Chapter three:
The gang makes it to the east side of town and begin looking around themselves for any sign of the two.
"Hopefully we didn't miss them." Hilda comments still holding the tracking gun. "Otherwise our whole trip here would be useless."
"There!" Vav says suddenly and the other three turn to see what looks like the Mad Kings shadow walking away. He takes the lead as the follow it.
Rusty falls a little behind when he is suddenly grabbed from behind with a rag being placed over his mouth and nose. He tries to struggle but soon ends up unconscious.
The person behind Rusty drops him then heads over to Ash doing the same thing. He then sneakily follows the other two as they make it around the corner.
"Wait a minute." Hilda says noticing the Fake Mad King figure made out of scraps of mostly metal. She notices a garage light was what acted as the light to make the shadow appear. She spins around only to find Vav being held by the Corpirate with a hand over his mouth and nose. She is grabbed from behind as the same thing is done to her.
The two fall unconscious just like their other two friends did just before them.
The Mad King releases Hilda letting her lay on the ground as the Corpirate does the same. "There we go good work." He says smiling. He goes to the fake version of himself and he proceeds to destroy it.
With that out of the way he heads back to where the Corpirate is.
"Alright. Lets get them into the truck." The Mad King says looking down at Vav.
Vav later awakens blinking his eyes open only to find himself in some kind of room. He sees the others tied up and he tries to move but he too is tied up. He can feel the rope rub against his wrists and arms through his gloves as he tries to wiggle free. He stops before he gets a rope burn. He looks around trying to get his bearings but the window and curtains are closed which doesn't help.
The room has mahogany walls, grey carpet, black ceiling, a dark oak wooden door with a brass door knob and navy blue curtains.
Vav turns as he hears the door begin to open as the other three begin to awaken.
In comes a group of people who could pass off as goons. They force the four to their feet then they lead them down a beige walled hallway.
"Where are you taking us!" Vav demands but gets no response. He tries to struggle but it's fruitless. He stops and tries to think of where they are being taken to.
They approach a set of dark oak double doors and go through it.
Inside is what appears to be an office. It has brown walls, grey flooring, a white ceiling and a set of windows at the back. There is also a few bookshelves holding books and a few other things including a moon snow globe. By the windows is a desk with a slightly large chair. Though the chair is cast into shadows by the sun making it impossible to tell who's sitting in there at least from Vav and the others point of view.
The Mad King and the Corpirate are standing on either side of the chair visible and having their hands behind their backs.
"This must be your boss's office." Hilda states.
"Quite correct." The Mad King confirms. "Though the capture was done by me and Corpirate the boss is quite smart himself."
"This place will be found." Ash says. "X-ray will find you and stop you! He even has Mogar on his side."
The Mad King chuckles. "Your pathetic attempts won't scare the boss." He takes a step forward as if ready to teach them a lesson but stops when a hand is raised or at least that's how it seems. He looks to the person in the chair before turning to face forward and moving back to his position from before as the hand is lowered.
"So who exactly are you?" Hilda questions. "Surely by now we would have heard of you."
There is a second of silence before finally a voice speaks that causes the four prisoners eyes to widen in shock.
"Oh you know me." The person gets up and moves around the desk walking closer to the four. "But just not in the way that you'd expect." He says as the light is letting him be seen more until he is fully visible. He stands a safe distance and looks at them smirking with his hands behind his back.
"X-ray!?" Vav questions in shocked confusion.
"Hello Vav." X-ray greets letting his arms drop to hang at his sides. He's wearing an outfit that looks like a redone version of the X-ray suit. It is red where the green used to be, black is still in the same places though his cape is now also black, the X-ray symbol is replaced with a white circle that has a rose in the middle and he changed his glasses to ones that have white frames that look like tuxedo mask glasses. His eyes resemble the Mad Kings but brown instead of blue. "It's so great for all four of you to join us here right now."
