Hey Guys, I am very sorry I haven't updated for almost 2 weeks because of being busy in school, and an upcoming poster of my new The Bad Guys story. I hope you'll like this new chapter. This chapter is part 2 of Hornet's story of joining the Bad Guys, and how he became to be at this time. Good luck!
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Intro
Mr. Wolf: Yeah! I'm bad!
Mr. Snake: You're bad!
Ms. Tarantula: He's bad!
Mr. Hornet: She's bad!
Mr. Piranha: We're bad!
Mr. Shark: Who's bad?
The Bad Guys: Yeah!
We're the Bad Guys!
The next day, in the afternoon, as Hornet just sat down in the vent while hugging his favorite stuffed swan, all alone, he could hear the Bad Guys' conversation at their dining table.
"I'm sorry, Wolf, but I don't think Hornet is good enough to be part of the team," Snake said.
Hornet crawled towards the opening really slowly, and listened to them.
"Come on, Snake, he's still a rookie. He's new to this," Wolf told him.
"So, he did a foolish thing in our last heist, but nobody's perfect. Not even me," Shark admitted.
"He's trying, and that's what matters. Some people got bored in their old job, and wanted to do something new, like what Hornet did. He's still one of us," Tarantula added as Hornet smiled after hearing two of his friends standing up for him, despite the results of his recent actions at their last heist. Tarantula then turned to Piranha, who was slouching on his seat with his arms crossed, "Right, Piranha?"
"Right?" Shark inquired.
"Well..." Piranha sounded like he had other opinions.
This made Hornet, who was still listening from the air vent, Shark, and Tarantula gasp in shock when they noticed that Piranha had different thoughts about his new friend.
"Hey look, don't get me wrong! Of course I understand Hornet was trying..." Piranha explained where he stopped in mid-sentence.
"But?" Tarantula asked.
Piranha then admitted, "But, I don't know. We never failed a heist before. I don't want to be mad at Hornet for not being the best at being a Bad Guy like us. I mean, I got used to us succeeding before we had him, I..."
"That's because he's not a Bad Guy!" Wolf shouted while slamming his paws on the table.
Having heard this painful statement from Wolf, Hornet became even more shocked, heartbroken, and depressed. He hasn't felt this feeling before since the other hornets of his hive abandoned him to die. He quietly flew deeper into the vent system, and put his left arm against his tearful eyes.
Wolf then added, right after Hornet left the opening, preventing him to hear more about the conversation, "Not yet, anyway. He's brand new to this. You've got to give him time to figure out who he wants to be, and how he fits into this crew."
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Later at night, when all the Bad Guys fell asleep, Hornet quietly flew out of the vent, and watched his friends sleeping soundly. Hornet was devastated. It was confirmed by them that he's not a Bad Guy at all like them. He made himself different from them, like how different he was in his colony; being the nicest and friendliest murder hornet there is, and with the Bad Guys, he wasn't a criminal like them. He didn't know where he belonged anymore. He tried his best to fit in with the Bad Guys, but he wasn't sure if he could fit into the whole world.
"I'm not sure if I'll ever fit in," Hornet sniffed while hugging himself, "If I don't fit in and let them down, they'll kick me out in the streets. I'll be alone again."
Hornet flew to the window to look at the starry sky. It was cold and dark outside. If the Bad Guys hadn't taken him in, he would be out there. He looked back to his sleepy friends. Seeing them made him realize as long as he was around, they would be in big trouble.
"No..." Hornet snapped out of his thoughts, "I can't let that happen again. I have to make it up to them. I have to make things right for them."
Hornet quickly wore his helmet, and quietly opened the window that gives a small gap for Hornet to squeeze out. He looked back to his friends, and said quietly, "Sorry about this, guys. But I'm only doing this to earn back your trust," Hornet then squeezed himself through the gap, and successfully flew out of the window before flying away.
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Hornet flew all over the city to look for perfect banks to steal. He looked around for half an hour, and he found one. Hornet used the ventilation system to get into the bank instead of taking the front door. He was known as the newest member of the Bad Guys now, so he has to be careful. Using the ventilation shaft was easy for Hornet to get inside the bank. Using his helmet, he got a chance to snap the photos of the blueprints that the Bad Guys kept for planning for the next heists. He found a match after sliding the other ones, and followed the blueprint of the vents like a map. He could locate the safe of the bank, so he followed his map.
When he arrived, Hornet flew down from the opening of the vent, and he was now in front of a giant safe. Hornet congratulated himself by clapping his hands, and flew towards it. He tried to figure out how to get into this safe, until he found a tiny hole that might fit him. Hornet quickly squeezed himself to fit into the hole, and shook his body to slip in. When he popped in, there he could see the safe kept a whole pile of money and gold. It was like a treasure hunt for Horne,t and he got the jackpot. He'll finally repay the Bad Guys for taking him in. Hornet pulled out a small bag, and dove into the pile. Hornet started to pick up coins one by one, and put them into the bag.
"Oooh, the guys are gonna be so happy!" Hornet squealed as he kept digging," Unbeknownst to him, Hornet was watched by a security camera behind him, "Ooh, a quarter," Hornet found a quarter, and put it into the bag.
The security camera then zoomed in, and he was live at the monitors.
Minutes later, seeing how full his bag was, Hornet thought that would be enough to steal money for his friends, "Perfect!" Hornet closed the bag, and lifted it up with him. It was a little heavy though, but he couldn't let his size stop him now. But then, the room was flashing red, and the alarm was heard really loud, "Uh-oh!"
Then, he heard loud banging noises from the safe's door, until the door was kicked open by the chief of police with her fellow cops behind her.
"A-ha! There you are, you little bee!" Chief Luggins shouted.
"I'm a hornet!" Hornet yelled.
Chief Luggins didn't care as she commanded the other cops, "Get him!"
When two of the cops ran in, Hornet used his flight to avoid getting caught by the two cops. They tried to grab him, but he kept slipping away.
"Ha-ha! Miss me!" Hornet laughed.
He continued to keep the cops busy chasing him, until both cops accidentally bumped into each other. Hornet laughed loudly as he thought he could taste freedom, but was grabbed by the large gloved hand of the chief of police.
