Primus had left it in Pillz' office. It had been two hours since Primus had went out for a walk to "clear his head".
Pero stepped into the office.
Pero: All of his stuff is gone. I think he ran away. I ran away from home once. Well, more like rolled away from home. I was in a wheelchair, because I broke my leg when I playing on my friends trampoline.
Pillz: Why did you run away?
Pero: Because the day after the accident, my parents bought me a trampoline.
Pillz decided to leave it at that and looked over the letter again.
Pillz: In the note, he said he wanted to meet new friends. If he joined up with our enemies, then we have some serious problems.
Pero: Now they outnumber us even more.
Pillz: Yes, that and Primus knows our hideout and our weaknesses. This could be a mess. I tried to call him on his cell phone, but he blocked my number. Try yours.
Pero: I don't own a cell phone.
Pillz: Why not? Everyone else has one.
Pero: The fact that most people out there today never leave their house without their cellphone attached to ear is one more sign that we are becoming to dependent on technology. I will not allow myself become a slave to electronic convenience. That, and I can't afford one.
Pillz nodded.
Pillz: Let's just hope he comes to his senses.
Meanwhile, at the Duplex on 23rd.
The Fucktastic Four had looked at Pero with shock. Before any of them could ask him what he was doing there, Primus explained that he left The Power Pack to join up with them.
Radioactive Dude: Come on in, son. We'll palaver.
Dealy Llama: Hold the fucking phone! When one of my enemies comes walking through my door, I don't shake the fucker's hand and welcome in.
Evil Gnome: I think we should listen to what he has to say.
Dealy Llama: That's exactly what he wants to do to us! He's obviously here to spy on us.
Primus was beginning to wonder if he made the right decision. He could no longer stand Pillz' attitude, but this Llama guy's attitude was even worse. But, he's already made it this far, no turning back now.
Primus: I'm not here to spy. I have left the Power Pack for good.
Radioactive Dude: Well, son, that's easy for you to say, but Llama here has a point. Last time we saw each you, you were fighting us. Now, you want to join us, clear out of the blue. I'm sorry, but we can't exactly trust you right from the get go.
Evil Gnome: Listen Primus, perhaps you should explain why left and came here.
Primus: I got tired of Pillz' crap and I left. I thought I would join up with you guys. Simple as that.
Radioactive Dude: Now, I don't doubt for one second that Pillz has gotten under your skin. He knows how to press a person's button. But that's when you man up and show him that you can take his criticism and better yourself.
Primus: I didn't come here for a lecture.
Dealy Llama laughed.
Dealy Llama: I know what this boy's real problem is. He's got a problem with authority. Now, how do you expect to be a part of a team if you can't take orders.
Primus gave Llama a serious look.
Primus: I'd be the one in charge.
The other four looked at each other and laughed.
Primus: Fuck this! I don't need you guys. I can go solo. You guys need me more than I need you.
Primus began to walk out the door.
Radioactive Dude: Now hold your horses son. We didn't mean to insult you. It just struck us as funny that you'd be walking in here and placing yourself in charge.
Primus: I got info on the Power Pack. Info you need.
Dealy Llama: Enough of this! Listen here Pumice, you can give us all the "information" you want, still ain't going to make me trust you. Not until I put you through a test.
Llama honked his nose.
The Mrs. turned into a polygraph machine.
Radioactive Dude: Now, what is that contraption?
Dealy Llama: It's a lie detector. Let's strap this jerk up and see if he'll pass.
Primus: Fine, whatever it takes.
Evil Gnome: I hate to intrude on this, but given what I've come to understand about his powers, they may help him pass a lie detector test. Besides, just because she looks like a lie detector, doesn't mean she is one.
Llama honked his nose and the Mrs. returned to her original form.
Dealy Llama: He's right. It was just a test to see if he would agree. But those damn powers of his.
Llama shaked his fist at Primus. So did the Mrs.
Radioactive Dude: Listen son, if we can come up with a test for you to prove your trust, will you do it, no questions asked?
Primus: Yes.
Llama smiled.
Dealy Llama: I got just the thing.
He honked his nose.
