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Grina breathes slowly, as her eyes were pointed on the panel: she jumps in it, through the orange ink covering the entire device. Around her, liquid orange with small bubbles raising up from various points: her eyes were closed and her hands were wide open, as her Splattershot falls through the orange abyss.
Ear covers slowly appears on her ears and her clothes were gradually changing into a black shirt with long sleeves, covered by a phosphorescent vest. Her shoes were surrounded by a blue light for 3 seconds, then disappearing instantly: now black shoes with yellow-green laces and soles were now covering her feet.
Her arms bend, as her palms felt something resting on them. She opens her eyes, seeing the same medium size weapon those Agents were wielding. Her mouth opens with a smile, as the girl lifts the weapon in front of her head: she was holding her breath.
Grina moves her legs back and forth, as her head tilts upwards. She jumps out of the panel, drenching in Orange ink.
"Whoa!" Bars' cheeks got red. "Like, girl…!"
The girl shakes herself violently, while closing her eyes: ink fell on Mirii's face and Bars' shirt. Mirii snorted, as she rubs her face. Grina looks on her hips, her shoes, her shirt… she squeals, shaking her fists sideways and bending her knees.
"Wow! So awesome!" She jumps multiple times, while smiling widely.
"Tsk." Mirii shakes her head slowly, folding her arms, as she turns over Bars. "Go there now, Bars." She tilts her head over the panel.
"All right!" He throws a punch in the air, grinning.
The boy jumps inside the panel, as large drops fell on the ground, hitting Mirii's shoes.
"Bah!" She shakes her shoes, looking down to them, frowning a little. "You don't need to jump in such barbaric way."
"Eh eh!" Grina grins, as she closes her eyes and holding her hips. "Hunting down innocent epic actions, just because of a little splash?"
"Hmpf!" She raises her head, as her eyes were pointing at Grina, while keeping the frown. "Crooks are inside this building, holding hostages… and you still think about having fun?"
Grina rolls her eyes, sighing loudly.
"Grina?!" Enrick walks in front of the girl, as his head was moving up and down and his eyes were pointing at each piece of clothing, she had on. "You…"
"Mirii!" Ana was behind Enrick, as her eyes were wide open and pointing at Mirii's ear covers. "Where did you get those… those things?"
"There is only one way you can do that…" Enrick pushes his glasses, on the middle, with his right forefinger.
Bars jumps out of the panel, with Agent clothes on them: his Roller was sharing the same style.
"You must be an Agent, in order to wear such equipment." He folds his arms, as his lens were covered by a thick white light for a moment.
"Agents?!" She stretches her arms backwards, as her neck tilts forward. "So they are…"
"Eh eh! You got it almost correctly"
PAF!
"YEOUCH!" Grina lifts her left foot, holding it with both her hands, jumping in place a little. "WHAT THE SHELL, MIRII?!" She grits her teeth, squeezing her eyes.
"There is a rule you should always remember, Grina… which is, to not let the citizens know anything about this." Her shoulders were down, relaxed: she looks over Enrick. "I hope you'll understand our situation."
"Ehm… ok?!" He looks at Ana, with his eyes expanded.
"Are you stupid, Mirii?!" Her right foot was on the ground, as her right leg was a little shaking: her right eye was closed, her left eye slightly open, her eyebrows lowered and her teeth still gritting. "Those are our friends… we can trust them!"
"This is NOT an enough justification." Mirii lowers her eyebrows, as she twists rapidly over Grina. "No one is allowed to know any confidential information, except for the authorized persons."
"You must be kidding me…" Grina frowns a lot. "You know them as well as I do. You know they would never backstab us for their own interest."
"It's still not enough." Mirii shakes her head slowly.
"Wait, excuse me a moment!" Ana lies her left palm in front of Grina's face, as her head was pointing at Mirii. "Did you happen to saw Nick, during your return…?"
"How about Zira?!" Enrick bends forward a little, clenching his right fist and frowning a little.
"I don't know anything about them… I'm sorry." Mirii caresses her right tentacle. "The details about my return are covered by the imposing rules we must follow."
"Imposing rules…" Grina slams her hands on her hips, as she turns gradually to her right and her head was pointing up, on the building's walls.
"Grina." Mirii turns over her, frowning a lot. "I want you to answer this question."
"Yeah, yeah, sure…" She looks over Bars, smiling.
"GRINA!" She shows her teeth. "Stop acting like a child and listen very carefully to me!"
"Tsk…" She turns behind, as her eyes point at Mirii: her mouth was a little downturned and her eyelids were slightly lowered. "What do you want now…?"
