Ah! Finally posted!

Enjoy.

Later:

The guys retrieved the Sacred Vine easily, besides the pesky birds that kept bugging them until Charlie shot his handgun into the sky to ward them off. Afterward, they went ahead to find limestone in a sparkling lake. Paul, Vito, and Charlie dove under the water to collect the limestone at the bottom of the lake.

Tommy was on land, watching over their stuff, when he heard rustling in the bushes as a figure emerged from the forest. She wore black sunglasses that shielded her eyes, had black hair in a braid that reached her waist, and wore an all black suit with a gray under shirt, and gray pants with black horizontal lines on the top and bottom of the pant. She held her black gloved hands behind her back, as two others who were male stepped out of the forest with similar clothes that were all black.

Tommy was alerted by them, until the woman told him that they meant no harm and showed him a badge that showed that they were special agents sent to study the forest. Although they said they meant no harm, Tommy felt that there were more people hidden in the forest, ready to ambush him and the others if necessary. The woman said they wanted to see who they were and why they were in the forest since they had to make sure they weren't there for malicious intent. Tommy decided not to answer and told her to wait for the others to arrive, and the woman agreed.

Paul was the first to lift his head out of the water, and he was surprised to see that they had company. Charlie popped his head up from the water, and he was also surprised as they started swimming to shore. Vito was the last to rise from the water, but the woman and two men had moved out of his view as he swam to the shore.

"We got it. Wow, it was deeper than I thought down there, but not too bad," Vito said, as he placed the limestone he held in his hand in his bag that Tommy held for him.

"Vito," Tommy said, as the guys looked towards the trio, and Vito looked at them and then turned towards the three.

Vito's eyes widened as he looked at them, and the woman stepped forward and said,

"Well well. Look who we found. I'd never expect to see you here, Vito."

"You know them?" Paul whispered, as he noticed Vito taking a step back away from the woman.

"Now now, Vito. Don't be afraid. You're in no danger, so is your Aunt. I'll definitely send a message to the boss about you staying with us until Ani considers coming back as an agent, or else we'll have to train you into one. But I'm sure Ani won't let that happen, would she? Come," the woman said, as she turned around while other agents came from the forest to surround the guys.

They started walking together with the agents, as Vito quickly sent a text to Violet.

"Vito, who are these people?" Charlie asked.

"The lady is Agent B, second squad leader under HD HGH, the head honcho of Agentcy, the ones my aunt used to work for. These other people are agents under her. They've been bothering my Aunt to come back... and I just gave them a way... darn it," Vito whispered, feeling bad.

"Don't worry Vito. They won't keep us with them for long. We'll find a way to escape," Paul whispered.

"Yeah. Don't sweat it, kid. We'll go to their base and see if they have any weapons we can turn against them," Tommy whispered.

Vito smiled and whispered, "That's cool guys. I'm sure we can escape, and if we can't, I already text Violet so I'm sure they might be coming too."

"That was quick," Paul whispered.

"We have a code for if something like this happens so... yeah," Vito said, and one of the agents walking around them told them not to talk.

"Hope they didn't hear us," Charlie whispered, as they kept walking.

Home:

Violet's eyes went wide as she read the message that Vito sent her three more times. She immediately ran upstairs to her room, startling everyone in the living room, as Ani stood up from her seat.

"Mother! We got to go!" Violet said as she ran back downstairs with a green backpack as Misty followed her.

"What's going on Violet?" Ani asked.

"They have Vito and the guys. Agentcy agents found them in the forest and captured them. Vito just sent me the text," Violet said, opening her bag to get ready to pack.

Surprised filled the room, as Ani said,

"No... no, they... No!"

Ani started heading upstairs with a serious expression as she said, "I will not stand for this."

"They captured them!" Rex said.

"Charlie..." Kelly said, concerned for her husband.

"Oh heck no. They're messing with the wrong people... I'll be back," Lester said, heading for the door to get his stuff.

"I'm coming too. Hold on," Rex said, also heading to the door.

"No freaking agents are going to keep my man hostage! I'm going," Kelly said, following after Lester and Rex.

"I'm going too. Those parasites will regret holding my best friend and friends hostage," Defer said, standing while taking the blanket off of himself.

"Good. We may need back up," Violet said, packing her bag with supplies and weapons, as they turned to see Ani re-entering the room.

Ani wore black combat boots with gray straps that reached her knees, and black pants that were tucked into the boots with a gray belt around her waist to hold weapons or medical supplies in the pouches. She wore a black long sleeved undershirt with a white short-sleeved shirt on top as she was wrapping her hands and wrist with white wraps. The black shirt and pants weren't very loose, and sort of showed off her curves which made Defer blush, and Violet slap his arm and say,

"Dude, we're on a mission. Control yourself, that's my mom."

"Eh hem! Sorry, you're right. I usually do keep it together. I don't know what came over me," Defer said, fixing his clothes to distract himself, and Violet just signed.