"Martin! Trouble!" Diana shouted out. When the flame-haired teen turned, he saw a mass of possessed agents rushing towards them.
"Stay absolutely still!" was all Martin said, as the Dark Beast started to charge. Suddenly, Martin relived that night in the alleyway, as he was picked up by his collar. M.O.M. was about to jump in to help before Martin mouthed to her one specific instruction: Stay still, don't talk. Though unwilling to listen to one of her students, M.O.M did as she was told, as she wondered what Martin might know that she didn't. The Center agents stopped in the hallway that led to the main mission room, where Diana, Alex, and Java stood, trying to be as still as possible. Each one looked more lost than the other. Finally, the confused Java, who couldn't take being confused anymore, asked:
"Why are we staying still?"
Instantly, the hoard charged towards the trio. Alex screamed in fear, and Diana groaned, unwilling to face the large number that chased towards them. Java meanwhile braced himself. M.O.M took it upon herself to save Martin, and she literally TACKLED the Dark Beast. The Beast was in shock, staying on the floor a bit, as M.O.M helped Martin to his feet.
"You okay?"
"A little warning next time, please?"
The two looked over to see groups upon groups of Center agents, trying to get through the hallway first. Java was busily hurling Center agents aside, and bashing their heads, scared. Meanwhile, Alex was grabbed by one center agent, while another started to form the black wisps. As soon as they started to solidify, Diana had kicked the second Center agent to the floor. The one that had grabbed Alex was surprised at the fall of his partner, before he got his own knuckle sandwich to the face. Grabbing the wound and letting go of Alex, the center agent blindly stumbled backwards. However, it was to no avail, as Diana and Alex found themselves surrounded. Soon, even Java was having trouble with the huge number of enemies.
"Martin, do me a favor! Follow me!" M.O.M. said, and though impossible, Martin could've sworn he could've heard some excitement in her voice. Together, the two opened a heavy drawer, revealing a blue portal, like the ones Martin would go on missions with. The two reached in, and both pulled out a U-Watch.
"Alright, this is how to unlock it…and hurry, your partners are getting overwhelmed…" M.O.M. said, before relaying the code to Martin.
There was a sickening crunch as Java stomped upon a center agent, who was on the floor, in the jaw. Blood spurted out. The agents were now jumping onto him, over and over, and eventually, it was too much weight to carry so many agents. Java fell backwards, and landed on two other agents. Another sickening crunch.
As at least fifteen people surrounded the tackled, yet struggling, caveman, Billy flew over. He saw wispy needles begin to extend from two of them. That was enough to let Billy know the situation, as he pressed a button on his hovercraft…and hard. Instantly, it shot out a lazer, which zapped a center agent on Java. Laser after laser, the center agents kept on coming, but it was enough as to slow the flow. And enough as to free Java. When the barbaric warrior stood back up, Billy told him simply to run and back up Diana and Alex. Java nodded, and with efforts of lasers and Java's strengths, he was able to move a bit through the crowd. A bit was all it took. M.O.M. seized the opportunity and slammed on a red button on the desk in the room. Instantly, the mission portal, the same one that led Center agents anywhere, opened and spliced many of the agents. A large group fell down, and a few others fell down too. When that victim group stood up, their eyes were clear, freed of the spell. And they helped back up.
Martin was the first to notice that the beast was gone, though he didn't say anything. Instead, he typed in the last few digits of the access code, unlocking the U-Watch. With two new unlocked U-Watches, M.O.M signaled Billy to come over.
Java, along with a non-possessed agent, finally worked over to Diana and Alex, who both had been defeated, and though Diana had black needles sticking into her, and was unmoving on the floor, Alex was still fighting strong.
Billy showed up and tossed Java and Alex U-Watches.
"Sweet!" Alex exclaimed out loud. Meanwhile Java simply put it on with an approving grunt. Then the two pulled out fancy gadgets, for Alex, the Laser, and for Java, the I-Cutter. Using the Cutter, Java slashed into some Center agents uniforms. And though blood was drawn, some were freed of the spell. Others were just made madder.
Billy helped the fight.
…..
Meanwhile, Brea was scared. The Dark Beast had found them, and if it could be smiling, she was sure it would be. The center agents meant to protect her, stood strong. The Beast merely stood there, and the lot of them just stood there, unmoving. Finally, a center agent yelled out:
"Hey! Come on! You just gunna stand there? Bring it on!"
The noise was enough, and the beast rushed forwards. In an instant, the challenger was out cold, due to a gas. Then the beast's back sprouted eight, long black tentacles. Each one punctured the agent, each one filled with a deadly venom. Brea didn't have to check the corpse to see if it was still alive, it was pretty obvious the agent was dead. After all, his skin wrinkled up, his eyes glazed over, and he basically became a skeleton with a thin layer of skin covering his bones, and two bulging, dead eyes. Brea screamed. The other agent stepped in front of her defensively and started firing a special gun. Each bullet hit, and the Beast recoiled. But, then the wounds healed quickly and the Beast was after them again.
….
Back at the center, the WHOOP agents charged and in a minute, it was a full-on war. The possessed versus WHOOP and friends. M.O.M took it upon herself to call back any other Center agents who wanted to join in the fight. Alex was reunited with her friends.
"Sam! Clover!" she said, grinning from ear to ear.
"Miss us?" a blonde-haired girl said cockily.
"Uh, yeah. A little help here?" Martin cried out as the numbers of the possessed around him grew to an extortionate amount. Diana, meanwhile, met a red-headed girl in a green jumpsuit.
