Chapter 7: "Hitman: The Hitting"

"My mother was so shocked from what happened a while ago. I sat next to her and told her that she'll be safe here. A few minutes later, I started to ask my mom questions about my past after she calmed down."

Leon Shooter : Mom… what was I doing there a long time ago? I know you were there during dad died. Is it the Sack-Head Zombie?

Solar Flare : Leon, the dead don't suffer, that's why you, me, your aunt and Torchwood are still alive. He's got a plan for you Leon. He's been working on it for more than 27 years and he's counting on you to go after him.

Leon Shooter : Wait a minute… Mom, you know what actually happened? Is it the Sack-Head Zombie? Please mom you gotta tell me!

Solar Flare : This Zombie. He knows every angle, every move you make. He's gonna kill 30 million lives out there. As if that's gonna bring his works and experiments back.

Leon Shooter : He killed my dad, to get to you.

Solar Flare : Wrong, I'm afraid I can't tell you yet, you're not ready to-

Leon Shooter : MOM! What actually happened in Greenville a long time ago the year after that incident?!

Solar Flare : Guess I have no choice. Torchwood was sure he got him in Greenville. About a year later, the Sack-Head Zombie shows up at the same place where he was captured during the explosion. That's the last straw for the PBI. The orders came down from Crazy Dave for an assassination. So daddy and I we went in Greenville.

-Solar Flare tells the story and the truth about his father's death-

"It was May 7, 2018. While I was still working in POP CAP I got a call and it was from the Plantagon. I went to the plantagon and saw your dad. Your dad and I were given a mission by Crazy Dave to assassinate the Sack-Head Zombie under direct orders from your uncle Repeater. Later that night… we head to Greenville and stopped by at our destination. As we made it, we saw your Aunt Penelope, the three of us were gathered here for the same mission, I thought it was just me and your dad, but then Snow-Pea and Torchwood showed up from behind."

Snow-Pea : Hey plants. Good to see you here.

Solar Flare : Wait, I thought it was supposed to be me and Pea here for this mission.

Green Shadow : Well… Repeater was the one who told me to be here.

Snow-Pea : Hey. My husband also told me to go here.

Peashooter : Wait, so my brother contacted both of you? What about the Plant Heroes?

Green Shadow : None, just me Pea.

Torchwood : Why do we have to kill this Sack-Head Zombie guy huh? Is he more dangerous than Doctor Zomboss who died a long time ago? After all that stuff he did in the Greenville cemetery.

Peashooter : All right guys, now all five of us are here. Repeater's order to us must be damn good.

Snow-Pea : Okay, according to my husband's intel, the Sack-Head Zombie is now inside the Greenville cemetery watch tower again. No zombies except for him only.

Peashooter : Good, then were all set.

"The mission was good, planning… good. The only piece of the puzzle that didn't fit was Repeater. I don't know why he sent those three to join the mission. It just felt weird, even on the way in. two hours later we made a plan to take that Zombie out once and for all, Pea and the others went inside tower while I was still outside as their over watch. I used my goggles to scope in on my team when all of a sudden… they disappeared right in front of my sights. I was about to leave my position until your uncle Repeater contacted me."

Repeater : Sunny. Everything's going fine. Just stay where you are. The others are inside a room searching for the Sack-Head Zombie.

Solar Flare : Repeater, what the heck man! Where is he now?!

Repeater : My radar shows that he's at the top of the tower. You should see your team holding him as hostage.

Solar Flare : I see them. Thanks Repeater.

"We were able to complete the mission but then…"

-Solar Flare's story has been paused-

Leon Shooter : Did that Sack-Head Zombie surrendered like a zombie? Don't you tell me that monster took him out. Don't you tell that mom!

Solar Flare : It didn't end that way Leon. I may have questioned orders and missions, but I never questioned their objectives. You take care of your team, you get your friends and family home safe. Leon... I'm a Hero, I save lives, not kill them.

