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Chap. 2
Refusing to Fight
He had navigated through the battlefield and was apparently heading for enemy lines, or so he figured, since a good piece of the enemy's crafts were leaving the battle to chase him. He dove for the city and navigated between the buildings that were still standing, with a battle like this it had to have been abandoned. Beside his aircraft number he could see a red counter which was increasing. From what he understood that was the number of enemy planes which he'd taken down; he hadn't fired a single shot and yet it was counting upwards. It was counting people who chased him but crashed into buildings. The counter reached 10 and his aircraft number blinked in green, it had increased by one.
The little girl who was sitting in the chair closest to him let out a cry in pain and her screen went black. Her parents started to cry and her chair was moved backwards. Shinichi stared at the parents who lifted their now dead child into their arms and he went cold, was this really happening? His screen blinked and he was back in the landing bay.
"How do I get out of this?" he mumbled and felt adrenalin enter his bloodstream.
"By fighting," his father mumbled and Shinichi sighed.
"I'm not a murderer, I will not kill," Shinichi saw to his confusion how his counter had increased to 35 and he frowned, how was that even possible? Did the ones chasing him crash as well? He'd even gained two more aircrafts which he immediately took out into battle, using three planes at the time was good for evasive manoeuvres but it required an awful lot of concentration.
"I don't want to kill," he mumbled when he did the exact same thing as before.
Shinichi flew through the battlefield, and since he didn't need to concentrate on shooting, chasing, allies, enemies or anything, except avoiding getting shot down, it was easy. He ignored everything and just flew through. He was being chased again and went down to the city to check what had happened. It seemed like he wasn't just chased by the enemy, as he received small messages on his screen saying; "I've got your six", "watch out!", "What are you doing?", "Use flares to make them crash!", "I'm coming to help!". Shinichi ignored them and flew past where he'd crashed before. It seemed like he'd been right. He'd crashed into one of the tall buildings just after he'd turned, making it unstable and fell just as other planes came around the corner, and then they must have just continued to crash into each other when they were trying to avoid it.
"I killed them," he mumbled and flew into a tunnel, the counter jumped as five more aircrafts crashed by the entrance. "I killed them all?" Shinichi got difficulty breathing while he was thinking of the little girl who'd been sitting in the chair. He'd caused something similar, and it didn't matter if it was 'the enemy'; he'd killed someone, but he didn't want to die himself. They'd crashed, chasing him, but they were children and they shouldn't need to go through things like that.
"Shin-chan, concentrate, we don't want to lose you," he could hear his mother's pleading and he sighed. There was no helping it, was there? He was someone's child too.
"I'm a murderer now, aren't I? And nothing's going to change that," he mumbled to himself as he exited the tunnel with another evasive manoeuvre, which turned out to be the correct move since there were enemy crafts waiting for him. His planes spun around in a strange dance with each other and barely avoided getting hit. He rounded the remnants of a skyscraper and saw how both the counter and aircraft number blinked, he'd reached 50 kills and earned himself new planes.
"This will go on forever, won't it?" he mumbled to the screen and sighed. "I'm a murderer, I've killed people, I've killed children, and I'm a monster, I don't want this."
His eyes were drawn to the messages he received; "Great flying skill, this is not your first time in the War. It's my ninth time. I'm watching your six", "Meitantei, what's wrong?", "Help me, please, I'm in my last plane", "Meitantei, answer me!". Shinichi stared at the messages, the only one that called him Meitantei, were Kaitou KID and Haibara, when she thought he was stupid. He closely avoided another collision and went into another underground tunnel system.
"KID?" he thought and saw how his own comment was added to the list.
"The enemy is grouping by the exit, we won't be coming out alive from here, if you see another exit, take it and I'll follow you." , "Meitantei, can you hear me?", Shinichi stared at the messages, one from whoever was 'watching his six' and one from Kaitou KID.
"What's going on, KID?" Shinichi sent, but when it came up on the screen it had been scrambled. "Me a heaa," he shook his head, that was strange but he didn't have the time to think about it.
He was flying through the tunnel when he actually recognised it, it was the same that passed above the underground metro.
"Who's behind me? I know an exit," Shinichi sent into the chat.
