Candy Candido rushed out of the car, with some part of his body barbecued by Mickey's lightning bolts.

However, it isn't that severe.

“ You goddamn kids...” He says angrily,

“ How dare you destroy my 100,000 $ suit... You're gonna pay for that...”

“ Yeah, yeah. Whatever...”

Sera points the gun towards Candy.

“ STOP MOVING OR ELSE, I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU! ”

She yells.

But that couldn't do anything.

Candy Candido is still cool.

“ Girl. Do you think that's gonna help?... Do you really think just pointing a gun towards me will make a change? This isn't the first time I have a gun pointed at my face...”

*Pant* *pant* *pant* *pant*

He continues:

“ I knew it... I knew something was wrong when I couldn't contact Betty... At first, I didn't mind...but she didn't pick up any of my calls recently ...

I thought the Russian Mafia abducted her... But I didn't think it was Thrak...I was planning to make an escape... But you're faster ... much faster than I thought... So this means Betty is already... become a missing person... ”

“ Yes. So...if you know it... Then... throw away your weapons... surrender and come with us. If you don't want to share the same fate with Bett.”

“...Tch---... I planned to crush you two with the car... Then use the noise to lure the other 2 and kill them...seems like it is worthless now... They must be on their way here...”

“ Sure they are.”

Mickey aimed his fingers with lightning to Candy's face.

Because of that surprised car crash, his pistol was flown away to somewhere he didn't know.

“ But....”

Suddenly, circumstances around Seraphina Gilmour and Mickey Mannix changes from the office hallway into A rainforest... A deep Jungle...

“ FUCK! HE'S GONNA RUN AWAY! ”

Sera doesn't wait for Candy to fade away within the jungle, she shot 4 bullets out of the pistol randomly to Candy's latest spot.

Mickey also summoned the lightning and commands it to strike Candy.

Unfortunately, Candy Candido uses the advantage of illusion he created to dodge all the bullets, but lucky for them, the lightning does hit Candy's leg before he disappears...

“ He's using the illusion again!!!! ”

Said Sera.

“I BETTER DIE THAN BEING CAUGHT BY YOU! I, CANDY, WILL NOT SURRENDER AND WILL FIGHT UNTIL I NO LONGER BREATH! ”

Candy's word coming at them from everywhere. So they can't tell where's his position.

“ Shit... He's planning to get us by using these illusions...Be careful, Sera! ”

Because this is the deep jungle, that means he can approach them 360°

While they're being aware of the attack,

A pistol appeared right behind Sera's head, but Mickey saw it.

“ SERA! BEHIND YOU! ”

BANG!

“ AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!”

*drip* *drip* *drip*

Although her head can dodge it, her right ear can't.

A bullet can't penetrate through it because it's now carrying the property of fiberglass, however, At that distance is enough to pull out lots of blood, dripping down and the girly screaming from Seraphina.

“AAAAAAAAAAAaaaaAaaaaaa”

Her right ear is ringing inside.

It's hard to hear what Mickey is saying, she needs to use her left ear.

“ Sera! We can't stand still waiting for him to come like this! ”

Mickey Mannix then helps Sera carry her body and move to another spot.

Last time before the hallway got turned into this goddamn jungle, Mickey remembered that there's an empty room somewhere around here.

“ Fuck these surroundings! Though I know they're just stupid illusion... But they're so real that it confuses my sensation! ”

(.... He must be somewhere around here...but he couldn't move as much as he wants... Because he just got electric shocked... I bet he's still feeling a numb throughout his entire body right now...)

Mickey thought.

Mickey took a pistol from Sera's hand and carried her with him all the way.

Sera's blood still dropping down to Mickey's shirt.

“ Come on. Sera! Hang on for a sec.”

Mickey then creates an electric field all around himself and Sera.

Within the 4 meters radius, If Candy Candido tries to approach them, he'll get another wave of electric shock.

“ Sera! You still have your energy left to build up a wall between us and Candy??”

“... I'm sorry!... I-I don't have enough to do it now... If I do that... I will run out of energy...”

“...Shit...”

Mickey carefully turned his face all around, while climbing all the way to the lastest position he remembered it has a room...

Sera touched the image of the jungle next to her...

“ Mickey....*gasp*... *gasp*... This is a wall... If we go straight...*gasp* we can enter the room...”

Said Sera.

“ The last time...he was behind you... Plus that injury he got from us... I'm sure that he is still behind us...he couldn't get anywhere as much as he desires... Keep watching behind you... He should have looked for the opportunity to strike...”

Mickey said.

