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"Hub, step away from the freezer," Jena said. They had made it to Kroger, and she was having trouble keeping him away from the chocolate. "I think that five half-gallons are enough."
"Yeah, for one night," he complained. After a few seconds, they broke into laughter. "Seriously, I'm going to need more ice cream."
"Well, you are going to make yourself sick if you eat all of that in one sitting."
"It'll be worth it. Beside, if I eat that much, wouldn't that make it look like he's not getting to me at all?" he asked.
"Well, I guess that one more half-gallon won't hurt," she said, grabbing the tub. "Ok, now to the Coke isle." They stared walking, when Jena stopped abruptly.
"What?"
"Microwaveable chicken pot pie. 10 for 10 bucks. I'm getting them," she said, grabbing the boxes. She grabbed her ten, and started towards the sodas. They walked down, and grabbed all that was ordered. They then walked to the front. "Arthur, could you hold these for us for half an hour?"
"Sure," the cashier replied. "Need to go and buy something first?"
"Yep, we need to stop by Hot Topic, grab some new shirts," she said, handing him the groceries. "We'll be back soon."
"Take your time," he replied as they walked out of the store and down the sidewalk to the other store. They entered and went straight to the t-shirt wall.
"Pick out your favorite shirt," Jena said, picking up one for herself. She then went to get one for Sam. "Then grab some for the other guys."
"Ok," he said as he picked up four different shirts. "Got them."
"Fine, let's just check out, then get the groceries, grab a movie, and get home."
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"Todd, sweetie, we need to get Roll changed soon," Susan said, walking over to her boyfriend.
"Well, we'd need to knock everyone out in that area, and also in the net," he replied. "We could also get rid of that annoying little brat."
"What should we do? Tie him up, gag him, throw him in a cage?" she asked.
"All of the above. I'll send Phil to pump the gas into the holding area, and I'll have King send Xanthus to knock everyone in the net out. That way we'll be able to get them without interference," he replied. "I'll send them now. PHIL, YOU AND YOUR NAVI GET OVER HERE NOW!"
"Yes sir," he said, running into the room. "What do you need?"
"I need you to pump the sleeping gas into the holding cell, and I need your navi to send an electrical shock, non lethal, into the navi holding area."
"Right away sir," he replied, walking out of the room.
"Sweetie, how do you get all of these things? The gas, the planes, the cells, this building," Susan asked.
"I have contacts," he said. "Well, not me in particular, but my dad. My dad is a major underworld figure. In fact, I have met your sister's operator in person, Drop. Let me say one thing, though, I would not like for either of them to appear tonight. Stop has this whole 'the duty of an older sibling is to protect the younger one' mentality. Not good for us."
"Hey, Roll may have Stop on her team, but I have a higher likely hood of getting big bro Forte on my side. He usually doesn't care about what happens to any of us, ever since he was betrayed, but he always enjoys a good cat fight," Drop commented.
"Yeah," Susan said. "Shouldn't Phil be done by now?"
"The gas… has been… released," Phil panted as he ran back into the office.
"Good work," Todd said. "They should all be out in around ten minutes."
"Then we take the annoying brat out. All the navis should be out now, though," Susan replied.
"Xanthus has her, and she is about to be strapped into the chair," Phil said happily.
"And from there, we're going to inject her with the, thing, that brings out the darkside," Susan said.
"It's a type of drug," Todd said. "And Roll is going to get 'hi', per say."
"Shall we get started?" Drop asked.
"Sure," Xanthus said as the two navis left.
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"Chaud, I'm ready to go and see Maylu and Lan now," Mary said, knocking on his office door and letting herself in. "I've told mom and dad, and they said to be back by five."
"Let's go then. If we hurry, then we might be able to go and get some ice cream or something," he said, standing up and walking to the entryway. They got in the limo and drove to Lan's house. "It doesn't look like anyone's home."
"Mrs. Hikari is probably doing something in the back. They'll be home soon, though," she said, walking to the front door. "Chaud, they have to be home, the front door is unlocked."
"Ok," he said as they walked into the dark house. Chaud fumbled on the wall a bit until he found the light switch. "Oh my." The whole room was a mess.
"It looks like burglars came," Mary said as she saw a sheet of paper on the kitchen table. "Hey, there's a note here."
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To Whom It May Concern (mainly Hub):
I have your family and your girlfriend and her op. You are to wait for a telecommunication at the Walker family residence around 7pm CST.
Todd Hunter and Co.
P.S.- Involve the police or anyone else, and you can kiss your brother goodbye.
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"This isn't good," Chaud said, taking the note and re-reading it a couple of times. "This is not good at all. Proto, contact Jena."
"Yes sir," he said, pulling open a video feed.
"What's going to happen now that we know?" asked Ring, who looked like she was about to cry.
