Un-Lucky Space
A Lucky Star/Dead Space crossover Fanfiction
Chapter 3: Evil Emerges
Author's Notes: Well, here we are. Chapter three of Un-Lucky Space. I'm not going to keep you long, since I can't wait for you all to read this chapter. I'm just going to say to enjoy it. Have fun everybody.
The sound in the vent was getting louder and louder with each breath Miyuki took. Even so, she couldn't bring herself to move as she stared in shock at Tony's severed head. "What the hell happened here?" Miyuki screamed in her thoughts as she finally managed to tear her gaze away from the grotesque head and toward the vent.
Miyuki could now clearly hear a loud metallic scraping noise along with what she could swear were low growls. No matter how much Miyuki's common sense told her to run and escape, her natural curiosity got the better of her as she took a few cautious steps around Tony's head and toward the open vent. Miyuki slowly peeked around the side of the vent to get another good look inside, and when she did, a large blade-like appendage flew out of the vent, barely missing her face as she fell backwards in terror.
As Miyuki slid backwards along the floor and away from the vent, she retrieved her flashlight from her tool belt and shone it on the blade, which was now flailing from the opening in the wall. Looking more closely, Miyuki could see that there was flesh attached to the end of it, and that the blade was stained with what was likely to be Tony's blood. After a couple of seconds, the blade went back into the vent as Miyuki stood back up on wobbly legs.
As soon as she heard the metallic scraping moving away from her, Miyuki made an about face and began sprinting back to the North Engineering Access Panel. A couple of turns before the panel however, Miyuki was blindsided as she passed by a ventilation cover. She was knocked off balance, but managed to remain on her feet. What she saw when she looked back up would remain with her for the rest of her life.
A man, but at the same time not a man. He was horrifically disfigured to the point where his arms dangled uselessly in front of him. There were two long arm-like appendages coming from each of his shoulders which both ended in large blades not unlike the one that nearly killed her earlier. The creature was completely naked, but seemed to be lacking any sort of reproductive organs. The beast gave a quick low growl before lunging for Miyuki and pulling her into a bear hug.
"AHH! HELP!" Miyuki screamed as the Slasher dug it's mangled teeth into her right shoulder. "AHHHH!" Miyuki screamed in pain as her RIG began automatically assisting her, bringing up a small hologram of the letter 'A' to signify that it had begun to pump Miyuki with adrenaline.
After a brief struggle, Miyuki managed to break free of the monster's hold and retaliated with a punch with her flashlight that knocked the creature away and its head clean off.
"My god!" Miyuki exclaimed in surprise and disgust as she saw the Slasher's head sail through the air and watched its body stumble slightly. "I hit it harder than I thought." Miyuki thought, wincing as she grabbed her shoulder in pain. She was hurt, but she was glad it was over.
Suddenly though, the monster regained it's balance and began walking towards Miyuki again.
"WHAT?" Miyuki yelled as she began running away again. She was almost to the access panel when she turned around and saw that the Slasher was still hot on her tail. "GET AWAY FROM ME!" Miyuki yelled as she activated her stasis unit and fired it at the monster. The Slasher was covered in a blue highlight and it's movements slowed to a crawl, allowing Miyuki to escape around the last corner before the access panel. "There it is!" She shouted in her mind as she made a mad dash for the panel. The metallic hiss of the door opening was music to her ears as she ran out the door and sealed it behind her as quickly as possible.
"My god… I have to… I have to contact someone!" Miyuki panted as she clutched her shoulder, which was undoubtedly bleeding under her suit's fresh self-repaired seal. Miyuki took a few unsteady steps forward before falling to her knees. "How much blood have I lost." Miyuki wondered as she referred to her RIG. "Oh." Miyuki said when she realized that her health display was in the low yellow and decreasing steadily. "That much." She said weakly as she fell forward and collapsed. "Gotta… Get… Help…" She groaned just before passing out on the ground.
"Okay." Ayano said, sitting down in a chair next to an unconscious, restrained man that Konata didn't recognize. "Yutaka said your name was Konata, correct?" Ayano asked, pulling up a word processing program on her RIG.