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After Candy tried to shoot Sera in her head, but Mickey Mannix can recall her in time. So he missed the shot.

Candy Candido then steps back from that couple and waits for the next opportunity to attack.

Right now, to them, He is invisible.

Candy sees so many opportunities to kill this kid, however, the main problem is...his entire body is fully numb by the lightning.

He feels as if his body is about to blackout, but his mind not.

So it is very hard to run, move, or even aiming his gun.

“ That girl... Although I missed the shot... She looks fine more than she should be... This is not a coincidence... That moment I ran my car into that boy... He also got up in time... That's strange... At that speed, he should at least knock out... Tch... You Sons of bitches... Are they wearing armors?... But their clothes are just casual clothes... So how can they put the armors on? ....”

Candy checked his bullet in his pistol's magazine. They're still 8 left.

“ I already know that boy ability... It seems that he can summon lightning... I should be aware of him... But that girl... Her power so far... can make things extended?... Is it the power to make things get bigger? ....”

When Candy saw that Mickey and Sera were going to move away from here, he then started to follow them.

But he can't get to them that fast, because he and those 2 are sharing the same levels of injuries.

Mickey broke 2 ribs, Sera got the blood flooding on her right ear, Candy Candido got his leg grilled and his body all numb.

“ They're getting away from here??... No,wait...they must be looking for the room to settle... Definitely!... Then good... If they turn their backs on me, I'll just fucking shoot them from here...”

Because it was Candy who can see through his own illusion. So he manages to get to the opposite side of the nearest room.

“... The problem now is... They are so good being cautious about everything around them... He even created the electric field all around him... And they're facing me... They both watch each other back...BUT... When they're getting in the room...that's where I'll strike! The room they're going is locked..so they must destroy the knob to get in! That's where I'll appear and shoot them! ... Although that boy is fast... he can't get any faster than a bullet!”

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Sera taps her hand all-around this jungle background to find a doorknob and finally...

“ Mickey!... I feel it... This is the doorknob! ”

Sera said.

As she tried to open it.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

“ Fuck!... It's locked! ”

No matter how Sera tried to open it, the door wouldn't open.

A single woman can't deal with it.

This forces Mickey to take care of it.

“ Alright. I'll shoot it. Keep watching my back! and stay away. The knob is steel, the bullet may bounce. ”

Mickey said, he swapped his position with Sera and was about to break in.

And that time is when Candy saw a precious opportunity!

Crack!

at the same moment as gun cocking...

But then something happened...

Mickey stopped touching the door.

That made Candy obstructed.

“....???... What?... He isn't gonna break in?... What happen?...”

Candy is confused.

“ You're behind us, aren't you... Candy Candido??? ”

!!!!!!!!!??????!!!!!!!??!!!!!!

Candy is completely stunned when Mickey asked him.

“ You're gonna shoot us while we're breaking the way in, aren't you?...”

“ ..... ”

“ You may be right about us heading to the room to settle...Well...well, If I were you. I would do the same, Candy the drug dealer... But...”

Mickey signals Seraphina.

Suddenly something penetrates through Candy's feet.

“ AAAAHHHH?!?!.. WHAT THE FUCK?!”

He appears out of the illusion, the green jungle around them disappears, turning back into the office hall.

Glaring down, Candy found that it was the car's screw that penetrated through his feet.

“ What the...? The car screw??....Hggg?!....”

Suddenly, another piece of the screw, out of nowhere, Peirce through his legs.

Causing the blood to run down...

“ AAAAAAAAAaaAaaaa---?!?!... Y-YOU!!... THESE SCREWS ARE FROM MY CAR?!?!....”

And they pop up for more and more...

“ AAAAGGGG!!!! T-this ability!!! It's yours (Sera) !!!! Your ability is to duplicate things?!.... AAAAHHHHH”

Sera glares intensely at Candy.

“The car that you ran into him...I collected some pieces of screws that flew off... gave them my power ...and dropped it all over the way here... But because I don't exactly know where you were... So we lured you into the spot we certain... ”

“ YOU FUCKING----”

“ And also remember. The screw is also made out of steel which transmits the electricity!"

Candy's entire body is shaken by the electric shock Mickey Mannix put in the screws.

This is when Candy loses control.

“ YOU BASTARDS!!!!!”

Candy Candido quickly takes those screws out of his skin and points his gun at them.

Bang!

Mickey is faster. He takes the shot first and it hits directly at Candy's body...

But...

There is no blood coming out.

The shouting Candy stops.

!!!!!!!

That's when they know something was wrong.

