Scene 6: Hunting Hunters
"I should have captured him, then and there..." Lelouch growled to C.C.
It had been a few days since they had tried to capture Adelia and she had been spirited away by Annul, who was now officially a traitor to the Organization.
"He seemed stronger than when we last saw him. Do you think he's regained his true body?" C.C. Asked.
"It's a definite possibility..." Lelouch sighed grimly.
"ZERO. This is Ripley." The view-screen switched on, and the intimidating face of Ellen Ripley, the Captain of the Damocles II, appeared on screen. She seemed hollow, and fierce, though by now Lelouch knew that she was just as human as he was...figuratively speaking.
"Yes? What is it?" Lelouch asked, putting on his ZERO mask before turning on his side of the view-screen. Ripley knew who he was, but he couldn't let his image falter, now could he?
"We've recaptured Adelia and Annul's D.N.A., and they've been detected in a new world, one we have only just discovered." Ripley said.
Why there? Was there something important happening? Or was the Damn Cat just amusing himself? Perhaps he took her there on purpose, to lead them to an uprising of evil? Either way, Annul had been followed by an Umbrella Agent, and Adelia had to be collected immediately.
"Perhaps Ripley should go ahead, while we make our way there?" C.C. Offered. "There are others who can direct the Damocles, are there not?
Lelouch thought about her proposal. Ellen Ripley was one of the Senior members of the organization and was trying to gain the strength to revive her surrogate daughter, Newt. She would be one of the few members who knew Annul and wasn't busy. Naruto was busy with his duties as Hokage, and Lelouch as ZERO. L was dead, and Kari would bicker with Annul whenever she saw him. And C.C. was right, he himself could pilot the Damocles, should the need arise.
"So be it." Lelouch said. "Ellen Ripley, I want you to go to the world ahead of us and seek out the Umbrella Operative that followed Annul through. Once he is taken care of, you are to aprehend Annul Amity and Adelia Wesker.
Ripley gave a dark grin, her eyes glinting with anticipation like a predator on the hunt. "Yes sir."
Ripley looked around the street that she now stood on after 'jumping' to the world in question. It was very different from the Earth where she came from. Her Earth was a trash heap, polluted and destroyed by the humans that inhabited it.
She wasn't very inconspicuous, dressed in a black vest and pants with the Geass Sigil on her chest, her customized Black Knights uniform, but she really didn't care. If she wanted to hide, no one could find her.
She made her way across the town, unnoticed by all pedestrians but one, a man in black. As she passed, the man gave a dark sneer, and tipped his sunglasses...
"It is so dumb that we've been coming here so long and never spoke!" Penny said with a smile. She stood with Horrible (Billy) and Adelia.
Adelia felt a lot more comfortable around Horrible, he reminded her a bit of herself.
"I know, all those months doing this stunningly boring chore!" Billy groaned.
"I'm a fan of laundry." Penny said, shrugging.
Adelia and Annul both chuckled as Billy looked slightly embarrassed and said, "Psyche! I love it!"
"The smell of fabric softener." Penny said.
"Mmm." Billy nodded.
"The feel of warm clothes in your hands."
"So good!" Billy sighed.
Suddenly, Annul seemed irritated. "Quick, Adelia! Sunglasses on and duck down!" He snapped.
Adelia did as told immediately and saw a woman with curly brown hair walk into the room. She had a predatory look in her eyes.
Luckily, Adelia had been in the next row over from Billy and Penny, so they didn't notice her abnormal behavior.
"Now, slowly make your way out the door." She glanced longingly at the clothes she had...borrowed from a nearby store. "We'll come back later. You need to make sure that woman doesn't see you." Annul hissed quietly.
"Who is she...?" Adelia asked, following as ordered.
"She's one of the senior officers of the Black Knights." Annul hissed. "Ellen Ripley."
The woman looked strait ahead. As she searched, rather than look around, she seemed to sniff the air.
Just as they were walking out, she turned with a predatory grin.
