Okay, before we get to this I think I should point out to you guys that I've been taking a break through certain social media stuff like FaceBook, Google+, or watching videos on Youtube, messaging friends, and other things. And that might very well continue after this. But don't worry it won't be forever.

I'll be working on this and "Island of Villains" before anything else. So everyone enjoy these chapters while they come and I would like to point out a thanks to everybody who's been patient about my other stories lately.

SCENE IV - INSIDE CLASH

It was their time. Samurai Al and his friends continued sneaking through the city at night and made it the inside of the quarantine HQ. Every room in that building was lit up but they were empty. There was no soul on sight, not even guards, except for the ones on the first floor. It was a sketchy hour, but good enough for the new gang to quickly go in. Everybird got into their positions.

• Mikka and Lyra climbed the building from the outside until they made it to the main security room. Giving themselves the chance to knock out the guards in front of them while they were too focused on the screen.

Mikka pushed two guard's beaks against the screens, and Lyra gave a vulcan death grip to another one. They were down, so Mikka turned on her comm and said "Okay guys, we're in. Now it's your turn. The others heard her and proceeded.

• Garrett and Sebastian snuck through the back of the building where there weren't any guards, so they went through the stairs in order to find the lab, where all the ingredients they needed to create the cure for the city were at.

• When Al and Leo heard the signal, they crawled into the air vents. It was dark and small but it was good have to have the two of them go through it and collect any data that they might find out about the guards.

Everybird was definitely ready.

"Great work so far, guys. I think at this rate we'll win this fight at breakfast tomorrow." Said Garrett.

Leo responded, "Roger that. In the meantime, me and Al will stay put in the first floor docks. Right now we see five guards in the check center so far. I think that's all of them."

"You're not wrong, Leo. Mikka and I are still looking through the surveillances and there aren't any guards anywhere. Best guess is that they're all in the check center because they're expecting the infected to come through the front door like zombies. It's like those armored mooks are giving us the advantage." Lyra said, checking every screen and there really was no other bird anywhere. "So far, so good. And good luck to everyone else."

"Over and out then. Thanks Lyra. And Mikka, be careful, sweetie." Leo gave a kissing sound to Mikka, which made Al blush seeing that two of his new friends could be more than friends. Leo turned off his comm and looked through one of the vent covers, where he could see all the guards. Both of them were waiting for a while, and while Leo was feeling impatient, he turned and Al doing something unusual.

He whispered to him, "Al? What are doing?"

"Meditating. I am aware that we may be here for a while so this is the best way to occupy myself."

"Hmm. Do you have any ideas on how else we can past the time? I'm not really one for spying and these guards look like they can't hear us so much."

"I think you're right. What would you like to talk about?"

"Well…what about that dog of yours? Aren't you a little worried about him?"

"Honestly, a little. But if he's safe with refugees then I know that I have nothing to worry about. Though one thing that has curiously crossed my mind. You and Ms. Mikka, are you and her…?"

"Oh, actually yeah. She is actually my fiance. I proposed to her just last week."

"Congratulations then."

"Thanks. I've been on the road traveling with her and her family for almost two years and since we met our compassionate for each other never ceased."

"How did you two meet? In fact, the four of you have mentioned how you've heard of me but you never exactly told me your stories."

"Really? Are you sure you even want to hear them?"

"You did say you want to find a way to past the time. And I don't think we'll have a problem with anything."

"Hmm…okay then. Well Sebastian told you that he was related to your friend the Scotsbird. He was an owl who that once a former colonel in the Mexican and Scotland army that was secretly against Aku. The time he retired though was before his cousin told him about the first adventure he went through with you. And he always spent his time to building aircrafts. Creating those things was passion for him until he heard about the atrocities going on around here. So he wanted to come here and help us fight."

"And Lyra?"

"Lyra? Haha, she's been an admirer of you since the whole DJ Master thing I've heard about. And I mean a reeeaal admirer. Ever since you saved her and everyone all she ever thought about was following in your talon steps. She spent months and months trying to help those in need until she met me and Mikka when she arrived here."

"And you and Mikka?"

"Right. Oh boy, it's a real story to tell. You see…" Leo sighed, feeling totally happy about remembering how he and her sweetheart met (while also trying not to distract himself from the mission).

In the past, I was sort of the kind of guy who cared about being a loner. I had to survive from the parts of the world that Aku already took over. Nothing was that easy for me but I survived and never lost my own humanity in the process. Then one day, I was walking through this large marketplace in the desert, seeing nothing wrong with the place or anything until I noticed her. Mikka, the most beautiful macaw in this world or any other. She wore a robe and cloak hood of rich fabric, and the sight of her face made me want to become a bird that was more than selfless.

That was what I wanted so I saw a chance to meet her, and that was when I saw a few robotic goons from Aku wanting to rob her. All because they witnessed her and her family trying to help a poor child reaching back to his family. In public Mikka's family was known as the aristocrat type of birds, but in secret they always helped the less fortunate. When those bag of bolts witnessed it she knew she was in trouble. A part of me didn't want to get involved, but like what you've done, Samurai Al, I cared more about needs of others rather than mine.

