//------------------------------// // Old Friends, New Friends // Story: Legend of the Sirens: A Fathers Return // by zalla661 //------------------------------// Adagio awoke sometime later to the sound of voices calling out around her. Her head was sore and she couldn't see due to a large sack over her head. She shook her head rubbing a sore spot where she remembered being kicked by the soldier who invaded her home. The siren cursed the human who hit her and his children for ten generations, as she removed the sack from her head and stood up to find herself in an interrogation room like one would see in a police station, with several differences. For one thing the wall were white and there was no glass panel and the door looked like something from a massive bank vault. There was a small brown wooden table in the center with two chairs at either end. She looked around listening for the voice that was calling out to her but saw no one or any speakers, speakers, or any type of surveillance technology. “Hello?” She called out to the room hoping to hear someone, but was met with silence. “Where’s my girlfriend? What did you do with her?!” Again she was met with silence. “Answer me damn you!” Suddenly the vault door opened and a tall woman with fiery slicked back hair walked in wearing a well kept dark blue uniform. She had a stack of papers and a laptop in her left arm and wore old fashioned aviator shades. Adagio glared at the woman and went to sit at the table, where the woman sat across from her placing the items she carried on. Separating the paper files from the laptop the fire haired woman opened the laptop, which Adagio recognized as her own, and started typing on it while Adagio Watched with an uninterested stare. “You’ve been busy Razzle Dazzle, or should I say, Adagio Dazzle?” The woman asked not looking up from the laptop. The siren bit her lip and narrowed her eyes at the person across from her. She lenaed on the table =, using her elbow as support and said, I don’t know what you’re playing at, but I want to know where my girlfriend is... Now Spitfire.” She said forcefully. The woman, named Spitfire, looked up from the laptop and glared at Adagio through her shades. She lifted the aviators off and slowly folded them up and slipped them into her overcoat pocket never blinking. She then slid the small laptop to the side and rested her elbows on the table and her chin cupped in her hands. “Miss Dazzle, I don’t think you understand the gravity of your situation.” Spitfire said in a monotone voice. “You are in a lot of trouble. You girlfriend is an accomplice and is in it deep too. With her mother in the Air Force it would ruin not only her life but her mother's career too. You’re lucky though, cause I can cut you a deal. For old time sake.” Adagio growled grinding her teeth. “You don’t beat around the bush do you?” “Never did.” Spitfire replied with a hint of a smile. Adagio groaned relaxing her shoulders which had tensed up. “I know how deep I’m in, but Rainbow was forced to help me. Show me that she’s alright otherwise you can kiss my-” “Language Miss Dazzle,” Spitfire warned her waving a finger at her. “Your friend is fine. She was tranquilized. That is all. She’s resting at the infirmary.” “And I should trust you why?” “Razzle Dazzle, it’s me.” Spitfire emphasized pointing to herself. “We served together. I would trust you with my life. Listen I need your help.” “First Rainbow. Then we talk.” Spitfire sighed. She took the files and closed the laptop and walked towards the door standing to the side of it as it opened. She then started for Adagio to follow. The siren followed close behind her lab coat fluttered as she made a brisk pace to keep up with Spitfire. As the two women walked down the hall Adagio eyed her former friend with uncertainty. They seemed to be in some underground facility that seemed familiar to Adagio. The hallways were narrow cylindrical concrete walkways that led to cubed intersections. All were lined with pipes and wires, soldiers marched around every corner patrolling, and people in white coats similar to Adagios ran around like they had a purpose in life. Spitfire caught sight of the woman behind her glancing around and cracked a smile. “Look familiar Razzle Dazzle?” “Yeah, why does it look so familiar?” Adagio asked. Spitfire chuckled with her gruff voice. “That’s because this is the Super X facility.” The siren gasped, coming to a halt from her brisk paced walk and stared at her former friend. “The Super X? But, I thought that project was scrapped?” “It was, until about four years ago when it received funding again.” Spitfire explained walking to a closed metal door. “We were never told who helped but it was enough to get the project done.” Adagio walked to the metal door looking between it and Spitfire, who gestured for her to enter. Reaching for the handle, Adagio turned the cold metal bar and opened the door with a loud creak. Inside was an infirmary with several beds in two neat rows. At the end of it all was Rainbow Dash being flanked by the two soldiers that captured her and Adagio. Seeing her girlfriend surrounded Adagio ran over to rainbow and hugged her. Rainbow sighed in relief seeing Adagio and