\ MAGIC DISC DETECTED! /
“Henshin!”
\ THUNDER DISC ACTIVATED! /
The sound of the Driver echoed through the alley, getting both the attention of the Corrupted and Alkahest, both stopping their fight. “Ah, two of you? Really?” It growled at its opponent.
“Oh, believe me, I would prefer it if this pest would not be here,” he sighed back in annoyance. As Alchemy approached and the Corrupted was about to ready itself for the new opponent Alkahest used this golden moment, stabbing the monster in the back. “But he does provide a decent distraction.” The tip of the spear was shoved deeper and deeper into its body, the Corrupted making pathetic choking noises, watching as the other end of the weapon was pushed through his chest.
Not even a second later Alkahest was hit with a devastating punch sending him flying a few meters back. However, the Dark Rider quickly regained his footing and replaced the Magic Disc on his Driver, all before Alchemy could reach him again.
\ THUNDER DISC READY! /
After the whirlwind of black and blue had subsided Alchemy finally reached and let his fist head straight for his face, sadly Alkahest was quick to react, catching his fist with his own hand and counter through a swift kick to the stomach. That was all the time he needed to finish what he had started. In a split-second he had appeared over the Corrupted clutching desperately the wound in his chest, weakly gasping for air, the spear having disappeared with his transformation. But before Alkahest could deliver the finishing blow something tackled him away from the wounded beast, Alchemy!
Both Riders landed rather unceremoniously on the ground, Alkahest the first one to return to a standing position. “Oh, you now protected Corrupted? And I thought you were their enemy,” he chuckled, Alchemy growling back at him.
“I protected every citizen of this city from you, even the ones that might be my enemy. I won’t let you take another life!” And with that, he charged towards his opponent, removing his Disc from the Driver in the process.
\ Thunder Disc Attack Mode! /
\ Thunder Tonfa! /
The newly formed weapon hitting right where Alkahest had stood, however just a millisecond too slow as the other Rider had jumped up and was in the process of circling him, Alchemy promptly responding with a roundhouse kick aimed at him. However, he managed to dodge, seemingly playing limbo with his foot and before Alchemy could even think of any appropriate response he was knocked of his feet and landed on his back.
There he laid now, on his back and two pistols aimed at him, terror quickly overtaking his mind, he couldn’t win, he couldn’t win last time, and he couldn’t win now- no, not yet- wait, gun. And at that moment he heard the echoing sound fo two pistols going off, the two sparking projectiles heading his way. In the last second, he managed to roll out of the way, the projectiles only scratching him. Still, the electricity surged through his body, but he just had to power through. What followed were more and more shots directed at him, Alchemy after managing to dodge them all finally returning to his feet, staring right at his opponent.
“You know, I would love to play with you for a while longer, but I have to claim my price, so would you be so kind and piss off. I don’t have the time for this,” Alkahest sighed in return, casually aiming with his weapons at him.
“Shut up!” He venomous hissed back, it almost looked like his eyes sparked for a brief moment. With inhuman speed, he returned his weapons to its original state and changed the Discs.
\ EARTH DISC ACTIVATED! /
While Alkahest had noticed the impending danger and fired at the Rider, the whirlwind of stone and asphalt around him prevented any harm from coming to him. And before Alkahest had any chance of actually attacking he had already removed the Disc from the Driver again.
\ Earth Disc Attack Mode! /
\ Boulder Shield! /
His shield had appeared in his hand and not a second too late, the next shoots hitting it instantly. However, much to Alkahest’s annoyance Alchemy was not phased in the slightest, merely standing his ground and blocking every attack Alkahest through at him.
“You know, she is a part of Tartarus. She would kill you in an instant if she could, so why are you protecting her?”
“Well, that is exactly why I’m protecting her. Because we are nothing alike, I protect, she destroys, and even if I don’t like it, I will also protect her!” He bellowed back, receiving only a low growl from his opponent as removed his own Disc and replaced it with another one, or at least that was his plan. One shield throw later the weapon rushed towards him with insane speed, though the Drak Rider easily dodged the attack, slipping under the shield and inserting the Disc into his Driver.