"Yeah. Konata Izumi, level one engineer." Konata said nervously as she sat down in a chair on the other side of the room. She couldn't stop taking nervous glances at the man in the bed.
"Are you worried about him?" Ayano asked, motioning to Nikinari.
"Why is he tied down?" Konata asked suspiciously.
"He came in here in hysterics and tried to shoot and kill us today." Ayano said quickly.
"Whoa! And I thought engineering would be dangerous work!" Konata exclaimed. "Does stuff like that happen often?"
I could say no if you had asked that question a few weeks sooner." Ayano said sadly. "But we aren't back here to discuss that. Now tell me everything about what you saw."
"Well, like I said, it was just my eyes playing tricks on me." Konata said.
"That doesn't matter." Ayano interrupted. "You need to tell me what you saw. Regardless of whether or not it was actually there.
"Alright, alright. Sheesh." Konata said, putting her hands up in defense. "I was in the engineering area, and I thought I saw my dead mother when I turned around."
"What did she look like?" Ayano asked. "Anything that really stood out about her?"
"Well, she was wearing what looked like a hospital gown." Konata said, thinking back to her brief experience on the engineering level. "My dad always told me she died in the hospital, so that would make sense."
"That's what your father told you?" Ayano asked. "You don't remember how she died yourself?"
"It happened when I was still just a baby. I don't actually have any memories of her." Konata said, Ayano noticing the sudden drop in the tone of her voice.
"You wish you could have known her, don't you?" Ayano asked sympathetically.
"My dad always said she was the most kind and gentle person he had ever known." Konata said, blinking away a tear. Another tear took its place not moments afterward. "I would give anything to have been able to know her."
"It really hurts you that you didn't get to know her, doesn't it." Ayano asked, jotting down notes as she did.
"It isn't fair." Konata said in a shaky voice. "Life isn't fair."
"I work in medicine. That's something I already know." Ayano thought. "It must be difficult, living with no maternal figure."
"My dad does his best." Konata said, wiping her eyes. "I love him a lot, and I wish I did more for him."
"I'm sorry to bring us in a circle Miss, but was there anything else about what you saw that stood out? Maybe her condition, or her expression." Ayano said.
"Well." Konata said, wiping her eyes again. "She was smiling, and she looked just like she did in my dad's last pictures of her."
"Heh. You're lucky." Nikinari said, turning his head to look at Konata. "You haven't gotten the bad ones yet."
"Nikinari, how long have you been awake?" Ayano asked, startled by the sudden sound.
"Not too long. Just long enough to know what this poor girl is going through." He said. "By the way, could you let me out of this bed please?"
"Wait a minute, what do you mean what I'm going through?" Konata asked.
"You're starting to see them." Nikinari said cryptically, narrowing his golden eyes. "You're starting to see the people you shouldn't. The dead ones."
"What do you mean?" Konata asked.
"I've gone… I'm going through it." Nikinari said, correcting himself. "In fact, my grandfather is standing behind you right now." He said, turning his head in Ayano's direction and smiling eerily. Ayano and Konata both turned to look and saw nothing.
"Niki-kun." Ayano said. "There is nothing there. It's all in your head. Please, try to get some rest."
"Ha! Rest she says!" Nikinari exclaimed suddenly. "Do you see all of your dead family and friends coming for you every time you close your eyes, Ayano?" He asked sarcastically. "I didn't fucking think so!" He yelled.
"Nikinari, please calm down." Ayano said as she stood up, tears beginning to form in her eyes.
"Christ, why couldn't you have just let me kill you when I came in today?" He yelled. "This will get to everyone here eventually, so why not let me save you the headache?"
"Nikinari, please!" Ayano begged as Nikinari began struggling against his restraints.
"Doc, what's going on here?" Konata asked, backing up further in her seat.
"Hell, at least let me kill her!" Nikinari yelled at Ayano. "You see how I am right now? Well this is all she has to look forward to!" He yelled. "She's already started seeing things, so she's already on her way to being just. Like. ME!" He yelled, jerking against his restraints and rocking the entire bed.
