Max: Man, the principal is something else.
Ken: Agreed.
Rose: Yeah...
Ken: We should get into position.
Rose: Yeah.
They made sure to walk to places that ensured that people would not be able to see them through the window. That also meant walking by the bikes.
As they passed by them, Max picked up his skateboard, and Ken picked up Tiffany's bike. Max also noticed that the majority of the bikes were labelled.
He paused for a moment as he looked at the bikes before continuing with the others as the van slowly backed up and came as close to the bikes as possible.
Max had just had a very sudden and interesting idea.
Students inside the building watched the van with curiosity but could not see the three teens hiding behind the bikes.
The van's door opened to the teens, and they all hopped in. Ken first, Rose second and Max last.
Ken: Mission accomplished.
Luke: Yeah...
Rose: Luke. Are you ok?
Luke: Yeah, I'm fine. It's no big deal. Let's just go.
Rose: Alright..
Luke started the vehicle and made for the school exit.
The three of them remained silent for a moment before anything was said. All the while heading for the city centre.
Luke: Alright, so what's the plan?
Tiffany: Oh, right. Ken?
Ken: By my calculations, we should make it there in about 20 minutes.
Tiffany: Twenty minutes?
Ken: I've checked the security cameras. There's hardly a car going in that direction.
Tiffany: I see. Alright. Can you block all the video and audio transmission in that area?
Ken: Already on it. I've so far set up about 412 fire walls to ensure that not a single person will be able to open even a phone in that area.
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Max: Woah.
He didn't quite know what or how firewalls worked. But he knew that 412 was a big number.
Max: How'd you do that?
Ken: I did it remotely. Of course, it will get easier the closer I get, but, for now, 412 should suffice.
Max: Alright.
Ken: While we're on the subject of espionage... Luke, we'll need to disguise the van.
Luke: Hmph. Understood. Go on ahead.
Ken: Right. Rose?
Rose: Yeah.
Ken: Do you have cosmetics by any chance?
Rose: Well, yeah, of course.
Rose handed over her bag, and Ken grabbed a bunch of cosmetics and started using his powers to cool, mix, and heat them together with the water in his bottle.
Max looked on with intense curiosity.
Max: Woah. What are you doing?
Ken: Creating something of fake and temporary paint.
Max: Huh?
Ken held on to the "paint" in a small bowl from his backpack. It was a black and red colour.
Max: Woah.
Ken: Max, I'll need you to paint the whole van with this. And also, remove the license plate.
Max: Huh?
Ken: With your super speed, of course.
Max: Right, right...
Max grabbed the bottle, and Luke slowed down and stopped the van in a somewhat empty spot while Max zipped around the van, painting the van in a black and red colour.
Max came back in, handing the license plate to Ken.
Max: Done. And may I say that it is quite the masterpiece.
Rose giggled.
Ken: Heh. We'll be the judge of that.
Luke started the van again. He looked out side to see that he had pained the van black with a red stripe on ths side
Luke: Alright then. Let's go.
They all nodded affirmatively as Luke drove the van towards their destination.
Tiffany: Alright, with that said and done, Ken, what's the situation over there.
Ken: 160 casualties and / or deaths. A few ambulances as well as policemen are still in the vicinity.
Tiffany: Hmph. We'll need to get them out of there somehow.
Ken: According to reports, there are still civillians in the vicinity of X-corp.
Tiffany: Great......
Ken: Going in guns blazing will attract too much attention and put too many lives at risk.
Tiffany: I see.
Tiffany sighed heavily. She had an idea but did not want to do it.
They were closing in. Several cars were driving away while them and them alone were driving in the direction of the chaos.
Several drivers noticed them for only a moment.
Ken: We'll need...
Tiffany: I get it.
Ken: Hmm?
Tiffany took a deep breath. She really didn't want to do this.
Tiffany: Max, could you go cut ahead of us and clear out all the civilians?
Max: Huh?
Tiffany took another deep breath.
Tiffany: We need your skills, Max.
Rose winced in surprise. She did not expect her to change her mind about letting Max participate in missions so easily.
Tiffany: We need you to cut ahead and take as many people from that area as possible so we can get in there and destroy those robots.
Max was stunned for a moment before agreeing.
Max: Yeah, I got this.
Rose: Yay, Max. You've got this.
Max: Hmph.
Tiffany: But before you go. You'll need a disguise.
Max: Huh.
Tiffany: If you slow down and someone sees your face, it could mean trouble. Luke?
Luke: Yeah.
He opened the compartment in his car, and a bunch of masks came out.
Max: Huh?
Luke: Like I said. This ain't our first rodeo.