"Nothing's going to happen," Proto said as the feed connected. "Zemmi, where's Mega?"
"He and Jena went to get some supplies. What'd ya need?" she asked.
"I take it Chaud found a note," Daniel said.
"Yes, Mary and I did."
"Ok, well, we're going to record the communication tonight, and send it to you, since you know. And we might need some things that you can't buy in stores," Howie replied.
"Such as?" Mary asked.
"Well, mainly spy gear. Zip line thingies, grappling hooks, smoke screens, tiny bombs to blow locks," Zemmi listed.
"Wait, we can get that stuff in stores," Axl said.
"Tell me, where do I go to get a grappling hook or portable smoke screens."
"I can get those," Chaud replied. "How many do you need?"
"We'll find out tonight," Walker replied.
"Ok," Mary said.
"Chaud, Mary, Proto, and Ring, do not, under any circumstance tell ANYONE about this. Especially Mr. and Mrs. Sakurai. We're not getting the police involved," Zemmi said.
"Yes ma'am," they said.
"Good, now, we're expecting Jena and Hub back in ten minutes or so, so I'm going to let y'all go," she replied. "Bye."
"Bye," they said as Proto closed the feed. "Well, what should we do until then?"
"Let's go to the park," Ring said.
"Should we lock the doors?" Mary asked.
"That'd be a good idea since Yai and Dex might come later," Chaud said, picking up a key from the key-rack and locking the door. They then walked to the limo and left.
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"Thanks Arthur," Jena said as she took the groceries and she and Hub loaded them into the trunk of her car.
"No problem," he said. "Always a pleasure to serve the Guard."
"We're off," Jena said. "See ya."
"Bye," the two boys said at the same time. Hub jumped into the passenger's seat and Jena took off. "I hope that you have a plan on how we're going to get home without that melting."
"The trunk has a special cooler just for this," she replied.
"Ok, let's still hurry," he said. "I want to get started on that ice cream."
"You know that you're going to be sick if you eat all of that," she started.
"With a brain freeze to boot," he said.
"Well, you sure know what's going to happen to you," she said.
"And I'm not afraid of the consequences," he finished.
"Well, we just hit 110 in the air. Go us," she said after a few seconds of silence.
"Man, we're going slow," Hub said, leaning back in his chair.
"Hub, we're about to land," Jena said. "Put the seat up."
"Fine," he said as they touched down. "TOUCH DOWN!"
"Do you have to do that?"
"Yes," he said as he got out of the car and the rest of their friends came. "Food's in the trunk."
"Thanks," Howie said as he opened the trunk and started handing bags to everyone. "Take them in, and we'll separate them there." Twenty minutes later, they were set up in Jena's room and looked at the clock.
"Three-thirty," Sam said. "What movie did you get?"
"Well, we couldn't decide, so we got three. The new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," Hub listed, pulling the movie out.
"One guess on who chose that," Jena said. "Correct, me. Ok, Hub chose Monty Python's Holy Grail, and we both chose Batman Forever."
"Which one should we watch first?" Daniel asked.
"I say we watch Batman," Sam said.
"Batman it is," Hub said, inserting the movie into the wall.
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"Brat, wake up," Susan yelled at a semi-conscious Lan who was chained to a chair.
"Five more minutes," he said, twisting in the chair.
"Now," she said as she pulled out a gun. She shot it in the air.
"Jeez, chill out. I'm up," he said. "What do you want?"
"You need to wake up. I need a witness for what we're about to do," she said as she pulled up a screen. When the screen turned on, Lan saw an unconscious Roll strapped to a table with a tube coming out of her arm.
"What are you doing?" he asked.
"Well," Drop interjected. "We decided that having Empress on our team would be better than just keeping Roll locked up in a cage. Do you know why I like Empress better?"
"Because she's evil?" Lan asked.
"Yes, and because she reminds me of Roll before she went to that sissy Op she has now," Drop said. "She and I would get into the biggest cat-fights you can imagine."
"So you want Empress, so you're going to change Roll now, and show Mega," Lan said. "Mega's gonna be P.O.ed."
"So?" Susan said. "I just wanted you to see this, since you are about to go to solitary until the communication."
"Fine with me," he said. "I'll just go to sleep." Susan growled.
"Xanthus, start the procedure." Xanthus flipped a switch and a dark-purple liquid came down the tube and into Roll's arm. She started to jerk in her bonds, and she started to scream in pain.
"Hold on sis," Drop said, walking over to her. "It'll all be over in a second. You'll wake up feeling better than you have in a long time." True to her word, the dark liquid stopped a few seconds afterwards, and Roll calmed down. Well, not Roll, but Empress. "Empress, how are you feeling?"
"Drop, is that you?" she asked.