"RUN! RUN FROM THE ALIEN BITCH!" Annul laughed, bolting.
Adelia raced after him, and Ripley followed in suit.
"And of course she runs ten times faster than me!" Adelia spat as Ripley quickly began to catch up.
Should she take the Wesker Serum? How could she escape?
"No, this is my target." A man's voice hissed.
A cloaked Umbrella agent appeared out of thin air, letting Adelia pass him as he cocked a large gun...
Billy lifted up a bag and pulled out two bowls of frozen yogurt. "Hey, this is weird. I ordered one frozen yogurt...and they gave me two, you don't happen to like frozen yogurt do you?"
Of course, he had ordered 2 and already knew that she loved frozen yogurt...
"I love it!" Penny said.
Billy grinned. "You're kidding, what a crazyrandomhappenstance! Here!"
"Thank you!" Penny said.
Billy handed her one of the bowls, then pulled himself up and sat on his washer. "So how was your weekend? Did you spend the whole time, hunting...wild signatures?"
"Um...actually, I went on a date." Penny said, smiling.
Billy grinned. "Get right out of town, hows that?"
"Unexpected." Penny said. "He's a...really good looking guy, and I thought he was kind of cheesy at first-."
"Trust your instincts." Billy said quickly.
"But, he turned out to be totally sweet." Penny added.
Billy got a confused look on his face as Penny continued, "Sometimes people are layered like that. There's something totally different underneath than what's on the surface."
Billy stared at her for a moment, then said, "And sometimes there's a third, even deeper...level...and that one is the same as the top, surface one." Nodding as Penny looked increasingly confused.
"Huh?" she asked.
"Like with pie." Billy said. "So, you gonna see him again?"
Penny looked deep in thought for a moment, then said, "I think I will!"
"Huh." Billy said, giving a fake smile as he nodded.
Penny looked to the side and her smile disappeared. "Billy?"
"Yeah?"
"You're driving the spork into your leg."
He looked down. "So I am." He grinned. "Hilarious!"
Penny chuckled, confusedly, as Billy half laughed, half cried.
"Vector..." Ripley hissed, still grinning.
"So your remember..." Vector chuckled.
They had met when Wesker tried to kidnap Ripley, as a test subject. He had ended up taking a Pokemon trainer named Grey Clif instead. Grey was still missing, after all these years...
"So you're the worm they have watching Adelia." Ripley hissed.
"It doesn't work on us you know." Vector chuckled, "The Wesker Serum. Mostly, it kills those who inject themselves. Only a few survive. But my training is more than enough to beat you!"
Vector charged at Ripley, firing.
"Hold on! I'm the HERO here!" Suddenly, Captain Hammer slammed into the ground between the two, punching Vector back. "And you two are disturbing the peace!"
"Pain in the ass decides to be the hero and ends up thwarting the hero!" Ripley spat under her breath. "Stupid human!"
She ducked under Hammer's fist heading straight toward Vector as she pulled out a knife and cut deep into her arm. She then snapped her arm, sending her blood flying toward Vector. He screamed in pain as the acid blood landed on his arm, burning into his flesh.
He disappeared, his cloak changing colors and allowing him to escape.
"Not so fast!" Hammer called as Ripley turned to walk away.
She glanced back over her shoulder. "I don't want to hurt you." She hissed.
"So, what manner of Villain are you?" Hammer called. They'd attracted a crowd.
"I am a member of the Black Knights." Ripley said. "We of the Black Knights fight for justice and peace throughout the world. I have no quarrel with you."
"A likely story." Hammer said, grinning. "And I'm sure I'm not devilously handsome as well, Hahaha!"
"It's people like you who are even worse than the villains." Ripley snarled. "You idiots would destroy the world from the inside out, and not even realize it! You...your kind is not even worth my time..."
Ripley surprised them by leaping up onto the wall and climbing up, disappearing from view atop the building. Though hammer searched the rest of the day, he could not find the strange woman...