So I ran up to those guards, surprising Mikka by slowing them down and saving her. I jacked their joints and I grabbed her wing, making us both run through the market to hide. And we nearly made it until one of those bucketheads blasted a laser one of the market stands and it crashed on Mikka's wing. Thankfully I was able to save to her from that disaster too…before it got worse at least. After that we just stayed in the shadows all the day and they never found us.

Mikka was grateful and she let me help her wing and help her get back to her family…who were kind enough to let me be a part of theirs. I became a part of their family and I earned Mikka's affection. We together for almost two years until we came across this city. Which was when I proposed to her, and when we also learned about the sanitation policies. The start of great, lead to something bad until we decided to revolt against it, and it lead the origin of this team.

When Leo finished, Al was impression. Another detail that reminded him why he shouldn't give up on his true mission: returning to the past and destroying Aku. It reminded that there still was hope and he didn't have to be the only hero in the world. Which also made him bring up a new question, "Wow. Leo, I must say that was inspiring story. Now I only want to ask, what is Garrett's story?"

"Garrett? Oh, he…um…actually I don't know. After the four of us got together he never really explained much to us. All he told us was that he knew of atrocities, he was from out of town, and that he wanted to help for our cause. Frankly I'm kind of wondering about that too. The works that he has shown have been very remarkable. He looks younger than all of us but he's seems smarter with the type of science he knows and has shown better combat and inside spying experience than any one of us. He maybe a mystery boy but he is amazing."

"Hmm…" Those words made Al become more curious about Garrett. What kind of kid wouldn't share his own story but at least show what he had to offer? It was peculiar. Then that thought was washed when they got a call.

"Gang, this is Sebastian here. Garrett and I finally made it to the lab, and…"

"Sebastian? Sebastian, what's wrong?" Lyra asked. "I can't see you guys on the screens, are you okay?"

Garrett replied, "We're find. I don't think they put in any security cameras but that's what we're going awe about. In here, there's a lot of books, chemistry sets, and chemicals, and about everything we need."

"Then why are you going…in 'awe'?"

"Because everything we see here…"

"Is not all." Sebastian said, as the two stared at the four corners of the large lab, that each turned out to be incredible colossal sized missile silos.

"What!?" Lyra said after hearing that explaining. "Who. The heck. Would put missile silos inside of a building? What maniac would even think about developing that?"

Garrett said, "Talon would make sense. Plus this is the largest building in the whole city."

"Hmm. Good point. So what now then?"

"Well…we have everything we need for the recipe. It might just be enough. But…what if we could unleash the cure to everyone faster if we launch it?"

"Launch? Oh." Lyra began to understand his idea, and from thinking over the calculations with Mikka, it sounded like something that could work. Sebastian, Al, and Leo also agreed. "Garrett, you're a genius, this could actually work!"

"Thanks. If we start it today, then we'll win this fight." Garrett sounded proud and was glad that his friends were all in with him. Then Al brought up, "Hold on. That does sound like a great idea, but who will it affect? Meaning like, will it be able to work on the refugees if they're still in the sanctuary?" "I didn't think about that. You're right. Someone's gonna have to work on going back there and tell them when it'll be safe to come out." Leo pounced in, "I'll do it. I'll go back and tell everybody that the cure's coming out today. It shouldn't be too hard to get their attention. Al, do you mind staying here?" "Not all. You go and be careful."

Garrett called back, "Okay then, Leo. Good luck. Mikka will call you when it's time."

"Copy that. See you guys." Leo crawled passed Al and was on his way. Then Garrett asked Al, "You doing okay, Al? How are those guards." Al looked through the vent cover and said "I'm doing fine. As for the guards, they're all still here. Come to think of it, neither one of them have seem to have moved an inch since Leo and I first saw them. It's almost as if…" Al took a much closer look at all of them, and noticed something, they almost looked like glass and one of them vibrating by phasing. That was when Al released the problem. "Oh no. Everyone, you have to run! They're not rea-" Before he finished, a loud static wave surged through everyone's comms. They all yelled and yanked their comm sets out of each of their ears. "What the heck was that?!" Sebastian yelled. Which brought up a shocking surprise. "Why don't you turn around and find out?"

Sebastian and Garrett turned to shocking see Talon in front of them. "What the?!" Sebastian said. "Surprise!" Talon was looking straight at him and had an old bat, ready to swing it at his face until Garrett got between them. When he did, the bat broke. Which shocked them both. "What the heck?" "Surprise." Garrett looked mad and punched Talon's face hard with his wing. It was hard enough to make him fall back on the floor and scream, "Ow! How the heck?! What kind of bird are you, you stupid kid?!" "The kind that's full of surprises, you sick metalic dictator!" Without breaking a sweat, Garrett lunged Talon up in the air and through him across the room like he was a silly ragdoll. Then he made a perfect comedic landing onto an office chair.

