Animal Crossing In Action: Duo Of Justice

Chapter 27: Enter To The Ruined Town Of Emblem

Vicki and Robert were sitting at the town tree and looking at the starry sky together. Vicki was very curious about what Emblem was all of the sudden. So, she asked Robert about what his town was like before it was destroyed by Allen and his retainers. He gave her the response that Emblem was just plain and original, not like in StarLily.

"Plain and original, eh?" Vicki mumbled. "If only I could see your town myself, Robert, then it would've been great."

"I understand of what you're saying, Vicki," said Robert. "But now, it was destroyed by Allen...You can't even take the train to get there because Arrowhead destroyed the train tracks."

"Hmm, if only there's a way to get there somehow..."

"But I don't think there is. Even if there is a way to get there, then all you see in Emblem right now is in crumbles of earth."

"Oh man...But I don't care! If I want to go there and your town was in a bad shape, I'll be hoping to search for clues about the events of Emblem, especially Allen's darker secrets!"

"W-Wait a minute, you want to search for clues in Emblem? Why?"

"Oh, I have, like, so many questions that need answers right away! Especially, I need to know of what's happening between you and Allen back in Emblem one year ago!"

Robert sighed heavily. "Oh yeah, good luck with that...But I don't think that's going to happen because searching for clues is a very hard task, Vicki. Can we at least forget about this?"

Vicki moaned. "Oh, fine..."

Late at night, Vicki couldn't even sleep because all she could ever think of was going to Emblem to search for clues. She immediately took the bottle from the table and started to blow bubbles from the bubble wand. As soon as the tiny bubbles were formed into one big bubble, Serena was summoned.

"Oh Vicki, how may I help you?" Serena asked.

"Serena, there's something I have to tell you," Vicki explained. "You see, something came up to my mind and this may sound risky. It's just that...I really want to go to Emblem right this instant to search for clues!"

"E-E-Excuse me?! You want to go where? For what?"

"I said I want to go to Emblem to search for clues, Serena. There are so many questions that I need to find out desperately!"

"Well, I'm not certain that you can go there alone though. Neon did mention that Emblem was in a bad shape because of the dark poison crystal was now planted."

"I know, but that won't stop me from going there! My mind is already made up, and I'd say I want to go there this instant! Serena, will you help me? I really need your guidance."

"Well, I'm not going to complain about this, but I will lend you my power as I can!"

"Then, that settles it! We're going to Emblem by tomorrow morning!"

The next morning, Vicki was heading to the town plaza after she woke up. Serena appeared right in front of her, and they looked around to see if no one's around. So, Vicki summoned her crystal staff vertically and used her portal magic to go to Emblem.

Vicki and Serena had arrived in Emblem where it was completely destroyed. They started to look around the surroundings and sensed the negative vibe within this town. They immediately saw the dark poison crystal which it was planted at the town plaza. Vicki found a way to destroy the crystal so she started to place the bombs all around it. She changed her star compact into the lighter to light up the bombs. She quickly told Serena to head for cover while she was running away before the bombs began to explode. But it was too late for the dog guardian to head for cover because the bombs suddenly got exploded, and she was thrown into the river. Vicki rushed to the river and checked on her after the smoke was all cleared up.

"Hey Serena, are you alright?" Vicki asked.

"Yes, I'm perfectly fine..." Serena answered, getting irritated. "News flash, Vicki...WHAT KIND OF IDEA WAS THAT?!"

"Erm, um, well...I thought for sure that the bombs would destroy the dark poison crystal. But it looks as though that the crystal is still there..."

"That is the most pathetic idea you came up with! The dark poison crystal is unbreakable, undamaged, and undestroyed that you will never take it down, not even the bombs would help! Neon told me about this!"

"Ugh, and I guess Robert didn't say anything about that..."

"Well, I guess he's not very keen after all...like you. That's what Neon told me."

"Wha-? Hey, what's that supposed to mean?"

Back at StarLily, Nick and Serenity were trying to contact Vicki, but there was no response whatsoever. They even tried to contact Serena from the fountain, but she wasn't there at all. All of the sudden, someone stopped by to see them for a moment.

"Hey guys, has any one of you seen Vicki at all?" Robert asked. "I tried to reach out to her on her smartphone, but she didn't answer."

"Uh, well..." Serenity stammered.