-Solar Flare's Flashback has resumed-

"Repeater told me to stay still. I saw Penelope and Snow-Pea but no sign of Pea and Torchwood, I tried to contact him but he wouldn't respond. So Repeater took charge for me and ordered me to…"

Solar Flare : Repeater, what now? I can't confirm the kill without Pea.

Repeater : Forget him for now. Finish the mission Sunny.

"And so I did. I used my solar power to shoot directly at the Sack-Head Zombies's head and fell off the top of the tower. I looked at Penelope and Snow-Pea, I thought they would be happy but why were they crying after I took the shot? So I ran to the corpse of the Sack-Head Zombie. I unmasked the corpse and I began to cry in rage until what I just saw and who I killed was your dad! I was crying so hard that your father died by my hand, I yelled at Penelope and Snow-Pea why'd they do this to me and your dad but just as I yelled, I got knocked out from behind. It was the real Sack-Head Zombie. A few minutes later, I woke up in a room full of pure plant blood and saw Repeater and everybody on my team tied up to each chairs including your dad lying on the floor dead. Torchwood and Snow-Pea began to wake up and saw the same thing as I saw. Just then, the real Sack-Head Zombie showed up. He says to me…"

Sack-Head Zombie : Your husband, Pea Shooter is dead by your own hand. Do you understand why, Solar Flare?

Repeater : He was gonna kill your son, Sunny.

Sack-Head Zombie : BECAUSE YOU MUST DIE AS I HAVE DIED! Now two more must die… you, Solar Flare, Green Shadow, Snow-Pea, Torchwood, or Solar Flare's Leon?! Make a decision now in ten seconds otherwise I make choose who to kill!

"Repeater took too long to choose. So the Sack-Head Zombie chose instead, He picked Repeater and Snow-Pea."

Sack-Head Zombie : Any last words you two PBI agents?

Repeater : Sunny… I'm so sorry for what I did. I did this to save your son.

Solar Flare : *Crying with sadness* It's okay Repeater. I'll miss you Snow-Pea.

Snow-Pea : *Crying in fear* I'll miss you to!

"The Sack-Head used his pistol and shoots Repeater and Snow-Pea in the head. I was crying so loud and hard, Torchwood just witnessed the deaths of your aunt and uncle. Penelope woke up and saw them dead including her twin brother, she cried to. Just when the Sack-Head shot them, he began to laugh crazily right in front of us and showed us you, Leon. The three of us saw you out cold. After that, the Sack-Head reveals his secret identity and just can't believe it with my own eyes… it… was… Doctor Zomboss himself this whole time!"

Zomboss (Sack-Head) : All of you plants, your life will be consumed by absolute loss! Then only then, will you understand what you've done to me.

Green Shadow : But… you died!

Zomboss : Do you really think that I would die that easily?!

"He was going to you Leon, Torchwood was trying to stop him but he can't. I tried to move as well to save you, same for Penelope. Zomboss slowly getting close to you got me really angry."

Zomboss : No use for you three since I drugged you all. As for you Leon, I will not kill you, now like your mother. You will die with me. And then one day, you will see me again, and you will remember everything you saw and felt tonight, you will remember all the years of anger and pain. And when you do, Leon… please… come to me.

"After what he said to you, he left us like garbage, soon later you woke up and saw your dad dead. We were so sorrowful. We had to move barely just to get out of the tower with you."

-End of Solar Flare's story and the truth-

"After hearing what she just said to me, I began to cry softly, my mom hugged me and told me that she was truly sorry."

Solar Flare : After so many years have passed and you've forgotten about your past. Leon, It wasn't my fault.

Leon Shooter : I know mom. It's nobody's fault.

Solar Flare : Me and your dad… we were the best for Plant-Ops and LEAF. And we still couldn't defeat Zomboss.

Leon Shooter : You, Torchwood and Aunt Penelope are my only family now.

"I finally found out the murderer aside from my mother, it was Doctor Zomboss who is also the Sack-Head Zombie. He should have stayed dead back when my dad killed him during the Zobo-Lair incident."

TO BE CONTINUED IN… Chapter 8: Arrest

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