Sergal Tails 8 - One Night in Venice
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"Now that was truly a convention to remember." Blaze expressed happily as she undid the lock on the door to the office, the rest of her crew following as they stepped inside. The big wolf girl walking behind her suddenly gave a soft sigh, making Midnight turn around, "Something wrong?" Rebecca looked at her, "Oh, es tut mir Leid... Ich mean, I am sorry. Just besorgt about zwei Freunde von uns." Midnight looked at Raganzi, "Can you translate it? You seem more familiar with her language." Raganzi gave an understanding nod, "The lass said said that she is worried about two friends of ours. I think she is referrin' to our friends Farline and Miura. Farline is our specialist in scouting and archery. Miura is the one who could seduce anyone to get any information from someone." Rebecca nodded, "Last time ich heard, Farline was living in Venedig, Italien."
Blaze's eyes began to glimmer as her Welsh side came out, "A wnaethoch chi ei ddweud Fenis? Yr wyf bob amser yn awyddus i fynd i weld y ddinas honno! Mae'n rhaid i ni fynd yno!" Everyone looked at her in confusion before Rebecca made a joke of it, "Englisch, saftsack, do du sprechen es?" Everyone began to softly laugh before Blaze calmed down, "I just said that I really wanna see Venice. Lets go and find your friend. What is he or she?" Raganzi smiled, "He is a hyena. And like others of his kind, he likes a good laugh. After all, they are the clowns of nature." No one could really argue with that, but as it looked to them, Blaze was already on her phone and looking for possible landing spots in Venice as Midnight took her chance, "And the other one?"
Rebecca nodded, "Das ist closer to meinem Heimatort. Miura ist ein Waschbär und live in Warschau, Polen." Raganzi rubbed the back of his head, "As she said. It is closer to her home. Miura is a raccoon livin' in the city of Warsaw in Poland. She is the harder one to locate due to her keepin' her address a secret. Probably too many threats." Midnight nodded, "We will pick her up after mister Farline then." Starlah finally got to speak, "I have been in Poland once. They are not friendly to outsiders that make a mess in their country." Once again the sound of Blaze checking her phone could be heard before she nodded, "Okay, I got locations we can land Leah at. But before we go, who is up for some wiener-schnitzel and chips?" Rebecca quickly called out in joy, "Ich bin!"
After having a big meal and getting themselves ready, the sounds of a revving car engine and helicopter rotors filled the air just as Leah and Eric asked both the sergals, "Where to, miss?" And in an almost synchronized reply, they both answered the question, "To Venice, Italy!" As Eric let go of the brake with Midnight and Starlah in the seats, Leah decided to take her time to get all systems running, making Blaze grunt, "Come on, all systems are green, lets go!" Rebecca and Raganzi covered the maws to keep themselves from laughing until Leah finally took to the air and caught up to the car quickly.
It was after two days of traveling, as Blaze and Midnight wanted to stop for a moment in the city of Dijon to pick up some mustard, before they finally reached Venice. When Leah finally landed, Blaze was quickly out and tried to find any form of charging station for the helicopter before she could attach the plug to it just as Midnight arrived with Starlah, all of them gathering just as a police car with the lights turned on stopped nearby and an angry chamois jumped out and came running towards them, "Stop in the name of the law!" Blaze turned to look at the chamois that soon slowed down and looked at them, "Landing in a forbidden zone, using an aerial vehicle within city limits without permission from authority, exceeding the speed limits, using charging station meant for the police force, inattention in traffic, trafficking of foreign people and endangering of fauna. And I can keep going for a hour here. Either way, you are under arrest."
A quick translation from Raganzi was all that she needed before Blaze pulled out a paper to the officer, "Please read this and make sure you got your reading glasses on." The chamois looked over the paper and soon grunted, "Are you mocking the law? This is not even a legal permission!" Raganzi told Blaze what he had said before Blaze sighed and took out a badge, same with Midnight and Starlah, showing them as honorable police officers, granted permission by the police force of London. As the chamois saw this, he took off his hat and rubbed his head, "Ohhh, apologies. If I had known that, I would have not bothered you. Moving on!" He waved before putting the hat back on and got back to the car before driving off, as Eric said to himself, "What a rude fellow."