"She left in the morning, but she didn't say of where she was going..." Nick replied. "Although, she left the note saying that she's on the quest or something right now..."

"On the quest, eh?" said Robert curiously. "I wonder what kind of quest that is..."

Back at Emblem, Vicki and Serena were investigating the area to see if there's something different around here. Then, they immediately saw one house that was undamaged, unlike the other houses and buildings. Before they began to check it out, Vicki used her star compact to disguise herself as a witch.

"Quick question, Vicki, why do you have to disguise yourself as a witch?" Serena asked.

"Let's just say if someone's inside of that house, they may think that it's pretty rare for one ordinary human to appear at the ruined town," Vicki answered.

Vicki knocked on the door several times, but nobody answered. As soon as she slowly opened the door, she entered the house and looked around to see if anyone's home. But nobody was here at the moment, Serena began to sense if there were any traps around the house somewhere. Since there were no traps, Vicki and Serena began to investigate every room in the vacant house. The mayor spotted the journal on the desk so she opened it and began to read it.

"'March 28th, 2018; I had discovered the dark poison crystal from the bottom of the ocean...'" Vicki read out loud. "'When I found it, it feels as though that the power of the crystal gives me the full potential and surges within me. The reason the crystal chose me is because I possessed the evil blood within my veins...'"

Serena gasped. "Vicki, I think I have realized of whose journal belongs to!"

"It has to be Allen's journal!" Vicki exclaimed. "So, if that's his journal, then that means this house belongs to him!"

"That's right! Perhaps, his journal must be the key to his dark secrets and what's happening in Emblem!"

Vicki nodded. "Then, I'll look every page of his journal until the end!"

About two hours later, Vicki and Serena were very devastated after what they learned from Allen's journal. Vicki slowly dropped the journal, bent down on her knees, and placed her hands on the floor. Serena sat down on the floor and looked up at the ceiling.

"N-Not only Allen's secrets were getting darker, but they're very bone-chilling as well..." Vicki trembled.

"Y-Yeah, I-I was told that Neon hates sweets..." said Serena. "But Allen mixed up the dark poison crystal dust and the sugar combined and put them into the ashes. When he poured them into the fire pit, Neon was getting weakened. That's why his powers were getting weaker every time."

"That reminds me of Robert...He was being used by Charlene, one of Allen's retainers, who gave him a dose of Allen's potion so he would lose his strength and lost his control."

"Don't mention it...But anyways, Allen's journal will be the key of our main clue! You must take it with you and find some other clues if possible!"

"You got it!"

Meanwhile in StarLily, Robert, Nick, and Darren were at the dining room. They drank some water while they were talking about Vicki's quest. Until suddenly, Sammy and Jimmy were walking by and starting to push Nick and Darren from their chairs. They sat down and glared at Robert who was getting annoyed at the moment.

"Hey Goldilocks, where's your girlfriend?" Sammy asked.

"Correction, Sammy, it's Goldstein..." Robert sighed, rolling his eyes. "And why do you guys want to know? That really doesn't concern to both of you!"

"Yeah, right..." said Jimmy sarcastically.

While Sammy and Jimmy were talking to Robert, Nick and Darren were sneaking up under the chairs and starting to tie the twins' shoes with the shoelaces altogether. They chuckled very lightly and quietly without the Slapjacks noticing them below. As soon as Sammy and Jimmy were done talking and insulting Robert, they stood up and quickly fell down to the floor. When they noticed that their shoes were tied together, the three boys were laughing at them out loud.

"Whoever came up with the prank like this, it's not funny at all!" Sammy argued.

"Yeah, you're going to pay for that!" Jimmy exclaimed.

Inside of Allen's house, Vicki and Serena were still searching for other clues, besides Allen's journal. Vicki found some pictures and newspapers in one of the rooms. She examined each picture, especially the ones with Robert and Charlene, who was in disguise as a normal human, together which made her more annoying and irritating. So, Vicki took some pictures and newspapers as the second clue. She and Serena went to the different room and found some SD cards in the plastic case. She used her star compact to change it into the laptop. Serena took one of the SD cards and inserted into the SD card slot. Vicki clicked on the SD card drive and found some videos in the file. She clicked on one of the videos and began to watch.

"'Day one of Allen's evil plan...'" It was Mastermind Clown who recorded the video one year before his death.

"Ugh, his introduction is so boring!" Vicki complained.

"Why not skip it instead?" Serena asked.

