Chapter 08: Get Set
"Me? I am just here to say hello to a good old enemy of mine; an enemy I though dead a few months ago." Emil smiles while keeping his distance from the group.
"How thoughtful of you…but I am sure you have more reasons to be here." Mickey's fur slowly prickles more in annoyance then anger.
"Oh yeah…I want to propose you something. Let me finish a few experiments on you and I'll let you live your life in peace afterward." Emil completely ignores the mouse's tone, wearing a smile on his face instead.
"As if I would agree to do this and hold on a minute, how do you even know that I was experimented on?" the mouse questions. The eagle grins maniacally as an answer and everything clicks in the mouse's mind. "E. A…those are your initials, aren't they? Emil Eagle."
"You catch up very quickly Mickey. I am surprised you managed to connect those dots that fast. So, I am going to rephrase my offer in a different way. You better come with me if you don't want things to become uglier; and I mean way uglier."
"The offer changed quite drastically I must say." Oswald mutters under his breath, getting a glare from Emil in return.
"How about…no? and now that we know that you are the one responsible for all this mess, you will stay put and calmly explain everything." Donald orders, hate coating each word. Emil however is not intimidated in the slightest and seems to wait Mickey's response.
"I think it's clear that I will not go with you Emil. We have data, plenty of data on your hidden researches pal. You are a sick bastard. We know you are creating some sorts of mutants." Mickey struggles to remain calm, the only thing he wants to do is beat him beyond recognition. "Why? If you don't answer, that's fine, we will find out shortly."
Emil shrugs and casually responds with "Oh you know…the usual 'taking over the world' project but this time, I am building an army. An army of mutants that will spread chaos and death across the land, across the nation and then the world. The world has been free for way too much time. The freedom to do anything, I will change that and apply a more…iron fist measures."
"Oh really? And you think the civilians below your 'level' will agree to that?" Donald nearly hisses in disgust.
"They will have the freedom of choice between life and death. See? I am a nice guy. They can choose if they want to exist and help supporting my kingdom or die miserably." Emil stares at Donald with a small smile on his face. "Enough chit chat now. Since you rejected my offer, you better prepare for what's coming to you next." He turns back his attention to the mouse "Shame, you are my very first successful prototype and I was craving to explore your body and possibly your DNA even more."
"What are you going to do about me huh? Get rid of me? Scare that I give more information to the authorities? Well you are out of luck; a nice USB is being treated as we speak." Mickey growls.
"Oh, I know about that…and I am taking care of it. As for you, you rat, you better watch your back, you never know what is going to hit you." Emil's voice drops suddenly in a darker tone, the mood switching completely.
"Oh, do not worry about it pal. I am expecting something to happen…something along the lines like 'sending a mutant to kill me' or some shit."
"Well, I'll leave you by saying this…they are already roaming in the city buddy, waiting in the shadows." Emil walks away not even looking back once.
"What did he say?" Donald exclaims in stupor once the eagle is out of view. "There are already mutants out there? in the open?"
Oswald nods seeming to understand the gravity of the situation. "I am going to call Seamus right now. Luckily, I managed to get phone to record the audio without being seen." He says as he grabs his phone.
"You genius." Mickey gives a fist bump on the rabbit's shoulder. "That's even more evidence now. Now, here's the thing. I am worrying for Minnie now."
"Security wise? She could come and live with me and Daisy." Donald proposes. "We have a lot of place for one more, even with my nephews." He takes a look at his watch and stretches his back. "Welp, I am going home now. I'll see you tomorrow." Donald heads out on the street and walks off.
"I'm going to do the same as well Mickey.
Mickey heads inside the house after waving good bye to Donald and Oswald and as he closes the door behind him, he easily hears Minnie upstairs and judging by the different noises, she must be preparing a bath while preparing a few things or putting things away. He takes off his shoes and heads off upstairs to talk with Minnie about his day, the sooner she knows, the better.
"Hello Minnie, I'm back. Sorry, it took longer than expected." Mickey enters the bathroom to see Minnie setting a few towels aside on a chair before turning her attention to her lover.
"It's fine." She walks to him and kisses him "I know the next few days or weeks will be busy for you. I can wait forever now that I know that you are here. So, how was your day?" she leads him to the bath and proceeds at taking his clothes off while he gives a recap of the day. As he is about to go over his little conversation with Emil, she puts a finger near Mickey's mouth, effectively shushing him up. "You are becoming pretty tense honey. I prepared a little hot bath just for you to relax."
"You mean, just for us, right?" Mickey looks at Minnie with a confused look and she just negatively shakes her head and walks to the door, her tail swinging back and forth.
"No, just for you. I will prepare dinner and then you will get a wonderful night of sleep. I overheard your conversation with Emil Eagle earlier. I am sure you already thought about it but…things can only get ugly from here for you and even for me." She walks away, making sure to close the door behind her. Mickey's remains fixed on the door for a few seconds as he wonders if he should chase after her and talk right now or let the dust settle in and talk later. He hops in the bath and let himself slowly sink in, letting the warm water envelop his body. Saying that it feels good would be an understatement as the warmth seems to hug his muscles, which are somewhat sore. He remains in the bath for a solid thirty minutes, his mind going over the training session and his 'friendly' conversation with a long antagonist of his, Emil Eagle. They crossed path multiple times in the past and Mickey always managed to outsmart him and stopped him from taking over the world. However, the encounter today left a really bad taste in his mouth mainly because of his revelation of mutants on the loose. They are anywhere and there is no way of identify them so far, well…completely since the USB provides a gigantic list of victims as well. Once he is done with his bath, he gets out and dries out before walking butt naked to his room to get a pair of briefs but cannot find his clothes. Instead, his favorite, trademark red short is awaiting on his bed; which brings a smile to his face. He eagerly dresses up and heads downstairs to the kitchen. They both enjoy a wonderful meal as lover birds around a glass of wine and a dish of potato mash with meatballs. Mickey helps Minnie with the dishes and once everything was clean, they both heads to bed and kisses goodnight.