This mainly takes place after the Alias showdown in Endestria during Gravity Rush 1. An alternate timeline where Alias was able to escape before meeting his death in the correct timeline. Rather than landing in the trash compactor, Alias is able to regain himself and escape.
Chapter 1:
They both were exhausted from the fiasco that unfolded not too long ago. Kat, panting as she takes a breather as things go quiet. The sound of silence filled the area. It took so much out of her to rip Alias out of his Nevi body the only thing Kat could do was catch her breath. The explosion, and Nevi body parts scattered about and dissolving into the air allowed to citizens hiding in the area that the threat was gone. None would go to investigate of course as the high activity of Nevi would be much too dangerous. The Nevi are also very unpredictable when they strike too.
Kat wiped the sweat from her face and collapsed to the ground. She mustered all the strength she had to stand. Her knees shook slightly but it wasn't impossible for her to regain balance. Her eyes glared down on the trash cart that held Aliases unconscious body. "I almost feel sorry for him," she said with a slight bit of disgust. "This place would be more enjoyable without someone like you terrorizing defenseless people." She crossed her arms at the motionless figure. At that point Alias was starting to regain consciousness. His twisted body twitched but didn't move.
Kat turned around to see if any authorities, any police, or even Syd for that matter to at least come and help deal with the mess. As always, she was doing things on her own.
The sound of faint laughter caught her attention as she turned around to investigate. Alias was making the noises. His evil, scratchy voice laughing, even in his position caught Kat off guard. "...ha..hahaha….. Why do you insist on defending these… pitiful beings..?" It was all he said before he continued to chuckle. Before Kat could put together her reason a black and red smoke began leaking from Aliases body. It was the same smoke he emitted when he summoned his Nevi. Before Kat could act, the smoke engulfed his body. When it cleared there was nothing left but the rubbish, and trash that was collected in the cart.
"I know this won't end well," Kat thought to herself. But just the very thought of Alias made her writhe with either anger or disgust. "I know he'll be back soon.. but where?" Many things were going through her mind. Things like: where will Alias be when he comes back, or what will happen at his return. She didn't know for sure, but she did know something worse than this attack was on its way. She sighed. "Better not wait here and find out, we need to get going Dusty!"
The two headed back for Auldnoir. The relaxing fall into the sky allowed Kat to clear her head for the moment. As the faces of the people walking around, the laughter and commotion heard made Kat somewhat relieved that she can take it easy. She sighed again as she sat down on a bench that overlooked the still strange fountain. "Who commissioned this?" She thought. It was a truly strange fountain. Almost like a totem but without the tribal tiki faces, it just looked like three statues stacked on top of each other, but somehow it was the main attraction of Auldnoir.
This was the only part of town where she felt like she was at ease. Still, Alias disappearing and giving her the thought of why she really is defending the people of Hekseville really gave her something to focus on. Rather than the children mindlessly running around and the loud commotion of people's conversations. Alias was interesting on his own. He wore a mask that wrapped around his head which lead you to think what he really looks like. Or how he can command Nevi to do as he wishes. Thoughts that she wanted answers to. Her intense concentration was interrupted with a grumble and a meow from Dusty.
"What is it Dusty?" She said looking down at the starry cat. Dusty meowed again in discomfort. Kat didn't know what to focus on. "What's wrong?" She said as she lightly scratched behind his ears. He meowed once more before looking up on the building with the giant screen. Kat looked up to the building but saw nothing. It made her think what got Dusty so worked up. "Dusty, there's nothing there. Don't get so worked up over nothing." The cat was silent as it stared at her. The only times Dusty seemed to be uncomfortable was either when he was hungry or had a bad feeling. He was Kat's special guardian after all. "Maybe you just need some rest. After today, I know I definitely need some shut-eye," she said as she began to yawn.
It wasn't like Dusty to get worked up over nothing though. The intense moment with broken with the sight of Syd coming around the corner. The look on his face said that he was looking for Kat's help like always. By help, it was mainly looked at as chores or favors that Syd was too lazy to do himself. Kat abhorred the demeaning tasks that ensued with Syd but she still helped him anyway. This time was different. He had the look of nervousness rather than his cocky smirks. Kat could tell something was amiss.
When I saw Syd coming around the corner with his blank look I knew something was wrong. Instinct told me that it was something to do with Alias. I knew that this time Syd didn't have some boring job for me, but, that's a story for another time..
Note: (This is my first story published to this site so anything said to help improve is always appreciated. I plan on keeping this going based on how people mainly want it to go, but also the way I envision it. More chapters could be added based on how people feel towards it. Thanks for reading this far as it feels somewhat nice to have my ideas and my story out for others to read and criticize.)
