VINDICATOR. (Plants vs. Zombies)

Chapter 10: Below Zero

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Things had suddenly took a turn. From the zombies betraying their temporary ally: the plants, to Noise no longer running away from Zomboss and joining forces with him. Zomboss had succeeded on his secret goal: unite Noise and Z-Borg.

On the other hand, despite all of this, Zomboss has never shifted his focus away on the plants on the littlest of bit. Though, he began to become more isolated to his minions than ever... except to those he deems 'loyal'.

Meanwhile at Zomburbia.

As the moon shines through the cloudy skies, when everyone in Zomburbia is mostly asleep, he stayed awake and gathered the duo, namely Z-Borg and Noise, and a few soldiers at the headquarters to plan for a special moment.

"Alright, it's not necessary to greet you all. We will start immediately while the others don't know. Nobody must not know about this, understand?" Zomboss mutters as he leaned on the table.

Everyone in the small room nods in response.

"Okay, this is the perfect opportunity to see both of the fullest of your prowess. We will invade a so-called "kingdom at the north" and it's pretty cold and snowy there." Zomboss claims as he momentarily look at Noise and Z-Borg.

"Now, this isn't any new. I've set foot at ice numerous times when I travelled back at time long ago. But this very moment that's about to happen is NOT going to be any facile and undemanding. That kingdom keeps something that we REALLY need and they're doing everything to protect it." Zomboss adds.

"What do they keep?" Noise asks as he stared daggers at Zomboss, baffled.

"Very well. That cannon is an old yet integral part of my Zombot Hero-Tron 5000 before it lost its crap completely for who knows why," Zomboss replied, "Listen everybody. I was supposed to turn a specific amount of zombies into Heroes, but the Zombot thought to itself, 'Hey, how about I fire at the plants there too? Nothing could go wrong, could it?' and everything went wrong and made just another headache for ME! It wasn't part of the plan." Zomboss vocalizes as he sighed afterwards.

"One more question. What would you do with a random cannon that big?" Noise proceeds to ask once more.

"Okay, we need to retrieve and repair it so I can try it out to both of you if you'll turn into something much MORE stronger. Doesn't that sound exciting, mhm?" Zomboss utters as he smiled and glanced at Noise.

"Sure, it does. And why would they protect it?" Noise immediately questions.

"We'll find out if we get there. And of course if they're glad to speak, we use force if otherwise." Zomboss states.

"By the way, despite their 'robust security', their one specific strength is also their Achilles' heel. Though they have some magical, fantastic ICE-Y powers, they won't be able to detect us if we conceal our body heat... and it's pretty cold there, so nature is also at our side to a certain degree." Zomboss expresses.

"So what we're gonna do is we'll wear thick, white leather clothing and cotton to assist in keeping our heat and to be able to camouflage. Once we manage to sneak in and infiltrate their defensive line, then BAM! We terrorize and persuade their ruler to either give us the cannon or risk their home being reduced down to the ground." Zomboss explains.

"Now, we will not bring any more soldiers because, well, this is an ambush mission. I entrust all of you to bring me back the cannon and expand our power at last. Do NOT ever break that trust." Zomboss adds, gazing at everyone inside the room one by one.

 "Get your clothes at the next room right. Just remember to be quiet." Zomboss orders everybody as they all leave.

However, Noise found a stack of small notepads and pens on a table beside the walls of the corridor. He silently reached for it, grabbed one each, and slid it in his hoodie's pocket. Afterwards, Noise went on and dressed up in the room they're assigned to go.