A/N: In this chapter, Ace and Roulette take on a new villain with some very interesting technology, Ronnie Anne works through her problems, and they make a new ally.
Last time on Ace Savvy Adventures; Tension between Lincoln and Lola began to grow as the pageant star felt her brother wanted nothing to do with her or the rest of the family. Meanwhile, Lola's pageant rival obtained a mysterious red diamond that gave her superpowers.
She then used those powers to attack Lola but thankfully she was saved by Ace Savvy and Lady Roulette. And Lincoln and Lola managed to come to an understanding.
It's now been six months since Lincoln returned to Royal Woods and become Ace Savvy. And things have been going surprisingly well for the white-haired young adult. He was starting to reconnect with his family; although, some family members required more work than some. And he and Ronnie Anne; A.K.A Lady Roulette were doing their best to make Royal Woods a safer place.
Of course, there had been some unforeseen events. Such as facing off against supervillains. So far, the pair had faced off against two. Dr Alloy; A.K.A Baxter Harris. Lisa's rival turned villain after an accident to his frontal lobe. He used a combination of nanotechnology and metal to try and transform Royal Woods into a metal palace for himself. But Ace and Roulette manage to stop him.
Then there was Lindsey Sweetwater; A.K.A the Ruby Diamond. Lola's pageant rival, who after finding a mysterious and mystical gemstone gained the ability to crystallize anything she fires at. She was a tough adversary, but Ace Savvy and Lady Roulette manage to thwart her plans of revenge.
Speaking of the duo they were currently perched on top of rooftop that overlooked an alleyway on the north side of Royal Woods. They were currently on the lookout for suspicious.
"Are you sure we're in the right place?" Ace asked into his comm. "Of course, we're sure Linc." Sid voice rang from the other line. "The thieves as well as their partners should be there in moments, be patient brother." Lisa added. "Nervous?" Asked Lady Roulette as she placed a hand on his shoulder.
"No." He quickly answered. "I just don't want to think about the possibility that our streets will be filled with trigger finger gangsters." Savvy then adds. "I don't want think about that either. But don't worry, we'll make sure that doesn't happen." She assures him. Seemingly on que two vans pulled into to each side of the alley. Both vans stop in the center of the alley, four men getting out of each.
"You got what we asked for?" Thug #1 says. "Of course, show him." Thug #2 ordered one of his men, who nods before heading back towards the van. He grabs something from the trunk before closing it back. He drags it back over to where his boss and their associates were standing, revealing it to be a crate. "This must be it." Ace whispers to Roulette.
And his suspicions were confirmed when the thug opened the crate revealing MK-47 assault refiles. "Look like you and Lisa were right Sid." Lady Roulette says into her comm. "And now it's time to pull the plug on this deal." Ace states as he and Lady Roulette rise to their feet. The vigilante pair leapt off the roof and into the alley, landing on top of the crate and in between the two groups of thugs.
"Hello criminals." Lady Roulette says with a taunting tone. "You have two choices, either give up now and we let you go, or you face our brand of justice." Savvy warned. "Get them!" Thug #2 yells. "Our way it is." Ace mutters. Ace then jump off the crate and began engaging in the thugs to the left side of the alley while Lady Roulette engaged the half on the right.
Ace ducks under a punch aim for his face before countering with a punch of his own, right to one thug's stomach, then he kicked him into the wall. He then grabbed another thug by his arm and flung him into an oncoming thug rushing at him, knocking them both to the ground. He then elbow dropped the last thug, taking him down.
As for Lady Roulette, she blocked a punch aimed at her stomach before countering with a spin kick. She then hits another thug with a hurricanrana, flinging him into the wall. She then blocks another punch before grabbing the thug and performing a judo throw, flinging him into the wall as well. She then hit the last thug with a back kick, taking him down.
"Well, that's taken care of." Lady Roulette exclaims in a humorous tone. Just then a police siren rang, indicating that the police were nearby. "And not a moment too soon." Ace quipped as he and Roulette grappled up to the rooftops, just as the cop car pulled into the alley. Ace and Roulette watched as the cop exited his car, something about the officer seemed familiar to them. It then became clear to them once they saw the officer's face.
It was Ronnie Anne's brother... Bobby Sandiago! "Bobby/Bobby!" Both Ace and Roulette exclaimed in a whisper. However, it seemed Bobby must have heard them as he looked up to the rooftop, but he saw no one as the vigilantes moved out of sight. "Huh, weird." Bobby exclaimed, swearing he heard something. He then grabbed his radio and called for some backup.
Later
We now transition to inside Ace's and Roulette's base as two arrive back from their patrol. "Hey guys, welcome back." Sid said greeting her friends as they entered. However, both Lincoln and Ronnie Anne were quiet as they entered. Both Sid and Lisa could tell there were some tension in the air.
