Animal Crossing In Action: Duo Of Justice
Chapter 28: Allen's Dark Secrets Revealed
Allen and his last two remaining retainers were sailing back to Emblem. As soon as they arrived, they were heading to Allen's house for a break. While they were walking, Charlene noticed something around the dark poison crystal. She went to take a closer look at it and wasn't so sure whether it's always there or not.
"That's odd, is it always there?" Charlene asked to herself, before she went back to Allen and Lewis.
Allen, Charlene, and Lewis had entered the house and went to their rooms. Allen went up to his own room and was about to look for something. He was checking his cabinet, dresser, and closet anywhere, but he couldn't find of what he was looking for. He started to slam his desk with his fist and was getting frustrated.
"I don't believe this!" Allen shouted. "They somehow had it! My journal was taken my those weaklings!"
"Master Allen, we have some disturbing news!" Lewis exclaimed. "Someone stole Mastermind Clown's SD cards, and there were video clips of our evil plans in each of them!"
"They even took Blade's pictures while she was in the shadows and some newspapers!" Charlene exclaimed. "She was working so hard on them before she died!"
"Unbelievable! It's time to teach Goldstein a lesson for stealing our secret plans!" Allen growled.
The next day, Robert was alone and stopped by at Vicki's house. He knocked on the door and Vicki answered right away. She let him in since she was also alone as well. They went to the living room together and the clues, Vicki found, were spreading on the table. He was very astonished when he saw each and every clue on the table.
"So, where do we start?" Robert asked curiously.
"Let's start with the dark poison crystal Allen found from the first place!" Vicki answered, as she showed the picture of the crystal, she took from the museum before it was stolen by Lewis, on her smartphone to Robert.
Vicki began to read the first page of Allen's journal out loud to Robert. This page revealed to them that Allen possessed an evil blood because the dark poison crystal chose him and gave him the greater, darker power to awaken his ego. He began to summon his retainers and his henchmen to serve his purpose. He mainly focused on Robert to be his target because he possessed the heroic blood and became the hero, Masked Swordmaster.
After that, Vicki showed one of the pictures, she found from one of Allen's rooms, to Robert. She showed him the picture of him, as Masked Swordmaster, and Charlene together when he saved her and had a crush on her in the first place. This made Robert feel uncomfortable and speechless that he tried to explain it to her.
"T-That's not how it looks, Vicki..." Robert stammered, shaking his head. "I-I mean, that's not what you think!"
"Oh, really now?" Vicki smirked. "Then, let one of the video clips do the explaining for you!"
Vicki clicked on one of the video clips from the SD card and showed it to Robert. The video started off with Mastermind Clown did the introduction, which she decided to skip that part. Then, the scene was showing that Masked Swordmaster saved Charlene, who disguised as a normal person, from falling off the cliff. This made Robert feel very anxious as he rubbed his mouth and chin. When the scene was showing that Masked Swordmaster was gone, Charlene turned to Mastermind Clown who was holding the camera.
"'Hey Clown, it's time for us to go!'" said Charlene quietly, while she was looking around the surroundings. "'Our work here is done, let's go see Allen right away!'"
"Okay, what kind of work is she talking about?" Robert asked curiously.
"Let's watch the next clip to find out," Vicki replied, as she clicked on the next video.
The video showed where Charlene was meeting up with Allen and Lewis. She immediately slapped the spy navigator's face and blamed him for almost killing her from the cliff. Even it was part of Allen's plan, Lewis apologized and told her that he didn't mean to literally. The witch princess jumped over him and kept on slugging him, but Allen quickly broke up the fight between them.
"'Whoa, whoa, whoa, calm down, you two!'" said Allen. "'No need to be so rash about it. Phase one is already done; now let's move on to phase two, shall we?'"
"I wonder what phase two was like if 'saving' Charlene was phase one..." said Robert curiously.
Vicki was looking up at Allen's journal and started to explain it to Robert. According to one of the pages, this revealed that Allen was creating the formula that could weaken Robert and lost his mind. When he was done, he gave the formula to Charlene so she could pour it into one of the cups and let him drink it before the speech.
"S-Speech...why is that topic rings a bell all of the sudden?" Vicki asked.
"Oh, I think I remember this now," said Robert. "Vicki, didn't I already explain it to you when I ended up not feeling well?"
"Oh yes, I remember that you already told me about this!" Vicki quickly searched one of the newspapers from Emblem and showed it to Robert. "Ah, here it is! 'Emblem's Hero Began His Speech Before He Collapsed!'"
Robert frowned. "Not the great headline I was expecting..."
"Um...anyways, let's watch the video clip, shall we?"
The video was showing of how Allen was creating the formula. He started to measure up the concoctions and added into the tube. Then, he put the tiny shard of the dark poison crystal into the mixture. The black smoke appeared and it was shaped like a skull in a loud poof before he sealed the tube.
"'Finally, the formula is complete!'" said Allen. "'Once Robert will take this formula, it's time to say goodbye to his happy days and popularity! Ha ha ha!'"
