Okay now that the one is done, my second cookie shall be consumed.
Well hello again and just going to make this one short as I want to get this chapter packed up and ready. A lot of people just been avoiding this story almost like a plague and I still see the World of the Dead getting views each day so that is telling me to step up my game and I will with this chapter. This will be a more on Eddy and I know you remember the little fiasco that went down in the Coffee Bar and the little mystery in the end where he left with that man following him.
On to the chapter.
The Crisis Begins III: Eddy's Time
3:25 P.M.
Eddy turned around the corner pockets in hands as he was able to snake his way back into normal downtown crowd. Eddy looked at the center of the street at the mini-clock tower and saw one of the four clocks read 3:26 P.M. The boy known as the Blaze looked away and continued his walk by the stalls and the shouting merchants, he ducked into an alley way and leaned against the wall, the people walking by not paying mind to him as he pulled out the phone that he had stolen from the man and saw no password or anything blocking him from viewing everything in the phone.
"Guess he thought no one would steal it from him," Eddy thought as he shook his head at that and decided that since it was his that he put a password on it and did so. "No one will ever figure it out."
Eddy continued to study his new touch screen phone and saw that he had a voice modifier and dozens of contacts. But what caught his attention were the app that said Profiles and he tapped the screen and six different apps popped out. They were laid out in a pyramid and from top to the bottom it read: Factions, Leaders, Second in Commands, Chain of Command, Threats, and finally Followers.
Eddy, with curiosity, tapped the Faction app and saw a list pop up. He went through the list and saw that it was in alphabetical order and as he went down he saw the name of Factions that he knew like Bets and Boys of Silence, and as he went further he saw his own. Now the lieutenant was suspicious and clicked and the screen went dark but came back to life showing the symbol of his clan and the background the colors that they bear. The text was in white. Under their insignia was information.
When Eddy skimmed through it, he was shocked to see that the man had everything for them: who their leader was, the Elites aka Second-in-Commands, him and his friends as lieutenants, and the Shadows aka followers. It gave their current faction member numbers and then came the bars below.
The bars were different in color and under different names. The first was Strength, the red bar; it showed that they were at a quarter of where they should be at and that it was able to compare to other factions. The next that followed was Numbers which was yellow and low. What followed was the blue bar of Technology and that was pretty high. Loyalty and Control over troops was actually at the cap, which mean that they had loyal members and that they had control over them and this was orange in color bar.
Eddy moved out after seeing nothing else and went to the followers another list came that showed the factions and he went to his once again and saw pictures of familiar faces back at the face. He even saw his friends picture and tapped Ed's picture. What popped up were Ed's personal info, including blood type and height, weight, and strangely enough, penis size, he skipped that immediately and went on to the stats bars.
The stat bars were almost like the Faction's, but with a few more. Speed (Blue), Strength (Red), Intelligence (Dark Blue), Agility (Orange), Endurance (Black), and finally Precision (Yellow). Ed's stats were not really that much of a surprise to Eddy. His Strength and Endurance were incredibly high. Intelligence was surprisingly moderate; he always knew that Ed was smarter than he let on. Agility, Precision, and Speed was low but looked alright. He saw that below was a threat level and saw that it read a Below Moderate. Ed's nickname was The Sentinel. He went off and went to Double D's.
Again he wasn't surprised by the states. Strength was low, Speed and Endurance was just below moderate, Agility above moderate. Off the charts was his Precision and Intelligence, Eddy knew only few smarter than Double D and that his marksmen skills were getting better by the second as he knew the drop of his weapon and how far his target was by just looking at them. His nickname was simply The Marksmen.
Eddy scanned through every one of his friends and saw that they all made a name for themselves and their stats proved their nickname. Then there was the last one, he always wanted to see where Techlin stats and he nearly shocked at what he saw, even with the knowledge he knew. Tech's nickname was the Reaper. Strength, Agility, Endurance, Speed were off the charts, Intelligence moderate, and Precision was at an okay level. Threat level read Don't Encounter without three Platoons. Sometimes Eddy would be surprised by just how strong his friend was but shook it off and went to Jon and saw nothing but his name. Stats, info, everything was blank except for the threat level and a report that was recently updated. The threat level read Extremely Dangerous, need more info to make accurate accusation but proves to show little of his true skill but have been witness to kill mass amounts of enemies in a short period of time.