"Gotcha!" Chief Luggins grinned
Hornet tried to squirm as he struggled to break free, "Let me go! Let me go!" Even with or without the glove, Hornet has no guts to sting her. He wanted to prove he was not a murder hornet that everybody thought of him
"So, you're the new Bad Guy, huh? Well, too bad you got captured on your first crime alone. You know, I have a special jail for you," Chief Luggins chuckled as Hornet gulped nervously.
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The next morning, Piranha was up early to cook breakfast for his friends, but he noticed someone was missing. When the rest of the Bad Guys finished their morning routines after waking up, he greeted them.
"Buenos Dias, chicos! Have you seen Hornet? I haven't seen him this morning. He didn't come for breakfast."
"No, I haven't seen him either," Wolf answered.
"Now that you think about it, I haven't seen him since last night," Tarantula said.
"Do you think he... left?" Shark asked worriedly.
While the Bad Guys looked worried, Snake wasn't, and he didn't care about the insect as he mumbled, "Good riddance."
But his friends heard him, and scolded loudly, "Snake!"
Snake turned around to face his friends, and declared, "What? That bug did nothing but trouble."
"Well, that bug might be a little misguided, but his heart's in the right place. He's trying, Snake. He wanted to be part of this team. You should give him a chance," Wolf said.
"Why should I give him a chance?" Snake asked.
"Because... it's the exact same thing you gave us when we joined the team," Shark recalled.
Snake remembered how he used to be strict with the other Bad Guys when he was just him and Wolf. He wasn't used to rookies and newcomers, but when he gave himself time to get used to the new guys and know them even better, he became nicer to them. And then, he treated Hornet unfairly.
"Boys, look!" Tarantula interrupted them as she watched the TV on the couch. The guys rushed to their couches to watch the news on TV.
Tiffany Fluffit was on-screen to report the latest news, "This Tiffany Fluffit reporting to you the exclusive news that the newest member of the Bad Guys, Mr. Hornet, had been captured last night while he was caught red-handed stealing coins from a bank. Right now, he was taken to Los Angeles County Jail for further investigation," the screen then showed Hornet taking mugshots, and the video footage of him in a jar locked into a prison cell.
"We need to save Hornet!" Piranha suggested.
"After he got himself captured that way? No way!" Snake scoffed, refusing to follow this idea.
"Come on, Snake, we have to take him out of jail," Shark insisted
"And this is another question: Why should have to break him out of jail when he foolishly robbed a bank on his own in the middle of the night without our permission?" Sanek asked while staring at Wolf, demanding an answer from him
Wolf took a deep breath, and answered, "Because, Snake, he's one of us. He's a member of this team. He's a Bad Guy."
Then Tarantula added, "And we Bad Guys have to stick together and look out for each other. Hornet had been doing this since he became part of the team and that's what we're doing."
Snake didn't like where this was going. He might be really bad, but he never left his teammates behind. And since Hornet was part of the team, then he was counted as one of the Bad Guys that Snake have to look out for
Snake slapped his face with his tail, feeling defeated, "Ugh! Fine! But don't give me too much credit for this," Shark, Piranha, and Tarantula cheered and laughed as the Bad Guys headed to the elevator before Snake muttered, "And after we save Hornet, I'm gonna kill him."
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Mr. Wolf not-so-innocently whistled his way as he walked towards the receptionist's office at the police station. He was already decked in full white, but he placed on a fedora and sunglasses to hide at least half of his facial looks so that he wouldn't get arrested on the spot. Arriving at the desk, he rang the bell and the receptionist looked up.
She looked up. "Hi there. How can I help you?"
"Oh, why thank you, mate," said Wolf in an Australian accent, not bothering to make it charming. "I'm here to send a little pascal to my new friend Mr. Hornet."
He lifted down his sunglasses to reveal his golden eyes and opened his mouth to show some of his sharp teeth.
Though, the receptionist didn't seem fazed when she realized that she was talking to a Wolf.
"And what is this gift you want to send him?" she asked dumbly.
Wolf just grinned and placed a present down on the desk. Curiously, the receptionist lifted it up to inspect...and the lid popped upon to reveal Tarantula. She jumped right on top of the stunned receptionist.
"Give me a kiss," she hissed.
And the receptionist fainted just like this.
"Wow," said Wolf. "She's out cold. You really do freak everyone else, don't you?"
"Yep," said Tarantula, jumping back onto his shoulder. "Always have..."
"Is that our cue to come in?" called Snake's voice.
"Yep! Come in, boys!"
Shark, Snake, and Piranha entered, finding that the room was already clear. There weren't that many visitors around, so they wouldn't be called immediately.
"Man, I could have been the guy in disguise," complained Shark. "It would be less violent that way!"
"But we all agreed on my idea of breaking and entering!" pointed out Piranha. "I flipped the coin fair and square."
"Yep," said Snake, pulling something out from the back of his shirt. "Secondly, I was called by another criminal last week. She needed me to test this out..."
Two flash ball guns. Complete with straps covered in smoke and cheese projectiles. And the weapons were custom-made! Painted in black and orange. Fitting for them.
"Ohohohoho!" laughed Wolf as he picked up one of the guns like a little boy getting his Christmas present. "Okay, this looks much better than using a real handgun."
"Will these types of ammo be enough to help fight our way to Hornet?" asked Tarantula.
"Not sure," said Snake, swinging the second one around. "But that's why they need to be tested. Though, should have enough power to knock a person out with the right aim."
"Let's find out then," said Wolf.
"Hopefully we don't kill anyone," said Shark casually.
"Now let's save Hornet!" squealed Piranha.
The Bad Guys made their way through the detector, already beeping at the presence of unauthorized personnel, finding that none of the cops were alerted about the receptionist fainting. Two police cops were just standing there on their lunch break already. They could only look in surprise as Wolf pointed his gun at him.
"Hi there, boys," he said.
BOOM!
It was really effective. The cop found himself shot in hot, stinky cheese. It covered him from head to toe, causing him to slip onto the floor. Worse, it was hardening, so it became harder to move around. The cop quickly tried to attack, but Snake came in to swing his gun right underneath his chin, knocking him out.
As the two casually got rid of the empty projectile and added in new ones for their guns, Tarantula grabbed one of the projectiles and tore the lid off with her teeth like it was a grenade.
