"Chief! Chief! Chief!" Lieutenant Miller rushed into the office "I've got something you're gonna want to see!" Chief Noah was an elderly man: stern, short, serious, but despite the wrinkles and sparse liver spots exuded an area of strength "Here you again, late night, trying to sell me on another case!!" taking off his glasses, he looked up from the files he was going over "What's going on now, that you can't handle?" looking up from the files he was going over at his junior officer, Miler reached into his pocket pulling out a drive 

"Please, look this over sir.." Heaving a heavy sigh, Chief Noah took the drive and inserted into his computer "I swear..." clicking the mouse and pulling all the information, words could no longer escape his mouth-only sounds "Blrer...urg...Ackt...." A look of concern found its way on Lieutenant Miller's face "Sir!" he got ready to make his way around the chief's desk "Are you okay?" Displayed on the computer screen was the information sent to Douglas' computer earlier and then some "Miller-" the chief found his voice, stopping the Lieutenant in his tracks "Yes sir?" his neck muscles tensed and his throat tightened 'Am I.. nervous?" he thought to himself

"I need to ask you one question Miller...is this real?" Swallowing his own spit in a nervous gulp, licked his lips before answering "Yes sir...it is." Getting from around the desk, he circled until he and Miller were face to face "I'm giving you permission to do whatever you have to do....but if you and these 'informants' are wrong and things go tits up it's nothing...and I mean NOTHING I can do to salvage your career. Understand?" Looking down to the man, somehow Miller felt like he was still looking up 

"Thank you sir." he bowed his head "Tch. Go head and call it in...take as many units as you want." Giving a slight nod, and without a word Lieutenant Miller walked out; soon as he was in the hallway, he turned his radio on relaying a message for anyone to hear "All units report. All units report. I've got a search warrant and preparations need to be made to make several arrests at the Sagara Compound. SWAT may be needed...all units converge...all units converge..."

Hearing police sirens in the distance, Vince felt the refreshing chill of the cold wind blow over his face "Guess that's my cue to go. Dexter be sure to lock up." giving his accomplice a thumbs up, he walked out the warehouse pulling out the keys to his red corvette, hopping inside, key met ignition "Sounding good as always! Sounding good..." Running his hands through his black hair, he couldn't help but look up at the full moon 

"With this stubble I got...really's got a fella in the mood to howl!" Looking at the waves crash against the docks and back at the night sky, Vince couldn't help but sulk a bit, feeling sad "No matter how bright and beautiful the moon is, there are still times at night it's obscured by the clouds...." driving off onto the road, he continued to think aloud "Perhaps if Derrick can pull things off, at least tonight, we can remove those clouds and witness the beauty of a clear night sky."

Still driving, Derrick and Jay were severals out from closing in on the Sagara Compound, having gotten off the phone with Vince and reading a text from Lieutenant Miller Derrick was giddy as a school girl "I would ask if your pregnant from the way your glowing friend..good news?" Jay inquired "Yeah...I guess you were right." Derrick answered, beaming at his phone "She's come through for me once again....even though I made an attempt on the life of her and her friends...she still trusts me..." his smile turned into a frown "she always does..." he trailed off into deep thought "Hey!" snapping him back to reality, Jay gripped him firm by the wrist "You know what that means?" Derrick looked out the window 

"What?" Jay couldn't help but snicker in response to the avoidant behavior "I won't tell you this time....I'll just say this.." Turning back to look at him, Jay could tell he was waiting for him to finish "It's nothing wrong with following your heart." Staring down at his phone and then looking back at Jay, Derrick wagged his finger in his direction "Hate to say it, but you're probably right this time." Upon hearing this Jay pinched himself "Ha! Ha!" Derrick fake laughed "But for real...thanks for everything man...you've been there through thick and thin..." looking ahead at the road, he closed his eyes enjoying the quiet of the countryside "Just one last ride..just one last ride.."