"Scarier than Techlin," Eddy muttered as he decided to stop probing through his phone and would look over the info later. "But I should take this Jon, he would need to have to look at this, he couldn't hide anything from him anyway without him noticing. He can tell if you were hiding something by just looking at you. Jon had done that too many times to those who were hiding weapons when they were trying to sneak in and kill us through the gates."
Eddy put the phone in his pocket and started his way to base.
Back at the Compound. 3:53 P.M.
Jon was sitting in his office at the moment on an important call. Papers were neatly piled across his wooden desk that curved around to lay against the wall next to one of two of the doors in the room, the one on the right and the other was the left. The bullet proof windows would have nearly darkened the room if it wasn't for the lights that hanged above his head. There were a few chairs to the side and in front of the desk for visitors.
Jon himself was in a leather chair with wheels and in his regular suit. His white winter coat was hanging on a coat rack.
"So Max, how's everything doing?" Jon asked his longtime companion.
"I'm fine, how about you and Cori though?" Max inquired.
"Cori and I are doing well, though he still acts like an idiot sometimes." Jon and Max shared a small laugh at what he said.
"Nothing really changes with us over the years, huh?" Max asked after the laughing.
"Yeah, I'm still the same as always and I know you still the same arrogant, rich, sport fan that I knew when we were in elementary." Jon said seriously.
"Whatever, Freedom Boy." Max could feel the sigh that escaped Jon's lips.
"That old nickname, really? Never mind, Justice." Jon could sense the cringe at that. "Well with childhood memories out of the way, how is everything in your hideout in Asia?"
"Fine, though it was hell getting this connection up so that we can talk. The real situation for me at the moment is trying to get over there on your side of the world. These walkers are growing stronger in number and power by the day. Weird shit been happening for a while, and not the mutation you warned us of, other stuff, weird things that won't die unless you take them apart." Max explained. A frown settled on Jon once he heard that.
"I know of the new creatures, just came in a few months ago. A group that helped us shows video footage and any information about these new mutations, though where they came from is a complete mystery, the Intel is still little." Jon told the man.
"Damn, hopefully this will be over soon; corpses can't stay up long. But Jon can I- ask a -vor?" Max's voice was now starting to break up.
"Sure."
"I-ou-to pick us-damn connec-Jon I-." The Line went dead. Jon waited for a few minutes but he was still meeting with the steady tone.
"Damn, hopefully he'll get the connection up soon, be well my friend." Jon said staring at his phone before he put it back into his pocket.
The silence in his office was done when a knock came from the door and in walked Eddy with a serious expression and an urgent look on his face.
"What is it?" Jon asked, back to his old personality.
"I had a run in with a few Faction members while in the Badlands. Colors were yellow, black, and white. You know them?" Eddy knew that Jon knew all the Factions across Chicago and possibly even more by just their colors.
"A Faction that has many members, the Lion Legion. What happened?" Jon asked. Eddy went into detail about what happened in the Coffee Bar, and how he was looking for a new place to drink and ended up in the Badlands. There he encountered, beat and killed two of the four members and left the others out cold.
"You did what?" Jon asked after he was done explaining, there was a sense of anger that Eddy felt. Jon was wondering what drove Eddy to killing two of the members of a highly known and influential clan.
"I had to defend myself! Plus you and everyone across the city know that everything goes in the Badlands. Even murder is easy to get away with in that part of the city; no one will say anything if they saw someone get murdered cause no authority gives two shits about that place!"
"Still, even though it was done in the Badlands, you left two members who saw and probably know who you are and what Faction you're in. You yourself should know that Factions settle disputes between themselves anyway they want, with no government intervention. The Lion Legion is known for settling disputes by having massive fights with the clans that cross them." Jon was now standing up and staring down at Eddy who felt very intimidated by the man.
