Within South Vale, the inhabitants try their best to cope with the effects of the war and the influx of refugees from up north. With the large number of people coming in, not very many would take notice of a dark skinned and green haired girl along with a grey hair and eyed boy among them. For over a week since arrival, the two have been searching for a one Neopolitan. Last spotted within the area by spies assigned to the region, and local bar patrons. After speaking with a frequent bar jumper, and stealing his wallet in the process, Emerald is able to find the current location of Neo's whereabouts.

Emerald: Thanks for your help, sir!

Alcoholic: Mm-hm.

As he takes his leave, Emerald withdraws the stolen wallet from behind her and starts to dig through it. Walking back to where Mercury is currently looking through the wares in the market square with his back against her.

Emerald: Ok, I've got a location. Some new bar nearby that just opened up recently called Junior's Club or something. If we leave now, we-What are you doing?

She finally notices that Mercury hasn't moved or said anything yet. Usually interrupting her with a smartass quip by now. Just standing in place as she soon spots what looks like a thin string going around his head with a small knot just at the back. Mercury quickly turns around and shows that he is wearing what look like a fake white beard. He soon slouches forward, acting like he has a bad back. He then begins to speak like an elderly man as he looks at her. Immediately, Emerald is not amused.

Mercury: It has been 84 years, and I can still remember when we were assigned to this blasted task. We were standing in a meeting room. The robo ginger and bird girl were talking about hair products or something. And-

Emerald soon grabs the fake beard and pulls it down to Mercury's midsection. The elastic band still connected to his head as he stares at her with a somewhat worried look.

Mercury: Please don't.

Ignoring him, Emerald lets go of the beard. This causes it to quickly fly up and hit Mercury in the face. He launches his hands up and rips the fake beard from his face and tries to deal with the stinging sensation.

Mercury: Ow! Crap!

Emerald: Focus! She's hold up in a local bar.

Mercury: Yeah, I heard you the first time! Jeez, take a joke.

Emerald: Just follow me.

With no further argument, the two walk through the small town. Trying to walk pass the large crowds in the streets. After several minutes of walking, the pair make their way in front of a bar. A florescent sign hanging above the entrance flashing the words Junior's Club. A flier hanging under it saying grand reopening.

Wasting no time, the two enter the bar. As they walk inside, the smell of alcohol and blaring music hit the two like a train.

Soldiering through it all, Emerald and Mercury travel inside. Several patrons are seated at tables at the corners of the large room while more are centered on the dance floor, flailing their limbs around while trying not to hit each other. With the music at full blast, the two had to shout at each other just to communicate.

Mercury: GREAT! HOW THE HELL ARE WE GONNA FIND HER?

Emerald: JUST LOOK FOR ANYONE WITH A PINK, BROWN, AND WHITE-ISH LOOK! USE TEXTING IF YOU FIND HER!

Knowing what to do, they go their seporate ways and start searching through the bar. With the mosh pit going on at the dance floor, they both decide to save that for last of the search. Mercury checks one end of the bar while Emerald checks the other end. After several minutes of searching, and Emerald occasionally getting groped from out of nowhere, she spots a certain someone sitting at the bar with her head down. Aside the color scheme, she sees a familiar cane and umbrella leaning on the bar next to her. Emerald soon pulls out her scroll and texts Mercury to meet her at the bar. She stashes away her scroll and walks towards Neo. The music not as loud near the bar as she gets closer.

Mercury soon makes his way to Emerald and sees the person they have been looking for. As they now stand behind Neo, they see she is wearing a bowler hat with a dark red band and feather sticking out from the side. Besides the hat, the rest of her clothes are in a state of disrepair. Small dirt patches cover a few spots of her clothes. Some of the seams are torn here and there. On closer inspection, there are small trickles of blood as well.

Several varying bottles of alcohol are strewn around her as she rests her head on her forearms. Baggy eyes closed shut.

Mercury: Well, that's a pathetic sight.

Emerald: Neo?

There is no response from the mute.

Emerald: Neo.

Neo squints her eyes shut tighter as she ignores them.

Mercury: HEY!

He swats the hat off of Neo's head, trying to entice a reaction out of her. He gets exactly that as Neo suddenly grabs her umbrella, a blade quickly sticking out of the top end, and quickly grabs Mercury's shirt collar. She brings back her weapon and prepares to impale him. She comes to a stop as she stares at a shocked Mercury with her slight blood shot eyes. One brown and the other pink. She soon turns around and sees Emerald with her hands on her weapons, ready to attack at a moment's notice.

After confirming that she actually knows these two, Neo lets go of him. She places her umbrella down and sits back in her stool while reaching over to the hat. She places it back on her head and goes back to resting on her arms on the bar.