Back at Pillz' place.
Pillz: My cell is vibrating. I'm getting a message.
Pillz looked at his phone.
Pillz: It's from Primus. It's a video.
Pillz played the video and held it out for Pero to look too. The video contained Primus standing in a room with his pants down. He was receiving oral pleasure from someone that looked exactly like Pillz.
Pero: Great, now I owe him 20 bucks.
Pillz ignored this and skipped through the video, that's all there was.
Pero: You two didn't have to hide it from me. Yeah, it would have been awkward at first, but I would have gotten used to it.
Pillz: That wasn't me. It was probably Llama's Mrs. I just don't know what he's trying to do. He's either trying to insult me or he's going to try to blackmail me.
Pero: Maybe he did it to gain their trust.
Pillz: I don't see how, but, knowing them and knowing you, that's probably the reason.
Back at the Duplex.
Primus: Don't put that on the Internet!
Dealy Llama: Why not? You have to admit, she did a great job.
Primus: Yes she did, but everyone who sees that will think I'm gay.
Evil Gnome: Then we'll put my face over yours.
Radioactive Dude: There's no need to put that video on the net. Primus has proved himself. Welcome to the team.
Primus: Thank you.
Dealy Llama: So, I guess we are the Fucktastic Five now. You better spill your guts Primo, cause those two may think you're ok, but I trust you about as much as I trust a librarian in a video store.
Primus: I don't know what that's supposed to mean.
Radioactive Dude: I don't believe any of us do. But no matter. We have plans for tomorrow. You will join us, and we'll see how far your loyalty, to us, is willing to go.
The Jaded Poet arrived at The Agency headquarters.
Lichton was there to greet him.
Lichton: Welcome back Poet. We're going straight to the conference room. Travis and a few other agents are there and we're going to discuss our new plans in light of these new circumstances.
Jaded Poet: The apostate paladin has brought a most refreshing course to these affairs.
Lichton: Indeed.
They made their way to the conference room. When Lichton had left it to greet Poet, everybody in the room was talking to each other. Now, they were silent.
Lichton: What's the matter?
Travis: The boss called. He's on his way over. He wants to be part of the meeting.
Lichton: The Emperor is coming here?
Travis: He'll be here in 15 minutes.
Lichton began to worry. He turned to Poet.
Lichton: This is not good.
Jaded Poet had listened to the exchange, not feeling the same sense of dread everyone else felt. The Poet had yet to encounter "The Emperor".
Jaded Poet: Who is this Agency sovereign that has filled you all with such consternation?
Lichton sighed.
Lichton: It's not that we fear him, it's just that we really don't like him. The Agency was started by a great man. When he died ten years ago, he left his son in charge of all of this. The Council pretty much runs things, like it always has, but whenever the son wants in on something, we can't say no, because he is the de facto leader. And he's a little brat and he insists we call him Emperor.
Jaded Poet: Charming.
Lichton: If you'll excuse me, I have an announcement to make.
Lichton walked over to the phone that was mounted on the wall. He dialed out to the intercom. His voice was heard all over the Agency Headquarters.
Lichton: Attention Agency Employees. This is Agent Lichton. The Emperor will be here in less than 15 minutes. Remember the protocol for dealing with him. Do not look him directly in the eyes, especially if you are female. If he talks to you, asks you questions, give him short and direct answers, especially if you are female. If you see him coming in your direction, pretend that you are hard at work and too busy to engage in a conversation. Especially if you are female. Thank you.
Lichton looked over the people in the Conference Room.
Lichton: Did he say why he wanted to be here?
Travis: He has taken an interest in the Power Pack.
Lichton shook his head.
Lichton: This is not going to be good.
Pillz and Pero arrived at Pero's house.
Pillz: Who's car is that in the drive?
Pero: My mom's.
Pillz: I thought you said she wouldn't be home.
Pero: She home now.
Pillz: Ok then. Will she mind me being here?
Pero: I'll just tell her you're my imaginary friend.
Pillz: But, she'll be able to see me.
Pero: That's what she calls all the guys she brings home with her.
Pillz: I just hope she's as interesting as you.
