XIX
Trekking through the Cambodian jungle Eggsy took the lead, using the minesweeper to check his path for, well, mines. The other three carefully follow in his exact footsteps to avoid accidentally triggering a nearby mine. They stopped at the edge of the jungle where they could just see past the foliage towards the front of 'Poppy Land' and the half dozen guards swarming around.
"Right. This is where we split up." Harry whispers to remain undetected. "Pincer movement. Merlin, you're with me. Percival and Eggsy, signal when we're in position." The two nod and go to move, but as soon as Eggsy takes a step they hear a click. They all freeze and look down at his foot where they spot a sinister looking metal disk, one movement away from being the cause of their demise.
"Don't. Move." Merlin warns. "You move, we die." Eggsy hesitantly nodded while Y/n carefully took the bat from him. Merlin kneeled down and opened the briefcase. "Luckily I have this." He pulled out a silver can of Kingsman spray on deodorant. He took the lid off and moved to crouch in front of Eggsy. Carefully he moved the dirt from around the trigger to have better access. He started to spray the device and it began to frost over. "This spray will freeze the trigger mechanism, give us a split second. So on the count of three, what I want you to-"
Faster than they could react Merlin shouldered Eggsy out of the way. "Merlin!" Eggsy quietly cursed as the three dodged an explosion that never came. When they turned around they found Merlin had taken Eggsy's place on top of the mine. "Merlin, what the fuck have you done?"
"Our journey together began many years ago, when your father did the same thing for us." He gestured between himself and Harry.
"Our journey began with a mistake I made." Harry said. "Give me the can. That's an order." He held a hand out.
"It's one use only. The can is empty." Y/n informed.
"Split second's over." Merlin agreed as he handed over the empty can. "You three need to get going."
"No, no, no. There's got to be another way." Eggsy denied.
"He's right." Harry reluctantly accepted what must be done. "Mission comes first."
"Bollocks, mission comes first! This is not-"
"Eggsy! This is no time for emotion. Remember your training. Or we all die. Now get on with it." Eggsy looked at Merlin with wide eyes.
"Do as you're told. Move it!" Harry urged.
Eggsy gave him a look. Y/n put a hand on Eggsy's back and whispered in his ear. Something in no way comforting, but true none the less. "There's nothing we can do for him. This is his choice." Only with her words and touch could he get himself to do what was needed. He bent down and picked up the briefcase.
"Go." Merlin jutted his head to the side. Eggsy did as told, he started towards his position.
Harry looked at Merlin and saluted him. "It's been an honor." He gave Merlin a quick pat on the shoulder before he too left.
"Good luck."
Y/n hesitated for a moment. "Thank you. For everything." He gave her a nod, and she moved to her spot with Eggsy. Merlin waited until the three were in position, spotting them through the foliage and giving them an 'ok' sign before he began with his distraction. He began to sing.
"Almost heaven," The guards were on sudden alert, aiming their guns towards the voice in the jungle. "West Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains Shenandoah River," Merlin used his large knife to cut the fauna and reveal himself to the guards.
"Poppy, come in." One of them spoke into a radio.
"Roger." Her cheerful reply.
"Life is old there,"
"Are you expecting another lawyer?"
"Older than the trees," Merlin tosses down the knife.
"There's a guy here singing."
"Younger than the mountains,"
"Singing?"
"Blowin' like a breeze," The men advance and the one with the radio holds it out towards Merlin so Poppy can hear better. "Country roads Take me home To the place I belong,"
"Bring him to me."
"West Virginia Mountain momma Take me home Country road," As soon as the man was close enough Merlin took off his glasses and headbutted him, knocking him out.
"Poppy, we got a situation here." Another informed her. The other guards trained their weapons on him and advanced. Merlin put his glasses back on.
"Country roads Take me home To the place I belong," He looked to his left where Harry stood. Harry nodded at him with a saddened gaze. Merlin returned the gesture. "West Virginia Mountain momma," Then he looked to his right to Y/n and Eggsy. They nodded at him as well, Eggsy with a watery smile, and Y/n with a grim expression. He did the same before facing forward towards the guards that were almost close enough. "Take me home Country RoooooooAAAAAAAADS!" Merlin closed his eyes and stepped off the mine. It exploded, killing everyone within it's radius. Eggsy flinched, Harry looked down, and Y/n closed her eyes. After a brief moment the three looked up towards the compound, eyes harder and more determined than before. They stepped out of the jungle and opened fire.
