17 (The homestretch)
"I need to get her! Find her!" Lana said to herself, swinging and jumping from the walls and rooftops of the buildings. Trying to find her way as if she knew where the hell Xinn even lived.
But that's what being in the zone can do to a person like Lana. You can be distracted, overconfident, and downright cocky which can lead to more harm than anything. Lana went around a few more times around a few blocks before slowly stopping on a rooftop and looked around the empty streets, coming to a sudden realization.
Lana did not know where Xinn even lived. She facepalmed at her brashness and sat by a ledge, and took a look around the great view of her lovely town, taking in the view with a sigh as no one else could get up here.
This kind of stuff made her feel special in away. The way the sun was starting to rise reminded Lana that she truly was doing an amazing job at being the home town hero, serving out justice and enforcing peace. But now wasn't the time for literal sightseeing. Lana needed to be catching her nemesis once and for all!
"Yeah! Now for step one. I need to find out where she lives. Crap," Lana stated before she laid on her back in annoyance and got out her phone to check the time.
Almost five-thirty. Sun is coming up due to it being November with daylight savings time and all that. She has time before everyone woke up and made her unable to come out during the day or else risk people getting in the way of her crime-fighting. With a sigh, she opened up her contacts and scrolled through the list until she got to the names to started with "L" which was mostly only her family in that section.
"Lori, Lincoln, Lynn, Lucy, ah! Lisa!" spoke Lana as she started dialing Lisa up, hoping the chubby scientist hadn't gone to bed yet. After a few rings, Lisa finally answered and spoke in a tired voice. Lana must have woken her up from her slumber.
"Ugh.. Will you give me an adequate reason as to why I have been called at such an hour?" Lisa asked grumpily at which Lana gave a nervous chuckle. What Lana didn't need right now was an angry and grumpy Lisa while she's trying to find Xinn.
"So I hopped out of the house in a heroic mood, ready to take down Xinn! Only to come across a very... major problem," the frog girl said in embarrassment which got a sigh out of Lisa. Lana didn't even know where Xinn lived. Why would she?
The scientist went to her computer and got down to searching up a few maps of Royal Woods. Looking up maps, construction sights, anything that could at least give the smallest hint of Xinn's location. But alas, next to no clues on where the gang leader lived, except...
"Hold on just a moment. Lana, did you see what direction Xinn drove off to? If you do, I might be able to calculate where she might have gone to," said Lisa as she looked around a little more. Lana got to thinking, trying to remember that horrid scene.
"W-well... I remember the tank traveling down Coholt Street," Lana told over the phone. Lisa looked at Coholt Street and see if there were anything special going up or down it and luckily if Xinn went south, she would have been taken... down to the forest.
"Wait. My date with Darcy in the woods. When we walked beside the edges of the cliffs, we gazed upon a huge plot of forest owned by someone. In the middle of the forest was a gigantic and ominous mansion that gave both of us chills down our spines. If I'm not mistaken, that's most likely where Xinn lives," Lisa explained.
"How interesting.' Lana said. "I should probably expect some reinforcements while I'm hipping and hopping through the woods then."
"Indeed. Now then, shall I go back to bed or are you interested in disturbing my sleep schedule even more?" Lisa asked sarcastically at which Lana responded by just hanging up on her. With a sly chuckle, Lana wasted no time and promptly began hopping to the forest.
"Be prepared, Xinn! Cause I'm coming to get you!"
- Somewhere in the woods -
Xinn was currently looking upon her terrace at the top of her mansion. A prideful look was on her face as she gazed upon the morning sun rising upon her future kingdom. First Royal Woods, next was the world! As she sipped some coffee, Omega came into the room with a nervous look on his face.
"M-Master! A high moving target is advancing to the mansion! The cameras show its that frog girl once again. What do we do?!" the cloaked man asked in distress. Xinn smirked at this and quickly got her clothes on, getting ready to leave.
"Y-You're... just going to leave? When your enemy is coming back for more?! She absorbed some of those Ruby shards and already know what that can do!" Omega exclaimed.
"I damn well know what I'm doing, Omega. I'm just fulfilling my end of the promise Lana and I made a while ago. If she comes back, I'll make her regret it," Xinn ominously told Omega as she jumped out of the balcony where Lana wasn't able to spot her.
Omega looked upon the forest and started to ready up. If Xinn was gone, he needed to give Lana a distraction.
"An illusion will do. A powerful one at that. Thankfully, I know the right person who can give Lana a distraction."
(It seems we're hitting the endgame, folks. We're nearing the finale on this fanfiction! I hope you all are super excited about what's going to happen. Will Lana figure out Xinn's plan before it's too late? Or will she fall short and croak? Find out soon enough in the next chapter, which will hopefully be the finale of this story!)
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