Animal Crossing In Action: Duo Of Justice
Chapter 11: Duo Of Justice Confirmed!
On the sunny day, Vicki was lying on the hammock, thinking about what happened back during the Fireworks Show. It was the time when Isabelle interviewed her, as Phantom Angel, and Masked Swordmaster, she asked him of where he was coming from. He responded to her that he came from the town called Emblem. But as the crowd grew silent, they were either confused or didn't know of where that town was. They began mentioning it to one and another; and their only response was they'd never heard or visited that town before. Even Isabelle and Redd didn't know about Emblem as well, their reactions were nothing but lost in thought as if they didn't remember everything about this town at all.
"I just don't get it at all..." Vicki mumbled, recalling her flashback. "How could anyone never heard of Emblem? Not even a single visit to that town? Oh, this is starting to get so mysterious..."
"What's so mysterious?" asked the familiar voice. Vicki quickly shifted her head and looked up to see Serenity.
"Oh hi, Serenity, how are you?"
"I'm fine, thanks. Hey wait a minute, you didn't answer my question!"
"Oh sorry, what was the question again?"
Serenity sighed heavily. "The question is what's so mysterious?"
"Oh that! Well, do you remember when you and Nick were there to listen to the whole interview with Isabelle?"
"Oh yeah, I remembered that! So, what about it?"
"Then, I'll ask you this...Do you recall the town called Emblem? Because that's where Masked Swordmaster was from; and Robert was the mayor of that town as well. He told me about it a while ago."
"What? Seriously? I didn't know about that! But sorry, I don't really recall that town and never been there before. Sorry again if I couldn't be more helpful..."
Vicki was still lying down on the hammock and looking at the blue sky while she was sighing in desperation. When Serenity heard footsteps approaching, she saw Nick with the newspaper. His expression turned out to be sulky as he began placing it on his sister's face while she was daydreaming.
"Nick, what did you do that for?" Vicki asked, as she pulled the newspaper away from her face and glared at her brother.
"Just read the headline, sis!" said Nick, as he was pointing out the front of the newspaper.
Vicki took a look at the front newspaper. She was shocked that there's a picture of the two heroes staring at each other face to face. Their faces were getting closer as they were about to kiss each other, but not quite yet. Then, she looked at the headline right above the picture.
"'Two Heroes Are Better Than One!'" Vicki read the headline, as she was starting to read the article before turning the next page. Her face was turning red all of the sudden and got off the hammock after reading the newspaper for a bit. "Well, I'll be taking my leave right now! So, see you later, folks!"
"Hey, wait a second!" Nick exclaimed, as Vicki was running really fast and pretending that she didn't hear him at all. "Where do you think you're going? You owe us some explanation here!"
Meanwhile, Robert was at the dining room, eating his cheesecake. When he saw Lorelei and Darren looking at the newspaper, they were murmuring about it and went to his table. He was starting to get curious of what this was all about.
"Hey guys, what are you reading?" Robert asked.
"We're reading the newspaper, silly," Lorelei answered.
Robert frowned. "I can see that, but what I really mean is what headline are you guys reading?"
"Oh that...well, this may blow your mind, but..." Darren stammered, as Robert took the newspaper away from Lorelei and saw it for himself.
"W-W-What is this I don't even...?" Robert's jaws began to drop and his face began to flush after seeing the picture in the front newspaper. "W-W-Where's this picture coming from?!"
"Hey, don't look at me, big brother!" Lorelei exclaimed. "You should thank Isabelle, she deserves a credit!"
"So, you're saying that the picture and the headline belong to Isabelle?"
Darren nodded. "Yes, that's what it says on the newspaper if you didn't catch it though..."
Robert moaned as he covered his face with the newspaper after his face was turning red all over. Few moments later, Sammy and Jimmy entered the dining room while carrying the newspaper. They were pissed off that everyone began to laugh at them. Especially, Lorelei and Darren who tried to hide their laughter from the twins. They began to approach Robert and the others and glared at them.
"Hey nerds, did you happen to read the back of the newspaper?" Sammy asked, as Lorelei and Darren nodded at him. But Robert has a different response.
"Not me, what about it, Sammy?" said Robert.
Sammy quickly took the newspaper from Jimmy and showed it to Robert. "Here it is! See? The one that says, 'Caption This Picture Of The Week.' Someone took a picture of us facing the food on our plates!"