Alarms blared as the three took cover behind the large metal doors that were slowly closing. Eggsy held up the grenade ball and looked at Harry across from them. He nodded and tossed the armed device, Harry used his umbrella to hit it into the area. It landed ontop of one of the buildings. The Harts opened their umbrellas and used them for cover as the three slipped in past the doors. Eggsy kept a hand on Y/n's shoulder and stayed behind her as they recieved and returned fire. The grenade went off and dislodged a giant donut that landed on the ground, knocked some men over, and began to roll. Y/n and Harry moved behind Eggsy as he held up the briefcase and began shooting through the donut while they moved with and used it for cover.
They ducked down as it fell over. One of the guards came around with a bazooka. Eggsy stood up and fired his own rocket from the briefcase, hitting right into the other weapon and taking out that group. Eggsy reloaded the clip in the briefcase and glanced at Y/n and Harry who were ready to move. They held up the open umbrellas and advanced. Harry and Eggsy kept shooting at those coming from the front while Y/n kept watch of their backs. A guard tried coming up beside her but she blocked him with the umbrella. She pressed a button and the canopy was launched forward sending the guard up and into the sign of Poppy's amphitheatre.
When the ammo ran out in the briefcase Eggsy opened it up into a large shield, providing cover as he grabbed a pistol and the three moved forward again. Eggsy shot a few of the guards, Harry shot out the handle of his umbrella into another one and caught his rifle on the return, using it to shoot out the bolts of a giant pair of scissors to impale another couple guards. More guards came from behind, and while Y/n did fire back, one of them managed to shoot out the screen in Eggsy's shield. He turned to help her with the coming onslaught. He shoved a guard away with the shield and let it fall. Y/n climbed ontop of another guard. She held the back of his head with her umbrella while she pulled out the cuff blade and stabbed him in the face several times. Eggsy jumped and caught another one with his legs, flipping around and shooting a few others before landing on the ground and finshing him off.
A robot in a pink dress and a blonde updo moved into the middle of the area toting a grenade launcher. She shot three of them up into the air in a direct path to Eggsy. Y/n slid up next to him and shot an electric wire that caught them and landed them right back at the robot's feet. It exploded and Y/n opened her umbrella to protect them from the debris. She helped him up and Harry came over with his own umbrella up. Eggsy reloaded his pistol as robo bits rained from the sky. Together the three moved towards the '50's in America' diner where Poppy panicked and slid a red briefcase to Charlie, ordering him to get it out of there.
Eggsy shot at Charlie, who blocked the bullets with his mechanical arm as he made his getaway. "Eggsy, get the case!" Harry ordered. Eggsy bolted after Charlie while Y/n and Harry aimed their umbrellas at Poppy herself. "You are going to tell me what the access code is."
Instead of answering Poppy whistled and one of her robot dogs jumped out of it's little doghouse. Harry shot it, but it just spit the bullet back out. It jumped at Y/n and she used the umbrella to keep it's drill bit teeth from shredding her skin, only for it to shred through the object instead. Harry shot at it a few times, enough to make it turn and attack him. He opened his umbrella and the dog started to claw through this one. Harry shot it again and let the shredded thing go as he and Y/n bolted from the thing.
They ran into the bowling alley with it hot on their tails. A quick scan showed a large hole above the pin deck. They ran down the lanes just as the dog burst through the door. They were almost at the hole when the dog caught Harry's heel, making him fall and hit the pins. He quickly grabbed one to defend against the shredding bites. Y/n helped him throw the dog to the side and they ran down the lanes again. This time it caught Y/n by the foot and she fell into Harry, making them both tumble to the ground. They scrambled back from the robo creature as it bared its teeth at them. Suddenly Elton John himself stepped in front of the dog with a smile. The dog stopped it's attack.
"Stay down. It's not allowed to hurt me." Elton told them.
Harry peeked over his shoulder. "Thank you." Y/n looked behind her and found several bowling balls just sitting, waiting to be used. She grabbed one and swung around Elton to hit the dog in the face. Harry picked up another and did the same on the other side.
Elton flipped off the machine as it was being beat. "Fuck you, Poppy! Fuck you, Poppy!" Suddenly the dog's teeth started whirring again, new orders to kill Elton John as well. "Fuck!" Harry shoved the ball into the dogs mouth.
"Mr. John, you'll want to get down." Y/n warned. Elton ducked down as the Harts swung and crushed the dog's head between their makeshift weapons. It whirred and barked, jerking around as it fell to the ground, broken. "Bad dog."
Harry turned to Elton John. "Thank you."
"Now, go off and save the world." Elton said.
"If I save the world, can I have three tickets to your next concert?"
