Mustang: The Road to Redemption

Chapter 11: The First Clue

The birthday party would go by without a hitch as it was filled with the usual festivities.

Neptune obviously had a lot of party games in mind and while some were rather fun, the CPU definitely added some rather over the top games which, needless to say was a hassle to get through.

Then came the happy birthday song as the whole time Alex kept looking behind him to make sure that no one would smash his face into the cake.

At the end of the song, Alex turned around and quickly grabbed Neptune's hand preventing her from doing the action.

Unfortunately that was just a decoy as the moment he looked back ahead, Uni would smash his face into the cake.

As the girls cleaned the mess and salvaged what was left of the cake, Alex went to the bathroom to clean his face.

While doing so, Alex kept thinking back to the strange encounter he had with the fox lady.

He couldn't wrap his head around why just her appearance was able to evoke and bring up memories of that day again.

From the tone of how she spoke to him, it felt like she knew him.

If that was the case, then he probably must've forgotten about her.

This was a mystery that was just too intriguing for Alex to pass up.

After he finished washing his face clean, he dried it off with a towel before reaching into his pocket and taking out the concert VIP pass that she had given to him.

He examined it closely to make sure it wasn't a scam or knock off that would get him in trouble with security, however after looking at bit for a while it was definitely authentic.

Another thing that Alex noticed is that the pass didn't have a single mention or visual of who the performer was.

The boy would then just put the pass away, not wanting to give himself more questions.

He then left the bathroom and went back to where the girls were as Alex would have the last piece of cake that was left over.

There were no presents to be given which honestly was fine by Alex since he didn't really feel like having any presents.

Eventually, the party would come to an end as Vert, Blanc and the twins, and Noire and Uni would all bid their goodbyes before flying off to their respective nations.

Alex would bid goodbye to Neptune and Nepgear last before leaving the Basilicom as he got on his bike and turned it on.

He looked at the pass one last time trying to find an address. Once he did, he put it away and quickly drove off towards it.

[TimeSkip]

After arriving and parking nearby, Alex would get off the bike as he looked around and noticed a decent crowd waiting in anticipation as up ahead was the stage as it looked like the crew was testing the lighting and effects before show time.

The boy would then put on the pass around his neck as he approached security and showed them the pass in which they allowed him entry.

Unfortunately though it seemed as if he was here pretty late as with his short stature and him being pretty far in the back, he had no view of the stage itself so he wasn't even gonna be able to see the performer at all.

At this point though, Alex just put that aside since he at least was able to make it in the first place, however he was beginning to question what exactly was the benefits of his VIP pass since security treated it as a normal ticket.