\ EARTH DISC READY! /
Before the weapon could return to its owner Alkahest was already face to face with Alchemy, the highlights of his armor now having taken on an orange color, swinging what looked like a one-handed black and gold hammer directly at his face. What followed was one of the most painful seconds of Alchemy’s life as the weapon crashed into his helmet, sending him crashing through the next wall, right into what looked like a storeroom for a boutique or something.
As the dust settled and Alkahest was about to enter the man-sized hole he had just created, he heard a loud flick, and within a split second the ground beneath him started to glow and rumble, however much to Alchemy’s surprise that quickly faded. “What? How can that be? You should be blasted off to goodness knows where,” he stammered in confusion, all while Alkahest merely chuckled to himself.
“Yeah, should. To bad that this does not work on me, but enough of that, weren’t we right now busy with our fight?” And with that, he charged towards him again, his weapon held up high, that was when something finally returned to him, the Boulder Shield! With immense force, it nocked to Rider of his feet and landed safely in Alchemy’s hands again.
“Well, at least this still works,” he weakly chuckled, reading himself to attack again, just like his opponent.
With a loud scream, Alchemy charged at the other Rider, Alkahest following suit, just without the screaming, both Riders clashing in the middle of the room, everything in it shaking violently. What followed was a hurricane of strikes, swings and attacks, both of them not thinking of even giving an inch? With every attack that was paired or blocked another hit its target, letting either of them flinch when that happened. Every strike that let their weapons coiled letting of sparks that eliminated the room.
This continued for a while until Alkahest managed to get his weapon in between Alchemy and his shield. With a skillful move, he yanked the weapon from him, the shield landing a few meters away in a dark corner. To his dismay his victory was shortlived as Alchemy quickly followed up with a kick to his stomach, letting the Dark Rider drop his weapon. But that did stop neither of them, both continued fighting, now with their fists and feet.
Sadly Alchemy showed himself inferior in hand to hand combat, Alkahest managing to force the Rider further and further back and with one particular powerful kick smashing him into one of the shelves, smashing it over, the content burying Alchemy under it.
“Well, seems we are done here. Make it easy for both of us and just give up. I’ll leave you alone, finished her off and go my merry way. Isn’t that what you always try? Talking things out?” He mockingly said to the Rider, casually walking over to the remains of the shelf. But as he was about halfway there, he heard it again, a loud flick. The ground beneath him started to glow, and within a split second the ground under him rose up, crashing against the ceiling, Alkahest managing to avoid his fate within the last moments. Alchemy meanwhile had used this chance to dash out of the debris and towards his weapon. As Alkahest had finally recovered from the shock something echoed through the room, something he only knew too well what it means.
\ WATER DISC ACTIVATED! /
The moment he locked up, he could see the room enveloped in a bright blue light only to quickly fade again as the water slammed against his feet. “You really think playing switcheroo will help you here? Forget it, I can beat you in every form you have, so just give up already. I have wasted enough time with you already,” he sighed in annoyance, not even looking in the direction of his opponent.
\ Water Disc Attack Mode! /
\ Wave Trident! /
As he hears that sound, however, he jumped into action, directly towards Alchemy, who was trying to stab him with his new weapon, Alkahest able to avoid the sharp ends of the trident. In the meantime, he, however, managed to hit several of the shelves around them letting more and more of them collapse in on themselves. Jumping over his next strike, the Dark Rider quickly dodged behind some of the still remaining shelves and proceeded to do exactly what Alchemy was already dreading.
\ WATER DISC READY! /
Like before he was enveloped in a vortex of black and dark blue energy, revealing his new armor, in style exactly the same as Alchemy’s own, just black with dark blue highlights. In his hand, he was holding a two-handed longsword, made out of black metals and with blue highlights. The Rider was regarding Alchemy carefully, holding his weapon between the two.
