimmy appeared and started to dance in a disco way. Lorelei and Darren spotted them and watched them dancing in a very awkward way. Few seconds later, someone took over the DJ's turntable and started to play with the records. Lorelei and Darren saw who it was, and it was Robert who disguised himself as DJ.
"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen!" Robert announced. "Are you ready to rock?"
"Yeah!" the crowd roared with excitement, as they started to applaud.
"Then, let the music begin!"
Robert started to play the hip-hop music at the turntable. Everybody began to dance, including Lorelei and Darren. Behind the crowd, Dr. Shrunk tapped one of his buttons from his vest and started to communicate with someone.
"Elly, we have a situation here!" Dr. Shrunk called, as his voice sounded different. It's not really his voice, it was Static's voice.
While Robert was playing around with the turntable, everyone was still dancing with the music. Until the lady with the short, yellow hair pushed him away, the crowd began to gasp and stop dancing. She laid out her electronic keyboard and snapped her fingers as the disco ball suddenly appeared from the ceiling. Then, she started to play the music while the disco ball flashed and started to spin. Everyone was amazed by her talent that they started to dance, including Sammy and Jimmy. But Lorelei and Darren were not dancing because they knew that something's not right here.
When the musician hit the high note at the end, the crowd began to freeze and the light of their eyes disappeared. Not even a single animal or human made a move at all. Robert was finally recovered after he was pushed down from the stage. He noticed that everyone, in the club, was hypnotized, especially Lorelei and Darren. He also noticed that the musician revealed her true identity, and she turned out to be Elly. When Dr. Shrunk came to the stage, she revealed his real identity, and it was Static all along. Plus, her henchmen showed up on stage so Robert quietly snuck up to the backstage and quickly transformed.
Elly looked at the crowd and began to whistle. As soon as she started to play the music, someone stepped in and stood behind her on stage. Elly, Static, and her henchmen turned around to see who it was.
"I'm afraid your showtime is over, Elly!" Masked Swordmaster exclaimed. "Just get off the stage since nobody appreciates your talent!"
"Oh, who asked you to go on stage, you foolish swordsman?" Elly asked, as she was starting to get pissed off and turned to her henchmen. "Boys, it's time to throw this guy out of the club!"
Masked Swordmaster fought Elly's henchmen as fast as he could. He punched their faces and threw them off the stage. After that, he looked up to the disco ball that hypnotized everyone at the club and was planning to destroy it. But Elly shoved him with her electric powers and knocked him off the stage. Then, she began to play with her electronic keyboard with the stronger and higher tone. As the sound wave appeared, Masked Swordmaster screamed in pain and covered his ears as he could from listening to Elly's music. Few seconds later, the light of his eyes disappeared after he opened them and became immobilized.
Meanwhile, Vicki, Nick, and Serenity had arrived at Club LOL. When they heard the strange music, Vicki began to sense evil and trouble inside of the club. She quickly stopped Nick and Serenity from going inside.
"Hey, what's wrong, sis?" Nick asked.
"There's an evil presence inside of the club," Vicki answered. "But that's not all, someone's in trouble already! Just allow me to take care of that first; and you two, change your outfits and wear your headphones right now!"
"But why do we have to do that?" Serenity asked.
"Don't ask questions! Just do as I say!"
After Nick and Serenity went to their houses to change their outfits, Vicki looked around to see if no one's around before she could transform.
Back in Club LOL, Elly's henchmen grabbed Masked Swordmaster by the arms after he was immobilized by her music. Until they heard the door swung open, they saw an angel standing before them.
"Hey freakshows, I don't know what you did to the crowd, but I'm going to stop you no matter what!" Phantom Angel exclaimed. "The name's Phantom Angel; and I'm here to pulverize you!"
"Phantom Angel, this is the first time we meet," Elly chuckled. "The name's Elly, I'm the rockstar of thunder and lightning. But guess what? The crowd wasn't the only ones who got hypnotized by my music!"
Phantom Angel gasped when she saw Masked Swordmaster who was also hypnotized as well. "Oh no, Masked Swordmaster! Elly, what have you done to him?!"
"As I said before, he was enchanted by my music like the others!" Finally, Elly ordered her henchmen to attack Phantom Angel.
Phantom Angel started to attack Elly's henchmen with all her might. She gave them a punch, a kick, and even threw a chair at them. After they were knocked down, she grabbed Static's tail while he was trying to getaway. She put him in the flour sack and hung him for a moment before sending him to the police station. Finally, she was facing off against Elly.
"Showtime's over, Elly!" Phantom Angel exclaimed, as she took out her microphone and called out her attack. "Angelic microphone echo!"
Elly screamed in pain and covered her ears as her electronic keyboard was demolished. Phantom Angel's attack also cracked the disco ball a little. The rockstar used her lightning attack at the angel, but she quickly dodged it. Then, she used her new attack at the villain.
"Angelic musical vibration!" Phantom Angel called, as the magical music notes pained Elly's ears and threw her out of the stage. The disco ball cracked a little more before it exploded.
"Oh, you and your music these days!" Elly exclaimed. "But I'll be back next time!"
After Elly and her henchmen disappeared, Nick and Serenity arrived with their headphones and gothic costumes on. Phantom Angel dragged Masked Swordmaster behind the stage and told him that she would save him and the crowd no matter what. She immediately untied KK and Dr. Shrunk who were still unconscious. When Nick and Serenity quickly setup their musical instruments on stage, they were all ready to start the performance. Phantom Angel took out her microphone and went on stage, but she didn't notice that Masked Swordmaster's eyelids were moving a bit.
