Cheft talking to you: As heavily requested (for some reason) this is Surprised… or Stunned… or Amazed- WHATEVER this story is called, sample dish number two. Half of you know what I'm talking about, the other half… not so much. I will explain. This story is roughly separated into three sections: Part one- Dart's life changing because of a series of events. Part two- a founding of a group and about them in disaster Ave. Part three- protecting Viridi and saving the world.

The first sample dish is about part two.

Which means…

The second sample dish is, about part three.

So here we go…

Summary till this point: After struggling to get everyone on board the train cart, the gang saluted with blazing fire and dropping bombs behind them. Every citizen watched with smiles and cheers knowing who saved them. Just barely escaping, the gang planned their SkyCity route to rendezvous with Viridi's uncle. Upon walking into a trap, the five members of Kid House head to an apartment safe house located in the depths of the the great city. With their lives on the line once again, the team carefully strategizes each step towards a dangerous corporation called VX9 (the vection simulation).

Chapter ?

Part 3

Aftershock

News voice of Mr. Radioman in a small battery-powered radio: I am here at the port explosion incident. Things are not looking so good, two buildings are caught aflame and officials aren't giving us much information. Though we were given exclusive footage from a witness's cellphone-

"Pit, are you serious?!"

"Hey! That wasn't me… would of been funny if it was, huh? Heheh."

Mr. Radioman: We have the area lighting up from, what we see, a pole or man. Oh! There's people fleeing! One, two- about five unidentified subjects running south towards the clothing mill-

"Turn it off." Viridi demanded. Stares without objections, I shut off the machine and sigh. It was silent, everybody looking around awkwardly with the occasional glances to see if someone would start anything. Alright, time for me to bring the group together. Kid House, fresh from Deldin, have literally nothing. We stink from being on jetrains for the past thirty-six hours and we're tired, running from transportation to another. With that, we were awarded with a bomb to the face and a false lead. What we need now is rest and supplies. I pace around the large room asking aloud if we have connections with any resident in SkyCity. Pandora mentions something about an aunt which Persephone closures with, 'we never had an aunt'. This leaves me, who knows bull and Pit who was isolated from any family history as well.

"My uncle said something about vection." Viridi disrupted our conversation, and I saw how serious she was. "He wore a uniform jacket, VX9. Do any of you know what that means?" Silence. She then headed towards the small room (and also the only room outside of the large-ish main room everyone was in) and searched the topic less than a minute on her laptop. Her eyes speeding across the text and machine gun taps on the keyboard. We watch as she came across multiple websites. "It's an active corporation here." Eyes locked on the screen, she called, "Pit." He immediately turned. "I'm downloading the map of the city Investigate this organization and place a sticky chip into the main frame. I'll hack in-"

"Wait up Viridi." I'm not liking this. "We just got here, it's best if we think about this tomorrow. Everyone's tired- and Pit, don't say cake cause I know you are."

She viewed the room, catching everyone's faces. "...I'm sorry, it's just I..." And trails off. Seeing her discomfort, Pit felt that stab in his heart and began guiding her to the door. His friendly smile asking about ice cream. She stopped, "no." Looking at everyone, Viridi frowned, "I told you this before, following me means the end. I really meant it, if we're recognized out there- we're dead. Whoever cornered my uncle aren't going to be satisfied until I'm theirs. An-"

"I'm not going to let that happen." Pit's voice turned once again. His sharp rebellious smirk turned into pounded anger.

I felt a pat on my shoulder and then joined the conversation, "WE won't let that happen."

Persephone hugged the genius and Pandora spoke. "It isn't THE END girl, we probably would have ended up in a squathole if it wasn't for this. Hello, we're a team. We like family now. And Ooo we have some stalkers on our throats. Doesn't matter, we'll teach 'em, eh Viridi."

"Heheh, they made a big mistake messin' with us." Pit cracked his knuckles.

I also grinned reminding everyone, "don't forget who we are. Kid House is way more badass then any cops or guts out there. Whatever it is, we get out alright. You know that, we know that and of course, Deldin knows that well."

