The cave:
Ani and Violet were running ahead of the cyborg Desert Ligers as the last three chased them. They killed the other ten, and now stood in front of a high cliff. Ani told Violet to hop on her shoulders to reach the top, as she did so and pulled herself up. Violet reached her hand down towards her mother, but the creatures quickly entered the place they were in.
"Come ma! They're here!" Violet said.
"... Keep going, Violet. I'll use the other path to meet you ahead!" Ani said, as she turned towards the creatures.
"What?! No! I'm not leaving you with them!" Violet said, as she heard a rumbling in the walls.
"Just go, Violet! The walls are crumbling down! Whoever was working in that lab is trying to destroy evidence of their experiments by destroying this place! I don't want to risk you getting hurt! I'll meet you soon sweety!" Ani said, as she took out her s.m.g.
"Mom... take this! And promise you'll meet me! Promise me!" Violet said, as she threw a small device towards her mom, who caught it.
"Alright sweety! I promise to meet you ahead! Go!" Ani said, as she turned and shot at the creatures to make them stumble.
Violet looked at her mother one more time and then started running ahead when she felt the walls shaking near her.
Ani glanced towards where Violet was and saw her running ahead as she smiled. Then she started running, as she shot at the creatures, while heading to another opening she saw when they first entered the cave room. She kept the creatures in the room, and she heard the cave walls collapsing. The creatures were about to lunge out of the room when they noticed a glowing devicw on top of the opening where Ani was in. Ani smirked as she ran ahead in the tunnel while looking at them, and the creatures screeched as the glowing thing exploded and caused the ceiling to collapse and block their way.
As Ani continued traveling through the tunnel, she slowed down to catch her breath and check her weapons. She had a few shots in her s.m.g, and she still had two knives on the sides of her waist since she used two other blades to fight the other creatures. As she traveled ahead, she realized that the rumbling stopped, which told her that no more explosives would be set off. When she finally made it through to the end of the tunnel, she reached a large dome-like cave room where she noticed a man with black and gray hair standing there with two other people.
"... HH HGH?" Ani said, as she walked closer but kept her distance.
The man looked towards her in surprise, as he took a step towards her and said,
"Ani? You... what are doing in here? I didn't think you were here! My word, you could have been crushed!" HH HGH said.
"I suspected that when I first entered the lab, since the central computer was beeping. That was an evacuation warning right? I figured we had to escape," Ani said.
"We?" HH HGH asked.
"I came with my daughter to save my nephew from you," Ani said with coldness.
"Ani, don't be upset. I would never have harmed your nephew, you know that," HH HGH said.
"I'm not sure about that anymore. You've been bothering me for a while to return, you kidnapped my nephew, and I don't know what was going on in that lab, but it looks illegal and dangerous since your destroying it," Ani said.
"Th-This may look bad, but I can assure you Ani that it's for the best. Business has been low since the agents are retiring, and you were one of the best, the greatest! We needed you to come back to help us, not with missions like you were before, but with help in building the new set of agents. You have special skills that could be added to the data base of the new agents and make them perfect. You have seen those creatures correct? I may assume you've fought them and survived quite easily. Don't you see? This is perfect. If you help us, we can make the Robo-agents stronger, and when the creatures are unleashed, we will be able to stop them and gain more income to continue building and enhancing the Robo-agents. It's more than perf-" HH HGH was cut off.
"Enough! I heard enough! If you mean to tell me that you are sending those creatures that you created to attack people, and then send the Robo agents to fight them just so that you could make money, I'm sorry, but your crazy. What happened to you Ki Vin? You were never like this before, you were an honest man, why would you do this?" Ani asked.
"... Ani, I can't explain everything to you. What I can tell you is that I really do need your help. You're one of those he really trusts, that's why I've been trying to contact you, and convince you to come back. He trusts you. I'm sorry if I seem forceful about making you come back but our situation is urgent. I need... I want to find him. By any means necessary, even if people get hurt, I need to find HH HGH!" He said with more determination.
"What?! You are not Ki Vin? But, where is he?" Ani asked, eyes widened.
"That's why I need your cooperation. I'm sorry Ani, but I can't give you a choice anymore. I must find him! I must know if he is alive! I don't care that he told me not to find him. I need to know if he is okay, that's what I was prog-" he was cut off when a slash was heard and the two Robo-agents with him fell to the ground in pieces.
Ani was shocked, and more so when a black blade slabbed upward from the fake Ki Vin's jaw through his forehead. He twitched and sparked, which made Ani realize that, as the Robo-agents on the floor were sparking, he was one of them. The blade was pulled downward and disappeared into the floor, as Robo-Ki fell to the ground, limp. Ani gripped her gun tightly as she raised her guard.
"Heh heh heh. Don't be afraid, my dear. Relax," a dark voice spoke softly, as Ani felt a chill up her spine from the familiar voice.
Forest village:
Charlie and Paul were talking to a few of the forest people, as Vito was trying to call Violet, but she didn't answer. He was also checking his bag to make sure that they had all their materials, while smirking at the Desert Liger skin he just obtained. Charlie and Paul turn towards Vito after ending their conversation with the forest people.
"Still can't get through to her?" Paul asked, and Vito shook his head.
"She's not answering. It might be some interference or something... Hey Charlie, can you call Kelly since you were able to get in contact with her before?" Vito asked, and Charlie nodded as he got his phone to call his wife.
"I'll try to call Violet this time," Paul said, taking out his phone to call his girlfriend.
Vito let the guys make their phone calls, as he turned to see Tommy and Minaya walking and talking together not too far from them. He smiled to see them together, and then he turned towards Charlie and Paul with a small frown and thought,
'I'm glad Tommy and Minaya seem to be getting along, but now I feel bad about this trip... Charlie and Paul should be with their girls, not almost killed and lost in this forest... maybe I should have come alone...? I thought of the idea to come here, so I should have done it myself... but it wouldn't have been possible by myself... Ahh! I should have known better, maybe, probably, yes, no...'