“ You... You have guts to lure me into this situation. But are you forget? That my ability is to create the illusion? ”

“!!!!!!!!”

Mickey and Sera's eyes widened.

The image of Candy Candido in front of them starts shaking and finally, it disappears...

“ SHIT!... THAT WAS HIS ILLUSION!?”

Too late to realize, A pistol was aimed right next to Sera's head again.

But...before that...

Mickey blasts the door open,

He took Sera, jumps in the room, and closed the door immediately...

Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang!!!!

The bullet from Candy's gun passes through the door above Mickey and Sera's head.

“... That Bastard...”

Mickey touched Sera's back.

“ ... Sera... Your ear... Is it okay??....”

“... U...Um... I have already grown them back...you?....”

Looking at Mickey, his shirt is right now mixed with the blood of himself and Sera.

“ Bad... But still can bear it.”

“ Oh...I see... M-Mickey...stay still...I'll heal you up now---”

“...No..No... Save it for later... Let's focus on him...”

Mickey points to the door.

The door then opened, showing Candy appearing in the even worse injured.

He then threw his gun to them, it lands on the floor.

Mickey and Sera were pretty confused.

(Intense atmosphere)

“....What's gonna happen next, Mickey? Why did he throw his weapon to us?.... Did he surrender?... Or Is he have another one?....”

“ ...*gasp*....*gasp*... You kids... *gasp*... I admit it... As expected of Thrak... If I didn't create the illusion that I was trying to pull out the screws...I will seriously get an electric shock and die...”

Candy continues...

“ I've already run out of ammo... There's nothing left inside the gun... But you...little girl... You can still produce the infinite amount of bullet with that ability of yours... In the end, I'll have nothing to fight back except my own ability...which...my energy is running out like yours...”

“......”

“ HOWEVER! THAT DOESN'T SUGGEST I AM SURRENDERING! ”

Candy turns on the light in this room.

As the light is turned on, Mickey and Sera found themselves standing above the Aquarium pool.

Only a thin glass that blocks them from various types of sea lives down there.

“!!!!!! JESUS CHRIST!!!!! ”

Sera screams.

“ YOU FUCKING---”

Mickey is going to point his gun and shoot at Candy Candido.

But it's too late.

Candy already pushes the switch.

A thin glass under their foot suddenly opens up so fast that they ain't even aware of it.

T O O O O O O O M

Those 2 falls down the pool.

“ How lucky of me...they chose to get in this room... Usually, this room is made for ‘dealing’ with my corrupted business partner...lure them in here...and drop them down to this sharks pool... They still have blood on their body...... The sharks should be here soon-----”

Candy didn't even finish, something harshly pulls his leg towards the pool.

Because Candy didn't expect any of that...his entire body got pulled straight down to the same pool those 2 has fallen into.

“ WHAT THE HELL???...”

At the last moment, before his body entered the aquarium pool, Candy finally knows what has been tied up to his foot.

It's the remnant of cloth...a very long thin but strong slip of cloth coming from the pool...

Sera down there was holding the same piece of cloth that tied Candy's feet.

(.... I ripped off some part of Mickey's cloth and used my power to extend it like a rope...then I made it into a loop and placed it in front of the door...I didn't expect this... But If I was going to drown... then SO ARE YOU! CANDY! )

“ SON OF A BITCH------”

T O O O O OO O O M

Candy Candido got himself dragged into the aquarium pool.

Down there, contains various types of sea lives such as small, medium, and large fishes, sponges, squids, Corals...and many more.

The blood from them had turned the blue water around them into the red.

Sera tried to save the air in her lung as much as possible, she saw Mickey 5 meters away from her.

[ From here, all the conversation will be body language. Please note that Mickey and Sera both understand what each other is trying to say. But to make it easier to read, We still continue as if they are talking.]

“... Mickey!!!... The gun !!! ”

Sera points to the sand under them. Because while falling, Mickey accidentally dropped his pistol off his hand.

But then, Something grabbed Sera's neck from behind.

“ Mmmmmhmmmm----?!?!?!?!? ”

Sera's eyes widened, she can't breathe.

It's not hard to figure out who did it, He's Candy Candido.

“ YOU !!!! ”

Micky is about to get close to them but he stops... He knows that Sera is being used as a hostage.

“ YOU GODDAMN KIDS... HOW DARE YOU DO THIS TO ME!!! I WILL FUCKING KILL YOU ALL! ”

Candy stares at him angrily.

“ YOU HAVE THE POWER TO SUMMON LIGHTNING DON'T YOU???... THEN DO IT! IF YOU SUMMON YOUR LIGHTNING IN HERE! THEN WE ALL GONNA DIE! ”

Mickey knows that well and he can't do anything...

