Jody's eyes slowly opened as her body forced her to get up from the bed.

A dizzy symptom after waking up made Jody wipes her eyes and yawns.

Checking the time. It is 11:30 in the morning...

“...”

Well, it's usually for someone who slept at 4 A.M. yesterday.

She gets down the bed and heads to the toilet, to wash her face.

Splash!

Jody wiped her face with her facial cleanser.

By the time she opened her eyes...

Jody saw a woman in a red dress standing in the mirror behind her... And most important... She's floating... Again.

!!!!!

Jody quickly turns her face back with air bullets on her fingers... Her eyes were stoned and shaking.

“... What the fuck...”

The unexpected appearance shook her spines.

She saw nothing...

She's panting...

“ That's...the same... Woman...?”

But to wash the foam on her face, Jody needs to turn back.

But at the moment she looked back in the mirror...

She saw that woman... was riding on her neck.

Her eyes were all black... Not a single white in it... They're all pitch black.

!!!!!!!!

( ( JODY'S SCREAM ) )

She shot out the air bullets at this mysterious creature riding on her neck.

“AAAAAAAAAaaaaAaaaaaAaaAAAAAAAAAAAAÀAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA”

BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG!

When she realized, Jody springs out of her bed with sweat all over her body, breathing heavily.

“......*gasp*....*gasp*....*gasp*...”

Looking at the door, the holes were created by her Bullet she just shot out.

Jody still on the bed.

“... *gasp*... A ...dream?.......???”

Then it must be Jody's worst nightmare.

“ JODY! WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT? What's going on?!.. I heard your fucking screaming!!! ”

Syd's sound coming from the downstairs.

Syd rushes upstairs to see what had happened, And he's very upset as he found that Jody had somehow wrecked the door.

“ WHAT ?!?.... WHY YOU DO THIS... ”

“... I-I ...uh...”

Jody obstructed.

“ ..... ”

Syd still waits for the answer.

“ I...I'm so sorry... I just had a bad dream...”

“... A dream??... What kind of a dream to take the unbeatable girl screaming like hell and fuck up my door?!...”

“.....”

Jody felt small. It's true as he said. Couldn't argue back.

(... If I'm telling him what happened... He would think I'm crazy... The best way now is to keep quiet...)

She thought.

“... Syd. I, uh, I'm so sorry... I promise it won't happen again... I'll fix it myself... I'm so sorry...”

Said Jody.

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A minute before Jody woke up.

Syd was already talking to Roxxy, Mickey, and Toshi through the phone discussing the important topic.

About Jody Johanson.

“ So, you guys are certain now, eh?”

He asked.

“Yeah. Without doubt. She's “The Air” for sure...”

Said Mickey.

“ The council is very excited about it. I hate to admit it but from the footage, They've confirmed Jody is 'The Air' ”

Said Roxxy.

“ Wow...after a long search, you finally found her...You sneaky bastard...you finally did it.”

Said Toshi.

”We must do our best to convince her to join Thrak. She hasn't realized she's more powerful than she thought, right?”

Asked Roxxy.

“... It seems like that...” said Syd.

“ Then...Syd... What do you think? Do you have any thoughts of returning back to use your old Codename?”

Roxxy asked.

Mickey and Toshi went silent after Roxxy brought up this sensitive topic.

Because they both knew. The only person who can talk to Syd about this forbidden topic is no one but

Roxxy Barrett, his own sister.

Syd took a deep breath before he replies back.

“ No.”

The short answer from Syd, but full with lots of emotions.

“ ....”

“....”

“.....”

“... Okay, brother...I respect your decision. Whatever path you've chosen, I'll always support you. But to let you know... Your ‘True’ ability...you can't run away from it. It is your shadow...it will be with you for your entire life. It's not useful to pretend like you're blind towards it.” Said Roxxy.

“... Um.”

Syd does not go aggressive or get triggered. In contradict, he listens and understands that his sister's intention was just to remind him.

“ I've found many interesting clues about Candy and the suspect person to be the little girl name, Sal. We'll be arriving at twelve.”

Said Roxxy,

“ Um, hm. Okay. Then----”

They all heard the scream coming from Syd Barrett's house, on the upstairs.

That's Jody scream.

Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang!

“ What the?...”

Syd turns his face back and shouts:

“ JODY! WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT???”

Then Syd disconnects from the chat, leaving those 3 behind.

“... BRO, You heard that?...”

Asked Mickey.

