The Business of Misery Chapter V

The Business of Misery

Chapter 5: It's All Over Before You Know It

Author's Note: For those of you who can't read Italian, here's what the following mean.

"Non è vero! E 'una stronzata! Lui non l'ha fatto! Lui non ha fatto!" = "It's not true! It's bullshit! He didn't do it! He did not!"

"Taci!" = "Be quiet!"

"Come puoi dire che circa Lyndsay!" = "How dare you say that about Lyndsay!"

Just thought I'd explain before anyone gets confused. Also you are going to be in for quite a ride, because you'll never believe who's responsible for Alphonse's manipulation, Anita's raping, et al. Again, please enjoy.

In the briefing room, Wonder Boner, his newly-paraplegic Gardevoir (who was in a wheelchair Professor Professor had made for her so she could move it with her powers), and his Ninetales were glaring at the disgraced Alphonse, who was still in handcuffs and sitting in one of the chairs. Anita and Victor were sitting in the other chairs while Professor Professor stood beside the wheelchair-bound Gardevoir. Also in the room, sitting in some extra chairs, was a woman who had the same skin and hair as Alphonse but she had a different build and she looked slightly older (this was his mother Corona) and another woman, with the same features, but she looked as though she could've been a young girl and had hazel eyes with Japanese facial features (this was his kid sister Sakura). Both of the ladies were wearing Anne Klein business suits and looked a little nervous being in the room. The only other people in the room sitting on the remaining extra chairs were Mildred Volt (who was a retired U.Z.Z agent), Doctor Doctor (holding her and Professor Professor's kids), Gardevoir's Gallade son Louis, her husband Gengar, and his sister wife Mismagius.

"Oh, boy. Where do I begin with you, Alphonse?" Wonder Boner started to speak. "I am shocked to hear that you purposely tried to kill one of your own co-workers but accidentally killed one of our best junior U.Z.Z agents in the process. It's one thing to attempt to murder one of your peers, but you just involuntarily shot a young girl in the chest and with a shotgun. You are aware firearms use in the city here in the UK is illegal, right?"

"This is outrageous!" Sakura started shouting. "He didn't do it! Non è vero! E 'una stronzata! Lui non l'ha fatto! Lui non ha fatto!"

"Sakura, no. Taci!" Alphonse demanded.

"Order! Order! Both of you are speaking out of turn! Let me finish!" Wonder Boner resumed speaking. "What makes the situation even worse, Alphonse, is that you also raped a female co-worker and Gardevoir told me a while ago that she and Victor have proof that you are a double agent, which is what we despise."

Sakura couldn't believe what she was hearing and started fuming.

"I have a theory how Alphonse got mixed up in the conspiracy to wipe Victor off the face of the earth so he and Anita would live happily ever after," Gardevoir started to say.

"I'd be very interested to hear it, Gardevoir," Doctor Doctor quipped.

"Understand it all starts sometime after Emerson and Vinita were born," Gardevoir elaborated. "One night, while Alphonse and his new girlfriend Lyndsay were sleeping together, Sakura hatched up a plan to get her half-brother and his ex-girlfriend back together. First, she enlisted the help of Millenia on how they were going to kidnap Alphonse. They decided that the next night, Millenia would go on, get her entourage, enter his house, throw a bag over his head, and take him back to the K.U.L.T casino. There, Sunako put Alphonse under anethesia and injected him with the mind control worm she was raising in her lab. It explains why Alphonse hadn't been acting like himself lately and it shows how willing Sakura is to get what she wants, even if it means killing someone to get it."

Alphonse let out a gasp and looked at his little sister in shock.

"Sakura, how could you?" Alphonse started to blubber.

"You and Anita looked so happy together, so when Anita broke up with you, naturally, I was heartbroken. I don't mind Lyndsay, but she is an ugly prostitute of a girlfriend compared to Anita." Sakura answered.

"Sakura! Come puoi dire che circa Lyndsay!" Corona scolded her daughter.

"That thieving bastard ruined everything! Victor deserved to die!" screamed Sakura as she let her temper get the better of her.

Victor gasped after hearing what Sakura had said about him. He, too, started to fume. Gardevoir was starting to worry that Victor would lash out and punch the half-Italian, half-Japanese girl in the face.

"Wait, Victor. Let's not do anything rash," Gardevoir warned her godson as he was getting ready to do just that. "Let's not do anything that can get you fired."

Victor knew she was right: punching Sakura would probably get him fired from U.Z.Z. and land him in trouble again.

"Did you see what he was trying to do?" Sakura asked Ray.

"No. How could I, anyway? I'm blind." Ray answered.

"You saw he was going to punch me, right?" Sakura asked Wonder Boner.

"Really? I didn't see anything." Wonder Boner replied, feigning ignorance.

"Grrr." Sakura groaned in frustration.

"Well, Daddy, should we hand Alphonse over to Old Bailey's custody?" asked Gardevoir.

"I believe so," her Trainer answered. "After all, the judges there will be the ones to decide what will ultimately happen to Alphonse. Unfortunately, we will have to wait until the spring season for Alphonse to go on trial."

"They'll have to put him in a holding cell, for the time being." Ray added.

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A few hours later, Victor confronted Sakura outside of the base and was planning to arrest her on the spot.

"Sakura, I'm glad to say that after giving me hell for two days, you will be getting what you deserve." Victor told her.

"No, Victor," Sakura contradicted. "I may have tried to have you assassinated for the womanizing thief you are, yes, but I think I shall give you your just desserts."

"Is that a challenge?" Victor taunted. "'Cause I'll really enjoy kicking your ass."

"Bring it on, son of a bitch." Sakura taunted back. "Time for me to finish what I started anyway."

Sakura threw the first punch and it hit Victor in the mouth. Victor spit out one of his teeth and some blood. He threw himself onto Sakura and tried pinning her down, but Sakura overpowered him and did a half-nelson. He broke free and headbutted her face. Sakura persisted despite the shock of the injury. She clawed Victor's face and headbutted his nose. Victor ignored the nosebleed and kicked Sakura so hard in the stomach it knocked her back five feet. Sakura got up and ran as fast as she could and attempted a tackle, but Victor somehow managed to evade it and Sakura fell face-first into the ground. Victor grabbed her feet and started swinging her around and around. She started feeling nauseous.

"Help! I'm getting dizzy!" Sakura screamed, before Victor released her and she once again fell flat on her face into the ground.

"Sakura Scorpio, you are under arrest, by Her Majesty's command and courtesy of U.Z.Z." Victor told his captive and then carried her like he was a fireman.

"Put me down!" Sakura started to scream like a little girl throwing a tantrum. "No! No! Let me go! Aah!"

Sakura would not be getting her way that time nor any other time from then on. Victor couldn't help but wonder why Sakura would go through all that trouble just so her brother would be happy. Now that he thought about it, he did have a dislike for Alphonse, but he hated Sakura even more. He decided he would let the pain and agony of the last couple of days pass. Never again would he talk about them.