The genius remained silent and struggled to smile, "I-I know, together we're really something. It's just I don't want the people I love, fall into the same prisoned life, I hated it... so much..."

"You're not alone anymore."

And boom, group hug. Persephone, who was already hugging Viridi were both embraced by Pit. Then Pandora came in, crying "we're so amazing." And I, being the poop I am, stayed back and watch my friends together. So no, this is not THE END for any of us. Mercy knows what will happen next, but for now we level up and fight back.

:O :O :O

I check the list, eyeing the piles taking up three shopping carts. "Alright. Four five-gallon water tanks... twenty-five boxes of instameal... thirty ramen cups... a ton of coffee packs... blow-up swimming pool... the cheapest couch... another cheap couch... the cheapest living room table... two dining-sized fold tables... the ultra microwave... a pack of four toothbrushes... a dozen toilet paper rolls... two viking-sized shampoo bottles and finally... sweat pants, sweat pants, sweat pants... hoodies, hoodies, hoodies of any choice. Whorah."

As if on cue, Panda comes running nearly pushing everyone in the line. "DART? CAN WE GET THIS?" she held a Twerkies box, cream stuffed golden cakes. The picture on the box was a turkey twerking and holding the cake up.

"No."

"But they're on saaaale!" She pleaded, holding up the Twerkies to my face. "Okay maybe they're not on sale, but I really (REALLY) want one."

Persephone, who was leaning against the back cart snickered. "One box won't kill, Dart (maybe... depends on the situation actually...)."

"Well she doesn't deserve it!" I yell over Pandora's crying.

Hearing that, the blue haired brat shook her head and pointed at the pack of CoffeeHype candy. "Alright, well you don't deserve this!"

"They're essential for survival!" I grabbed the pack and hugged them.

"Lies!" She yelled back, standing up straight and raising a fist. "Lies AND WEAKNESS!" Persephone was using all her strength to hold her sister back from murdering in public.

:O :O :O

Pit leaned back against the thin and cheap table where Viridi's laptop and work lay. It was one of those foldable lemonade stand kinda tables that came with the apartment. Two to be exact. They were pushed back in the corner of the small room to form a 'L' shape, the genius in the inside corner, "They'll be fine." Eased the brown haired teen/bodyguard/coolguy/streetfighter/bestfriend/maybe-this-could-be-moreguy. "And speaking of them, I was ordered to take care of you. Which I will gladly do, just like I've done for the past... what, five or six years." He smiled, tying up her hair.

"Hmhm. Five years, six months and seventeen days."

He teased, "I can't tell if that's obsessiveness or your genius showing." Shrugging it off, Pit smirked again. "All in all, I known you the longest."

"I know, I know." Viridi sighed.

"Knowing you the most gives me some perks. Like, right now. You're still depressed about everything. Am I right or am I right?"

The genius ignored that and kept typing. Currently her main focus is the VX9 corp. who are oddly known among the rich in SkyCity. "Hey Pit, these people specialize in monoclutium muscle protacite stimulation."

"Hm, so like Inception?"

"Not exactly, but it's similar. Their motto is- 'vection is paradise', by vection they mean a stimulation to create an atmosphere purely by machine and visuals."

"So what they do is make a fake world for people to be in, sounds like Inception to me."

"I feel like there's more than that." Thinking Viridi opened up the buildings layout and studied. "The building is completely for show. Look, conference room, conference room, conference room... oh hello, beds? Lots of them. Wheres all their work? Their labs? And-"

"Viridi, you need rest. You think better when you're not so stressed out just like every other normal human being. Come on, shut it off."

"But.."

The apartment door kicked open, "WE'RE HOME!" Pandora yelled. "Lovebirds help bring in the stuff."

