Chpt. 24
Woo knocked out Luis, and lifted him up.
"Get Luis clear, we'll handle this mess." Shadow said.
"Let Jhonny get Luis out of here, we need Midnight to help us fight." I stated.
"What's that suppose to mean?" questioned Apollo.
"It means you're a crappy fighter. Now move!" I commanded. Apollo muttered something under his breath and reluctantly took the lifeless Luis from Woo. "Wait. If I leave then you'll be alone. You know what…" Apollo started but I cut him off.
"Now's not the time! I know what you know who said and he's wrong! I've been doing this longer than you, and I am way more responsible! Now get going before I knock you out along with Luis!" I exclaimed. Apollo did as I said, and the two girls looked at me confused. "Long story, now lets kick butt." I said. We jumped down to the bottom floor, and once down we were surrounded by goons.
"Carlo's mine." I smiled.
"Cuz Carlo?" questioned Shadow.
"Your cousins?" I inquired. By now we were flipping and taking down the goons. They were terrible fighters, so talking to Shadow at the same time was easy.
"Yah, can't say that I'm proud about it though." sighed Shadow while fighting.
"So do you want him?" I questioned while flipping a guy.
"Nah, I got Luis, you can take down Carlo." She shrugged punching a goon in the face.
"I feel left out." Woo said while kicking a guy in the groin area.
"Hey, at least you're surprising me. I mean, you wouldn't pet a bunny at the petting zoo." I laughed.
"Like I said that bunny was gonna kill me." she debated punching a goon in his face. Carlo started to run but I easily caught up.
"So, you'll get that dance with me you wanted when we first met." I smiled. He scowled and pulled out a gun which I quickly and easily slapped out of his hands.
"So you're nothing without your gun." I laughed. I punched him in the face, instantly knocking him out.
"Easy." I smiled. "Great job guy…" I didn't finish my sentence. A clock was in front of Woo's face. Look Mr. Magician is out. Great. I thought sarcastically.
"Fight your friends." he said. Woo ran at Shadow and me. Before he could make a run for it, I tackled the man, and handcuffed him.
"Theresa! A little help here!" exclaimed Shadow fighting Woo. I ran to her aid, when Woo turned around and punched me in the face. OW! I never knew woo could hit so hard! Shadow and I teamed up on woo, but we kept holding back. The reason I wasn't holding back on Apollo when he was hypnotized is because… well, he's my brother. An excuse for beating him up is gladly taken. Woo on the other hand, was my best friend.
"We have to knock her out." I informed Shadow.
"Yah, if we are able to get a hit on her. I never knew woo was this good." explained Shadow. An idea then popped into my head. I kept a card deck in my bag if I ever got bored on patrol.
"keep her busy I have a plan." I instructed Shannon.
"Can do." she said. I looked through the card deck, until I found it. The Joker card.
"Hey Midnight!" I exclaimed. She gazed over, and started running at me. I put the card in front of her face. "Look woo it's a clown. Remember one of Bullocks stories?" I whispered. Woo's eyes seemed to widened.
"Ugh… what happened?" she questioned. Before I could explain she saw the card in her face. "Ah!" she exclaimed backing up. I put the card back into my bag.
"You've been hypnotized." explained Shannon. I then herd sirens.
"Sounds like Jhonny made himself useful and called the cops." I smiled. We disappeared into the shadows and the police picked everyone up. We then met Apollo outside.
"Thanks for calling the cops Apollo." I smiled.
"No prob…" he paused, noticing how I called him by his real name with Shadow and Midnight behind me. "You know who is gonna kill you…" I cut him off.
"Apollo may I introduce you to Midnight and Shadow. You know Shadow as Shannon Bolero. Midnight's name is Sarah, known more to us as Woo-woo." I smiled. Apollo's jaw dropped.
"Woo-woo. The scardie cat woo-woo." he questioned.
"Yep." I smiled.
"wow." he muttered. Apollo and I went back home and Dad was in the cave.
"Nice save." he commented.
"Dad?" Apollo questioned.
"Yes." he replied.
"Well, I know what Artimis did was dumb, stupid, idiotic, unwise, dimwitted, foolish, rash, reckless, and a hole lot of other stuff. But she does much better without me, and if she didn't ditch the party, we would not of gotten the crime lord." he explained.
"So you're saying?" Dad questioned.
"I'm saying that Artimis should be able to patrol by herself." he said. I was shocked at what Apollo said. He was asking dad to let me go on my own!
"Alright, but Artimis." he said turning his attention to me.
"Yes." I questioned.
"it better not happen again." he said. I nodded and Apollo and I went up to our rooms.
"Thanks Apollo." I smiled.
"Hey, can I show you something?" he questioned.
"Sure." I shrugged. He went into his room, and I followed. He went under his bed and pulled out a golden lasso.
"That's not…" I started.
"It is." he smiled. "Remember the time when we were walking to the robots, and we were talking. You gave away a lot of info that you would usually keep to yourself. To be honest, I used the lasso on you. Just leaning it against you makes you more open." he explained.
"So you used the truth lasso on me!" I exclaimed.
"Yah." he shrugged.
"Now I'll never feel safe." I sighed. "Thanks again. Night." I said, heading to my bedroom.
"Good night." Apollo replied.