"Oh, sounds like a good idea to me!" Vicki clicked on the fast-forward button until she reached to the interesting part of the video.

Meanwhile at the gym, Robert was doing some pull-ups until he was exhausted. Suddenly, he heard a loud crash that was coming from outside. He checked it out to see of what's going on. He immediately saw Steel Man and Buster starting to attack Main Street while everyone was screaming and running away from them. Robert quickly went to the emergency exit and began his transformation.

Steel Man, Buster, and their henchmen along with the red-brown pig named Rasher were ruining Main Street. Buster gave the pig the sonic blaster to destroy the buildings. Until someone threw a hat on him and made him dropped the blaster, everyone looked around to see of where the hat was coming from.

"Hey evildoers, Main Street is not a place for you to destroy!" Masked Swordmaster exclaimed. "Just let it alone be in peace!"

"Oh great, guess who's talking..." said Steel Man sarcastically. "If it isn't the wimpy hero, Masked Swordmaster…"

"Say, tough guy, where's your girlfriend?" Buster asked.

"Huh? Oh, if you're talking about Phantom Angel, then I cannot say of where she is right now..." Masked Swordmaster replied in hesitation. "But that's not important! What's more important right now is to stop you two!"

"Fine, our henchmen will stop you so easily," Steel Man grinned. "Henchmen, give this swordsman some thrashing now!"

Masked Swordmaster was fighting off against the henchmen, and it didn't take him for a very long time to beat them. Buster took out his club and began charging right through the white knight. He quickly dodged his attack and the heavy-armored knight got slammed onto the wall. Steel Man took out his chainsticks, started to spin it, and ready to attack the swordsman. Masked Swordmaster quickly avoided it and the muscle bully got crashed into the trash can.

"Is that the best you can do?" Masked Swordmaster laughed.

Buster and Steel Man growled as they began to charge right through Masked Swordmaster together. As soon as the white knight jumped high enough, two guys got crashed into each other and collapsed to the ground. Masked Swordmaster landed on the bad guys and then leapt onto the ground. He took out his crystalized sword and launched his ultimate attack on them. After they were banished, Rasher was returned back to normal.

Back at the ruined town, Vicki and Serena took the SD cards after they watched the whole video clips. They continued to investigate some more clues until they couldn't find anything at all. They finally got everything from Allen's house and immediately transported back to StarLily.

When Vicki and Serena had arrived back in StarLily, it was nighttime and Vicki's disguise was changed back to her normal clothes. Nick and Serenity were very glad to see them back.

"Sis, where were you this whole time?" Nick asked. "We were so worried, even Robert was worried sick about you!"

"Sorry about that, bro!" said Vicki. "It's just that Serena and I were investigating Emblem to look for clues!"

"That's right, we found some in the bag!" said Serena, as she was pointing at Vicki's bag.

"That's great!" said Serenity. "Let's check them out, shall we?"

Before everyone was heading to Vicki's house, Robert stepped out of the tree and Neon was right beside him. Neither Vicki nor Serena had anything to say to their counterparts. Nick and Serenity just stared at each other and then shrugged.

"So, that's was your quest, right?" said Robert, looking disappointed. "Vicki, why didn't you ask me to come along with you?"

"Robert, the dark poison crystal may have weakened you, but it doesn't affect me somehow..." Vicki explained. "That's why I don't want you or Neon getting strained by that thing."

"Maybe so...But what would happened if Allen caught you investigating the clues while you're in Emblem?"

"Allen wasn't there, he's still in the ship somewhere. Probably, lost at the sea I guess? Look, Serena and I bought some time to look for clues inside of his house!"

"Wait, y-you two went into his house?!" said Neon shockingly. "I-Is that true, Serena?"

"Yes, it is true, Neon," Serena replied. "I didn't sense any traps anywhere of his house, which it is a good thing!"

"Yeah, another good thing is you already found some clues about Allen's dark secrets, right?" said Robert.

"That's right!" said Vicki. "So Robert, do you want to see them for yourself right now? We're about to check them out!"

"Actually, I'll check them out by tomorrow. But now, it's really getting late..."

Robert and Neon were heading to the hotel to get some rest. Vicki, Nick, Serenity, and Serena were heading to the Silverwings' house to check out the stuff that Vicki found from Allen's house. She was very curious about how Robert was going to react when she revealed Allen's dark secrets to him.