"Everybody panic!" she yelled, tossing it right in front of the Bad Guys.
Those who were in the meeting rooms were given the fright of their lives when an orange smoke exploded and filled the entire hallway. Laughing at this, Piranha grabbed two projectiles and ran right through the smoke. On the other end, he found many of the workers in suits quickly taking the emergency exits. His real targets were the police cops seeing through the chaos.
One police cop tried to grab him, but he quickly kicked him back. He took his police baton, whacking him several times in the leg. He then leaped upwards and swung the baton right across the cop's face. Another cop ran in, but Piranha whacked him in the groin. Twice. And then a high jump in the air before landing on the other and opening his teeth towards the cop's delicate booty.
Shark rushed through the smoke to find the cop screaming ladylike as he was bitten. He quickly ducked when one cop arrived and tried to fire on him. Shark quickly grabbed onto the cops' hands, pushing the gun's aim away as he fired two times. Cutting the knot, Shark just bit off the gun's barrel and grabbed the cop's arm to quickly swing behind him. He then kicked the cop right in the leg to distract him before throwing him upwards.
Meanwhile, Wolf, Snake, and Tarantula hanging onto Wolf's shoulder were having the time of their lives testing their video game shooting skills. As they came through the orange smoke, they found many more cops charging in from behind Shark and Piranha. Wolf fired one projectile that just hit the cop in the forehead with hardened play-doh Snake fired one projectile at a cop, emitting orange confetti to knock the guy out.
Though, the cop Wolf fired didn't back then. He tried rushing in to take a swing with his baton at Wolf. However, he ducked and, Tarantula finished the job by throwing another projectile right at the cop's face. The cop fell unconscious upon feeling the really heavy explosion of orange paint on his forehead.
One cop was running toward them and Wolf lifted his gun up to fire him at the chest. An explosion of orange confetti, thankfully it didn't break the clothes or skin, caused the cop to fly around in a circle before crashing onto his chest. Snake quickly tripped a cop that appeared out of nowhere before shooting him in the chest to send him flying right into a window.
A cop hiding in a room tried to grab Wolf by the ends of his gun. Wolf was briefly distracted, feeling the gun pressed against his throat. However, he quickly swung around and grabbed the cop's hand, giving him a kiss on the hand. That was when he swung the cop over his shoulder and let hitting the ground finish the job.
One cop pounced on Snake, though when on the ground, he quickly wrapped himself around the cop before resting on the back. Looking up, he pointed his gun to shoot at another charging cop, sending him swimming away by the slippery cheese. Snake quickly finished the job by spinning the cop around, leaving him dazed.
There was only one more cop in their sight.
And he was already cowering.
"So long, sucker!" barked Wolf.
The cop turned away, trying to run into the smoke. But not before Snake fired one last time at the cop's bottom and sent him landing on the floor in humiliating, covered in orange paint.
With the cops dealt with, the Bad Guys found another room packed with people. Might as well start asking questions. They got in with Wolf and Snake lifting up their guns as a warning.
"Where can we find Mr. Hornet?" asked Wolf.
No reply from any of the shocked people.
Snake snorted before firing, sending another worker to the ground in a humiliating heap of cheese.
Wolf clicked his gun, only to hear the empty clicking. He groaned. They all ran out of projectiles with only one Snake had.
"Cell twenty-one!" blurted out a cop, looking unfit to fight.
Snake kept his gun at the cop while Wolf made his way to the cop. He pulled the card from his shirt pocket and patted his hand.
"Thank you, sweetheart," he said. "Don't worry about us for now."
With the access card with them, the Bad Guys started to make their way out of the room. Though, Snake stopped at one point, finding a promotional poster of a young teen of Asian descent with turquoise-dyed hair and golden eyes. Snake's response was to shoot the poster, covering it in black sludge.
"Hey!" whined Tarantula, "That guy was one of the greatest authors to write a good story based on a Sonic game!"
Snake wrinkled his nose as he kept his gun. "TT's first 'Forces United' story published was cringe."
"And that was the last of the ammo," said Wolf mournfully, passing his gun to Snake.
"Hey, chill, man," said Shark. "We won't need it anyway."
"You're still not sure with all that fighting?" asked Piranha. "But it was really fun!"
"Yeah, but we have to be quick now," said Wolf. "Otherwise we wouldn't be armed against the rest of the police."
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The Bad Guys finally made their way right to where the prison facilities should be. Closer to the criminals where they were locked up until they were sent to court. They were surprised that there weren't any security guards guarding the place, but this meant that they were lucky. Though, there was a door between them since they were already in the security room while the prison room was on the other side.
"Okay," said Wolf. "This should be the place. Webs, do your thing."
"Got it," said Tarantula.
She hopped right onto a table that seemed to control the technology and security around in this area. Her laptop was already set up, so she was able to get right into the security system of this police station entirely. However, once she tried to get into trying to unlock the prison cells, there was a loud beep nearby her.
A large 'ACCESS DENIED' symbol was on the monitor next to her.
"What's going on there?" asked Snake.
"It's not letting me in!" said Tarantula.
"I think you have to do this more manually," said Shark.
"Try turning this thing on and off again!" suggested Piranha.
Tarantula was already trying to press the right buttons on the panel. However, all she got was the same 'ACCESS DENIED' message on the screen. Continued to play out million times as she angrily flipped every switch, button, and code she could use. It eventually dissolved into her banging her small fists out of sheer frustration.
"Oh come on!" she yelled. "How come this place is already secured?!"
"Oh, just let me do this, chica!" Piranha gently shoved Tarantula aside, and tried to smash the panel with his bare fins. He then grabbed a bat, and smashed the panel with it.
It didn't work with more "ACCESS DENIED" messages appearing on the screen. Piranha swung more and hardly on the panel as sparks went flying and a loud siren rang, a symbol of approval. The door leading to the prison room opened.
"Huh," said Wolf, smiling. "Flawless!"
"Not really," pointed out Shark.
"Let's just quickly grab that bug before anything worse happens," snarled Snake.
As if on cue, the security monitor slowly broke down and it led to unleashing of the sprinklers. It went at the same time as haunting hard rock music played from the speakers when the Bad Guys were about to enter.