"Hey, I was just trying to keep myself alive, it was in self-defense! They surrounded me, they were going to beat me up, and most likely steal everything I had. Who knows, they could have tried to kill me." Eddy said weakly. Jon was not oblivious to the effect he was having on Eddy, but he didn't want to let Eddy go from this. He didn't blame the boy for his actions as they were reasonable in all sense; it was just on another matter that he was mad at.
"Look, I'm not mad at the fact that you killed to protect yourself. But I'm mad at the fact that you put the clan in danger, who knows what this fight will hold, and it is coming as soon as those two you knocked out wakes up and see the men you killed. Eddy, if you're going to be part of this clan, and a lieutenant at that, you need to be considerate of your actions that you do. Cause it reflect on us. It can also put us into danger like the event you created at the moment."
Eddy suppressed the sigh that he had, it sounded almost like something Ed's mom would have said to him back at the Coffee Bar.
"Okay Eddy, I need you to come with me." Jon said after a moment of silence between them and he went to get his coat.
"Why?" Eddy was wondering if he was going to come back alive.
"Don't worry I won't kill you, we need to settle this before the leader acts out in anger. We can't risk having a battle with a clan." Jon explained.
"Why, we can take them!" Eddy was sure that with the Elites and Lieutenants, that the Lion Legion won't stand a chance.
"I know that, but what of the Shadows, they might not be able to make it either. I told you Eddy, consider others, despite us having the quality over quantity we have to consider the others that might be at stake. Now come on, you better work on a good apology, or we'll have a problem." Jon said in a rush and was about to leave before Eddy said for him to stop and that he had something to show him.
"Look at this phone I took from one of the guys, go to the one with the Faction app." Eddy said, walking over towards the Alpha Shadow and handing him the phone he got from the now dead man. The room was full of silence as Jon looked through the phone that Eddy handed him, his eye brows rising ever so often.
A few more minutes of silence and that was when that Jon had a faint smile grace his lips.
"Eddy, you just helped us out a lot. They have information on everyone, and it seems to have many contacts, we have the entire info on everyone. Now this is something that we can use not just as Intel but as a bargaining chip." Jon told the confused boy.
"How?" Eddy asked.
"You'll see, let's go." Eddy decided to not pursue the answer any more as he wouldn't say a word if he asked again and followed after the man.
The lieutenant and leader walked out of the office and turned to the left, heading for where the garage was to grab the Buster. Once they reached the door they heard the sounds of machinery being worked on, and when they entered the smell of oil and metal was sniffed into their nostrils. Ever since the snow came, Antony had to move teachings into the garage. It had everything a car shop needed, tools, jackscrews, flatbed with wheels, repair tools, and other things that Eddy couldn't name. There were currently two vehicles in the garage and both concealed by a large curtain that stretched across the garage.
Eddy looked from one end to the other and saw the edges that were left from taking down the walls of the class rooms so that it would have more room. Both of them could see the engineers' shadows as sparks flew from what they were working on and it had to be big for it to be secret. Jon coughed into his hand before speaking.
"Antony! Come here!" Jon shout seemed to make everything stop as only an echo was left of the machinery that was in use. Soon it started back up and out from under the curtain came a smelly and dirty Anthony who seemed to be covered in oil from head to toe.
"Yeah?"
"Do you have the Shadow Bus for us; we need it for an important meeting." Jon asked.
"Damn, you have good timing, I was going to tell you tomorrow, but we finished giving it the upgrades that you requested. The War Machine will take more time though." Antony gave the details.
"Good, can you show us?" Eddy asked and the engineer nodded as he walked down to the right and they followed.
"Alright gentlemen, prepared to be amazed." Antony said once they reached the end of the room and he grabbed hold of the curtain. He pulled them back. Jon was left unfazed, but Eddy was completely opposite. He wished that Kevin was this good.
The bus was still the same in all but with new features. The wheels now had spikes that looked like they can slash a hundred tires without getting dull. The tires were replaced. The guns they had were replaced with actual 50. Cals. There was one on each side. The windows had black metal covering them instead of bars and they had slits to see through and the driver seat had metal covering the top and bottom window for him to see directly in the middle from both sides and had no metal on the window that was left of the seat.