Pillz and Pero entered the house.
Pero's mom was standing in the living room. She was 35, tall, blonde, and beautiful. She could have been a model. Pillz mouth dropped. She was the opposite of what he was expecting.
Pero's Mom: Hello Pero. I see you've brought a friend. Make yourself at home. Can I get you boys something to drink?
Pero: Bring me a coke mom. This is Pillz, by the way.
Pero's mom walked over and shook Pillz' hand.
Pero's Mom: It's so nice to meet one of Pero's friends. He hardly brings them over.
Pillz: It's finally nice to meet you, Mam. Pero talks about you quite a bit.
Pero's Mom: Nothing too bad I hope.
Pillz: Not at all.
Pero's mom brought them a couple of cokes. They went into Pero's room.
Pillz: Your mother is very nice. Not what I pictured when you spoke about her.
Pero: She's my step-mother.
Pillz: I don't remember you telling me your parents were divorced.
Pero: They're not.
Pillz tried his best to comprehend what he had just encountered, but decided it was mystery best left unsolved. Besides, he had a bigger problem.
Pillz: Okay, we need to figure out our next step.
Pero: What about getting some new people to join our team?
Pillz: That's a good idea. If we knew any other people with superpowers.
Pero: I do.
Pillz: From where?
Pero: The ASMB.
Pillz: The ASMB?
Pero: Yes. The Awesome Superpowers Message Board.
Pillz: I have never heard of that.
Pero: It's a good place. I'll tell them we are having tryouts for the team. They can come here. We'll set it up for tomorrow. How does that sound?
Pillz: This could work. Here, I'll make out a list of requirements.
They got to work. An hour later, the bulletin was posted.
Back at The Agency...
The intercom in the Conference Room buzzed. Lichton answered it. The voice on the other end told him that the Emperor had arrived.
Lichton: Here we go. Brace yourselves.
Jaded Poet: Does this Sultan of Exasperation have an appellation?
Lichton: Zeni. We call him Emperor Zeni.
Emperor Zeni stepped into The Agency.
He immediately began to scan the room for girls. He saw one. Sitting at her desk. She glanced up at him, only for a second.
That's all he needed to know that she was interested.
He made is way over to her.
Emperor Zeni: Hey there. I couldn't help but notice you were checking me out. Can't blame you. If I were a woman, I'd check me out too. Look at this.
Zeni began to flex his right arm.
Emperor Zeni: See that? That's all me. I don't take drugs for that. That's hard work. Would you like to go out some time? Don't think that you have to because I'm your boss. I know you like me. I can see it in your eyes. What's your number?
Lichton entered the room.
Lichton: Emperor Zeni! We are anxiously awaiting your arrival down in the conference room.
Emperor Zeni: I'll talk to you later babe.
Lichton: Right this way sir.
Lichton led Zeni over to the elevator. Zeni looked back at the girl and made the phone gesture with his hand. He winked at her.
They got into the elevator.
Emperor Zeni: I think she likes me. But she didn't talk to me. She just wanted me. I could see it in her eyes. So it's probably going to be a one night stand kind of a thing. That's fine with me. I'd like to have a real relationship though, know what I mean? Not one of these cheap sluts that just wants a guy for his body. You married?
Lichton: Yes I am sir. You came to my wedding. It was last year. You got drunk and chokeslammed my mother-in-law.
Emperor Zeni: Oh yeah. Sorry about that.
Lichton: No apology neccassary.
The elevator stopped.
Before they entered the conference room, Zeni stopped in his tracks.
Emperor Zeni: Hold on a second, I have to get ready for this.
Zeni began to run back and forth across the hallway. He then jumped to ground and began to do push-ups.
Emperor Zeni: Come on! Come on! Ten more! Ten more!
He jumped back up and slapped himself across the face.
Emperor Zeni: Let's do this.
Lichton: It's just a meeting sir. There's really no need to get worked up like that.
Emperor Zeni: It's how I do it. It's my killer instinct. That's what I do before I enter any room. I step in there, and people see me. They no better than to mess.
Lichton: Ok then. Let's go inside.