They exchanged looks of annoyance, bothered by the rain pouring in and the music playing. Piranha and Shark weren't complaining too much while Snake held onto his hat in hopes that it would protect him from catching a cold. Tarantula held onto Shark, hoping to not get swept away by the water. Wolf looked really upset, but he swallowed it up and adjusted his suit.
They entered the prison room and were greeted by a loud cry of screaming and yelling from the jail cells. Some of the inmates were surprised by the Bad Guys' presence, but most of them had a history with them in the past before.
"Wait, what the-?!"
"You!"
"He stole my car!"
"She crashed my computer!"
Wolf raised his hands up in defense, trying to calm down the rowdy inmates. "Don't mind us. Just robbing this place.
"Hey! Mr. Snake! I'm the reason I'm here!"
"You killed my sandwich!"
"Come over here right now, buddy!"
Ignoring the yelling from the inmates, the Bad Guys found Hornet resting in a jar in his own jail cell. Hornet lifted his head up and he gasped, surprised to see them here with him.
"W-What?!" he said. "How-?"
"We don't have much time," said Tarantula, taking one of Snake's custom keys he brought along. "We're getting you out of here."
"But...why?"
"We don't leave one of our own behind," said Wolf firmly, looking back in case any guards came in.
"Their choice, not mine," grumbled Snake.
And then, the locking system broke loose when the loud guitar riffs came in from the speakers.
A loud beep through the room and the jail cell doors immediately opened. Hornet's jail door opened as well. But unfortunately, so did the others. Once it came to the Bad Guys that the damage they did wreck a lot of things, they found themselves swarmed by the slowly advancing portion of inmates. All nursing grudges against them.
Wolf gulped, putting his hands up in the air 'innocently'. Snake was nearly frozen in spot, but he slowly turned to the inmates. Shark was nearly still and Piranha was about to unleash a frenzy. Though, Tarantula got to Hornet and grabbed his hand.
"Take him outside please, Webs," asked Wolf politely.
One of the inmates was already speaking. "Snake, you-"
Quickly, Snake curled himself around one of the cells' bars and slammed his tail right into the inmate's throat. Two times before tackling him to the ground. One inmate tried to rush in, but Snake quickly turned around and swung his body, enough to slam right into the inmate's face. And hard enough that it sent the inmate flying in the air.
The rest of the boys quickly got into business with fighting against the other incoming inmates.
Wolf tried to push aside one inmate, but he grabbed him by his jacket end. Taking this as an advantage, Wolf playfully wrapped the inmate with his jacket before spinning around and landing a jab right in the face to send the inmate falling back. One inmate tried to jump right on top of him, but he quickly grabbed them and swirled them around like they were his dancing partner before tossing him right towards another jail cell.
"Oooookay, we should go!" said Tarantula, grabbing Hornet by the hand.
Hornet wasn't moving since he was in awe of how the Bad Guys could fight. Tarantula couldn't blame him. This was probably one of the few times she saw her friends get into combat like this, so it was amazing seeing how they were capable of defending themselves. She was still learning how to fight during that time, but she could take a few lessons from what she saw.
The pouring rain around them and the slightly flooded floor could teach them a lesson as well on how to fight in any kind of environment.
Piranha was onto one inmate. One grabbed him, but he pulled back his arm so hard that he pulled him down to the floor. Piranha then swung the unconscious body around to trip over the charging inmates before tossing the body right at another charging inmate.
Nearby, Shark quickly slammed a jail door right into another inmate. Seeing this, Piranha hopped right onto the door to swing around before falling into an incoming inmate's hands. As if doing a dance, he threw him down to the ground, becoming victorious. Shark followed up by quickly grabbing another incoming inmate and throwing them to the side before they could harm Piranha.
The boys looked up to see Tarantula and Hornet getting through the emergency door.
There was only one more inmate.
Wolf and Snake exchanged nods and the former grabbed onto the latter, spinning him like a lasso. When close, Wolf whipped Snake right at the inmate, wrapping him around. He pulled the inmate close to him before playfully flicking his nose. At this, Snake unwrapped himself and the inmate went spinning before crashing into the wall.
The male members of the Bad Guys got back up and ran towards the emergency door, still hearing the rain pouring and hard rock music playing in the background. It was near the end of the song, so they could hear the singer screaming. But there was also another screaming and that wasn't coming from the speakers.
Looks like they have to get out of there before the cops could catch up.
"Nice one, Snake."
"It's a new trick I'm working on."
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Just then, when the four arrived outside, they noticed that Tarantula and Hornet didn't move for a bit when they were frozen in terror as they looked forward. The rest of the Bad Guys looked up to see Chief Luggins holding her gun that was pointing at them.
"You!" Chief Luggins snarled.
"You!" Wolf growled.
"Step away from the insect!" Chief Luggins demanded while Tarantula was still holding Hornet tightly.
While the other male Bad Guys had their hands, and tail in Snake's case, up, Wolf got a chance to glance down at a nearby brick next to his shoe. This gave the canine an idea. He slowly lowered down, and held the brick in one paw.
Chief Luggins noticed this, and yelled while still pointing her gun at the gang, "Drop it!"
"The brick?" Wolf glanced at the brick he was holding before smirking, "Sure." He threw the brick up in the air as Wolf made a cartwheel, having his one foot kick the brick he threw, and it hit the chief's face, knocking her unconscious.
The other Bad Guys gaped at Wolf's moves at the chief as Tarantula quickly crawled away while carrying Hornet as it was her chance to escape.
"Wow, hermano, I never knew you could do that!" Piranha exclaimed.
"There are things that you don't know about me yet, Piranha," Wolf fixed up his suit as the rest proceeded to run off.
The Bad Guys finally arrived at the car when Tarantula was already inside. The male Bad Guys quickly jumped into the car, and closed their doors.
"Great job, you guys," Wolf told the whole team, but noticed Hornet wasn't in the car, "Where's Hornet?" He asked while looking at Tarantula.
"Relax. He's right here," Tarantula said as she showed Hornet, who got wrapped in her silky thread. He was squirming and muffled screaming inside for help.
"WEBS!" Wolf, Snake, Shark, and Piranha exclaimed in shock to see Hornet trapped in Tarantula's threads.