On the grill were six spikes that would be painful to anyone who got impaled. The hood was covered in a thinner and less strong metal than the others.
On top of the truck were hood lights. But what really got Eddy was the turret located over the truck. It made it look very dangerous. It still had the paint job that held their insignia
"As you can see; this version of the Shadow Bus is more protected than the previous with metal plating on nearly all windows. There are 50. Cals on the sides for protection with gunner seats behind them, but on top is a heavy turret that can be controlled by a control seat in the back and has a three-sixty degree rotation and a one-eighty degree upturn. There are spikes on the wheels for slashing tires and the front for ramming and impaling. Don't worry about seeing in the back as there is a camera that the driver can look through from the front to the back."
"Now in case of a heavy attack there is a button that will shed a layer of metal over any exposed windows to protect you. The engine has been replaced with my own creation so that it'll run smoother and with a lot more power behind it." When Antony told them every feature Eddy couldn't believe that a normal bus that they took from school would turn out into this monster of a killer.
"Here is the keys, treat him gently." Antony threw the keys into Jon's open hand and he caught it.
"Nice work as always Tony." Jon complimented as he and Eddy walked to the armored vehicle.
"No problem man." Antony said as he opened the garage doors.
Eddy got in and Jon came afterwards sitting in the driver seat. They drove out over the snow and into the street. Jon turned right and made a stop in front of five men and women that had their weapons. Eddy looked through the slit and saw that among them was Cori, La, and a tired looking Double D. The rest were a man and woman from Brunzo's team, also known as Heavy Shadow Unit, Antony let one of his engineers come or Shadow Bombers, Kasumi had sent three of her Shadow Walkers; finally there was someone from Corvo's Assassin's.
They all came onto the bus and Jon got out of his seat and told Cori, who argued but agreed in the end, to drive. Eddy held a seat for Eddward as he groggily sat next to him.
"Marie?" Eddy simply said.
"Marie." Edd told the boy and Eddy chuckled.
"Alright, head for what the GPS says on your phone, we have a meeting. No tough acts from any of you, this vehicle will already do that." Jon explained and Cori closed the door and started his way to the now abandoned Art Institute, also the base of the Lion Legion.
Eddy couldn't help himself as he glanced over to one of the Shadows from Kasumi and Corvo's unit. They looked very different from anyone of them while in uniform. Jon said that each Elite can choose what their followers wear in a show of pride for their teacher and Corvo and Kasumi had interesting choices of clothing.
Kasumi's unit wore nothing more than black in color, the only sign of anything else other than that is the small insignia on their back that if one was far away he wouldn't even notice it. The clothing was cloth in material. It was just regular black cargo pants with back tape holding everything down but the pockets and black shirt. Over that was a robe that concealed all the clothing and a hood that covered half the face, how they could see, Eddy never knew. From what he could tell they had no weapons, but a gut feeling told him otherwise as he knew that stealth users never really showed their weapons in the open.
Eddy turned to the male in the back. He was sitting in the heavy turret seat and looking at the controls and trying to figure them out. From what Eddy heard from Cori, people who join Corvo in his teachers wear a mask and don't take it off until their home. The acrobatic Elite also said that no one knows who joins Corvo's unit as he was serious of keeping them secret and that he only had about six students. They were always silent.
Corvo's men wore Military uniforms but were fully black with a bullet proof vest. There was a hood that hugged their heads tightly and covered everything from the neck up. Their weapons were also concealed but Eddy knew better than to suspect that they weren't loaded. Finally was the mask, each member had a different mask and the one Eddy was looking at was fairly simple one. It was one of those masks that had a happy face and slit eyes. It was purple in contrast to the black and on the forehead was the symbol of the Sun Shadows. The item made Eddy glad that he didn't have someone that creepy looking coming for him.
"I wonder what they could do." Eddy was curious as despite knowing what they will specialize in, he never knew how they fair in an actual battle.
