Cut Above The Rest
Chapter 54: Love: Scouting mission
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All of the final year students stood around the school gym where Pinkie and Hack had set up the graduation party. Everyone seemed to be having a good time, friends began discussing their plans for the future over punch, a few couples were making out (it is high school after all) and the teachers sighed in relief of not having to teach certain students anymore...mainly Hack.
"Hey!"
Oh shut up you're annoying and you know it! Ahem! Anyway, Treble sat on one of the benches bear the back of the gym, a small cup of punch in his hand while the other shifted uncomfortably. He was itching to finish X once and for all, but sadly plot got in the way. Not that plot you perverts! This ain't that kinda story.
"Didn't someone say they didn't really like so much fourth wall breaking?"
You're one to talk.
"You control me!"
Exactly.
"...shit."
Getting back on track, Treble downed the contents of his cup and crushed it in his hand before tossing it into a nearby trash bag. He looked around and saw that all of the guys were in a similar state, Eclipse even having a shotgun hidden close by for when they were ready.
"Hey you." Treble turned around to see Sunset walking up to him with a cup of water in her hand, not trusting the punch bowl because one, she couldn't risk anything with a baby developing and two, who knows what was put into the drink. Nearby Flash Sentry took a sip of the punch and fell unconscious. "That boy can not hold his drink...spiked or not." Hooray for Flash abuse. Anyway, Sunset sat down next to her lover and placed a hand on his shoulder. "You ok? You're kinda just sulking back here, I thought you'd be up on stage with Vinyl to man the turntables."
Treble remained silent but moved closer to his pregnant girlfriend.
"I know you're desperate to beat your father, but maybe you should try to have fun before going through something that emotional." She spoke softly as she wrapped an arm around him and pulled him closer. He planted a kiss on her cheek before leaning his head into her shoulder. She smiled warmly and kissed his forehead before taking a sip of her drink.
Meanwhile at The Black Cats main building
Roden kicked a climbed out of a vent and his behind a large crate. He pulled out a small mirror and held it out over the side, moving it about the scan the area before coming out of cover. "Seems to be no security systems inside the storage areas, a few gaurds around the perimeter but nothing that we can't deal with on this end." He spoke into his earpiece.
"Probably best to plant some kind of explosive to act as a distraction when we go in, the less security the better." Onyx replied, currently in his basement working on some kind of plan while Vinyl was busy playing at the party. "What about the main entrance? Try and see if you can get a visual."
"On it." Roden cancelled the call and began sneaking around the large complex, slipping into vents, hiding in the shadows (which was easier said than done given his colour scheme) and staying out of sight.
"So this is what we're doing now? We abandon our own universe to start doing spy crap in this one?" The voice of a young girl spoke in his mind.
"Now is not the time Zerlinda."
"Look Zeri, it was either this or nonexisetence, which would you prefer?" Another voice spoke in his head, this time that of a deep, soothing adult male voice.
"Thank you Zanny, now can you two be quiet? I'm trying to concentrate." Roden demanded as he hid just behind the corner of a hall, peaking over he saw two gaurds. One was wearing full black gear, similar to that of a swat unit except he had a face mask with sunglasses on with a fedora on his head, the other was slightly shorter and appeared to be wearing some kind of gas mask. Both were walking down the hall with guns in their hands.
"I dunno man, it's never been my thing." The one in the fedora said to the other.
"Look, your girl said you need to get out more right?" The one in the gas mask asked.
"Yeah, she did, but I don't think Pokemon Go is gonna help me."
"Well why not?"
"Well for one I'm not a Pokemon fan and two, I know you only want me to play it so you don't have to hunt Pokemon alone."
"Come on man, be a pal!"
"This is gonna be my whole day isn't it..."
Roden waited for them to turn a corner before coming out of cover. "That was...strange..." After walkimg through the facility more he came to a catwalk above a large open room that seemed to be a converted warehouse of some kind. While he walked he hid in the darkness of the roof and looked down to the room below. He saw that it appeared to be some kind of throne room or something, with all the officials and high ranking officers all in a meeting, except for one. "Onyx come in, X is not in the building."
"What? Are you sure?"
"I haven't seen him in any of the rooms I've checked so far and he's not attending a meeting with his supporters right now, he's not here."
"Damnit! Then where could he be?"
"I think I have an idea of where he's gone..."
Back at the party Sunset stepped outside to get some fresh air. As she turned around she saw a group of thugs ready to pounce. When they tried to grab her she grabbed one of their arms and bent it backwards, breaking it and causing the thug to literally start crying. She lifted herself up and kicked another in the head to knock him unconscious before turning around and planting her boot firmly in between the final attackers legs, causing him to squeal like a girl before passing out. "What? You thought I wouldn't pick up a few things while being with Treble?"
"Oh I don't doubt that." Sunset turned around to see X standing there. He attempted to knock her unconscious by hitting her over the head with a pistol but she dodged and punched him in the stomach, knocking him back slightly.
She moved in to kick him and hit him in the side of the face with a spin kick. Soon though she began to feel tired, from the day's events and the rush of the short fight. When she started to breath heavily X moved in and knocked her over the head.
"If I'm right Treble and the others would have been called to their friends place once they discover I am not at the base. Leaving you girls without your big strong men to fight off my thugs." As he said this the girls came running out to see what was causing so much noise, only to be pounced on by hidden thugs and shoved into the backs of vans. X picked up Sunsets unconscious body and set her in his own private car. "Now, let's see if this makes things more interesting." With that he drove off with a few black vans following close behind him.
Next Chapter: Heartbreak: The connection Estimated time remaining: 1 Hour, 45 MinutesAuthor's Notes:
Dang...X was actually smart for a change. Also, I wanted to have Sunset fight a little earlier in the story but it never came about until now.
Those two gaurds are something I've wanted to do for awhile now, so if you want to see them Coke back in later chapters with pointless chatter while on duty please say so.
Also, sorry this Love chapter took almost a month.