194 All Troops Deployed! ? (1/2)
The showdown between Zhao Yao and the four fugitives caused quite the commotion.
Ah Wei and Xiao Shi Yu's eyes were glued to what went down on the battlefield.
Everyone else in the cat cafe did the same as well. They stood on their tiptoes, trying to catch a better view of what was happening. Thankfully, the vapor and gushing water made it impossible for them to make out that the cafe's owner was in the middle of it all.
Of course, Matcha and the gang of supercats had also noticed the uproar outside.
They crowded around the glass window, meowing and yowling over each other.
”We have enemies at our doorstep! Zhao Yao is fighting them now!” Matcha exclaimed, ”We've got to join him on the battlefield!”
”He is so cool!” Roly Poly called out, brimming with excitement as Zhao Yao threw another epic punch at the opponent.
”Come on, guys, let's go! Together, we can destroy the enemies,” Dust Ball chimed in, a steely look in her eyes.
”Let's go now! What are you waiting for?” Rice Cake burst out.
She was skipping around, bursting with energy. She could not wait to run straight into the fight.
”Yes, yes, I know,” Matcha responded, ”But we can't just jump straight in like idiots. We have to wait for the right time.”
”How about now?” Rice Cake asked impatiently.
”Okay! All troops deployed!” Matcha yelled in earnest.
”Dude, why aren't you moving?”
”Let's smash them!”
”You keep talking, but you still aren't moving!”
”CAN'T YOU JUST GIVE ME A MINUTE?!” Matcha burst out.
He was so furious that he started clawing at the cat nearest to him, resulting in a storm of fur to descend over everyone.
”Can't you see that I'm waiting for the right opportunity?!” he huffed, breathing heavily.
Roly Poly collapsed onto the floor in a state of confusion. Tufts of hair had been grazed from his body and were now floating in the air.
He turned to Matcha with a look of dejection, ”What have I done to deserve this?”
Elizabeth shot them a dirty look. So far, they had been all talk, no action.
At that moment, a water jet shot out of a manhole cover into view. It darted straight for the cafe.
Nessie.
”Five seconds until the enemy reaches the battlefield! Get ready!”
”Pfft, that's the enemy? He's tiny,” Matcha scoffed.
The jet of water was barely the width of a human thumb.
”C'mon, guys! We should attack him when he's weak!” Matcha rallied, ready to pounce.
As the cats banded together to strike, there was a loud explosion. A surge of water erupted from the drain that lined the street outside the cafe. It merged with the water jet, which started to expand in size rapidly. In no time at all, it grew into a waterspout the size of a truck.
This turn of events caused the supercats to stop in their tracks and tumble over each other.
”We'll not waste our energy on the tank!” Matcha commanded, ”Let's attack the fragile ones hiding behind. Roly Poly, cover me, George Matcha the Saviour. Everyone else, follow me!”
The cats meowed in response. They rushed out the cafe, where Roly Poly activated his power of invisibility to hide everyone from view. The water dragon rushed charged right past them, oblivious to their presence.
Matcha, Rice Cake, Roly Poly, and Dust Ball headed straight for Barbie, who was already unconscious on the ground.
They bit and scratched her vehemently.
”Attack the blonde enemy! We cannot let her deal any more damage to us or Zhao Yao!” Matcha ordered.
Roly Poly took this instruction very seriously. He burrowed beneath Barbie's shirt and used his teeth to tear off her bra. When he emerged, he announced victoriously, ”I have destroyed her armor! Her breastplate is no more!”
”I'll finish her!” Rice Cake volunteered, flashing her claws.
She pushed them onto Barbie's chest and unleashed her power, which channeled a series of vibrations to her victim.
”Her defensive skills are too powerful!” Rice Cake announced in surprise, ”I can't reach her organs.”
Unknown to the tiny cat, she was unable to release the full devastation of her powers when she was not in excruciating pain.
Matcha was busy sniffing her pockets. ”Where's her purse? I need her purse!”
Elizabeth observed the four cats from a distance with narrowed eyes. She raised her paw to her face, ”Idiots.”