so i have really just been adding to this as i get a chance. Leni is closer to being found and it should be in the next chapter or two. then we'll wrap up some other stuff.--
"Why not talk to her?" Lynn was curious.
"Well..." Fay took a breath and sat down.
Lynn sat beside her then felt herself being pulled into Fay's lap and held like a plush toy.
"My dad didn't always look like he does."
"What does that have to do with it?" Lynn interrupted.
"You want to hear the story or not?" Lynn nodded and Fay continued.
"Dad wasn't great in school, but he had a few things working for him. Strength and good looks among them. He worked at a factory."
Fay took a breath and let it out slowly. It was clear that her memories were coming on faster than she could talk.
"One day some lady showed up to take pictures. A calendar or something. She singled him out in an instant! His good looks drawing her eye like a magnet draws in steel. It wasn't long but she had succumbed to his charms and they married."
Lynn felt Fay's arms tighten around her. She patted the fighter's arm comfortingly.
"Dad never gave up his factory job. Two years later there was an accident. She stuck around long enough to see his face. Though not horribly disfigured, he wasn't like he had been, the symbol of perfection that she had married. Durring this time, she had found out that she was pregnant, and wanted to abort. Dad, with his way with words, got her to wait. Unfortunately, I don't know for who, it was too late."
Fay sniffled.
"She left right after I was born, not even taking the time to hold me or anything. Dad couldn't go back to the factory, so he went back to school. The next part is cliche, he married my nanny, who couldn't have children of her own."
Fay's fists balled up. "Once I showed up on television and then did those photoshoots for my sponsors, she started calling. Telling me how I should give up fighting and preserve my beauty. You know, model for her."
"Why don't you?" Lynn asked.
"Because Blanch and that Nemo guy she hangs around with are evil!"
"Hold up!" Lynn turned in Fay's arms. "Blanch and Nero?"
"Don't tell me you're a fan." Lynn felt Fay start to push her away.
"No! They took my sister! They're here in Miami!" Lynn kissed Fay hard enough to bruise their lips, hopped from the bed and started to dress. "I have to tell Lincoln! I have to tell Yuki!" Lynn was half dressed and placed her hands on Fay's shoulders. "You, uh, think you could maybe find out where they're staying?"
"Why?"
"Lincoln and Yuki plan on taking them down."
"Plans fail." Fay laid back.
"Lincoln plans ahead." Lynn said seriously.
Fay looked at her phone for a few minutes, Lynn still looking at her.
"You owe me an orgasm." Fay told Lynn as she started to dial.
"Well yeah, I know that. But not because of the phone call." Lynn said with a big grin.
"Shush."
Downstairs a few minutes later.
"Lincoln!" Everyone in the relaxation garden frowned at the white haired boy before their eyes focused on the jock running full speed at him.
He braced for impact and, as expected, she jumped into his arms with force, causing him to stumble backward only a step.
"I have a lead on Leni!" Lynn got out each word between gasps of breath. "Fay set up a meeting with Blanch!"
"Who's Fay?" Lincoln asked then everything Lynn said caught up with him. "Blanch! As in Blanch and Nero?" Lynn nodded excitedly. "We need to tell Yuki!"
Yuki sat cross legged in front of a game system. The large suite all for her. A library full of video games surrounded her. They almost didn't recognize her with the over-sized, knitted, forest green turtle neck and the thick glasses she wore. Her hair was done up in a tight bun and she wore a pair of pink and white striped panties.
"What?" She asked as they gawked at her. Never taking her own eyes off the wall sized flatscreen that she sat in front of. She soon held her hands up in victory.
A second window popped up on the screen and the man and Yuki exchanged a few words in Finnish before she shut the system down.
Lynn and Lincoln still gawked.
"Thank's for being quiet. I don't want people in the gaming world to know I'm a model." She slipped her glasses off and folded them. "What's up?"
"Blanch, we have a lead on Blanch. We can find Leni!" Lynn and Lincoln spoke together.
A while later Yuki met with Fay. The two gushed over eachother and then finally got down to business.
To say that Fay was surprised when Yuki took on her appearance was an understatement.
Lynn had to catch her and the trio mulled around while waiting for the MMA fighter to wake up.
"So, can your sisters do that?" Lynn asked, surprised at the model herself.
"Shinji uses acting techniques and makeup, she doesn't need magic. Mika, she is actually quite vain and would rather not change her looks in any manner." Yuki explained. "Well, actually... I know she often does her hair up, hides it under a hat and pretends to be Shinji or slips on a wig and plays as me, but we all do that!" Yuki chuckled. "Mika took quite a few English tests for me in grade school."
