Chapter 5: Distractions and Beatdowns
At Schubert's base, he cannot imagine his men were subdued whenever he dispatches his assassination team. He loses his temper when his plans are foiled.
Those young ingrates are actually responsible for beating my men? Perhaps, I need a diversion to deal with them...? Maybe that will be my chance.
"Sir, are you okay?"
"Ahem...?" Schubert said clearing his throat and orders his men who finally came to see him. "I'm fine... send my assassination batallion to make sure it was a success to kill Secret Love."
"Yes sir...?"
"Hmph... Now let's see how those young little ingrates will do. My men are good in melee combat as well as assasination, haha..." Schubert said as he evilly laughs.
At Burning Dome, Rage is looking on his cellphone where he saw the pictures of his girlfriend Emi where she's taking her two week family vacation. In the other side of the arcade games, Retsu is playing Marvel VS Capcom 2 where everyone is excited to watch him.
"Just look at him, he's pretty good..." One of the game amazed on Retsu when he is playing the arcade fighting game.
"He was an expert gamer I've ever seen..." another one of the gamer said as Retsu is beating the other player who uses Jill in the game.
"Jill is down... two more to go..." Retsu smirked when he saw the player's two characters Psylocke and Jin Saotome who are now fighting at him. Therefore, Rage is trying to move with the gamers who watches him.
"Hey Retsu... still playing the same old game again?"
"Nah... I was playing the crossover game this time..." Retsu said smirking as he saw the player plays as Jin who is lighted up. "Guess that Jin fellow is just lighted up when he's in critical."
"Wow... so this is why everyone is gone crazy over you? You're so good on fighting games." Rage said smiling.
"You already saw me when I play Tekken games? But the sequel of that game is not released yet." Retsu said referring to the Tekken games that he plays and Rage noticed Retsu as Cable managed to defeat Jin.
"You maybe the Great Hacker, But your alias supposed to be an Expert Gamer?" Rage smiled as Retsu snobbishly tells him.
"My alias the Great Hacker is due to my job as a genius hacker. In some games like this... I'm good on arcades and it's consoles."
Retsu then defeats the player as Psylocke using combo tactics with his characters, Dr. Doom, Cable and Storm as all the arcade gamers were amazed by his gaming prowess and it was a bigger hit for him.
"Amazing... he's really an expert gamer...?" One of the gamers said as Retsu stood up and leave as Rage follows him. "Is that Rage from Team Burning?"
"Yeah... he seems to follow that guy who plays this game?"
"Hey? You should be happy to them rather than walking away?" Rage said raising his brow to his best friend.
"I hate if some people like me playing the game?" Retsu said snobbishly. "They would end up getting addicted if they watch?"
"You're far more snobbish, Retsu." Rage said and imitates his snobbishness. "I get it now, you walk away because you don't want to become popular like me when I'm dancing in the dance game. You are showing to everyone that you're egotistic."
"Just shut up already...?" Retsu said snubbing as Izam arrives to see them and he comments.
"Well... you guys are funny when the two of you speak terribly."
"You think I speak terribly, Izam?" Rage gritted angrily.
"Yeah... you imitate Retsu's snobbishness because of your bad freakin' temper?" Izam commented smirking as Rage gritted his teeth.
"Now, I'm really mad if you say that word?" Rage angrily said as Retsu tried to stop both of them.
"Knock it off you two...? It's going to have a trouble if both of you pick up the fight?"
"Hi Rage and Retsu...?" Spike greeted as he arrives to see the trio. "So this is where you hang out? This arcade dome is pretty big."
"Sup, Spike..." Rage greeted. "I ever seen you know the place that we were hanging out."
"Well... I tried to check every single arcade domes in this city. But this place is bigger than Future Patrol Dome."
"Who's this guy, Rage?" Izam asked as he raises his brow. "He's pretty laid-back on his get up..."
"He's Spike, Izam..." Rage answered as he explains. "He's the guy who partnered with Mrs. Babahara in the 5th Competition and He also works as one of the club staffs in Club London."
