Music of the Hidden

New CSK Lineup.

Red purred as he pulled something out of his office closet. Someone was at the front door, but he wasn't going to answer it. He scanned over the outfit as he changed before a voice shouted through both the front door and office door.

"RED! ANSWER THE DOOR!"

He chuckled at Yellow's volume as he slipped into the outfit that he had pulled out; White dress shirt, black dress pants with suspenders, red bow tie, and dark shoes. Yellow's voice raced through the air as he grabbed some bandages.

"RED! I WILL BREAK DOWN THIS DOOR IF YOU DON'T OPEN IT!"

"Oh no." He whispered silently as he secured the bandages around his right eye. He sighed as he sent out Espeon. "Could you go tell her I'm not in?" It nodded before vanishing to the door.

"Oh come on! I need to- Where is he!?" He stayed quiet before she groaned. "Never mind! I'll be back tomorrow." Hearing the door close made him sigh.

"Jeez..." He then put on a fedora before grabbing a bag. "Espeon, put the note on the door. We're leaving."

~

10 people were visited by a stranger named Mr. S. And Yellow caught the one.

He was speaking to Lapis in Fall City's Harbor when Green, Blue and Yellow went to see the Fiore Dexters. Green paused at the sight of her Junior speaking to the mysterious male while Yellow flinched.

"Who's that talking to Lapis?" Yellow gave a weak hiss as Lapis showed fear across his face.

"That rat." The taller seniors glanced at her as she scanned him. Lapis seemed to calm down at something the other man said as she continued. "What is he doing here?"

"You know him?"

"Mr. S. He was there for most of the CSK when we were getting recruited and such. But I heard that he retired. So why is he here?" They paused as 'Mr. S' seemed to say something that caught Lapis's attention. "That looks like nothing good. Let's go before I find another set of knives to throw at him."

~

Lapis didn't mention a thing from his interaction with Mr. S before slipping into his room and calling someone.

"Please tell me you got the same talk I just got."

"Mr. S, right?"

"Yeah..."

"Sweet. Tomorrow, get here as early as you can. We need to talk."

~

Yellow cursed under her breath at the text from the Hackhearse. She knew something was up.

'Possible new members on the way. Currently waiting for replies back from all the recent contacts.'

She took this chance to message back, seeing if she was right about the practical psycho.

Satan: Was Mr. S the one sending them out?

'Mr. S? I thought he retired.'

Satan: So did I until I saw him in Fiore!

'Last I checked, he retired. I texted all the new candidates this last time. But I'll reach out to see what he's been up to.'

She grumbled something under her breath before entering the Dexter base.

~

"Oh, I'm fucked."

Emerald nodded from his end of the call. Red, Emerald, Ruby, Casey, Blake, Henry, and Berry were all on a call, talking about the CSK.

"I was waiting for her to call you out. I knew she saw you." Red's face was pale as he looked over his weapon designs.

"'See what he's been up to' my ass, Emerald. You ain't texting Mr. S even if your life depended on it."

"Darn right." The others giggled before Blake hummed.

"Ok... So Red, you're making the weapons and Ruby's got the disguises... Henry has the magic stuff and I'm the one to help you three like always?" They nodded as he gulped. "Got it. I'll keep an eye on my phone." Red smiled.

"Let's see how long we'll go."