"Yeah, Lana and Lola swap too. Speaking of which, I haven't seen them all day." Lincoln got a thoughtful look on his face.
Down in the spa, two cute little blondes shared a tub of warm bubbling mud.
"I never thought fancy mud baths existed! I would have come to the spa with you and the others years ago!"
"I can't believe that the mud is edible." Lola said with mild disgust.
"Oh it tastes good too!" Lola cringed as Lana sucked her fingers clean just to lower them back into the bath. "I think they put coco in here!"
"Nuh uh!" Lola sat up slightly. "You just want to see me eat mud!"
"And I love these cucumber slices!" Lola dipped one into the bath and popped it in her mouth. "Chocolate cucumber. YUM! And the mud gives it an earthy taste!"
"Disgusting!" Lola turned and watched Lana enjoy the snack. I do smell a hint of coco." Lola thought. Her eyes darted down to the bubbling mix then to Lana. The fine coating of the tub contents painted her tomboyish twin with a shiny coat and yet she could see every little detail of Lana's body. She scooted across the tub and Lana looked at her oddly.
"What?" Lana picked at her teeth with her fingernail. "Cucumber in my teeth?"
Lola leant in and kissed Lana. At first it was just a light peck to her twin's lips, but as the taste of chocolate hit her tongue she plundered Lana's mouth. As she broke the kiss off she looked around nervously as she hurried back to her side of the tub, leaving Lana with a smug look on her face.
"Tell no one that I ate mud!" Lola warned.
"Actually it is clay. Well, I guess it is mud now since it is dissolved in water. We mix the clay, a mineral suppliment, with chocolate or other flavors so it doesn't just taste like dirt."
Lola turned to see one of the employees coming their with a tray of berries and other fruits. "I came to top of your bath." She made air quotes when she said bath. "Boss Lady says take real good care of you! So Linda takes good care of you! I bring you snacks too."
The older Italian woman set the plate on a tray. "Of course, if it were not you two, I would be emptying out the batch of dip after I pulled you out by your ears."
"Why would you have a tub filled with dip in the spa room?" Lola asked if she was being pranked.
"You girls are in the kitchen. Boss lady accidentally ordered too many tubs, so she used giant hot tubs to save money as we make a lot of sauces for the things we serve here."
Linda flicked on the rest of the lights.
"Like Alfredo sauce for spaghettie or gravy for the mashed potatoes." Linda chuckled. "But you two enjoy, okay!" Linda patted their heads and headed for a stove. "Tomorrow I serve smoked bacon burgers for lunch!" She announced with joy. "Stay out of the Barbecue Sauce!" The last part was more of a warning.
"Well that explains why there wasn't anyone in here." Lola eased back into the tub and grabbed a handfull of berries, simply dunking her fist into the bubbling mix and then taking one berry at a time from her hand with her tongue.
"Hey! This is really good with Orange slices!" Lana spoke up.
Back up in Fay's room Yuki hung up her cell. "Linda, the head chef, is watching the twins. Apparently they're lounging in the coco." Yuki, Lynn and Lincoln all shared a confused look before Fay came to and got their attention.
"You looked like me!" Fay pointed, still disbelieving of what she had seen.
"Magic." Yuki shrugged. "Now about your mother."
Fay began to chuckle. "Ma-magic!" She looked between the three and slowly the laughter stopped as she took in their serious faces. "You... you're serious."
Lincoln and Lynn nodded. Yuki let her wings out and though she didn't faint, Fay was hanging onto the end table. "Wi... wi... wings." She stated dumbly.
"Yup!" Yuki smiled brightly and patted Fay's head. She flapped her pink and white wings lightly. "And I am going to kill your witch mother!"
"Yeah, I vote for dropping a house on her." Lynn cleaned out her ear with her finger and Lincoln couldn't help but think of Lana.
"Oh no, I'm going to eat her magic and imprison her soul!" Yuki looked directly at Lynn and said it with the usual friendly and musical tone she had become known for.
"Hurting so many innocent people as she has, especially my friends." Yuki's eyes glowed pink, but to anyone there, it was not welcoming or warm, there was a power in there and the tone in her words had become ominous.
"Okay." Fay smiled nervously and shook slightly. "What the fuck is she?"
The following day Yuki and Lincoln awoke early.
Lincoln answered his cell as he was finishing up in the restroom.
"Hello? Hey, Dearest! Escourts? Okay, all right, thank you." He hung up and rubbed his still sleepy eyes.
The section of the city that Blanch had agreed to meet Fay was in an area where no particular gang had a hold. Several warring factions operated in the area and for the most part it was treated as neutral... for the most part. Things still took place. Like the murder of the Corsican Brothers or the assassination of Milo Vanovich.