"You want to spend the majority of your time with your friends, right…? Hunley is one of your friends?" She stops frowning.
"Of course he's!" She opens her arms.
"You want to rescue him from those crooks?" She folds her arms, slowly.
"Sigh… why all those stupid questions, now?" A sweat drop appears near the forehead's right side, as her eyebrows lowers a little more.
"Because you are too stubborn and stupid, to comprehend our situation!" Mirii grits her teeth. "You must be thankful for the opportunity to save Hunley from the dangers he's in this very moment!"
"We already have this opportunity, Mirii! We are not getting anything more from"
"Wait a second, Grina!" Enrick stands in front of Grina, as his palms were thrusted forward. "Let's just forget about this, ok? We are going to retrieve Zira and Nick, so we can all"
"Actually, Enrick…" Mirii coughs once, with her right fist lying in front of her mouth. "… you and the others are not allowed to fight the Stingrays with us."
He turns over the girl: silence fell down for some seconds. Grina expands her eyes, while leaving her mouth open.
"No… no, you can't really be"
"Those are the orders, Grina. You don't have any rights to complain about them." She slightly raises her head.
"… are you EVEN LISTENING TO YOURSELF?!" She walks in front of Mirii, frowning a lot. "OUR FRIENDS ARE REALLY GOOD AT FIGHTING! THEY HELPED US ALL THIS TIME, EVEN BEFORE!"
"As I said, orders can't be discussed. It's useless for you to"
"THIS IS RIDICULOUS, MIRII! YOU KNOW IT VERY WELL TOO!" Grina breathes multiple times. "If it was for you, Temanga would have been very welcome to fight those criminals along with the Inkinators!"
"Grina, not following the orders is going to cost us a lot. Please, stop complaining." She swallows slightly, still her shoulders are relaxed.
"WHY YOU KEEP REPRESSING YOUR OWN OPINIONS?! MIRII, WAKE UP! THOSE PEOPLE DON'T DESERVE TO BE FOLLOWED SO MINDLESSLY!" She frowns a lot, with her eyes wide open.
Bars stands in front of Grina, gripping her shoulders and pushing her backwards, gently.
"Now, now girl… please, calm down…" He whispers.
"BARS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" She looks at him.
"Girl, please! If you keep shouting like this, fists and kicks are going on again!" He raises his voice, lowering his eyebrows.
Grina closes her mouth, inhaling with her nose.
"Grina…" Enrick walks on her right side. "… don't worry about us, ok?"
She turns her head over him, raising her eyebrows.
"… no Enrick, really it's"
He shakes his head.
"The situation is too complicated than that… and seeing you in trouble will give me and the others, nothing but regrets."
"No! Everything is going to be fine, really! Enrick!" Her eyes were getting watery.
He lies his right hand on her left shoulder, while smiling.
"Good luck with your mission." He winks with his right eye.
He turns back, seeing Ana nodding in front of him.
"See you next time, everyone!" He waves his right hand in front of everyone.
"Bye!" Ana smiles, waving her left hand.
Enrick and Ana walk away towards the horizontal sidewalk, after the street: the boy was standing on the girl's left. Grina kept watching the two, disappearing in the horizon. She rubs her right eye. Bars hugs her gently.
"Follow me now: with the other Agents nearby, the Stingrays are going to reconsider their actual strategy plans." Mirii turns around, walking towards the open corridor.
Bars pats lowly Grina's back, as he walks ahead. The girl starts walking right behind the boy: she keeps looking at Mirii, frowning a lot and shaking her fists.
Inkinators, may I have your attention?
The trio suddenly stops: Mirii lies her right hand behind the right ear cover, as her head turns slightly to the right.
"Tonna?"
Yes. I'm the Inkinators' vocal assistant, supporting the members with useful information.
Mirii looks over Grina and Bars: the other girl was holding her left ear cover, looking to the left.
"Where is the girl?!" Bars looks around. "I can't find her!"
Tonna grumbled.
I'm talking to you through the Ear Covers you are wearing.
"Wha…?" He touches his ear covers with a hand each. "Aaaah! Like, neat!" He smiles widely.
Indeed. Anyway, Mirii is aware of the current conditions. Did she report you anything related to them?
"I didn't yet." Mirii stops holding her ear cover, caressing her right tentacle. "I was about to tell them everything, before we would step in the movie theater."
I'll handle the explanations. For this evening only, you have the authorization of wearing the official Hero suit and using the Hero weapons. You are not Agents though, which means you still must follow the orders me and the other agents will give to you.
