The Mystery of Pandora


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Many thanks to those who read and reviewed this fic. I am really happy and this inspired me to bring in the next chapter, and here the search for Hershel Layton continues, as Katrielle is determined to find her missing father, but then she gets sidetracked when she encountered a mysterious figure, and now she is about to learn more about this mysterious individual…

Moreover, she is about to encounter someone she would not expect…

And the antagonists of this fic will finally be introduced here…

Well, read on and enjoy!


A few days later, the scene shifts at the headquarters where the current leader of England is stationed, in which the Prime Minister is running England, as it is revealed that because of the Skywall Disaster, the entire Royal Family, including the Queen and the heirs, have disappeared, and with no one to take the throne and lead England, the Prime Minister decided to assume leadership to stabilize the country and keep things in check.

And thankfully, the current Prime Minister appeared to be benevolent and is against unnecessary bloodshed. He appeared to be in his mid-60's as he has no suitable heir to replace him, but he is assisted by his 16-year old granddaughter, who is appointed as his assistant. The Prime Minister appeared to be Austrian-born and moved to England decades ago and despite not being born a British, the current prime Minister was able to meet all the political requirements and is now the current leader of England.

He is identified as Benev Degurechaff, and he is overseeing all the activities within England.

His assistant, his granddaughter, accompanied him and she appeared to have a different aura. While Benev is benevolent, his granddaughter appeared to have a different outlook, and persistently urges her grandfather to increase funding in having a militarized force claiming that she receive intel that England's neighboring countries, Northern Ireland and Scotland, are said to be increasing their military might and they might plan on invading England.

However, Benev assured to her that such scenarios would not happen and that their current military might is enough for self-defense, but not to be used to instigate a war.

"You need not to worry, Tanya."

"But, grandfather..."

"I recall telling you to call me Prime Minister while inside the office..."

"Never mind that. The intel that came from my sources are serious. We should strengthen our forces and..."

"The strength that we have are enough for self-defense. That is all we need."

"Please listen...I am sure that North Ireland and Scotland are increasing their military might. They might use it to invade England and..."

"They would never dare doing that. You need not worry."

"..."

The 16-year old girl, identified as Tanya von Degurechaff, is not pleased, as she knows that the neighboring countries are planning something, and mentally vowed to protect England no matter what.


"It's been ten years since the artifact from Mars,
the Pandora's Box, caused the Sky Wall Tragedy…

The United Kingdom, a proud continent within the European Union
was split in to three…

England, North Ireland, and Scotland…
the end result is the chaos that ensued…"


Be The One by Pandora feat. Beverly
(Opening Theme from Kamen Rider Build)

kono mama arukitsuzuketeru
kon'ya mo massugu hitori no ashiato tadotte
hateshi nai da kedo kimi dake wa
doko ka de matteru egao tayasazu ni
There You will

Be The One Be The One
All right!
asu no chikyū o nagedasenai kara
Be The Light Be The Light
All right!

tsuyoku nareru yo ai wa makenai
nan ka o tasukesukutte dakishime
kokoro ni furete todoku yo tsutaware
Be The One Be The Light
messeiji okuru yo hibiku yo


Ch. 7: Masaru no kukyō; Katorieru no Sōgū

A week later, the scene shifts at the coffee shop, which is similar to Starbucks, where Katrielle and Alfrendi meet up and decided to have a coffee break, as the siblings are discounting several topics, such as the status of their search for their missing father, Hershel; about her encounter with the armored muggers called Smash, and getting a glimpes of the enigmatic Kamen Rider.

Alfrendi told Katrielle that since the Skywall Disaster, things significantly changed, as immigration became unreasonably strict, and that the English military are employing mechanical soldiers called the Guardians, and that Prime Minister Degurechaff labeled the Kamen Rider as a fugitive even though Katrielle witnessed him fighting the Smash.

Katrielle wondered if the Prime Minister dislike vigilantes, which Alfrendi said it is likely given that the Prime Minister is a pacifist who wants to settle issues with the least amount of violence.

"Looks like it, Katrielle. It seems that the Prime Minister wants to show Europe that they is always an alternative way to settle issues without fighting."

"But by labeling the Masked Rider as a fugitive after he stopped those...things...?"

"You mean the so-called Smash? Perhaps the Prime Minister does not want the public to condone violence. You know how things changed ever since the Skywall Disaster 10 years ago."

"Still...the Prime Minister should loosen up a bit."

"Maybe his decisions are influenced by his advisors. Perhaps he felt that the Guardians are more than enough to solve England's internal problems."

"All thus started with the artifact that was brought from Mars, Alfrendi."

"Indeed. The Pandora Box...someone touched it...and that caused the Skywalls to appear. That resulted in the United Kingdom to be split in to three. Then our dad disappeared...doon followed by the utilization of the Guardians...then the Smash...and now the Masked Rider that you indirectly witnessed...makes me wonder if these incidents are connected or otherwise..."

"..."

Katrielle stared at Alfrendi with intent, as she is starting to sense something here, as England has significantly changed in the previous years ever since the Sky Wall Disaster happened, which also include the disappearance of her and Alfrendi's dad, Hershel. The siblings wondered what would they expect from this point on, as they are determined to find where their father is, and who took him.

