Un-Lucky Space

A Lucky Star/Dead Space crossover Fanfiction

Chapter 10: Separation

Author's Notes: Hello everyone. I'm sorry it's been so long since my last update. Real life has kept me busy, and I've finally managed to find the time to update my stuff. Anyways, here's chapter 10! Enjoy the crap out of it!

"So, how long do you think this will take?" Yui asked as Miyuki pulled up a holographic display screen at the center console in the tramcar.

"I'm not one hundred percent certain." Miyuki said. "The tram itself is perfectly fine. There appears to be some sort of problem with the track."

"The track?" Yui asked. "Does that mean somebody has to go out to the tunnels to fix it?"

"I wish there was some other way." Miyuki said. "But there doesn't seem to be."

"Can you tell what's wrong?" Konata asked.

"It looks like someone has already gotten pretty far in fixing the issue. They stopped before they were finished though." Miyuki said.

"Do you think it was those creatures?" Konata asked.

"I don't see what else it could have been." Ayano said.

"Anyways, it seems like there's just some sort of electrical issue. Judging from the remaining power fluctuations, it should be a relatively simple fix." Miyuki said as she closed down the display.

"If that's the case, then I think I'll go take care of it." Konata said as she activated her helmet.

"Konata-san, you shouldn't go by yourself." Miyuki said. "There's no telling how dangerous it might be in there.

"Don't worry so much." Konata said, equipping her plasma cutter and checking to make sure it was loaded. "Like you said, it should be a simple fix. I'll be in and out nice and quick."

"I still don't approve of you going alone." Miyuki said.

"Aw, are you worried about little old me?" Konata asked.

"Of course I am! This is no time for games, Konata!" Miyuki exclaimed, taking Konata briefly off-guard.

"Alright, alright. Sheesh. I promise I'll be careful." Konata said.

Miyuki sighed. "Sorry. Fine, I'll trust you to handle this. Just make sure you check in every ten minutes, or else I'm going in after you, okay?"

"I knew you'd see it my way." Konata said, undoubtedly smiling her catlike smile under her helmet. "Besides, someone will need to keep an eye on things in here." Konata said as she hopped down from the platform and onto the tracks. "I'll be back before long, so sit tight!"

"Good luck, Konata. And be careful!" Yui exclaimed.

"I'll be fine." Konata said as she waved and began walking down the tunnel, quickly disappearing into the shaft.

"So, um. When do you guys think we'll be leaving?" Hiyori asked meekly as she looked around nervously.

"Assuming everything goes well on Konata-san's end, we should be ready to leave in as soon as half an hour." Miyuki said.

"But with the way things have been going, we might be here for quite a long time yet." Yui said as a pipe clanged noisily overhead, drawing her attention.

"What was that?" Hiyori asked, ducking down a little bit.

"Probably something we don't want to meet up with." Ayano said as Yui followed the noise steadily with her rifle.

"It sounds like something is moving through a vent up there." Yui whispered.

"You're right." Miyuki said as the noise stopped briefly and then continued at a slower yet louder pace. "But this one sounds like it's struggling." She said. "Almost like it's too big for the vent."

"I don't want to think about that right now." Hiyori said with a shudder as the noise began moving away.

"At least it doesn't seem to have noticed us." Yui said, taking a more relaxed stance.

"Which way was it just going?" Miyuki asked just before the group heard a loud noise from outside.

"TSUKASA!" They heard Kagami scream.

"Was that Kagami?" Ayano asked as everyone turned their attention towards the exit.

"Something's wrong." Yui said as she began moving towards the doors.

"TSUKASA!" Kagami screamed again.

"That's it. We've got to go check on them!" Ayano exclaimed as she ran for the door first, followed shortly by the others.

"Ugh." David groaned as he opened his eyes and shook his head, his blurry vision doing nothing to ease his headache. "Ow, my head. What the hell happened?" He asked himself as he looked around the room. Through the fog of his awakening state he could barely make out that he was in a dark room and that another person was with him. "Hey." He said as he tried to move his arm but failed. David soon realized that he was tied down on top of a table of some kind.

"Hey! Get me out of here!" He yelled to the blurry blonde standing across the room. "I'm talking to you! Hey!" He yelled, receiving no response. "Hey! Can you hear me or what?" David yelled. As he did, he was horrified to see the head of the woman roll forward and onto the ground. "AH!" He yelled as he struggled harder against his restraints.

"Oh dear." A chillingly familiar voice said. "Did her head fall off again? How terribly irresponsible of her. Hardly fitting for a principal, wouldn't you say?" Patty asked David as she walked up from the opposite side of the desk.

"You! Let me out of here right now!" David yelled as his vision finally cleared up.

"My, my." Patty said. "You're very demanding, aren't you?" She asked. "I find that odd considering how well you take orders."

