CHAPTER 4
The next day they were all set to go. Their respective excuses had been made though Agent Sagittarius was still grumbling. Well she had a right to be upset. She was as stated before an independent person by nature and servitude was making her go crazier day by day. Now I can't really take sides but if I had to I would probably take her side.
Leo said,"This is where we part. Be victorious fellow agents."
Aquarius saluted him,"Aye aye captain." Sagittarius and Pisces rolled their eyes. Leo decided to entertain her with a grand bow. The effect was ruined however when Aries smacked him, sending him tumbling down to the ground. Sagittarius finally cracked a smile and Aries looked pretty pleased with himself.
Leo sprang up and tackled the both of them to the ground.
Scorpio groaned,"The three of you are delaying us. Also,playfighting wouldn't help you get anywhere."
"Geez,Scorp,you sound like our Headmistress,"Sagittarius said as she got up. She got a glare in return.
Leo cleared his throat,"Let's get going."
The four teams separated and went their own ways.
Sagittarius had adopted a brooding walk.
"A penny for your thoughts,"Aries said lightly. He got a punch in arm for that.
Leo smacked his head.
Sagittarius rolled her eyes.
Aries laughed. His mood was good enough today. Well his mood was always good enough around Sagittarius. I would have said vice versa but her mood was volatile. There was a reason she had been branded a maniac at school.
They tapped their masks which would make it invisible to a passer-by but they would be able to see them. Sagittarius would have given anything to know the cause for so much secrecy. She tied her hair up in two pony tails. Leo would never understand why she always dressed up as a cosplayer. Sagittarius found that funny. Aries simply did not care.
On another side, Taurus had again got into a debate with Virgo. Capricorn had given up trying to resolve it. He knew that it was futile. He had just resorted to tuning them out. They were headed towards the airport to catch their aeroplane to India,whilst keeping an eye out for the Seven Deadly Sins. Yup,no fancy Helicarriers for these agents. Their missions were funded by Leo,the trillionaire.
Aquarius was entertaining them with mimicry of each Agent. Libra had gone into a diatribe about balance. Gemini joked, let's repeat,joked that she sounded like Thanos. (Well let's be honest what else do you expect her to say to a person who says,"Perfectly balanced as all things should be?) That had earned her a punch from Libra who said,"He was a one-sided maniac." So if you had ever seen three ladies arguing about Thanos,one with dyed blue hair(Aquarius),one with black highlighted hair(Gemini had to change her hair colour to avoid suspicion for she was a pretty well known celebrity though she sorely missed her normally brown hair) and another with black hair(Libra), on a plane to South America you might have seen them.
Pisces, Scorpio and Cancer walked in companiable silence. They would make a few comments ever few minutes but that was it. They were pretty quiet people,by nature. They stopped at the airport. A shadowy person moved from behind a shelf, dragging his feet as he went.
Sagittarius would have run the entire street but Leo made her walk. She was feeling jumpy all of a sudden. She whispered in his ear,"We are being followed,I believe." Leo frowned but kept on walking. It does not do well to inform your pursuer that you are aware of him/her. Aries narrowed his eyes as he caught the reflection of a violent purple hair in the reflection of a car mirror which happened to be parked nearby. They just hoped that the person would not attack them. Their hopes were not met as a gunshot rang out from behind them.
They ducked even as another bullet shot past them. Aries moved to retaliate but the other two grabbed his hand and ran as fast as they could as bullets sailed past them. They jumped over cars, annoying the car owners but they really didn't have much time to apologise. Their pursuer had gained speed as well. Finally the they came to a stop at a dead end. A brick wall rose before them. Sagittarius curled her hands in a fist and stood in front of the other two. Leo shifted into a lion to try and jump over the wall even as he imagined the next day's newspaper headlines,"Lion spotted in New York City." Aries leapt on his back and he jumped over the wall and transported him their. He jumped over the wall just as Sagittarius fired at their purple haired pursuer. He could take a vague guess at who that was.
Sagittarius clambered onto his back as he transported her back to where Aries was anxiously waiting. He changed into a man as a cry of outrage was heard from the other side. Their pursuer had been shaken off for now. Hopefully. Their hopes were met this time as no more sounds of firing were heard and Leo flopped down on the ground,spent from shape-shifting and leaping.
He really needed to get the hang of this.
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