Kire blinked, listening to the smaller conversations in the room as he glanced towards the massive screen showcasing Yowl Kassava. While he did not know the Breakers personally, he did feel a type of way when Vegetto mentioned Kassava to be his wife. Without even realizing, he clutched Evelyn’s coin tighter.
“Gettin’ to Federation City is the easy part, gettin’ in, however, is tough. Good thing my informant is there to help you, tho’.” Kire said. “I don’t care what you do to Darkseid or that Kass’ girl but get me that lab.”
“And how exactly are we going to get there?” Avalon asked, tilting his head. “We don’t know how to get there, and we don’t have a map…”
“Let me handle that, my guy. You’re goin’ to take Jaz with you, she’ll be your personal GPS.” Kire replied, confidently. “In fact, you’ll be holdin’ onto her for a while. I need you to sneak Jaz into the lab so she can snag it for me.”
“Wait, how are we going to take Jaz? She’s, uh…” Avalon glanced at the pink and purple tendrils in the ceiling. He could not wrap his head around what Jaz is supposed to be. “She’s just metallic tentacles…”
“Hey, don’t talk ‘bout my daughter like that.” Kire barked at Avalon. “But I got you covered. I made a phone where Jaz can be transported. I’ll be able to keep in touch with you guys and Jaz will be steering you in the right direction.”
“A… phone?” Avalon tilted his head more. What the hell is a phone...?
“Yeah, it’s got a built-in map, tracker, unlimited calls, international, internet, games…” Kire went on before he began to hear glass cracking, specifically from Zenta’s pod. Zenta remained motionless in the pod, but the power surging within began to boil the liquid Zenta was suspended in.
Suddenly, the cracks splintered throughout the pod, unable to contain the beast any longer. A loud shatter echoed in the lab as Zenta landed on the floor, his pristine fur entirely soaked. There was a long pause before Zenta slowly lifted his head, his visor gone, showing two empty black sockets. Liquid dripped from his cherished fur, and a low growl was heard from the beast, upset that his entire body was soaked. His sights were set directly on Kire as he began to walk towards the human.
“Dad, the beast is highly dangerous!” Jaz said, her voice was in a panic. “I sense incredible bloodlust!”
“Oh shit!” Kire yelped, falling from his chair and scrambling to safety. “Hey, hey! Control your dog!”
“Whoa, whoa! Zenta, it’s okay! He’s a friend!” Avalon frantically waved his arms to calm Zenta. “He helped us!”
“Yeah grandpa!” Asher jumped in, happy to see his grandfather back to normal. The slash wound from Vegetto Black’s sword healed, leaving behind a light scar. “He’s cool!”
“W-Why is the dog so upset?!” Kire said, already hiding behind his desk, as if it would protect him.
“Grandpa really hates getting his fur wet.” Asher laughed. “It’s his biggest peeve.”
“Okay, well, damn! Calm him down…” Kire mumbled, feeling Zenta’s gaze like a knife to his chest. “Jeez…”
“Grandpa, Kire’s going to send us to a Doom lab in the middle of a city filled with bad guys with his daughter. He said he’s got a machine that can bring coins back to life or something. But the lab is guarded by a Yowl and a dude called Darkseid.” Asher said enthusiastically. “It’s going to be so much fun!”
“Kid, you ain’t makin’ me look good when you say it like that…” Kire said before glancing towards the other Breakers. “Let me set you guys up so you can get to Federation City. I modified one of Doom’s gizmos into a portal gun. Now, I can’t put you directly in Fed’ City, you’d be jumped immediately, so I’ll put you just outside where you won’t be spotted.”
Kire held up a cell phone, tossing it into the air for Jaz to catch, plugging herself in.
“Jaz will help you out, guiding you inside, and, hopefully, to my informant. Don’t worry about the battery life on that phone. It’s got about 949 years left before it needs to charge again.” Kire opened a random drawer, digging through some junk before pulling out a handgun modified with Doom’s technology.
With a simple cock of the gun, he fired a bullet that exploded on the wall behind the Breakers, bursting into a neon blue portal. On the other side was the image of massive city walls, gloomy looking and forged of magical stone and steel. The walls reached up so high that it blocked out the sun. The sky was dark, eerie, and full of looming dark clouds. Federation looked like a fortress, a perfect home for any villain. In the center, the city’s capital was located, as were the richer, stronger, and more nefarious villains living in greed. Around the capital were layers, or, rather, sectors of those who lived in the city. The strong remained in the center and the weak remained closer to the walls like fodder. Slum fodder.
However, that was simply the surface…
“Okay, Jaz should be set up in the phone and you guys should be headin’ out. I’ll keep in touch with you guys and help you if you’re in a pinch.” Kire said, taking a seat back in front of his monitor. “Who you wanna tag along with, Jaz?”
The phone came to life, floating in the air and circling each Breaker to examine them. There was a cute face on the screen, always showing Jaz’s emotions. Finally, the phone paused in front of Asher, spinning around him rapidly, the expression smiling and laughing.
“I want to go with him!” Jaz squealed. “He’s cute!”
“No, the fuck he’s not.” Kire muttered under his breath. “Fine, fine! You two look about the same age, sorta. Don’t get any bright ideas, kid, she’s my daughter, my little girl. I will fuck you up if you hurt her. Capeesh?”
"Uhm, yes sir..." Asher cleared his throat, oddly intimidated by a man everyone in the room can kill.
The redhead then turned to the Breakers, gesturing to the portal. “You guys know the mission, so get to it. I don’t caret what you do to Kassava or Darkseid, just get me that lab. Oh, and, take care of my little girl, please.”
