Episode 22: Masks

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"North City, 6:45 P.M"

X slowly opens his eyes and looks around as he finds himself surrounded in complete darkness.

X: *Groans* W...what happened? Where am I? *Sniff Sniff* Oh God! Am I in a dumpster?

The dumpster that X is sitting inside of tips over and falls onto its side, spilling garbage all over. The mercenary crawls out of the dumpster and stands on one knee as he looks over to find a rotten banana peel sitting on his right shoulder. X flicks the banana peel aside and stands to his feet before looking up to see Bardock, Future Gohan, Piccolo, and Uub standing before him.

X: Guys, listen! Something's gone...

Piccolo grabs X by his kevlar vest, lifting him from the ground and shoving him against a nearby wall, cracking it on impact. Future Gohan and Uub deploy their signature weapons aim them directly at X as Bardock walks up.

X: Hey! What's the big idea!?

Bardock: You attacked us earlier! Why?

X: I don't know what you're talking about!

Piccolo shoves X against the wall a second time, cracking it even further.

Piccolo: DON'T LIE TO US!

X: I'M NOT! I'M TELLING YOU THE TRUTH! WHOEVER ATTACKED YOU EARLIER WASN'T ME!

Bardock: What do you mean?

X: If you guys ease up a little, I'll tell you everything!

Bardock looks to Piccolo and nods as the Namekian operative drops X to the ground.

Bardock: You have two minutes.

X: Fine, but tell me this! What time is it?

Bardock: 6:48, but I don't see how that's relevant.

X: It explains how long I've been cold, which has been over two hours by the way! Anyways, on with the main point! The deal! Everything went wrong!

Bardock: How?

X: Cell figured out Red X's true identity. It's almost as if he knew it was me the entire time somehow!

Piccolo: Tch. Clever bastard!

Bardock: That still doesn't answer my question! Why'd you attack us?

X: I didn't, Bardock! I'm telling you! I've been knocked out cold in a smelly New York dumpster for almost three hours! Whoever attacked you and the team wasn't me! It was either Cell, one of his androids, or someone completely different using my suit! I'm being framed here for Christ's sake!

Bardock: I see. We need to find whoever's behind the facade, and fast! Uub you'll take the Haddaway Slums, Piccolo you'll be in Harlem, Gohan you're in Chinatown, and I'll cover Central and Liberty Park! At 4:30 A.M, we'll meet at the rendezvous point in Sokolom Heights and discuss our findings from there.

Uub: Can we get some breakfast from the diner while we're there?

Bardock: Maybe. Everyone got that?

Everyone: Got it!

X: What about me?

Bardock: You should go find your team and fill them in on everything!

X: Where are they?

Piccolo: They're on their way to investigate a disturbance call in the docks.

X nods and pulls out his Grapple Gun as he fires onto the corner of a nearby building and launches off into the distance as he was off to find his team.

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