"Such a bastard he was!" Robert growled, as he hit his palm with his fist. "No wonder my life, in Emblem, was turning upside down for a moment!"
"Yeah...but can we move on to the next subject?" Vicki asked softly.
"And what could that be?"
Vicki was looking for a certain picture from the pile until she found one. She showed the picture of Allen holding Lorelei, who was uncomfortable, to Robert which made him sick. Then, she read Allen's journal, and he put down that he was very furious of Lorelei being so close to Darren all the time since he moved to Emblem.
"Oh yeah, that sounds very harsh alright!" said Robert.
"Tell me about it!" said Vicki. "But here's a video clip for you to see."
The video was showing that Lorelei was held at Allen's living room. Allen took her hand while she was struggling a bit.
"'Say, Lorelei, what if I offer you a deal?'" Allen asked politely.
"'W-What kind of deal?'" Lorelei asked anxiously.
"'Well, here's a deal...If you will be my girlfriend, then I will spare your brother and his best friend's lives. What do you say?'"
"'I...I...I, um...O-Okay, you win! Just spare them and leave them alone already!'"
"'Such a wise choice, my dear!'"
After Lorelei was being dragged by Charlene, Allen called Lewis and Flare to come over. When she was out of sight, he gathered up his two retainers and said, "'You two, I want those two uninvited, party crashers out of the town! Do you understand?'"
"'Yes, master!'" said Flare. "'We'll make sure that they will be out of your sight forever!'"
"'And the catapult was ready for them to get launched!'" said Lewis.
"I can't believe Allen made Lorelei to be his lover!" said Robert angrily. "And the deal, he offered her, was nothing but a lie!"
"Exactly, he was planning to kill you and Darren so he wanted to be with Lorelei for the rest of his life!" Vicki exclaimed.
Vicki started to turn the page and found something very terrifying. According to Allen's journal, he planted the dark poison crystal underneath the town tree. He also set up the timer to one hundred twenty hours. Robert was very shock to hear about this. So, Vicki clicked on one of the video clips and both of them were starting to watch it.
The video was showing of how Allen planted the dark poison crystal in the first place. Steel Man and Buster were digging the ground until they reached to the right point. The dark knight placed the crystal and the timer underneath the town tree. His two strong retainers quickly buried them before they went back to Allen's house.
"Ah, that explains how Emblem got destroyed in the first place!" Robert exclaimed.
"Yeah, but I believe there's more..." said Vicki, as she clicked on the next video clip.
The video was shown that Allen was carrying the bowl of ashes. Plus, he added the sugar and the dust of the dark poison crystal together. As soon as he was done mixing them along with the ashes, he poured them into the fire pit. Suddenly, Neon appeared and began to sneeze and cough at the same time before he collapsed to the ground.
"'Y-You...w-what did you do to me?'" Neon asked weakly.
"'Just to drain out your powers, that's what!'" Allen laughed.
"So, that explains why Neon wasn't strong enough at all!" said Robert shockingly.
"Well, Serena told me that Neon hates sweets," said Vicki. "Is that true?"
Robert sighed heavily. "Yes, it is true..."
"Then, we're finally onto the last part!"
"What last part?"
Vicki opened Allen's journal and found the last few pages that he wrote. According to his journal, the dark poison crystal grew larger and increased its darker power after the timer went off successfully. Everyone, who lived in Emblem and finally escaped, would forget the town and the hero. But to those, who couldn't escape, would become Allen's slaves once the dark poison crystal possessed them. Allen's main goal was to find Robert and kill him this instant. So, he and his retainers along with the animal slaves were setting off to StarLily where the former mayor of Emblem, Lorelei, and Darren were right now.
"Oh no, Allen is only after you because he knows where you are right now!" Vicki exclaimed. "I bet that's why his retainers were invading StarLily in the first place!"
"No doubt anyone didn't seemed to remember Emblem or Masked Swordmaster…" said Robert. "Not even Isabelle would've remember that..."
"Well, the only way to fix that is to restore Emblem back to its good shape!"
"Oh, I don't know if that's possible, Vicki. Even with our pure crystal powers, I still believe it's uncertain."
"Then, we won't know till we try!"
Meanwhile, Sammy and Jimmy just left the museum and went to the hotel to buy some food. Until suddenly, Charlene and Lewis appeared out of nowhere and were standing behind them. The twins immediately turned around and saw two bad people were holding their weapons.
"Why are you two stopped walking?" Charlene asked.
"Just keep on moving, boys!" Lewis grinned. "Otherwise, we're going to hurt you so badly that will make you cry!"
Sammy and Jimmy began to scream and ran into the town instead. They ran into their house to defend themselves from getting harm by the villains. As soon as they closed the door, they locked it up and shut down the windows as well.
When Vicki and Robert heard the twins screaming, they went to check it out for themselves. At first, they heard a loud click that was coming from the Slapjacks' house. Then, they suddenly saw Charlene and Lewis appeared right in front of them.