Suddenly, Ayano slapped Nikinari across the face as hard as she could. "That is enough!" She yelled.
"Holy crap." Konata thought. "I never thought I'd see a shrink lose her cool."
"That's all you've got?" Nikinari asked calmly. "You'll have to do better than that if you're going to kill me."
"I'm not going to kill you Niki-kun." Ayano said, rubbing her hand.
"And just why not?" He asked. "Trust me. I brought more than enough bullets for each person working here plus myself." Nikinari said. "They're all right there. Hell, there should be one for her too if she'd like to partake." He said, referring to Konata.
"You're sick." Konata snarled.
"And so are you." Nikinari said darkly before beginning to laugh.
"Miss Izumi, how about we pick this session up some other time." Ayano said, ignoring Nikinari and opening the door for Konata.
"We'll see." Konata said as she stood up and moved into the lobby.
"Where you going honey?" Nikinari asked Ayano as she moved to follow Konata.
"We'll talk more later." She said as she slammed the door shut behind her.
"They'll see." Nikinari said to himself. "They'll all see."
Meanwhile, Minami was searching for something in her desk while Yutaka watched.
"Minami-chan, what are you looking for?" Yutaka asked as Minami pulled out a drawer and placed it on top of the desk to look through it more easily.
"The most important thing that I'll ever give someone." Minami said as she continued to sift through drawer after drawer.
"Maybe I can help look for it." Yutaka suggested.
"No thank you." Minami said with a sigh. "I can't ask for your help with this." She said with a smile.
"But I wanna help." Yutaka protested.
"Please Yutaka. Just trust me on this." Minami said with a soft wink.
"Well… Okay." Yutaka said.
Suddenly, Minami stopped looking around and simply looked forward blankly for a few seconds.
"Minami-chan? Are you alright?" Yutaka asked, taking a step forward.
"Yeah, I'm alright." Minami assured her. "Just really dumb." She chuckled as she reached into her coat pocket.
Just as she was about to pull something out though, Ayano opened the door to her office. "Ms. Iwasaki, I'm very sorry about this, but I need your help right now." She said, taking note of the situation. "I'm so sorry Minami." She thought when she realized what she had just barely interrupted for the second time today.
Minami simply sighed in defeat as she returned the little black box to her coat pocket. Again before Yutaka had any idea what was going on. "It's alright. What's the problem?" Minami said, gripping the bridge of her nose with two fingers in irritation.
"It's Nikinari. He's awake." Ayano said.
"Okay. I'll be right there." Minami said, motioning for Ayano to leave.
"I'm very sorry, but please hurry." Ayano said regretfully as she left the room to attend to Nikinari.
"Yutaka, we'll continue this at a later time, okay?" Minami said sadly.
"It's alright Minami-chan." Yutaka said happily. "I understand that you have an important job."
"I love you so much." Minami said as she cradled Yutaka's chin with her index finger and tilted her head up for a kiss.
"Hello. What have we here?" Konata asked teasingly as she poked her head inside the office, startling the two lovers out of their little moment.
"K- Konata!" Yutaka said, jolting out of Minami's grasp. "I- I can explain!"
"Yutaka, that's so moe!" Konata exclaimed. "And a doctor no less." She said mischievously. "I bet she knows all sorts of ways to use your anatomy to it's fullest."
Minami and Yutaka both burst into intense shades of red at that last comment. "Konata-onee-san!" Yutaka whined. "You're embarrassing me!"
"Sorry, but it had to be said." Konata giggled. "You two are really cute together, you know that?"
"Uh. Thank you." Both Minami and Yutaka said, making Konata giggle.
"Anyways, come on Yu-chan. Your girlfriend has work to do." Konata said. "And with him, you've got a lot of work ahead of you." She said angrily.
"I can tell." Minami said. "With the door open, I can hear him from here. I hope I don't have to sedate him again." Minami said as she went to leave.
"Minami-chan." Yutaka said, grabbing Minami's hand. "Can I… Can I watch you work?" She asked.
"Yutaka, I-" Minami began.
