The long trek to her mansion was as habitual as any day been. They grabbed their weapons and went to the mansion.

"Do you think this person is something wrong in the head?"

"Why did you think of that?"

"She might act like she is starting to make s**t up. I mean she can't be this paranoid to point if she decided to hire mercs rather than explorers to watch over her house"

"french laugh Don't flatter yourself, the quick cash we get from this is worth, besides you sound like a one of a kind coward"

"Shut up, Céline"

As the 3 mercs went inside the mansion, they set up cameras to find whatever poor sod that will take step to throw paint, while Hezekiah takes glances of the dolls around this manor as well, some of them are strange despite their usual thousand-yard stare.

It is not the generic atypical creepiness of the figurines, it is some familiarity.

Some of them look like the explorers that went missing that began from the rumors seen on the media lately, a mansion like this place looked old from a single century behind. In front of Hezekiah's view are 4 dolls of what appear to be a Pikachu with a belt of pouches with a fringe of black hair top, a Raichu with a pink scarf around her neck, and-.

Wait a minute, that's Vince from the Scurrier Gang. And is that Keagan, Vince's friend and leader sitting at the library? An odd placement as he is not the kind of bookworm and would not be hip into books. The only thing that stands out of their main feature is that every doll and figurine in the manor are always holding gemstones. Why would someone have dolls that look like the Scurrier Gang in an century old Antebellum structure?

2 hours into the night, and there are no signs of any intruders trying to enter the mansion. As Céline fiddles around with the cash that was left on the table, Shimize suddenly heard something from the old garage, he went to investigate and found nothing. Another sound thats is heading towards one of the windows.

"Hez! Turn on the cameras."

Hezekiah who was stationed at the bedroom with a makeshift survelliance room with his 4 laptops, flicking through the cams while spotting his boss patrolling and Céline standing up and her chaingun ready and heads toward the library. Shimize went to the entrance and pokes his vision through the dim surrounding to look for any sign of movement. Céline then went into a bedroom that was facing towards the camera room. While Hezekiah was looking towards the back of the house, he noticed a figure crouched behind a tree.

"Yo, somone's at the tree, back of the house Shimize"

"Uh, Shimize?"

"I'm here, almost slipped"

"Yeah, someone was hiding at the back of the house. She seems to not holding anything"

"Céline, it's your time to check the cams. Hezekiah, on me and cover my six if this rascal is going to sneak on me."

As Hezekiah made his way downstairs, he then notice something, the Raichu was missing from the chair.

"Hey Hez! Get over here!"

"Coming"

Céline was flipping through the cameras and heard something scratching at the next room. She radioed in and Shimize told her to stay there for a regroup. She peeks out her door and looks around to see if this tresspasser is around. Shimize reached the stairs and called to Céline, he turned around to see Hezekiah nowhere to be found. Both then work their way through the mansion to find their Umbreon but were blocked by the Vince doll, who's limbs unnaturally strecth to touch the floor. Céline opended fire at the porcelain Typhlosion which collapsed at the floor before getting up again.

"Shimize, Visser ça! This is high above my paygrade!"

"We need Hez! I'm not leaving him behind!"

Behind Céline is the Raichu with a scarf, alongside a Servine. Both of the dolls' gemstones cracked open and the the tentacles grab Céline, by her arm and head. Hezekiah was chasing this figure that hid behind the tree 23 mins ago and saw the Raichu and Servine holding Céline, with something emitting a purple light on her face and then it envelops her entire head. Hezekiah's arm was grabbed by something behind him and he franticly tried to radio in Shimize only to be met with static. The last thing Shimize saw was a vulpix holding a ruby before his vision is covered with complete darkness covered with eyes that turn into purple swirls. Hezekiah too was enveloped with it too.

The 3 mercs can only smile as their entire bodies turn into porcelain, it was lovely. She is their god and master.

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