The Sagara Compound spanned a large area, the mansion was wide, spacious, and despite being only two stories gave off the aura of a castle, the land was vast with cornfield, crop, and cotton surrounding not only the mansion, but the sub houses that branched off, in those sub-houses not only was business conducted but a variety of goods and materials were held-it serving as a luxury and place of work it was sight to behold. Within the mansion, on this night in particular a very important meeting was being held, sitting at a long table Soro Sagara and several of his partners in business were having a heated discussion.

"Damn it Sagara!!" You can't just shut us down like this cause you're scared!" A man in a mink fur coat stood up and yelled "Who cares about J'Smith and Telll!! It's clear as day those fools were meant for the grave!" A smaller African man, placed a hand on his shoulder to calm him down "Monvelt please calm down and understand , it's not cause they died...it's how. Isn't that right?" Everyone at the table was on edge of their seat, awaiting what Sagara had to say

"You're absolutely right Danji.." Sagara was a man old in age, but looking young in years, wearing a velvet robe with gold embroidery on his back his chest was exposed "It's the nature of the way these things have gone down that's cause for concern-it seems we've got a mole in our camp." Falling into silence, a pen drop could be heard in the room "Make no mistake, I'm not here to make baseless accusations, but to be quite frank the circumstances surroundings us are...weird."

"Got that damn right!" A man with a large puffy black beard, sporting a grey business suit folded his arms "Tell got eaten by his own lion, J'Smith got ate by a croc and his remains were found in the damn sewer, and my subordinates dog fighting ring was ousted and infiltrated without the hint of a struggle!" he slammed his fist on the table "So when are we going to find who's responsible and the pay the bastards back!" Folding his hands together, Sagara rested them under his chin

"Sorry to disappoint everyone here....but the time is nigh for us as a collective to disband." Protest was heard in an instant around and across the table "What gives you the right!!" Vlad got up and yelled, a red-haired woman draped in leather stood up, pulling a gun out, aiming it in his direction "Scarlett!" Danji attempted to calm her down "Don't touch! Throwing caution to the wind is one thing-" she spoke in an aristocratic tone "-but as of now, your taking food out of our mouths! Give me one reason why I shouldn't kill you." Coughing in order to clear his throat, soon that coughing turned into a laugh "Oh ho ho ho! Oh ho ho my dear! You've brought smile and sunshine to a heart covered by dark clouds....so much vigor..in the days of my youth you're surely the type of beauty I'd find worth the renown." Ready to empty the chamber, her gaze became more intense-mere inches from her finger on the trigger pressing down "Do not make this mistake..as an alliance, a conglomerate, a congregation of individuals doing business together in the underground we've run our course..but this does not mean we're finished."

"So what're you saying?" Scarlett sat back down "We will proceed with the final auction, and we should look at it as a celebration of all we were able to get done!! However, on the libra scale our vices will be weighed against our virtues..this is something none of us can avoid." Beckoning forth his attendant, a women dressed in a velvet suit up top and matching skirt strolled out, "Everyone, the auction will be held in the backyard!! The trucks will be arriving and soon you'll be able to conduct business! I will escort you all soon as the meeting his adjourned!" she announced, making a signal with his hand, she made her exit.

"Before, during, and after whatever contacts made and numbers exchanged will be permitted, we'll have a short recesses and then get back to the matter at hand." Standing up after telling them the full extent of his plans Sagara exited as well. "Seems like-" Danji started "It's all over." Scarlett finished "Indeed...it is."

Arriving one by one, lined up in a row, the trucks arrived at the Sagara Compound, parking at one of each of the respective sub-houses, the workers at the compound and several underlings of those at the meeting gathered to help unload and transport the boxes, containers, and ages holding the sedated animals "Be careful with that!" one of Sagara's workers warned, a pair of men dropped the box onto the ground "Lift and then let down!" he demonstrated doing several squats "One of these things gets loose on the compound, then we'll be forced into extreme measures...we don't want that happening now do we?" the men shook their heads "Okay. Get back to work, rumor has it this may be the last one of these for awhile, so work hard and you're locking at a long break." 