"Yu-chan, I'm not sure that's such a good idea." Konata said nervously. "He's not all there. I don't know if you'll want to see him."
"Oh, please?" Yutaka pleaded. "I promise if I get scared we'll leave, okay?"
"Well…" Konata said. "I suppose it would be a good opportunity to get some answers." She thought as she looked anxiously in the direction of the incoherent yelling. "Alright. But only if Ms. Iwasaki says it's okay."
"Please Minami-chan?" Yutaka asked. "I really wanna see you work."
"Well…" Minami said contemplatively. "Alright I guess. But only if you promise not to interact with the patient. Understood?"
Yutaka nodded happily as her face lit up with excitement. "Okay. I promise."
"Alright. You two can observe. Please, follow me." Minami said, walking towards Nikinari's room.
Nikinari was struggling crazily against his restraints until he saw Konata walk back in. When she did, he immediately settled down and smiled eerily at her. "So," he said, "You want to talk after all."
"Ms. Minegishi, what exactly is going on?" Minami asked.
"Nikinari woke up just a couple of minutes ago and has been acting up ever since." Ayano said, referring to the notes she had taken with her RIG.
"Acting up is putting it mildly." Konata said, narrowing her eyes at the restrained man.
"Aw, don't be mean." Nikinari said while wearing a pouting look on his face. "I was just trying to be considerate."
"What do you recommend we do?" Minami asked.
"I have an idea." Nikinari said, turning his wrist to angle his hand upwards.
"We aren't going to untie you." Ayano said, glaring intensely at Nikinari.
"Oh come on!" Nikinari exclaimed. "The gun is right there! If you won't untie me, then at least kill me!" He pleaded.
"If you want to die, you came to the wrong place." Minami said. "We help people here. Tell us what's wrong, and maybe we can help you too."
"Hah! I'm way beyond your kind of help." Nikinari laughed. "The only help I need is the gun on the table over there."
"Maybe I should take that." Ayano said, grabbing the pistol and making sure the safety was on before slipping it into her coat. "Out of sight, out of mind." She said with a smile.
"Heh." Nikinari chuckled. "I'm not even sure how much of a mind I have left at this point."
"Niki-kun, please just try to relax." Ayano said. "Doctor Iwasaki and I are going to ask you a few questions now."
"Save it." Nikinari said. "I'm too far gone to benefit from your psycho-babble." He said, closing his eyes. "Try it on her instead." He said, motioning his head in Konata's direction.
"This isn't about her." Ayano stated.
"Not yet it isn't." He said as the image of a young woman bearing a striking resemblance to Konata appeared next to him.
Konata gasped suddenly as she recognized it as the same apparition that had appeared to her earlier.
"Uh oh." Nikinari said mockingly, now looking directly at Konata. "Is she here? Your dead mom?"
Yutaka and Konata both gasped in surprise when he said that.
"Aunt Kanata?" Yutaka asked. "Can you really see her?"
"Y- Yeah…" Konata said as she stared blankly at her mother's smiling face.
That response only served to worry Yutaka further. "She really thinks she can see aunt Kanata?" She wondered.
"Okay, North Transport Hub." Kagami said as she and her sister approached a large structure flooded with people. "The tram to Titan Fields doesn't leave for another hour and a half, so what do you wanna to until then?" Kagami asked her younger twin.
"Um, if you really don't mind, I'd like to pass out some literature." Tsukasa said, looking down fiddling with her hands.
"Honestly, you have a one track mind." Kagami sighed. "Fine, but just for half an hour okay? I want to actually spend some quality time with you."
"Okay!" Tsukasa exclaimed as she dashed happily into the crowd.
"Honestly, she's so obsessed." Kagami sighed as she went to go browse a few nearby shops. As she did, a public television broadcast caught her eye.
"Hey there everyone! This is Akira Kogami here, and we've got big news right now, don't we Shiraishi?" Akira exclaimed, as her eyes seemed to sparkle.