"I'm not one for emotion but I can't help but notice some tension between you two." Lisa points out. Both Lincoln and Ronnie were silent for a moment until Lincoln decided to speak up. "Well, we stopped those dealers, but we encountered another situation." Lincoln says. "What kind of situation?" Lisa inquires. "Apparently, Bobby is a police officer here in the city." Lincoln tells them.
"He is?" Lisa says surprised. "Since when did he move back to Royal Woods?" Sid questioned. Lincoln then noticed Sid's choice in word. "Wait? Did you already know he was a cop?" Lincoln questions. "Well, yeah. What's the problem?" Sid asked, innocently confused. "You know what's the problem Sid! That's part of the reason we moved to Royal Woods remember!" Ronnie Anne snapped.
Ronnie Anne then walked out of the room. "What was that about?" Lincoln questioned. "I forgot, Ronalda and Bobby haven't really seen eye to eye for a while." Sid tells Lincoln and Lisa. "Do you know why?" Asked Lisa. "I don't know, she can get really defensive about it. All I know is they stopped talking around the time she became Lady Roulette." Sid explains. Lincoln then nods before walking out of the room himself.
"Where is he going?" Sid asks. "Knowing my brother, he is no doubt planning on talking to Ronalda." Lisa replies.
After exiting the room Lincoln walks downstairs and spots Ronnie Anne sitting on the couch. "You weren't planning on leaving without saying goodbye, were you?" Lincoln asked in a jocular tone. Ronnie Anne chuckled at Lincoln's attempt at humor before sighing. "Sorry, it's just..." Ronnie Anne trailed off. "I know, Sid told me about you and Bobby." Lincoln says. "My question is how come? You two were always close." Lincoln adds.
"We uh... Had a difference of opinion on how the world works. We haven't even talked since last christmas." Ronnie Anne admits. "Well, looks like I'm not the only one who needs to reconnect with family." Lincoln joked, which gets Ronnie Anne to laugh. Lincoln then joined her in the laughter which went on for a moment until it died down. The two then began to stare into each other eyes until... Ronnie Anne pulled away and awkwardly cough.
"Anyway, thanks for listening Linc. I'll see you tomorrow." Ronnie Anne says with a slight blush as she gets up from the couch. "See you." Lincoln replies, slightly blushing as well.
Meanwhile
We now transition to an abandoned laboratory as a man, hidden in the shadows appears to be working on something.
*BRTZ* *BRTZ* "There. My new accessory is finally complete." The man stated. "Soon, they'll all pay for what they did to me!" The man exclaims as he begins to snicker evilly.
The Next Day
We now cut to Ronnie Anne's and Sid's apartment, as the two are preparing to have breakfast. "Here you go Sid." Ronnie Anne says as she hands her roommate a plate of pancakes, bacon and scrambled eggs. "Thanks Ronalda." Sid said gratefully as she grabbed the plate. The two young adults sat and began eating their breakfast when a knock came to the door.
"Are you expecting someone?" Sid asks. "No." Ronnie Anne answered. "You think it's Lincoln?" Sid then asked. "No, he would've called first." Ronnie Anne replied. "I'll just go answer it." Ronnie Anne then says. She gets up from her chair and walks towards the door, when she opens it, she finds her brother Bobby on the other side of the door. "Hey sis." Bobby awkwardly greeted his younger sister.
"Oh, it's you." Ronnie Anne bitterly says. "What are you doing here, Roberto?" Ronnie Anne questions using Bobby's real name. "C'mon, can't a guy visit his sister?" Bobby rhetorically asks. However, Ronnie Anne responds with a look of skepticism. "Fine. I just came to tell you that I moved back to Royal Woods. I asked the department for a transfer, and they granted my request." He tells her. "I'm guessing so that you and Lori can be closer." Ronnie Anne guessed. "Well, yeah. But it's also so that me and you can see each other more." Bobby says.
Ronnie Anne thought back to what Lincoln had told her last night about reconnecting with Bobby, however she still felt reluctant to do so. "Look Bobby, I'm actually going to be busy today, so I'm going to need a rain check on the whole brother-sister thing." She tells him. "Ah, okay. Yeah, well I'm busy today too. In fact, I should probably head over to the precinct now. Anyway, nice seeing you, Ronalda." Bobby says as walks away. Ronnie Anne sighs before closing the door.