"Yeah, they should've taken a picture of us looking perfect!" Jimmy argued. "But instead, they used this embarrassing picture of us for laughs!"
Robert chuckled before he burst out into laughter. "Well, guys...I don't see what the problem is...but get used to it already! Ha ha ha!"
"Then, laugh all you want, you geeks!" Sammy exclaimed. "We're out of here!"
"Yeah!" Jimmy agreed, as he and Sammy left the dining room.
Robert, Lorelei, and Darren were still laughing at the picture of Sammy and Jimmy covering the food on their plates. As soon as they lost their breath, Robert was clutching the newspaper and clearing his throat.
"I think I should hang on to this by now," said Robert. "If anyone needs me, I'll be at the hotel room."
When Robert went to his hotel room, Lorelei and Darren glanced at each other and shrugged. Then, she saw the leftover cheesecake that Robert left behind. So, she quickly snatched the plate and took a bite out of the cheesecake. She smiled daintily while she was chewing it.
At the ship, Lewis gave the newspaper, he snatched from StarLily, to Allen. As soon as he unfolded it, he saw the picture of the two heroes on the front page. One was the masked angel and another was the masked knight. Allen was so annoyed by seeing this picture that his face was turning pale all of the sudden.
"Well, if you asked me, I knew they looked adorable together," said Charlene.
"Yeah, as if they have the same common as always," said Lewis.
Allen glared at Charlene and Lewis and frowned in order to keep their mouths shut. He cleared his throat and quickly turned the page. What he saw on the next page was about the new exhibit in the museum. According to the headline, it would be available next month. Suddenly, Arrowhead appeared and told him the news.
"Master Allen, we're getting closer to the town!" said Arrowhead.
"Are we really now?" Allen asked, as he put the newspaper down.
"Yes, sir! I believe we arrived at the town called StarLily!"
"My, my, it looks like we arrived at the perfect destination!"
Back in StarLily, Vicki read the whole article from the main headline of the newspaper. When she read the last paragraph, there's something that was disturbing her thoughts. Which it could only mean one thing...
"Oh dear, the name of the team...?" Vicki whimpered. "That's something I'd never realized...and it's a very hard part as well. If Masked Swordmaster is wise, then what do we call ourselves?"
Meanwhile at the hotel room, Robert was done reading the main story of the main headline newspaper. As soon as he saw the last paragraph, he scratched his head and began to moan. He lied down on his bed and looked up at the ceiling.
"The team's name, huh?" Robert sighed. "How can I ever forget that? Hmm...what do we call ourselves? If only Phantom Angel has any ideas, then I would love to hear them."
In the evening, there was the train conductor monkey named Porter who was in charge of the train station. When the train arrived, the passengers were off the train and the others were aboard. After the train departed, he noticed that there's a shadow figure right before him. He turned around and started to screech before someone knocked him down.
Robert left the hotel room and decided to go to the town. In few minutes later, he heard someone singing in the soft tune. He began looking around to see who it was, but there's no one in sight. Suddenly, he saw Vicki who was heading to Main Street.
"Oh hi, Vicki!" said Robert. "Did you hear someone singing in few seconds ago?"
"Oh hey, Robert," said Vicki. "No, I haven't heard anyone singing at all."
"Oh really? Then, it must've been my imagination... But anyways, did you see the front page of the newspaper?"
"Oh yes, I did! And I'm guessing you already saw that one, too, right?"
Robert chuckled. "Of course! It's pretty amazing if I do say so myself!"
"I totally agree with you!"
All of the sudden, Vicki and Robert began to sense something evil as they were looking at the train station at the same time. Then, they looked back at each other and came up with an excuse.
"Uh, I just remembered something..." said Vicki. "I promised Serenity that I would teach her how to knit."
"Um yeah, that's fine with me," said Robert. "Because I promised Darren that I would teach him how to play mah-jong..."
Vicki and Robert quickly went back to their different ways. Vicki was heading behind the town tree and Robert went behind the buildings at Main Street. At the same time, they both began to transform into their heroic versions.
Phantom Angel walked to the train station where she sensed an evil presence. As soon as she was about to enter, someone quickly grabbed her arm. She was startled and turned around to see who it was. It was just her only ally, Masked Swordmaster.
"Don't try to go there by yourself," Masked Swordmaster warned the angel. "Otherwise, you might get caught or put yourself in danger again."
