At night, Kiara was at a wildlife refuge with her brothers. They were exploring when they suddenly spotted an alligator and snapped some pics of it as soon as possible before leaving. Dante snapped a picture of a Florida Cottonmouth while Manlio managed to get a Giant Swallowtail. While they were getting pictures, they were being watched by Zoocreeper. "This is almost too easy."
Corbin was at an expensive party eating meatballs and admiring the decorations. He felt a tap on his shoulder and looked behind him only to see his cousin. "Hey cuz. How's the party?" asked Irene. "Great. I'm really amazed by the decorations used. Who would've thought that hex flowers could really pop out like that. Seriously, I actually question what Mom's parties were like before she and Alvin became business partners. Though, I'm a little hurt they didn't ask me to be entertainment. My trumpet skills would've blown them away." They both laughed. "I'm glad you showed up. Aunt Agatha was worried you'd start missing her parties because of your job." said Irene. "Well, that might end up happening at some point, but not now." said Corbin.
Just then, someone else tapped on his shoulder. Corbin looked behind and saw an old man. "Hey dad." said Corbin. He turned around and hugged his dad. "I hope you're enjoying the party, kiddos." "Unless the Earth itself decided to just take me away, nothing could ruin this night." said Corbin. "How did you let someone get behind you without your realizing twice? Shouldn't the Convocation have prepared you for that?" asked Irene. "That's only effective when I'm in a combat or high-stress situation, not during a lavish party."
Inside a nightclub sat a man in a booth surrounded by many women. One man in a fancy suit walked up to him. "Good to see that The Governor is still in business." said the man. "You say that like I should be scared to be here." "Well, word on the street is that your friends are getting cleaned up one by one. You don't think they might come for you?" The Governor took a glass of wine and began to drink from it. "Look, I'm not afraid of some Convocation Boogeyman. That's all it is. We've achieved something that not even Rossi could pull off. Now then, I imagine you didn't simply come here to warn me. Which one do you want?" "The ginger one. I want me a piece of that." "You heard the man. Do whatever he wants." The Governor gave the woman over to the man and proceeded to finish his wine cup.
The next day, Corbin walked into the room and only saw Andrew inside going over some reports. "Good, you're here. Follow me." Andrew left the room and Corbin followed suite. They ended up at the recreation center where they saw Justin and Ciro playing table tennis. Ciro proceeded to hit the ball slightly upwards in a way that the other man was incapable of deflecting in a perfect way. As a result, the ball hit the net, giving the left man a point. "Aw yeah. Totally expected." said Ciro. "That's fine. Truth be told, I'm gladder I lasted as long as I did." said Paul.
They heard their table being knocked on by Andrew, who extended his arm. "Hello, gentlemen. Mind if we get a game in?" "Sure, but don't expect the win to come easy." "Uhh, guys. Maybe I'm only saying this because I'm a rookie but is it wise to be playing table tennis while on the job?" asked Corbin. "Relax bro. It's not like SoFlo's in danger 24/7. Besides, if you let yourself get too stressed, how are you gonna be able to focus on the job?" asked Ciro. "I suppose that makes sense. Still, you're the champ of table tennis? I'd like to test that." Corbin took the paddle from Justin and smiled as he was about to face Ciro. "Hey, where's Lucas and Dawn?" asked Corbin. "They're currently doing some training right now. I think they want to prepare for when they have to face Person." said Justin. "Since we already did our training, we're just relaxing right now." said Ciro.
Alvin was walking in his building and entered into a room full of scientists working on a handgun where he spotted and walked up to a man. "Curtis, how's progress here?" "It's going well. Pretty soon, this device will be capable of halving the potency of a Dominant Magian's Factor." said Curtis. "I'm glad to hear that." said Alvin. "Look, sir. I have to ask. Is this device really necessary? I thought you wanted to use the company to help people." said Curtis. "I am. Once these are in the right hands, so many people's lives will be improved." said Alvin. Alvin proceeded to walk out the room. "Are you sure this is for the sake of many lives or just one?" asked Curtis. Alvin stopped in his tracks.
