Vei Rin-Chapter 7: Blackened Ship.
A/N: Hey, I did a bit of a mix up by accident on here and it's a bit too late to change it now xD!
It said in the anime that City A was demolished by Boros's ship, I put it in Z... Sorry about that xD! Sheesh I watched the episode like...five times already and NOW I notice it?! -.-
Again sorry... At least this is a 'tiny' mistake, just switching A to Z is all. Nothing really big that would ruin the story, right? XD
Hope you enjoy the chapter!
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"I'm sorry sir, I can't keep going. A friend of mine said they would help me move into City Z and pay for a small apartment for me until I can get a house there." Vei's voice echoed as the scene showed the outside view of the shooting range.
Soon, the protagonist was seen standing before her boss with crossed arms. Frowning, eyes nearly hidden from her sunglasses and him holding a piece of paper. It was her statement of quitting the job, he didn't look to happy to say the least... Sighing, her boss sat down in a seat next to his own office and pinched between his brows. "I see... You must have some problems going on at home or something, that made you want to move. I won't pry, but I will ask this... Are you sure you would want to quit this job? I gave you a free gun license and freedom to practice shooting in the range field during break hours." His eyes looked up into her covered ones and formed an unsatisfied frown.
"Yeah I'm sure, as much as I hate to quit...I need to. I don't need punctuality on my mind when I'm stressed out as is and living further away would only make it worse trying to get here. I have some personal business to take care of in Z, it requires me to move there... Sorry." Vei replied rather regretfully but if she wanted to find their parents, she has to make sacrifices.
The man exhaled through his nose and looked down. Standing up with disappointment, never did he look her way again. His feet patted on over into his office and nodded, with a finger gesturing for her to follow. "You were one of the best employees here, it pains me to lose someone as good as you. To think you were growin' on me too..." He said in a low voice, opened a drawer and pulled out her monthly check. "Here, it's your last payment. Use it wisely because, I know how hard it is these days to score another job." He gave a forced smile and handed it to her, then watched her take it casually.
"Thanks... See ya then, sorry about this..." Mumbling her words, he simply grunted as a reply and sat in his office chair, clicking on his computer. She knew he was taking her off of the employee list and work shifts, it made her sigh. Regardless, the woman left without saying another word. She was already outside now and making her way back home, planning to pack everything. Luckily Vei's master found someone to help her pack and move everything into a moving truck. A couple hours later it showed Vei carrying a big box in her arms and a man behind her carrying more boxes. It was the last bit in her house, every piece of furniture and object was out of there. After she placed her box into the back end of the truck, the woman watched the man put the other two in. With both arms on her hips and her gaze fixated on the man's backside, she recalled what her master said.
'I know of a place in City Z, I used to live there and it might be suiting for you. Here, it's the address to the apartment.' Earlier today, after Vei woke up and read what Rin had put up on her door, she went straight to go see her master. There was no one to really ask help from except her, so she really had no other choice. Taking a piece of paper out from her pocket, there the address was. "Wonder where that is..." Mumbling, the man next to her looked over on her side and took a peek.
"Oh that?! It's right next to the super market in City Z, I know where that is." His words made her peek her hidden irises up at him and saw him form a friendly grin. "I'll drive you there." He added, was about to close the sliding metallic door at the back end but her words made him halt.
"Nah, I'll ride in the back. Prefer to stretch my legs on the couch in there instead." Without warning, Vei jumped inside and squeezed her way between furniture so she could lay down on the couch. Once she did lay down, her hidden slits looked out through the open sliding door and saw the man stand there with a risen brow.
"Sure, what ever makes you comfortable, I guess." With that, the very guy slid the door shut and left her in the complete dark.
Vei didn't care, she had night vision so it wasn't scary to her. Her sunglasses got taken off and she stretched whilst on her back. The feel of rumbling and the sound of the moving truck starting up, the protagonist knew they were on the move now. It took her some more hours; Getting to her new apartment, bringing everything inside and putting them in specific places. She was just glad he didn't get to see Rin's outfit, Vei managed to pack it up before he got to witness it. "Thanks for helping me, I can unpack on my own. Tell Master Isabelle I said hi and thank you." Vei said and held the front door open.
"Sure, nice meeting her pupil.~ Good luck!" The man grinned and waved as he trotted away. Vei's apartment was on the highest floor, it was a small building but it had three floors so... Railing and a few flights of stairs was the only way up to the many rooms.
As she watched the man take his leave and drive down the road in the moving truck, she sighed in relief. "Sheesh, that shit is finally over with..." After she said that, she turned and shut the door. Boxes littered the entirety of her interior, some were stacked and some laid on counter tops. The walls were well painted, Isabelle must have taken good care of the place long ago. The flooring was carpeted all around the inside except the kitchen area, which was tiled with black and white. There was a white bladed ceiling fan above the kitchen, a stove and vents near the floors.
