Animal Crossing In Action: Duo Of Justice

Chapter 29: From The Dream Into The Nightmare

Allen was now all alone without his reliable retainers and his henchmen, not even a single animal in his control. He stared at the huge dark poison crystal and touched it with his hand. As soon as he looked down, he saw the burning marks on the ground and touched it.

"That's strange, I don't remember seeing this..." said Allen. "Did Robert somehow put the bombs around it? No, that's impossible! I bet he sent someone else to do it for him...It's either Lorelei or Darren, one of those two for sure!"

Suddenly, the dark poison crystal began to glow and showed the hologram to Allen. It was the image of StarLily, and then it showed the scene of where Vicki and Robert were hanging out together. The dark knight was very curious to see of what the two were up to. Even though, he didn't know of what they were saying to each other. But on the last part, he immediately saw Vicki kissing Robert before they parted ways. Allen was very disgusted after he saw the whole thing.

"Ugh, there must be some way I can get Robert without any interference!" Allen growled. "But how exactly?"

Later at night, Vicki smiled daintily and drank some tea in the kitchen. Nick glanced at her and started to smirk.

"Well, you seemed pretty happy today, sis," said Nick.

"Am I?" Vicki grinned.

"Yeah, you've been very cheerful right now ever since Robert came here."

"Why, of course. He's the lucky guy that I have now, and he will always be there with me no matter what!"

"Do you love him?"

"Yes, as always! Just like you love Serenity!"

Nick nodded. "Yeah, I know, sis...I'm always be there with Serenity, just like you're always be there with Robert."

"Well if anything happens to us, we will always do this together no matter what!"

At the hotel, Robert took one bite from the snacks bowl and drank some water. He's been thinking a lot lately and started to grin. Until Lorelei came out of her bedroom, she sat on the couch and glanced at her brother.

"You looked happy today, big brother," said Lorelei. "What's going on in your mind?"

"Oh Lorelei, you see, I've been thinking about Vicki lately," said Robert.

"Oh really? You two seemed to be very close now. I remembered the time when we first arrived in StarLily, you were glancing at her for the first time and seemed to be very fond of her."

"Yeah, it's not just because we're allies, but it's because we have a lot of common these days."

"That's really true alright. The bond between you and her is unbreakable, I just knew it!"

Robert chuckled. "Yeah, you could say that, little sis! Just like you and Darren, Vicki and I are now destined to be each other! I can feel it!"

Meanwhile at the ruined town, Allen was focusing on the dark poison crystal while it was activating. He suddenly saw a hologram that he wasn't aware of. He gave a sinister grin and chuckled evilly as he finally found the solution.

In the middle of the night of StarLily, Vicki started to have a dream that she and Robert, in their heroic versions, were meeting up together. They saw the pure crystal was glowing brightly and floating on top of the lake. Then, they glanced at each other and were very concerned about something.

"Phantom Angel, there is something that troubles me..." said Masked Swordmaster softly. "When Charlene and Lewis were trespassing StarLily, they mentioned about the evidence of Allen's secret plans that they thought I stole from him. But they never realized that it was you who took them."

"I know, but at least you didn't tell them..." said Phantom Angel.

"Yeah, I'm already aware of that. It's not like I'm going to say anything to them, not even Allen!"

"Exactly, but they also said that Roscoe was the last animal slave they had until I cured him."

"Ah, that's right! So, that means we're done curing all the animal villagers back to their normal selves!"

"Yes, it's all thanks to the power of the light pure crystal!"

"I agree!"

Suddenly, someone began to cackle which made the Duo of Justice startled and said, "I hate to interrupt between the both of you, but it's time for me to make my entrance!"

Phantom Angel gasped. "Allen! What on earth are you doing here?!"

"And how did you get in here?!" Masked Swordmaster asked angrily.

"Let's just say thanks to my dark poison crystal, I can manage to enter your dreams," Allen explained, as he was looking around the point of view. "And I can tell that one of you has a lively dream."

"Oh, I'm already done dealing with one dream trespasser, but two...really now?" Phantom Angel complained.