"Oh, come on. He's fine! You gotta admit this is funny!" Tarantula laughed, "I was just joking around! I was kidding!" But the four didn't find it amusing as they gave her the stare, demanding to free Hornet out of her trap, "Fine!" Tarantula rolled her eyes, and cracked her trap open like cracking an egg, and dropped Hornet out, who was traumatized, and shaking in fear.
Hornet then slowly looked at Tarantula with his fearful eyes, and stammered, "D-don't... Ever... do-do that... again!"
"Just saving your life!" Tarantula exclaimed.
With no time to lose, Wolf switched the car on, and drove off before more cops could catch up with them.
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Later, after losing the cops off their tails, the Bad Guys made it back to their hideout as they got out of the elevator, heading to the couch.
"Thanks for breaking me out, guys. I don't know how long I would last there," Hornet said as he and his friends exited the elevator.
"No problem, little buddy," Shark gently ruffled Hornet's head.
"Now, Hornet, can you please tell us why you ended up in jail last night?" Snake demanded Hornet to answer with an icy glare.
"Alright," Hornet sighed as he confessed, "I kinda snuck out last night to rob a bank... just small coins since I'm too small."
"Why would you rob a bank without us?" Tarantula asked.
"And why didn't you tell us?" Piranha added.
"Because..., I want to make it up to you guys after I screwed up our last heist. I just want to prove that I'm worthy enough to be a Bad Guy, like you guys," Hornet said sadly.
"Wait, what idiot said you aren't worthy of being a Bad Guy?" Wolf questioned in surprise.
"You! Like 15 hours ago!" The insect snapped
Wolf blabbered a little as he clarified, "Hornet, I didn't mean anything like that. You can't force yourself to prove your worth to be part of this team by robbing a bank on your own."
"You're right. We should have another heist then," Hornet suggested excitingly.
"Hornet, chico, you proved enough," Piranha scowled, making Hornet stop being excited, "Look, you screwed up, yes, but it's just one thing. Maybe next time you won't screw things again."
"You think so?" Hornet asked doubtfully.
"Look, just stick with the plan, and do your job. Maybe the more you keep doing your job right, the sooner you prove yourself worthy to be a Bad Guy," Tarantula advised.
Though Hornet wasn't sure if that was good advice. Being the lookout of the team was kinda boring, and all he did was watch over, and he might have no control but to jump into action again. He was scared of screwing things up again.
"Look, maybe we shouldn't do a heist today. The cops were after us after we broke Hornet out of prison," Wolf said, "We'll plan another heist next week. We should save our energy by then."
When the other Bad Guys nodded in agreement as they moved out to their business, Hornet was left alone with Snake, who turned and glared at him
"Look, I don't want you to be here, but they do, and I don't have a choice for that. You want to prove you're a Bad Guy, then prove more," Snake said before slithering away.
Hornet knew Snake was right. He has to prove more, but in order to do that, he should just stick to his role, and not foolishly do things without a plan. Guess he should just stick to being a hideout.
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A week later, it was the exact 7 days after the Bad Guys broke Hornet out of prison. Until now, he felt guilty for giving his new friends a hard time, making them fail in their heist, going out to steal alone, getting captured, and having them risk their time to rescue him. Hornet carried that shame and guilt for a week.
He had himself a bowl of veggie salad, and flew all the way to the couch while carrying a bowl. He sat on the couch, and pressed the on button on the remote that was beside him. He was watching a telenovela, showing a woman crying.
"No one would ever love me! People think I'm invisible!"
"So true, Maria! So true!" Hornet cried while eating a piece of lettuce with a fork.
Piranha then came in, and saw Hornet on the couch He even glanced at the TV, and groaned, "Ugh! I hate it when you watch Telenovelas," he sat on the couch, and noticed something on Hornet, "What are you doing?"
"I'm stress-eating," the hornet answered with a lettuce in his mouth.
"Drowning your rookie sorrows in veggie salad? Don't people usually do that with junk food?
"I know. I'm sad, but unhealthy choices won't give me what I want. And I didn't even use the dressing."
Piranha scoffed as he had enough seen Hornet so depressed like this, "That's it. Just give me that!" he snatched the bowl from Hornet's side, and put it aside. Piranha looked down at Hornet, and asked worryingly, "Are you okay?"
Hornet sighed in frustration, and confessed, "I just... I don't think I'll get up on my feet and join you guys on a heist again."
Piranha nodded as he understood how Hornet was feeling. The fish himself had been there before, and he advised his friend, "I know you a mistake... or just a few, but trust me, Hornet. Everything's going to be fine."
Hornet looked up at Piranha with teary eyes as the way the fish spoke to him, the insect almost had doubts about being fine, but Hornet nodded at Piranha, trusting him that everything would turn out just fine in the future.
Wolf then stood in front, standing in front of Piranha and Hornet, and called the rest of the Bad Guys, "Alright, guys, gather around," Snake, Shark, and Tarantula gathered together in the middle of the main room as all Bad Guys were ready to listen to their leader. When Wolf saw everyone was here, he cleared his throat, and declared, "It's been a week since we never got out of our hideout, so tonight will be the time we can do another heist," when this was brought up, Snake glared sharply at Hornet who couldn't even look at the reptile's eyes as he felt ashamed about what happened last time. Wolf then looked down at Hornet worryingly, and asked, "Hornet, are you sure you're up for it?"
Hornet snapped out of his thoughts, and looked up at Wolf, "Huh? I mean, yeah. Sure. I can handle it. Yeah"
Wolf wasn't sure if Hornet was okay, but this team needed a lookout for this heist, so he hoped the insect was in a mood for a heist tonight.
"Alright! Here's the plan..."
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it's time for the Bad Guys to do another heist. This time, they were targeting a risky valuable item. This heist needed to be a success, and no mistakes this time.
The museum was as packed as the Bad Guys expected it to be. Everybody was already in position as they all spread out in different spots. Shark got enough disguises, but they still need to be able to collect certain disguises from the staff workers to make sure that this heist goes off without a hitch.
Hornet was currently flying through the ceiling, checking on the people below. He was surprised by how many tourists and students there were today. No wonder why Wolf reminded everyone that today was crowded, so they had to take extra careful measures for this. He arrived at the door where the main security office should be at.
A timer buzzed off and Hornet whispered something through his helmet. The door opened where a young man happily waddled out. A young lady, waiting nearby, was about to go in to start her shift in the security office when a disguised Shark placed a hand over her shoulder.
