Ok, so I was reading over my reviews to Incredible Math the other day, and I saw one that triggered the need for me to write a story. They told me that they hoped I would write more GitS fics in the future, so here I go. Thank you to SxStrngSamurai13 for inspiring me without realizing it xD It's appreciated.
About the story now, I had a few ideas floating around for a while, but not complex enough to do anything with them. Then, a few weeks ago, a great idea hit me. Kayabuki doesn't get nearly enough screen time in the 2ng gig, especially for being the PM. So, even though she's going to be picked on (if that's the appropriate word…and it's not) a lot in this story, she'll get a lot more appreciation than she did in the series. So, have fun reading this, and it won't be too many chapters…I have enough obligations and stories on my hands as it is ;)
Motoko Kusanagi was jarred out of her entranced state, or more commonly known as sleep. Chief Aramaki's voice tore through her eerily quiet mind, with a seemingly urgent message.
'Major, get here now, it's an emergency'
He didn't expect a reply; she was usually grumpy when he woke her up in the middle of the night like that. It was either that, or she noticed the underlying note of worry in his voice; which ever the case, if got her out of bed.
'I'm on my way'
And she was out the door.
"Approximately 27 minutes ago, a letter turned up at Prime Minister Kayabuki's home," Aramaki handed the letter over to the Major, who was leaning on his desk in front of the rest of the team.
"Another threat letter?" She queried as she took the letter from his hand.
Her eyes almost immediately widened once she started reading.
"The Prime Minister's been…"
"Yes," He answered gravely.
"Chief?" Batou asked from the couch, wanting to know what was going on.
The major handed him the letter, allowing him to read what she'd read only moments before. His reaction would've been the same as hers if he'd had normal eyes. He looked up, and handed the noted to Togusa. The note eventually made its way back to Aramaki's desk.
"Our job is to find the Prime Minister's Captor, rescue her, and bring her back home safely," He explained.
"Do we have any clues as to where she might be?" Motoko asked carefully.
"As of right now, no, we have no leads what so ever. The local police are checking for evidence as we speak. Their also checking for any else left behind from our kidnapper,"
"And what are the chances of them finding anything?" She continued.
"Well, there's a 50/50 chance here. He could've used a remote control android to get her, so that would mean that he would've had it grab the Prime Minister and then just drop her off at a set location, then leave the android somewhere random. Or, he could've come in and handled the kidnapping deal himself, which means we might be able to find him,"
The Major looked down at the floor. This was gonna be a tough one.
"Alright, Ishikawa, I want you Pazu and Borma to go through the surveillance tapes in the Prime Minister's house from last night up until 27 minutes ago. See if they picked up anything," She ordered, ready to start possibly one of the longest missions of their lives.
"Batou, you and Togusa are with me. We're going over to the PM's house to do a little investigating with the police. Saito," She directed her attention to the sharpshooter. "You stay here with the Chief in case another letter turns up,"
"Roger that," Her team responded and got up to do their jobs.
"Damn, Major there's nothing here, not even a lousy foot print," Batou stood up from his crouched position on the floor to the Prime Ministers bedroom.
"There's something weird about this. Even an android would leave footprints or something," Togusa thought aloud, reflecting the other two occupant's thoughts.
Motoko looked around the room. She was starting to get annoyed. It was late, she was groggy, and they were getting nowhere fast. Ready to give in for the night, she stood and motioned for Togusa and Batou to head for the door. That could've been the end of it, if not for her catching something out of the corner of her eye that sparked her interest.
"Hold on," She called out to the other two and crossed the room to stand next to the Prime Minister's bed.
She tilted her head back to stare at the object invading the vast white ceiling directly above her bed.
"Major?" Batou questioned while coming up to stand next to her. He didn't know what was up with her until he followed her piercing gaze,
"A vent…you don't think-"
"That's exactly what I think," She confirmed. "I think that's how our kidnapper got the Prime Minister without leaving so much as a finger print.
"Sneaky son of a bitch,"
As the Major began to contact the Chief, she was cut off by a group of Security Personnel running by the open doorway.
"What the-" She walked out the door followed by her subordinates to see a mob of Security circled around something.
She began approaching the noisy circle to have closer look.
"What's going on?"
"Ma'am, we just found her body now. It must have been the kidnapper," One of them answered.
They cleared a path for her so she could see. The Prime Minister's personal secretary lay there, dead. She was shot once in the head, a quick death. She looked closely down at the woman; she could just barely see something clenched in her left hand. She knelt down and reached in for it. Once the object was released from the woman's hand, she could see clearly that it was another note.
Batou and Togusa came up behind her to see what she'd uncovered. She carefully opened the note, careful not to smear the bloodstains on it over the words written there. It was short, but just what they needed to kick off their search for the Prime Minister.
In Shinjuku where the Cherry Blossoms grow.
'Chief, I think we just found out where the Prime Minister is,'
Well, what did you guys think? Sorry that the beginning didn't kick off with a bang, but hey, how exciting can an investigation be? We need more GitS fics around here, so we got another one. This will probably be about 10 chapters at the most, so the action will pile on pretty fast.