184 Little Puppets (2)

"Hey! Wake up you lazy bumbs! No sleeping on the job! Get them!" Hikari yelled, throwing an angry yet oddly cute fit on the tree branch above, right as Alex and Abby were preparing to attack. 

When Alex and Abby heard their opponent's words, they had the urge to burst out into laughter. They had no doubt in their mind that those people armoured in black were either unconscious, dead, or unable to fight. 

In their perspective, all they saw was an angry child, a sore loser throwing a temper tantrum because things didn't go their way and were moments away from defeat. 

As soon as Alex was about to make one of his usual snarky retorts, he felt sudden unease around him. 

The sound of shaky metal clanking filled the air…