"Excuse me," said Shark, adopting a different accent. "Wait a sec, are you...in for this shift?"
"Oh, well, yeah," said the female security. "Shame that I have to do it now and I will be having late lunch. Work life, you know. Though, this should be where I should be working."
"Great news, I actually got word from the boss and he wanted me to fill in for your role today."
The female security was surprised. "Wait, what? Really? Can't we work together?"
"Alas, this is a Sunday, so we would need all guards around at every corner of this museum. You know that means there should be only one guard checking over the footage in the security office."
"Oh, I remember now. Though, would it be alright if I'm allowed to go now? Like...you're replacing me for today, but do I need to-?"
"No worries!" said Shark, pulling the girl in close. "Don't need to check in with your boss! He's more than happy to just give you your paycheck later. He wants to give you a good Sunday rest." He placed a card right into the girl's hands. "And I heard that the outside restaurant is having a HUGE discount for those who use this card! Only for a limited time."
The female security's eyes sparkled upon seeing what was written. "Oh my gosh! It's until 1 PM today! I haven't gotten to try those..." She turned to Shark with a grateful smile. "Thank you, sir! I appreciate it."
"Just enjoy it," said Shark cheerfully as the female security turned her back to check on her bag first. "Enjoy it. Ha ha ha ha ha...ha ha ha ha ha! Mwah ha ha ha ha ha!"
Hornet placed a hand over his forehead as Shark began to laugh. Like an evil laugh. It was a good thing that nobody paid attention to him and by the time the female security turned around, Shark quickly cut his laugh short.
"J-Just enjoy it," said Shark, quickly getting into the office and closing the door behind him.
The young girl stood there, dumbfounded. Eventually, she shrugged it off and skipped away.
"Okay," said Shark. "I'm in."
"Thank goodness!" said Tarantula, popping out from an opened window. "I was freezing inside there! Well, time to get popping here."
"Good luck!" said Shark, exiting the door and locking it behind him.
Tarantula was already at work as she plugged her computer right into the rest of the monitors. Meanwhile, Hornet already flew off to the inside cafe. There, he found a large group of security guards and their museum manager laughing at their own table, looking quite drunk despite not ordering any meals yet.
"Okay, Shark is coming over," said Hornet. "Piranha, are you close to the male bathroom yet?"
"I'm right there and I'm pulling rat tail crumbs out of my hair," said Piranha's voice through the comms.
Meanwhile, the cafe's kitchen wasn't exactly big, but big enough to make it look like a fast-food restaurant. While they mainly cooked sandwiches, cakes, and pies, today was a special occasion since the manager ordered the finest souffles with a caramel touch to them. A huge tray of those cups was already ready with just a few things left to do before serving them.
As the few chefs spread out to find the powdering mixture, a disguised Wolf came in. Making sure that nobody was looking around, he took out a sprinkle of food-poisoning sugar on top of the souffle. He then reached out his arm underneath the tray, allowing Snake to slither out and hide under the tray.
"Oi!" yelled the head chef. "They are waiting! Bring them out now!"
"Gotcha," said Wolf with a sly smirk.
When none of the chefs came back, Wolf pushed the tray out right to the dining area. He found the group of workers waiting, all cheering when they saw their treats. In a faux polite manner, Wolf gracefully gave each of them a souffle cup. He made sure that he could see the poisonous sugar on top of them.
Snake laughed silently as he leaned in close to slap a mini spray device filled with ammonia on one of the table's legs.
"Gracias, my dear friend," said the manager with a smile.
Wolf nodded. "Gracias, hermano."
"That guy actually looks kind of hot..." muttered one of the security guards.
Wolf paid no attention as he turned around to return the tray to the kitchen. He reached his arm underneath, allowing Snake to slither back inside his jacket without anybody noticing. They didn't need to look behind when a low hiss caught their ears. The ammonia spray device was already set off.
"Wait, what is that awful smell?" said one of the security guards.
"Nah, that's probably some fungus," said another.
"Fungus don't grow underneath tables."
"I think we should probably switch place..."
"No, no, no," said the manager, going through his first mouthful. "Stay! It won't be too long anyway."
From above, Hornet took one sniff and gagged.
"Pee-yew!" he said. "Okay, now I'm seeing why you had to include that."
"That's because the ammonia spray will help increase nausea," informed Tarantula in a chipper tone. "Combined with the food poisoning, this would convince them to head over to the nearest bathroom."
"I wish I had a taste of that ammonia," said Piranha. "It sounds exotic."
"Please don't," said Snake.
"What? I ate a whole box of gunpowder and I never suffered a single bowel!"
Hornet blinked. "Wait, really?"
"Alright, boys," said Tarantula as she checked through the other rooms Hornet wasn't checking at the moment. "This is it. I hacked right through their security system and alarms. I'm surprised that they have a lot of screens connected to each other. There are still multiple security guards out there, so you have to do everything you can to steer them away while finding that diamond."
"Then we are good to go," said Wolf as he exited the kitchen. "And in about 3, 2, 1." He snapped his fingers. "Lights out!"
"...hey, did anyone just have a bad hangover this morning?" asked one of the security guards.
The workers were starting to feel queasy. After eating their desserts, they felt their stomachs twisting. Not only that, it was causing all of their organs to pump up more quickly than usual. Their minds were screaming at them to vomit out what they just ate, but they didn't know why. Some of them held on a bit longer, but it was clear that they all felt sick.
"Don't...worry, guys!" said the manager with a sheepish smile. "I'm sure that it's...nothing!"
But the obnoxious smell wasn't helping either. It added to how sick they were feeling. As if being thrown in the garbage and waking up to smelling that trash juice leaking around. And whatever was eaten inside became distorted into something more horrific.
Immediately, all of them got up and ran like madmen to the nearest toilet. Shark was already there, leaning against the wall as he casually waved at them. Neither of them paid attention since they were all about to puke.
Once inside, Wolf, Snake, Shark, and Hornet guarded the bathroom door.
Inside, every worker present was vomiting. From into the toilet, the sinks, and even through whatever drain they could find. This was a private bathroom for employees only, so nobody else was there. Except for Piranha who was hiding high up in the ceiling corner.