Water is electrolyte... If he uses lightning here, every single thing will get electric shocked except himself.

If Sera wasn't here, he will do it without hesitation.

“ Now... Boy...what l need you to do...just pick up that gun... And throw it to me...If you try to make any move, I'll fucking choke this bitch to the dead”

At that point, Sera is already unconscious...

Candy points to the gun and points to himself.

Mickey doesn't have much time.

The blood is mixing with water everywhere... The shark will arrive here in no time...

But if he gives Candy a gun, he'll definitely shoot Sera in the face.

Mickey holds up a fist... Seraphina's lung is slowly filling up with sea waters...

Finally... The last decision...

Mickey slowly picked up the gun near the corals...

He then throws it to Candy's way.

“ Finally... ”

As Candy received the gun, he pointed it to Sera's head and moving up, getting outta here.

“ You stay there! If you dare to follow me, I'll fucking shoot her...”

“.......”

Mickey didn't say anything.

(.... Almost!! I'm almost there!!!!....)

Candy gets closer and closer to the surface, he releases Sera out of his hand...

Her unconscious body slowly fell down, but then...

“ !!!!!!!!! ”

A hand grabs Candy's leg... Not letting him going nowhere...

“ !!!!??!?!?!?.... What?!?...”

Glaring down, It was Seraphina! She's limit breaking her body's energy.

She uses her last breath, grabs his leg.

“ SHIT!!!?--- This Bitch still alive?!?! ”

Candy aimed his gun at her, Although it is underwater, with this range...it can still kill her ...

But...

Candy couldn't feel his hand... He realized that he no longer feels his gun in his hand...

He turned his face back to see what's going on... But the image in front of his face makes his eyes froze...

A very sharp object is stuck in his hand... It penetrates through his flesh... the blood flowing out...

“....h...h...w...w...w..w...what???....T-this... What is this???...”

Candy was completely shocked.

The gun slowly drops down from his hand...and landing on Sera...

Candy still confused, but as he looked closely... He found the answer...

This sharp thing... It is Coral.

“ T-The sea coral?.... But... How?... How did it get on my hand...”

Suddenly he realized...

He then turned his face back to Mickey down there!

Knowing Candy has been fooled, Mickey Mannix shows him an evil smile.

When he was picking up the gun. He slowly took some slip of Coral with him, stuck it to the gun's hole, and throw it to Candy.

As he got the gun, the coral fell down to Sera...

She then proceeded to use her power on the corals.

“ That's what you get from coming up with the Grade B stupid hostage plan...dick head! ”

Mickey continues…

“ .... The corals... Nature is very amazing, you know?...its skeleton is pure calcium carbonate... Shortly...It's sharp as a knife...”

Mickey Mannix knew that she was using her last amount of energy to continue fighting...

It won't be useless now...

“ AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!”

Candy screams out of pain.

That moment Mickey swam up to rescue Sera and brought her out of the pool.

However, She completely knocked out.

Her energy completely drained.

“ BWUAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! ”

Mickey got himself and Sera out of the aquarium pool, he put Sera on the floor.

As he turned back down, He saw a group of aquarium's sharks coming towards them...

“ The smells of our blood...draw these sharks to come...”

Needless to say, Candy Candido also saw those sharks and tried to swim up to the surface ...

Mickey doesn't let him do that.

He put his hand back into the water...then...

Lightning is summoned.

It creates a wide range of electric shock underwater!

“ AHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!!!! ”

Not only Candy but also the sharks and fishes in the water got shocked by his electricity.

“ Although I fucking hate you... Candy Candido..., I am not that cruel to let you face those sharks... You can die after we finish interrogation with you...”

Said Mickey.

As the unconscious Candy floats up the water, Mickey quickly carried him up and put him on the floor.

Right now, what he needs to focus on is Seraphina.

He understands what state she is right now... Her lungs should be filled with water... Or even worse...

Luckily, Syd and Toshi had finally arrived on time.

They broke into the room, seeing everything... And it made them stunned.

“ HEY! I HEARD SOUND OF GUNSHOTS AND SHITS OVER HERE---- WOAH!!! MICKEY???!! WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED???!!!! ”

Syd shouts.

This time was no joke. Mickey shouts at Toshi and Syd in a very serious voice:

“ YOU SONS OF BITCHES, THE FUCKS' TOOK YOU GUYS SO LONG TO COME HERE?!... HURRY!!! GET OVER HERE!!!! THAT'S CANDY OVER THERE! JUST TIED HIM UP OR ANYTHING! ”

It was Toshi who took care of Candy.