Haste making waste, the men kicked into high gear, lifting and grunting, grunting and lifting until all but one container was remaining on the truck at the particular sub-house "This the last one?" one worker asked another "You see any other containers left?" Working in tandem, the two bent their legs down keeping their back straight, and lifted up the container, heading down the ramp nice and slow they were stopped by the person in charge overseeing operations "Hey, that container's looking a bit different than the others..see if you can flip that box upside down.." doing as he instructed, his instincts proved to be proved when he noticed something strange "Is that a purple sticker..."

"Looks like it's party crashing time" Jay smirked over at his partner in crime "You damn right!" Derrick replied, unbuckling his seatbelt, he grabbed the bag in the back for a change of clothes, comfortable enough with each other to strip down the got outfitted in a pair of dark blue turtlenecks-bulletproof vest underneath "Last truck pulled in" Jay observed changing out of designer shoes into dark blue boots "Just shot Miller a text" Derrick showed Jay his phone "Gotta go in here and take care of business...don't want too many lives lost since he's spearheading the whole thing." 

Snorting, Jay snuck Derrick a suspicious look "Mhm. Is that the only reason for jumping the gun going in?" A twinkle in his eye, Derrick's face flushed "Who knows." Jay checked the mirrors, making sure they still weren't spotted "You say so.." Popping the trunk, with cat-like quickness he got out the car and returned within songs "Eager as hell..." Derrick muttered, trying to handle the assault weapon he was being handed "Hope we don't have to use these, but something's tell me we will." Jay double-checked making sure the safety was on "Set them up and sent them in" Derrick frowned "When the fireworks start we gotta rush in and-" Smacking Derrick upside his head, Jay shook his "Priority's rescuing the animals man....more than anyone I enjoy seeing you two work together...lose your focus now and you'll blow your last chance."

Gunshots rang through the air, looking at each other, Derrick and Jay dapped each other up, sharing an embrace before getting out the car to rush into action "Ready?" Derrick asked "Always." Jay answered 'Yuri, hold on, I'm coming' Derrick thought to himself, approaching with caution a click clack from their guns was the only sound they made creeping in the dark 'Gotta watch his back and make sure he doesn't do something thumb' Jay thought, making sure to stay several steps ahead just in case. A loud scream let the two of them know they made the right decision, even from the outside one could identify the compound descending into chaos and commotion.

Circling the container, guns pointed, the worker in charge at the sub-house directed them to open it up "Careful, no telling why that one looked different from the rest..." he sneered in disgust "Maybe someone's trying to warn us or maybe it's nothing at-" A current of lighting shot forth out of the box, singing the hands of one of his men who happened to be holding his phone, splintering into several pieces Gano, Tess, Brook, Douglas, and Mayuri stood in the clear; Phidro, still sedated and resting, refused to roused from his slumber, making sure no harm came to him Gano made sure to lay him gently on the ground "There you go" his tone was gentle, the men petrified and panicked brandished their weapons "Si-Sir! What do you want us to do!?" Fighting the urge to run and sweating bullets, his legs wobbled "SHOOT THEM! SHOOT THEM ALL NOW!!" A few ran, but most of the workers and underlings joined in, standing their ground "Sad little clowns, I've come to find the decision you made-" In a repeat of earlier the men were caught off guard, when out of nowhere the weapons they held were snatched from their hands "Unfortunate." Gano frowned

Taking precise aim, every shot was pinpoint in decimating and whittling the numbers down "Mayuri!" Tess pleaded, hiding behind Mayuri and Gano with the rest "Try not to kill!!" Refusing to look back and keeping her focus the bullets hit each of the men in the kneecaps and sensitive spots in their rest "My legs!" One hollered "My legs!! She cut me down!!" Pulling out more ammo from her satchel, in one smooth motion she was able to reload, firing of more shots all opposition in the area was rendered immobile and unable to fight back "Hope we sent a message loud and clear.." holding the pistol tip up to her mouth, Mayuri blew smoke into the air 