patted her puffy orange hair. “Hey, dagi, nice to see you.” “Oh, Rainbow. Are you hurt?” Adagio asked looking her over. Rainbow pushed Adagio away annoyed. “Hey, I’m still mad at you,” She said crossing her arms. “But I’m fine. Thanks.” “Oh, thank goodness.” Adagio sighed pressing her hand against her chest. Spitfire walked up behind her and gently place a hand on her shoulder. “See? She’s fine.” Adagio stood up and spun around to Spitfire and pressed a hand against her. “Yeah well, what was the big idea barging into my home and training my girl?” “You should be lucky I had you detained. Cause if it were up to anyone else you’d be in a cell right now.” Spitfire said looking down at Rainbow then back to the siren. ‘You’re lucky I know you Razzle Dazzle, now let’s walk.” Spitfire turned to leave but Adagio stayed rubbing her charms, Rainbow still refused to look at her, and Spitfire gave an annoyed grunt at the door. “NOW, Miss Dazzle.” Adagio nearly jumped in her spot at the sudden loudness in Spitfire’s voice and ran to catch up. She followed her through the facility until they reached a small room where Adagio was ordered to sit down by a large projector while SPitfire sat beside the projector. Waiting there was Fleetfoot and Soarin in their own uniforms, Adagio recognized as old G-Force uniforms. Waiting patiently until the saw Adagio enter the room. Fleetfoot gasped vacating her seat and tacked the siren with a hug and a girly squeal. “OH RAZZLE DAZZLE YOU’RE BACK!” Fleetfoot yelled in excitement. Adagio patted her back cracking a smile. “Hey, Fleet, got your lisp still I see.” She said jokingly. Fleetfoot frowned pushing Adagio away. “Well, I told you I’d grow out of it. Eventually.” Adagio and Soarin snickered. “Yeah, when you’re pushing daisies.” The two laughed while Fleetfoot sat back in her chair pouting. Spitfire then slammed her hand on the table startling everyone to silence. “ENOUGH! Sit down!” Promptly, Adagio sat down very rigidly while Fleetfoot and Soarin sat upright in the seats. Spitfire let herself relax a moment, then she turned back to the laptop and activated it and hooked it up to the projector. Images of everything Adagio collected over the last few months began popping up on a white screen the projector faced. Detailed files on kaiju and ones that Spitfire knew were classified for even her showed until she found one in particular, Godzilla’s scalds breaking the water. Everyone looked at the image waiting for someone to break the ice, until Spitfire finally did. “So, as I said before, you’ve been busy Razzle Dazzle.” Adagio cocked a brow giving Spitfire the most nonchalant look she could muster. She leaned back into her chair making it creak not saying a word as Spitfire continued. “We need your help.” Now that wasn’t something she expected to hear. “My help?” She leaned forward resting her chin in her hands. “Yes, your help.” Spitfire replied imitating Adagio. “Well, I’d love to help you Spitz, I really do, but unfortunately I can’t so if you’ll excuse me-” “Sit down Adagio Dazzle.” Hearing her name shocked the siren so much she sat back down in the chair without a word. She hadn’t expected Spitfire to know of her name. “How did you-” “We’ve been keeping an eye on you ever since you hacked a government site, Adagio,” Spitfire said with great emphasis. “You are a criminal and a traitor as far as the higher ups are concerned. Along with your, ahem, friend.” Adagio growled hearing Spitfire mention Rainbow in such a disrespectful manner, but held her tongue fearing the repercussions. That and she knew just how deep she was, and didn’t want to make it worse for Rainbow. As much as she hated to admit it, she needed to hear Spitfire out. The woman was always fair and willing to bend rules to get her way, something Adagio could respect, but this time it was for Rainbow's sake. “Whatever you want, I’ll help as long as you promise to not pin anything on Rainbow.” “Glad to hear it. Now, I need you to unlock the files in your laptop and give us unrestricted access so-” “No.” “Excuse me?” Spitfire’s brow twitched. “You do realise I am holding you by the cajones? I can ruin your life and Rainbows or, I could make what you did go away and have a clean slate if you help us.” Spitfire took out a paper and slid it to Adagio letting the siren read it over. It was here, everything Adagio had done in the last year. Everything from the files she stole, the systems she hacked, even her school project. Spitfire had great connections to get all this and she knew Spitfire held all the cards now. How bad could it be? If she helped it was only good for her, but knowing what the G-Force was about it made her feel uneasy. Putting the paper back down calmly Adagio relented. “Fine, whatever you want just… don’t hurt Rainbow. Make this go away and i’ll help you.” “Glad to see you agree. Then let’s get started then,” Spitfire tuned to the screen pointing at it. “You know what that is right?” She asked pointing to Godzilla. “Yes, I know who he is.” Spitfire stated a moment before continuing. “Well, he'd be a scourge to us for over fifty years, which I know you’re aware of by the way.” “Yeah, way to rub it in Bitchfire.” Adagio replied casually. Spitfire