"Okay..." said Piranha, cringing as he heard the collective noises of vomit and splattering. "I'm gonna need to endure this more than I thought..."
"Piranha, are we doing this or what?" hissed Tarantula.
"Okay, Okay, fine. I get messy all the time anyway."
Placing two fingers in his mouth, Piranha let out a loud whistle. This attracted the attention of a few security guards, weakly on the floor and groaning. Unable to quickly notice the threat.
"Surprise!" yelled Piranha happily.
Outside, the other guys heard the unmistakable sound of Piranha quickly going through all of the workers inside the bathroom. Wolf had his ear near the door, smiling as if fondly remembering past mischiefs. Snake and Shark were nonchalant, waiting for Piranha to finish. Meanwhile, Hornet was just staring at the door, wondering how much the brawler could take.
Not even a minute passed by and Piranha opened the door. Surrounded by unconscious workers and covered in some slop.
"Be careful right there," he said cheerfully. "Some of their uniforms have scuffles on them."
"Great," said Wolf, wrinkling his nose. "Okay, no time to be fussy."
It didn't take long for them to quickly get changed inside the bathroom. With Wolf, Snake, and Piranha placing on the security guard uniforms and Shark stealing the manager's clothes, they all got out, fully prepared. Wolf then placed a 'DO NOT ENTER' sign on the door, locking it and placing a 'SLIPPING HAZARD' sign to steer away anyone from entering that bathroom.
Shark quickly went the other way as he would be acting as the manager. He would have full access to the paperwork and orders of the entire museum while nobody would question him if he was in the office. He was still the main distraction, so he would have to quickly come back to the others soon after clearing up anything from the main office.
Wolf, Snake, and Piranha were off, making their way to the jewelry section.
"Alright, guys," said Hornet as he followed them from the ceiling. "Shark's in position. Men, I spot a few security guards nearby, so you might want to redirect them. There are a couple of tour groups, so steer them away."
"I found a few others nearby as well," said Tarantula. "They're in other rooms you can't see. Make sure that nobody takes a step closer to the jewelry section and then we get into action."
"Got it," said Wolf. "Time to let the charm play out."
The trio got into work with smooth-talking with the security guards. Either through using their radios to contact them or coming up to them, giving them information about their new positions. While some of them were confused and even tried calling their boss about it, Shark called back to them to confirm. This was enough to convince the security guards to move away from the jewelry section, convinced that things would be alright.
As for the tour groups, they advised them to visit other rooms or sections nearby. While the tour guides had a set list of places to go to, Wolf, Snake, and Piranha did their best to sway them to go off-course a little. Hornet and Tarantula watched closely to see that these people weren't in their way. However, there was one tour guide who was on strict orders.
"Sorry, man," said a female tour guide in front of a bunch of pre-teen students. "I like to change, but they're on a tight schedule and there are specific things they have to learn."
Wolf clicked his tongue. "Well, if that's the case, maybe check in with their teacher? I think the manager is having a discussion with her about this right now."
This was actually true since Shark called the teacher over for a change of plans. But she was far from her students, so she wouldn't get there in time to tell them the news.
"I haven't heard anything yet from her, so it appears that there is no change," said the tour guide.
Wolf took a look behind him to see the bumbling pre-teens. They all appeared excited and maybe a bit too interested in what they see around them. They didn't look too keen to know about the artifacts' histories, judging by how one rolled her eyes at a screen displaying paragraphs, but it seemed that a shiny object could steal their attention.
An idea bulb formed over Wolf's head as he spotted a sign nearby.
"How about a suggestion?" he asked, pointing to that sign. "Let them have fun and learn what they want to learn. That is how they know better. This room looks pretty cool!"
"Oooh!" said one of the students. "'Human Reproduction'! Cool!"
"Nudity!" said another. "Cool!"
"Human organs!" said a third student. "Cool!"
"Childbirth!" said a fourth student, rubbing his tummy. "Cool!"
The tour guide looked hesitant to enter THAT room, though when she looked back at Wolf, the latter gave him a twinkle in his eyes. It was a reassurance that it would be fine to let their curiosity grow further beyond what should be known at this age. Besides, it wasn't like they were going to talk about it to their teacher after this.
"Okay then," muttered the tour guide, turning to the students. "Now, I expect a level of maturity here."
The students barely listened as they already ran right inside the room. Wolf chuckled, leaving the tour guide to haplessly chase after them. The whole time, Snake used the distraction to climb up using a tall vase and enter the vents when nobody was looking.
Inside the room, from Snake's perspective up in the vents, the red shiny jewel was resting right on a steady little podium that held it tightly. It was set high, and below the little podium was a laser system that was designed to protect it, which could easily be picked into with a combination lock. And surrounding the podium was a bunch of different little shelves that held other priceless jewelry, but none as special as the ruby itself.
Snake grinned, "Perfect."
Meanwhile, the students checking out the human reproduction room didn't get through all of it in one sitting. By the time Shark came over to check on how things were going, he was greeted with a stampede of screaming children running out of the room.
"MY EYES!" shrieked one student, his eyes bloodshot. "MY EYES!"
"Too much information!" said another, tripping over.
"I saw a woman giving birth to a baby!" whined a third one.
As all the kids collapsed on the floor, the tour guide nonchalantly lifted up her clipboard to check the schedule.
"Okay, what's next?" he said. "Oh! I nearly forgot. Time to go to the jewelry room."
Shark gasped. "Oh, wait, wait! You can't go there now! I...erm...already chatted with their teacher, so maybe you should go to another room? Or wrap it up?"
"Please just take us to the jewelry room," begged one of the students.
"I want to see something more pretty and shiny," said another student.
"Sorry, sir," said the tour guide. "It looks like THEY want to go there. Can't do anything else about it."
Shark looked around, trying to find a way to stall them for much longer. Trying to convince them wasn't going to work anymore and blocking their way would just make them more suspicious. Seeing an alarm bell nearby, he quickly tried to do the most logical thing he could think of.
He started whamming fist on the alarm and it went off like crazy.
"Oh, do you know what that means?!" he shouted. "That means we have our 100th visitor to the Human Reproduction room! Congrats!"
The tour guide and the students stared at him in silence.
"But wouldn't it be already over 1000 people who visited the room?" questioned the tour guide.