"We run shit here." Gano scratched his face noticing Mayuri strike a pose "My style points are at an all time low...I want a cool phrase!" he stomped, Douglas comforted his friend slinging an arm around his shoulder "Don't worry buddy...I'll help you with that." Applause caused everyone to turn their neck, standing in the door were two figures clad in black "More?" Gano eyes widened in surprise "Guess I'll have to take care of those two/too-" Mayuri stood in front of him, arms outstretched "Gano wait! Whoever you are, reveal yourself...now." one of the figures looked to the other for confirmation pulling part of their mask down "You!" Eyes, nose, and mouth exposed the man behind the curtain finally revealed sent Mayuri into a shock "You okay?" Being gentle, Gano touched her on the arm, adding in a faint shock for good measure "Ow!" jerked "No need for all that! I'm fine!!" Coming to herself, Derrick was on the end of an icy stare

"Do I miss that face" Derrick reminisced "Cute as always" he teased with a wink "Jay palm met his face, disgraced at the behavior of his best friend "I'll have you know we're still running out of time." Pointing her gun, the refused to lift theirs in response "Mayuri, know's not the time" Jay put his safety as an act of good faith "That e-mail we sent, the fact Vince helped sneak you here, don't you think it's about time we form a truce?" 

Taking the room's temperature, Mayuri's ears twitched "More coming our way.." Closing his eyes, Gano expanded his magnetic field's range "Not good, I think we might be dealing with more than guns "Work with me Mayuri" Derrick got on one knee "Wha-What the hell is this!?" she blushed, taking a step back "Help me retrieve the animals and the information needed to put those bastards in jail; I've done things I have no right to ask you to forgive but right now.." getting on the other knee he was seconds away from falling on his hands.

"Get up" Mayuri's tone took on a monotone "You said we'll work together, stay out our way, and we'll do just that. Gano! Let's go." Shadowing her everywhere she went, the rest followed Mayuri out of the sub-house into the fray "That girl" Derrick got up, a smile plastered on his face "So that's Yuri's version of a yes huh?" Jay placed a hand on his chin intrigued "Might take a stab at that wild cat myself" Derrick shot him a glare "Watch it Jay" pulling the masks up covering their face, they joined the rest.

"Gano take care of those things in the air!" Douglas grabbed the green-haired man by the collar, Drones flew over head armed with missiles, before they could even aim electric currents shot forth from Gano's hand, striking the missiles and the drones as well both went up in flames "Air, ground, when I think of what they might throw at us next..." Feeling a disturbance in his field Gano lifted everyone-Derrick and Jay included- off the ground: dirt, debris, and scraps of metal were sprayed in place of several holes forming in the ground "Land mines too!" Gano grabbed his head in disbelief 

"This guy's well prepared! Woo!!" new to being suspended in mid-air Derrick and Jay flailed and waved their arms "Yo! What the hell is this!?" Derrick struggled and struggled to no avail "Derrick calm down, I think green over there's got a handle on us for now." Tess was afraid of heights, so in her mind holding onto Gano for dear life was the best option at the time "Always had away with the ladies.." Gano cracked, Floating atop one of the sub-houses, he figured now was a good time to regroup and strategize "Everyone comfortable?" receiving death stares and glares, Gano flashed a smile "I'll take that as a yes!" Taking a deep breath to calm her nerves down, Mayuri looked at the mansion 

"Not too far from it now. If we take most of their weapons and gather the boxes can you handle things on your won for awhile?"Mayuri leveled the question in the direction of Derrick and Jay "Of course, why you think we brought these?" A copious amount of men working under Sagara and his collaborators encircled the sub-house now, far off in the distance several snipers were aiming at them as well "We're going to disarm most of these men, to kill or not to kill, to rescue or be rescue, that falls on you from here on out."