Mercury:............... Welp. You deal with this, Emerald. I'm gonna go shit myself for a sec.

He walks away a few feet and kneels down heaving. Emerald lets go of her weapons and turns to Neo.

Emerald: "sigh" Ok, Neo, I need you to come with us.

Neo raises one of her arms and flips Emerald off, not even lifting her head up. She flops her arm back down.

Emerald: Look, I know a lot has happened to you in the past few months. But right now, we want you to come back... Or more specifically, the guy we're working for wants you back to work.

Neo lifts her head up and pulls out her scroll, typing in a message. Mercury soon returns after getting his shit back together.

Mercury: Alright, I'm back! How's it going, Emerald?

Neo finishes her typing and holds up her scroll so the two can read it.

Neo: "Go fuck yourself, you Nadeko Sengoku knockoff looking bitch."

Mercury: Hah! She called you Nadeko!..... Wait.

Emerald: This isn't up for discussion, Neo.

Mercury: She doesn't look anything like Nadeko.

Neo lifts up her scroll again and shows a photo of an anime character.

Mercury:... Huh.

As they continue to argue with a mute, just outside, a group of armed forces make their way to the club. The small party being lead by a Huntsman.

Standing across the street, a mysterious girl looks on until she decides to silently follow close behind.

Once the group of officers enter the club, the patrons simply ignore them until the Huntsman pulls out his weapon, a shotgun with an axe bayonet.

Aiming at a nearby speaker, he fires a booming shot. The speaker explodes in a shower of sparks and plastic shards. The explosion causes the music to stutter out and catches everyone's attention. Before they all panic and run out of the building, that is. As the crowd rush out of the club, the only ones remaining are the officers, the Huntsman, and the three at the bar. Mercury and Emerald look on in shock.

Mercury: Maybe we should have ran out like everybody else instead of standing here like idiots.

The authorities soon rush across the dance floor and take their position in front of the three with their weapons drawn. Emerald and Mercury raise their hands up, knowing they won't be able to take a dozen officers pointing guns at them. Neo, on the other hand, doesn't move an inch from her seat as she continues to sleep. The Huntsman steps forward with shotgun in hand, only focusing on the slumbering Neo.

Huntsman: Neopolitan!

Neo: "snorts in boredom"

Huntsman: You may have given us the slip at the border, but there's nowhere for you to run this time... And judging by the bottles, you are in no condition to resist.

He then looks over to Emerald and Mercury, quickly stating.

Huntsman: You two are coming with us as well.

Emerald: What?! Why?

Huntsman: Your friend here was right. You should have ran while you had the chance. In staying however, you've made it quite obvious that you know this criminal. Not really smart, honestly.

At this time, Neo finally sits up in annoyance. She grabs a bottle not entirely empty and turns around in her seat. As she does she just stares down the Huntsman with a smug look. She brings the bottle up to her lips and takes a sip. The Huntsman just glares at her as he walks forward with hand cuffs.

Huntsman: Grin all you want, lady. It's over for you. Just like Torchwick.

The small smile on Neo's face disappears. Without hesitation, she launches one of her legs up and kicks the Huntsman in the crotch. As he keels over, she swings the bottle and smashes it over his head. She grabs the cane and umbrella in one hand and launches herself at the bastard in front of her, holding him in a choke hold as she uses him as a shield. Mercury and Emerald quickly jump over the bar and take cover.

The officers point their weapons at Neo and her newly acquired hostage. It does not last long however, as she soon shoves away the Huntsman towards a group to her left. As he tumbles into them, she opens up her umbrella just in time for the others to open fire on her. She kneels down to cover herself entirely from the bullets. Every shot simply bounces off of the umbrella as they keep shooting.

The Huntsman regains his footing and pulls out his shotgun. He spins around and aims his weapon at Neo. With a mighty boom he blasts a shell into the umbrella. This causes it to fly backwards and reveal... nothing. Neo has completely vanished without anyone seeing her.

Neo: "whistle"

The officers turn around and see her standing in the middle of the dance floor. The two hiding behind the bar pop their heads out to see what is going on. Back at the dance floor, it looks as if Neo is writing on a note pad. The cane hanging from her arm.

Huntsman: All right, even when shit faced, you still have a few tricks up your sleeves. I'll give you that. You're only making it harder for yourself, though.

Paying no attention, Neo soon finishes writing her note and tears it from the pad. As she folds it into a paper airplane, the Huntsman soon reaches his hand up to his ear piece.

Huntsman: We need backup, bring in the rest!