"Darling, if you save the world, you can have a backstage pass." He blew a kiss towards Harry and walked off to safety. Y/n gave an amused grin to her father, raising her brows at him. He gave a shrug and they walked out of Poppy Lanes.
They met Eggsy outside, Charlie hanging by his metal arm from a tree. Eggsy held up the red case to them. "Got it."
The other mechanical dog ran out of the diner. "Kill him, Bennie!" Charlie yelled.
"Fuck me." Y/n grumbled as she and Harry caught the dogs attention and directed it away from Eggsy.
"Here, heel! Heel! Good boy! Come on!" Harry coaxed it to follow them into a salon. It tackled them through the bead hangings. Harry threw bottles of polish at it. They ducked behind a shelf and struggled to hold it back as it snapped at them. Y/n looked to the side and spotted a candle and a spray can. She grabbed the can and sprayed it at the candle to light it before aiming the makeshift flamethrower at the dog. The dog jerked its head to the side and threw them, Harry landing in a tattoo chair and Y/n hitting the wall. Harry looked up and found the pot of molten gold that Poppy used to mark her employees. Before the dog could lunge for the woman trying to push herself away, Harry grabbed the machine and tipped it over onto the dog. It stalled and broke as it was frozen within the cooling gold.
Harry hopped off the chair and went to his daughter, checking if she was alright. She nodded to let him know she was fine. She glared at the golden statue as they passed. As they left the salon Eggsy stepped over the now dead Charlie and picked up the red case and a pistol. Y/n and Harry both picked up a fallen gun before looking at each other and heading back into the diner.
Poppy now stood behind the counter with a smile. "Hey, fellas."
"You're going to give us the code." Harry demanded.
She let out a little gasp. "Hmm. Or what? 'Cause you don't seem like the kind of people who would hurt a lady."
They moved towards the counter, Eggsy peeking over to make sure she was unarmed. "Perhaps not." Harry agreed as they set their weapons down. "Call me old-fashioned, I don't consider genocide especially lady like." Harry sat on a barstool while Eggsy put the case on the tabletop.
"Right. Enough small talk." Eggsy opened it and turned it to her. "Give us the code."
"Sure." She closed it. "No. I don't think so." The Harts grabbed her arms and pulled her forward. "Ooh!" They pinned her over the case as Eggsy pulled the eyeglass case from his pocket and took out the syringe. He removed the cap and stuck Poppy in the neck with it, she let out a squeak of pain.
They let her go and she reached up where she was stuck. "That was heroine." Y/n informed.
"You know, where I come from, this shit you've been peddling's ruined a lot of lives. But yours is even more deadly. But it feels so nice, it's gonna make you lower your guard." She hummed with a smile as the drug started to do its work.
"Our colleague, Merlin," Harry started, "may he rest in peace, managed to synthesize your horrible little formula and speed up it's effects." Poppy looked at her hands as the blue rash quickly covered her skin. "So I would say you have just under eight minutes before paralysis sets in and your breathing stops. But, of course, you know all about that."
"And so, the deal is this." Y/n continued. "You release the antidote worldwide, and we'll make sure you get a dose."
"I have to give you the code to live?" Poppy grinned. "Honey, you're so smart. You should work for me."
"Right. Give us the code." Eggsy opened the case again.
"Why not? The decree's getting signed soon..." She sniffs. "Anywho. Um... It's 'Viva las vegan'. Get it? 'Viva las'... Mmm." She looked to Harry. "Come snuggle with me." Her words have started to slur together. "I like you."
"I don't think that's terribly likely." Poppy giggled before suddenly collapsing. The three looked over the counter at her lifeless body. "She's OD'd. You gave her too much."
"Did I?" Eggsy asked. "You know, I really don't have as much experience with all this drug stuff as people think. Better be the right code." He pushed the case over to Y/n.
She recited the code as she put it in. "'Viva las-'" She's cut off as a lasso is looped around her neck.
"So?" Eggsy looks in alarm to Agent Whiskey who holds the other end of the rope with a gun trained on him. "Don't move, kid. You try anything funny, and I'll turn this thing electric." Harry glared at him as Y/n carefully turned while holding the rope away from her neck. "Now give up your guns, fellas. Slide 'em over. And that pretty little cuff, too." Eggsy and Harry grabbed the guns and slid them over to Whiskey. Y/n carefully took of the cuff blade and slid it across the ground.
"Whiskey." Eggsy called. "We are all on the same side here. You've had a head injury. The exact same thing happened to Harry. You're havin' some sort of brain glitch."