laughed sarcastically glaring down at the siren. “Ahaha, glad to see your sense of humor hasn’t died.” She and Adagio had a brief staring contest until she decided to not waste time and continue. “So, we need to kill this monster. Now, thanks to Japan and our newest friends from Russia we have a weapon that can kill him.” “And what would that be?” Adagio Asked looking at her nails. Spitfire cracked a smile. “We have something called the MO2-Mauzer Super Canon.” Adagio gasped feeling both excited and terrified at the thought of such a weapon, but failed to see how it was any help. “How? Mazer cannons are heavy and they require and ungodly amount of energy.” She said to the major looking at the team. “What use does such a weapon have to you?” “That’s where you’re wrong,” Fleetfoot said from across the table. “We HAVE the ability to use and move such a weapon, but because of this and the energy needed to power it….” Sorain joined in. “We can’t move the craft it’s mounted on very fast.” Spitfire then took the lead. “Which is why we need you. To track and predict where this monster and the one he seeks are going to head. You have data that we can’t even begin to make heads or tails of but you are able to predict where they’re heading and all the info we need is on your laptop.” Still unconvinced Adagio scoffed at the team. “But how would you you move it? A mazer is huge and there is no… craft.... You didn’t… the Super X?” Spitfire nodded confirming Adagio’s theory. A feeling of dread filled Adagio as she thought back to the online video’s of a beam hitting her father and injuring him. “You-you finished the Super X, and you equipped a mazer cannon…” This time the team nodded together. Spitfire then reached under the table and gave Adagio a set of folded clothes. The siren took them and looked them over, on one sleeve was the G-Force emblem, before the Super X was complete. Adagio suddenly felt anxiety fill her, she wanted to help her old friends out and help keep Rainbow in the clear but deep down that would me she’d have to do one of the most dispicable things a siren could do. She would have to hunt and help kill her father. Just before she was able to answer the alarms in the facility started blaring and the entire complex shook. Suddenly the was a loud rumbling and everything shook sending the entire group of people to the ground as the back most wall was torn apart by a massive body belonging to Echelos burrowed straight up through it. A loud screeching roar echoed throughout the complex forcing Adagio and the other’s to cover their ears. The kaiju crawled with large insectoid legs through the earth and out through the surface just meters above. Once the beast had passed a second roar from it echoed down a massive hole it created. A voice over the alarms started calling out, “All G-Force members to combat station! Repeat All G-Force members to combat stations!” Adagio looked over to her friends seeing them recovering from the stampeding kaiju, Spitfire reached out to her with a hand. “Are you in or out Dazzle? We need you to help stop these monsters to save lives.” Sighing Adagio took Spitfire’s hand and nodded. Spitfire grinned. “Glad to see you on board. Get suited up and meet us in the hangar.” She was about to turn and leave before stopping and asked, “You do remember where that is right?” Adagio noded silently again. Spitfire and her team left leaving the siren turned human to change into her uniform. She swore under her breath at the situation she got herself into. Pulling on her top she looked up into the crater and heard her father’s roar. “Father, I’m sorry. I’m doing this because I finally understand what you wanted me to see.” She said looking down at the ground. “Compassion.” Leaving her old clothes behind she ran around the facility heading directly to the hangar where she found the rest of the team assembled. Ten plus herself all lined up in front of a massive egg shaped craft she had known as the Super X , back when it was still in the early conceptual phase of development. Spitfire called out assignments to everyone and with a salute, sent them all into the massive ship. She turned to see Adagio running up to her. “Glad you made it!” She said patting her on the back. “Now, come on in and get comfy, cause we’re gonna rock this house!” The two women walked into the craft and squeezed into a small manhole from the top of the Super X into a submarine like space where everyone was seated. Adagio took her place next to Spitfire in the navigator's seat and opened her laptop. The team powered up the Super X and slowly it began to hover off the ground from the hangar. Fleetfoot flipped several switches and powered up the weapons while Soarin worked on his station, which if Adagio’s memory served was refractal energy deflection. As the hangar doors above the super X opened Spitfire gave a few words to the team before heading into battle. “Alright ladies-” “Sexist.” Soaring mumbled. “We’re gonna get lucky tonight, I can feel it. What we’ve trained for this entire time has finally reared it’s ugly head. We’re gonna kill these monsters and finally rid the world of two menaces!” “Yes ma’am!” The team rallied. “Alright then. G-Force move out!”