"X-ray! What's going on!? Why did you switch to the side of evil!?" Vav demands trying to get answers to questions swirling in his head.
X-ray chuckles bringing a hand up to by his mouth. "Oh Vav." He says as he stops chuckling only to lower his hand to his side as he meets Vavs eyes. "I didn't switch over." His smirk widens a little. "I was a villain all along. I just preferred to pull the strings from behind the scenes."
"Please X-ray." Vav whines. "Please tell me that this is a joke or a trick or something! Just please tell me it isn't true!"
X-ray moves closer putting a hand on Vavs chin. "Oh I can't tell you that. You know the truth now. No point in lying anymore." He releases the other then turns and begins walking back towards his desk. His hands linked behind his back. "You know I did plan on making my move earlier on. As I didn't perceive Vav here as a threat at the time. As well as Mogar who was still in the forest so he wasn't a threat at the time either." He says glancing to Vav. "Then you came along Hilda." He turns his attention to the purple haired scientist. "At that moment I knew that there was more data that still needed to be collected before I made my move. Luckily I can be a very patient man. With your guys blind trust in me I was able to infiltrate and spy from the inside. This truly was important in figuring out when the right time was along with gathering data I wouldn't have been able to get otherwise. It was just a waiting game to know when it was time to finally make my move."
Vav turns to look at the others then he notices something when he looks to the one holding Ash. He gasps. "Wait! You're that villain from when me and X-ray first met Mogar!" He looks around at the others recognizing villains from other times just like the one holding Ash.
"So you've finally caught on." X-ray says standing in front of his own desk. "Every villain that has ever appeared was under my command the entire time." He explains. "I also have a few friends who got them out of police custody and brought them back to me. I was in control the entire time. Every time a villain appeared I was secretly in control of the situation."
Vav turns back to look at X-ray with a look of shock, hurt and mixed with disbelief. "What was the point of all that then?" He questions the other.
X-ray glances over his shoulder at him. "Data." He says simply. "I wanted to collect some data before truly making my move." He explains then looks to the Mad King then the Corpirate as he says their names. "And with the Mad King and the Corpirate at my side things will go quite well for us."
"What's your plan?" Hilda questions.
X-ray laughs for a moment as he looks at his desk eyes closed as he laughs only to open them afterward. "You really think I'm just gonna tell you what my plan is? Monologue?" He slightly glances over his shoulder. "Oh please. I know how it goes. I'll monologue about my plan and you'll find a way to stop me. Well it's not going to be that easy." He raises a hand then snaps his fingers.
Ash, Rusty and Hilda are taken away off to somewhere else.
X-ray goes around his desk and opens the drawer pushing a button inside of the drawer.
The ground between the desk and where Vav is still standing splits open. It allows a model of the city to rise up to be seen.
X-ray walks over to it and stands by it as Vav is brought over. "Marvellous isn't it?" He asks.
Vav looks and sees that every person is carefully placed but he can't quite figure out what exactly this is showing.
"The final pieces are coming together." X-ray tells him then he looks to the other. "So. I have a proposition for you."
Vav looks up to the other who meets his eyes.
"Join us falling under my command or sit and rot away in a cell just like the others." X-ray tells him. "It's your choice."
Vav clenches his teeth and slightly glares at his once friend. "I will find a way. We will stop you." He hisses in anger.
X-rays eyes fall to half open. "Oh that's too bad. Guess you won't be joining us for our plan review." He waves his hand in a dismissive motion telling the one holding Vav to take him away.
Vav is dragged away and out of the room in which the doors close behind them.
X-ray nods for the remaining two in the room to come over. "It is time to make sure we are ready." He says looking down at the city model with evil contempt.
Meanwhile...
Vav is stripped of his hero outfit and tossed a grey tank top as well as black pants with black socks to wear. He dresses without a choice then is thrown into a dark cell made of dark brown large bricks.
The door is shut securely behind him.