Alchemy was the first to act, rushing towards his opponent and slashing wildly at him, Alkahest easily able to deflect the blows directed at him, almost dancing around Alchemy, who was getting more and more frustrated, swinging his weapon more and more wildly. That was until Alkahest finally switched to the offensive, after blocking another of his attacks he dashed forward and disarmed the Rider with a swift strick across his chest, letting sparks fly as he did so, Alchemy screaming out in pain.
As he tumbled back, he could already see the next strike coming, the pain running across his chest again, stinging horribly. His opponent did not relent, following up with another strike, then another one and another one, strong enough to send him flying again, landing roughly on his back, staring at his opponent while struggling to stand up again. This felt so familiar, the same pain, the same fear, the same desperateness was spreading all through his body as Alkahest approached him, step by step it only kept on rising. That was until he heard a familiar voice.
\ SCANNING CHARGE! /
“Henshin!”
\ 50, 80, 100! EARTH CHARGE! /
A loud shot cut away the silence that had built up in the room, followed by five more. What he could hear next were six loud grunts form Alkahest who had quickly turned around to face the new arrival, Kamen Rider Charge!
She stood there in the hole, clad in her armor, orange in color. On her chest, a large, circular orange light had been placed, around it what seemed like lines running across her entire chest plate. One of the circles was also placed on both her shoulder pads and knees. Her eyes glowing in a bright red and in her hands two Charge Magnums, both directly aimed at Alkahest.
“Hey, Charge, got a new toy?” He weakly said as he looked at his savior.
“Just finished and ready for battle, and I couldn’t think of a better field test than against the Scorch of Canterlot,” she spat out, eyes staring at Alchemy and Alkahest equally.
However, Alkahest’s short confusion was quickly overshadowed by pure rage, charging at the new arrival, his weapon firmly in his grip. As the Dark Rider came, closer Charge made no attempt to even move, just waiting for him to come closer and closer, until he had reached her, letting his sword come down on her head. However, instead of the satisfying strick, he was expecting the sword just stopped right at her helmet, not moving an inch further.
Before Alkahest could react, Charge had already raised her weapons to his face and unloaded the last six shoots straight in his face, letting him stagger back with a loud yelp as sparks erupted from the impact points. Not wasting any time Charge moved forward, holstering her guns and retrieving her batons instead, wailing on her opponent with ever more and more strikes.
Alchemy had meanwhile returned to his feet, weapon in hand, and rushed towards the Dark Rider from behind, striking him right in the back with his weapon, sparks illuminating the dark room again, just like before, Alkahest filling the air with his screams.
However, instead of continuing to attack Charge he spun around and dashed towards Alchemy, letting her strikes hit only the air in front of her, much to her frustration. The new target was woefully unprepared for the sudden shift in priorities as he struggled to get up his guard before Alkahest could bring his weapon down upon him, it remained as an attempted. Not even a second after Alkahest had turned around and rushed towards Alchemy he had already broken through his half-assedly thrown together defenses, landing several strikes on the Rider, pain stinging through his body with every following one.
But Charge had not simply remained as an observer while this had been happening, quickly rushing after their opponent and while he was busy with her partner, had let her own weapon come down on him, letting him stumble away from Alchemy.
“Thanks, again,” he weakly returned.
“You can thank me later, we have a serial killer to take down.” He just nodding in silent agreement, both Riders reading their weapons and staring at their opponent who had regained his fighting stance.
“You know, you really are a pain in the ass, did anyone ever tell you that?” Alkahest hissed at them, the grip on his weapon tightening before he stormed towards them. Alchemy had already expected that and merely flicked with his fingers, a seal appeared on the wall right behind him only to unleash a stream of water directly at Alkahest. To the surprise of both Charge and Alchemy, this did however not go as planned. The moment the water reached him, it simply disappeared, shortly after that the seal also collapsing as well. This short moment of bafflement was all Alkahest needed, storming forward he had skipped enough of the distance between them to attack Alchemy again, he only able to wedge his weapon between Alkahest’s sword and his chest.
