"Where are they? Where are they?" A woman muttered to herself as she paced along the floor. Near her another, much smaller girl sat on a large crate, typing away at a scroll.

You said they had one more thing to take care off before they came back.

"How is it that you can't speak but can still annoy me?" She first woman huffed, putting her scroll down.

"Sorry, Cinder, we ran into a little trouble." A young girl with green hair said as she entered the room. Following her was a tallish boy with silver hair.

"What did you run into this time?" Cinder asked accusingly as the two walked closer, uncharacteristic of her.

"Listen none of this has been our fault." The boy answered, trying to defend himself.

"Not your fault?" Cinder repeatedly harshly. "You could have easily outed two of those little brats the first day that they were here!" The three heard a small giggle come from Neo sitting on the crate. "You aren't out of guilt either." Cinder said pointing at the girl.

It's kind of hard to convince someone to try something when you can't tell them anything.

"That's no excuse. You easily could have slipped some into the bottom of their ice cream cone and be done with it." Cinder returned, still questioning why she agreed to take Neo with her.

At least we got to steal all the good ice cream once we finished there.

"And what about at the restaurant?" Cinder asked, returning her attention to Mercury and Emerald and ignoring the little popsicle.

"They weren't at their table." Mercury answered calmly. "And by the time I had figured out how to come back around somebody knocked into me dumping the stuff all over the floor."

"You're just glad they didn't catch you and make you wash the dishes." Emerald joked but lowering her gaze when she looked at Cinder.

"That would have been the perfect opportunity to not only test that prissy heiress' patients but also put a nice big stain on that perfect girl's reputation." Cinder re-explained to her minions.

And her dress.

"Be quiet!" Cinder shouted, turning to Neo. "And remind me again what happened at the garden." She finished, recollecting herself and turning to Emerald.

"Nothing." She answered, wishing she hadn't when Cinder looked back at her. "OK those two didn't even show up. We waited all day at that excuse of a music festival and not once saw them."

"Swiped a lot wallets though." Mercury commented. "And that's nothing compared to what we got at that fish zoo."

"Aquarium, Mercury." Emerald sighed. "It's called an aquarium."

"Why did you go to the aquarium?" Cinder asked.

"Those two love birds were going so we thought we'd have some fun with them." He answered.

"He had fun." Emerald corrected Mercury. "While he was pulling pranks I was trying to release Grimm and break down that bearer at the beach."

"And?" Cinder asked.

"They defeated them."

"You mean that red head brat is no longer a problem?" Cinder asked, trying not to sound as excited as she was.

"No…the brat beat the Grimm." Emerald said quietly.

"So, where does this leave us?" Cinder questioned calmly.

"Well, we've attempted numerous times at stopping those do-gooders." Mercury began

"And succeeded at none." Cinder finished for him

"Now what do we want to do?" Emerald asked

"I'm glad you asked that Emerald," Cinder said smiling, "because my next nefarious plan is going to be better than ever. It will include more Grimm, more spreading fear, and most of all more seeing me as the most evil villain of Remnant" Cinder laughed, relishing the thought of her name eventually being known throughout the world. "And the first thing we need is to go clothes shopping."

"Actually we probably should go get to our flight. It's leaving in 5 minutes." Mercury objected, looking at the scroll Neo handed to him.

"What!" Cinder shouted. Soon the four wannabe masterminds were scrambling to collect their items and make it to the airport. As they dashed to their gate in an attempt to still make it on, they saw the plane leaving and shortly after taking off into the sky. Cinder, Emerald, Mercury, and Neo stared out the window, still panting from their run.

"So. We missed our flight out." Mercury observed aloud, resulting in a sound smack across the back of his head.

And the next one for Vale won't leave for over 24 hours.

Cinder looked down at her scroll, expressionless.

"What are we gonna do now?" Emerald asked looking over at Cinder and Mercury.

"Wanna go back to the beach?"

"Guys!" Cinder screeched as the three ran off, leaving her alone with the luggage.