As the officer finally disappeared down the road, Blaze and the gang began to walk to the nearby building, the town's registry office. Once they entered, they were greeted by an old grumpy female Chartreux cat sitting behind the counter, "Good day, what is it you need?" Flashing the badges, Blaze soon looked at Raganzi and asked him to translate before she spoke, "Good day, we are needing information on a person." The grumpy feline asked shortly, "Have this person been living here or been dead for at least 25 years?" Blaze rubbed the back of her head, "No, but we..." The feline turned around in her chair, "Then I cannot help you, good day." Blaze looked confused, "But, we need the information." The feline turned around, annoyed expression plastered on her face, "I said, GOOD DAY!" Blaze grunted in anger before Raganzi smiled, "Let me try."
Leaning in closer to the feline, he softly spoke with a rather charming voice, "May I say, ye look very young, miss." The feline turned slowly around as Raganzi asked, "How old are ye? I would bet ye are no older than 20 years." She blushed a bit, "I am 50 years old." Raganzi smiled, "Ye must be lying." The feline purred before she smiled, "What is it you want?" Raganzi softly spoke to her, "I have a friend living here. We came here to find him since he might be a target for an assassination. We are not wanting to take any risks." The feline purred and nodded, "His name then, please." Raganzi gave a soft murring sound for her, "Farline Iscariot." The feline froze a bit, "Iscariot? I know that name anywhere. He lives currently at a boathouse near Porto Marghera." Raganzi gave the old cougar a kiss on the cheek and smiled, "Thank ye, miss. Ye have been an excellent helper." The feline purred happily, "No problem, handsome." Raganzi turned to the others, "To Porto Marghera."
As they slowly made their way towards the port, Midnight and Blaze decided to entertain themselves and the rest with an old Disney classic they liked, suitable for the city they were in at the moment, especially given that the sun had gone down, "Oh, this is the night, it's a beautiful night. And we call it Bella Notte. Look at the skies, they have stars in their eyes, on this lovely Bella Notte. Side by side with your loved one, you'll find enchantment here. The night will weave its magic spell, when the one you love is near. For this is the night, and the heavens are right. On this lovely Bella Notte."
Raganzi and Rebecca smiled before joining in as they sang it in German, "Schön ist die Nacht, traumhaft schön ist die Nacht. Und wir singen Bella Notte. Sterne erstahlen, in der ferne und malen, an den Himmel Bella Notte. Hand in Hand mit dem Liebsten, gottseeligkeit ist da. Die Nacht umfängt und wunderbar, und die Liebe ist so nah. Denn schön ist die Nacht, Himmlich schön ist die Nacht. Nach der liebe Bella Notte." As they stopped, they heard applauds around them as people had listened and followed them, causing all of them to bow before noticing they had almost walked off the pier while singing.
Standing right at the edge of the pier, they began to look around before Raganzi called out, "Farline! Where are ye?" They noticed that near the pier was a few boathouses, including one that looked like a luxurious cruise ship. Blaze looked at it and smiled, "Please tell me that is his." That dream was broken when Raganzi pointed at a hyena coming out of one of the boathouses with a plate of pasta, "That is him. Hey, Farline!" The hyena looked up from his plate and noticed Raganzi, laughing to himself before he turned on the engine on the boat and quickly drove closer, "Ciao, amico! What brings you to Venice?"
After explaining the situation to him, Farline's face showed deep concern, "You saying that someone is after you and Rebecca? Well, count me in. Just let me have my dinner." Farline took the plate and quickly scooped the pasta down his maw and smiled before taking out his cellphone to make a call, "Hey, mister Calligaris. I wanna end my rent on the boathouse. I need to leave for a new place now. Take care." As he ended the call, Farline got back inside and then came out after a moment with a bag, climbing onto the pier before bowing to Blaze, Midnight and Starlah, "Ciao! Name's Farline, Farline Iscariot." Blaze smiled before the sound of gunfire was heard as two chamois dressed in black came running towards them with Tommy guns, firing at them. With a quick reflex, Farline pulled out two bolts and a crossbow, loading one of the bolts up before firing it at one of the chamois, sending him quickly to the ground before reloading with a new bolt, this one hitting the second chamois right in the right arm, but still he was sent to the ground like his companion.
The group looked in awe at Farline's calm and concentrated behavior before he looked at them, "Those are bolts laced with a sleeping potion. I prefer a non-lethal solution." As they got up, they waved for Farline to follow them before they ran all the way back to Leah and Eric, Blaze quickly getting Rebecca, Raganzi and Farline to get into the helicopter while Midnight and Starlah got into the car, quickly turning the ignition on before answering the question that the AI was about to ask, "Warsaw, Poland. Now!"

The End.