I opened the small truck we borrowed from the mart and hopped in the back, pulling up some supplies. Hearing Pandora's yell and footsteps rushing down the stairs, I handed the biggest junk down first. Pit held onto a table as I handed off the other to the ladies. With three pixies making their way up, I turn to my brother and we stack some supplies over the surface before marching. Our teammates who finished run past us and pick up the remainings. Now time to make this place look pretty. The building reminds me of the Blue Exorcist apartment where the brothers stayed. We live on the second (and top) floor, downstairs is a vagant kitchen and stalled bathroom. It's rather clean and the condition is decent, Virdi said it's just one of many safe houses her comrades use. Alright, upstairs we add a table in the middle of the large room. The second table is downstairs, next to the kitchen. The blown up couch, my bed, is pushed against a wall upstairs, large room. Pandora and I add the big-ish coffee table, her bed, just next to it. The other couch will serve for Pit and Viridi (if she'll use it) and is in the small room upstairs. Our food and tanks are obviously stored in the kitchen. Thank you Persephone for making it neat. Bathroom stuff in the bathroom and clothes piled against the wall in the large room. What's left is the swimming pool, it's rectangular and just smaller than a one-man bed. Persephone inflated it and added her pillow, blanket combo inside. That was placed against the wall opposite Pandora's and my couch, table duo. For finishing touches... the posters and banners we picked up at a local thrift shop on the way home. They were cheap, the cool thing is that they were vintage. Mostly 1950 war posters or old music band advertisements, lot of them looked like they jumped out of Fallout. In the end, I returned the truck with Panda and came home to everyone sleeping. Rough day.

:O :O :O

I woke up to Pit and Viridi's whisper argument. The genius was caught working for long hours as the crew rested. They were in the small room and didn't notice me slip downstairs to the kitchen. Really needed a drink of water, at that running builds up after. My core was also sore, coughing felt like bullet shots and a sneeze felt like a grenade popping in your stomach. If I was feeling this then everyone else must to. Maybe a quick stop at Eleven7 to pick up reliefs, no harm in that right? Only thing is, I'm still new and it was a pain to find my way to the store earlier. Great. "Dart?" I look up to see the little squirt stiffly make her way for a drink, "What're you thinking?" Perseph asked.

"Just thinking of heading out to pick up some CoolHeat. I can tell you're sore too." Setting down my cup, I think.

Oh don't have to, Persephone gave me information. "I remember seeing a gas station a couple buildings down. It's by the, the uh... oh! The traffic light with the crotch man statue." She laughed a little.

"Nice, thanks. I'll head out soon and maybe with Pandora."

"Yeah, yeah."

The crotch man statue (statue of a fancy rich man posing, looking like he's touching his crotch) is not too far, I'll be able to walk it in five minutes give or take. Pulling on a hoodie, I bend down by the coffee table and tell Panda. Getting a sleepy nod, I help her get up and bundled up. We practically match. Me, thick red sweatpants and a thin grey hoodie. Panda, thick black sweatpants and a thick light blue hoodie. As we wave to Persephone and walk out the door, the cold instantly wakes us up. Totally different from the summer in Deldin. The city is loud and cold at night.

Panda points, "crotch man."

"Crotch man." I confirm. So we're close, good. A building down and a turn on a corner, boom, GassyLass.

First of the Year (Equinox) (edit) by: Skrillex goes with the scene if you want to listen to it. Just read slowly and it should match. And yeah I know a lot of people don't like dubstep, you don't have to listen to it.

The lights flickered inside the small store. I was looking at the shelves near the middle, Panda a row down, not too far. My wolf senses forced me to keep an eye on the clerk. The man was old and creepy looking, like he just got out of jail or something. Long white greasy hair and a beard to go with it, the best part, he just stared with his mean eyes. Whoa, whoa wait. He's staring at Pandora. Grabbing a couple boxes of CoolHeat patches, I steadily begin to walk towards Pandora who studied the shelves. Turning the aisle, a screaching squeal screamed outside. My senses activate and I see in slow motion, a van pulled up and two men who quickly exited with... TEC-9's, geez these guys have submachine guns. I lose focus, "Pandora get down!" And the shooting began. First the car door shutting, then the click and boom, boom, boom. Glass shatters as I touch the ground. Then the bullets pack through the metal. Some clink and some power through. All I can hear are the guns firing and shots hitting the shelves, merchandise are thrown and fly everywhere. Wrappers and hot candy fall over me and I take cover. Looking down and visually slowing time with my wolf senses, I see the clerk get out a hunting rifle, though only to be shot down. Two, three bullets to the arm has him falling, "agh." I frown. Thinking, I wait for a moment more when the guns' round is out. Hearing the silence I spring up and leap over the counter. I land next to the old man breathing heavily. "It's alright." I say, "I'll take care of this." Then I reach for the rifle and prop myself up, aiming. "Pandora!"