While both of them were struggling to overpower the other Charge had wasted no time and headed straight for Alkahest again, unleashing one of her baton swings on him. But before the attack could properly connect he had already jumped back and was now charging at her, putting as much force into his swing as possible.
A short moment before his weapon had connected with her the orange lights all over her body started to glow, and then it struck. A loud clanging noise filled the air, Alchemy freezing in place as he saw that Alkahest had succeeded in his attempt to attack Charge, hitting her right in the shoulder. However, what followed surprised both of them, Charge shoot her arm out, grabbing Alkahest throat and lifted the Rider from the ground, desperately trying to free himself from her grasp.
“You know how much I despise you? You are the worst kind of person. You use these powers to kill and hurt instead of protecting people! You are despicable!” She growled at him, tightening her grip even more.
“Not like I have much of choice here,” he crocked, desperately kicking and punching her to get loss from her grip.
“Save your breath for the judge,” Charge coldly returned and with her free hand started to spin the cylinder on her belt again.
\ Maximum Charge! /
The orbs all over her body now started to glow even brighter, almost blinding the Dark Rider. With every passing moment, the grip on his neck tightened, the material of his armor slowly starting to cack, all while Alkahest was violently squirming in her hand. While this was all happening light was gathering in Charge’s other hand, and as the light had reached its brightest point, she slammed her fist right into his face, the force so strong that it sent him through the wall again and back into the alley.
“Remember to never get on your bad side, will you,” Alchemy weakly said as he stared at the new hole in the wall. Charge however simply ignored him and walked back towards the dust that blocked their view from the alley.
\ THUNDER DISC READY! /
The sound of a Driver echoed through the alley as she approached it again, Charge freezing in place only to rush towards the hole even faster. However, as she finally reached it, she could only see the debris of her attack and now Alkahest. “Fuck!”
“Dammit, he got away, again,” Alchemy sighed as he reached her.
“Yeah, dammit captures it quite well,” she added, her head hanging low as she deactivated her transformation. “What were you doing here anyway?” Now looking directly at him as he transformed back as well.
He sheepishly rubbed the back of his head and returned quietly: “Well, I couldn’t sleep an thought-“
He didn’t come any further however since he was cut off by Ocean. “And you thought going after Alkahest would help? Didn’ we already get to the conclusion that this was a bad idea?” She sounded angry, but at the same time still very much subdued, that look, however, that was terrifying.
“Yeah, yeah, I know. No sleep equals bad hero, I remember that. But I really just wanted to get my head free, just driving around for half an hour. The stumbling upon Alkahest was pure coincidence, really it was,” he encountered, trying his best not to sound as if he was lying.
She just heavily sighed in return and returned: “Ok, I believe you. Still, it was at least good that you called me after all. How did you even find him?”
That was enough to let Phoenix’s eyes widen in shock. He had totally forgotten about her in all of this, storming past Ocean and towards the woman with golden complexion and silver hair that was lying on the ground. Her clothes had now become soaked with blood, making the previous color almost unrecognizable. “Ocean! Call an ambulance! She needs help!” He screamed back at her, the moment she saw the motionless, bloody woman before him, quickly pulling out her phone and dilling in the needed number.
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The time they had spend waiting had felt like hours, even if it were only five minutes. Ocean had taken the initiative and at least tried to help her to the best of her abilities. Taking a clean white blanket from the storeroom they had fought in and used it as a makeshift bandage to stop the leading in any way shape or form, even if it wouldn’t, she had to at least try.
As the paramedics finally arrived, they could just stare at the woman that was barely holding onto life before them and had to be screamed out of their shock by Ocean. What followed was, however, signs that these two were exactly who they needed right now. It didn’t take long till they had gotten her into the ambulance and quickly replaced the makeshift bandage with something more professional, but all this happened inside the ambulance and so out of reach of Phoenix and Ocean.
