Keiji Minegishi wearily walked the streets of Amami City, Shingo Sako merrily sleeping on his back. Otherwise known as Six to the Spookies.
Keiji just couldn't wait to return to the familiar trailer that he called his second home. After all, Six just had to get sucked inside the VR Mansion, a place Keiji wasn't eager to return to. At his side, Nemissa walked in an equal gloom.
Six stirred in his sleep, annoying Keiji. Sometimes being a man is tough. He picked up his pace, Six's weight dragging him down. It was nighttime, so nobody really walked the streets. The few people who were out at this time were all traveling by cars, so Keiji and Nemissa had the path to themselves.
It took quite some time, but Keiji finally made it back to the trailer. Lunch immediately started bombarding Keiji with questons, all of which he waved off. Dejected, Lunch cleared off space to lay Six, still sleeping soundly.
"Wow, you sure got it rough, eh?"
The gruff voice of Spooky startled Keiji. Before he could react, he felt the butt of a cigarette searing through his coat. He frantically brushed the butt off, relieved to see his coat with no major damages. He shot a glare at Spooky.
"Whoa there, now that was just an accident. Don't give me that look."
Taking a seat next to the sleeping Nemissa, he continued.
"So, we should think about our next move. What of Paradigm X? We know now that it's the source of the illnesses, what Six suffered through. Thing is, what do we do about it?"
"Eh, we should wait until Six, Yuichi and Hitomi are awake first before discussing. This is something serious, and we'll all have to discuss it as a whole."
"True, Lunch. True. Let's get some rest first, then we'll decide."
Spooky took a seat next to Six and lit another cigarette, blissfully unaware of the presence behind their trailer.
"…well then, your information is much obliged. Finnegan sure fixed the boy up, eh? Not that it's my business, I'm installing it right now."
And with a click, the explosive was latched on the trailer. The resulting noise resonated through the parking lot, alarming Spooky. Crushing the cigarette, he stepped off to come face to face with a charming woman, parasol in hand. Lunch and Keiji soon followed after, all eyes focused on the mysterious lady.
"My, my, my. You certainly are the nosey bunch. You've caused quite enough trouble to the Dark Society, surely you realize? Sorry, but business is business, you all are to fall at my hands."
With a twirl of her parasol, the woman known as Mayone summoned a group of demons, provoking Keiji into summoning his own. Lunch and Spooky ran back in, alerting Six and Nemissa to the hostile outside.
In a moment's notice, Mayone rushed up to Keiji, whapping him in the shoulder. Her demons followed and try as he might, he was simply too tired to fend off her attacks after the rough battle against Six's sister in the VR Mansion. Her demons charged again; straight into a blast of electricity. Keiji knew Nemissa had joined the fray and he rushed in towards Mayone, his demons much too tired to battle.
Alone, Mayone held off Keiji's fierce blows and swifty dodged another of Nemissa's strikes. Acting on instinct, Mayone fingered the control panel in her dress, setting off the sequence for the explosive. In the midst of battle, neither of her enemies noticed the countdown of the bomb.
"All that's needed…is simply to delay them-"
"GRAHH! BOMB!"
Taken off guard by the piercing scream of Lunch, Mayone never saw the bullet that ended her life. Nemissa withdrew her pistol and rushed over to the trunk of the trailer, where Lunch gasped in horror.
"BLOWING ANY SECOND! RUN! JUST RUN!"
Barely even having time to collect their thoughts, Keiji just ran.
And ran. Soon, a fiery explosion blazed through the area, scorching Keiji. His ears started ringing and white started clouding his vision. Barely able to keep himself together, he staggered onwards and collapsed under the heat. He opened his eyes for a split second, to see the familiar sight of Dark Summoners. With them stood Yuichi, his mind dazed. Finnegan kept a firm grasp on his shoulders.
"Gods…this was all orchestrated…no way to see this coming, gah…they got Yuichi all this time…?"
Keiji's vision disappeared as his consciousness slipped.
When he awoke, he was nude in a confinement cell. The constant ringing of footsteps everywhere he looked. Attempting to move his hand and wipe his brow, he found that his hands were bound.
"Of course."
Keiji let out a string of colorful profanities, hopefully he'll catch someone's attention. Within a moment, he heard the sound of his cell opening, and his face soon met the sole of a shoe.
"Keep quiet, maggot. You are under arrest, charged with numerous accounts of grand larceny, personal assault against Algon Soft personnel, defacing Algon Soft property and resisting arrest. But most importantly, you are under treason for conspiring with terrorists!
Keiji was enraged, the majority of those were caused by Algon themselves.
"Heh, you guys fit the terrorist bill better, you demon users! I know you all are part of the Phantom Society!"
A pause. Then laughter.
"Ohhohohohoho! Ahahahahahaha! What, may I ask, is this nonsense about demons and the phantom society? Are you quite out of your mind? Why, I may just remind you that you are being televised as of this moment! The whole of Amami will see you for the terrorist that you are!"
The black dressed man Keiji recognized as vice president chuckled. Then, his face turning grim, he turned to Keiji, grasping his chin.
"Oh, how futile your efforts are. We have custody of your GUMP, you know! The peculiar thing is, it happens to belong to one of our fellow employees! God bless him, for he's dead. Was he in cohoots with you too? Unlock the GUMP."
Keiji stared on. Why his GUMP?
"You see, this GUMP, it contains a very private secret. It little something called…Nemissa. You will die by the hands of the law soon, so make yourself useful. Give us the program."
Mustering up his strength, he spat in Nishi's face. A summoner immediately detained Keiji, while Nishi glared.
Keiji was deported to a chamber by the summoner, where he saw the beaten Spookies kneeling on the floor in defeat, their face being broadcasted across Amami for all to see.
"You should consider yourself lucky boy, your family will never know the truth behind their sweet loving boy, secretly a terrorist plotting doom on Amami. Look at your companions, look at their pain as the truth is unveiled for all to see."
With a flash, Nishi called upon a demon. Helpless against its might, Keiji's mind was overtaken by the parasite, his entire being now the domain of the demon. Upon being presented Urabe's GUMP, the demon entered the lock combination, overriding the safety.
"I want the extraction program uploaded to our server pronto."
Nemissa watched on, as she was strapped inside a capsule, slowly being drained of her power. As her power dissipated, Hitomi's hair returned to it's natural brown color. Nemissa too, began to lose her form. She felt her link between Hitomi being severed and as the last of her being was returned to the Algon servers, her host collapsed lifeless, her body being host for far too long. Nishi smirked. Thanks to the bug Finnegan installed inside the obnoxious boy, they were able to track the Spookies down and formulate a plan to retrieve Nemissa. Soon, she will become one with Manitou once again.
And the city of Amami shall never know the dark secrets of Algon, with all threat to their power removed. Soon, the Kuzonoha will fall also. Kadokura smirked.
"Even they are no match for our might now..."