The latest happening was a serious shootout between a gang with ties to an death cult from India and a fanatic bunch of Catholic militants who are waging what they call the American Inquisition. Neither of the factions liked the Dead Dragons, and even a few of their fellow Dragons were caught up in the battle as they tried to leave the area while the cult and militia battled it out.
"So, Yuki, have you found Chi-Chi?" Lincoln turned to face Yuki, who sat naked on the edge of the tub while combing her hair.
"Aside from the escourts Big Sister has arranged for us, Chi-Chi's people are providing overwatch. Mostly as a defense against the handful of hostile factions. Until we know where Nero and Blanch have Leni, this is only intel gathering."
"I want to find my sister!"
"So do I." Yuki popped her knuckles. "That's why we have the tracking powder. Military grade. Fay just needs to get her female biological doner to wear the wrist band."
"It's aweful. If Blanch is anything like you say, she wouldn't be caught dead wearing it." Lincoln looked the item Yuki dangled from her pinky finger.
"And if Blanch wants to play the good mother, she'll pretend to like it." Yuki countered. "I have this atrocious broach that Ida picked out for me, she knows I don't like it so she bought it as a joke, but I still wear it because she got it for me."
"Moms are weird." Yuki nodded in agreement with Lincoln's statement.
As they finally exited the building an hour later, several men and a couple women what looked like Miami locals greeted the nervous trio.
Lincoln and Yuki because of the gravity of the situation. If they were found out, they could lose Fay and Leni.
Fay was worried because of meeting Blanch. She had so many mixed emotions and most were anger. The various things she had learned of the woman over the years, she knew that she was taking a huge risk in meeting with her.
Yuki gave the escourts hugs and introduced them.
A short man in a suit that looked more like he should be in Panama named Eduardo. He was actually from Ecuador.
A slender blonde that did not look like the badass bodyguard Yuki made her out to be. She looked more like a fragile swimsuit model even though her dress suit made her look like she was ready for a business meeting. Her name being Ildiko but her preferring Ildi.
Lastly was their driver, he looked like an average joe, his name was even Joe. He was to the point. When he spoke he seemed to lack emotion. Yuki gave him a thermos of coffee and he broke into a very slight smile.
As they drove down the road later, they were joined by a few flashy cars. Lincoln was worried at first but the Cuban man greeted Yuki with "Chi-Chi sends her regards." There were four couples and they were dressed in a manner that they could enter the same restraunt where Fay was meeting Blanch and not be suspicious.
"So, we'll be across the street doing what?" Lincoln asked.
"Listening in for any clue as to where they are keeping Leni and ready to move in on Nero. He is not as big a threat without Blanch." Yuki explained. "So, You going to check out Luna's performance tonight?"
"What if we're rescuing Leni?"
"Luna's booked all week. 'member?" Yuki chuckled and tapped his head with her finger.
Focus drifted to Fay who looked as if she was going to be sick. It was clear that the nerves were wearing on her.
They sat in a VIP booth in a speakeasy style bar across the street from the fancy eatery. Watching Fay fidgit at a table by the window. A few fans approaching for autographs, which actually seemed to help distract her from the worry she had felt.
Blanch arrived fashionably late, five minutes after she was supposed to meet Fay. Right away even Fay seemed to notice how fake the woman was.
Being a real trooper though, Fay made it through a three course meal full of talk about why Fay should be a model. Talk about Blanch and the rest about Blanch criticizing what people wore and how they looked.
The only good thing Blanch had to say was about the food and the wine. Wine that Fay seemed to enjoy, or more likely, really needed to get through the meal.
Blanch declined dessert while Fay got a large piece of cake. Blanch admonished her but Fay waved her off and explained to the woman about how many calories she had to eat with her rigorous training and fights.
As they prepaired to leave, Fay finally gave her the wrist band. A limited production one that was proposed as part of the signature clothing and accessories line from her sponsor. Fay hated it so she had no problems giving it away.
The final exchange went down as they had thought. Blanch tried it on, gave it a brief look over then stuffed it in her purse with a fake smile and a false promise to wear it later when she worked out.
Fay headed towards the car while Blanch went the opposite way to a waiting limo. Along the way she plopped the wristband in a trash can.
"Shit! She dumped the wristband!"
"Lincoln, that was just the delivery system for the tracker." Yuki sent a text. "We will know everywhere that bitch goes for the next fourty-eight hours."
Back at the spa, Fay flopped into bed. Lynn on one side and Lucy, who wanted to meet her, on the other.