Zeni scanned the room for some girls. He saw none and let out a sigh. He then laid his eyes on Jaded Poet. He walked over to him.
Emperor Zeni: So, you're the badass I've been hearing about. You don't look so tough to me.
Zeni started to box the air around Poet. Poet stood still.
Emperor Zeni: If this had been the real thing, you'd be out before you could say "Roses are red".
You know, I'm actually a bit of a poet myself. I'm a rapper.
Jaded Poet: That's excellent sir.
Emperor Zeni: Let's get to business. The Power Pack. We are trying to kill them, right?
Lichton: Well, we were monitoring them and taking notes to see if they are threat. But as it stands right now, they are becoming less of a threat.
Emperor Zeni: How so?
Lichton: There are only two of them now. Pillz and Pero. Primus defected to the team we created to fight with them.
Emperor Zeni: Well hell, that makes it easier for us to get rid of The Power Pack. I'll do it myself. Superman and Green Lantern ain't got nothing on me.
Lichton: Well, technically, Pero is the Incredible...
Emperor Zeni cut him off.
Emperor Zeni: I don't care if he is technically Mighty Mouse. Watch this.
Zeni picked up one of the empty chairs and hurled it across the room. He then jumped on the conference table and did a back flip.
Emperor Zeni: Wha do you think of that?
Lichton: Very impressive sir.
Emperor Zeni: God damn right. The Power Pack would shit themselves if they saw that action.
Lichton: Well, our concern right now is not with the Power Pack. It's with the team we have created. We do not have control over them.
Jaded Poet: There is another quandry that has presented itself. Our two remaining members of the Power Pack might be looking to fill the void left by their former comrade.
Emperor Zeni looked at Poet as if he had spoken a foreign language.
Lichton: That's a very good point. They would look for new members. I think it's a good idea to activate a sleeper agent.
Emperor Zeni: A sleeper agent? What are those? Do you mean we have agnets that are sleeping on the job?
Lichton: No. That's not what that I meant. It means we have agents in the field that don't do anything until we give them orders.
Emperor Zeni: Good. Because if I find out I have people working for me and all they do is sleep, I'll deal with them persoanlly.
Zeni did a karate kick.
Lichton: I want a list of our sleeper agents in an hour. Let's get to work on this people.
The Next Day.
Pillz and Pero stood in Pero's back yard.
Pillz: You know, we probably could have found a better place to hold these tryouts.
Pero: I called my friends. They wouldn't let us use their back yards.
Pillz: A back yard wasn't what I had in mind.
Pero: Too late now. This is where I told them to meet us.
Pillz: Are you sure all of the people who responded can show up here on such short notice?
Pero: I'm pretty sure. One of them is already here.
Pillz looked around and saw nobody. Then he felt a rush of air breeze pass him. He could make out an object blurring through the yard. It made zig-zag lines and then headed back towards Pillz.
Pillz held up his ringed hand and braced himself. The object stopped right in front of him. It was a young man wearing a skintight running suit. He held out his hand for Pillz to shake. Pillz shook it and the young man introduced himself as Raptor Pat. Pillz learned he talked as fast as he ran.
Raptor Pat: Raptor Pat's the name. Running's the game. I can run really fast. Of course you already saw that. I got here as quick as I could, nyuck nyuck. Anybody else here? Nope, I can already see that they are not. Figures I'd be the first one here. Ain't going to find nobody fatser than me. I'm quick to the point to the point no fakin'. Cooking these B's like a pound of bacon.
Pillz: Thank you for coming. A speedster. We could use one of you. What's your top speed recorded at?
Raptor Pat: Like any man-made instrument can record how fast I go. You want to know how fast I am? I left my house five minutes ago. And I live 3,ooo miles from here.
Pillz nodded, he was impressed.
Pillz: How well do you do in a fight?
Raptor Pat: I've taken on all sorts of criminal elements back in my town. Bank robbers, murders, rapists, paedophiles, car jackers, burglers, jay walkers, litterers, hookers, johns, pick-pockets, and the occassional peeping tom.
Pillz: Sounds like you have your town under control. Why do you want to join up with us?
