Ch. 6: The Deception is Complete
"Well, we seem to be at an wee bit of an impasse, don't we?"
"The situation is only as difficult as Dr. Goldberg wishes to make it. Tylon owns Divinity. Therefore all materials and data concerning it are the exclusive property of Tylon Corporation," Kojiro said with a confident smirk.
"Dinnae Ah get a say in this?"
"No," Stun hissed. "This is far greater a matter than your master realizes."
"He is my ally, nothing more."
"Is he now?"
"Enough of this. If you insist on being difficult, I will be forced to take the specimen by force. "
"Never!"
Stun leapt, coming down on the ground where Kojiro stood. The young man deftly jumped away, and drew his sword. In a motion too fast for the eye to see, he severed Stun's right arm. The man-insect howled in pain as he reeled from the loss of the limb. He crouched over, let out a loud growl. He grasped the stub of arm, and let out a blood-chilling shriek. Another loud roar accompanied an unnatural sound of flesh straining as a new arm burst forth from the bloody stub. "It will be much more difficult than that to stop me, boy. Now, where were we?
"You were providing a distraction so that our prey could escape."
"Of course. It is my Master Harada's wishes."
"Then I have no reason for being here." Kojiro jumped back into the shadows. Stun stood motionless for a minute, until a lone man in a hunter green suit approached.
"Well played, Stephen. I knew you were the right man for this job," Harada said in his usual confident smirk.
"With all due respect, Harada, is it truly wise to allow the woman to fly free? She is dangerous, unpredictable..."
"Dangerous, yes. Unpredictable? Not in the least. She's seeking answers, Stephen. Answers only one person can truly provide. Sooner or later, she will fly to my arms, and then good doctor, is when she will become ours. Now I have business to attend to. The rest of the night is yours, Stephen."
"Thank you, sir." He stood, waiting for several more minutes, until a swirling mist enveloped him. He grinned, in his own bestial way as a woman ion long transparejt robes approached. "You have done your role well, my child."
"I live to serve, mother." Stun knelt before her, to receive Lisseth's dark blessing. He could feel his skin tighten, his muscles strengthen, as his once decaying body knit itself together. "Harada truly believes he is responsible for your rejuvenation, but we know the truth, don't we child?" As soon as her arcane work was done, she removed her hand from Stun's forehead, and began to float away.
Kenji looked out over the city from his private helicopter, then at Rahne and Reiko. "Where are ye taking us?"
"Anywhere you wish, Rahne," the enigmatic ninja said. "The Ohgami-Nonamura Foundation is not a militia, we don't keep anyone against their will. We do, however, have safe facilities in New York, as well as Paris, London, Tokyo..."
"Nae thank ye," Rahne sternly refused. "I want answers, Mister Ohgami. And I aim ta get them." Rahne walked to the door, and flung it open. With a glance and a wink to Reiko, she jumped, seamlessly transitioning into her bat form and gliding away. Reiko rose with a sigh, and shut the door.
"You have developed feelings for the woman. Deep feelings." Kenji said, cutting the vocal silence.
"You knew?" Reiko asked in somewhat astonishment.
"I am a trained ninja, daughter. Your heartbeat, breathing, and facial contortions betray you."
"You... do not..."
"Approve? Daughter, I, a ninja once in the service of Hajime Busuzima, fell in love with a bubbly girl who was the adopted sister of my own adopted brother's wife. I have coped with many things in the past. Your sexual orientation is of little surprise to me." Kenji waved his hand to the door. "Go to her, in part for your mission as an agent of the Ohgami-Nonamura Foundation, and in part for your own happiness as a human being." Reiko nodded. "I know more about you than you suspect, my daughter," Kenji's eyes locked in a cold stare, "MUCH more..."
"Man, all this crap going on, and its only been what? Three days?" Rahne thought to herself. "Ah cannae even remember. Harada showing up, blackmailing me into following Shina Gado's son, he getting killed, Lisseth returning, Reiko, Kenji, Stun... its all too much..."
Rahne landed next to the door to her apartment, and quickly went inside. The sun had started to rise, and that would be bad for her. She knew all too well the sun's effect on her brood. Her flesh would bubble and boil, peeling from her body and falling to the ground. Her muscle, now exposed, would steam, until she would explode and finally evaporate away. She pushed these thoughts from her mind and retreated to her bedroom. She would sleep the day, only to emerge at night's dawn.
Her eyes opened to a darkened room, and a familiar figure at her door. "What time is it?" she asked.
"Almost midnight," Reiko replied.
"Ye've been here all day?"
"Yes. Someone needed to guard you, in the case that Tylon or Harada would make use of your weakness."
"Um, well thank ye, Reiko. I don't know what to say..."
"You don't have to say anything. I'm here for you, Rahne, until the very end. Now, shall we make life miserable for Harada or for Tylon?"
Rahne smiled. "Jest gimme a quicj minute f'r a shower, and then we'll raise a little Hell." Rahne walked to her bathroom, and in her wake a small mist rose, wrapping around Reiko.
"Very good my child..." a voice whispered to the blind woman, "Soon she will be ready to receive her destiny, and at last she will be free..."
