Meeting Familiar Faces

"Transform!"

A few minutes past midnight, there is a brawl going on, which surprisingly doesn't wake up anyone sleeping nearby for some reason. Right now garbage cans are scattered all over the place, walls are cracked and broken, and the dumpster is out on the street. Inside an alleyway, Walker narrowly misses Filia's Gregor Samson and retaliates with a spiked fist coming straight at her. Samson manages to block it in time but it still caused pain to him and flung him and his host back "Damn, I forgot how tough he was!"

"You know, you never did really show me what you got, stalk eyes." Walker was moving his neck around as he said this "Guess those thugs weren't tough enough."

"Trust me kid, I've been itching for a good fight."

"That makes two of us." He then looked at Filia "Though, it's kind if unexpected to be fighting a girl for a great challenge."

"It isn't her, it's more of Samson."

"Who cares, I'm having a blast." He cracks his knuckles "Time for a major ass-kicking." He charges at Filia again.

She jumps away in time as Samson starts lunging his tendrils at Walker "I don't like the smile on that kids face. He seems to be enjoying this."

"Why is that?"

"Either he's psychotic or he's a fighting freak. Either way, we should be careful."

"Hey, you gonna talk or what?!" Walker called out "Come on, fight is just getting good."

"Don't forget I'm here, bastard!" Stalker yelled at Samson.

"Come on, we aughta talk about this."

"Nice try, coward!" He fires an energy ball that's speeding its way to Filia. If she didn't duck, it would have taken her head off.

"Wow, that was close." She turned around in time to see a fist coming straight at her. Samson blocked in time, which resulted in another pain for him. "And so was that!"

"This ain't getting easy for me, kid." Samson takes a glance at Stalker "We should bail."

"You aren't getting out of here just yet, Samson!" A sawblade forms and is flung at Samson. Samson forms wings and jumps up in time. Filia then curls up a Samson turns them both into a spiked ball. Stalker forms a shield on Walker's arm as he sticks it into the ground. Both of them clash as one is trying to push the other. This results in both of them being pushed back, Filia out on the street and Walker into a wall.

Stalker opens his eye as he forcibly takes control of Walker's body and walks over to Filia. A claw forms on his arm "Don't worry, it's the scum I'll kill." He was about to thrust into Samson before Samson got up and grabbed onto Walker's waist.

"Stalker, stop! Just listen to me!" Samson pleaded.

"Why the hell should I?!"

"What if I told you the Skull Heart was involved?"

"There's nothing you can-huh?" Stalker eases up a bit.

"Yeah, that's right, we're looking for the Skull Heart. If we cooperate we can probably find it easily."

"Hmm…"

"Look, what I did was never intended." Samson 'stands up' as he says this "Let's start over, eh, partner?"

Stalker stares at Samson for a while before speaking up again "Fine, but try anything funny, and I'll give your host a haircut."

"Deal." They shake tendrils as their hosts start to stir.

"Uh, Stalker, can you not take control of my body without my permission?"

"Change of plans, bub, we're going with them."

"Huh?" "What?" This confused both hosts. It was Walker that then spoke to his parasite "I'm sorry, what happened to all the 'you're dead, traitor' deal? I thought you were trying to rip his head off, if you guys have heads."

"Get this, they're looking for the Skull Heart as well."

"Wait, what?"

"I need to find it," Filia looked down as she spoke up "I…have amnesia."

"Amnesia?"

"Yeah, so I was looking for the Skullgirl hoping I could…"

"Get your memories back." The air was silent for a while "Alright then, if you know where the Skullgirl is, I'm willing to take the trip."

Filia was shocked to hear this. The man whom she, well Samson actually, had tried to kill was willing to join her on her trip. "Well, what do you say Filia?" Samson faced his host "Should we let them?"

Filia looked at Walker for a while, and then she smiled and nodded her head "Okay then, you're in."

Walker extended his hand "I'm looking forward to working with ya."

They both shook their hands.

Inside a limo that was on its way to a Medici hangout point, it was a party inside. Particularly because there were tons of women inside and one womanizer that all the women were falling fall. Well, except for one women. She was annoyed that the limo was crowded and the fact that she was being squished while viewing the man brainwashing all of the women in the car.

"Come on, madame," the womanizer, Francis, in his Suave Mode called to the woman "take it easy."

"I would if I wasn't being squashed." Said woman, Cerebella, was fidgeting around in her seat as some of the women tried to sit as close to the circus beauty.

"Enjoy it, I thought you loved the fans."

"Of course I do, I just don't like being squashed by them." She looked around the limo before asking the fake French "Why did you have to pick up all of them?"

"My beautiful evening was ruined. I was surrounded with a lot beautiful women as far as I could see. They enjoyed my company and I enjoyed their's. But alas, work comes first, you know?" This was followed up with responses like "Wow." "What a diligent man." "I wish I had a boyfriend like that." and a rolling of eyes from Cerebella.

"Oh brother." She looks out the window and sees that they are nearing their destination "Sorry ladies, this is our stop."

Sounds of disappointment filled the van before Francis calmed them down "Don't worry ladies, after all of this is over, why don't you come to my penthouse?" The women all said yes "That's what I thought. Driver take these women to their homes." He was leaving the car "Oh, and give them my number."

The limo drives off with the women waving at both Francis and Cerebella. The circus star then turned to the Suave deceiver "You know, you disgust me."

"What's the matter?" Francis spoke in his actual accent again "Afraid that a few of those women might take me away from you?"

Cerebella bursted out in laughter. She then calmed down and wiped her eyes "In your dreams, pervert."