"Don't you think that was a bit harsh?" Sid asks. "Not now Sid." Ronnie Anne says, not wanting to have this conversation. "Fine..." Sid says as idea popped into her head, causing her to make a devilish smile. "... So, what's going on between you and Lincoln?" Sid asked with a smug expression. "And where is this coming from?" Ronnie Anne questioned as she raised an eyebrow. "Well, you two do spend a lot of time together, plus you two have natural chemistry. I'm just curious." Sid says trying to play innocent; however, Ronnie Anne wasn't buying it.
"We're just friends Sid. Besides, I don't think that lame-o will be dating anyone any time soon." Ronnie Anne points out. "You never know. He might want someone like you in his life." Sid counter argued. Ronnie Anne was about to say something when her phone buzzed. She reached into her pocket and grabbed her phone to see that she had gotten a text message... From Lincoln.
"What could Lincoln want at nine thirty in the morning?" Ronnie Anne thought aloud. "Maybe it's a sign that you two are meant for each other." Sid says, which earns a glare from Ronnie Anne. Ronnie Anne unlocks her phone and begins to read the message. "So, what does it say?" Sid asks, her anticipation building. "Lincoln asked if I wanted to go to the museum with him, Lana and Lola." Ronnie Anne replies, as she looks up to see a sleezy smile from Sid.
"See, it's a sign. He asked you on a date." Sid insisting her point. "It's not a date. You don't bring your siblings on a date." Ronnie Anne counter argues. She then looks back down at her phone and sees another text message. "Looks like Clyde is coming along too." Ronnie Anne says. "He is?" Sid says in shock as she began to blush. Seeing her friend blush made Ronnie Anne chuckle internally, now it was her turn to tease her friend. "You know, you could come with. I'm sure Clyde would be happy to see you." Ronnie Anne says in a smug tone.
"Yes!" Sid exclaimed in excitement. "Uh, I mean sure. Yeah that sounds cool." She quickly rephrased. "Well then, let's get ready then." Ronnie Anne says.
Later
Two hours later we see both Sid and Ronnie Anne waiting outside the museum. "They should be here by now." Sid said in a huff. If there was one thing Sid hated, it was waiting. "Be patient Sid. I'm sure they'll be here in a minute." Ronnie Anne guarantees.
And right on que came Lincoln, Clyde, Lola and Lana running down the street. "See. Here they are." Ronnie Anne says to Sid. "Sorry... We're late." Lincoln says catching his breath. "We'd probably be here sooner if Lola didn't spend thirty minutes doing her makeup." Lana says as she glared at her twin. "You can't rush perfection." Lola scoffs. "Besides, we wouldn't have to run all the way over here if someone check the engine in Vanzilla, Lana!" Lola adds, returning a glare at her twin.
"Okay you two, that's enough." Lincoln sternly tells them, getting the two to stop. "Anyway, hey Ronnie, hey Sid. How are you two doing today?" Lincoln asks. "We're alright Linc." Ronnie Anne tells him. "And hey to you too Clyde." Ronnie Anne greeted the African American male. "Hey Ronalda." He returned the greeting. He then turned towards Sid. "And, hi Sid." Clyde greeted, albeit more sheepishly. "Oh, uh, hey Clyde." Sid greeted, feeling sheepish as well.
Seeing their respective best friend flustered made Lincoln and Ronnie Anne chuckle. "C'mon love birds, we got a museum to enter." Lincoln tease as he and the others walk inside the museum. Clyde and Sid regain their composure before joining their friends inside the museum. "So, explain why we're hanging out in a museum?" Ronnie Anne asks.
"Lana and Lola are here for a history report." Lincoln answers. "Yeah, we're working on lost civilizations." Lana adds. "Lost civilizations?" Sid questions. "Yeah, we were thinking about doing the Greek or the Roman empire, but we decided to do something more... intriguing." Lola replies. "Like what?" Ronnie Anne asks, intrigued herself. "Ah ha, over there!" Lana says pointing towards the exhibit she and Lola were looking for.
When the rest of the group looked at the exhibit their intrigue turned into confusion. "The legend of Amphibiland?" Lincoln read in disbelief. "You can't be serious." Ronnie Anne states in disbelief. "C'mon guys, you got to admit this is cool." Lana says trying to get them excited. "I'm surprised you're going along with this Lola." Clyde says to the pageant teen, surprised she wasn't taken aback by the weirdness of the exhibit.
"I was at first but then me and Lana found out some very interesting things about this exhibit." Lola says as she leads them inside the exhibit. As the gang enters the exhibit, they are taken aback by the frog statues and replicas of frog like robots. "Here, come take a look at this." Lana says as she points to the exhibit's description tablet. Lincoln and the others walk up to it and began reading.
"Fifteen hundred years ago Cherokee Indians discovered a new form of creature, anthropomorphic/talking frogs. Although being taken aback at first, local inhabitance soon learned that these frogs came in peace. Thanks to the frogs, agriculture expanded, prehistoric housing took off." Lincoln read the first scripter.