Raptor Pat: I need to look at the big picture. Instead of just taking care of one town, I want to start taking care of the world. And this seems like the team to do it with.
Pillz: Good. Well, you just have to pass the obstacle course and you'll be a part of The Power Pack.
Raptor Pat looked around the yard.
Raptor Pat: Obstacle course? I don't see an obstacle course? All I see is is a kiddie pool, a swing set, a beaten down tree house, and a trampoline.
Pero: NOOOO!!!!
Pero began to change into PeroHulk.
PeroHulk: Pero no like trampoline! Pero no like fast man who talk fast! Pero smash!
PeroHulk lunged at RaptorPat.
Raptor Pat moved quicker than lightning. He was already ten feet behind PeroHulk before the big brute was able to get his foot down.
Raptor Pat: Over here, big boy.
PeroHulk turned to face him. Before he was even completely turned around, Raptor Pat had ran to the other end of the yard.
Raptor Pat: Too slow! You got to do better than that!
PeroHulk looked at the fast man. PeroHulk knew he couldn't catch him by chasing him. PeroHulk knew he had to slow him down.
PeroHulk ran towards the trampoline.
Raptor Pat watched him, amused. He loved going up against the big guys. They always thought that brute force would help the win the fight. His mind drifted back to the time he faced the Slaughterhouse 5. They were five really big butchers who were kidnapping out-of-towners and using them for cuts of meat. He started to chuckle when he remembered how he found out, that bologne sandwhich did have a...Raptor Pat's mind snapped back to the present. Just in time to see a trampoline hurling towards him.
Pillz watched intently, as the battle unfolded. Raptor Pat was indeed fast. He had the right reflexes the teem needed. Then he saw his weakness.
After the speedster had ran to the other end of the yard, Pillz could make out that he started to lose focus on Pero. That mistake almost cost him his life. PeroHulk had picked up the trampoline and threw it at Raptor Pat, like a frisbee. Raptor Pat seemed to snap out of a daydream and was able to move out of the way in time.
PeroHulk growled as the fast man ran out of the way. The fast man was taunting him now. And the angrier PeroHulk gets, the stronger PeroHulk gets. PeroHulk ran towards a tree. He would bash in fast man's skull with it. PeroHulk wrapped his arms around the tree and began to uproot it. Then he heard his mom's voice.
Pero's Mom: Pero Michael Montgomery! What do you think you are doing?
PeroHulk: Me smash fast man!
Pero's Mom: Well, you can smash fast man with something else besides our oaks. Your grandfather planted those trees! Now, convert back to your regular self, you have another visitor.
A young woman came walking around the side of the house. She looked around the yard. A man in his late twenties was taking notes. He was wearing a god-awful ring. A big yellow thing was trying to stick a tree down in the yard. And a young kid was wearing a much too tight unitard.
She knew she was at the right place.
Raptor Pat recognized her immediately. He saw her picture posted up on the ASMB.
Raptor Pat: Burnsy! It's me, Raptor Pat. I'm so glad you could make it. I knew you'd come. I've been wanting to team up with you for a while now.
Burnsy: I bet you have.
Raptor Pat ran over to Pillz.
Raptor Pat: You're going to love her. She's hot in more ways than one. She can make fire and control it. Show them, Burnsy, show them what you got.
Burnsy strated to move her hands in front of her. It looked like she was trying to turn an invisible ball between her hands. Moments later, an tiny ball of fire began to grow between her moving hand. The fire grew bigger. It became the size of a bowling ball when she stopped. She held out her right hand, the ball of fire floating above it.
She looked over at Pero, who had returned to his human form. The tree he had uprooted now laid flat on the ground.
Burnsy: Honey, you may want to get away from that tree.
Pero ran away. Burnsy shot the fireball from her hand. It struck the tree. Burnsy then used her power to make the fire spread out all over the tree. She let it burn for a few seconds, then made the fire die out.
Pillz: Impressive. A pyrokinetic would be a great addition to the team.
Raptor Pat: So, we are part of the team? We are now Power Pack members?