“ Yeah... With my 2 goddamn ears... That must be Jody...”

“ Is it just me or her scream sounds like she's scare of something as fuck??...”

“ Dawg, did she see a cockroach in her room...”

“ No, that can't be...” Roxxy cut in between those 2.

“ Jody is a silent type, the only reason that could make her scream out like this is no one....but...”

Roxxy doesn't need to finish her sentence. Mickey and Toshi instantly know by themselves.

“...Oh....”

Toshi and Mickey realized.

“...then... See you soon...”

Out.

Mickey put down his phone, glaring his sight toward the table.

Since he moved into Sera's house, everything is pretty fine...at least for someone like him who had a sore spot with rich people.

”...Seraphina Gilmour... Indeed, she's not a bad person. She just has been pampered by her parents since she was a kid... But that's the part that annoys me the most...”

Mickey shook his head.

Since he moved here, Mickey learned that Seraphina can't even cook. She used to hire the maids to clean up her house 4 days a week.

In the morning, she has breakfast at school.

In the evening she goes to the restaurant around here.

The same applies to her weekend.

“ She's a person who doesn't value how important money is... Sigh... rich people always be like this...”

But Syd Barrett and Roxxy Barrett are exceptions.

They are not like her.

Because they've been together for long.

Mickey knows his friends well.

“...But that's her money, after all, So I couldn't complain much...”

“ I hope one day your parents run out of money...”

Knowing that's impossible, but Mickey deeply hope it'll happen someday.

And for the reason above,

... It's Mickey's responsibility to make her something to eat every morning.

On the table, Mickey already prepared her a meal.

But the house owner wasn't here.

He then walks upstairs, goes straight to her room.

Knock Knock.

“.....”

Knock Knock.

“.....”

“ Hey, we have an appointment at 12.A.M. I understand that you're feeling sleepy as hell but 12 A.M. is kinda too far? ”

“.....”

Mickey went down and grabbed a fork and a pot. This house doesn't have a morning clock.

Mickey opens the door, turning on the light.

An image in front of him is Seraphina Gilmour in her pink shorts, still sleeping on her bed.

“ YO, WAKE THE FUCK UP.”

Mickey smashes a fork against the pot, creating a loud-disturbing noise. He hopes that she'll wake up.

But it isn't...

Seraphina is a deep sleeper than he thought.

He then walked and stood next to her head.

He repeated the process.

“ YOOO, WAKEEEE THE FUUUUUCCCK UP ”

“... MmMmmmmmm....#-#[email protected]”

“ WTF, You gettin' lost in Limbo or something.”

It's working...but not that much.

Sera moans, she twitches her body left and right, but still...she's still in between the wakefulness and sleep.

“ Sleepy ass bitch...”

Then an awesome idea pops up in Mickey's head.

He then moved his mouth closer to her ear, suddenly, a tiny spark of lightning is summoned around his mouth.

( ( In erotic voice ) )

“ Get your British ass off the bed. ”

The spark then shocks right into Sera's ear, making her jumps up like a kitten.

“ WAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH?!?!! WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?!.... ”

She fell off the bed. Touching behind her ears, she smells a grill from an electric shock.

Glaring up, she found Mickey Mannix, standing inside her room.

Her face instantly turned red as she realized that she is still in exposed clothes and hasn't worn the make-up yet.

Especially the last reason, this is a sin.

“ MICKEY?!... FUCK'S ARE YOU DOING IN MY ROOM??! ”

“ We have to go to Syd's house at 12, Right now is *looks at the clock* 11:30 yet you still enjoy diving in Limbo. What are you, Doing some Inception shit? You ain't even opened your eyes when I tried to wake you up.”

“.....”

“... I-It couldn't be helped! We arrived home at almost 4 A.M. ”

Her face is still red. She used a pink blanket to cover her body.

“ Yeah, sure. But 11:30 is a bit too lazy, don't you agree? ”

“.... That's....uh...you're right...”

“ Breakfast is on the table. Do whatever you want, but finish before 11:50, okay?”

“....U...um...”

Mickey turns back and heads out the room, but before that, he said something that made Sera even more embarrassed and wanted to disappear from this place so deadly.

“ By the way, Your face without makeup looks like my Mom....”

“......”

THE END.

Sera dips her face into a blanket in heavy awkwardness.

If he was some students back in the school, Sera would beat the shit out of him. But he is Thrak's agent...so...Sera to him is just a little kitty...

“.... (Sound like she's going to cry)... I want to die...please don't humiliate me ...I beg you...”

