Red, White, Black, and Blue
Franklin Jupiter, Neptunia Imperialis, Paetyr Pluton, and Maggie Smith file into Maximillian Midas’ office.
“You wanted to see us, sir.” Franklin sits as he checks his pocket watch for the time.
“...Yes…” Max says with a hand on his chin and scowl on his face.
“I thought that we finished this meeting earlier?” Neptunia says as she leans forwards in her chair with a grumpy expression on her face. “...This better be important…
Max looks towards Neptunia. “...This is plenty important. I can assure you that…”
He gets up and looks out the window with his hands in his pockets.
“Hey, Pluton?” Max turns around. “Are you at all curious about how I acquired my empire?”
“...Not at all sir…” He says with his legs crossed and his hands folded. “...That would be none of my business…I am only here to follow orders…”
Maggie walks over and smacks Paetyr in the side of the head.
“...Well…that wasn’t very hospitable…”
“Shut yer mouth!” Maggie yells at the newbie. “You best show our boss some respect, or else! Ya hear me, pardner?!”
“...What?”
“He wanted to tell you a story and you said no! That’s more rude than a squirrel refusing to share acorns after hibernation!”
Paetyr sighs.
“...Fine…how did you acquire your empire…boss?”
Max turns around with a stern expression.
“About twenty years ago me and my brother both had just graduated from SUPER. We both thought that being heroes would be a very quick and easy way to make a lot of money, but we both quickly realized that wasn’t the case. So, we devised a plan.”
He walks back towards his chair and takes a seat.
“To make a long story short, since we couldn’t make money while being on the up and up we decided that…alternative methods of acquiring wealth might have been necessary. You see, Andrew might be the brawn behind this operation…” Max taps the top of his head with his pointer finger. “...But I am the brains for a good reason…”
He gets up and walks right in the center of the chairs in which his colleagues were sitting in where his table used to be.
“It was such a good plan! So simple, yet so efficient. He pretends to be a big shot superhero and captures the hearts of the citizens of this city as a distraction as I take it over from upside down…With that being said…it seems like me and my brother might be having…” He stops to think for a moment. “...Let us just say a difference in what we are willing to do to accomplish our goals.”
“...Like…get on with it old man…” Neptunia is filing her nails. “...You are soooo boring!”
Max briefly glares at Neptunia before turning back towards the rest of the group.
“...So, this is where you come in…” Max puts his hands behind his back. “...I want you all to follow my brother and make sure…that he finishes the assignment that I have given him…Understood?”
The Greek God look-alikes nod.
“...Excellent!” Midas says as an evil smirk appears on his face.
Andrew is walking down the halls of the hideout looking for where the kids could have possibly gone off to.
“Hey heroes!” Andrew announces. “Be not afraid! I just wanna talk to you!”
He stops to think for a second.
“...They are probably helping the other heroes get to safety…” He says with a hand on his chin. “...We can’t have that now, can we?”
He goes to check where he just fought Spyke and Rick, but nobody was there.
“...Drat…those snot nosed punks must have already helped the others and are probably heading out of the building…that was a lot quicker than I thought…No matter!”
He takes a runner’s start and takes off towards a wall, slam through it, and flies down to the street below.
Love, Maka, Ash, Violet, and Takeru are outside and have gathered Spyke, Rick, and Isabella and leaned them against the side of the building.
They also found Andy’s corpse and got a tarp to place over him.
“...And that’s the last of them!” Candi says as she runs towards the others with Alexandria on her back.
She places the goth down with the others and sits down to catch her breath.
“...Phew…I may be really fast…but I need to workout my arms more…"
“Excellent work, Candi.” Violet says as she puts a hand on Candi’s sprinkle covered blonde hair.
“...Thank Vi…” Candi says between breaths.
“...Now…” Violet turns towards the exit. “Let’s depart, shall we?”
“...I still think we should turn around and teach those punks a lesson…” Maka grumbles.
“For the last time, Maka!” Violet yells. “That is a terrible idea! We are not going to risk our lives on such an obvious suicide mission!”
Maka quietly growls to herself.
“...Whatever…” She puts her hands in her pockets and leans back against a wall.
Suddenly, something slams into the street right between the students.
“...Hello young heroes!” The American Dream announces.
They are all surprised by this, but Love especially so.
“...Hey Mr. Dream…” Love stutters out. “...I…I thought that you said…that we could leave if we….didn’t say anything…”
Andrew cracks his knuckles.
“...I am sorry…but there has been a slight change in plans.”
“...What…what do you mean?” Love heart is starting to beat faster.
“...I told my boss what I told you and he…didn’t really like that…so…” He claps his hands together. “...Let’s get this over with!”
“...What…do you mean by…’over with’...”
Andrew sighs.
“...Let’s just say…he told me I have some loose ends to tie up.”
He takes a moment to stretch before he slowly starts to make his way over to where Love is standing.
“...Hey!” Maka screams.
Mr. Dream turns to look at the rebellious girl who quickly ran over to stand in front of her timid friend.
“Back the fuck away from Love if you know what’s good for ya!” She says with a furious expression on her face.
“Ha! You really think that you can stop me?!” He says with a devilish smirk.
“...No…not on my own…” Ash, Takeru, Violet, and Candi quickly gather around Maka and in front of Love. “...But together…We WILL KICK YOUR FUCKING ASS!”