With both hands on her hips, Vei nodded and frowned. Quickly she grabbed her gun and ammo boxes, then dug out her weapons. The Sniper rifle and Spaz shotgun got taken out, stuffed up with bullets and held them in each hand. "Alright, now it's my turn to hunt down some information." Stating that, a grin formed on her lips and her hidden feline slits held determination.
Vei took some time to unpack Rin's costume and weaponry, hanging them up in the bedroom and such. Now she was ready to head out, unpacking and moving furniture could wait until she got back. Out the door she went, hopping on the railing and jumping up on to the roof to get a good view of her new surroundings. "Alright, so..where the hell is that forest. Gotta see if there really is a forest in City Z." Mumbling her words, she looked around with her rifle laying over one shoulder and her shotgun being held by the grip in the other hand pointing down. With her hip pushed out and her head turned, the breeze waved gently and caused her hair to flail with it. Suddenly, a shadow veiled over a good portion of the City, her head peered up and there she saw a giant ship soaring. Black, foreign, she knew it didn't belong to any human. Her lips went into a frown, not liking what there was to come and decided to raise her guard for safety measures. "Damn, getting on top of that sucker would give me a nice view of the city. Well, no sense in pondering if it's safe when it might leave soon." She said and clicked her tongue with narrow, hidden eyes.
Within a second she was gone, using full sprint and leaving that after image behind. Across rooftops and climbing sky scrapers with her spaz shotgun held between her teeth, her one hand supported her scaling. About two minutes later as she made her way towards the ship, the rifle eventually got hooked around her shoulder by its strap that was attached to it. Now both her hands were free to use.
Building after building, sprinting and jumping, she was close to reaching the closest structure near the blackened ship. "I'm almost there, sheesh why do they have to be so high up in the sky?! Can't they...oh I don't know, PARK THEIR VEHICLE?!" Two comical beeps occurred for a dramatic effect to her words, sounding like that of someone locking their car from the distance. (Haha, can only imagine Boros parking his ship and locking it with a tiny remote from far away! xD) Some minutes to half an hour later, she was seen standing on top of the sky scraper. Little did she know, the building she stood on was the Hero Association... That giant ship that seemed to loom over the said building was a good ways away still. She just figured she'd jump from there to the ship and make it but no...it was still a good distance. "Fuck, how am I gonna-!" Before she could finish, she took notice of all the rubble from the torn down homes. Gritting her teeth and adjusting her guns so she was holding her spaz in one hand whilst the over remained laying over her shoulder, she took one step and descended down the sky scraper. Her expression looked sort of annoyed, watching the ground grow closer by the minute. Slowly her body turned from diagonal to horizontal, eventually making herself run down the side of the building. Windows broke by accident at times when she'd step on it and when she finally made it to the ground, she jumped off the side to break her fall and landed in a squat position.
"I can't use much of my power or people will find out real quick that Rin is me behind her mask. Tch- one of the main reasons why I use guns to fight, with physical brute force." Her mental voice echoed as she rose to her full height. Once more she vanished, leaving behind a split second after image and reaching the ship within five minutes.
There she stood, looking around and viewing the ship's under belly. The sight of it made her cringe with an upper lip curled, to her it looked like black boils or the inside of someone's infected intestines. Her slits looked over at the sound of a boy sobbing. Seeing a boy being held tightly in his father's arms, she guessed he was stuck under some rubble considering the was a hole behind him... Her mouth opened to speak but her words got caught in her own throat, once she spotted a giant odd alien behind them. "Shit!" She cussed, lifted her rifle up and used her shotgun to hold up the nose of it like she did during practice in her old home.
"What is this?" The alien questioned and stood a good bit away from the two, it was obviously a male since his voice was deep and it had a ton of muscle. "There are survivors? Ship, failed to kill... Then, we kill. " He added, well more like his other heads added. Yes, that odd alien had several other heads and with each sentence, a different one spoke. He lifted his hand and was about to attack, but that very hand got sniped by a rifle. "Huh?" He looked at his hand-less limb and stood there for a moment. Looking over, he saw a female with dimmed sunglasses. It was Vei with a scowl, one eye closed behind those shades and the other open since she was peering through the holographic scope. "Another survivor, we will kill." He added, not once viewing his missing hand and just rejuvenated it back.
Vei's eyes opened in shock, seeing it regenerate its hand back surprised her. "Damn bastard...! I actually feel sorry for those two, they lost their home. Now this freak show here decided to try and kill'em off...? Usually I wouldn't give a flying hoot but, this is really uncalled for." She mumbled to herself and watched the alien pace towards her. "I can't beat someone that regenerates, damn it!" She swore, hooked her rifle around her shoulder like before and raced after the alien.
Only one thing stopped her in place though, the alien got cut in half by a blade. A hero decided to jump in and for once, she was actually relieved. Why? She didn't really care for fighting, she just wanted to scale the ship and get to the top. " Get away now!" The hero hollered and sheathed his blade, looking over at the two. His head peered over at Vei and frowned. "You too citizen, this is no time to act heroic!" He yelled a bit louder for her to hear, saw her nod and run off.