"Indeed we do." Minoru said, still with a light mark under his eye where Akira had recently hit him. "According to our field reporter, Daisuke Ono, the South Transport Hub has run into a few issues recently." He said, queuing up a holographic display from his RIG. "Apparently, a major malfunction in the wiring has stopped all transit to and from the Hub. Sounds like a real big setback for anyone planning to take a trip anywhere. As a result, the North Transport Hub will likely see some increased passenger volume until an engineering team can get down there to fix the problem. The engineer on duty in the south sector has not been answering calls, and his superiors are worried that something may be wrong with his connection."
"Hey Shiraishi…" Akira said, trying as hard as possible to retain her composure.
"What's up Akira-sama?"
"I could have sworn that I was the primary reporter here." She said, a dark aura seeming to surround her.
"Well yeah. I guess so." Minoru said, now fully aware of the mistake he had just made.
"Well then why the hell did you take that whole report just now?" Akira yelled as she kicked him under the desk. Hard.
"GAH! MY LEG!" Minoru yelled as he fell behind the desk.
Kagami couldn't help but laugh out loud as the storeowner changed the channel. "Wow. I swear they get more ridiculous every time." She said, wiping a laugh tear from her eye as she entered the next store over. "Hello, I'd like to fill out an application." Kagami said as she approached the counter.
"Alright." The young man on the other side of the counter asked. "Do you have experience in the manga and anime market?"
"Experience?" Kagami asked. "I thought I would just have to work a counter or something."
"SHH!" The young man hushed her. "Be quiet! You don't want my manager to hear you saying those kinds of things!" He whispered, as he looked around frantically.
"What's going on here?" A loud voice suddenly boomed from the back of the store.
"Oh great…" The teller groaned. "He heard you."
"YOU!" The strange man yelled as he pointed dramatically at Kagami.
"Me?" Kagami asked, pointing to herself.
"HOW DARE YOU!" The man yelled as he jumped forward. "My name is Meito Anizawa, and I am the manager of this fine establishment." He said, giving a cool smile and a thumbs-up. "If you don't think you need experience to work at Animate, then you have another think coming!" He yelled as he clenched his fist powerfully.
"Alright already!" Kagami yelled. "If you don't want me here then just say so! Jeez." She said as turned around and walked out of the store.
"Nice job kicking that disrespectful customer out son." Meito said, clapping the young employee on the back.
"Stop calling me son. I just work here." The boy said with a sigh.
"Man, what a freak." Kagami sighed as she checked the time on her RIG. "Tsukasa's still got a bit more time to pass out literature, so I guess I'll just wait outside for her." Kagami said as she walked back out of the Hub. "I guess there really was a problem at the South Hub." She said to herself as she saw even more people pouring into the station. "Maybe our travel plans will have to wait." She sighed as one person in particular caught her eye.
This person had brown hair and seemed to be carrying someone else over her shoulder. She was running away from the direction of the North Engineering Access Panel.
"Whoa, what's up with that?" Kagami asked herself. "I guess there must have been some sort of accident." She figured when she realized that the other person was wearing an engineering suit. "Wait a minute! Her RIG is in the red!" Kagami exclaimed. "I hope she'll be okay whoever she is." Kagami thought as she sat down to wait for her sister.
"Thank you all very much for coming." Ms. Kuroi said from the front of Patty's classroom, looking around at each of the parents gathered therein. "I know this was short notice, but I believe that this is a very important meeting."
"What exactly is the meaning of all this?" One concerned looking man asked, raising his hand. This elicited a low volume of chatter from the other parents, mostly words of agreement.
"Your children have been performing well in classes, but their work earlier today was a bit… Disturbing, for lack of a better word." Nanako said.
"Disturbing how?" One woman in the back asked.
"Maybe it would be better if we just let you read the essays that they wrote today." Nanako said, reluctantly opening an audio line to Patricia's RIG. "Ms. Martin, please come in here and pass the papers to the appropriate parents."
"But the children aren't done with their crafts yet." Came Patty's voice.
"That's alright. Leave them to it for a minute and pass out the papers for their parents." Ms. Kuroi said, sounding slightly annoyed.
