The old man chuckled cheerily and looked over the group.
"Leave." the old man said in a serious tone
Alexandra frowned, "Why?"
"You won't find what you're looking for here." The elder spoke
Rafael replied, "So what are we looking for? Who are you anyway?"
"I worked with these twins' grandfather. My name is Reed." he told, "I know because their grandfather didn't find it here either but death found him. It will find you as well if you continue "
Rafael closed the distance, "Maybe it's because you took it?"
"I won't betray him." Reed frowned "But he was doing a suicide mission. I wouldn't die with him."
"What was trying to kill you?" Alexander asked
Reed looked at the forest with a sad expression, "You don't need to know. End the mystery, it's a wild goose chase."
"So what is this Resistance?" Lucielle intervened "Is it also nothing but a means to an end."
"Don't say that. I worked hard for this place." Reed snapped
"Why?" Alexander smiled "It's a wild goose chase so there's no use for a Resistance."
"I won't play this game with you." Reed sighed "Leave immediately."
"Alright." Tyler interrupted with a smile "Come on gang. Let's look for Pais and leave 'em."
Rafael and the kids tilted their heads slightly. Tyler made pyramids surround his confused teammates and levitated them as he entered the stronghold. Reed and The Boss followed them as Tyler asked for Paisley's whereabouts.
"Ah...Reed. Pais went to the bathroom, she'll be a while. Can we wait a bit?" Tyler asked, "Women, right?"
Megan nodded, "Yeah. She takes long."
"Fine." Reed sighed "We can't do anything about womanly needs."
Paisley was listening in on the conversation with an earpiece. She was seated on a toilet seat, on her computer and pulled out a flash drive.
"Miss Paisley?" a voice went
Paisley started a playlist on a loop of a woman suffering from Severe diarrhoea. The person on the other side sounded so concerned.
"On...one...moment." the playlist groaned "Oh...gosh why?!"
The person rushed out of the bathroom. Paisley took off her trousers and shoes. She appropriately placed them if they peeked under the crack of the entrance. She connected devices on the corners of the stall.
The created a naked hologram of herself in anxiety written on her face.
"Oh, Tyler. I couldn't you make a dressed hologram?" she thought
Under her clothes, she wore a black catsuit, tied her hair in a ponytail and climbed the walls into the air vents. Tyler had gotten her the blueprints of the stronghold by who knows what method. She dropped into a hidden office.
"Well, what do we have here?" she thought looking at a Rubik's cube
She stashed anything she thought was useful and stopped at a pick of a woman. Paisley took the picture and tied up her sack.
"Delmira?" she whispered
The dog appeared and grabbed the back. She teleported home with ease. She heard the entrance opening.
Reed sighed and turned around.
"Where are you going?" Tyler frowned
Reed told, "To my office obviously. Your friend seems she'll take too long so I won't see you out."
"What's a Monarch," Tyler asked seriously
"The twins' grandfather knew. He only told me to never tick them off." Reed told, "Although he seemed....scared to talk about it."
"What do you think it is....a Monarch?" Tyler smiled
Reed smiled, "As the name implies. They are a King of something although they say Monarchs are doomed to tragedy."
"Anything...Paisley." Tyler thought probing Reed into a conversation
Paisley was standing in the shadows of some coats on a coat hanger. She heard the person rampaging through the items.
"Where is it?!" the voice went
Paisley strained her neck to stay within the shadows as she pushed her eyes to look at the other thief.
"Megan?" Paisley thought
"Shit," Megan told herself
Paisley found a coin within one of the coats and looked at Megan. Megan lifted her wrist and tapped her watch.
"There's nothing here. The old man must have relocated it," she said into the watch
A voice came out, "If that's so end it. What a waste of time."
"Fuck." Paisley thought seeing Megan pull out a boom from the air
Paisley flicked the coin forward and it hit a place on the table. Loud sirens rang off and Megan dropped the bomb hastily. She turned into a puff of purple smoke. The bomb started to tick towards zero very quickly.
Paisley jumped back into the air vent back to her stall. She dressed, packed up everything and came out covered in sweat.
*EXPLOSIONS*
The stronghold was starting to rumble when she came out of the bathroom. Chaos was running amok everywhere and she couldn't find the gang as the explosive sounds echoed.
She caught a glimpse of the tip of Tyler's pyramid and pushed through to them.
"I'm here." Paisley panted
Tyler smiled, "We'll get out of your hair. This seems like a you problem."
"NO ONE LEAVES!!!"
They saw Megan with other Resistance soldiers blocking the entrance.
"Megan, get out of the way!" Paisley frowned
Megan frowned, "As if. Old Man where is it?! The key to the Pollux!!"
"There is no key for a star," Reed told
Megan ground her teeth and glared at Reed. Purple substances started to surround her
"Shit!" Tyler exclaimed making triangles appear in front of Reed
He blocked an invisible attack.
*BANG*
Tyler turned and found the woman that was always behind The Boss shot Reed in the head. The Boss was on the ground holding his abdomen.
"Well...this isn't good is it." Tyler smiled
*EXPLOSIONS*
"Why?" The Boss groaned
His secretary smiled, "Why? Because you have outlived your usefulness to a Greater Plan."
Tyler growled, triangles sprouted chaotically towards Megan and the secretary. Tiny orbs started to emerge in the air.
"RUN!!" The secretary to Megan
"We can-" Megan went
The secretary interrupted, "We can't beat that."
Tyler's smile was lost. A few areas of his skin were covered in crystalized energy and the temperature of the air dropped. Megan turned around to the forest.
"Oh no." Tyler went "Didn't you say....no one leaves."
Tyler raised his left hand and the entire stronghold was enclosed in a crystal dome of three layers. Megan raised her forearm with the communicator although all she found was a stub of where her hand used to be.
She looked at Tyler's bloodied hand holding her hand and watch. A scream couldn't exit her mouth as Tyler raised a finger to his lips, "Shh. Don't ruin the fun"
*EXPLOSIONS*
Tyler's crystal shapes were soundproof so Rafael and the kids were very confused by the fast-progressing situations.
"What the hell happened?" they thought absorbed in their inaudible show