Vei ran away but, she wasn't running because of his words... She planned to use this chance to find a way on the ship. Her slits scanned every nook and cranny the belly had displayed. "Damn, where's a latch when you need one?! Last time I checked, alien ships like on movies had trap doors that open at the bottom. Can't tell me they don't have one..." With her annoyed voice and grumbling echoing, it took her a good while before she came across an odd contraption. "Of all things..." She trailed off and viewed a creepy little tunnel that led inside the ship. Blue lines fell on her head, Vei never liked creepy places like that... "It just had to be...a black bubble with a hole in it..." As sweat drop adorned her head and joined in with those blue lines. "Kind of looks like a chocolate doughnut, now that I think about it... A seriously, dark chocolate coated doughnut. What...no 'sprinkles'...?" Mumbling that last part, she sighed with exaggeration and slouched over. Taking a deep breath, once she exhaled she disappeared. She knew that alien was too preoccupied with the hero and his possible other allies that probably joined him. With her free hand she climbed, crawling upward through the tunnel and taking a good bit to get inside.
The scene changed and showed the interior, her head popped out of the tunnel and looked around. Apparently she was in a wall... Making her way out, Vei struggled but managed to get into the strange hallway. It was a hallway with many twists and turns. "Wow, looks like a maze in here. Fun..." She wasn't too happy about that, her voice seemed sarcastic. Now she was on a stroll, rifle over her shoulder after adjusting it once more and her shotgun in her other hand.
Sprinting with her one arm swinging, little did she know that a certain balled hero was on board too. It showed him jogging with no effort down the hall, looking around. Next it was her, the scene kept bouncing between the two until...she came around the corner in the middle of a split hallway. Vei had ran too fast and literally rammed into Saitama, making him gasp slightly.
Quickly, he caught her with one arm before she fell backwards. "Oh, hey. You here on this ship for somethin' too?" He asked, watched her snap out of her stupor and stand up straight.
"Yeah..." That was her reply, she didn't care too much for conversation, she just cared about reaching the top.
He gave a friendly smile, nodded and looked around. "What is it? Here to take down the boss too?" Asking that, Vei rose a brow and kept that frown of hers.
"No, just wanting to reach the top. Need a good view up there so I can see the entire city... Just looking for a trap door, or some kind of latch that leads outside on top of this hulking, black thing... Feels like a damn maze in here." Averting her gaze to the side after answering, Saitama darted his head between the two halls ahead of him.
"Well, you can come with me I guess. There might be a way to the top where the boss of the ship is at." He offered and casually stood there smiling.
"Attention, intruders! Stop your destructive acts and leave this instant! Attention intruders, leave immediately! Otherwise we will unleash all forces against you!" A voice echoed over a mic and both heads perked up to the ceiling. Vei blinked and Saitama scratched his ear.
"That's weird, I hear a voice inside my head." The baldy stated and stayed in his spot. Vei rolled her eyes, she knew it was some kind of speaker the person was talking over but apparently he didn't.
"Take one more step...and your dead!" It continued, only for the baldy to turn towards the wall.
"Even if I wanted to get out, I can't. I've lost my way!" Saitama hollered, not knowing where to go exactly. Tricking the 'voice', was his plan.
"Hey, any way I can get to the top of this thing?! I'm just trying to see the entire city, right now this ship's the highest point!" Vei yelled, looked up again and grumbled. Irritation was getting the better of her. Both Vei and Rin really dislike it when something gets in their way of their destination. An irk mark popped up on her head and her one foot started tapping.
"Really?! You'll leave?! Alright, I will guide you and for the other intruder... As long as you'll leave after you've taken in the sights, I will show you the way to the top!" The voice stated with relief.
"Yeah sure... Just show this guy and I, will you?" Sighing, Vei pushed up her sunglasses with the nose of her shotgun and pushed her hip out, during her shift in positions.
"Alright! Just take a right, then go upstairs there." The voice replied, only for the baldy to view the said hall. There was actually two ways of reaching the top of the ship; One way was near the exit..and the other way was near the boss. She didn't know that though, she just believed scaling upward in the ship and finding a way outside on top, was the best way.
"A right?" A simple question, just to earn a quick reassuring answer from the same voice. "Heeeheheheh, I guess I'll go left.~" His words, the sound he made and expression formed actually made Vei cover her mouth to hold back unwanted laughter.
A quick snort escaped her throat from holding it back, the shotgun was pressed against her lips to keep them closed. "Now 'that', was funny..." Stating in her head, faint flushes of pink dusted her cheeks from humor and her eyes remained narrow. "Now that I think about it, the 'exit' was the place I just came from... Hell no, am I going through that disgusting tunnel again." Adding in her mind, she followed after the baldy and heard the voice hollering at them to stop.