There was a brief pause. "Yes Ma'am." Patty said as the line cut out. Seconds later, Patty walked in through a door to the adjacent classroom. She was holding a stack of papers and looked very distraught. Her clothes were covered in multicolored paints. "Hello everyone." She said, moving in a very stiff fashion. "Here are the essays." She said as she began passing out the papers. Not once did she actually make eye contact with any of the parents. "Thank you for your time." Patty said as she handed out the last paper and returned to the other room.
"Is she okay?" The last parent to receive a paper asked as he looked down at the essay.
"She's just a bit shaken up. She loves these kids and she's really worried about them." Nanako said, looking nervously at the door that Patty had left through.
"What is this garbage?" One mother asked, tossing the paper aside in revulsion. It didn't take long for the rest of the parents to follow suit. "What the hell are you teaching our children here?"
"I assure you, this has nothing to do with our curriculum." Nanako said, trying to calm the adults down.
"Of course you would say that." One man said as the whole room stood up and went to the door to the next room.
"We're getting our kids out of here, and you can expect legal action." The man at the front said as he opened the door. As the door opened, every single parent stood in silence with his or her mouth agape.
In the room, there were red and black images of the Marker all over the walls and floor. There was not a surface that didn't have the symbol scrawled on it. That wasn't the worst of it though. Every single one of the students was lying down on the floor in a pool of what could only be blood. None of them appeared to be breathing.
"Oh my god!" The man in front exclaimed as he moved forward. As he took his first step into the room however, he was quickly stabbed in the eye with what appeared to be a recently confiscated pocketknife.
Patty stepped in front of the door as she removed the knife from the man's head with a sickening squelch. "Oh good." Patty said, a crazed look in her eyes. "You brought some red paint for us." She said as she dipped her finger in the dead man's now empty eye socket and drew a line on the wall with his blood. "We were just about to run out." She said with a smile as she lunged at the next person within reach.
"Mr. Izumi, did you hear that just now?" Hiyori asked as she turned to face Sojiro.
"No, I didn't hear anything. Why?" He asked.
"I could have sworn I heard something weird in the next room just now." She said.
"Hey, are you alright?" Sojiro asked. "You look a little pale."
"I'll be fine. Just artist's headaches, you know?"
"I really can't say that I do." Sojiro said, raising an eyebrow. "Maybe you should get that checked out."
"Nah. I'll be alright." She said, shaking her head. "Hey, check out my new camera!" Hiyori said excitedly, handing Sojiro her newest purchase.
"Wow, this is almost as good as mine." He said, turning it around to read the specifications label.
"It can even take video too, see?" Hiyori said, taking the camera back and activating the video capture feature. "Cool, right?"
"Yeah actually." Sojiro said. "How much can it record?"
"It can go until it's battery runs out, and it's got about an hour of charge left on it."
"Only an hour?" Sojiro asked.
"I used it a lot on the way here." Hiyori admitted. "It can actually record for about twenty four hours on a full charge."
"That's not too bad." Sojiro said as Hiyori winced in fright.
"There it is again!" Hiyori yelled.
"What is it?" Sojiro asked, placing a hand on Hiyori's shoulder with concern. "What are you hearing?"
"Its like a loud thumping and growling sort of noise." Hiyori said as she began to shiver.
"Alrighty then." Sojiro said. "Tell me where it's coming from, and I'll go and check it out."
"The next room." Hiyori said, putting her camera down on a nearby table and pointing to the next room in the apartment. It was so dark in there that you couldn't see a foot in front of your face.
"Okay, just relax." Sojiro said, picking up a flashlight. "I'll be right back." He said, turning on the light and entering the room confidently. After a couple of minutes, Sojiro came back out with a smile on his face. "See? There was nothing in there." He said with a light-hearted chuckle just before a large blade was thrust through his chest from behind.
"Mr. Izumi!" Hiyori screamed as Sojiro's lifeless body was repeatedly stabbed and slashed by whatever was behind him. Hiyori couldn't see what was doing it, but she also couldn't bring herself to move from where she was standing.
Finally, Sojiro was tossed to the floor, a bloody, cut-up mess. Hiyori didn't stick around to get a look at what did it. She just turned around and ran from the apartment, covered in Sojiro's blood.