"Just save your complaints already, angel girl, because I'm not done talking just yet! You know something? Speaking of trespassing, I realized that one of you entered my house and stole my journal! And guess who's to blame?"

Phantom Angel and Masked Swordmaster glanced at each other very quickly and then looked back at Allen. Before the dark knight could say anything else, he suddenly saw the pure crystal floating right behind the dynamic duo. He took out his spear and was ready to destroy it.

"On second thought, I'm going to break that crystal of yours to teach one of you a lesson for stealing my journal!" Allen shouted angrily.

"NO!" the Duo of Justice yelled in panic.

Allen's spear almost touched the pure crystal, but it suddenly blocked his attack and bounced him away from it. The Duo of Justice were surprised that they had no idea of what just happened. Allen stood up on his feet and glared at the crystal before he gave the dynamic duo a mean look.

"Some crystal you've got there..." said Allen, clenching his teeth. "But at least you two are still defenseless!"

"Angelic musical vibration!" Phantom Angel shouted, as she launched her attack on Allen. But he quickly repelled it with his spear.

"Pure sword earthquake!" Masked Swordmaster shouted, as he pointed his sword on the ground and the crack was starting to reach Allen's feet. The dark knight quickly avoided it and landed on the solid ground. "What? No way!"

Allen chuckled. "Is that the best you can do?"

Allen started to charge right through the Duo of Justice with his spear, but they quickly avoided his attack. Phantom Angel wanted to protect Masked Swordmaster from his nemesis, but the white knight disagreed with her and wanted to protect her instead.

"Masked Swordmaster, listen to me!" said Phantom Angel. "Allen is only targeting you, no one else! Not even me! That's what he said in his journal!"

"But he doesn't even know that you took it!" said Masked Swordmaster quietly.

"Aha! It was you who really took my journal, Silverwing!" said Allen. "Girl, you should know that you shouldn't have involved in the situation like this! Don't try to poke your nose into someone's information!"

"Just leave her out of this, Allen!" Masked Swordmaster exclaimed. "The reason she was doing this is because she was looking for answers to her questions about Emblem's past!"

"Oh, is that so? Well, if that's the case, then...I will immobilize you!"

Allen summoned his dark magic chain and it went straight to the Duo of Justice. Phantom Angel and Masked Swordmaster embraced each other while they were watching out his attack. The white knight slowly grabbed the angel's arms and quickly pushed her aside. When Phantom Angel fell onto the ground, she sat up and immediately saw something very frightened. She found her ally got tied up and started to struggle a lot. She tried to loosen the chains from him, but they were too hard and too strong to lose.

"Allen, let him go right now!" Phantom Angel shouted.

"Not a chance, novice!" said Allen, as he pulled the chain and quickly took Masked Swordmaster away.

Phantom Angel tried to hold on to Masked Swordmaster as she could with all her might. She enlarged her wings and started to fly with full force in order to pull him back. But Allen's force was too strong that she couldn't even stop his tracks.

"Phantom Angel, just forget about me and save yourself!" Masked Swordmaster shouted.

"No, I won't let Allen take you away!" Phantom Angel shouted, shaking her head. "Why do you have to sacrifice your own life for mine?"

"Only one of us will still be standing, and you should be the one! That's why I chose to risk my own life for yours!"

"But what can I possibly do without you? What will I do next?"

Allen yawned and looked at his watch very quickly to see what time it was right now. He interrupted the conversation between the dynamic duo and said, "Alright, time is up for both of you. Hands off, you second-rate hero!"

Allen launched his attack at Phantom Angel and made her let go of Masked Swordmaster. He was pulled in by his nemesis and was trapped inside of the black magic orb. The angel quickly rushed to her ally and tried to set him free. She called out his name and kept banging on the orb, but he didn't respond because he was suddenly out cold. Allen shoved Phantom Angel aside so he and Masked Swordmaster disappeared from the dream and were nowhere in sight.

Vicki was awake from her unexpecting dream and found herself lying on the floor. She looked at the clock to see what time it was and realized it was morning. Suddenly, she heard her smartphone ringing, so she checked her phone and received a text message from Lorelei.