She says in a spiritless voice...

“.... and my mom is gorgeous ...”

“......”

“......”

*door closed*

“ Heh?”

Sera quickly rushed to the door, opened it.

“ WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?!...”

But no reply from Mickey.

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12:00 A.M. The operation started.

The smart TV that had already paired with Laptop is surrounded by everyone in Syd's house.

Roxxy explains:

“It seems like Domergue has many connections in underground business. But to look for the man name ‘Candy’ it wasn't that hard.”

A picture of a man pops up. He has black hair, wears a suit. Looks trust-worthy.

“ This is ‘Candy Candido’ one of the most influential people behind selling drugs and weapons to the terrorists in the middle east. He is a wanted person for the FBI, but unfortunately, they can't find enough evidence to put him in jail.

Moreover, Candy himself is in the middle of fighting with police in the court because he's suspected of a person behind murder of some famous France politician, doesn't matter, but the latest location we can track his movement was ’The Sea Life, Center London aquarium’ ”

That astonished everyone in the house.

“ A-Aquarium? But why Aquarium??”

Sera asked.

“That sounds so unrelated... I thought he was gonna be in like...China town or something.”

Toshi added.

“ From our sources, Candy is one of the owners of the Sealife Aquarium, A stockholder would be more qualified, He's one of the supporters of the Aquarium's financial status, In exchange, he gets 10% of tickets they sold in each day.”

“ Do you have any idea why is he in the aquarium?”

“ Because he's in preparation for getting on a flight to China tomorrow. I've looked through the court's file. He's about to lose the court's fight. So he's planning to fly to China. Because he was born there. The Chinese will not extradite one of their own.”

Roxxy continues:

“ This is the blueprint of the Aquarium. Candy Candido should be around here in his own private office. We've checked the communication and found that he tried to contact Betty Domergue so many times since yesterday.”

“... He should figure out something's wrong...soon...”

Said Syd.

Roxxy nods.

“ And we must be hurry before he knows that Thrak is already involved in his business. We'll be divided into 3 teams. 1 standing by outside, 2 goes in.”

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Arriving at SeaLife Aquarium.

Roxxy and Jody were left outside.

Syd and Toshi are team 1

Mickey and Sera are team 2.

Outside the aquarium, Jody was a bit nervous sitting next to Roxxy, since they have arrived, Roxxy never speaks to her a word.

And it makes Jody uncomfortable.

Roxxy is working on her laptop. Jody saw this girl has hacked into the Aquarium's security system... Just like a piece of cake.

So she started the conversation.

“... Wow... You are... Very pro at hacking stuff...”

“.....”

No reply from Roxxy.

“ ..... ”

Jody feels even more uncomfortable and awkward.

“... I thought hacking into something would take more time or complexity to progress...”

With her feeling annoyed or still not close to Jody enough, Jody doesn't know, Roxxy replied back.

“ It sure is. But this is Thrak's technology, A device that is 10 years ahead of nowadays. You can better complete the quest if you own decent items in your hand, don't you?”

“ .... Oh... I see....”

Not for long, many of the camera's footages appear on the screen. They saw their friends were walking in Aquarium right now...

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Inside the Aquarium.

Along the way is the underwater Tunnel.

Various types of fish and sea lives are swimming above their heads.

A population is neutral. Not too many, not too low.

The reflected light of this artificial blue sea covers everything in blue.

“ Bro, that fish looks delicious. Can you make Sushi out of that? ”

“ Mickey, Just because Sushi is made out of fish doesn't mean you can use any kind of fish to make it...”

Said Sera.

“ That's right Sera.” Toshi thumps up,

“ See? Even foreigners like Sera know this common sense. Bro, You're high or what?”

Toshi asked Mickey.

“ Shut the fuck up. How am I going to know all about your culture?”

“ Bruh, say whaaaaaat--? How long have we been together, Homie?”

“ Yeah. You don't even realize how it breaks his heart, do you?!...”

Syd hugged Toshi from aside.

“ Oh no... I'm sorry bro.”

Mickey joined.

“ No homo.”

Said Toshi.

“ K. No homo. But I do be gay sometimes. Y'know..just sayin' ”

Said Syd.

Those 3 left Sera standing there, confusing.

“ Cut the bullshit. Toshi, get back to the mission.”

Roxxy who've seen everything through the monitor screen shouts to Toshi's ear through a tiny device over his left ear.

But her words spread to those 3.

Back into Serious mode.

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