Moreover, Katrielle is also determined to know more about the incidents that involves the so-called Smash, where they came from and why are they attacking in a random way, as well as what the English government is doing to address the issue.

She also intend to get any lead that eoukd pinpoint her way to where Hershel is, as she still believe that he is alive, as his body was never found and told Alfrendi that there is still hope, which he nodded in agreement.

-x-

Meanwhile, the scene shifts at a coffee shop, which is the Nascita Cafe, where Daisaku Bandai is serving coffee to a few customers, and while it started to gain some customers because of his rather enticing advertising, the customers were slowly getting turned off at the tastes that the coffee they drank, and they complained to the owner about, asking him if he really made the coffee by himself.

"Hey!"

"What is this?"

"Is this coffee?"

"Did you made this?"

"It tastes terrible!"

"You better not be trying to poison us!"

"If I end up in the hospital...I'll sue you!"

"Yeah! You better not be swindling us!"

When Bandai TOOK PRIDE in his coffee-making, the customers sighed and walked off, leaving Daisaku staring in disbelief, and sagged at this, just as a 16-year old boy emerged from the door that seemingly lead to a hidden basement quarters, and the boy, who is identified as Kibo, saw the customers leaving in dismay, and he asks Daisaku if he just served another serving of TERRIBLE COFFEE, which Daisaku defended, claiming that his coffee is the BEST in England.

However, Kibo rebutted and said that if the coffee is the best, then this shop should be bustling with loyal customers, but instead it had the opposite effect, causing the two to bicker non-stop about it, until Kibo decided to take his leave as he is due for a job interview at the English Research Institute, which Daisaku asks why, and Kibo told him that Daisaku himself INSISTED that Kibo must get a job to PAY OFF the rent, which the middle-aged man sweat-dropped as he realized that he was the one who told Kibo about that.

"Huh?"

"Come on, Mr. Bandai..."

"I said that...?"

"Yes, you did."

"Oh, dear me..."

"Well, I'm off."

"Would you like some coffee, Kibo?"

"No thanks."

After that, Kibo leaves the scene while Daisaku took a cup and tasted the coffee, and he finds it QUITE OKAY, and he became baffled as to why the customers claim that the coffee he served tastes terrible, while he finds the taste SATISFACTORY, and yet he did not seemed to mind it as he began to clean up and wait for any customers to come in.

"Really...the coffee I brewed is the best."

-x-

Meanwhile, the scene shifts at a nearby garage area, where Masaru Daimon, the red-haired 16-year old boy who was convicted for the crime of murder and sentenced to a juvenile prison, is seen putting some clothes on, having discarded the laboratory gown after escaping his abductors, and henis bewildered as to how this has happened.

The event somewhat traumatized him as he felt that he cannot trust anyone and is fearing for his life after managing to escape the secret hideout where he almost got turned into a guinea pig, and as he is slowly looking around to see if there are any pursuers, someone, or SOMETHING appeared. It was a group, and they turn out to be the Guardians, android troopers that serve the English government, and they issued an ultimatum to Masaru to surrender at once.

"TARGET FOUND..."

"TARGET IDENTIFIED...MASARU DAIMON..."

"COMMENCING ACTION..."

"MASARU DAIMON...YOU HAVE 10 SECONDS TO SURRENDER..."

"SURRENDER NOW."

"FAILURE TO COMPLY...WILL RESULT IN JUSTIFIABLE ACTIONS FROM US..."

"SURRENDER NOW."

"COMMENCING COUNTDOWN..."

Masaru was unsure, as he fear for his life and pleaded with the Guardians to take him in to protective custody, but one of the Guardians told Masaru that he has 10 seconds to surrender or else he will be shot on sight, and the 16-year old boy angrily pleaded to give him a chanve to turn himself in as he explained that someone kidnapped him from the juvenile prison.

Yet the Guardians continued their countdown of ultimatum as if they ignored Masaru's pleading.

"YOU HAVE EIGHT SECONDS TO SURRENDER..."

"DO AS TOLD..."

"I will! Just hear me out!"

"MASARU DAIMON...YOU HAVE 5 SECONDS TO SURRENDER..."

"SURRENDER NOW."

"FAILURE TO COMPLY...WILL RESULT IN JUSTIFIABLE ACTIONS FROM US..."

"What the heck's with you? Someone tried to kidnap me!"

"COMMENCING COUNTDOWN..."

"YOU HAVE THREE SECONDS..."

"THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING..."

However, after 10 seconds, the Guardians began to move in and began to brutally subdue Masaru, and the teen boy became more terrified, and he is being beaten up, battered, and bruised, and now he is forced to fight back, and surprisingly, despite that he is a normal boy, he was able to hold out on his own against the Guardians, punching and kicking them back despite them being an army of mechanical troopers, and there Masaru uses the opportunity to make a run for it as more Guardian Troopers arrived and are given a directive.

"TARGET FOUND..."

"TARGET IDENTIFIED...MASARU DAIMON..."

"COMMENCING ACTION..."