One Hour Later: Lion Legion's Base: 4:59 P.M.
Eddy was awoken by Edd, having fallen asleep on the way to the base. Eddy rubbed his eyes and gave a short yawn as he looked and saw that everyone was leaving the bus.
"What's going on?" Eddy asked as he stood and cracked his back.
"We made it to the base; Jon went to talk to the gatekeeper. Their boss was willing to allow us entry, but we need to go in, unarmed, to talk to the leader." Edd explained as they made their way to the door.
"Unarmed? I have bad feeling in my gut about this." Eddy said. The two Eds stepped out of the bus and what they saw made them scared. The area they were in was the outside and they saw the Art Institute, now bearing the banners of the Lion's Legion insignia hanging from the roof top and reaching the ground level. The large street they were on was separated by a barbed wire gate that went from the base of the institute to the buildings across the way and another gate the crossed in between the two buildings. Edd remembered from his study of the Chicago streets that this was the old Adams Street. The one thing that did make them fear what they saw was the heads of men and women proudly displayed on stakes lined up against the gate. Some of them had symbols under them.
"Those are the heads of leaders in different factions? Man what are these guys?" One of Brunzo's students said under his breath while the others could only stare in disbelief. The gate that separated them from the base was open and Jon stood with his arms crossed and next to him was a weapon rack that would hold all their weapons. Everyone moved up to put their weapons on the rack, but Jon walked up to Corvo's man and whispered something in his ear, whatever it was he nodded to it and walked back silently to the bus.
Eddy turned back to the others and saw that he was the last one who needed to put his weapons on the rack. The Blaze walked up to rack and with tremendous reluctance started to put his guns on the rack. He kept the yo-yos and just showed the gate keeper and said that it was a toy he bought a while ago. The gate keeper, showing no suspicion of what the yo-yo really was, allowed him to take it. Once he passed he saw that Cori was playing with his own yo-yos in his hands and impressing some of the outside guards.
"Everything is clear; a metal detector is inside so if you still have weapons on you then you will be killed on sight. A guide will come to escort you to our leader once you're inside." The gate keeper said as if he had done it for years.
Jon was the first to head to the wide stairs of the old Art Institute with everyone else following shortly after him. Once they made it to the top they went through the door and saw their guide waiting for them.
"Follow me and no one lags behind." The escort said and started to walk and everyone followed. The metal detector came up and the escort walked around it while Jon went through. Eddy could notice his hand spark with electricity for a split second and the sparks made contact with the metal detector. Everyone else walked through with no problem.
"Guess he knows about the weapons." Eddy thought as they continued to walk on.
5 Minutes Later
Their escort stopped in front of a large door, walked in, telling them to wait for a few minutes. Eddy sighed, hoping that this place would look a lot more interesting. The entire museum was the same as it probably was before the Outbreak. All the art was kept in the same spot; the floor was clean, cameras to watch the art was working with a lot more placed for security purposes, guards to protect the base and the art. Save for a few emplaced weapons at the windows, it was just another boring museum. The only thing that really stood out was the door; it looked as if royalty was beyond its gold decoration and eccentric design on the wood.
"Hey Eddy, do you know why we're here in the first place?" Double D's curiosity got the best of him. It was strange for them to visit a base with this much guarding. Usually, Jon, Cori, June, and for a few times, himself would go to a base and ask for some supplies or to sign up as an alliance. For a few times these meetings with well but they were only able to gain an alliance with two minor factions, the Hammertons and Amazonians, only male and only female respectively.
"Just wait Double D, everything will be revealed in due time." Eddy said in an unnaturally relaxed tone. This made Eddward raise his eyebrow at his reply.
Double D was going to press on the matter but was stopped when the door opened and out came three people. One was a red head woman that had black lipstick on her lips and Eddy had to admit that she looked good, especially with her Faction's uniform that showed her curves. One thing that everyone noticed though was that she walked with a proud posture, almost leader like. While most of them checked it off as her just putting a front for them, though Jon stayed a steady eye on her for a little bit before turning back and pushing adjusted his glasses. Next came out two very familiar, bruised and bandaged, men and Eddy quickly hid behind Double D as they walked by.