Shark grinned nervously, still tapping the alarm. Unfortunately, due to Tarantula switching around the security system, the alarm bell wouldn't alert the other alarms around, so that was out of the park of alerting Wolf and Snake.
"Whoo! Whoo! Sound the alarm! It's a celebration! Who's with me?!"
The second Shark looked back, the tour guide and the students were nowhere to be found.
"Well, that's not good," said Shark, his eyes widening.
"What's going on? You sound panicked," Hornet asked Shark through the intercom quietly.
Shark stepped to the side and made sure no one was looking around before reporting back, "We got a problem; everyone's already heading over to the jewelry room!"
"What?! But Wolf isn't there yet," Hornet reported back.
"I'm there now, but what's the problem?" Wolf's voice soon chimed in on the comm.
Wolf had currently made his way into the room, with Piranha next to him, and the pair were now trying to scale the walls to make it to the podium, with Snake currently trying to pick the laser lock so Wolf could easily grab it, but was having trouble because it was a dual-turn combination.
Hornet replied while keeping track of the tour group that was making their way there, "The tour group Shark was distracting had left and are on their way to the jewelry room now!"
"Uh oh, that's not good," Tarantula's voice reported on the comms.
"This is bad, hermanos! We haven't even gotten the ruby yet," Piranha commented.
"Shark, can you try to round that group up and get them away from the jewelry room for at least 3 minutes," Wolf asked Shark on his communicator.
"I would, but I don't know which way they went; this place is like a maze," Shark commented while frantically looking around in each room.
"Hurry, you big tuna," Snake shouted into his comm while he fumbled with the turn dial, trying to pick it up as fast as he could.
Hornet secretly followed the tour group and saw how close they were to arrive to the room. Gasping, he suddenly panicked, worried that his friends were gonna get caught.
"Guys, guys! The group is almost there," Hornet reported in a frantic whisper.
"We're working as fast as we can!" Wolf said through the comm.
When he watched the tour heading to the jewelry room. Hornet knew Wolf, Snake, and Piranha didn't have time left, and they'll be captured. He bit his lip, trying to think of something that he could do, before he saw that by the hallway that the tour group was passing, near where the jewelry room was, there was a TV screen, and they were close to approaching it.
Seeing the screen, Hornet got a great idea, asking in his comm, "Webs, are you still with me?
"Yeah, why?," Tarantula asked curiously.
"I got an idea," Hornet answered back.
The tour guide was now in front of the doors of the jewelry room as she announced, "And over here, we got to take a look of the–"
Before the tour guide reached for the handles, Hornet quickly got the TV screen connected to his helmet, and Tarantula, who was still in the security room, pressed a button on her laptop, which suddenly showed a video of a kitten playing its owner's fingers, and made a cute "meow!".
The tour group saw the video playing, and they were immediately entranced by it.
"Awwww! A kitty," a female student declared.
"It's so cuuuute!," a male student shouted.
"Cuteness overload!" another male student yelled, with many of the other students, including the tour guide herself, cooing at the sight of the kitten.
Hornet smiled, nodding his head to the beat, saying to himself, "Cats, feisty critters, but great distractions."
Tarantula saw what Hornet did and grinned, saying to Wolf on the comm, "Wolfie, it's safe to grab and go! Hornet's got the group all distracted!"
"Way to go, Hornet," Wolf praised the hornet before he grabbed the ruby, and the team quickly escaped by tiptoeing out of the jewelry room. Luckily, the tour group was so distracted by the video, they didn't even see the Bad Guy sneaking out of the room.
Hornet saw his friends as he unplugged the helmet, and casually flew to them after making the video stop, and like lightning, the Bad Guys all regrouped and snuck their way back outside, hopped into the car, and made their getaway.
When the video disappeared from the screen, the students and the tour guide shook their heads, and snapped out to reality, not knowing what they were supposed to do.
The tour guide rubbed her eyes, and cleared her throat, "Okay, well, enough with the kitten video, let's head to the jewelry room, shall we?" The students turned to her, and she opened the doors, "And over here is where the–" When she looked in front, she saw the ruby is gone, and she and the students gasped loudly and horrified.
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On the road, the Bad Guys laughed and cheered loudly for their successful heist.
"That was great!" Piranha yelled.
"That's even better than a regular bank heist!" Shark exclaimed.
Snake, feeling regret for thinking about it, showed Hornet his appreciation by saying, "Hey, Hornet, thanks for... saving our butts out there."
"Yeah, awesome idea distracting that crowd," Tarantula commented with a blushing Hornet
"With cat videos?! How could you ever come up with that idea like that?" Wolf asked impressively.
"Well, I did a little research, and I discovered that a lot of people like cat videos," Hornet answered.
"Not too many, but you're right about that," Piranha complimented.
"Oh, so you're like a smart guy now," Tarantula teased, "Never thought you could be a nerd."
"Eh, sometimes, I need to change for the team," Hornet declared.
"And prove your worth," Snake stated. "You finally did it."
Hornet smiled as he realized he finally earned his friends' trust, and he wasn't worried about being alone anymore. He still has the chance to stay with his new frie... family a little longer, "Yeah. I guess I did."
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Credits:
Sam Rockwell - Mr. Wolf
Marc Maron - Mr. Snake
Craig Robinson - Mr. Shark
Anthony Ramos - Mr. Piranha
Awkwafina - Ms. Tarantula
Rhenzy Feliz - Mr. Hornet
Alex Borstein - Chief Misty Luggins
Lilly Singh - Tiffany Fluffit
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Author
Rally9933
Co-Author
MasterClass60
TU4QU0I53T4IAN6L3
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FINALLY! I finished part 2 of Hornet's flashback with the Bad Guys. Well, this is how it went! The setting of this story was 3 years prior to the movie.
The scene where the Bad Guys had a meeting about Hornet, and the latter eavesdropped from the vent was a reference from Ducktales (2017), Nothing Can Stop Della Duck.
The scene where the Bad Guys rescued Hornet was a reference from The Birds of Prey (2020) when Harley Quinn fought the cops and prisoners to bust out Cassandra
Special thanks to MasterClass60 and TU4QU0I53T4IAN6L3 for making me the museum heist scene.
It was really fun making this chapter. Hope I'll get the other chapters ready soon. See you next time. Bye~