Suddenly a hand was placed on Vito's shoulder, as he turned to see that it belonged to Paul.
"Hey, don't feel bad about bringing us on this trip. We know you never intended for any of this to happen, but it's not all bad, you know. Especially for Tommy," Paul said, as they looked and saw Tommy and Minaya laughing in their conversation.
"-Sign- Yeah, you're right. I just feel like I put a burden on everyone's shoulders that wasn't necessary," Vito said.
"Well, you can't say it is, and you can't say it's not. At least not yet. Let's just try to get in contact with the others, regroup, and then we'll see where we take it from there, alright?" Paul said, and Vito nodded with a little more confidence.
"... Wait, were you able to talk to Violet?" Vito asked, and Paul shook his head as he removed his hand from his shoulder.
"I don't know why she isn't answering. She usually does. I even tried to call your aunt, and she didn't answer either," Paul said, as Vito's eyes widened.
"Hey guys! Come here," Charlie said, with his phone on his ear, as the two guys walked over to him.
"What's up dude?" Vito asked.
"I got Kelly and Lester on the phone. They said that Defer saw Ani and Violet enter a cave, and that he went to go get them. But Lester wanted to tell us something on speaker. Hold on..." Charlie said, as he removed his phone from his ear to press the speaker button.
"Okay it's on speaker," Charlie said, and Kelly replied,
"Okay, here is Lester."
Minaya and Tommy noticed the guys standing together and they decided to join them.
"Guys, we have a problem. I kept sensing that something was wrong with this forest, and Defer confirmed to me what I thought it was. I don't know how, but what I do know is that there is a powerful presence here that came from the Netherworld. I think it's him," Lester said.
The guys thought for a moment, and simultaneously gasped when they realized who he was talking about.
"WHAT?! He's here?!" Vito yelped.
"How is that even possible?! That can't be!" Paul said.
"What is he even doing here?!" Charlie said.
"That freak won't give up!" Tommy said.
"Who is this male that you speak of? He sounds dangerous," Minaya asked, and Tommy pulled her aside to explain.
"I don't know how, but I felt like he was near the area where Ani and Violet went to," Lester said, as Vito and Paul felt their blood go cold.
"I asked Defer to go ahead and see if he could find them, and when I did he immediately sensed him and flew away to find them. I hope he gets there in time, but we need to act fast if we're going to help them," Lester said.
"Guys, we got to go now. Who knows what the Angel of Chaos is planning this time," Charlie said, and the guys agreed.
'Aunty... Violet... I'm so sorry,' Vito thought, angry with himself for putting his family in danger.
"If you need extra support to fight this villain, you may use my pickup truck to help you. I'll go too to make sure you guys can get through the forest," Minaya offered after Tommy finished his explanation.
"You're sure about that, Minaya? I wouldn't want you endangering yourself for us. You have a family here," Tommy said.
Minaya smiled as she said, "My family are strong and responsible, as I am too. My father put you guys under my supervision, so I will take that responsibility over you all."
She placed her hand on his cheek and added, "Especially you."
Tommy felt his cheeks heat up in surprise, as Minaya smiled at him.
Then the sound of screams echoed, as a forest person ran over and said,
"The Robo-agents are coming! They're breaking throu-"
A shot pierced his skull, as the forest person fell to the ground. Everyone gasped, and then they heard more rustling and fighting coming closer.
"Let's go! Now!" Minaya yelled, and the guys followed her as they ran further from the madness.
"I'm sorry guys, I'll talk to you later, the Robo-agents are here! Bye Lester, I love you Kelly!" Charlie said, and he quickly hung up his phone.
They made it to the cliff where Vito and Minaya were talking earlier, as someone emerged from the forest.
"Minaya!" Her father called running towards them, as his daughter approached him.
"Dad! What is going on?" Minaya asked him.
"They just invaded! They came out of nowhere! Some unknown portal opened and the Robo-agents began running out on attack mode! I figured they would want to attack us, but I suspected that they may want to take our new friends as well. Minaya, my child, please escape with them. There are too many of them, and they are hostile. Take them and go! Run!" The chief said.
"B-But papa..." Minaya said, her eyes growing watery.
"There isn't much time, Minaya! I'm sorry to ask you this, my daughter, but your safety has always been my greatest concern. Go quickly! Flee to keep our bloodline!" Her father said, as he gave her a big hug that she returned.
They parted from their hug, as Minaya turned and rejoined the guys, while the chief took his spear from his back. The sound of mechanical clanks and grumbles was fast approaching, as the chief stood in a battle stance. Minaya pulled her grappling hook from her pocket, as she shot towards a few trees ahead of the cliff to pull a few vines towards them. The chief was cutting down a few Robo-agents, as he urged them to go. When each guy had a vine as well as Minaya, they began to swing, as Minaya looked back at her father.
Her eyes widened as she saw a Robo-agent stab her father in the stomach with a sharp blade.
"DADDY NOOOO!" Minaya yelled out, as the guys turned and were shocked to see the chief fall in his own blood.
"Minaya look out!" Vito called to her, seeing that she was going to crash into a tree.
Minaya turned towards the tree, but her heart was too broken to be able to dodge it. Tommy swung on his vine and was able to grab Minaya out of the way while she released her vine to wrap her arms around his neck.
"Th-Thank you," Minaya stuttered.
"You're welcome. I'm so sorry, Minaya. Very sorry," Tommy said, as Minaya buried her face on his shoulder and began to weep.
The guys continued to swing until they made it to ground level a safe distance away from the Robo-agents, with Minaya's cries being the only sound they heard.