"Really? This guy?" Izam said surprisingly as he point an index finger towards Spike. "But this guy is one inch away from you?"
"Geez... how come you're friend is overreacting?" Spike asked in a laid-back manner as Retsu tells him.
"Well, Izam is not overreacting. He's just surprised because you were here."
"But how come those two keep on glaring each other?" Spike replied as both Rage and Izam are glaring each other angrily as both turned around and not looking at each other.
"Izam is a friend of ours but he's more of a rival to Reiji when they fight each other about small things." Retsu said snubbing. "That's when Emi and I tried to scold Reiji for his bad temper."
"Now that makes sense..." Spike said smiling.
Afterwards, the group are staying in the coffee shop near Ni-Na's flower shop as Retsu detects the enemy's prescence from his mini-computer.
"Are these red circles are the enemy?" Izam asked plainly as Retsu answers.
"Yes they are...? It seems that our enemy will be very aggresive. And it seems to be an assassination battalion."
"Wow... now this is getting serious." Rage said and became confident as he cracks his knuckles. "I'm going to take them down, no matter what."
"Don't be so confident, Reiji?" Retsu said scolding him. "I think these guys are armed and dangerous. Just like Akira was armed with a handgun to protect Yuni."
"If it's armed and dangerous. You don't mean...?" Izam nodded and Retsu states.
"They are armed with different firearms, and is good for melee combat."
"Wow... I never seen you can beat these guys." Spike said nicely and decides to join up with them. "I think going with you would be a good idea."
"You can't be serious... Do you fight these guys too?" Izam reacted as Rage steps in as he raises his brow. "Grr, what?"
"You can come with us, Spike." Rage said finally offers to join them as Spike accepts.
"All right, I can do this...?"
"Okay, Rage... why did you let him join?" Izam complained angrily as Rage replies.
"If he's not good in fighting? Spike is extremely good on distracting the enemy physically. Retsu, Emi and I know of his actions."
"If they were armed and dangerous. Perhaps a good distraction would do." Spike said telling them.
"Well I need to see how he distracts the enemy..." Izam shrugged.
"Well his distractions are very physical once you see it." Retsu said as he walks away.
"Hey, Retsu... wait up...?" Rage said as he follows him.
"Don't forget about us, man..." Izam said also follows Retsu.
"Guess I had no choice but to follow them, haha..." Spike shrugged while laughing as he follows the trio. Ni-Na watches her fiance follows Retsu who walks away and sensing the enemy's prescence as she states.
"Looks like the men in black suits are now armed and dangerous. This would be tough for them."
Meanwhile at the roof in EMTI, Garuda wonders why his grandson was pretending that they were hanging out. He begins to suspicious their movements as he thought.
Something is really going on? Why would Reiji does not tell me everything?
"Hey, Garuda you seem to be upset today?" Disco arrives to see him and Garuda looked at him pretending to smile at his friend.
"It's nothing... I just remember somethin' that's all."
"You're probably sick or something, Garuda. You need to relax..." Disco said worriedly to his health.
"I'll be fine, Disco... I have to get back to the office." Garuda smiled as he walks away. With that, one of Schubert's men are watching at Disco with their binoculars knowing of their target.
The Schubert's assassination battalion are ready to engage until Spike arrives as he disguises himself as one of them.
"And just who the hell are you?"
"Well... I'm one of your members in the assassination team."
"Oh really and what's your hair get up...?" One of the Schubert's assassination team said until Spike knocks off the man to his testicles with a knee.
"Oops, I'm sorry..." Spike apologizes as he physically knocks another from the assassination team with his clumsiness. Until some of them tries to attack him until both Rage and Retsu knocks them down permanently with their flying kicks.
"Well that should take care of?" Retsu said as Rage noticed there from the assassination team led by Schubert.
"We have to be careful, these guys are tough."
Other assassination team tries to shoot the trio as they avoid it while leaning on the wall. Izam ambushes the assassins with two boomerangs as they regroup against them.