Both followed the car to the hospital, where they were briefed on how the doctors would proceed with this case in particular, however not before Ocean had looked around the alley for the artifact, sadly to no avail.
The doctors told them that they would have to subject her to emergency surgery to have any chance of saving her life, an emergency surgery that would take hours and with results probably taking till the early afternoon. Ocean let out a long and pained sigh after hearing this, followed up by telling Phoenix that she had a meeting with her mother early in the morning and so couldn’t stay through the entire process, even if she wanted to. He just shrugged it off and returned that he would stay so long until the results were in, Ocean thanking him for this.
What followed were several hours of painful waiting and sitting inside the entrance hall, constantly looking back at the clock, wondering if everything would end well. The words of Alkahest still lingering in his head. Why did he care so much about her? She was a criminal he never meat, and she probably would have tried to kill him if he had found her, so why? He always came back to the same conclusion, and that was the same he had given the Dark Rider because he was so unlike her. It didn’t matter who the person was, if they were in danger, he had to make sure they came out of it unscathed, that was simply it.
While he was in his thoughts again something snapped him out of it, the sound of seven familiar voices. As he looked around the white room to make out where the voices were coming from and to his surprise, he saw six quite familiar girls and young man he recognized as well walking into the hospital, all of them chattering happily. But before he could stand up one of the girls noticed and called out for him, Sunset. “Huh, Phoenix, what are you doing here?” She asked in her usual nice tone.
“Oh, ah, nothing special. Ocean apparently found someone last night, pretty badly hurt as far as I know. It was even so bad that she had to be rushed to emergency surgery and since Ocean couldn’t stay till they got the results, she asked me to wait here so she would know if they could save her. So nothing special really,” he said, trying to sound convincing. He wasn’t even lying if one would look at it form a certain angle, just leaving out some details. “But what are you doing here?”
“Oh, we were just visiting Twilight. She got into a fight with one of these ‘Corrupted’ yesterday and Mrs. Skies said she should go to the hospital, just to be sure. So here we are, wanting to visit her and see how she is going,” while she spoke Timber was simply standing in the background and trying to look as inconspicuous as possible.
“And who is that guy there?” He pointed at him.
“Oh, that?” Rainbow said before Sunset could answer. “That’s Twilight’s boyfriend,” she continued with a sly smile.
“Boyfriend?” Timber had turned scarlet red, waving his hands in front of him defensively. “We just went on a ‘hangout’, she is not my girlfriend!”
“Oh really? I know Twilight would love to hear that you don’t want to be her girlfriend,” Rainbow returned, trying to suppress a loud laugh and managing to dial it down to a silent snickering.
“No, no, don’t” Timber had gone from scarlet red to pale in nearly a second, now staring at Rainbow in shock. “Please don’t.”
“Rainbow, would you stop that? The poor guy has been through enough since yesterday. I don’t think Twilight would like to hear that you teased her friend,” Sunset sighed, the ghost of a smile however still on her lips.
“Yeah, yeah, got it,” she muttered, then turning back to Timber. “Don’t take it so hard Timber, I was just joking, but if you really don’t want to be Twilights boyfriend, I’m sure there are oth-“
“Rainbow!” Sunset shouted, looking at the cyan girl with a look that said more than a thousand words.
“Ah, you know, forget what I said,” she sheepishly added.
Phoenix had meanwhile simply witnessed the entire conversation, now quietly muttering something to himself. “Huh, so that is how it looks from the outside.”
“Huh, did you say something Phoenix?” Sunset asked him, turning her head around to look at him.
“No, no, nothing,” he quickly replied, sheepishly grinning back at her and rubbing the back of his head.
“Oh, ok, so do you want to visit Twilight with us? I’m sure Ocean would like to know how she is doing.”
