Trekking all the way to the end of the town to the temple, he finally arrived. To his delight, the person he was looking for was cleaning the compound with a dark face. He'd never enjoy the girl's presence, but for once, today he didn't mind sparing few minutes on her.
Freddie glanced up when a shadow blocked the blazing sun off her skin and was about to offer her thanks when she came face to face with a scared eye demon. If her face was dark before, it certainly is a raging storm right now. And that's saying something cause out all the punishments she despise, cleaning the compound and toilets are at the top.
Though not enough to deter her from sneaking outside whenever she wants to.
Freddie sneered at the giant looming over the entrance. She had seen his overgrown figure about the previous days after Nova left.
Looking for an excuse to ditch her chore, she skipped towards him with a spring to her steps.
"Don't just stand there, fatso. Come in, you're blocking the whole entrance."
She can already guess what brought him, he'd only be here for one reason. Oga hated her guts. The feeling is mutual, if he came all the way out here to meet her, it can only be because of Nova. And boy did she have some news for him. She decided to mess with him, Nova would appreciate it.
.....
By the time Freddie was done with her taunts, Oga honestly looked like he was ready to murder someone. Although she was openly glowing at him, she was scared shitless inside.
He is Oga, the reckless. Everyone in Willow knows just how dangerous he is. His actions aren't always rational and acts impulsively. Rilling him up was never a good thing but she couldn't help herself.
His face was so red and sporting some thick veins that deemed it right to appear. Just when she expected him to throw an Oga tantrum, and trash whatever was close to him, which happened to be the poor worn out wooden entrance pole he was leaning against. He did something very un-Oga like.
He burst out laughing muttering things under his breath. It was her turn to be scared. But before she had the chance to bolt and save herself from an Oga misfortune, the back of her pink robe was snatched and dragged along as he descended down the lengthy rows of stairs with her on tow.
The Tonado known as Oga is unstoppable. So even when the head priest saw the kidnapping scene of his pupil getting carted away, he simply lit a candle and offer his prayers on her behalf.
"Yuzuha Frederick Sakamoto, you may be stubborn, but you've lived a good life. Your sacrifice wouldn't be in vain."
"Aum..." chorus.
And so, on the fifth day after Nova's departure along with the boys, Silver Oga, the cross dressing priestess Freddie and the little red monkey join in on the adventure.
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10:50 am.
Saturday.
City Grand Hall.
10 minutes. She only have 10 minutes before it's over.
"Don't give out, please don't give out on me now." Nova hissed panting heavily as her shaky hands threatened to give out while struggling to heave herself up the side fence of the grand city hall. She had managed to get her upper half over much easier, the problem now was her heavier lower half.
On a normal day, this place is mostly vacant and closed, only used when special events are taking place. Like the swearing in of a new mayor or important stuffs like that.
Today is one of those days. Several expensive cars of brands she've never seen were parked in front of it and all the three roads coming from the west, east and south leading to it were closed off, and a jet flying over head in patrol.
To it's north was a wide empty landscape filled with trees and a well kept garden which was unfortunately mostly abandoned. Although on occasions like this the hall is heavily guarded, the security around here is quite lax, and that is her current location.
Groaning, she pushed herself up till she was straddling the top of the brick fence, hugging it for dear life.
"Phew, that was hard." She dabbed a napkin to cool her face making sure to not damage her caked up face. Being pregnant is not easy. Even if she was faking it.
"You have 9 minutes left____,"
"___Miss N... Elizabeth, stop dawdling around."
Easy for you to say.
"Chill, I'm only catching my breath," she grumbled throwing her legs over as she replied to the pesky voice coming through the ear piece attached to her ear. Clutching her slightly protruding stomach, she jumped down landing swiftly on her legs.
"First things first," she said into the mic. "Let's go over the mission again."
"Certainly, miss... "
"Get to the point already we don't have all day! Jesus." After spending five days together, her patience is running real thin. She already had her hands full focusing on the mission, adding three--er, two teenagers to the list is certainly not appreciated.
She had no idea what was going on in that old geezer's head, sending these morons in case she needed assistance. She haven't requested any!
And with such a pathetic disguise. Like Maxwell can ever be mistaken for a cat. Don't even get her started with the boys, who ever gave them the idea of swapping identities? They had the same face for God's sake. Maxim got himself a fat suit to make up for his brothers overweight, while maximus decided squeezing his 200 pounds of fat into a tight suit would magically make him slim. No matter how she threatened them to just drop the act, they wouldn't listen! And grandpa Lee support them.
"... switch to plan B."
"Miss Elizabeth, are you listening?"
"Huh? Yeah. Go on." She lied focusing back at the task at hand. She was surrounded by tall tress and can see the huge grey building some metres ahead.
"Although Mr Rudolph provided an invitation, we can only go as far as the second gate."
"In order to cross the final gate, we needed a pass. Since we obviously don't have one, we move to plan B."
Plan B: Scale up the eastern wall.