Andrew was watching Corbin play against Ciro when he received a text from Kiara. "Sorry guys, I'll have to go. Lupa's got some info on a new enforcer to take down." said Andrew. Corbin was about to deflect the ball when he heard that. "Wait, really? Ok, I'm coming with you." "No, no. Stay here. It's fine." Andrew left and found Natalia in the break room about to warm up her food. "Hey. Before you start that, Lupa notified us about a new target. Wanna help me?" "Of course. But what about Corbin?" "Ah, he's getting to know The Colony. Can't cut that short." said Andrew. "Very well. Let's go."
The Governor was inside the Coconut Creek Community Center where he spotted a man playing pool and went to join him. "Hello. My name is Lloyd Prebble. Mind if I play? You seem to be alone." The man made an inviting gesture and Lloyd joined him, setting up the balls to be hit by the man. "I'm sorry, I didn't catch your name. Who are you?" "My name is Keith Quinn. I must say it's a pleasure to meet you." "I see. And what's your occupation?" "I'm the president of the Seminole Casino." "Really? I happen to work as the owner of a nightclub in Deerfield. it's called Spark Up." "How interesting. I'd like to see your nightclub some day."
Corbin was playing table tennis with Ciro. They kept deflecting the ball until Ciro failed to hit the ball, allowing Corbin a point. "No way. You're actually really good." said Ciro. Just then, Kiara walked in. "Hey, Lupa." said Corbin. "I see you're enjoying yourself. How about you come with me? I'm gonna try to track down Caesar Rossi." "Who's Caesar Rossi?" asked Corbin. "He's apparently the son of the crime boss, Abramo Rossi. I want to see what information he can provide us on Pardus. Apparently, these two have a history." said Kiara. "Where do we start?" asked Corbin. "Miami." asked Kiara.
Lloyd and Keith played a few games of pool and seemed to be enjoying each other. "Hey, can we go outside? I'd like to talk business with you near the lake." "Sure." They went outside and went to the lake view. As soon as they reached their destination, Keith's left foot was trapped in a dome of energy. Keith looked down and was worried about his predicament. "Alright, listen well. My boss wants ownership of your Casino. You're a businessman which means you should possess some level of intelligence. Make the smart call, Quinn." "I thought we could've been friends. I can't believe you!" "The foremost goal of any business should be success. And how you achieve it doesn't matter. I mean, come on. At least I was willing to be nice." "You have a twisted sense of the word 'nice.'"
Natalia and Andrew pulled up to the Coconut Creek Community Center. She took out her phone to track down the location of the phone of the criminal and followed it, spotting Lloyd and Keith. Lloyd noticed both of them and got an idea, placing the barrier on his left foot. "Please tell me you're Convocation agents. This man has lured me out here and captured me. See, he put this energy barrier around my foot." Keith was surprised by what he was hearing. "What, no! He's the one who did all that to me. This man is just trying to deceive you."
Andrew stroked his chin, pondering who was right. He formed a gun in his hand and was about to fire when it was grabbed by Natalia. "What are you doing?" asked Natalia. "Figuring out the liar." He aimed at Lloyd and fired. However, an energy shield blocked the attack. "Damn you! You blocked his attack to make it seem like I'm the one who tried to defend myself." "You outrageous phony! Hey, once you figure out the truth, I hope you teach this con artist a good lesson!" "You took the words out of my mouth, you scumbag."
"Shoot. I was gonna down both of them so we could interrogate them back at the base." said Andrew. Natalia started getting irked over not being able to tell who was the enforcer. However, she got a revelation and decided to call the phone number and heard it coming from Lloyd's pocket. "That's interesting. I just made a call to the enforcer I was tracking. See, thanks to Scarecrow, we know your phone numbers. And since no enforcer was aware of that, it isn't like the enforcer simply put his phone on his victim, which means it must be you."
Lloyd scowled and put away the barrier, ready to fight. "You know, I work as a pimp. Why not work for me instead? You'd make a lot of bank with that pretty little face of yours. I'll even give you all of the necessary training." said Lloyd. "As if I'd work for a two-faced sleazebag like you. I simply have far too dignity to lower myself to such a humiliating position." said Natalia. "Whether you want to or not is utterly irrelevant. Do you really think someone like me cares about that kind of stuff? I thought being nice would make it easier, but clearly not. Oh well."