Pillz: Nothing is official yet. We still have other potential members to evaluate. I would love to bring you all on, but we need this to be a tight group.
Pero: This is it.
Pillz: What do you mean, "this is it"?
Pero: These are the only two people that said they'd come.
Pillz: Only two people? Why didn't you tell me this before? When I asked you how many people responded, you said a bunch. Two people is not a bunch.
Pero: A bunch of people did responded! They responded with "You're dumb Pero", "No one's going to join your stupid team, Pero", and "Is your mom home yet, Pero?".
Pillz did a facepalm.
Pillz motioned everybody to join around him. They gathered on the back porch. Pillz had the three of them line up before him.
Pillz: Fine. We are the new Power Pack. Pillz, Pero, Raptor Pat, and Burnsy.
Pero: I don't like it.
Pillz: Like what?
Pero: The names. I still think one of the requirements should have been "your name must start with a P".
Pillz: We can't be choosey like that. Besides, if we had done that, then nobody would have shown up.
Pero pointed past Pillz.
Pero: He still would have.
Pillz turned around. He saw a strange sight before him.
A man was walking towards them. The first thing Pillz noticed, was the fact that the man was wearing silver face paint with evry single hair on his head dyed red. He wore a suit that looked like it belonged on a minstrel act performer. In one hand, he held a hunting knife. In the other, he held a bird cage containing a parakeet.
Raptor Pat and Burnsy looked at each other. They both said the same thing.
"JeNewBee".
Pillz: How can we help you?
The man licked his finger and held it up into the air. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
He then began to speak, in such a manner that was almost cryptic in the way he delivered each sentence. One calm, the next exciteable. It was rollerdeck of emotions.
JenewBee: The wind is blowing east. I came from the west! The wind cannot stop me, what chance do criminals have?
Pillz: Are you here to tryout for the team?
Raptor Pat: Don't bother with this guy, Pillz. He's a poser. He just wishes he had superpowers.
JeNewBee looked upset. He began to scream at RaptorPat.
JeNewBee: I DO TOO HAVE SUPERPOWERS! Why don't you believe me? I can prove I do! Watch me.
JeNewBee took two steps back from them and started waving his hands in the air. He began to chant.
JeNewBee: I have me seeing towards the skies! It looks like rain but the weather lies. Grass is covered over the ground. My tongue wants to taste a beautiful sound!
He stopped. He looked at the group and raised his eyebrows.
Pillz: I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it.
JeNewBee: How was that?
Raptor Pat: You didn't do anything.
JeNewBee: Didn't I?
JeNewBee put his hands up to his head.
Pero: You do not look like Tom Cruise.
They all looked at Pero.
Burnsy: I think it's fairly obvious he does not look like Tom Cruise.
Pero: He just said he did.
Burnsy: He didn't say anything at all.
JeNewBee walked over to Pero and slapped him across the face.
Pero transformed in PeroHulk, but didn't attack. He just stood there, looking stunned.
Pillz: What did you do to him?
PeroHulk: I'm still me.
Pillz couldn't believe it. Pero managed to keep his whole consciousness when he transformed.
JeNewBee: Whenever I do my magic, I connect with the person I'm thinking about. They can hear my thoughts and I can can manipulate their powers.
Pillz: How long will he stay like that?
JeNewBee: It's random. Could be a minute or the rest of his life.
Burnsy: Wait a second. Your thoughts enter their head and you can control them.
JeNewBee: I can just make changes with their powers. If I'm thinking good thought, it's a good change. If it's a bad thought, then the change is bad! I'd like to try it out on you. I love you on ASMB. I think you and I would make a great pair.
Burnsy: I don't think so. You better not try that little trick of yours on me. And before you even ask, I did not bring nude photos with me.
JeNewBee: Bitch.
Pillz: Children, please. So, JeNewBee, do you have to do that little song and dance there every time?
JeNewBee: As far as I know, yes.
Raptor Pat: What in the hell is the knife and the bird for?
JeNewBee: The knife is for protection.
Raptor Pat: And the bird?
JeNewBee: His name is Justin. He's my back up. He'll tear out your eye!
Pillz: Can you do anything else besides your little trick.