"What are you talking about, you crazy bitch?" David hissed. "What do you know about- AHhaAH!" David cried out in pain as Patty took firm hold of his broken nose and jarred it further out of place.

"You think I wouldn't know about your little secret? Huh?" Patty asked as David spat some blood in her face. Patty didn't even flinch as she kept smiling.

"What secret?"

"Remember when I hacked your RIG to call you here?" Patty asked.

"That explains how you contacted me, yes. What are you getting at here?"

"Well let's just say that I didn't only hack your communication system. I managed to get some of your text logs too." She said as she pulled one up on her own RIG.

"What is that? Where did you get that?" David asked.

"Oh, you." Patty said as she grabbed and shook David's nose again, causing him to cry out in pain a second time. "You shouldn't ask questions that you know the answers to." She said. "Would you like me to read a bit of this for you?" She asked as she heard Misao calling for her. "I'll be back shortly." Patty said as she held up the stasis module she had taken from David's suit and used it on its highest setting, freezing David in place. "That ought to last long enough." She said as she dropped the spent module and left the room, being sure to lock the door behind her.

"Misao, I'm over here!" Patty called as she ran towards her friend's voice.

"Patty, where have you been?" Misao asked. "I was starting to get worried."

"Sorry. I was trying to get back into Ms. Kuroi's office."

"I don't know why you would want to go in there." Misao said. "It's a complete mess." She said as she remembered seeing all of the scattered corpses in the principal's office. "Anyways, I still can't find the engineers anywhere. I'm getting kind of worried."

"I know. I hope they're okay." Patty said, glancing quickly in the direction of Ms. Kuroi's office.

"Anyways, I think it might be a good idea to get out of here soon." Misao said. "I've been hearing some really weird noises and I'm afraid those things might get in soon."

"Okay." Patty said. "I'm going to try one more time to get into Nanako's office. You should go back to the nurse's station and meet up with the other two."

"Alright, but what about you?" Misao asked.

"Don't worry." Patty said with a smile. "I'll meet up with you all shortly." She said as she walked back down the hall and began fiddling with the office door.

"Okay." Misao said, turning around slowly. "I'll see you soon then." She said as she walked away, not noticing that Patty slipped into the office the second Misao turned the corner.

"Oh, darn." Patty said as she saw that David was still mostly frozen in place. "I guess I overdid it." She sighed as she began playing with his nose, watching his face slowly contort in pain. "I love to help people." Patty said. "But you don't deserve my help." She said as she gave David's nose another sharp twist.

"Just what is really going on around here?" Minami wondered as she watched over the sleeping form of Yutaka. "She's been through a lot today. I'm amazed she's taken it as well as she has so far." She thought, gently petting her love's hair.

"Yutaka." Minami said. "You shouldn't have to go through all of this. Nobody should." "It's like something out of a nightmare. I can only hope that your dreams right now are better than the current situation."

Just as Minami was turning away, she heard the door to the nurse's station open. Immediately, Minami stood up and took an aggressive stance.

"Huh? What's the matter with you?" Misao asked, closing the door behind her. "Did something happen?"

"Oh." Minami said, letting her arms down. "It's just you." She said as she turned back to Yutaka.

"Just me?" Misao asked as she sat down in a chair across from Minami. "Why? Did you think I was one of the monsters?"

"A monster sorts, I suppose." Minami said.

"What does that mean?" Misao asked.

Minami looked around the room, paying careful attention to the door. "How well do you know that woman? Patty, is it?"

"Oh, her? I've known her for a few years now." Misao said. "Why do you ask?"

"I'm not sure what it is, really. But something about her rubs me the wrong way." Minami said. "I just don't know how trustworthy she is."

"I've known her for long enough to know that she's a good person. She'd never do anything to hurt anyone." Misao said.

"Who said anything about hurting people?" Minami asked.

"Oh, I was just saying…" Misao said, looking away.

"Is that so?" Minami asked. "I've learned a thing or two from Ayano while working with her." "Who are you trying to convince by saying that?" She asked. "Me, or you?"

"You're the one asking the questions, right?" Misao asked.

"Be quiet!" Minami whispered.

"Oh! Sorry." Misao said. "We wouldn't want to wake Yutaka up. She's been through a lot today."

"We all have." Minami sighed. "I'm sorry for not trusting your friend. I just feel like she's hiding something."

"Actually, I think I know what you're talking about." Misao said, glancing towards the door.

"Really? What do you mean?" Minami asked.

"Well… She isn't quite acting like herself." Misao said. "I find it hard to believe she could be as calm as she is given the situation. It's almost like it isn't even her anymore."

"So she's been acting suspiciously?" Minami asked. "I knew it was more than nothing."

"But it isn't like she's a bad person or anything." Misao said. "I'm sure it's just recent events getting to her."