Natalia created fire gauntlets and ran in to punch him. Andrew hardened his fists and ran to assist her. However, he didn't move at all. Instead, Natalia's fire gauntlet completely disappeared and both agents were stopped. He surrounded his hand in kinetic energy and proceeded to push him and slap her, staggering her and drawing some blood from her mouth. "That right there proves there's no difference between you and all my other bitches." He proceeded to surround Keith in a force field, trapping him. "If any of you try to stop me, I will kill him." "Yeah, right. If that were true, you would've done it already." said Keith. "Don't you think you're talking a little too much for someone who's life can be decided on a whim?" "Please, you need me alive to give your boss my casino."
"Be careful, I think he can absorb kinetic energy. When I connected with him, it felt as if my punch just completely stopped. It's almost like a football once its been caught by a receiver." said Andrew. "Don't worry about it. We'll still find a way to defeat him." said Natalia. Andrew stretched out his hand and wrapped it around his face, suffocating him. In response, Lloyd generated kinetic energy around the area, causing Andrew to let go. "Woah. It feels like high motion particles are just bouncing uncontrollably around."
Lloyd caused an explosion to happen near Keith's leg, injuring him. "I may not be able to kill him, but I don't think he'd appreciate the many other terrible things I can do to him as a result of your continued defiance. You're going to work for me from now on, got it? Otherwise, he'll suffer the consequences of your actions." "Don't listen to this degenerate. If he can't kill me, then what happens to me is irrelevant as long you beat this prick." "He's right. We just need to defeat him and then this'll all be over." said Natalia. "You have such a childish view of the world. But don't worry. I'll mature you up real good."
Natalia surrounded him in a tornado of fire. "The way heat works is that it's the result of high-moving particles. That means heat is both potential and kinetic energy. Which also means you're easily capable of absorbing it. The question is how much?" asked Natalia. Lloyd started to feel overwhelmed by the amount of kinetic energy inside him. "Get ready to protect." said Natalia. Lloyd fired all that energy into a beam at Natalia, but Andrew blocked it by hardening his entire body. He was alive, but seriously in pain. Lloyd could barely stand as a result of releasing all of that energy at once. Natalia walked up to him and delivered a slap to his face, knocking him out.
After the fight, Natalia healed Andrew. "You ok, tough guy?" "Yeah. To be honest, I'm really glad I chose you to tag along. Even if doing that brought back painful memories." Natalia helped Andrew up. Since he was unconscious, Keith was no longer surrounded by the force field and Natalia healed his injury as well. "Ow, that really hurts!" "I'm sorry, but this is simply how my Factor functions. You're a rather brave man." "Well, it's not like it's the first time I've spoken with someone of the Mafia." "What does that mean?" asked Andrew.
"Many years ago, a man by the name of Abramo Rossi wanted to work alongside two casinos: The Seminole Hard Rock Casino and Hotel and the Seminole Casino. Both us presidents, however, declined. We didn't want to be engaged or associated with criminal activity. Now from what I've heard, Rossi's long dead so whoever ordered this must be trying to pick up where he left off." "I hope he hasn't attacked the other president. Do you have his phone number?" asked Natalia. "Of course. Here it is." He showed them his phone displaying his phone number. "I thought the enforcers we dealt with were just doing regular crimes. Now they're trying to take over casinos?" asked Natalia. "It's possible that these enforcers have more specific duties compared to the ones we've dealt with. Thank you for your assistance, sir." said Andrew.
Corbin and Alvin were enjoying dinner prepared by Ernest. "Say, do you need any help?" asked Alvin. "Not really. Kiara and I found a man named Caesar Rossi." "You mean like Abramo Rossi?" asked Ernest. "Yes. He's got useful knowledge regarding Pardus and is gonna give it to us tomorrow." "Just be careful, okay? If he's the son of a Mafia boss, he's likely either dangerous or untrustworthy." said Alvin. "Wouldn't be the first time I've dealt with an untrustworthy bastard. It'd just be the first time I know what I'm getting into." said Corbin.
At night, inside the office of a car wash sat Zoocreeper as he made a call to Pardus. "Hello, boss. I've got really good news for you."