"But then, newts from the frogs' world appeared, with an army of robot frogs, looking for a chest that held four stones of power. The frogs: not wanting their human companion's world to be taken over by their people selected four humans to use the stones against the newts and their army. With the power of the stones the humans and the frogs manage to beat back the invaders. The frogs soon then left, leaving the chest and the stones for the humans to guard, knowing that one day their power would be required once more." Lincoln finishes reading.
"See, I told you guys this place was cool." Lana excitedly said. "No offense Lana, but there's no way any of that is true." Ronnie Anne said bluntly. "What?" Lana said, surprised and a little disheartened by Ronnie Anne's words. "Come on, walking and talking frogs, robots, gems that grant power, it all seems a bit farfetched." Ronnie Anne says, adding to her argument. "She does have a point Lana, maybe some of it did happen, but it can't all be true." Sid says gently, trying not to crush Lana's spirit.
"Wha- But- Lana, Lincoln, you guys believe me, right?" Lana asks, hoping that her siblings would support her on this. "Well, I wouldn't have let you drag me here if I didn't believe in the slightest. Plus, I am curious about what happened to those gems." Lola replied, much to Lana's delight. Lana then looked at Lincoln, waiting for his answer. "Look Lana, I can't tell you right now whether or not I believe this is real or not. Simply because there's so little information. But I'm not going to stop you from believing." Lincoln tells her.
"Thanks Lincoln." Lana says smiling as she gives her brother a quick hug. Then, Lincoln gets pulled to the side by Ronnie Anne. "What are you doing?" Ronnie Anne whispers. "What do you mean?" Lincoln asks, as he also begins to whisper. "I know you're just trying to protect Lana's feelings but even you have to see that this is a sham." Ronnie Anne whispers. "Look Ronnie Anne, I've seen a lot in the last seven years to make me a believer. I know this sound like a crazy fantasy story, but there is truth at the heart of every legend." He whispers back to her, as the two look at Lana and Lola taking down notes of the exhibit. "Whatever." Ronnie Annen scoffs.
*BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP*
Suddenly, an alarm on Lincoln's and Ronnie's phones started ringing. They both take out their phones to see what the alert was, and both had gotten the same alert. "Hey Clyde, Sid, we got to go." Lincoln tells them. "What? Why?" His best friend asked. "There's this thing we need to take care of." Ronnie Anne replies. "Could you and Sid make sure Lana and Lola get home safely?" Lincoln requested. "You can count on us." Sid exclaims giving a thumbs up."
Quickly, Ronnie Anne and Lincoln rush out of the exhibit and towards the museum's exit. Once outside the two quickly rush into the alley and change into their alter egos. "Can't we have a day off everyone once and a while?" Roulette Girl complained as she puts on her mask. "Let's just be fortunate that we're close by to catch the robber in progress." Ace remarks as he puts on his mask as well.
The two then grapple up to the rooftops and began running along buildings all the way down the street until they reached the roof of the bank. Once on top of the roof the two vigilantes peer inside to survey the situation. From where they could see there was only one robber. He was wearing a black trench coat, along with a red bandana and black domino mask covering their face. The man was currently threatening the clerk. Ace and Roulette knew they needed to act fast before something drastic could happen.
Ace pulls out a glass cutter from his belt and began cutting a hole through the glass ceiling. "Since when did you have glass cutters?" Roulette asks as he continues to cut. "Always." He replied. He then finishes cutting the hole, he then removes the cut glass and he and Lady Roulette jump through the hole and descend into the bank, much to the shock of everyone inside.
"Stop right there!" Ace says to the robber in a demanding tone. But instead of listening to Ace, the robber instead grabbed the clerk and held him by his neck, using him as a hostage. "You two must be those vigilantes from the news. You should've minded your own business." The robber says to them. "Let him go." Lady Roulette says in reference to the hostage. "Or else." Ace adds. "I wouldn't threaten me if I were you." The robber rebukes. "Please." Roulette scoffs. "We've dealt with plenty of low life thugs like yourself." She adds.
The robber then began to chuckle, much to our vigilantes' confusion. "What's so funny?" Ace questions, not liking the robber's confidence. "Tell me, can a simply low life do this!?" He shouts as a robotic tentacle like arm sprouts from his coat where his left arm should be. The robber quickly aimee his mechanical appendage at the two vigilantes and began firing lasers at them.
Acting fast, both Ace and Roulette scattered around the the bank to avoid the laser fire. Eventually, Ace hid behind a pillar while Roulette duck underneath a desk. "Hiding won't save you." The robber taunted. Ace peered out from behind the pillar for a split moment to see that the robber had left a bit of an opening, one that he could exploit. So, at the right moment Ace peered out from the pillar again and threw a throwing star at the robber's mechanical arm, striking it from where the lasers were firing from.