"Yes it is," Drop said, undoing her bonds. "Sorry about these," she said, mentioning the bonds, "But in order for you to be changed from that pansy 'Roll', we had to inject you with a painful, but necessary liquid."
"What type?"
"It's basically a liquid Dark Chip," Drop replied. "But you won't suffer all of the bad side effects."
"Good," Empress said as her sister helped her off of the table. "How have you been?"
"Excellent," Drop said. "This is my Op, Susan."
"Hi Empress."
"Hello Susan. I trust you have my worthless Op," Empress spat.
"She's in a cage with the rest of everyone that's anyone to Megaman and his little group of friends from when he was little," Drop said.
"So, I'm here to make their job of rescuing everyone just that much harder," Empress said, smiling. "Good. I remember how he 'defeated' me in the N1. Since then I have been locked up in Roll's head."
"I take it you have been the 'Devil on her Shoulder' for a while, though," Drop said.
"Locked up, but the cage was barred, not solid. I have been forcing her to doubt herself and everything about her," Empress said as she started to look around, and she saw Lan. "And there's that little brat who helped my Op cage me. My my my, how the tables have turned."
"Nice to see you too Empress. Man, Hub's going to flip when he sees this. Don't worry Roll, you'll be back to normal soon," he said. Empress scoffed.
"Why isn't he in the cage?" she asked.
"Because he's a pain in the butt," Drop said. "And we're trying to decide what to do with him."
"Beat him up," Empress said. "That'll really get Mega on edge." Lan gulped.
"Ok, Phil, John, he's all yours," she said as the two boys entered the room and grabbed Lan by his neck and dragged him out of the room.
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"That was a good movie," Jena said as it finished.
"Amen," Sam said as she started looking around the room. "Hey, where's Hub."
"Present," he groaned as he tried to sit up.
"How many of those tubs have you eaten?" Howie asked.
"Let me see, um, four," he said. "I don't feel good."
"I hate to say 'I told you so, but, told ya so, told ya so!" Jena said. Hub just groaned.
"Dude, he looks green," Axl said, looking at Hub. "Oh, and the pizza's here." The communicator rang.
"Get that," Jena said as Daniel turned on the communicator. "Sup Todd? Could ya hang on a sec.? I need to get the door. Thanks!"
"What in the world happened here?" he asked as he looked around the room. Empty 2 liter bottles and ice cream tubs littered the floor. "Did a hurricane hit?"
"Uggh," Hub said as he fell off the bed. Everyone in the room broke into laughter.
"Dude, we told you to pace yourself," Daniel said.
"How do you expect to eat any pizza?" asked Cody.
"I'll manage," he replied as he got back onto the bed and lay back down.
"Doesn't anyone want their family back?" Todd asked.
"You can keep my parents," Cody said. "Goodbye and good riddance." Todd gaped.
"Pizza's here!" Jena said as she came back into the room with the 6 pizzas. "They're all pepperoni, so just grab one and dig in. Hub, you ok?"
"Just let me die," he said as he rolled back over.
"Hub, how many of those tubs did you eat?" Sam asked.
"I bought six, and I ate four," Hub replied. "Weren't you listening?"
"HELLO!" Todd yelled.
"Hi," Hub said as he passed out, or so it seemed to Todd.
"Do you mind, we're having a party here," Jena said.
"Bring the brat, let them see him," Todd said as Phil and John dragged something in front of the camera.
"OMG, Lan," Jena said. Phil and John had followed Empress' instructions, and Lan was completely beaten.
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY LITTLE BROTHER?" Hub yelled, standing up and clenching his fists.
"All they did was follow Empress' instructions," Susan said. The screen then split, so that the net was visible. There, standing next to her sister was Empress.
"Hello," Empress said smiling. "Oh, and before you ask, yes, I did tell them to do that." Hub glared even more. "Temper temper."
"Now that we have your attention, I would like to discuss my terms," Todd said. "One, you are to come to the Ship Channel in Houston, and you are to come alone. Two, Hub and I are going to have a fight to prove once and for all who is the best while the rest of you will try to free your friends and family. Three, you will leave Empress with us."
"When do you want your beating?" Hub asked.
"You will get beaten up in two days," Todd shot.
"Hurt my brother again and there will be no mercy," he said.
"Oh, mercy?"
"Yeah, mercy, as in I won't kill you. Hurt my brother again, and I will kill you," he said while glaring. Everyone else in the room moved away from him. "Lan, it's going to be ok."
"I know, just hurry up," Lan said as he attempted a smile.
"Two days, Houston Ship Channel, your group only," Todd said. "See you then." The communication cut off, and Hub sunk to the ground.
"I'm going to kill Todd," Hub said. "No one messes with my family and gets away with it."
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