That kinda surprised him a bit, but it didn’t take long till he returned: “Sure, the results will take at least a few hours till they are here so I can do whatever I want, at least if it is inside the hospital.”
“Great,” she returned smiling at him.
Apparently, Twilight was stationed on the third floor, next to the inner courtyard of the hospital, as he looked through the window he could see that beneath them was a little closed off park with a few trees and a pond, quite beautiful actually. They were almost at the door to Twilights room as they could see someone slowly walking towards the door as well, a girl in a, as far as he could remember, Crystal Prep uniform. She had a light orange skin tone and long purple hair.
“Hey, you! Are you one of Twilights old friends from Crystal Prep?” Rainbow shouted out, startling the young woman, who clutched her chest and started to breathe heavily.
“Friend? With he- I mean, of course, friends. That’s what we are,” she laughed rather frantically, her eyes shifting from one girl to the next.
“Oh, that is nice, what's your name?“ Pinkie returned, bouncing towards her, not helping the anxiety of the girl in the slightest. “I’m sure Twilight would love to tell us a lot about you.” The pink bundle of joy bounced right in front of her, smiling brightly at the girl, not even a meter away from her face.
That was all she needed and started to scream, all while pulling something from her pocket. “Leave me alone, leave me alone. You know it, don’t you! She told you everything, how she crushed my dreams, how she beat me in that science fair.” Everyone kept looking at her in confusion, the drops of sweet on her forehead only growing in number. “You know, how she beat Ginger Owlseye, her eternal rival.” Still no answer. “That stupid little- she doesn’t even see me as worthy as her rival. But I’ll show her, just see Twilight Sparkle!” And with that, she pulled out something that looked like sharp teeth on a string that quickly started to glow.
That was Phoenix sign, as quietly as possible he rushed back the way had come, into a small men's restroom. He quickly pulled out his Driver, put on it and the Flame Disc as the door suddenly was forced open, Timber standing before him, his jaw nearly hitting the floor.
“You are- I mean- That is- What?” Was all he could bring out.
“Dammit, not again,” he hissed, only to release a heavy sigh and continue. “Ok, kid, I kept your identity secret, you’ll keep mine.” Timber nodded in return. “Good, I don’t have time for any discussions anyway. So if you want to help me, you are welcome as long as you follow my orders.” Again Timber nodded quickly. “Goodness, I sound more and more like Ocean,” he quietly muttered to himself.
\ MAGIC DISC DETECTED! /
“Henshin!”
\ FLAME DISC ACTIVATED! /
While Alchemy was clad in his crimson armor Timber was consumed by the glowing light, revealing his muscular Corrupted form. Both silently nodded to each other and stormed out the door. “There should be a window in the floor number Twenty-four is, can you try to shove her through it and into the courtyard below, I don’t want anyone inside the hospital getting hurt.”
Timber growled back a hard to understand “Yes,” and overtook Alchemy and rushed towards the Corrupted, like a dog you let loss on its prey. Around them, they could hear screams, not really a surprise if he thought about it.
As the finally reached the girls again, they were trying to hold off the Corrupted to the best of their abilities, but they were starting to fall back. “Girls, out of the way, we’ll take it from here. You did a good job,” he screamed while Timber was rushing towards the fish-faced Corrupted, past the girls and started to wrestle her.
The girls stared at the new Corrupted and turned around to Alchemy as he stormed past them and towards Twenty-four, delivering a punch to her gut giving Timber enough time to finally break her resistance and force her towards the window, increasing in speed the further he got. And with one last push he shattered the window, and by extension, the wall, that separated them from the courtyard, both Corrupted tumbling down towards the ground, a loud thump could be heard as they reached it. Alchemy didn’t wast any time jumping after the two.