"SUBDUE AND CAPTURE HIM AT ALL COSTS..."

"IF ALL ELSE FAILED...SHOOT HIM DOWN..."

"FAILURE TO COMPLY...WILL RESULT IN JUSTIFIABLE ACTIONS FROM US..."

"CAPTURE HIM..."

"ALIVE OR DEAD..."

-x-

At the English Research Institute, the scene shifts at the upper floor where Tanya is watching the scene where scientists are still exploring the item, the Pandora Box, and she is eyeing at the item intently as she wondered what secret lies within it, until her aide, an 18-year old teen girl named Viktoriya Ivanovna Serebryakov, who is of Russian ancestry, approached Tanya to give her report.

Nicknamed Visha, she serves not only as Tanya's aide, but also her adjutant. There Visha reported to Tanya about an applicant who is said to be interested in studying the Pandora Box, which Tanya sighed as she felt that there are enough scientists to make the cut, but Visha said that she checked the applicant's resume and it says that he might be of help, and when given the resume, Tanya's eyes narrowed, and looked down at the lower floor via the window, and asks Visha if that guy who showed up looking at the Pandora Box is the one.

The person glancing in front of the Pandora box turns out to be Kibo Idabashi.

"Is that guy the one?"

"Yes, Miss Degurechaff."

"Seriously...he better not be some other nerds I see on the streets..."

"I checked his resume...and despite the fact that he has some...questionable personal info...he seemed to be an okay guy for a 16-year old..."

"Huh? You mean he's just...?"

"Yes, Miss Degurechaff...he's the same age as you."

"Hmm..."

"..."

Tanya's eyes glanced at Kibo, and for some reason she appeared to be wary towards him, and Visha asks if she wants to turn Kibo away, but Tanya told Visha that Kibo would make do, as she felt that, on a whim, might come in handy, and tells Visha to have Kibo undergo some tests to see if he has what it takes to work and contribute in the research institute.

Visha nodded as she leaves at once, and Tanya sighed as she is somewhat preoccupied with things that border on security threat, as she has a feeling that both North Ireland and Scotland are up to something in matters pertaining to the Pandora Box, because of its unseen potential.

Moreover, she is dismayed her grandfather is too pacifistic to see that the threat posed by North Ireland and Scotland are real, after her intel shows that both the two aforementioned countries have increased their manpower in terms of their increasing their mass productions of their own guardians, and she feared that one day either or both of those country might wage a war on England, and she intends to protect it no matter what.

-x-

Meanwhile, Katrielle is seen walking the streets after her meeting with her brother Alfrendi, where she is in thoughts about what Alfrendi suggested about getting Luke Triton and flora to help in searching for Hershel, and she is hoping to find a clue, or at least a lead, that would help in finding a way to find her and Alfrendi's missing dad.

However, her trail of thoughts was interrupted when she bumped onto someone, who turn out to be Masaru Daimon, and having read the newspapers and watching the TV news, Katrielle went on the defensive because of the information she heard from the news and related media - Masaru is an escaped convict who is sentenced for murdering a scientist.

She then assumes a defensive stance and tells him she won't let him get away and will not let him kill another would-be victim, as she proceeded to block his path and said that she will turn him to the authorities so he won't be harming anyone again.

"Hold it right there!"

"?"

"I recognize you!"

"..."

"You're that guy I heard! A juvenile murderer who is convicted and escaped jail!"

"I..."

"You're not getting away!"

"..."

However, Masaru rebutted Katrielle's words as he proclaim his innocence and said that he was framed, then abducted from prison and he just escaped a secret hideout that nearly turned him into a guinea pig, which slowly gauge her curiosity.

"What did you say...?"

"You heard me! I never killed anyone!"

"What made you say that?"

"I was set upped! Framed! But they never gave me a chance to prove my innocence! They just read the sentence and poof! I've been convicted!"

"Weren't you given a lawyer...?"

"They never even provide me one! I escaped because I was taken from prison! And just now I fled from some kind of hideout! They almost turned me into a guinea pig!"

"..."

"That's the truth!"

To Be Continued...


Hope you liked this chapter, and while there is nothing much shown here, apart from a brief action scene…it do foreshadow what's about to appear in the next chapters…

A new character is introduced here…and she is Tanya von Deegurechaff, the protagonist from the light novel-anime Saga of Tanya The Evil.

While she is portrayed as a nine year old and a reincarnation of the adult Japanese salary man in the anime, here in this fic, Tanya will be portrayed as a real female, and I aged her to 16 years old, but still retain her role as a military official…

Aside from Tanya, Visha, also from Saga of Tanya The Evil, also appeared and will portray the same role from the anime…acting as Tanya's adjutant…

More on the next chapters on what role the two would play…

Katrielle meets Masaru, and while she initially intend to bring him in, her detective instinct kicks in after hearing his plea about being framed and all. Will she be willing to hear his side…?

Kibo also appeared and is also showing interest about the Pandora Box…


Preview:

The story kicks in as Masaru is being chased by both the authorities and the antagonists…with Katrielle and Ernest getting dragged in…until the mysterious vigilante appears to even the odds…

See you in 4 to 6 weeks…