"Ahh!" The robber recoiled in pain. He then quickly regained his composer. "You may have stopped my lasers, but let's see you stop my missiles." He snark as he began to fire. "Everyone, take cover!" Ace warned the rest of the civilians as he and Lady Roulette also ran for better cover. Unfortunately, the missiles blasted humongous holes in the wall creating massive debris that pinned Ace and Roulette to the floor by their legs.
"Egh Ugh/Egh Ugh!" Both vigilantes struggled to get free but to no avail. "Muhahaha!" The robber laugh manically. "That'll teach you two to mess with the Armored Bandit." He declared as he then made his escape. "Great, he escape." Roulette groaned in annoyance as she was still struggling to free herself and Ace. And seemingly right on cue to make the situation worse for our vigilante duo came the police, led by Bobby Santiago.
"Police! Everyone put your hands up!" Bobby ordered everyone. He, along with a few officers then noticed Ace and Roulette on the ground pinned. "Well, it must be my lucky day." He mutters as he and his fellow officers walked over to the vigilantes, their weapons drawn. "Well, well, well, looks like we caught ourselves a pair of vigilantes. You two have the right to remain silent, while I celebrate my first arrest in this city." Bobby gloated. Ace glared at Bobby before turning his gaze to Roulette and seeing she had a look of distraught. He knew he needed to act fast if they were going to escape their current predicament.
"Cover your eyes." He whispers to Roulette before throwing a flashbang grenade, blinding Bobby and the other officers. He then uses all the strength he could muster and pushed the debris off himself and Roulette. He then picks up Roulette and grapples her and himself out of the bank. Once Bobby and the other officers' vision returned, they were displeased that Ace and Roulette had escaped. "Dang it." Bobby curses.
Later
We now transition inside Ace's and Roulette's hideout as we see Ace wrap Roulette's left ankle with bandages. "There, done." He tells her as he finishes wrapping the bandages. Roulette then stands up and tries to put weight on her ankle. While there was some discomfort she could manage to walk on it. "Feeling better?" Ace asks her. "My brother just pointed a gun at me and tried to arrest me. No, I am not okay!" Roulette shouts. "He didn't know it was you Ronnie Anne." Ace reminds her, trying to get her to calm down. "That's not the point Lincoln. Bobby and the police have seen the good we've done for the city and yet here we are, forced to run for our freedom! He just doesn't get me!" She argued.
Ace and Roulette stood there in silence. Then, Ace realized something from Roulette's words. "Is that why you and Bobby stopped talking?" Lincoln asks while taking off his cowl. Ronnie Anne nods 'yes' as she takes her mask off as well. "After you... Left... And other stuff happened I kind of... Felt lost. So, I took up martial arts classes as well and other things. As well as acted more mean." Ronnie Anne began explaining.
"Bobby didn't like it and told me that I needed to break out of 'this phase' he called it. Of course, I told him it wasn't a phase, and we continue to go back and forth until he said, 'I wished you would act like a normal girl'." She says. Lincoln could tell by the look in her eyes that comment hurt her. "I'm guessing you didn't take to well to that." Lincoln says prompting Ronnie Anne to continue. "You'd be right." She says with a sigh before continuing her sentence. "I said some hurtful things and then he said some hurtful things. It got so bad to the point where we just didn't talk to each other. And once he moved out, I didn't bother to keep in contact." Ronnie Anne finishes explaining.
"I-I'm sorry to hear that, Ronnie Anne. But that's why it more important than ever why you and Bobby repair your relationship." Lincoln encourages. "Maybe, but where would I even start?" She questions. "Take it from someone who knows, all it takes is being open with each other." Lincoln says with a reassuring smile, which make Ronnie Anne give a small smile back. Then the moment gets interrupted when Sid and Lisa burst through the door. "Guys! are you okay!?" Sid asks worriedly. "We heard about what transpired on the news." Lisa informs them.
"Yeah, we're alright guys." Lincoln informs them. "Except for the part where we let a supervillain escape." Ronnie Anne says sourly. "Another adversary with extraordinary abilities?" Lisa says astounded. "Their appearing with more regularity." She adds. "Yeah, well, this one has a high-tech killing machine for a left arm." Lincoln tells them. "Hmm, that's very peculiar. There isn't any prosthetic that I know of that could possibly be capable of such destruction." Lisa states. "Maybe if we saw his prosthetic, we could figure out how it works." Sid suggests.