"'Come to our hotel room whenever you have the time...'" Vicki read the message, as she decided that she was on her way to the hotel.

Vicki, Nick, and Serenity had arrived in the hotel and stopped by at Robert's hotel room. Vicki knocked on the door and Lorelei answered as her eyes were frightened as a kitten. Darren was very anxious that he bit his thumbnail and was very speechless for a moment.

"Lorelei, Darren, what's going on?" Vicki asked. "And where's Robert?"

"Vicki, I-um, well, you see..." Lorelei stammered in fear.

"T-That's what we're about to tell you, b-but-," Darren trembled.

"But what?" Nick asked curiously.

"Well, w-we thought that he was sick which it was the main reason he didn't come out of his room..."

"S-So, I knocked on his bedroom door many times..." Lorelei explained, as her hands were shaking. "A-As soon as I slowly opened the door, he...he..."

"Y-Yes, what happened next, Lorelei?" Serenity asked.

"A-A-After I opened the door, Robert...he-he-he...!"

"Just say it, Lorelei!" said Vicki impatiently. "Just tell me exactly what happened to Robert!"

Before Lorelei could answer, Neon suddenly appeared and told Vicki that Robert has somehow disappeared. She immediately rushed to his bedroom in a very high alert. She found that his bed was not made, the windows were closed, the closet was opened for just a bit, and his smartphone was untouched. Robert was not in his bedroom and nobody had any ideas of where he was or what happened to him.

"Where is he?" Vicki asked.

"We don't know..." Lorelei answered.

"I even tried to communicate him through his mind," said Neon, "but it's somehow blocked our communication. Wherever he is right now, someone must've held him in hostage and don't want us to know their exact location..."

While everyone was so desperate about Robert's whereabouts, Vicki noticed something on his bed. She picked it up and it was the SD card that looked exactly like Mastermind Clown's. She borrowed Lorelei's laptop and inserted the SD card, but all she found in the card's file was only one video. She started to click on it and the video was beginning to play while everyone gathered around to see it for themselves. The video began where Allen was sitting on his chair inside of his house.

"'Salutations, Silverwing, if you're watching this of course...'" said Allen calmly. "'But I DO have a feeling that you ARE watching this, which means you already found out about Robert's disappearance...'"

"Grr, so he's responsible of all this!" Nick exclaimed, as he punched his palm with his fist.

"Lower your voice, Nick, we can't hear of what Allen is saying..." Serenity whispered, as she elbowed her boyfriend for silence.

"Allen, you'd better show me if Robert's okay or where he is right now!" said Vicki angrily.

"'Well, if you're very curious of where Robert is right now or how he's holding up...'" Allen explained, as he snapped his fingers and the orb was getting lower while someone was inside of it. "'Your knight in shining armor is unconscious for a moment, and I kept an eye on him after I took him away from your dreams!'"

Vicki was shocked that Masked Swordmaster was held in hostage at Allen's place. She realized that it wasn't a dream after all, it was real! Everyone was also shocked after what they saw and heard from Allen's video that the white knight became the dark knight's prisoner.

"Ugh, no...why can't it be me?" Vicki asked quietly, as her hands were curled up into fists. "I mean, I'm the one who took Allen's journal and other stuff from his house! If he could've captured me and not Robert, I would've risk my life to save him and Robert should be the one who was still standing!"

Lorelei gasped. "Vicki, you can't be serious! We all know that it wasn't your fault! What's going to happen to you if Allen was planning to capture you?"

"'Unless, there is only one condition though...'" Allen grinned slyly. "'If you choose to turn yourself in, Silverwing, then I will spare Goldstein's life as a promise. You will only have twelve hours left to make a decision. I will see you at nighttime for your answer. Good day!'"

As soon as the video ended, Vicki removed the SD card from the laptop. She dropped it on the floor and crushed it with her one foot. She has to make a choice whether she turned herself in or Robert's life would be in peril. No one else had anything to say in their rightful minds, but to falter about Allen's bone-chilling video.