Finished with her task, Neo then throws the little plane at the DJ's stage. As it flies towards it, it makes a loop and falls behind the booth. Once it disappears, a small yelp is heard as the DJ stands up with a now unraveled note.

Play me something to beat these guys asses to.

The DJ looks up to the ice cream looking girl for a moment before tinkering around with his set. Soon after, a new song plays out as he ducks back down to hide.

With the music playing, Neo simply twirls the cane in her hand. She soon walks towards the officers.

Huntsman: Last chance, Neo! Surrender, or we'll use force!

Neo grabs a firm grip on the cane and soon charges at them in a sprint. The Huntsman takes aim and fires a shot at her. Instead of blood splattering and flesh tearing, Neo just shatters like glass and crumbles to the floor. He stands there in confusion until he brings his weapon up to block an incoming swing from above. With her agility, Neo quickly maneuvers her way behind him and prepares another strike.

Back at the bar, the other officers try to train their guns on the fast moving Neo. Not wanting to shoot the Huntsman. Back behind the bar, Mercury and Emerald glance at each other and finally take action. Emerald pulls out her weapons and prepares to fire. Mercury grabs two of the cheapest bottles he can find behind the bar and soon jumps over. He lands behind a few of the officers, getting their attention.

Moving quick he smashes one of the bottles across the face of his closest opponent. Glass shattering as they dig into the officers face while alcohol sprays everywhere. As he topples over, Mercury soon brings his foot up and kicks a rifle out of another's hands. He swings the other bottle into the officer's dick soon after. Taking him out of the fight right then and there.

Emerald starts shooting at another group, getting their attention. Not fast enough though as she has gun down two of them with ease. She ducks back down to avoid returning gunfire and shimmies across the back of the bar. As the group continues to focus fire on where she was like idiots, she looks for anything with the highest grade of ethonal. Finding what she is looking for, a brown rectangular bottle with black wax at the top, she quickly loads in fire dust to one of her weapons.

Shooting back up, she hail Mary's the bottle at the unsuspecting group. Quickly taking aim she fires a glowing red shot at the bottle as it flies pass the closest shooter, hitting it as it is right in the middle of the group. An explosion of fire and glass soon consumes them in just a moment afterwards. What remains is a group of burning, screaming, and flailing officers as the fires eat away at their flesh.

Back to Mercury, he stomps a downed officers head in as he wields one of their guns coated in blood. Nearly empty of bullets. With the last of his foes dealt with, he looks up and sees Neo and the Huntsman still fighting. Although with the latter starting to gain the upper hand. He looks over and sees her umbrella lying on the floor. He rushes over and grabs it, turns around and throws it at them. Neo sees it coming and catches it at the last second before swinging it in front of her to block a downward chop from the Huntsman.

The umbrella gets wedged between the axe and the shotgun barrel. With a swift pull, Neo removes the curved handle with a thin blade attached. Moving fast, she swings the cane only for him to block it again. With no time to react however, he becomes impaled by Neo's blade. The Huntsman lets out a shout of pain. He bashes the butt of his shotgun across Neo's head, sending her flying back. She lands on her feet and just stares at him with a smirk. Her blade still embedded in his abdomen. He removes the blade, blood only trickling out thanks to his aura, and prepares to shoot her. Only to be met with Mercury drop kicking him from behind and fall to the floor. He rolls back up and glares at Mercury. Before attacking he is again caught off guard when Emerald begins to shoot at him, shaving away some of his aura. He suddenly aims for the bar and fires a shot. Emerald quickly dives to the side and avoids what appears to be an explosive shot that ends up destroying half of the bar. The initial shockwave sends Emerald flying further out, sending her tumbling across the booze riddled floor.

Mercury sneaks in to the Huntsman's side and lands a solid kick to his head. He stumbles backwards and is met with Neo placing the cane to his neck and pulling. This causes them both to fall backwards. Neo curls her back in. As she lands, she uses the momentum to rock herself and launch the Huntsman over her. Causing him fly back and lose his shotgun in the process.

He simply tumbles across the floor and comes to a stop. With exhausted effort, he looks up and sees he is near the exit. Knowing he is fighting a losing battle, he gets to his feet and makes a run for. While reaching for his ear piece again.

Huntsman: "grunt" Where the hell is my backup-

As he makes it to the door, they suddenly swing open and strike him back. Once falling to the floor, nose bleeding, a strange girl steps in with even stranger gauntlets.

The girl suddenly looks down and sees the Huntsman's states. She appears to be shocked.

???: Oh my goodness! I'm so sorry! I didn't know anyone was-

Neo appears over the Huntsman and plunges her blade into his neck. He lets out a blood filled gurgle as he tries to reach for the blade. She twists the blade in his neck, causing him to die on the spot. He goes limp as the light from his eyes fade.