"Hi." Fay said wearily. "You must be Lucy." Fay yawned. "We really could be sisters!" She pulled Lynn and Lucy to her. "I have never been drunk before. What am I going to tell Daddy?"
"I think Yuki has a friend taking care of that. She was on the phone before you got to our room. Something about..." Lynn looked to Lucy.
"She was talking about Fay taking a day off to rest for some event at a school. A health and fitness thing." Lucy filled in. "I think she mentioned having you go with Lynn to the stadium as well. She wants to see you two in cheeleaders uniforms."
"I didn't agree to that." Lynn cut in. People cheered for Lynn, not the other way around.
Day three of their excursion to Miami.
Lincoln was surprised that Yuki wasn't kidding about his work.
He was coloring in comics. Been doing so since six that morning. A small app on his laptop was keeping track of Blanch.
She hadn't been anywhere near a neighborhood where Leni could possibly be in the past fifteen hours.
His protection detail sat outside in a car. The two were from Yuki's former model's crew. The one who had once been kidnapped by Nero and Blanch. Lincoln was starting to doubt how much he could trust them, but a brief talk with Yuki then another with Shinji and he was calmed.
"Loud!" He looked up to see the other color artist. "Cutting out early today. Finish up and get going." The man, who he didn't quite know, wiped his nose on his sleeve and left the doorway.
Lincoln had been hoping he would have been working with The Creators themselves, but he should have known. Still, he got to put his name as having worked on a comic other than his one for Ace Savvy. It was just a shame he didn't make any new characters up.
A chime from his laptop and Linc stopped to check the message.
It was Shinji, she wanted to see him in game.
He logged in to be met by her character.
Since he had met her online personna, he had a new outlook on her.
The deep purple ballroom style dress that covered the lilac skinned, orchid haired and forest-green eyed half-elf half-demon was far too girly for what he knew about her. "Well I guess she needs a feminine outlet for herself as well." He told himself before he plugged in the headset.
"What's up?"
"Dude, I found something IRL that you can do in the game!" She passed him a mission scroll. "Peebles is having a scavenger hunt, it's in Miami, you could totally do it, dude!"
"So what do I need to do?"
"Read the scroll, man! I'm not your secretary." Her avatar drew a blade. "I'm off to kill a giant, or whatever. See you later!"
He watched as the magic circle under her avatar appeared and swallowed her intp the ground before he opened the scroll.
A list of fifty tasks with ten unique ones and six bonus ones. The rules were to complete as many as you could and then prizes would be handed out at the end of the month. A full complete set. Best Picture. Full set of Bonus Tasks. They all had their own reward.
"And what a reward!" Lincoln drooled at the five zeros following the unique tasks. He knew he could have his sisters help with those. In fact, Lynn was surrounded by cheerleaders today!
A surprisingly short ride by private helecopter and Lincoln was standing in front of the stadium.
"Thank you for the ride, Enrique!" Lincoln waved as the flamboyant man lifted off again.
He stood there watching the helecopter grow distant. "Where does Shinji find these people?"
He only had to show the guard a picture of him and Yuki to get escourted right to the locker room. He stood outside but a moment before Yuki reached out and pulled him in.
He turned to see the cheerleaders in various states of dress, or nudity if you like, and instinctively covered himself.
He figured it was the fact that he was with Yuki that kept the women from fretting over his presence. A few even walked over to shake his hand or give him a hug.
He heard, and saw, a few more giggle about how he was covering himself.
This stopped when Lynn ambushed him, his sketchbook hitting the ground as his hands were pulled up with the hold Lynn had put him in. The giggles and side glances from the female audience turned into solid stares of awe as his shorts were straining to contain his giant trouser snake. He even heard Anaconda and Titanoboa tossed out among the room.
"Hi, Lynn." He finally managed as blood flow began to regulate, though it didn't lessen the bulge that had grown from the show he was still being treated to.
"So what brings you here, Bro?" Lynn literally dropped him, his feet hit the ground and he fell upon his ass.
"I took a RL challenge in a game, I kind of wanted to ask your new friends here if they would help me out."
Lynn smirked as the entire locker room went quiet except for a lone hushed remark of "I'll help him tame that monster..." echoed through the room.
"What do you need help with?" Lynn asked as the squad gathered around. He handed the list of things to get done to Lynn, she in turn passed it to Fay and it made it's way around the squad, ending up in Yuki's hands.
"Sure, I can help with seven. I totally know the guy, and he owes me!" The blonde held out her hand. "I'm Trisha!" She smiled wide.
"Lincoln..." He managed to say with confidence. Trisha looked so... predatory.