On cue, shots were fired, holding his hand to the sky, Gano gathered the guns, knives, and rifles coalescing, contorting, and bending them into the shape and form of a giant metallic sphere "HEY! ALL YOU LACKEYS AND CROONIES OUT THERE!! I'M GOING TO SAY THIS ONCE GET OUT THE WAY!" heeding his warning, most of the man turned tail and ran, to many of them what they were currently witnessing was something out of a bad ream "Thank God that worked" Gano muttered under his breath loud enough for everyone to hear "I was kind of bluffing..." moans and groans followed "Love you man-" Brook gave Gano a light punch in the side "-but you're not the brightest tool in the shed." Blushing in embarrassment, Gano was staring to feel the strain "Area's clear, so I guess I'll let this down over there in the clear." Proving himself a man of his word, the rolled up chunk of useless metal was set somewhere safe in the fields "Aren't plants living too?" Douglas questioned aloud

 "Shut up!" Mayuri smacked him in the back of the neck "No time to guilt him while he's dirtying his hands!" Allowing a moment of silence to pass, Gano turned his sights to the main mansion "Are you sure you want to split up once we get down there?" Gano asked Derrick and Jay, the two of them having bared witness stuck out their hands for him to shake "Yes, that'll be fine....Apologies need to be made for the attempt I made on your life." Derrick bowed his head in respect "Had a chance to talk him out of it, but encouraged it instead...we'll be fine..Gano was it? Just take care of things in the mansion..everything's copacetic out here." Shaking hands with them both, Gano used his powers to float everyone down back onto the ground.

"How many tricks do you have?" Mayuri joked, Gano stuck out his tongue making a face "I don't know, but when I find out you'll be the last one I tell!" Taking off without a word, Derrick and Jay took off after the animals brought in "No goodbye?" Mayuri's words cut sharp, Derrick winced and kept walking-shrugging of the temptation to turn back "Just like him." no one dared to comment on the look of longing shared between the two "We going on there on foot?" Mayuri asked Gano, who nodded his head "Yeah, gotta conserve my energy, last line of defense's usually the worst." he observed "Feeling or hunch?" she eyed him up and down "Both."

Out of earshot, Jay tapped Derrick on the shoulder "Why didn't you tell them?" a look of concern etched on his face, Derrick felt a twinge of guilt "Can't have them hesitating, anything less than all out and they won't make it in time, we've got someone on the inside to ensure they escape..." Phone ringing, Derrick reached into his back pocket, knowing full and well who was on the other land "So tell me, is it raining or snowing on the inside?........Is that so? Interesting. Don't worry, stall long as you can, help is definitely on the way."

"A monster" Scarlett dropped to her knees "If what they're saying is true..there's a monster outside..we can't win!" Scratching and clawing at her face, she along with the rest of Sagara's invited guests broke down into hysterics "Old man!" Vlad grabbed by the collar of his robe "I...know..you...you've got a means of an escape route don't you! It's now or never!! Tell us where it is-" holding his gun to the elderly man's temple "-or I'll blow you away!" Bending wrist, breaking it backwards, the gun fell to the floor, yelping in pain Vlad grabbed his hand realizing there wasn't much he could do "You bastard!" Sagara looked down in disappointment "Quell your temper...not just him..all of you...we'll be fine." 

Calling over his assistant, he handed here a key "Sir, are you sure?" taking her hands into his, he placed a kiss on her cheek "Yes my dear. All I've worked and all I've built means little to nothing in the face of defeat...the only desire left in my heart is to leave what I can to them now. Initiate Protocol: Kingdom Fall." his orders did not fall on deaf ears "Kingdom Come! What does that mean?" Vlad held his hand in pain, finally recovering enough to speak "It means, once preparations are made we'll be travel down an old tunnel, as far this place...bits and pieces will be all that remains." Walking over into the display room, the rest dared not go outside, the only choice left to them was to follow.