Grina keeps her mouth closed, looking on a crumbled red soda can on the sidewalk.
One more thing, before I start explaining your current mission… Grina, can I have your attention?
She kept looking at the red soda can. Mirii frowns a little, as she looks at the girl.
I didn't report your previous behavior to the Chiefs… however, from now on, if you disobey the other agents' orders, you'll be kicked out of the team. Do you understand?
Grina stood there… until a grin forms on her face.
"You seriously didn't report the insults I said in front of your face…? You aren't as childish as I thought you to be…"
I DIDN'T FORGET THEM, YOU SPOILED BRAT! YOU ARE STILL IN THE TEAM, JUST BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO SEND TWO RANGERS ALONE AGAINST THOSE STINGRAYS!
Grina snickers, as she covers her mouth with her right hand. Mirii shakes her head, with slightly lowered eyebrows, as her right cheek lifts up.
"All right, all right, Miss ExplosiveRules! How about you tell us our mission?" She grins, as she waves her right hand around.
Grumf… the name is Tonna…
"I know! It's just a codename, so people will not recognize your true identity! I mean, random people could just hear it out…!" Grina grins even more.
Grrrrr… n-not Miss ExplosiveRules…
"You don't like it? How about Miss ILUVRULES?" She chuckles a bit.
NO! STOP IT OR ELSE I'M GOING TO REPORT YOUR ANTICS!
"Huh…? But I didn't disobey any rule…" She looks up, forming a small smile.
Mirii picks Grina from her vest with her left hand: she leans backwards her right fist, as multiple veins popped on her forehead, smoke was coming out of her nose and her eyes were on fire. Grina's face became pale, as her eyes expand and sweat appears on her forehead.
"Ok, ok!" She kept moving her palms back and forth. "I-I'll call her Tonna, I-I'll will keep calling her Tonna forever! Promise!"
Gradually, the veins, the smoke and the fire on her eyes gradually disappear: she leaves out Grina, lowering her fist.
… eh eh… so, how are you going to call me from now on…?
Grina looks at Mirii for a while… then she snorted, lowering her eyebrows and looking her feet.
"… Tonna…"
Eh eh! Very good, little girl! Now… I'm going to inform you about your role in this mission, so please pay attention.
"All right, girl!" Bars smiles, raising his thumb.
… I prefer the name Tonna, please…
His smile disappears: he looks over Mirii, which was frowning a lot, while folding her arms.
"Ehm…" He swallows loudly. "S-sorry, Tonna…!"
That's ok! All right... while you were outside, the Agents splatted many Stingray soldiers, capturing some of them too. However, no hostages were found inside the movie theater.
"WHAT?!" Mirii holds the right ear cover.
Yes, the Agents entered in all the halls, office rooms, even inside the bathrooms! No hostages are found and the captured crooks refuse to reveal their locations.
Mirii covers her mouth with her hand, as her eyes get watery.
Now, the computer here just revealed the presence of a large ship located near the Moray Towers.
Mirii gasps.
"IS IT FLYING?!" She raises her eyebrows, as her nails were between her teeth.
Affirmative! How did you know?
"We stood in that ship! It's the Stingrays' hideout!" Mirii lowers her eyebrows, looking up in the sky.
Oh… how did you
"Tonna, excuse me if I'm interrupting you like this... but we must go immediately to the Moray Towers!" She turns around, with her legs moving at incredible speed right ahead. "Keep informing us about the ship, please!"
Sure! That's my job, after all… for now, the ship seems standing still without moving an inch or causing any attacks. I'm not able to see inside the ship, but the satellite is showing multiple Stingrays at the top of the Moray Towers. I'll send in a flying unit, once you'll arrive at destination.
"Thank you, Tonna!" She turns behind, seeing Grina running on her left and Bars running on her right. "We are going to use Stealth, instead of the usual improvised tactics. Don't try acting on your own this time."
"Yeah, that would be our only solution… since our friends are left home. Good turfing luck trying to pass over those trained Stinglings, waiting for our faces to show up!" Grina frowns a little.
Mirii expands her eyes.
"Wh-why such conclusion…?"
"Think about it: why they are standing there, if no Stingray creatures or hostages are remaining in that movie theater? Shouldn't they fly around, trying to rescue the captured freaks?"
Mirii turns her head ahead, looking down.
I… I hate to admit this… but she could be right, actually. The ship was previously near the movie theater, before moving towards the Moray Towers: it all happened while you were at the entrance.
The girl bites her lips, raising her eyebrows: her heart beat was accelerating a bit more than before.