“ Dude, You guys are all wet!... And...this pool in the middle of the room, what the fuck? I need context.”

Toshi asked while carrying Candy's body.

But Mickey didn't answer.

All he cares about right now was Sera.

Syd who seems to understand the situation the most decides to call the backup... Jody and Roxxy out there.

“ Sera's drowning...We should help her as fast as possible...”

Said Syd.

“ HANG ON, SERA! ”

Mickey slapped her face left and right.

But there's no sign that she will get up.

“ SHIT...Don't die...please... If you die, my whole career could come to an end!! You can't end my whole career like this Sera! WAKE UP!!!! ”

“ Fuck... She's lowly breathing... ”

Mickey said.

However, this situation won't make those 3 go panic or anything.

Remember, they are Thrak's top agents.

So...they have been trained to face an unexpected situation like this...

Mickey began to do a CPR on Sera's chest.

“ Common Sera... Wake the fuck up!?!”

He continued pumping.

“ Bro, I think it's mouth to mouth time.”

“ NO FUCKING WAY. I can get sued after that for Sexual harassment! I won't risk my entire future on this! ”

Mickey continues:

“And don't be the stupid shit head, Toshi. Don't you know that the research from 2010 suggested that Mouth to Mouth is no longer necessary in the CPR? Moreover, It can cause more harm than good! Stop referring to stupid mouth to mouth scenes in those stupid Romance Novels! ”

With the help of his low volt of electric compression power, Finally, Seraphina caught and that brings most of the water out of her lungs.

“ Wow thank god she's alive...”

Toshi was glad.

“ Bro, you're alright? ”

Syd asked Mickey.

“ Yeah. I'm fine... Just...uh got my ribs were broken and shit...”

“ Oh... It do be like that sometimes... Come on... Let's get outta here before the cops coming.”

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After the fight ended, Mickey Mannix helped to carry Seraphina Gilmour out of the aquarium by himself. He denied the help from Syd Barrett and Toshi Ishii. He claimed that it was his responsibility to take care of the civilian he brought with.

He then explained Syd and Toshi what had happened. Which later they told this to Jody and Roxxy.

While they're loading Candy Candido inside their car, Jody Johanson and Roxxy Barrett came and took care of Mickey and Sera's wound.

“ GAHHHH ?!!! ”

Sera finally got her conscious back.

The last image she remembered was Mickey Mannix tried to help her from drowning...

But when that image cut, it was dark... And when she woke up... She was already inside the car with her wounds healed...and plasters on her face.

“ Sera?... You're finally awake...”

Jody calls her from behind.

With her head still dizzy, Sera is in between weakness and sleep...she replied Jody in a low voice...

“ Do we get him...?”

That's the first thing Sera asked.

“ We do...”

“.... Ahh... I see....”

Sera went back to sleep mode. But this time, she dropped her head down to Mickey's shoulder who was sleeping next to her.

“ Let them sleep, Jody. They're very tired now. When ability users run out of energy, their exhausted are 10 times greater than the average person, you know that...”

Said Syd.

Jody understands, She nods and lays back to her seat next to Roxxy, they're watching over Candy.

“ Yo, Jody. I dunno what this British girl is like back to your school, but damn, she does have some guts to face the danger without panic, I respect that+++ ”

Toshi said while driving.

“ Of course, Toshi. Because she's one of the best students in our school.”

Said Jody...

“ Shee--hee--it … Mickey is also one of the best agents we have in our business. I guarantee he will get along with her well after he overcomes his hatred towards Rich people.”

Toshi replied.

“ Yo, that best agent is Me. I bet my ass I am like 10 times better than you guys.”

Said Syd.

“ Oh, Come on~ Syd. don't be salty. Grown men don't act salty.”

Jody teased him with her mommy's voice.

“ FUCK YOU SAY TO ME?! Hey! I am better than all of the school's students!”

“ Yes, Syd. That may be true. And I respect that part of yours... But still, Isn't what you're doing suppose to be like...for a 6-year-old boy?”

Jody asked.

Syd was triggered. But couldn't do anything.

* Toshi is wheezing*

* Jody is chuckling in cuteness she sees in Syd Barrett *

Roxxy still remains calm but deeply agree with them.

“ Anyway, You did say something about Mickey hating rich people, didn't you?....”

Asked Jody.

“ Oh, yeah.”

“ Why?” Jody wants to know.

“ It's a long story...”

Syd replied.

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