"Maybe we could pull up security footage from the bank." Ronnie Anne proposed. "Worth a try, Lisa, if you please." Lincoln says to his little sister. Lisa nods and heads over to the computer, she then begins to hack into the security footage of the bank. "Ah ha, here we are." Lisa says as the others gather around to watch the footage. "Woah, laser and missiles! Whoever this guy is, he's loaded with weapons." Sid exclaims surprised. "This is definitely not any prosthetic design I recognize." Lisa states as she got a good look at Armored Bandit's metal arm. Lincoln also gets a better look at it and suddenly a thought occurred.
"Wait, Lisa, can you zoom in on his arm a little?" He requests. "I can, but may I ask what the purpose is?" She asks Lincoln. "I think I know where he got that arm." Lincoln tells her. Lisa nods and zooms in on the image. "I knew I recognized that arm." Lincoln says as his theory was right. "What, what is it?" Ronnie Anne asks, wondering what Lincoln figured out. "Here, I'll bring up a side-by-side view." Lincoln says as he takes the keyboard from Lisa. After pressing a few certain keys Lincoln pulls up an image next to the security footage. "You've got to be kidding me." Ronnie Anne says as she looks at the image Lincoln brought up.
"I am equally confused." Sid expresses as she also looks at the image Lincoln brought up. The image in question was of one of the frog robots from the Amphibiland. "Please tell me you're joking Lincoln?" Ronnie Anne asks, hardly taking this seriously. "Of course, I'm serious Ronnie. Look at it, same design, and same texture." Lincoln points out. "He does have a point." Lisa says. "Yeah, but we're talking about something hypothetically existed a thousand years ago." Ronnie Anne argued. "It's like I told you the other day, I've seen plenty weirder in the last seven years." Lincoln says.
"Fine." Ronnie Anne huffed. "Say that I believe you're right, and not that I do; Then explain how knowing this will help us find this guy?" Ronnie Anne questions. "Simple. It narrows down the search. Lisa, pull up a list of people with birth defects and a background in mechanical science." He instructs her. "Why?" Lisa asks. "Simple, an army veteran couldn't be able to receive a prosthetic arm like that, nor would a normal doctor be able be able to attach one. That would take serious mechanical engineering to pull off." Lincoln reasons.
Seeing her brother's logic, Lisa began running a search. After a few moments she manage to get a couple of results. "There are a couple of names that do fit your description, Lincoln. These three in particular produced the best results." Lisa says as she shows Lincoln and the others the list. "Sammatha Evergreen, Lonnie Fraiser and Aaron Lindenbaum." Read Lincoln as Lisa showed him the names on the list. "And looks like they all live in Royal Woods, and they were all born without a left arm." Ronnie Anne says as she reads over each suspects bio.
"Well, we can already rule out Sammatha, the person you guys fought was a guy." Sid points out. "That leaves us with Lonnie and Aaron, either one of them could be the Armored Bandit." Ronnie Anne details. "This is quite the conundrum, how are we to figure out which one is our perpetrator?" Lisa questions. Lincoln thought for a moment before coming up with a solution. "I have an idea, but you're not going to like it." Lincoln says (mostly to Ronnie Anne). "What is it?" Sid, Ronnie Anne and Lisa ask.
We now quickly transition to a rooftop across the street from the Royal Woods Police Department. "You were right, I hate this idea." Lady Roulette says to Ace Savvy. "It's the best idea I could come up with. Besides, you were going to have to confront this sooner or later." Savvy replies with a sly smile. "Yeah, this is exactly what I pictured." Roulette responds with a sour attitude.
The two's conversation was interrupted as they saw what or rather who they were there for. Bobby Santiago, who was working a late shift. As Bobby began walking towards his car Ace and Roulette began to sneak up behind him. And just as Bobby was about to put his keys in the car door; Ace and Roulette leapt out at Bobby, with Ace tying his arms behind his back and Roulette holding his head down on the hood of the car.
"Huh?! What! Who's there?!" Bobby says in a panic. "Keep your voice down officer." Ace says in a hush tone. "You two!" Bobby recognizing Ace's voice. "I see you wanted to add assaulting an officer to your list of charges!" Bobby snarked. "Look, we're not here to hurt you, we need your help." Lady Roulette tells Bobby. "Yeah, sure you do." Bobby said, not believing them. "You need to listen, the person responsible for the bank attack is someone calling himself the Armored Bandit. We've narrowed down the list of suspects, but we need access to the criminal database in order to figure out his actual identity." Ace tells him.
"And you expect me to help you, just like that?" He rhetorically asks, appalled by the idea. "You may think we're just criminals but we're all on the same side. We want the same things, and right now, you're the only person that can help us ensure the safety of the people in this city." Roulette says, trying to reason with him. Bobby thought for a moment, the two vigilantes did have a point, plus he wasn't in the best position to fight back, leaving him with one option.