"Well, well, it looks like we found him!" said Charlene. "But first, we have to get rid of his girlfriend once and for all!"
Charlene launched her dark magic attack at Vicki, but Robert quickly saved her and they both fell into the ocean. The witch princess was so pissed off that she missed her target.
"Wow, Charlene, I can't believe you've missed your target..." said Lewis unenthusiastically.
"Just zip your lip already, will you?" Charlene argued. "Just blast your attack into the ocean! I bet they were in there somewhere!"
Suddenly, the Duo of Justice were out of the water and back on land right away. Charlene and Lewis were very surprised that they somehow managed to survive.
"Oh great, since the red-haired guy is the white knight..." said Lewis unsurprisingly.
"So that means, the green-haired girl is actually..." Charlene gasped. "P-P-Phantom Angel?!"
"Well, you two may already know Masked Swordmaster's secret identity," said Phantom Angel. "And now, you know mine as well!"
"That's right, we're about to end your lives right here and right now!" said Masked Swordmaster.
"Because the Duo of Justice are here to stop you!" said the duo in unison.
"Oh, blah blah blah already!" Charlene complained.
"Are you two done with your dumb speech already?" Lewis asked impatiently. "Because our henchmen will knock you both down right now! Henchmen, get ready for battle!"
The henchmen suddenly appeared and began to surround the Duo of Justice. The dynamic duo had no hesitation and were prepared for battle. So, they fought the henchmen one by one until they were defeated. Charlene started to whistle and the black horse with the glowing red eyes appeared as he was holding the straw with the tranquilizers.
"Roscoe, be a good horse and aim the target at Masked Swordmaster, will you?" Charlene ordered.
"With pleasure, nay!" said Roscoe in obedience, as he was ready to blow out the tranquilizer at Masked Swordmaster.
As soon as the tranquilizer went straight to Masked Swordmaster, Phantom Angel quickly defended him with her mirror reflect. Her mirror blocked the tranquilizer from reaching him, and she crushed it on the ground.
"Don't you even think about harming him!" Phantom Angel exclaimed. "I won't let you or anyone else try to kill him!"
"'Try?' Whoever says we're going to try?" Lewis asked. "We're planning to knock him down unconscious and bring him to Allen!"
"That's right, it's his fault that he took Allen's journal and other things in the first place!" Charlene exclaimed.
"What? But I didn't-!" Masked Swordmaster argued.
"Just save your white lies to our master, you masked white knight!" Lewis growled, as he took out the dagger from his pocket. "Besides, Roscoe is the last animal slave that we have right now!"
"Well, we're going to return Roscoe back to his normal self once we will finish both of you off!" Phantom Angel exclaimed.
"Oh yeah, like, you're insane or something," said Charlene. "You two may have depleted our allies, but we're a lot tougher than either of them!"
"Oh, we'll see about that, witchy girl!"
"Grr! Bring it on, angel face!"
Phantom Angel fought against Charlene while Masked Swordmaster faced off against Lewis with all their might. Charlene summoned her dark magic orb attack at Phantom Angel, but the angel bounced it back with her crystal staff. The orb kept on bouncing and bouncing between the girls until Charlene got a direct hit. Lewis threw the multiple bombs at Masked Swordmaster, but the white knight quickly dodged them. He used his crystalized sword to cancel out the bombs and then kicked the spy navigator from behind. Lewis and Charlene threw their attacks at the dynamic duo at the same time. Phantom Angel and Masked Swordmaster immediately glanced and nodded at each other. They quickly avoided their enemies' attacks, and the villains were knocked down by their own allies' attacks. Finally, the Duo of Justice finished them off with their final and ultimate attacks. After Lewis and Charlene were beaten and killed off, Roscoe has returned back to normal and was freed from Allen's control.
"Oh man, I'm very glad that it's over..." said Phantom Angel, sitting on the ground.
"Yeah, we're about to face off Allen sooner or later, and it will be our last task..." said Masked Swordmaster. "With the pure crystal powers by our side, we will stop his evil plan no matter what!"
"Hey, Duo of Justice!" someone shouted, as the dynamic duo turned around to see of who it was.
"Oh hey, it's Lorelei..." said Phantom Angel.
"And the others as well," Masked Swordmaster added.
"We saw the whole thing, you guys are so amazing!" said Nick excitedly.
"Yeah, we don't know how you two did it, but you sure did exterminate them!" said Serenity.
"Well, you guys did say about the pure crystal, right?" said Darren.
"Yes, that's right," said Masked Swordmaster. "It gave our weapons more powerful than before."
"Exactly, the pure crystal changed them into different forms!" said Phantom Angel.
The Duo of Justice showed their newly, upgraded weapons to their siblings and friends. Everyone was so amazed that they had never seen anything so fantastic and powerful before. Lorelei took a picture of their evolved weapons with her smartphone and was very impressed. With Allen's retainers out of the way, the Duo of Justice were ready to face off against him in no time.