"..Dar-" The shooting began again and I drop, taking cover.

I turn to the man again, "Do you have another gun?" He points to a tool box on the floor beside me. "Thanks." I then guide his hand to apply pressure on his wound. It was a pistol in the box and I toss it over in Pandora's direction. "10mm Pandora! Aim for their firearms!"

Silence, the shooting stopped.

And up and aim. My doggy senses focus's and I breath in, aiming to fire. My bullet hits a submachine gun and it drops, Pandora's makes double contact with the other, then as a bonus, she shoots the tire.

I would stop the music here.

"Call 911." I tell the man, seeing the people outside flee. "Pandora!" I yell and frantically lift myself over the counter. Running through the rubble covering the ground, I slide down by the blue haired girl. She was sitting up covering a side of her face. "Look at me," I say and guided her hand down. There was blood all over her right cheek and hair around the area. "A bullet just skimmed your cheek and ear a bit." I sigh in relief. Then seeing some bandage packs on the ground, I pick that up plus some CoolHeat (the ones that are not destroyed) and pull out a ten. We stand and walk to the counter like nothing happened, the old man shivering in fear.

"On the house." He says quickly.

"Thanks man."

:O :O :O

Persephone saw us walking in, "what the heck happened to you two?" then she saw her sister's face, "Pandora!" Pandora, who wasn't in the mood, stuck out her tongue and slugged past the kitchen to the bathroom.

"Don't worry about it." I mention, following the blue haired prankster. "She had worse." It was silent, no one said a word while I cleaned her cut and stuck on the bandage. "Hey, it's alright. Nice shots by the way, I know you don't like semi-automatics."

"Whatever."

I snicker a bit, "don't be like that." and she punches me.

The morning that followed, I found Pandora sleeping next to Persephone and the genius already up and working. Pit looked extremely tired but his eyes wide open (and a little pink), he leaned up against the table listening to the genius's plan. Once the sisters woke up, we all were brought to the table in the middle of the room. Viridi explaining, "the VX9 Corporation is a company studying processes of stimulations. In a way they can manipulate others by putting people in 'vection'. I still don't know why my uncle was working for these people but I downloaded their building layout and I'm currently hacking into their software. It's taking a while though (which is weird). Anyways I found out they'll be promoting their work in several different places…"

"I think I know where you're going with this." I say.

Viridi continues, "I need more information on VX9. It's the biggest lead we have right now to the people that are hunting me down."

"Alright," Pandora agrees, "tell us what you have in mind."

"VX9 will be visiting schools and informing the children about their ideas. SkyCity High School."

"Whoa, whoa wait." Pandora interrupts, "we're going to school again?"

"Exactly, but this time you'll be undercover." Viridi nodds. "I need someone who can access off-limits during school hours and after. Then I also need someone who can get information by speaking with anyone who might know."

List:
Off-Limits (during school hours) - Teacher, Pandora.
Off-Limits (after school hours) - Janitor, Pit.
Student, Dart.
Student, Persephone.
Eyes (at base) - Computer, Viridi.

Viridi smiles, "just blend in and you'll be fine. I'll create fake ID's and paper work, so you'll be able to attend easily by Monday. Promoting is Friday."

End

Cheft: Sorry it took so long to update this and my other stories. VS is coming out soon! FL is on it's way! Chapter 11 of Stunned is in the making!