Chapter Four
Cross Roads
(7 years later) Johnson was on chase of a scientist who knows where Losuki and the facility was. Right when he was about to capture him, Johnson heard guns going off near him. Instead of capturing the scientist, he ran to where the shots where being fired, which was on a bridge. Once he was able to see what was going on, he saw soldiers shooting at a girl who later he saw had horns on her head. He quickly ran to the scene, and once he was within the fire range, he tackled her, accidentally getting her horn shot off, knocking her unconscious. The shooting had stopped, for the soldiers thought it was a civilian who had gotten in between them and the person they had come to kill. Johnson had quickly gotten up, and when he did, a soldier who works for Losuki recognized him and insisted to shoot down. When Johnson saw them starting to aim their guns at him, he ran swiftly towards the crowd and took out his dagger. He reached the crowd, and then shots were being fired within the crowd of soldiers. Johnson slicing the soldiers while avoiding the shots. A soldier that was behind the crowd started running away from the fight. Once all of the soldiers fell dead in the crowd he noticed one of them running away. By this, he gotten a small knife and threw it up in the sky, which later on landed on the soldier's back. He went to check on the diclonius which he thought was one of the escaped "subjects". On his way, he picked up the horn which was shot off. Then, a soldier who survived the massacre saw him heading towards her. He silently took his gun, started aiming to the diclonius, but when he fired, he hit Johnson on the back side which Johnson he was able to with stand. Johnson threw a metallic spear at the head of the soldiers, killing him instantly. Johnson had picked up and carried the diclonius finding the other horn that fell out of her pocket. Once he arrived at the place he is staying at, he had reattached her horns to her head, and inspected an umbrella which he found near, and he found an address that was to the inn scripted on it. In the morning, Johnson headed to the address of the inn. Once he was at the front gate he knocked on it, and when he did, a small dog had started barking and then he heard a clock ding. Some one had came to open the door.
Koata: "Yes, may I help you?"
Johnson: "Ah yes, I found this umbrella near a bridge, it had an address which led me here."
Koata: "By the way, what is your name?"
Johnson: "I'm Johnson Hecter, and you are?"
Koata: "I'm Koata" he said.
Johnson: "And another thing, do you know of a girl with red hair and eyes, and...has horns on her head?"
Shocked to know that was the description of Lucy. Off at a far distance, on a tree on a hill, a sniper catches the sight of Johnson in front of the inn's entrance. The sniper contacted his team members, telling them of Johnson's where abouts. The sniper started to take aim at Johnson, unaware there is some one in front of him. Right when he was about to pull the trigger, Johnson moved revealing Koata. Quickly, the sniper moved the aiming cross away, but pulled the trigger striking Koata on the arm, just barely making a cut on his arm. Johnson saw it, and took his gun out to start shooting to where he thought the shot must have came from. The shots had hit spots near the sniper making him fall off the tree. Johnson had grabbed Koata's arm pulling him inside the inn, where Yuka, Nana, and Mayu where eating. They had panicked to see Koata's wound, Johnson had told them what happened, and that it wasn't that bad to calm them down. Immediately, Koata demanded to know where was Lucy/Nyuu, but Johnson had told him it wasn't safe to leave yet and that the people who shot him, where not going to know where she was. But Koata still insisted to take him to her to bring her here, which eventually Yuka started feeling jealous again. After Johnson told Koata if they were to leave, he should do what ever Johnson tells him and not to go off wandering around. Johnson opened the door to see if there was any one waiting for him, then he led Koata out to the gate where he peeked to see that if there was no one there either. They walked through the alleys and Johnson with his gun out, just in case if they met up with trouble.
Johnson: "Alright, we're here."
Johnson opened the door only to find his place trashed….