"Oh no, I don't want that to happen again!" said Phantom Angel. "Shall we go there together instead?"
"I was about to think the same thing. So, let's go!"
Phantom Angel and Masked Swordmaster entered the train station. There were no passengers in sight and Porter was the only one who's here. While they were looking for the train in both ways, there was an odd-faced brown cat named Katt who slowly approached to them. She took out the straw from her pocket and blew out the tranquilizers at the heroes. When the duo felt the tranquilizers punctured on their backs, they became unconscious and fell to the ground.
After the heroes passed out, Porter snapped his fingers and the smoke appeared all around him. As soon as the smoke disappeared, it turned out to be Arrowhead who disguised himself as Porter. The henchmen jumped down from the ceiling while Katt snickered with her glowing red eyes.
"Good job, Katt, our plan worked perfectly," said Arrowhead. "And they finally fell for it! Ha ha ha!"
"So, what are we going to do now, purrty?" Katt asked.
"Oh, I know! Let's tie them to the train tracks. When the train comes, they will be crushed like nuts!"
"Um Arrowhead, someone's coming..." said the henchman, as he heard the footsteps approaching.
Arrowhead and his gang stood behind the unconscious heroes and looked at the entrance. They immediately saw Sammy and Jimmy who entered the train station. When the twins saw the enemies, they began to freak out with their jaws dropped and left the train station right away. After they left the train station all of the sudden, Arrowhead's henchmen proceeded his plan as they dragged the duo to the train tracks and tied them up.
Several minutes later, Phantom Angel and Masked Swordmaster were finally awakened and found themselves tied to the train tracks. They were struggling to get themselves free that their hands and feet were binding to the train tracks. Arrowhead began to laugh as he saw the duo trying to break free. Masked Swordmaster glared at him in astonishment.
"Arrowhead, do you seriously find that amusing?" Masked Swordmaster asked.
"And where is Porter?" Phantom Angel asked. "What did you do to him?"
"Let's just say that monkey got tied up for hours in the bottom of the train station!" Arrowhead answered. "Just like you two got tied up on the train tracks! Ha ha ha!"
"T'ch, I don't find that amusing, you insane archer," said Masked Swordmaster unenthusiastically.
"And I don't find that funny at all..." Phantom Angel trembled.
"Well, what's wrong with my sense of humor?!" Arrowhead asked furiously. "But enough said! If the schedule is correct, then the train should be here in ten minutes priority! You know how the old saying goes, 'Rest in peace!'"
Arrowhead, Katt, and the henchmen quickly left the train station while Phantom Angel and Masked Swordmaster were tied down to the train tracks. He tried to twist his hands back and forth to loosen the ropes from the tracks. Phantom Angel tried to pull her hands away from the ropes, but they were too tight. With five minutes left, they heard the train whistle from afar. Which means, the train would be arriving very soon. So, they had to get out of there right away before the train might ran over them.
"Oh no, the train is going to be here soon!" Phantom Angel panicked. "Swordmaster, do something quickly!"
"Yeah, I'm on it right now!" Masked Swordmaster exclaimed, after he tapped his wristband lightly on the train track. It suddenly released the power of heat to burn the ropes less than five seconds. Finally, one of his hands was free after the ropes were burned through. "Alright, got it!"
Masked Swordmaster got himself freed before he rescued Phantom Angel. They quickly got out of the train tracks and got onto the train station before the train suddenly arrived. As soon as the train stopped, the passengers got out of the there. The heroes were looking for Porter wherever the enemies had put him. Suddenly, they heard the muffling sound which it came from below. They found the secret cellar door as they opened it and found Porter who got tied up and gagged. They quickly got him out of there and set him free.
"Ahh, thank you for saving me, eek eek!" said Porter. "If it weren't for you two, then I would've been stuck here forever!"
"Oh, don't mention it, Porter," said Phantom Angel. "At least, you're okay, right?"
"I sure am! Anyways, back to our business!"
"Ah, that's right! We should go find Arrowhead and stop him!"
"I agree, so let's go!" said Masked Swordmaster. "He can't be that far!"
Arrowhead and his gang were at Main Street as they were watching the train went by. As they were about to leave, they were blocked by the two heroes. The enemies' reactions became very disappointing. Arrowhead wasn't very surprised that his jaws began to drop.
