No Scientific Explanation

Mine Ruins, Ruwella

"I don't remember the time of Ancient Belka, but I have a feeling this kind of scenery was usual." Said Agito.

"I remember that time and I can confirm it for you." Said Signum.

The scenery in front of both members of the Special Duty Section 6 can only be described as a slaughter. There was blood on the ground and the walls, body parts as far as eye can see, and the scarred faces of the corpses.

Signum walked around the crime scene, tried her best not to contaminated it. But no matter what she did, she would either walked on a pool of blood or stepped on a body part. There was no place that was free from the carnage.

"Whoever did these is even more sick than the Eclipse Infectees. At least they know how to make sure the bodies can receive proper burial. But these…" Commented Agito.

Signum walked towards one of the body that was being recorded by a forensic doctor. From his face, she knew that if possible, he hoped he never knew about what happened to the poor guy.

"What's wrong with him?" Asked Signum.

"Well, to…put it simply…" It was clear that the doctor was very uncomfortable with the question. "…his cause of death is because the culprit pulled of his brainstem from his…"

Instead of answering it directly, the doctor pointed below. Confused at first, Signum pointed below as well until she finally realized from where the victim got his brainstem pulled. Suddenly, she felt quite sick as well.

"I take my word back; Ancient Belka was better than this." Commented Signum.

"Man, we're created to arrest the Eclipse Infectees. But looks like we're going need to add homicidal psychopath to our target list." Said Agito.

"Don't worry, Agito. Just like the Infectees, we will take the culprit behind the bar."

"Damn right we are!"

Somewhere in Ruwella…

"Faster! What are you doing?! Faster!"

"I am driving as fast as I can."

"Then it's not fast enough!"

Several miles away from the crime scene, the survivors of the slaughter – several scientists and security guards – were running away for their lives. The culprit managed to find out that they were alive and decided to give a chase.

He was using the same pickup truck as they were, obviously being stolen from one of their dead colleagues. It was clear that slowly but surely, the pickup truck was getting close to them.

"What are you waiting for?! Shoot him." Shouted one of the scientists.

"But it will attract the authority!" Retorted one of the guards.

"We're miles away from the nearest settlement. And the Bureau are way better than letting him gets his hands on us!"

The guard reluctantly fired at the chasing vehicle with his assault rifle. However, it appeared that the shots didn't make any visible damage on the pickup truck. The guard then joined by the other guards and fired their entire magazines on the truck.

From the driver side of the truck, the culprit took out a gun with blade attached on its underside. He charged the gun as the survivors – upon seeing that – made an evasive maneuver.

The culprit fired a beam at the pickup truck that he was chasing, causing it to explode at its underside. The truck flipped up, throwing its back occupants into the air. It landed back on the road, crushing the people that sat inside it.

He stopped his truck and disembarked. He slowly walked towards the flipped truck. When he saw the inside, he realized that the job was done and diverted his attention to the two surviving guards. He cracked his knuckles and walked to one of them.

"No. Please no! Stay away!" Shouted the guard with a terrified look.

The other guard managed to recover from the landing and looked at his colleague, only to receive a spray of blood into his face. He started to crawled away while trying to stand up. However, the culprit grabbed him by the collar and dragged him into his truck.

The culprit used his other hand to grabbed the guard by his belt and put him on the back of the truck. Before he could react, the culprit knocked the guard out before embarking the truck and drove away.

Several hours later…

Unknown Location

"Is that all?"

"Yes, it's everything I know! I swear! If you want more information, asked one of the scientists! I am just paid to make sure they're OK!"

The guard coughed blood after saying that. He just couldn't believe what this…this monster, calling him "human" will insult the entire humankind, was capable of doing. He knew the risk of joining in, but he never thought it will be so…so monstrous.

The culprit looked at him with eyes burning of rage. He went to his truck, which was parked right in front of the guard, who was being chained into a tree. He embarked the truck and started the engine. The guard, confused at first, now realized the intention of the culprit and tried to break free.

"Wait, please no! I told you everything I know!" Seeing that it did nothing, the guard became even more panic. "Please, I have wife and child!"

"You should have thought about your family."

The last thing that came from the guard was his horrified scream.

Church

Veyron of Huckebein looked around the church in displeasure. He managed to get an information that a stranger managed to get his hand on an Eclipse Driver. He didn't exactly care about such a thing, but denying the TSAB a weapon like the Driver was quite a plus for him; it prevented them from having a higher possibility of capturing them.

Or maybe he was just looking for an excuse to kill some people. Either way, he didn't exactly care.

Veyron stopped his monologuing when he heard that someone entered the church. He prepared his Driver and waited for that person to come.

"You're too late. Thanks to that I have to…"

When he saw who came into the church, Veyron's eyes immediately went as wide as saucer.

"You've got to be kidding me!"

Several hours later…

Forest

"Here." Said a girl as she offered a boy a bottle of mineral water.

"Thanks."

Isis Egret looked at the boy, Thoma Avenir, as he drank the water. She then looked at Lily Strosek, who looked worried at the boy. She admitted that it was surprising that it was the only expression that she had, considering that.

"So, how exactly you have that kind of powers? I am pretty sure they don't teach that kind of thing to even the best Ace." Asked Isis.

"It's…not something I want to talk about." Replied Thoma.

"Well, I can figure out why myself. Anyway, we need to move on else either the Bureau or the criminal catch up with us."

"You're right. Let's go, Lily."

Lily nodded a little as she followed Thoma and Isis through the forest.

"So, any idea where we should go now?" Asked Isis.

"You're the one who suggested it." Said Thoma as he rolled his eyes a little.

"Hey, I just said we need to move on. I never said anything about our destination."

"Alright, alright. Considering the attack on the Church, interplanetary travel will be closed down for a while. So, I guess we better find a settlement. The one with a place where we can stay obviously."

"Oh, I know a town near here. Should be there by a couple of hours."

"That's great."

"By the way, you won't do any of that, won't you?"

"Don't worry. I know what I am doing."

"Hopefully."

The three of them went deeper into the forest, avoiding both the Huckebein and the TSAB.

The first chapter is complete.

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