JeNewBee: I'm the master and creator of the Sexy JeNewBee Sexy Style of fighting!
Burnsy: I sure as hell want no part of that.
JeNewBee: You're mean. But I still like you. No one else does, I bet!
Burnsy: Plenty of people like me. The same can't be said about you though.
JeNewBee: I'm not going to talk to you anymore! Which one of you is Pillz?
Pillz: That's me.
JeNewBee: I can be part of this team. I'm good! You can being have the authority to make the way to me being with the team that you lead?
Pillz:You're an odd person, but your powers can be very useful. Welcome to the team.
Raptor Pat and Burnsy gave each other of look disgust.
Pillz: Okay. Five of us, five of them. We are settled. Our first plan of action is to find a new headquarters. There, we'll go over the Fucktastic Four's, well Five's, powers and we'll come up with a strategy on how to defeat them.
By this point, Pero had turned back into normal and went inside to get a fresh pair of clothes. On his way out, while he was ignoring his mother's complaints of always having to buy him new clothes, he heard the news anchor on tv annouce breaking news.
Pero went to the TV and found out his old friend and his new teammates were holding a mall full of people hostage.
Pero ran outside.
Pero: We've got a problem!
Pillz: What is it?
Pero: On the TV. It's the Fucktastic Five.
The group ran inside.
Pillz watched the TV.
The cameras caught sight of a man walking out of the mall. Surrounding him were 4 lawn gnomes, strapped with explosives.
The man yelled out something to the cops. One of the police officers walked over to the news crew and brought the reporter and the cameraman up to the hostage. The reporter handed handed him the microphone.
Hostage: This is addressed to The Power Pack. If you two do not show up here in the next half hour, we, the Fucktastic Five, will start doing terrilbe things to the hostages. We'll prove it too.
The lawn gnomes exploded, killing the hostage and the news crew.
As the camera cut out and went to static, Pillz grit his teeth.
Pillz: I never expected them to go this far.
Raptor Pat: We have to stop them. They are just expecting you two, they won't be expecting five of us!
Pillz: But when they do see the five of us, they may go ahead and kill everybody just to spite us. I can't have that.
Burnsy: What are we going to do?
Pillz though it over. He looked at the clock. 30 minutes they said. Not enough time to form a strategy.
Pero: What if the two of us go, lure them out for a fight, then these three join in when they are least expecting it?
Pillz looked at Pero with respect in his eyes.
Pillz: Sometimes I love you.
Pero: I told you I'm not gay.
Pillz: I know. Ok. Pero and I will go in my car to the mall. You three follow behind us. We will engage them. Do not attack until we know that no hostage or innocent bystander will get hurt, got it?
They all nodded.
Pillz: Okay, I'll give you a quick detail of their powers, so you'll know what to expect.
Pillz explained the FF's powers. 5 minutes later, they were in their cars, headed for the mall.
At The Agency.
Lichton was talking on his cell phone to Jaded Poet.
Lichton: Good work. I'll be wating for your next report.
He hung up. Lichton looked arund his office. It was a nice one, cozy, he liked everything he saw in it.
Except the person sitting in his chair behind his desk. And for some reason, that person was still talking.
Emperor Zeni: ...and that's why I failed college. I swear that professor was hitting on me though. She was always making me demonstarte the problems at the chalkboard, just so she could check out my ass. Does that answer you question?
Lichton sighed. The only reason that Zeni was there, was because Zeni insisted on being a part of all of the decisoions dealing with the Power Pack.
Lichton: Yes. That explains in much detail on how you've been.
EmperorZeni: Good. So what's the deal with this mall thing?
Lichton: The Power Pack has 20 minutes to show up at the Mall. We'll see if it's just the two of them or if the have more members.
Lichton's cell phone began to buzz. He looked at it.
Lichton: Wait a second, I'm getting a text message from our sleeper agent.
Success. I have infriltrated PP. 2 new mmbrs bsides me. g2 mall. Will rprt back ltr.
Emperor Zeni: Well, what is it?Lichton smiled.
Lichton: Our operation is ago.
TO BE CONTINUED