"Katsu," came the answer.
"Meitantei, you're scaring me."
"Ok, I'll follow you closely." They flew fast through the tunnel and Shinichi ignored the comments by KID, it was obvious that he wasn't with him and Katsu inside the tunnel.
"Here," he sent through the chat and blew a hole in the road. "I hope your skill is good, I'd hate to lose you in the metro," came a quick comment when they flew through the narrow tunnels.
"Tch, watch it or you might die," he sent back and slowed down, he knew that there were a station just ahead. "Just don't kill me," Shinichi sent to the chat.
"HaHa, like I would! I'm Katsu, feared by the enemy!"
"Meitantei!" Shinichi frowned at the word and almost lost control of his planes, no, he couldn't worry about that comment; he needed to get out of the chair.
"Who are you, I never caught your name," Katsu sent to him.
"I'm Shinichi," he answered quickly as they came out from the station and flew into the city.
"Why aren't you shooting at the enemy?"
"I'm not a murderer! I won't shoot them! I refuse to kill!" he sent back and flew in a zigzag pattern between buildings.
"Oh, that's strong of you, but it won't get you far in a war, however your flying skill makes up for your refusal to fight," Katsu answered and Shinichi spun his planes around to get a glimpse of his follower. Katsu was using four aircrafts, so he must be really good.
"Meitantei! Are you okay?" Shinichi huffed annoyed, he needed all his concentration to not get shot down, he didn't have time to chat.
They were followed by a lot of people.
"The metro, go for the metro!" Katsu sent into the chat.
"Don't go dying on me!" he sent back and flew into another tunnel.
"I never thought of using the metro like this! This is so clever!" Shinichi was proud, the long time fighter didn't think of it, but he had. The tunnel suddenly opened and they were in another landing bay.
"Ha, yes! Fire everything you've got! It's the enemy!" Shinichi saw the message but his screen went black almost instantly, he'd been shot down and end up in the landing bay again. The entire room blinked in a red light and a voice called out.
"One of the enemies headquarters have been found, it will be marked in red on your screen, destroy it. The honour goes to the third time champion Ryuu and the new fighter Meitantei. Fight as well as them and you'll also be released after your session."
"What? Meitantei?" Shinichi mumbled as he saw the bay doors getting closer. "Katsu are you Ryuu?" he sent into the chat.
"Yes, I am. And you're Meitantei? You really are a newbie? That's so funny!"
"Great job, Shin-chan!" his mother squealed and he sent her a glance, she was jumping up and down with happiness.
"You survived!" his father was smiling at him and he smiled back, he was going to get released.
"How do we get the names?" he sent to Katsu.
"Hahaha, it's what you entered when you sat down!" Shinichi frowned, when he sat down? He was put to sleep, he never sat down, he was put there, so someone else had given him his name and only KID called him Meitantei.
That should mean that KID really was an ICCA, where was this place anyway? But what happened if it really wasn't KID who had given him his name? What if it was himself and he just didn't remember it, maybe because of the computer interface, or something? Then it could have been anyone who tried to chat with him, it wouldn't necessarily have been KID.
"How long does a session last?"
"Only a couple of hours or until you die, however if you start to crash your own planes... The chair will kill you, I've seen it happen." They were flying towards the battlefield so Shinichi didn't have to concentrate so hard.
"How long has it been?" he wondered and glanced down, the city looked really awful and dead. "Only two hours, oh, will you join me for dinner once our session is over, they serve great food for the champions and their families! I want to see the face of the newbie!"
Time passed by as Shinichi avoided most of the battle, but still the counter grew which meant that the chasers crashed. He became better and better at the evasive manoeuvres and ended up with 15 aircrafts at his disposal. He flew in and out of tunnels and actually found a military outpost, and he felt horrible about it. Shinichi was trying very hard to avoid the battle but only ended up with finding 'the enemy', and that it was announced from the speakers wasn't making him feel any better. Katsu congratulated him through the chat and decided to stick with the newbie in case he stumbled over any more of the enemy's headquarters or outposts. Katsu was calling him lucky, which wasn't exactly the word Shinichi would use.
A/N: Review, let me know what you think of this strange story :D
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