Double D's confusion increased from before as he looked over his shoulder at his short friend to see his eyes following the two men until they turned the corner.
"Some guys you owe money Eddy?" Double D asked jokingly.
"You can say that." Eddy responded nervously. Double D shook his head at his friend and his gambling loses but didn't want any part in it so turned back to see their guide standing at the door.
"Our leader will now see you." He announced as he stood out of their way as they came in. At the last second Jon said for the two Heavy Shadows and the ones from Kasumi's unit to stay out of here due to the room probably being too crowded with them all in there. They did as told and waited while the rest went in.
The room Jon, Cori, Eddy, Ed, and La walked into was no more than a small office that looked as if the King and Queen of Spain worked here. The walls were red and had some of the most expensive paintings in the museum. The desk, that was a few feet away, had a few picture frames facing the leather chair and a paper weight of a golden lion curling around a blue ball. The table had designs of a diamond pattern engraved in the sleek wood. Hanging in front of the desk was a small banner of Faction's insignia of a golden Cerberus with Lion's head and in each in head separated in three different columns. The head on the left was in black, the head in the middle was of white, and the head on the right was in black.
The last thing to notice of the office was the plain steel door on the left. They all guessed it was the leader's sleeping quarters. It wasn't soon before four big men entered through the main door and went to the corners of the rooms. They were heavily armored and had light machine guns in their heads ready to fire just in case things got heated. Everyone in Jon's group tensed, ready for anything that'll happen. After a few minutes of everyone standing tensed as bones of a mummy the door of the sleeping quarters opened and everyone but the bodyguards turned towards and to see a woman come out.
The leader, as they guessed by her custom white, black, yellow trimmed military officer uniform missing the badges. She had light ginger hair, generous assets, good enough curves and a pretty face. Her tan skin and dark green eyes complimented her looks. She walked liked a leader should, straight, confident and proud. She soon sat down in her chair and put her folded hands on the desk, clearing her throat.
"Hello and welcome to my base. I would've liked it if you called ahead of time instead of popping up at the gate asking for a meeting. So tell me who are you and what do you want?" The leader's voice was soft but bored and irritated.
"My name is Jon B. Capler, leader of the Sun Shadow faction…"Jon was going to continue until she interrupted him.
"Wait, Sun Shadow? One of the new factions…and the one with a member that murdered my men." The four soldiers in the corner get ready to pull the triggers and everyone else was ready to stop them, but Jon.
"Yes that is true, but let's not forgets that this event happened in the Badlands of Chi Town. We all know that there is no law there and that everyone knows the risks if you enter the Badlands." Jon explained and the leader's hand raised and the bodyguards relaxed their hold on their weapons and everyone settled down.
"That is true, but what do you want exactly? Came to show off and start a firefight?" She leaned back in her chair.
"No, in fact I have my lieutenant, Eddy Johnson, the one who committed the act and despite the fact of him being a pain in my ass for a while I would like for you to pay for his assault and for stealing information." Jon didn't want to drag this on and wanted to leave before his men and women are put into danger, he was met with an expected reaction.
"What?! Why should we pay for something that happened in the Badlands? You said it yourself that everyone knows what happens in the Badlands and the risk and so did your soldier!" The leader stood full height in anger but the guards did nothing, this must be her normal attitude.
"I know what I said and my soldiers know what the rules are in the Badlands, but as I recall, once a faction is made disputes between factions can be settled any way as long as it is not in the strongholds or on any government owned land. This little event is between us, the Lion's Legion and the Sun Shadows, two factions. But let's act like civilized people and let me explain." Jon said and the ill-tempered leader sat back down and with gritted teeth, gestured for him to continue.
"Now I want you to know that Eddy, having been kicked out of a bar and in searched of a new one, wandered into the Badlands and being a con artist and very influential of evil things he felt at home. So walking down the Badlands he was suddenly encountered by a four men and after some words a fight broke out. Now as the fight continued my solider was getting beating badly but luckily he remembered a few tricks up his sleeve and was able to win the encounter but the last two that was left pulled out weapons to serious injure or even kill Eddy. So equaling the ground Eddy got his weapons out and they fought but in the process killed the two attackers."