"Fine, I'll help. Just don't make me regret this." Bobby tells them. "Good decision." Ace says as he unties him, and Roulette lets his head go. Bobby then leads them inside the police department, where it was seemingly empty. "Hmm, did everyone get off early?" Roulette says in a jocular tone. "I decided to stay late to do some extra work." Bobby responds with. The three then enter the computer room. "Alright, here we are." Bobby says as he sits down in the desk chair.
"You two said you were looking for names, right? Give 'em to me." Bobby says. "Two names, Lonnie Fraiser and Aaron Lindenbaum." Ace informs him. Bobby nods and types the two names in. After waiting a moment for the computer to load, information about the two popped up on the screen. "Hmm, says here that Lonnie has a few parking and speeding tickets. Other than that, he's clean." Ace says reading Lonnie's info. "As for Aaron... Oof. He's been busy." Roulette says. "Petty larceny and multiple fights in his youth." Roulette list.
Ace then looked at the list and found something interesting. "That's not the only thing. Looks like he was dismissed from Royal Woods community college when he started preaching about mystical artifacts from ancient civilizations, particularly Amphibiland." Ace reads from the computer. "What's Amphibiland?" Bobby asks confusedly. "Apparently the place where Armored Bandit got his metal arm." Lady Roulette says, taken aback herself. "It's also the connection we need in order to link Aaron to the Armored Bandit." Ace adds. "And with all the money he stole he could buy all the equipment he needs to give himself upgrades." Roulette realizes.
"Officer Santiago, do you think you can give us Aaron's address?" Ace requested. "It'll take a minute." Bobby says as he begins to search. "... Here we go, 822 Alvin Road." Bobby informs Ace and Roulette. "That's twenty minutes from here." Roulette says to Ace. "Let's go." Ace says. The two turn to leave but Bobby stops them. "Wait! Just make sure you keep my name out of this. I just transferred here and being caught colluding with you two will not end well for me." Bobby says. "Of course, officer Santiago." Ace promises. "One more thing." Bobby says. Getting Ace and Roulette both to look at him.
"You two said you do this to protect people right?" He asks them, which he receives a nod 'yes'. "I have this sister who lives here in Royal Woods, she can be a bit rash and a bit impulsive, but she means everything to me. Make sure she stays safe." Bobby requests. Roulette was surprised by display of care and thoughtfulness from Bobby, even though they haven't the closest siblings as of late he still cared. "W-We'll make sure she stays safe." Roulette tells him before she and Ace leave the room.
"Hmm, maybe they aren't so bad." Bobby mutters to himself.
Meanwhile
Ace and Roulette sped through the streets on Ace's motorcycle until they reached Alvin Road. After that, it only took a few minutes to find Aaron's house. Ace parks the motorcycle on the sidewalk before he and Roulette get off. "Hmm, seems abandoned." Roulette says looking at the rough shape of the house. "Exactly what he wants us to think." Ace says as he and Roulette walk up the porch, stopping at the door. Ace then pulled out a lock pick from his utility belt and started picking the lock.
After failing the first two times he managed to get the door open on his third try. "We're in, watch for traps while we're inside." He tells Roulette. "Don't worry, I got your back." She assures. The two carefully make their way inside the house. Carefully looking through each room looking for Aaron, while also avoiding any possible traps. Each room turned out to be empty. "Great." Roulette groaned. "He must have bailed out of here." She said in frustration.
Ace however remained unconvinced. He then started feel against the wall as if he was expecting to find something. "What are you doing?" Roulette confusedly asked her partner. "Looking for a secret passageway." He tells her with a blank expression. "Just trust me and look for one too." Ace says as he felt the look of skepticism Lady Roulette was giving him. With a sigh Roulette also began feeling the walls looking for a secret entrance. And to her surprise one spot in the wall felt hollow.
"Hmm, Hey Ace, this spot is hollow." She tells her partner. "Step aside." He tells her. Once she does that Ace kicks a hole right in the hollow spot in the wall, revealing a case of stairs leading to some kind of underground basement, much to Lady Roulette's surprise. "How'd you know there was a secret passageway?" She asks him. "Lots of people have them in London." He says as he begins to descend down the stairs. Roulette gives him a 'really' look before descending down the stairs herself.
Once at the bottom of the stairs the pair see an open door that led into a poorly lit room. The two then perched down and slowly entered the room. They quickly take cover behind a nearby table. The two peer their heads from behind the table to spot Aaron Lindenbaum who was in fact Armored Bandit as he was working on his mechanical arm from across the room. "Haha, soon, no one will be able to stand in my way." Ace and Roulette hear Aaron say.