???:... coming.

Emerald and Mercury make their way over as they see Neo yank the blade out. All three of them look at the girl as she just stands there.

???: Uuuhh, hi.

Emerald: Hey. Who the hell are you?

Samantha: Oh! Um, my name is Samantha Nite. It's a pleasure to meet you!

Mercury: The pleasure's all yours. Do you need something, kid?

Samantha: Well, uh, where do I start... Ok, I'm Samantha Nite I already told you that I work for the Children-or really a follower-I was tasked as a sleeper agent for the area and when I heard that people were actually seeking out other members and "inhale" just asking them if they saw someone here and I was like "Gee, I wonder what's going on" so I looked and looked and looked to try and find you guys only to realize I didn't know what you looked like so I asked for your descriptions from the members that remembered talking to you while also losing there wallets so after knowing what you look like and trying to find you I saw that you two were going into Junior's Club so "inhale" I tried to follow you in but I remembered that I can't go in cause I'm under aged so I thought about waiting for you outside but a Huntsman with policemenwent inside and I thought to myself "Well this can't be good" and tried to get inside but then a stampede of people rushed out and I almost got squished by it so I waited until there was finally enough room for me to go inside but soon after that MORE officers suddenly showed up and they told me to move out of the way and I said no and then one thing lead to another and we ended up fight-I hope they're okay-after that was "inhale" done I finally decided to head inside and see what was happening. And then I accidentally opened the door into someone's face...

Mercury: Holy. Fucking. Punctuation.

Emerald: So you were looking for us... out of curiosity?

Samantha: Pretty much, yeah.

Emerald: Fascinating. If you don't mind, we need to take our "friend" here and-

She looks over and sees Neo is not standing where she was anymore. After frantically looking around, they see that she has gone back to the same stool at the bar.

Emerald: Oh for-

Mercury and Emerald, along with Samantha, walk back over to Neo and see her drinking a bottle of Everclear. She slams the bottle down with only three fourths left inside.

Emerald: Aaand back to square one.

Mercury: "grrrrroooooaaaaannnnn".... All right, here's how this is going down, Neo.

She looks up at him with annoyance.

Mercury: You're coming with us whether you want to or not. You have two options. One, you can come with us willingly. Or two, we wait for the Everclear to do its job.

Neo looks at him for a second before looking over to Emerald and Samantha. She soon looks ahead of herself as her eyes become crossed. Without warning, her head slams against the table as she falls over to the floor, passing out.

Mercury: Your call.

Emerald: Ok, that easier than I thought. Mercury, help me bring her out to the back. Less conspicuous. Samantha, grab her stuff. There's a bullhead waiting for us.

As she and Mercury lift Neo up while Samantha grabs the umbrella, cane and hat, they make their way through the back door. Just in time for Junior to walk down the stares from his smoke break, no less. As he makes the final step, he looks up and sees the state of his club. The bar is almost completely destroyed, there are dead bodies everywhere, the front door is ajar so he can see officers passed out on the ground, and a fire is forming from the burning bodies near the bar.

Junior: ARE YOU FRICKIN' KIDDING ME!?

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A/n: Aaaaahh~ The joys of being a writer. When you're just pumping out chapters just for the sake of it, you get O.K. results. But when you know what you're writing and take time doing it, well, there's a sense of accomplishment from it... Where the fuck did that come from?

*knock knock*

The author looks over to the door, wondering who the hell knew he lived here, and makes his way to it. He opens the door and looks out to see no one in sight.

A/n: I swear, a lot, I'm gonna set a bear trap on this door mat one day!

Speaking of which, he looks down and sees there is a box. Curious, he picks it up and brings it inside. He opens the lid and reaches inside. As he felt something, he grabs it and pulls it out to reveal... a banana?

A/n: A banana? Who the hell sent me a-

Suddenly, a large golden hand launches out of the box and grabs him by the head. Completely in shock, the author is pulled into the box. As he disappears inside, the box falls to the floor next to the discarded banana................. The same golden arm soon reaches out and pulls the banana in as well.

Through the power of magic, friendship, and all sorts of other bullshit, the author finds himself flying out of a similar box and lands ass first on the floor.

A/n: Ow! God dammit! Who has the balls!

???: That would be us.

The author looks up and sees two familiar characters. One, a giant of a man in golden armor wielding a golden mace over his shoulder. This man going by the name of p0zi0ner. Standing next to him is someone in a full set of T-45 power armor with custom red paint jobs. This iron giant going as Warlider.

War: Good to see you again, asshole.

A/n:.................. Son of a BITCH!!!