Jon explanation of the event was rather surprising to Eddward, who didn't know that his friend actually did something like that. But even he had to admit that it was the Badlands and even murder was easy to get away with while there, he still worried for his friend because now his head was being lined up with a rifle sight and was being ready to fire, figuratively speaking.
"Hmmm, that story doesn't fit what my men said. They told me just minutes ago that they were attacked by this boy here and they reacted in defense and in the fight that ensued two of their unit was killed, they were knocked out, and we found their bodies of the dead men naked and all their belongings gone." The leader told their story.
"That's a lie, they attacked me first! Sure I may be a suspect but that doesn't add up. I wouldn't just go in a fight unless they attack me first!" Eddy shouted out and was going to go up to the leader if Cori hadn't put his arm in front of him and gave him a stern look.
"Wow, guts considering that I can kill you. But to tell you the truth, I don't care about this little situation at all." This surprised everyone, even the guards, seeming to think that she would go ballistic on Eddy.
"Interesting, will care to inform us? Your faction is known for being have a brute force and would kill people over even the smallest affairs, so why would you let us off so clean?" Jon asked already knowing why but wanting the others to hear. After this it'll be time to prepare.
"Don't act stupid, you know what is going to happen two weeks from now. The Faction Games, usually a faction would have to pay a lot to enter it, but just because I am in a good mood today I'll pay for both of our factions to enter. And you know what else, I'll even bet a million credits that I can destroy your entire faction and put all of your heads on one spike and parade them across the entire city!" Now this made Eddy, Edd, and Cori sweat. La and Jon were the ones unaffected by the threat.
"A million credits? That's an awful lot of money. But I guess we'll have to deal with it huh? So be it, the Sun Shadows accept your challenge of defeating you in the Faction Games for one million credits and our defeat will mean death for us all." Jon was now being looked at by everyone, even the leader, for his dramatic and crazy agreement. His Elites and Lieutenants looked at him with dead eyes as they wondered if he was even qualified for sane.
"Alright then…I would have expected to see you on your knees begging but this is good too. Since everything here is alright and discussed, I suggest you leave before I leave your bodies hanging over my wall with your insides all over the place. See you at your funeral…I mean the Faction Games." The leader gave a cheerful wave signaling for them to leave. Everyone but Jon quickly applied and left the crazy lady to her doings.
Jon simply stared at the smiling lady and she stared back. It was then that Jon decided it was his time to go and started for the door; he suddenly stopped and looked over his shoulder.
"Oh yes, tell your leader I said I look forward to seeing her at the Faction Games. She didn't hide it well when she walked pass us before we came in. See you…second-in-command." Jon didn't stay to see the smile on her face disappear and the shock that replaced it. She was left there staring at the door in wonder while the guards looked on shocked that their trick was discovered by some new clan leader. It was then that a serious expression came onto her face as she reached down and grabbed a thin gray metal with holes and a button and pressed the button.
"Ma'am, we have some research to do."
"Then get on it." Said a seductive voice that was covering for her anger and irritation of being figured out by Jon. It made the "leader" shiver and hoped that she wasn't that mad of being figured out, especially since she heard the entire conversation.
I say I did a lot better on this short one. I just hope this leaves me with some more time to write. Should it feel strange for me to feel like I have less and less time to write these chapters, I'll never know! Well this chapter was alright in my opinion though there will be a next chapter.
I just thought that this was a good time to end especially with me needing to figure out how this Faction Games idea is going to work out. But besides that, I say for all here that I want you to give me some suggestions of what should be in the Faction Games, it could be anything from hugging to killing to sex and all over the entire subjects, even reading if you want. Just give a few suggestions and I would consider them maybe even add them and then finally give a mention to you, the one who suggested it.
See ya in the next, hopefully soon, chapter!
The Crisis Begins IV: Preparations Part 1
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