"Are you guys, okay?"
"We're okay, Izam... I think some of their group must be separated." Retsu said as Rage sensed that they are going to kill Disco.
"We have to follow them, hurry."
The group tries to follow the remaining assassination team as they hurry. At the city streets in DDR city, Disco wonders why Garuda was upset as he went off inside the food store. But was targeted by one of the assassins from Schubert's assassination battalion.
"Everything is ready...?" One of the snipers said until a boomerang hits him in the head which Izam hits him in time.
"Well then, you think you try to kill Mr. Disco? You have another thing coming..." Izam said smirking as both Rage and Retsu are engaging the other assassins with hand to hand combat while Spike does a distraction to the enemy and taunts them.
"Hey you guys...? Come and catch me?" Spike said making a distraction as both Rage and Retsu managed to defeat the group as the leader of the assassination team was surprised by this.
"So this where our boss was talking about those young ingrates."
"Did you call us ingrates? Who the hell are you?" Rage said angrily to the assassination leader as the latter attacks him on purpose and both are fighting in hand to hand combat letting Retsu, Izam and Spike watch them.
Meanwhile, Maho was walking while handling her groceries in a paper bag as she saw Rage is engaging in a fight against a dangerous armed man.
"Is that Rage?" Maho noticed them as she watches them fight. "Oh dear... I have to tell Garuda about this? It seems that he's fighting against dangerous people around him."
Maho then runs off while handling her groceries as the leader of Schubert's assassination group tries to use a knife against him as Rage avoids every strike of his knife as he grabs his hand countering him with a powerful kick to the chest and ultimately struck the man with a punch in the face knocking him down as he drops his knife.
"Wow, I can't believe these guys can struck with a knife on my neck." Rage said while putting his right hand on his waist.
"It was a close fight, Reiji." Retsu said as he smiles. "Luckily, that he didn't kill you with that."
"I guess that I need to be very vigilant to these guys this time." Rage shrugged and the group saw Disco just buy dozens of dark chocolate on the food store.
"Mmmm... I just love bitter chocolates. I know Garuda would love these." Disco smiled happily as he walks away while handling the dozens of dark chocolate.
"Seems that Disco is lucky to be all right?" Spike happily said and Izam tells him.
"Yeah... if he's dead, who's gonna replace him?"
"It would be terrible if he's gone. We're gonna remember him if he's dead." Rage shugged and becomes determined to protect him. "But I won't let these flunkies to kill him. Right now, we have to be serious."
Back in EMTI, Garuda was playing a free cell on his computer as Disco arrives to see him while handling a dozens of dark chocolate.
"Garuda... are you feeling better now? I have chocolates for you?"
"Gee thanks... I really like Ferrero Rocher chocolates." Garuda said as he eats a piece of dark chocolate that he thinks it's a regular chocolate as he tastes bitter. "Oh man... that's dark chocolate."
"Sorry, Garuda... it's my favorite food. I didn't know you like regular chocolates." Disco laughed happily and Garuda was dismayed by this. Outside his office, Maho was eavesdropping on both of them. She wanted to tell Garuda of what she saw but the two are still talking as she thought.
Seems like the two of them are still talking in the office. Perhaps, I must talk to him once Mr. Disco is not here.
Trivia:
*Maho and Spike makes their appearance in this chapter.
*Retsu mentions about the Tekken games and it's fourth game Tekken 4 and it also shows him that he is an expert arcade gamer.
*Spike's fighting style is Physical Distraction and Self-Taught Street Fighting
*Garuda likes Ferero Rocher Chocolates as he shares it with fellow character, Kokonoe from the Blazblue series.
A/N:
Now that Spike joins the fray against the Schubert's assassination motives while Garuda became suspicious on his grandson's actions. The next chapter is where Retsu is having a date with a girl from his class but it turns out that the girl he's been dating was a dominatrix. It's up to Rage and Spike to save him before he gets whacked by her. Happy reading...