Chapter 30: Old Friends / Breaking The Glass
London decided to go to the park with Gryffin, one of the runaways and Tokyo. London sent them to the playground before going to sit in the football (soccer) field nearby. London was writing texting Isabel to let her know he was in town when a football hit him in face, an Arcanine ran up to him, "I'm sorry -"
London spiked the ball at his face, he was irritated, his eyes orange with fury, "You fucking muppet! Watch where you fucking kick that!"
The Arcanine was about to curse back at London, but he saw London and could only just stare, he recognised him
"What?! Why the fuck are you staring at me like that you stupid cunt?!" London growled.
"London?" The Arcanine said.
London was silent, his face changed from angry to remorseful, he recognised him too, "E-Eddie!?"
The Arcanine grabbed him and started squeezing him, "It really is you! Oh my Arceus!"
"Ah! Heh S-Sorry for cursing at you" London said as the Arcanine rubbed his head.
"It alright! Guys! Look who it is!" Eddie shouted, still stroking London's head.
Four other Pokémon came over, one was a Jolteon, the other a Vaporeon, as well as a Pikachu and a Zoroark.
"Eddie! What are you - London!" The Vaporeon shouted, she snatched London from Eddie's big paws.
"Ah! Chelsea! I see your doing well!" London said, as she squeezed him tightly.
"I've been doing great... But now that you're here -" She said, blushing and licking her lips, London started sweating, Chelsea was obsessed with him because he was dared to kiss her during a sleep over.
The Jolteon snatched him from her before she could kiss him, "Thanks James"
"Any time mate!" He replied, "How have you been?"
"Good, I sorta got the job I wanted -" London said.
"Really!? Congratulations man!" James replied.
"Thanks!" London replied, then the Zoroark lifted him from James arms.
"Hello Josh!"
"How are ya?" He asked.
"Awesome! Are your rap dreams living big?" London asked.
Josh flashed his gold chain, "They sure are, haha!"
"Awesome!" London responded.
The Pikachu jumped and grabbed London, holding the Flareon high up in the air.
"Hey how are ya?" He says in a Scottish accent.
"I'm great Max, you?" London answered.
"Oh you know it's all normal, guess what? I won every battle tournament for Britain! Are ya proud?" Max said.
"I was rooting for you! Of course I am!" London said.
The Pikachu set London on the ground, "So how are you?"
Eddie grabbed London and wrapped his arms around him again, London rolled his eyes, whenever Eddie saw an Eevee like London he'd always get the temptation to hug them, and it appeared that Eddie still had the temptation because his tail was wagging and he was rubbing London's stomach.
"Good" London replies, "So Chelsea, did you find another boyfriend?"
"Yeahhh, but I still wish I could have you hehe ~"
London started sweating so he changed the topic, "Did you open that restaurant you wanted?"
"Yeah! One of the best in the UK! I never thought I would be successful!" Chelsea answered.
"Cool, Eddie I see you still like anything fluffy, what are up to now?" London asked.
"Oh me? I work for Jaguar and Range Rover! I get to design and edit design plans for the latest cars... Pays really well!" The Arcanine replied, then he bought London closer to him, "So fluffy!"
"Uggh... Um James? Did you get that job as a surgeon?" London asked.
"Mmhm, I got out of medical school pretty quickly, it was a breeze!" He said, "I work at London Metropolitan Hospital now!"
"Congratulations!" London answered, "It's so good to see you guys again"
Eddie started pinching London's cheeks with his big paws, "Ah stop Eddie!" London said trying not to laugh.
The others laughed.
"You want our phone numbers?" Chelsea asked.
"Umm, sure, I'd love to catch up with you guys" London replied, Eddie started hugging him like a teddy bear, "Aww"
After recieving this friends phone numbers, London said goodbye and went back to Gryffin and Tokyo.
"See ya soon!"
"Goodbye!" Eddie shouted excitedly.
"See ya!" The others shouted back.
When London arrived at the playground, Isabel was there reading a book, London sat next to her, Isabel looked over and smiled before giving him a kiss.
"How are you?" She asked.
"Good, you?" London replied, wrapping her arm around her shoulder.
"Great, I heard Tatyana is running alongside you guys now!" Isabel said.
"She is, she's probably gonna turn the Surren troops into sushi though" London said, remembering the time she cut a Luxray in half while he was with her in Alabama.
"Hm... How's Tokyo?" She asked.
"He's doing swell" London replied, the Flareon looking at Tokyo who was playing hopscotch with Gryffin, an Eevee with silver eyes and a gold bell on his neck.