"Are you guys ready for this?" Phantom Angel asked.
"We're ready whenever you are, Phantom Angel!" Nick answered in triumph.
"Then, let's do this and cure everyone back to their normal state!"
Nick and Serenity agreed and nodded at each other as they started to play the music. Serenity played the electric guitar in the rhythm; and Nick played the drums in the upbeat after he twirled his drumsticks. Suddenly, the disco ball begun to crack like a egg when their music has a good tune. Phantom Angel began to sing in front of the hypnotized crowd with her strong feeling. As soon as she sang in the higher note, Elly's disco ball exploded and was now destroyed. The crowd was finally awakened by Phantom Angel's healing song. While she was still singing in front of the crowd, Masked Swordmaster was awakened and fully recovered from Elly's cursed music. KK and Dr. Shrunk were also awakened and didn't know what happened exactly.
Masked Swordmaster peeked behind the stage and saw Phantom Angel singing while the crowd was cheering and dancing. After her song was finished, everyone gave her a round of applause. He was very impressed by her performance that he wanted to give her a golden rose and went on stage. When everyone stopped applauding, they saw the knight entering the stage. Phantom Angel saw Masked Swordmaster who came back to his senses as they both glanced at each other. Everyone began to glance at the two heroes, including Nick and Serenity, and saw the swordsman giving the angel the golden rose. The crowd began to clamor while they saw the duo on stage.
"Lorelei, did your brother got that rose from Emblem?" Darren whispered.
"Yeah, it looks that way before we escaped," Lorelei whispered back, while she was recording the video with her phone. "But I'm very curious though, why would he give the golden rose to her? I mean, for what occasion?"
"Sammy, who's that guy?" Jimmy asked.
Sammy shrugged and answered, "I don't know, Jimmy. Probably, her boyfriend I guess?"
After the heroes listened to all the commotion, they looked at the crowd in bewilderment. Nick and Serenity, who were still dressed in their gothic outfits, started to put away the instruments and quickly left the stage. Nick spied at the heroes in a suspicious way, but Serenity grabbed his ear as they hurried left the backstage without the heroes noticing them. Finally, Phantom Angel saw KK recovering and walking up to the stage.
"Um, t-thank you everyone for watching the special performance tonight!" Phantom Angel announced. "And here's DJ KK, everyone!"
Phantom Angel quickly dragged Masked Swordmaster out of the stage and left the club. Instead of applauding DJ KK, the crowd began to feel disappointed about the heroes that some of them placed their hands and paws on their faces, and some began to roll their eyes that they began to groan and shrug at the same time. DJ KK wouldn't care about that while Dr. Shrunk sighed heavily that he quickly setup the DJ turntable. As soon as DJ KK started up the music, everyone began to dance. Nick and Serenity entered the club in their normal outfits as they saw Lorelei and Darren.
"Hey guys!" said Nick happily.
"Hey Nick, Serenity!" said Darren excitedly.
"So, did we miss anything?" Serenity asked.
"Yeah, there is one thing you guys missed," Lorelei answered. "Phantom Angel was here to perform her song in here, at Club LOL! I got everything recorded on my phone!"
"Oh really?" Nick grinned, as he winked at Serenity. "Oh, I wonder where she is right now...after her performance!"
"Well, now that you mentioned it, she ran off with my-erm-Masked Swordmaster somewhere."
"Oh, so that's the guy's name I see!" Sammy interrupted, as the four people glanced at the twins. "The guy who we first saw on stage, right?"
Darren nodded. "Yeah, Sammy, that's him alright."
"And he is now Phantom Angel's ally," Serenity added, as Nick rolled his eyes and groaned softly.
"Here we thought he's her boy-oh!" Jimmy grunted, as he got interrupted by Sammy who pulled down his hat and almost covered his face. Everyone started to stare at each other strangely.
At Main Street, Phantom Angel and Masked Swordmaster were watching the moonlight together. She held on to the golden rose that he gave her and smelled it. Then, she looked at him with her glimmering eyes.
"It smells the same as ever, like the other roses," said Phantom Angel softly. "But it never withers because it is very unique, am I right?"
"Yeah, that's right," Masked Swordmaster answered gently. "Unlike any other roses or flowers, the golden rose never dies...as if it was immortal."
"I thought about it the same thing...Anyways, you got this from your former town, right?"
"Yes, I took it safely; and I'm planning to give it to you now!"
"Oh, r-really now?" Phantom Angel blushed slightly, as she was looking at the golden rose and looking back at Masked Swordmaster.
"Yes, really. After I saw your performance for the first time back at Club LOL, I think you deserve it. So, when did you start doing that?"
"It's a long story short, but I'll tell you. Last year, I started singing after one of Teb's followers, Siren crashed into Club LOL. She nearly killed Dr. Shrunk in front of the crowd, including KK on stage and ruined the show."
"Oh my god, that's really horrifying...But hey, at least you saved the show after you killed off this Siren person, right?"
Phantom Angel nodded. "Exactly! After she's gone, I began to sing at the club. Now, you know that singing is one of my duties!"
"Yeah, that's really good to know! And thank you for answering my question."
When the heroes were still watching the moonlight, Neon was on top of the hotel watching them. On the opposite side, Serena was floating in midair and was staring down at them. None of the heroes noticed that they were being watched by their own guardians.