"What the hell is taking Tsukasa so long?" Kagami wondered as she stood up and began tapping her foot.
"Onee-chan, sorry I took so long." Tsukasa exclaimed as she ran up to her twin.
"Were you really passing out leaflets this whole time?" Kagami asked, giving Tsukasa a disappointed sigh.
"Nah. I had to go to the bathroom." She giggled, scratching the back of her head.
"You know, the crowd's gotten really big." Kagami said. "How about we go some other time. We could just hang out at home, and the walk was good, right?"
"Yeah, that sounds good." Tsukasa said happily as she and Kagami left the transport hub and started heading home.
Not more than one thousand meters away from the hub however, there was a sudden sharp cracking noise followed by an explosion.
"What the hell?" Kagami exclaimed as Tsukasa screamed and fell over. Kagami turned around and watched in horror as the North Transport Hub building collapsed in on itself. People were flooding out of the building as it fell in, killing every poor soul still inside. "Oh my god…" Kagami said under her breath as she watched the scene unfold.
"There's no way that could have happened!" Tsukasa exclaimed as tears ran down her face and she curled into a ball on the ground.
"Tsukasa, get up!" Kagami exclaimed, trying to pull her sister to her feet. "Tsukasa, we need to get out of here!"
"Daddy, why did this happen?" Tsukasa asked as she passed out.
"Tsukasa!" Kagami yelled as she tried to shake her twin awake.
"Nikinari seems to have calmed down for now." Ayano said, turning the lobby television on and getting Konata a glass of water. "Are you okay though? You looked pretty shaken up in there."
"Yeah, I'm okay." Konata said, taking the water and downing the entire glass. "Ahh!" That's good stuff doc!" She said, wiping her mouth with her sleeve.
"Its only water…" Ayano said.
"I was talking about the anime on this channel." Konata said, pointing to the television.
"Oh, okay then." Ayano said, smiling nervously.
"Hm. Oh well. Thanks for the water. I'm okay though, really." Konata said.
"I don't know." Yutaka said with a worried expression. "You seem kind of jumpy."
"Yu-chan, don't worry." Konata said, patting Yutaka on the head. "All I need is a good night's sleep and I'll be good as new." She said as the clinic doors burst open.
"Ms. Iwasaki, hurry!" Misao exclaimed as she ran into an open patient's room with a person in an engineering suit over her shoulder.
"What's wrong with her?" Minami asked as she rushed in behind Misao and helped to lower the unconscious engineer onto the bed.
"I don't know. I found her on the way here. Her RIG was red and I was on my way here anyways, so I figured I'd try to help her." Misao said, trying to catch her breath.
"It's a good thing you got her here when you did Ms. Kusakabe." Minami said as she deactivated the engineer's helmet. "In her condition, she wouldn't have lasted much longer."
As the helmet retracted into her suit, Konata peeked in to see what was going on. "Miyuki-san?" She exclaimed as she saw the familiar long pink hair.
"That's correct." Minami said after pulling up Miyuki's RIG information. "You know her?"
"Yeah." Konata said. "She's my boss."
"Well don't worry about her. She'll be just fine after I administer a few med packs." Minami said as she connected a couple of large med kits to Miyuki's suit. "With the model of suit she has, it should essentially take care of itself." She said as Miyuki's RIG showed that she was now in stable condition. "She looks like she'll still be out for a while, but she should be okay."
"Thank goodness." Konata sighed as the television in the lobby automatically switched to show a repeating emergency broadcast.
"Attention, this is Director Tiedemann. A station-wide emergency is in effect. In accordance with Titan Station Civic Code, I am declaring martial law. All citizens are ordered to evacuate. Looters will be shot on sight. This is not a drill. Move immediately to the nearest evac route."
Author's Notes: Okay, before you say anything, yes. Yes, I know that Patty's narrative has just earned me a one-way ticket to hell. And you know what? It was worth it. Now if you all don't mind, I'm going to go take a cold shower... A REALLY cold shower.
Next update will be up sometime later.
Look forward to it!