Okay, so I was thinking to myself, why do I keep bringing other characters to do my disclaimer? Then I thought to myself, why don't I just do it myself? And then I thought, because it's really boring! Take it away, Lash!

Lash: Gemina owns absolutely nothing, except that dorky know-it-all Talia and some of the teachers. She doesn't even have a cellphone.

And then I thought to myself, why on earth did I pick Lash!


In a short amount of time, they came up with a plan: Magenta would track the flying object Baron was flying on with the computer. Once they pinpointed his location, Will would call Ron Wilson and ask for a ride. He couldn't carry everyone at once, after all, and flying is much, much faster. Magenta would stay behind to monitor things on the computer, and Neji would stay behind because his leg was broken. Neji objected, but he was overruled.

Of course, his location would probably be fortified. Will could probable rip a few doors off and smash through some walls, bu if he were somehow injured, they were sunk. That would be a problem...

While they were contemplating what they should do, Tenten and Lee came bursting into the infirmary.

" Neji! What were you thinking?!" Tenten yelled exasperatedly. As an after-thought she added: " What happened to you?"

Neji flinched at the sudden noise. His head still hurt badly.

Layla quickly filled her in.

" Baron Battle came to our school, and he kidnapped Warren, and hurt Neji and Will pretty badly."

Tenten looked at Neji incredulously. " You tried to fight him?! What is wrong with you?!"

Neji rubbed his temples.

" Please stop yelling, Tenten."

Lee was quietly (gasp!) watching the exchange. Tenten always yelled a lot when he or Neji put themselves in danger. Or when they did something stupid. That was more Lee's area, however. Up till now.

"Did your brain get fried or something?! Neji!"

Neji looked up with a glare. "Stop yelling Tenten, you are killing my ears."

"Yeah, and mine too." Put in Zach helpfully.

Tenten looked up huffily and pulled the curtain around Neji's infirmary bed closed.

"You have some explaining to do."

Lee nodded in agreement.

" Fine, fine." Neji said, rubbing his temples again. His head really hurt.

" Last night was the anniversary of when I got my curse seal. It flares up around then. Normally it isn't so bad, but it happens every year. Typically, I stay home around now. It won't happen again for quite some time."

Tenten raised her eyebrows. "Don't you think it should be fixed?"

Neji rolled his eyes." It happens to all the branch family members. Like a checkup to make sure it's still working. If something's wrong, it will turn red."

Lee started to say something, but Neji quickly interrupted him, guessing easily what he was going to say.

"No, mine is not red."

Neji rubbed his temples again.

" Shouldn't you take something for that?" Tenten asked, looking over in concern.

Neji gritted his teeth in annoyance.

" Nothing works."

Tenten was about to say something else when Layla called through the curtain.

"Are you guys done in there? Because we really need to finish the plan."

Lee threw back the curtain. "What plan?"

Layla smiled at him. "The plan to save Warren. Would you like to help?"

Lee gave her his good guy pose. And nearly blinded her with his smile. " Yosh! We would all love to help!"

Magenta spoke up. "Well, I tracked him, and you guys were right, he is in a fortified area. So we could use those two to help break in and get Warren out. I suppose since it's their mission to protect him, they won't mind helping with that part, right?" Tenten turned back and glared at Neji. " You didn't."

Neji shrugged. " Better to do it with their help then none at all. They would have found out soon anyway."

Tenten sighed. Everything on this mission was going wrong. Very wrong. She'd be lucky to get a D-rank mission at this rate.

" Fine, let's go get Warren."

Ron Wilson was nice enough to give them a ride to Baron's lair.

Upon arriving, Tenten and Lee immediately scouted out the area. They had been trained before the mission to recognise most of the traps that might be present here in America. They quickly spotted lasers and such, and had to keep stopping Will and the rest from stepping into any traps.

Tenten was starting to think it would have been better to do this alone. These people obviously didn't know what they were doing.

Magenta was sending them directions to where Warren was, at least a vague area where he was. It was hard to pick up the chip she'd put in his leather jacket. She knew she should have gotten a stronger one!

Magenta had somehow planted chips on everyone, just in case, one of her predictions came true. And now, it had come in handy. And the others had laughed when she suggested it. Serves them right.

Will ripped the door off one of the cells. Unfortunately, Warren was not inside it. Magenta couldn't quite pinpoint him, so they would just have to search every one. Tenten sliced through the hinges on another and kicked it down. No Warren in that one either. Lee kicked down another door, or at least smashed a sizable hole in it. No Warren.

They all proceeded to knock down door after door, still finding no Warren. Finally, on the very last cell, Will ripped the door off, and inside was Warren, lying down and either sleeping, or unconscious. It was probably the latter, seeing as he was still not reacting to the sounds around him, such as doors being banged down.

"Found him!"

All the others came rushing over.

Ethan checked his pulse. "He's alive."

Tenten rolled her eyes. Like they really needed to be told that? She could see his chest rising and falling!

Will quickly picked him up. That's when they noticed the large lump on the side of his head.

Getting out was actually easier than getting in. It was as if Baron hadn't expected anyone to come after Warren.

But Baron was supposed to be a genius, what could he possibly have planned?


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