"You said his English is good, can I have a conversation with him later?" Isabel asked.
London nodded, "Sure"
"Cool!" Isabel replied, clapping excitedly.
- - -
"So let me try and understand this... You had a nightmare?" Greene said.
"Yeah..." Luke replied.
Greene sighed, "Your suspended"
"What?! Why?!" Luke shouted.
"Because these dreams you are having, they could be related to field duty. I also read you tend to let your feelings take control sometimes, combine that and the fact you and Delevio are together, you put yourself in more danger than you actually need right now... I'm sending to Manchester for 2 weeks to stay with your mother, when you recover you will be able to return to the field, you're dismissed"
"Sir! I can still fight! I'm not gonna let some silly nightmare fuck my performance up! Come on, please -"
"Luke! This is how it starts, you fight, you witness deaths, you get PTSD! Do you really want that at your age?!" Greene shouted.
"Pff, I'm not gonna get PTSD" Luke said back more aggressive.
"Luke stay off the field! That is an order!" Greene shouted.
"But -"
"No, stay off the field! If I find out you return without authorisation again, you will be court martialed!" Greene shouted, "It is against regulations to send agents on the field if they report they have traumatic dreams or visions, please leave I'm expecting a phone call from Kovar soon"
Luke squeezed his fist and left the room, he was furious, Delevio who was waiting downstairs was surprised to see him angry because he slammed the door to the McLaren aggressively, arms crossed, clear frustration on his face.
"What happened?" Delevio asked.
"He's sending me to Manchester to stay with my mother. Pfft, PTSD my ass" Luke grunted.
Delevio raised an eyebrow, "Um I bought you an early birthday present -" She handed him some car keys, Luke's raised an eyebrow, "- Oh yeah, she turned the key to the side to reveal that it was a Mercedes Benz car key, both his eyes rose, "Where?" He asked.
She looked infront of the McLaren, infront was a 2020 Mercedes AMG.
The car was midnight black and was shining in the sunlight, Luke stepped out of the car, so did Delevio who tossed him the keys, "How much was this?" Luke asked.
"$350,000" Delevio replied, smiling brightly, "Pretty cool right?"
He looked back at her, "Can I modify it"
"It's your car! Happy Birthday!" Delevio said, hugging him.
He hugged her back, "Thank You so much, I've actually always wanted a car!"
"You're very welcome" Delevio replied.
The Lucario's smile disappeared and he looked at the floor, Delevio was really hoping that would cheer him up, well... It almost worked.
"I still wish Greene didn't take me off field duty. I just - Uggh!" Luke groaned.
"Do you want me to come with you to Manchester?" Delevio asked.
Luke looked back at her, "N-No, just stay, I'll be fine"
"You sure?" Delevio asked.
Luke nodded, "I better go... See you soon"
"See ya... Happy Birthday" Delevio said.
"Thanks" He replied, emotionlessly.
Luke got in the car and drove off. While driving to JFK, the Lucario had serious thoughts of going rogue, hunting down the Paine brothers and killing them off before finally killing Tristan himself. The Lucario's rebellious emotions simply didn't allow him to listen to Greene, he knew if he didn't do something, his nightmare would come true. While being flown to England, he started researching the Paine brothers, where they lived, what their past was, what their jobs were.
Later, Luke arrived in Manchester in the Mercedes which he attached UK plates to. Amber got up from the steps and gave him a hug.
"Where's Rico?" Amber asked.
"Back in the US - basking in all the action" Luke replied, his voice growing angry at the end of his reply.
"Luke, it's only two weeks, I understand your girlfriend is back in the US, but if your having these dreams, it's both mine and Greene's job to worry about you and your mental health -"
"Mom... I'm fine -"
"You don't know that, it could be much worse than -"
"You know what I'm going upstairs" Luke said, annoyed, he was hoping she would understand how upset he was rather than agree with Greene.
Amber watched him get his bags and go into the flat. She crossed her arms, "Unbelievable"
Later that night, He had a map on the wall of his room and pictures of the Paine brothers, Azath Paine, Tomas Paine, Ricky Paine, Qrow Paine and the one he hated the most Tristan Paine. He had pins on their current locations, Azath in London where he was being held for shooting Tokyo, Tomas was in Madrid, running the PMC that tried to kill Amber. Ricky was working in Berlin as a Surren spy, and Qrow was somewhere in Rio. He had additional papers about their jobs and photos of them in the act supporting the Surren millitary. He decided since he was closer, he would eliminate Azath first. He glared at the photo before getting on his computer, he had a long two weeks ahead of him.
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