"H-How on earth did you two survived?" Arrowhead asked. "I thought you two would've been dead by now! But that doesn't matter to me anymore! Henchmen, go get them now!"
Phantom Angel and Masked Swordmaster fought Arrowhead's henchmen. While Katt was trying to avoid the fight, she was caught by Nick who sprayed her face with the sleepy spray and made her fall asleep. He quickly dragged her to Booker and Copper before Arrowhead found out about this. As soon as the archer saw him dragging the sleepy cat, he quickly went after him. But Phantom Angel stopped him just in time as she punched his face and threw him to the ground. Arrowhead took out his bow and shot her down with his arrows. Luckily, Masked Swordmaster defended her with his shield after he tapped his wristband. It blocked Arrowhead's attack from getting hit on either of them.
"Blast, your defense is getting stronger than before!" said Arrowhead. "I have no idea of how that happened, but you won't be so tough anymore next time!"
After Arrowhead and his henchmen disappeared, Phantom Angel had no idea of what the archer meant. Masked Swordmaster, on the other hand, knew of what he meant by that. So, she began to ask him a question.
"Say, what does Arrowhead mean by 'getting stronger then before?'" Phantom Angel asked.
"Oh, about that?" Masked Swordmaster explained. "Before I came here, I used to get stronger before. Until someone used the poisonous crystal in front of me, I grew weaker just like my energy was getting drain into it so sudden..."
"R-Really? That sounds really frightening..."
"It sure is...That is until I came here, in StarLily, I have grown stronger again but not quite full yet. I'm not sure of how I got my strength back. Isn't that mysterious to you?"
"Oh, not too mysterious I believe!"
Phantom Angel remembered the time when Elly ruined the show at Club LOL. The angel saved the show from the evil rockstar and sang the song in front of everyone to heal them back to normal. If that would be the case, then that would've mean Masked Swordmaster's strength was returning.
"Hey, Phantom Angel?" Masked Swordmaster called, as he interrupted the angel's thoughts. "What's wrong?"
"Oh, it's nothing!" Phantom Angel replied. "But anyways, there's something that I have to tell you in mind. Whether you think it's a good one or not..."
"Um, okay...let me hear it then?"
Phantom Angel looked around real quick so she whispered to Masked Swordmaster's ear. He started to nod one at a time and began to smile while she was whispering. Nick found them whispering in agreement as he started to sigh and turned away for a second. He didn't even know of what they were saying, but he'd rather not interfered them.
The next day, Vicki read the front newspaper as she couldn't help but to smile. When Nick and Serenity passed by, they noticed the front headline and were very surprised. So, they sat next to her and checked out the main headline.
"Well, what do we have here?" Nick asked, as he was starting to read the headline. "'Duo Of Justice Confirmed'? Now, who came up with an idea like that?"
"I came up with the team's name, little brother!" Vicki answered. "Since Masked Swordmaster agreed with that name, we decided that we should called ourselves, the Duo of Justice!"
"That sounds like a great name for the dynamic duo!" said Serenity. "And I kind of like it, it's suitable for both of you!"
"Yeah, no complaints whatsoever!" said Nick.
Meanwhile at the hotel, Robert, Lorelei, and Darren were at the dining room. Robert was reading the recent newspaper while Lorelei and Darren were listening to it.
"'Yesterday, Porter was saved from the bad guys; and it was all thanks to Phantom Angel and Masked Swordmaster,'" Robert read aloud. "'Now, the duo will be known as the Duo of Justice since they are finally working together to fight evil and save the world!'"
"Wow, that's the best article ever!" said Lorelei.
"Yeah, I'd say Duo of Justice sounds fitting to me," said Darren. "Say, who came up with the good idea like that?"
"Dude, let's just say Phantom Angel came up with the good name," Robert answered. "And I definitely agreed with her since I like that name."
"Wow, that sounds fantastic, big brother!" said Lorelei happily. "With you two teaming up, I would love to take a picture of both of you or maybe I can record a video as well..."
"Um...excuse me, Lorelei?"
"Uh...what your sister is trying to say is you and Phantom Angel are making a great team!" said Darren, as he covered Lorelei's mouth with his hand.
Robert chuckled happily as he couldn't help but to smile. So, he looked at the front page of the newspaper and saw the picture of Phantom Angel and himself as Masked Swordmaster. With the two heroes teaming up, things were suddenly changed for StarLily.