"Well, we seem to be at an wee bit of an impasse, don't we?"
"The situation is only as difficult as Dr. Goldberg wishes to make it. Tylon owns Divinity. Therefore all materials and data concerning it are the exclusive property of Tylon Corporation," Kojiro said with a confident smirk.
"Dinnae Ah get a say in this?"
"No," Stun hissed. "This is far greater a matter than your master realizes."
"He is my ally, nothing more."
"Is he now?"
"Enough of this. If you insist on being difficult, I will be forced to take the specimen by force. "
"Never!"
Stun leapt, coming down on the ground where Kojiro stood. The young man deftly jumped away, and drew his sword. In a motion too fast for the eye to see, he severed Stun's right arm. The man-insect howled in pain as he reeled from the loss of the limb. He crouched over, let out a loud growl. He grasped the stub of arm, and let out a blood-chilling shriek. Another loud roar accompanied an unnatural sound of flesh straining as a new arm burst forth from the bloody stub. "It will be much more difficult than that to stop me, boy. Now, where were we?
"You were providing a distraction so that our prey could escape."
"Of course. It is my Master Harada's wishes."
"Then I have no reason for being here." Kojiro jumped back into the shadows. Stun stood motionless for a minute, until a lone man in a hunter green suit approached.
"Well played, Stephen. I knew you were the right man for this job," Harada said in his usual confident smirk.
"With all due respect, Harada, is it truly wise to allow the woman to fly free? She is dangerous, unpredictable..."
"Dangerous, yes. Unpredictable? Not in the least. She's seeking answers, Stephen. Answers only one person can truly provide. Sooner or later, she will fly to my arms, and then good doctor, is when she will become ours. Now I have business to attend to. The rest of the night is yours, Stephen."
"Thank you, sir." He stood, waiting for several more minutes, until a swirling mist enveloped him. He grinned, in his own bestial way as a woman ion long transparejt robes approached. "You have done your role well, my child."
"I live to serve, mother." Stun knelt before her, to receive Lisseth's dark blessing. He could feel his skin tighten, his muscles strengthen, as his once decaying body knit itself together. "Harada truly believes he is responsible for your rejuvenation, but we know the truth, don't we child?" As soon as her arcane work was done, she removed her hand from Stun's forehead, and began to float away.
Kenji looked out over the city from his private helicopter, then at Rahne and Reiko. "Where are ye taking us?"
"Anywhere you wish, Rahne," the enigmatic ninja said. "The Ohgami-Nonamura Foundation is not a militia, we don't keep anyone against their will. We do, however, have safe facilities in New York, as well as Paris, London, Tokyo..."
"Nae thank ye," Rahne sternly refused. "I want answers, Mister Ohgami. And I aim ta get them." Rahne walked to the door, and flung it open. With a glance and a wink to Reiko, she jumped, seamlessly transitioning into her bat form and gliding away. Reiko rose with a sigh, and shut the door.
"You have developed feelings for the woman. Deep feelings." Kenji said, cutting the vocal silence.
"You knew?" Reiko asked in somewhat astonishment.
"I am a trained ninja, daughter. Your heartbeat, breathing, and facial contortions betray you."
"You... do not..."
"Approve? Daughter, I, a ninja once in the service of Hajime Busuzima, fell in love with a bubbly girl who was the adopted sister of my own adopted brother's wife. I have coped with many things in the past. Your sexual orientation is of little surprise to me." Kenji waved his hand to the door. "Go to her, in part for your mission as an agent of the Ohgami-Nonamura Foundation, and in part for your own happiness as a human being." Reiko nodded. "I know more about you than you suspect, my daughter," Kenji's eyes locked in a cold stare, "MUCH more..."
"Man, all this crap going on, and its only been what? Three days?" Rahne thought to herself. "Ah cannae even remember. Harada showing up, blackmailing me into following Shina Gado's son, he getting killed, Lisseth returning, Reiko, Kenji, Stun... its all too much..."
Rahne landed next to the door to her apartment, and quickly went inside. The sun had started to rise, and that would be bad for her. She knew all too well the sun's effect on her brood. Her flesh would bubble and boil, peeling from her body and falling to the ground. Her muscle, now exposed, would steam, until she would explode and finally evaporate away. She pushed these thoughts from her mind and retreated to her bedroom. She would sleep the day, only to emerge at night's dawn.
Her eyes opened to a darkened room, and a familiar figure at her door. "What time is it?" she asked.
"Almost midnight," Reiko replied.
"Ye've been here all day?"
"Yes. Someone needed to guard you, in the case that Tylon or Harada would make use of your weakness."
"Um, well thank ye, Reiko. I don't know what to say..."
"You don't have to say anything. I'm here for you, Rahne, until the very end. Now, shall we make life miserable for Harada or for Tylon?"
Rahne smiled. "Jest gimme a quicj minute f'r a shower, and then we'll raise a little Hell." Rahne walked to her bathroom, and in her wake a small mist rose, wrapping around Reiko.
"Very good my child..." a voice whispered to the blind woman, "Soon she will be ready to receive her destiny, and at last she will be free..."