Chapter 2 Part 5 - The Maintenance Room
I hope you guys are enjoying this because I am! Invader Zim belonged to Jhonen Vasquez and Richard Steven, but all of the OCs involved belongs to me.
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Leo putting some oil on his cybernetic arms while Harumi is closing her eyes while forming icicle sparks from her Deadly Staff. The maintenance room is brimming with machines, tools, electricity and pods for extra space. The room is surprisingly large, but very messy and disorganised due to a large amount of inventions.
"Try to be careful, Haru," Leo told her while oiling up his arms.
Harumi simply nods while she is deeply concentrating on her ice magic. Rosa slowly opens the door and sees Harumi practising, so she tiptoes a bit to not disturb Harumi and heads to Leo.
"Relax, once she's deep in thought, nothing would distract her," Leo ensured her.
"... Okay then..." Rosa replied before she turns to Leo and asks, "Can I... ask you some questions...?"
"Sure, what is it?" Leo replied back.
Rosa bites her lips nervously and takes a deep breath as she bravely asks, "Have... we met somewhere...?"
"..." Leo bit his lips as well as he looks up to start thinking.
There was an awkward silence between the two, making Rosa look away with half-lidded eyes and facing on the ground while putting her hands behind her back. Suddenly, Harumi creates a small snowball and throws it up in the air. The snowball suddenly explodes into tiny ice shards and strikes at the ground.
"Yes! I did it!" Harumi cheered; completely breaking the silence.
"Harumi! Be more careful, man!" Leo told her off, "Tori is going to be like, pissed off, you know!"
"Sorry, Leo!" Harumi apologised. "I'll clean up!"
"Thank god Harumi is here..." Rosa thought.
"So, what are you guys talking about?" Harumi asked them.
"And there goes my luck..." Rosa thought as she quietly groans.
"Rosa here is asking me if we met before," Leo told her.
"Mmm... why that sudden question?" Harumi asked Rosa.
"... Well... I just want to find out more about my past, that's all." Rosa admitted.
"Well, to be honest, I don't know," Leo answered, "All I remember that I was a gruesome pile of blood when Tori founded me and she put me back together with the help of a cybernetic heart."
"Y-You have a cybernetic heart as well!" Rosa asked in shock.
"Yep," Leo confirmed it, "Though, while I am curious about my past, I don't bother too much with it. I mean, I'm pretty happy with the new life I had and whatever happens, happens. I can't move forward if I just keep looking back to the past, can I?"
"... You're right..." Rosa agreed, "But still... what kind of woman was I...? I wonder if there were any loved ones I once had before my new life...?"
(Meanwhile in Aromore City)
In the dark streets of England, where lies a brighten and glowing building with loud noises can be heard.
A young man, around his late 20's, with dark blue, emo hair with a white streak on his bangs that sort of covers his right, purple eye while his left eye is amber. He has pale skin and wears a black, leather jacket, brown, unbutton vest that shows a bit of his chest, navy blue ripped jeans, grey fingerless gloves and black trainers. He also has a thick-looking black stick on his back carried by his brown sash.
He walks into the building, which happens to be a strip club where he sees a bunch of men; either young or elderly, watching a bunch of young, beautiful women running around half-naked. He rolls his eyes as he went up to a green-haired bartender who is just cleaning one of the glasses.
"Oi!" The man called out.
"Ah! Y-Yes sir?" The bartender asked.
"Can I have a whiskey?" The man asked.
"I-Of course!" The bartender replied.
The bartender starts working on his drink while the man looks around his surroundings, where he spots a man that stands out. The man has tanned skin with black hair, a black fedora, a huge, hairy belly, black jacket and bunch of gold chains. He has two girls around his arms while the blue-haired man look at his picture, which is of the pimp.
"Here you go sir," The bartender said.
"Thank you," The man replied as he takes a sip and asks, "Is your boss' name, King Goldie?"
"H-How did you know?!" The bartender asked.
"Answer the question," The man demanded hostilely.
"Y-Yes, sir..."
The man drinks all of his drink and takes out his cash as he says, "Keep the change."
"Okay..."