"Quick! Grab what we need and let's go!" Garrett ordered and Sebastian followed. All the chemicals and samples they needed to make the cure was on one desk and Sebastian was able to grab them all before they both ran out of the room. "No!" Talon yelled, for he wasn't gonna let them escape. He had a laser gun next him so he quickly snatched it and at a moment of luck, he shot Sebastian in the back before they were gone from the view. "Ah!" Sebastian yelled, and with that heating blast, it was enough to knock him out and create a force that made fall off through the entire room of stairs. "No, Sebastian!" Garrett saw that and to no one's expecting, even Talon's, he reached his wing down and something out of it. These thin metalic things that looked like vines made out of nanotech. Garrett used them to catch both Sebastian and the tools before they all hit the ground. Garrett sighed in relief seeing that nothing was broken, especially his friend.

Talon witnessed all of that and had a lot of questions in his mind. "What kind of bird are you?" He whispered, and Garrett was able to set his friend down gently before leaping down to him. "All units, get to your positions now!" Talon kelled, giving a command to all of the guards that were outside of the building.

Lyra just noticed them through the cameras. "Huh? They were waiting for us? How's that possible?" Mikka replied to her, "I don't know but let's go before they find us." "Okay, just hang on." "What are you doing?" "Trying to make sure their power won't be enough to stop us." Lyra took out a satchel of hers and brought a chrome thick disc before splating it on the surveillance console. "Okay, let's go!" The girls ran and reached back with Garrett and the (still unconscious) owl. "What happened to him?" Mikka asked Garrett. "He's fine, he just got knocked out. On a lesser note, we got the ingredients and need to go!" The four ran to the front door, and stopped when they saw a whole squadron in front of them. "Crap."

One of the guards came up. "I'm amazed to see that folks like you made it this far. Now look, we're all aware of who folks are and of your calling. And we like that kind of spunk and sentiment, but if you naive birds ever understood how the world works, you would've given up by now. So right now, we're gonna give you a choice." The gang scowled at them and stood their ground before he continued. "You can either surrender now and we'll take to our 'decontamination' facility without harming, or we can help take care of infected folks right now."

No one said a word to him, they just stayed standing up and folded their wings. But Lyra made a sly smirk before pulling out a trigger. "Not a chance, you armored mook." She pushed it and at a split second, a large EMP blast went off. It took out all of the lights inside the building, and even affected all of the lasers that the guards were holding. "Al! Leo! Now!" Lyra yelled, as it was dark, the guards screeched in fear because of the risk of getting infected and not seeing a thing, but while that happened, Al and Leo jumped out and pumled all of the guards around. Leo gave good kicks and punches to them and Al did the same while also using his sword to slash out all of their lasers. Then the others did the same to them, knocking out all of the guards before running away.

After a few minutes, the power went back on and Talon found all of them. "What the?! Oh, great. You lousy goons got outwitted by a few random birds?" He sighed in disappointment while he saw his men struggling to wake and getting up. So he yelled out, trying to speak directly to the gang. "YOU TWERPS! DO YOU HEAR ME! YOU'LL FIND A CURE, ALRIGHT? YOU'LL NEVER SAVE THIS TOWN FROM THE IDEAS THAT INVOLVE TAKING DOWN AKU FOR GOOD AND LIBERATING THIS WORLD WHILE IT IS IN MY WINGS! AND GARRETT?! I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE OR WHERE YOU GET YOUR TECH, BUT I PROMISE! YOU! WILL! NEVER! WIN!" He looked pretty steamed, and wasn't aware that they were close by. On top of the roof to one of the buildings next to the quaratine HQ. Garrett and the others heard every word, and relaxed to take a breather.

"Whoo." Mikka said. "That was close. Good work on EMP plan, Lyra. But what now?"

"Now. We work on the cure. I think I still have the other tools with me." Garrett opened some pockets and began the progress of making the cure. But Al, who seemed the most tired aside from Sebastian, stood up and faced Garrett. "Hold on. Garrett, I need to explain a few things to me." "Hmm?" "You heard me. Explain to me what he was talking about. What did he mean he questioned 'what are you'? And what did he mean by 'technology you have'?" "Al, this is something that can wait. Right now, you guys need to work on aiding Sebastian while form up this cure, before we-" While Garrett was still talking, Al noticed something with his keen eyes again. On Garrett's suit, there was a cut on the left shoulder (caused by the hit from the bat) but yet no blood or cut on the skin just the clothing. So Al wanted to test something, and before he did, Garrett stopped talking…and Al karate chopped his shoulder. Everybody gasped and froze, but Garrett…wasn't hurting. He stayed sitting down like a statue and looked like he was expecting that, and Al had an "I was right" face, while also looking shocked. That created a new image, making everyone wonder…who the heck was Garrett?

Next comes the reveal and the wonder if they will save everybody.