June 16th

Evening

Shinra Warehouse

"Are you sure about this Murdoc?" 2D asked, "This place seems abandoned."

"The guy said he knew where Noodle is, we have to at least look into this."

He walked up to the large door of the warehouse. The cool night air blowed in his face as he pulled it open. Inside, Snake was waiting with two other people.

"Good, you came. This way."

Snake walked towards the warehouse elevator, used for transporting materials from the basement. They all squeezed onto it, and descended. The lift seemed to go on forever.

"Look, I don't know who you guys are. Do you know where Noodle is or not? If this is a waste of time then I'll rip out your throat" Murdoc spat on the floor. This seemed too fishy.

"We know where Noodle is, but you're right to be suspicious" said Snake as he lit up a cigarette, "After all, we require your assistance."

"I knew it," mumbled 2D, "I knew this wasn't gonna be easy"

The two strangers on the lift stepped forward, and introduced themselves to the two Gorillaz.

"My name is Lelouch, my power is the ability to make anyone do what I wish." He smiled, "I'm assuming you two don't know your power yet?"

Murdoc grumbled, what was this?.

The other person stepped forward, and took out a mobile phone, and typed onto it. The message written on the phone said:

"My name is Celty. My power is the ability to manipulate this shadowy substance", and with that she formed a scythe in her left hand. Murdoc's eyes widened. 2D fainted.

They arrived at the bottom, and were greeted with a large facility bustling with people from all walks of life. There were people armed with swords, guns, and one guy had a mixture of the two. Murdoc finally realised what they had been roped into.

"Oh, a convention. What are you, cosplayers?"

"Not quite, Mr Murdoc" Lelouch smiled. Murdoc immediately hated him.

"This way" Said Snake as they walked towards a door on the far-side of the facility. On the other side of the door was a theatre room. Snake, Lelouch and Celty gestured for Murdoc and 2D to take their seats. They did so, and the movie played. The voice-over seemed familiar, and then Murdoc realised it was Snakes voice.

"If you are watching this, then congratulations, you are a Hero."

Murdoc sneered. 2D was still in shock.

"A few years ago, an alien meteorite crash landed in the southern hemosphere. The meteorite released a gas which our scientists has dubbed GRAYSKULLIUM. It infected thousands of us without us even realising. The gas unlocks a hidden potential in all of us, and we all seem to have different powers. These powers, come with a price however."

"The Alien's are mounting an assault on our planet. We've fought a few fringe battles here and there without making our or their presence known, but soon the invasion fleet will be upon us. We need each and every person infected with Grayskullium to stand up with us and fight for the planet. We are the only ones with the power to stop this."

Murdoc turned around to look at the three escorts. "What's this gotta do with Noodle?" Snake brought a finger to his lips. "Keep watching".

"Not along ago, Alien Spies started visiting our planet, and started killing or abducting some of our more gifted individuals. Link and Kratos were assassinated in cold blood, and the whereabouts of Goku, Noodle and Akira are unknown. We are hoping for the best. Please help us find them, please help stop the invasion". The movie drew to a close.

"So you're saying Noodle was abducted by aliens?" asked 2D, still showing a vast amount of shock.

"Yes. We're hoping she was abducted, the other possibilities are too grim to consider." replied Lelouch.

"Wait, wait, Noodle was one of the most gifted? What was her power? Could she make shadowy scythes?" Murdoc was confused. It seemed ridiculous but also...believable.

"Noodle had the most powerful ability of all" said Snake grimly, "She had the power to..." he trailed off, but thankfully Celty had typed out the sentence for him.

"She had the power to love"