The man gets up from his chair while the bartender cleans up the glass; pretending not to see anything. The man slowly opens the door and sees the pimp throwing around loads of money happily while he has those two strippers and bodyguards around. The man opens the door, catching the attention of the pimp.
"Oi! The hell you doin'?!" The pimp asked harshly with a thick accent.
"Here to collect a debt..." The man answered, "And your crime of pimping..."
"Fuck off!" The pimp told him off, "I ain't paying no debt! I paid those local SEG officers here to leave the fuck alone!"
"True, but I'm no SEG officer," The man replied, "Ever heard of the Grim Reaper...?"
The pimp stares at him with a baffled look at him, which the man chuckles and says, "Alright. Maybe this will click..."
The man takes out his staff and presses a small button, which a scythe pops out. This freaks out the pimp and he screams, "GUARDS!!!"
The guards take out their tasers while the girls freak out and quickly hides in the closets. The man grins as he swings his large scythe and cuts both of the guards' heads off. King Goldie starts shivering in fear as he backs into a corner and the man points his scythe dangerously close to his neck.
"H-Hey man! How bout I give you more money, then your client!?" King begged for his life.
"... Mmm... No," The grim reaper refused as he raises his scythe, "I don't like leaving a job unfinished..."
"N... NOOOOOOOO!!!!" King screamed as the man cleaves his head off from his shoulders.
The mercenary grabs his head, black luggage and went out of his office, where he just throws the head in the middle of a strip show, which freaks out everyone in the club.
"HOLY SHIT!"
"What the fuck is that?!"
"Is that a real head?!"
"Alright, everyone!" The mercenary called out loudly, catching everyone's attention, "Get the hell out of here! Business is closed forever! Either you leave... or I'll make you!"
"AAAAAHHHH!" The customers and the strippers screamed as they all rush out of the club.
While they were running out, three mysterious SEG officers watch the chaos unfold. Two of the officers are two men, with one of them being a very unusually tall irken, while the other is a woman. The irken is square-shaped and large weighted as he has red eyes and wears a black fedora, a coat, trousers and boots.
The human man, who has orange, punk-style hair, pale skin and green eyes, looks at the irken and then the secretary with short, dark blue hair, blue eyes and glasses.
"Skoodge?" The man said.
"On it, major Keef," The irken named Skoodge said.
The mercenary walks out of the club while Skoodge walks up to him, where he asks, "Have you got his money?"
"Yep," The mercenary replied as he gives him the luggage.
Keef, who is wearing a blue hoodie up, walks beside the woman to the mercenary. Keef smirks as he puts his hands on his pockets and says, "Good work there, Almaric. No wonder people call you 'the successor of the Grim Reaper'"
"... Yeah... I suppose," The mercenary named Almaric replied, "So you going to give me the money?"
"Of course," Keef replied, "Mai?"
"Yes sir," The secretary named Mai as she gives the brown luggage to him.
"Thanks, Miss Pridi," Almaric thanked her, "Or... is that really your real name?"
"... H-How...?"
"Well, I was just testing," Almaric replied, "But judging by the way you act, you just give it away."
"I... I..."
"Alright bud," Keef told him off as he glares at him, "You can fuck off now."
"I have a good feeling you would say that," Almaric replied, "You're pretty infamous for your trust issues... and the fact you was 'friends' with that reincarnation of the Shadow dragon himself."
"Grrr... Skoodge!" Keef yelled.
"Mr Herzog, I think you should be on your way," Skoodge told him off.
"Alright, alright, I'll go," Almaric replied as he grabs the brown luggage and walks away, but stops for a moment as he says, "But know this... SEG has ruined the lives of the few... so you have the right to distrust... you will never know who will backstab you guys... especially after that attack..."
"..." The trio stays silent while Almaric continues to walk away.
Mai raises her eyebrow and turns to Skoodge as she asks, "What does he mean by the attack?"
"... I-"
"There's no point," Keef said, "After all. It wasn't our doing, it was the main base's doing. Now, let's get back to my office before it starts raining again like this morning."
"Of course, Major," Skoodge understood.
"... Yes sir..." Mai replied as she sighs.
The trio walks to the opposite direction with Keef leading the way.
A/N - I hope you guys look forward to it and if you do, leave a comment and have a good day, my guild. Aqua out!
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