"Pervert? I've never been insulted." Francis held his heart as if Cerebella had hurt it, which she didn't believe. They both then looked behind them to see a club that is actually controlled by the Medici "So, our informant is here? Any idea what he looks like?"

"Tall, fancy, sunglasses, and mysterious. A better character than you."

Francis switched back to his French mode "Madame, I am hurt." His only response was getting stomped on his foot "Ouch, you can really hurt a guy despite your beauty."

"I think I'll take that as a compliment." They walked inside to start their job. Little did they know, they were going to meet someone else more reliable.

Somewhere in a town, there's a big commotion. The streets were a mess, buildings were partially destroyed, and men were lying on the ground unconscious and bruised. In the midst of this, there was a group of misfits causing trouble, but they had a reason. "That'll teach those maroons to ambush me."

"You said it boss."

"No one messes with us." In the middle of the street was a cartoonish band of thugs, there were two bomb like beings, one big and one small, a tall, walking bullet, a living weight, and a little girl, their leader, with a bird on her head with the same outfit as hers. These were none other than Peacock and her cronies "What do you say we beat 'em up some more, for laughs?"

"I wouldn't do that if I were you."

They all turned to find another gang, Mage, Bob, Lady, Hop, and two floating cards, again, one big and one small.

"Oh yeah," Peacock walked up to the magician "why the hell should I listen to you, Houdini?"

"Because if you don't," A blade then spurted out Mage's wand, which caused Peacock to stop "I'm going to have to beat you."

"Yeah, just try." Peacock brought out her gun where a blade came out.

Avery jumped up onto Peacock's head "Yeah, no one can beat our boss."

Bob then floated onto Mage's hat "Oh yeah, well no one can beat OUR boss!"

Mage chuckled as he took his hat off "This will be interesting."

Peacock took a hold of her hat "I'm with you, buddy."

Mage's hat was aimed at Peacock with Bob on the hat, while Peacock's hat opened up to reveal a metallic bird's head with a laser in it's mouth with Avery on the control panel behind it.

"Argus-" "Magnificent-" The bird charged the laser and the hat charged the energy inside "AGONY!" "MAGUS!" At the last minute they both fired.

The Shadow Squad's copter landed on the roof of the Black Egret's headquarters as the squad was greeted with welcomes and congratulations.

"We knew we could-"

Arselite raises his hand at the Egret "Soldier, before you finish, don't you get tired of saying that?"

"Of course, but sir, I respect you so much."

Arselite shook his head at this "Based on how many times you've said that sentence, I already know."

Inside the building the squad was about to enter the mess hall when they were stopped by a panting soldier "Commander...Arselite...I..."

"Hold on, catch your breath there for a sec, would you?"

The soldier inhaled deeply before continuing "Sir, there is someone in your quarters that would like to see you."

"Who is it?"

"Lady Parasoul."

If one could look under Arselite's mask, they would notice that he is sweating really hard and had a face as red as a tomato. "M-M-Milady?! In my quarters?!"

Scope then walked to her leader without her mask with her short blonde hair on her head and her green eyes on her leader. "Chief, relax, she's like any other women, only she has the power to remove you of your status and possibly your life."

"Thanks, Scope, I feel SO much better." He said as he stared at the sniper, with which she replied "Anytime."

Arselite was on his way to his quarters with his mask by his side. Now he is shown to have a buzzcut black hair, red eyes, and signs of a stubble on his chin. He stopped outside his door, he took a deep breath and thought to himself. She's just like any other women, except she is of a higher status and the ability to-Dammit, Scope!

He had his hand on the door knob and was hesitating. It was a while before he heard a familiar voice. "This is your room, you know? You don't have to hesitate."

He opened the door to find the leader of the Egret's herself sitting in his chair by the desk where he would often analyze documents. To his right, there was his bed, where it was still a mess from when he left. To his left was his wardrobe, and inside were his uniforms and casual clothes should he ever get a break, which is nearly never. "Forgive, Your Highness, I'm about nervous since we last talked to each other face-to-face."

"That was last week." Parasoul stated as she stood up from the chair.

"Yes, like I said, a while." He straightened his posture before continuing "So, to what do I owe this honor?"

She walked up to him, which made Arselite a bit nervous, since he does have a bit of a crush on her. "Do you know about the Skullgirl?"

"Only that she's bad news."

"So you've been informed, good." She took out a picture of the Skull Heart "For weeks, my team have been going around the Kingdom searching for any sign or traces of the girl. And we've found her." She removed the Skull Heart picture and a picture of a little girl with grey hair, skull hairpins, and dressed in a maid outfit.

Arselite took a closer look "That's her? She seems a bit too innocent."

"That's what I though, but all signs indicate that she holds the Skull heart's power." She then walked back to the desk. Arselite accidentally caught a glimpse of her moving her bottom while she walked and turned as he blushed "But this might be a bit big for me to handle."

Arselite turned back at her "And you want help from my Squad?"

"Exactly." She turned "I want to end this soon, I need to bury the mistakes my mother made. And I need your help." She paused for a moment before continuing "I understand if you need to rest, but this must be dealt with soon. Please."

Arselite's eyes locked with hers as he then enthusiastically replied "Anything for you, Lady Parasoul!" He blushed as he recognized how he said it "I mean, it is a job of an Egret to support the Princess."

Parasoul smiled at him "Thank you, Arselite. I see I've made the right choice of making you the leader." She walked out the door "We will move in half an hour. Get your troops ready."

"Yes, ma'am."