Chapter fourteen:
Today is the day.
Mello, Matt and Near are in their usual seats. They are keeping an eye on the front area.
Matt is tapping a finger against the top of his desk.
Mello and Near are running through the plan in their heads once more before everyone arrives.
Mello even checks that his hidden weapon is still there with a slight brush of his stomach area.
Near feels confident enough to not have to check on his weapon.
Mello and Near are on opposite sides one row in from the end while Matt is more in the middle in the desk next to Mello.
Soon a group of adults come in standing in the front.
Rodger walks out in front and stands there with an 'Im important' stance. His legs spread a little and his hands folded neatly behind his back. "Welcome." He greets the orphans. "Today as you all know is the big test to determine where you rank." He tries to be subtle but Mello and Near can tell he must be playing with something behind his back. "As usual you will be seated until the process is complete." His lips twitch upwards in a slight smirk. "Everything will begin momentarily."
Mello and Near are quick to move out of the way just in time as clear tubes drop down around each orphan.
Mello also quickly makes Matt sit back down just in time for the tube to capture him too. He of course makes sure to pull his hand back to not get hurt.
"Hey!" Matt turns to the blonde in shock at this.
"Sorry." Mello apologizes before he and Near rush together towards the adults who are surprised that the two weren't captured too.
The two are quick to pull out their pistols and make it to the front aiming the weapons at the group.
"No where to run or hide now." Mello states giving a big smirk to the shocked adults.
Near kicks the wall when some adults try to run out the door.
A group of people dressed in black rush in stopping any attempts at escape as they raise their own weapons.
"What's going on?!" Rodger demands looking between Mello, Near and the other group now here. "Who are they and what are they doing here!?"
"You really thought you'd get away with your plan? We've been watching you for quite a long time." Mello speaks getting Rodger's attention on him. "We've been gathering information on your plan along with evidence. Enough to put you all under arrest."
The adults are quickly grabbed by members of the group that had come bursting in.
Rodger backs away when he feels the brush of someone trying to grab him. He glances around only for his eyes to look to the pistols in Mello and Near's hands. He watches them be turned in his direction. "You think you've won? I don't know why or how you two are involved in all of this but you won't be taking me that easily." He is quick to pull out his own pistol swinging it around trying to make them back off. He begins walking backwards away from the group. "Besides you haven't actually stopped the plan." He pulls out a remote looking switch from behind his back. He smirks widely at them before pressing a big red button. He waits for a few moments only for his smirk to fall when nothing seems to happen. He tries again yet with no success. "What the hell!?" He begins clicking the button over and over again. His gaze becoming more and more like a glare at the remote as nothing continues to happen. "Why won't this damn thing work!?"
Mello laughs at his futile attempts at getting it to work. "Do you really think that we would gather enough evidence to place you under arrest without stopping the plan?"
"What did you do!?" Rodger demands glaring at the two.
"We got a little help in looking into your program. Once that was done there was a code put in it in order to control what it does. Now you can't reach any of the orphans and you can't make the machine work properly." Near explains to him. "So you've lost. Give up now to make it easier on you."
Rodger throws the remote down onto the ground in clear anger causing it to break a little. He takes aim with his gun at Mello firing a few shots before doing the same at Near.
The two are forced to duck behind the nearest orphan and when Rodger tries shooting again the bullets are deflected.
Rodger grumbles a little at seeing that the two are using his own plan against him. He can't touch them with his bullets as things stand right now.
Near turns to glance to the group holding the other adults involved under arrest. He makes a quick gesture to back up a little to try to not get them shot.
The group do so as they step back ready to get the adults out to safety if things get too wild.
Near turns his attention back to Rodger as said man plus Mello are exchanging shots between each other. He waits as he bides his time keeping an eye on Rodger ready to take a shot once the opportunity shows itself.
Mello continues to shoot at Rodger who tries to dodge while shooting back at the blonde.
The orphans that are watching have mixed reactions with some cowering in fear and others watching in shock or in fascination at all that is happening.
It is as if some can't believe that something that would often be seen in movies with a villain plan along with heroes trying to stop the plan and all.
Near doesn't focus on the orphans seeing as how they are safe in their tubes that will protect them from the gunfire. He waits until he spots his chance when Rodger is forced to take a moment to reload. He knows that Mello will either be reloading as well or be close to needing to reload. He quickly comes out of his hiding spot taking aim. He fires hitting Rodgers hand causing him to shout in pain dropping the gun to the ground. He moves in quickly seeing Mello out of the corner of his eye doing the same as him. He tackles Rodger trying to get him restrained.
Rodger struggles as Mello hurries to try to help his partner in securing the older man.
Mello slightly gasps noticing an all too familiar gleam in the middle of Near and Rodgers struggles against each other. "Near!" He takes aim with his pistol where he had seen the gleam. He fires at it hoping to save his partners life. He also hopes that he doesn't end up accidentally hitting his partner in the midst of the struggling. His body feels ready to move into action once the shot hopefully hits the intended target.