"So, you're this Diana who I kept getting compared too back then, huh?" Sam said, while Diana let out a wild roar and tackled her.
In a minute, the two were fighting, each evenly matched in physical combat. The redhead, who had the same gadgets that Alex had when she rescued Martin, activated her rocket boots while she was on the ground, Diana on top. Instantly, she launched forwards, and though she hit about a ton of other agents, she was able to get Diana off of her. After deactivating her boots, Sam charged Diana.
M.O.M, however, was fighting when her U-Watch started blinking. Skillfully evading her opponent, she pressed a button and saw a face project out of the watch, crying for help. The face claimed that the Dark Beast was with him and Brea, and that he couldn't keep up his fight much longer. The image fizzled out quickly, and M.O.M. was smacked across the floor. When she stopped skidding, she looked up to see long needles heading towards her. Suddenly, the needles stopped, and the person who wielded them was on the floor, limbs bent in a strange way. Java, her savior, helped her to her feet.
"Thank you." Was all that M.O.M. said. Java simply ran back into the battlefield to take on more.
Meanwhile, Alex and Clover were fighting their best, holding off possessed Center agents, even knocking out a few. Soon, there was a significant decrease in their numbers.
Diana and Sam, still rumbling rolled over to Java, who promptly picked up Diana and tossed her to the ground. Forcefully. Sam then pulled out her laser from a glove pocket and promptly began zapping Diana, trying to cure her. Seeing as it wasn't working, she ordered Java to smack Diana once more. That was enough. Diana groaned as she snapped out of it.
"C-Crud…note to self: Don't g-get defeated." Diana said, in pain.
WHOOP agents backed Martin up, and soon even Center agents. Sure the enemy started out with a lot, but WHOOP started out with more. And though some got possessed, others were freed, and eventually, all those who were freed began to outnumber those who got possessed. And so, with much effort, the numbers of the enemy lowered to an easy-to-conquer low. When the enemy was all defeated, or cured, M.O.M. finally breathed a sigh of relief. The Center, however, was a mess. But, it didn't really matter, as most of it was repairable. At least most of it. The agents cheered, and grinned in their triumph of a job well-done. Suddenly, a loud siren blared. M.O.M. began to speak:
"Okay, sure, we may have won this battle. But the job isn't done yet. We need to save Brea, otherwise the Dark Beast will summon his master, and the world as we know it…will be conquered and eventually ended. We thank WHOOP for their efforts, but now realize that the battle has started with the Center…as it will end with the Center. We are taking the mission back into our own hands, so that WHOOP agents can get back to their crime-stopping matters. Perhaps we shall meet again sometime. Until then, we are back in action and no longer need assistance from a source this major. We promise to wrap up the case and call for help again if needed. Thank you. Now, the Center agents will be excused to go about what they were doing before the attack. Will Martin, Diana, and Java please stay after?"
With that speech over, Martin and Alex locked eyes.
"Wait…we're saying goodbye again? And this fast?" Alex asked, her voice whiny and with disbelief.
"Aww…come on, I haven't seen you in forever." Martin complained.
"Yeah, and I wanted to tell you all about the new Barvin Realm 3 video game coming out."
"They're making a Barvin Realm 3?"
"I know, right?"
"You have to tell me about it!"
"Later, okay? But…Martin, promise me we'll meet again."
"No promises."
"Poo."
"But fine, I promise."
"Thank you!"
And with that, Alex started to walk away, before going into a run. Her eyes glittered with tears. Martin, on the other hand was watching Alex run off, with hope that he could live up to his promise. And hope to someday buy Barvin Realm 3. Soon, they were all gone. Except for a certain three agents that M.O.M. told to stay after.
…
'Come on…what's taking so long? Hurry up and send back-up!' the one last Center agent protecting Brea thought as he struggled to get up after a horrid blow. The Dark Beast then picked up the Center agent and drained away his life. Setting down the withered corpse, it looked up to find Brea. And of course, she had run. The Dark Beast wandered around blindly, looking for the girl.
"My master!" a voice rang out.
The Dark Beast turned around and saw a little green alien, Billy.
"I did what you asked. The Center invasion was started, and ended, and as expected, a few new recruits snuck out."
As Billy said this, four possessed Center agents stepped out of the shadows.
"And as expected, the Center stopped the invasion as planned. But, because I was able to help, they trust me in this case." Billy continued, feeling awkward and uncomfortable.
"And, don't worry. I know how hard it was to find Brea when the Center hid her until I told you where she was. In fact, I know her current location right now."
And so Billy told the Beast where Brea was hiding, and promised that he would soon prevent any attempt to stop the summoning. In return however, the Beast had to give his part of the bargain. The Beast simply agreed, and held out a strange hand, the same one that grabbed Martin's collar. In it was what Billy craved. He snatched the orb and let it go into him, enjoying the feeling of warmth. That addictive feeling. That chemical which fed his mind the thoughts to serve the beast. When the feeling was over, Billy nodded.
"Don't worry, your owner will come! And I'll have more of those…right?"
The Beast agreed, and then the two parted ways, the Beast with four new servants and the location of Brea…
(Side Note: Don't worry, Chapter Four coming soon! And, last chapter I did warn you that WHOOP would step out of the story. So I figured, 'Hey, why wait until deep in the story, and not remove them right now?' Bringing in Sam and Clover was kind of the grand finale. I hope you're enjoying so far. Again, Chapter Four will be coming at you soon!)