To The Future

Chaptor 17

Frank was actually kind of scared of Wolf.

The guy was seriously big and buff - which was probably why they were paired together.

Also the guy seemed afraid that his girlfriend, Scarlet would disappear again. Which was kind of irrational, seeing how Scarlet was paired with Clarrise, who could defend a super popular shop (say, Prada) on discount from crazy shopaholics, so a girl from danger would be no trouble.

There was that Lunar glamor thing, though. Which was worrying, but he figured they'd be fine.

"Anyone there?" Wolf called out.

"Nah, nobody." Frank glanced over to Wolf. "We've cleared this street."

"Yes. It shouldn't have taken more than a few minutes, but I didn't know they were that smart. Or loyal." Wolf cursed softly.

"Oh." Frank racked his brain for some small talk subject as they moved along slowly. "How long did you know Scarlett?"

"Counting the time she was tempted to kill me and her time in prison? Maybe ... 2 weeks and 4 days?" Wolf knitted his brow. "Around there."

"Only? When did you get together?" Talk about taking it fast.

"A day after? Unofficially. What about you and Hazel?"

"Oh, a few months or more. We got together sometime after a month we met or so." Frank mentally calculated. "Seems right."

"I heard something about her, something about her being born in the 20th century?" Frank bit his lip.

"Well, yeah. She died when she was thirteen. Her brother went down to the underworld and pulled her out into the 21st." He drummed his fingers against his lap.

"Hey! Where is the queen?" A dumpy old Lunar called out from his position in the square.

"Escorting people sucks." Frank grumbled. "She'll be along in a while." He called out.

"Tell me about it." Wolf agreed.

(>_<). ᒪIᑎE ᗷᖇEᗩK (^o^) /

"Juniper! What do you think you're doing?" Grover hissed urgently. "We're supposed to be ensuring the lunars actually get out!"

"The plants here have something off about them." Juniper cupped both her hands around a lotus blossom. "Like..."

"Juniper!" He snapped. "We should be finished, come on!"

Juniper leaned forward and blew lightly on the blossom. After a moment, she sighed and followed him grudgingly. "Everyone's gone to the square."

Grover stopped so suddenly, she crashed into him. "So we're more or less guaranteed finished?"

"Well, yeah." Juniper twisted the hem of her shirt nervously. "And ahead of schedule." She peered at him through her lashes, holding her breath.

"Good." Grover sunk down into the grass. "I suppose we can take a break?"

"I thought you'd never ask!" She flopped down next to him.

！(◎_◎;) ᒪIᑎE ᗷᖇEᗩK ヾ(＠⌒__⌒＠)ノ

Boom!

That's what the explosion was supposed to sound like.

Instead, it was more like:

BA-BA-BAAM-BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!

"It's too big." Cress muttered. "It should be smaller. A lot smaller."

Cinder muttered a couple of colorful words.

"This is not good."

Hazel swallows. "Oh gods..."

"They did go overboard." Kai muses. "How bad?"

"Very, very, very bad." Cinder hissed.

"Cinder! The queen's in the square!" Iko ran in, looking frazzeled.

"But she's supposed to be in the castle!" Cress fingers started flying over the board. "If I hack into the camera system, we can see and hear what she's saying."

"Uh, guys?" Iko's voice came out as a high pitch squeak.

"What is it?' Cinder asked.

"Bingo!" A large window popped up over the newsfeeds.

"These two imcumbiles-" Queen Levana was standing on a makeshift stage and yelling out.

"That's a big word." Hazel muttered.

"Were blowing up the cure.": Levana smirked as two guards dragged the Stoll brothers forward.

"As we speak, this is being shown on all newfeeds." Levana paused. "They were sent by Lihn Cinder. If you ever had any doubts about if her intensions were good or bad, here's the evidence - they were always bad."

"Hey, Luna lady! We weren't blowing up the cure." Connor (or was it Travis?) called.

"Yeah. And if we were, that's because your and evil lady who shouldn't have that bargining chip." Travis (slash Connor) added.

"Besides, we know how to make it."

Cinder facepalmed. "They might as well have said: we did it! Arrest us!"

"Wait." Hazel leaned forward. "I don't know them well, but they wouldn't temp the fates like that unless they had a plan."

On screen, Levana cackled. "Oh they just admitted it."

"Got that right, lady!" One of them grinned. Turning his face to face his brother, he yelled. "HIT IT!"

The other brother copied Levana's cackle and threw something onto the ground. "THAT'S A STINK BOMB, DINGBATS!" A whole green murky cloud spread across the whole area. The only sound that could be heard was coughing. Kai almost pitied the Lunars.

Almost.

"YOU WANTED STOLLS? YOU GOT THEM!!" One of the stolls called out.

"WHOOP WHOOP! WE ARE SO OUTTA HERE!"

"Well then." Kai muttered.

"You're all under arrest! Put your hands up!" A voice ordered from behind them. "We already have your acomplices, any hostilision will be an invitation for them to be injured."

"Watch it! That's my foot!" A voice - clearly Thorne's grumbled.

"Hey! Those are breathmints. You know, the stuff that makes you breath smell better - hey! They're mine!" Leo argued.

Kai cursed, put his hands up and prepared (mentally) for jail.

What fun.

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Got scolded for using a pretty font. :(
Pshaw. That's not gonna hurt nobody.