"Nope. My brain's all good, kid." He took a few steps closer. "And you know what? I reckon the same was true for your friend Harry over here. Real fine instincts, I'll give him that. And I guess sweetness over here isn't so bad either. So stay still, or I'll dice her up so small, you can take her home in a bucket, and still have room for what's left of your buddy, Merlin."
"Well, that's fucking great. You're working for the president?"
"That asshole?" Whiskey chuckles. "Hell no. It's a matter of personal principle, agent. No more drug users. And the Statesman share price rockets."
"So those are your principles? Making money? Our agencies were founded to uphold peace. To protect the innocent."
"Do you wanna know who was innocent? My highschool sweetheart. Love of my life. Pregnant with my little boy. He'd be about your age now, if his mama hadn't got caught in the crossfire when two meth head freaks decided to rob a fucking convenience store. A world without those people in it, sure smells like peace to me. You break the law you pay the price. Good riddance to all of them. That's why I gotta destroy that case. Now slide it over, Agent Galahad." Harry closed the case and pushed it across the ground. Whiskey caught it under his foot. "Thank you."
"You know what, guys. I think he's got a point." Eggsy looked to Y/n and Harry. "I think it sounds like a bright idea." Catching onto his hint the three closed their eyes as Eggsy pressed a button on his watch and shined a bright light at Whiskey, momentarily disorienting him. Y/n used the rope to wrap around and pull the gun from his hand. Whiskey quickly pressed the button, but she was just as quick to throw the rope off of her before the electricity could reach her.
Whiskey pushed the case behind him before throwing the lasso around. Eggsy bolted for his gun, jumping through the loop of the lasso when Whiskey flung it around. He whipped it around towards Y/n and Harry, making them jump to the sides while he sliced the barstools. Eggsy grabbed his gun and aimed it, only for Whiskey to slice it in half. Harry lunged for him, ducking under the lasso. Harry blocked his arm, punched him in the leg and in the stomach, making him drop the lasso. Then Harry threw him over his shoulder. Whiskey jumped up and kicked out. Harry ducked under and Y/n slid over to kick Whiskey right in the face. Whiskey went for his gun and Y/n blocked his arm as he shot off a few rounds. He pushed her off of him, Harry moved her aside as he grabbed his gun and tried to aim for Whiskey.
Whiskey caught the gun and aimed it to the side as Harry pulled the trigger. They were pushed onto the counter and Whiskey managed to pull the gun away and grab his knife. Before he could stab Harry, Eggsy and Y/n caught his arms. Harry punched Whiskey before being kicked. Whiskey kicked at Eggsy's leg and once he got his arm free he swiped it at Y/n, making her dodge away. Eggsy held onto his back, just barely moving as Whiskey stabbed backwards. Eggsy pushed him away, and Whiskey swiped at Harry. Harry leaned back and kicked Whiskey in the chest. Eggsy then grabbed Whiskey and threw him over the counter. He landed in a crouch and grabbed a frying pan, throwing it and hitting Harry. Eggsy vaulted over the counter, ducking under Whiskey's wild swinging. Eggsy head butted him, managing to get around and pin him and his arm down to the counter. He looked around and found the giant meat grinder, kicking it on and forcing Whiskey to drop his knife into it.
Whiskey got his arm free, elbowing Eggsy and hitting him with another pan. He grabbed a meat cleaver and threw it towards Y/n who was trying to come closer. She leaned away, just barely missing a knife to the chest. Whiskey vaulted over and used his lasso to retrieve his gun. Harry caught his arm and struggled to get him to release it. He then looped the lasso around Eggsy's neck, choking him. Harry elbowed him in the face, and while they struggled for the gun Whiskey threw the handle of the rope towards the meat grinder. Eggsy struggled to not be pulled in while Harry wrestled with Whiskey for the gun. It went off a few times and Harry managed to aim it at the rope to sever it.
Harry punched him and got him to drop the gun. Harry held him steady and Y/n kicked him in the chest. He stumbled back and Eggsy slid on the counter top to kick him in the face. He staggered further back, and before he could defend himself Y/n and Harry lifted him up over the meat grinder. Eggsy jumped over and pulled him down into the machine. In a few moments all that was left of the great Agent Whiskey was a pile of ground long pork.
"Put alpha gel on that, dickhead." Eggsy smirked down at the remains. Harry grabbed the case and put it onto the countertop. Eggsy happily typed in the code. "'Viva las vegan'." He pressed enter. "This ones for you, Merlin." The screen lit up, showing that the antidote was being succesfully released all over the world.
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