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(Disease? I think you mean unease.)
Alice whispered "I don't care. I'm not letting my guard down." She then just stood there, ready to defend if Naydren got any funny ideas. Maybe even if he didn't. -
Naydren looked cheerful as he answered the question of course i alway listen to them! They are my friends and they teach me such fun games!"
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"And they've always been your friends? I mean, hmm... have you ever considered not taking their orders?" Adonis asks. Now they were getting somewhere. Before Naydren had gotten induced with powers Adonis theorized that he could've been schizophrenic, or had some other mental ailment.
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Auto correct, sorry)
Danny chuckled nervously and shuffled back towards Naydren.
"Yeah, I mean you can probably make you're own choices without them telling you, right? Also where are you from? Do you have a home?"
Before anyone could get anything out, distant footsteps could be heard from all over. People dressed in black uniforms with odd helmets came from all directions of the sewer. The helmets were odd in the fashion that they weren't like typical gas masks or special ops masks or anything of the sort. They were advanced...All of them pointed their guns at the group.
"EVERYBODY STAY WHERE YOU ARE! WE'RE HERE UNDER DIRECT ORDERS TO DETAIN ALL OF YOU. IF YOU COOPERATE, EVERYTHING WILL GO SMOOTHLY."
Danny ran next to Naydren just in case he reacted and things got out of hand again. They didn't want to be back at square one again.
"Hey bud, we should probably listen to those guys, yeah?" -
Alice was startled by the appearance of the group. She didn't want to cause a commotion and hoped Naydren would remain calm or their could be problems. She held her hands up to show surrender.
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Naydrens tendrils pulled close to himself, coiling in the air as he looked between Danny and the air around himself. "They dont like them, thay say their bullies, bullies are bad arnt they?" Naydren said, sounding conflicted as Akumu slunk into the shadows just in case things went south.
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Adonis copied Alice and held up her hands, making sure to show that she had no weapons. Naydren starts sounded scared, so she turns to him and whispers "It's okay. They aren't bullies, it's gonna be okay," to calm him down, all the while filling up with a sense of guilt at their plan to use him as bait. Adonis then cautiously takes a few steps forward so that she was in front of her group, between them and the guys in black. "Are you guys NEST?" Adonis asks the people loudly and clearly. She wanted to find out as much as possible before they did anything rash. She was already forming a plan to use a portal to catch any bullets, and then another to allow her friends a quick getaway. That was only for it things went south, though.
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One of the officers looked at the others and gave a nod. They all lowered their guns.
"We are NEST," He said simply, "And we would kindly ask that you hand over the...person standing behind you." Danny slowly made his way to the front of the group.
"May I ask what for?" Danny asked. The man was quiet for a moment. Danny couldn't see the man's face because of the helmet, but he seemed nervous about something. "I'm afraid that I can't answer that question. I'm afraid that we also need you to accompany us."
Danny walked towards the man slowly. He had a walkie talkie on his vest. He reached for it.
"Is your boss at the other end of this?"
The man was silent, but that was enough of an answer for Danny. Regardless of who was at the other end, Danny would get what he wanted. He picked up the walkie talkie. "Hello. I'm sure at this point my friends and I don't have to introduce ourselves. You seem to have quite the interest in us. For what? I'm not sure. But whatever it is, you can come and talk to us yourself, otherwise, we're not moving. Make your move."
Danny put the walkie talkie back on the man's vest and walked backwards, back to his friends. There was silence for a minute, until another solider further in the back got a response.
"We'll meet you on the surface with more information. Our boss himself cannot make it, but his representative can. He's waiting for us." Danny turned to his friends, and in a hushed tone said.
"We'll play their game for now. We'll get the answers we need, one way or another. If things go south, I'm counting on you three to protect him." Danny said to Alice, Akumu, and Yume. "You and I will get us out of her if things go south." Danny said to Adonis. -
Alice didn't like the idea of protected what was still a potential bad guy and a psychotic one at that, but she nodded to show she would follow Danny's order. She then whispered "Let's hope that doesn't happen."
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Akumu shifted into a spider and crawled up onto Naydrens shoulder as Yume nodded, his glowing dimming slightly
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Adonis nods at Danny's plan. "Seems risky. They could lead us up there and have more backup waiting so that they can detain us," she says warily. But did they really have any other choice? Information was worth the risk, because right now they barely knew anything.
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Danny arrived back to the surface with his friends. The area was void of bystanders, and had many armored vehicles around, and patrol vehicles around. It was like the damn place was being swatted. A man in an all black suit walked towards Danny and his friends.
"Hi," he said. "My name is Special Agent Asher Coppen. I represent the head director over at NEST. We call him Hornet."
Danny wanted to roll his eyes. Of course his name was bee related.
"Cool," Danny said quickly and flatly. "Why isn't he here then?'
"He'll talk to you in person when he's ready to. For now, we need to take your friend with us back to our current operating headquarters. There he'll be further evealuted fo-"
Danny cut off Coppen.
"What do you need him for?" The man motioned for Danny to come and follow him, and he moved away from Naydren.
"We see him as a possible threat. We need to evaluate him and find out exactly how he got his abilities." Coppen whispered
"You're taking him prisoner, is what your doing" Danny said. "I'm not okay with that. And you're not taking us prisoner, so if you want us, you'll have to fight us."
"We don't want to fight you five. You guys stopped that Ice guy a couple days ago, but you let him escape. That Ice guy is a wanted criminal, and we want the help from the five of you to bring him to justice." He and Danny began walking back to the othes. Danny didn't know what to even say to this. People with powers working to collect people with powers? Didn't seem right, even if they were bad. Without really thinking much about it, he blurted out
"What's in it for us?"
Coppen smiled. "Answers. A job possibility, and maybe even hope."
Danny crossed his arms. "Will you give my friends and I a minute?"
Coppen nodded, and Danny brought his friends in a circle and explained what he had talked to Coppen about, being wary to not let Naydren hear.
"What do you guys think? I think we should join, and play along for now,see what he means by "answers." We gotta keep our guard up though. We don't know if we can trust these guys yet." -
Alice said "I got my guard up, but let me tell you. I trust these guys more than the tentacled bad guy with claims of voices in his head. Who, I will add, knows two of you guy's real names. But that's none of my business clearly, and I say we go with them as well."
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"Honestly i think him knowing their names is the least of our worrys" Yume said as he eyed Naydren, who was starting to get twitchy now that the group was leaving him alone. "This is likely going to be our only chance to get on this groups good side" Akumu said as he settled into his human form, standing next to his twin "i say we take it.
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(She's right to not let it go, Adonis is way too naive for someone so smart)
Adonis recognizes the venom in Alice's voice as she says all this about her and Danny telling Naydren their names, and she glances at her apologetically but Adonis decides to not bring it up. It wasn't the time or place for that discussion.
"I actually really don't agree with this plan. Something doesn't strike right with me about those guys, but.." Adonis sighs, then smiles, "I guess someone's gotta make sure you guys don't get into trouble," Adonis chuckles. Once again she was reminded of how much she appreciated not having to go through this alone. Adonis would never turn her back on them, these were her best friends.
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