"Sounds like he's getting ready to make his move." Roulette whispers to Ace. "Then we need to stop him now." Ace whispers back with a firm tone. The two then begin to move from out of their cover, but as they did Ace's cape brushed against the table causing a wrench to fall, creating a noticeable sound, which Armored Bandit picked up on. "WHO'S THERE!" Armored Bandit shouted as he turned to where the noise originated from but saw no one. He continued to look around the room looking for what had made the noise he heard but to no avail.
Just as he was about to lower his guard and turn back around, he sees two throwing stars coming straight for him. Reacting quick enough he uses his robotic arm to block the incoming attack. He then looks up to see Ace Savvy and Lady Roulette standing across the room. "I see you've come to embarrass yourselves again." Bandit said cockily. "This won't go the same as last time." Roulette retorted as she takes out her Bo Staff. "Give up Aaron, there's no way out." Savvy says, using Armored Bandit's real name. He then takes out his batons in just in case.
"We'll see about that!" Bandit says as he begins firing lasers at the duo. Both Ace and Roulette did their best to dodge Bandit's attack but given their limited space it was proving difficult. "We need to close the distance between us." Ace says to Roulette. Roulette gives a nod of acknowledgement before reaching into her utility belt. She throws down some smoke bombs, covering the room in a fog. "This won't stop me!" Bandit shout. He then transforms the claws on his robotic arm into fan propeller to blow away the smoke.
But once the smoke clears, he sees that Lady Roulette was a mere foot away from him, with Ace Savvy close behind her. Before Armored Bandit could react Roulette uses the blade within her Bo Staff to stab into his robotic arm. "Ah!" Bandit howled in pain as Roulette continued to stab deeper into his robotic arm until it's disabled. "NOOO! You can't do this to me! My plans for revenge!" Bandit cries in dismay. "Don't worry, you'll have plenty of time to repent while you're in prison." Lady Roulette retorts as she knocks him out with a whack of her Bo Staff.
"Good work." Ace tells her. "Thanks, let's tie him up and get out of here." Roulette replies. Ace nods and after handcuffing Armored Bandit the two made their way out.
The Next Day
We now cut to the next day as we see Ronnie Anne in her apartment getting ready to have breakfast. However, there was a sudden knock at the door. "Hey Sid, can you answer the door?" She requests. "Sure thing." Sid says from the living room.
Sid gets up from the couch and goes to answer the door. Once she does, she spots Bobby, much to her surprise. "Bobby?! What are you doing here?" Sid asks. "Oh, uh, is this a bad time?" He asks. "Nope, you're right on time." Ronnie Anne says as she appears next to Sid. "Hey sis." Bobby said awkwardly. "Hey Bobby, thanks for coming over. Come in." She says welcoming him inside.
Bobby nods and enters the apartment, following behind Sid, who was confused by Ronnie Anne's behavior. "So, why did you call me over?" Bobby asks, getting straight to the point. "Well, I realized yesterday that despite what we've said to each other in the past, we're still familia." Ronnie Anne says. Bobby was genuinely surprised to hear that from his sister. "And despite how I may feel at times, I still need you in my life." Ronnie Anne tells Bobby.
"Wow." Bobby says, both surprised and touched by what Ronnie Anne was saying. "I feel the exact same way sis. If you're willing to start over then I am too. And I'm sorry for what I said." Bobby apologizes. "It's alright, I deserved some of it." Ronnie Anne says. "By the way, if you ever want to talk about IT, then I'm here." Bobby adds. Ronnie Anne face got serious for a moment before shifting into a small smile. "I know." She tells him.
"By the way, I heard Lincoln is back in town. Have you gotten to see him?" Bobby asks. "Yeah, he still the same dork as ever." Ronnie Anne casually says. "She stares at him with dreamy eyes sometimes." Sid blurts out. Hearing that caused Bobby to start laughing hysterically while Ronnie Anne blushed furiously. "Sid1" Ronnie Anne angrily howled at her best friend who simply shrugged.
"Haha." Bobby laughed as he stood up. "Well, as much as I would love to hear about this I better get going. Anyway Ronnie, see you later. Oh, and make sure you give mom a call, she wants to talk to you." Bobby says as he walks towards the door and exits. "So, I see you took Lincoln's advice." Sid says. "Yeah, it wasn't easy; it still isn't. But it's worth it." Ronnie Anne tells Sid.
A/N: And that's it for chapter six. It took a while, but it was worth it. Not only did we fight a new villain, but Ronnie Anne got more focus this chapter. Also, if you know what cartoon I was refencing during the museum scene then feel free to leave a review leaving your guess. Anyway, see you guys in chapter seven.