When he landed he could see that the Corrupted had landed a few meters apart from each other, Timber already back on his feet, leaning against a tree and right next to him, the girl, however, was still on her knees a few meters away from them, hissing and growling like a wild animal. “You think we should finish this here?” He asked Timber who weakly nodded, removing his hand from the tree and reading himself to finish this. “Hey, Fishthroath, you know, this kid has to move forward towards a bright future you are in the way! Fishthroath you used the powers that were bestowed upon you to attack others for petty reason. By the magic that was bestowed upon me, I deem you unworthy of your powers and will now take them from you!” He said while pointing at her.
Timber was the first to rush towards her, screaming his lungs out as he did so, all while Alchemy simply spun his Disc again.
\ Flame Disc Maximum Power! /
The Flames started to form round Alchemy’s foot again, and he jumped into the air while screaming: “Flaming Whirlwind Kick!” Timber meanwhile had also jumped into the air and readied himself to strike the still dazed Corrupted with his feet. Both hit their target at the same time, Alchemy with his flaming kick while Timber merely struck Twenty-four with his feet, the monster being consumed in a massive explosion only leaving her Artifact and unconscious human form behind.
“So, that was that,” Alchemy said, looking at Timber. “Come on, we had a deal.” The teenager looked towards the ground and turned back into a human, holding his bracelet in his hand, bust stopped moving. “Kid, don’t worry, the Kamen Riders will make sure that nothing happens to Twilight, so give that thing over to me,” he said, stepping closer to Timber, his hand shaking as he slowly lifted the bracket closer to Alchemy, but the fist remained closed.
“Kid, you have the hearth of a hero, I saw that. But right now, the most responsible thing for you to do is to give this thing to me. It will just warp your mind into something nothing good can come out of. You’ll get your time kid, but right now, you have to give it to me, or you will never move towards that bright future of yours,” he finished with a soft voice, holding his hand out towards him.
“Please promise it,” Timber weakly said as he placed the bracelet in Alchemy’s hand.
“I’ll promise. And you’ll keep your promise.”
“Thanks, and I will,” he said, letting finally go of the artifact.
“Good, but you should get back to the girls,” he returned while picking up the teeth from number Twenty-four, Timber quickly returning to the inside of the hospital. That was when he heard a loud ‘hmhm’ from behind. As he slowly turned around, he could see Ocean, and she did not look pleased in the slightest.
“So, care to explain this?”
“Ah, you know, I thought I might get this artifact without any fighting. He just wanted to protect Twilight and said he would give it to me afterward and he did,” he weakly returned.
“You did what now? You let him keep it? Are you insane? You know what will happen if the director finds out about this, right?” She was fuming stepping closer and closer towards Alchemy until she was only inches away from his face.
“Well you did tell me that you have to trust people,” he fearfully replied, while stepping a few feet back.
“I- You- I’ll- Sometimes I hate myself. You know what, I’m kinda glad I don’t have to see you for a few days after that stunt,” she hissed back, trying to keep her anger down.
“What do you mean whit that?” He asked, a bit of worry in his voice.
“You are going to a music festival,” Alchemy cracked his head in confusion and was about to say something as she continued. “Don’t get any ideas, strictly professional. Four of the bands that were planned to play for the festival have disappeared, and every time we could detect magical energy around the area they disappeared in. You’ll figure out what is going on there while Pinecone and I will make sure that nothing happens to the city while you are gone.”
“Ok, I won’t say no to a music festival. Never was on one before this will be great,” Ocean raised one of her eyebrows. “Of course strictly professional.”
“Good. You’ll take the rest of the day off, I have to calm down after this stunt of yours, and I wanted to interview that kid as well,” She was about to leave as Alchemy spoke up once more.
“Ahm, Ocean, I wanted to ask a favor of you,” he said, sounding relatively nervous while he did so.
“Huh, ok what is it. Let’s hope it’s something important.” Alchemy nodded and started to speak, ocean listening carefully, first in shock, then in bafflement and then she simply nodded. “Ok, I’ll trust your judgment here. But if this goes wrong, you’ll take the blame,” she returned, sounding even more serious than usual.
“Got it,” the Rider returned, sounding just like her.