The Sensitive Complex

Chapter 4

Mean while, the remaining three go in search of Eliza Scorn.

The drive to the church was taking longer than expected. When they did eventually get there, Crescendo, who happened to be driving had to shake his companions awake.

"Hey Lamina, Barnabous, were here"

"Wah- what ya say"

"Were here, at least you've had a sleep we're probably gonna have to fight to get to Eliza."

They got out the van and headed down the path to the church. It looked old and haggard plagued by decay. Above the massive double doors carved roughly in to a splintered piece of wood was the symbol of the faceless, a large circle intersected by a drastically smaller circle in the lower right of it.

Barnabous knocks on the door three times. A moment later and a faint shuffling sound can be heard approaching; the door unlocks and opens to its fullest extent with the chain still across it.

"Yes" snaps Jajo Prave "what do you want".

"We're here to ask Ms Scorn to accompany us to the sanctuary, she isn't being arrested, we just want to ask her a few questions" replies Barnabous.

"She's busy, f*** off" Prave says irritably.

"There's no need to swear, but unfortunately we must insist" says Lamina.

Crescendo kicks the door and the chain pings off. Like the rest of the building it was fragile with rust flaking off it.

Prave scuttles back feebly and then proceeds to shriek "Elizaaa helllp"

Eliza comes storming out her office "oh, do shut Prave what are you on about"

A long bony finger protrudes from a clenched fist pointing directly at the sanctuary officials.

Eliza looks up to see them standing in the door way. One of the corners of her mouth turns up into a snarl. "What do you want; I've not done anything yet."

"That's why we're here; to find out if in fact you have done something wrong."

"Well I haven't so get out of my church now."

"We still need to take you in for questioning" says Crescendo.

"I'd like to see you try" scoffed Scorn.

"We really hoped it wouldn't come to this." Said Lamina disappointed.

Crescendo took centre with Barnabous on his left and Lamina on his right. Eliza taps two symbols on her forearms and an energy wave flows from her body knocking Prave against a wall and where slumps to the ground unconscious. Crescendo and Barnabous managed to duck just in time but Lamina was knocked back, using shadows to cushion her fall as she lands on the ground.

During this time Barnabous has started spewing spiders from his mouth across the floor, they scuttle over to Scorn who casually flicks them away, all but one that bights her leg; a numbness almost instantly spreads over her to which she shakes off by touching a tattoo on her wrist, this seems to give her a burst of energy. Crescendo in the mean time summoned two fire balls in each that he throws at the benches either side of Eliza. They ignite and start to burn rapidly.

Scorn touches her palms and waves them round in circles beside, this puts the out the flames around her distracting her enough so that Crescendo can push at the air which causes Eliza two stumble, but regains her balance soon after. She then launches a wave of flying daggers produced from her eyes. Crescendo ducks and Barnabous turns into a massive spider to deflect the daggers of light of his hard cased abdomen. Lamina now recovered but still shaky from the spasm inducing wave that hit her shadow walks behind Scorn were she proceeds to slash at her calf's making her fall to her knees.

They eventually get the magic binding handcuffs on her, and then lead her out and into the van.

Back at the sanctuary Lamina is seen to by a doctor who says she should recover within an hour.

Cumbersome and Lichen were waiting for them, the five of them walked in to the interrogation room. Eliza was sat nonchalantly, looking as if she hadn't a care in the world.

"What do you know about the sensitive kidnappings?" Said Crescendo

"Pardon… I haven't got any idea what you're talking about"

"She's got to be lying" Lamina said as she turned round.

"Are you planning on bringing the faceless ones back through the means of sensitives?" Lichen asked.

"If I was bringing the faceless ones back I certainly wouldn't use sensitives and you wouldn't know this early on you would find out by the time it was too late" she scoffed.

"I do know however who might be behind it" she continued "Jaron Gallow and his two associates"

"Why would you help us?" questions Cumbersome

"Isn't it obvious I don't want him to succeed because he would get all the credit from my glorious Gods."

"I can't believe I'm saying this but I think we can probably trust her on this occasion." Crescendo said as they left the interrogation room.

The administrator ran over to them "The Elders would like to speak to you"

They followed the administrator to the meeting hall.

Eachan Meritorious addressed them "we have had an idea, we would like you to gather as many sensitives as you can then put them in a safe house."

"We'll get right on it" said Lamina

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