"Forgive me if I'm still not convinced." Minami said. "I have a lot riding on Yutaka and I getting out of this together. I'll do anything to make sure that happens."

"What do you mean?" Misao asked.

"I mean that I won't hesitate to get rid of any threat to me, and especially to her." Minami said coldly, petting Yutaka's hair again.

"R- right." Misao gulped. "Sheesh. I'm glad she's on our side." She thought.

"Speaking of your friend, where exactly is she?" Minami asked.

"Oh. She said she was trying to get into the principal's office." Misao said.

"Why do you think she wants to go in there?"

"I have no idea." Misao said. "There isn't really anything important in there that I know of."

"And what about the other two?" Minami asked. "Any luck finding that missing engineer?"

Misao shook her head sadly. "No, and now Shaun's disappeared too." Misao said.

"Great." Minami said. As she did, the lights in the building suddenly flickered and then went out.

"Wha-! A power outage?" Misao exclaimed, looking around the now dark room, illuminated only by the dim glow coming from the three girls' RIGs.

As Minami opened a nearby drawer and found an emergency flashlight, the girls heard a growling noise from out in the hallway.

"They're inside." Minami realized as she turned on the flashlight and tossed it to Misao. "Quickly! Lock the door!" She said as Misao ran to the door and secured it.

"Damn it, Tsukasa!" Kagami yelled, holding her sister's limp form tightly and crying.

"What's going on out here?" Yui asked as she and the others approached the hysterical girl.

"How could you do this to me?" Kagami sobbed.

"What happened?" Ayano asked just before noticing the rivet bolt still jutting out of Tsukasa's skull. Blood falling from the wound had matted Tsukasa's hair to her head, and the red liquid had begun dribbling its way down the side of the girl's face.

"Is she… Dead?" Hiyori asked, losing her nerve and backing away.

"How the hell could you leave me alone like this?" Kagami screamed as she threw her sister's corpse to the ground and stood up. "It's not enough that the rest of our family is dead, now you go and do something stupid like this?"

"Kagami, please. Try to calm down." Ayano said, putting a hand on Kagami's shoulder.

"Don't you dare tell me to calm down!" Kagami yelled as she shoved Ayano away and pulled her own rivet gun on the group.

"Whoa!" Yui exclaimed as she raised her pulse rifle and leveled it at Kagami. "Take it easy now! Drop the tool and settle down!"

"How can you expect me to settle down?" Kagami screamed, moving the rivet gun from person to person. "My only remaining family just killed herself right in front of me! I'm covered in her blood! You tell me how I'm supposed to calm down!"

"Kagami, please." Miyuki said, stepping forward carefully. "I lost my only family today too. I know how you feel."

"Like hell you do!" Kagami yelled, changing her aim to focus on Miyuki. "Your mom died for a reason! You can look back and be proud of her sacrifice, assuming any of us get out of here with our lives."

"Kagami, I-" Miyuki tried to speak.

"No! You're going to listen to me!" She yelled as tears streamed down her face, washing lines out of the blood splatter on her cheeks. "You can look back and say she died for something. All I can say is that my sister was a crazy Unitologist who took her own life for nothing! I need to live with that for the rest of my life!"

"The rest of your life is going to be a very short time unless you put down the weapon!" Yui said, not flinching as Kagami turned her sights on the officer.

"Fine then! Shoot me!" Kagami yelled.

"Just put the gun down and I won't have to!" Yui shouted. As it looked like the situation was going nowhere fast, the loud sound of static went off on the late Daisuke Ono's RIG.

"AH!" Kagami exclaimed as she quickly turned and fired a rivet bolt, hitting Daisuke's body in the torso.

"This is Akira Kogami from Lucky News," Akira said, in an obvious panic, "and I have an urgent message to anyone still listening!"

"It sounds like something's going on at the television station." Miyuki said.

"Great." Kagami muttered. "What is it now?"

"Because of an error on the part of my security staff, my security staff is… well… Anyways, the station is under attack, and Shiraishi is nowhere to be found!" Akira exclaimed as there was a loud bang and a leaper charged onto the set. "AHH!" Akira screamed as she ran off the set, leaving the camera to be knocked over and broken by a necromorph in pursuit.

"It's getting worse." Ayano said as the RIG's signal cut out.

While Kagami had been watching the broadcast, Yui had taken the opportunity to get as close as she could in an attempt to disarm the distressed twin. Unfortunately, Kagami noticed Yui before she could get close enough.

"Back off!" Kagami exclaimed as she tried to fire the rivet gun, causing Yui to dive out of the way. However, Kagami had accidentally triggered the secondary fire function instead. This caused the rivet bolt embedded in Daisuke's corpse to fire off in a random direction like a piece of deadly shrapnel.

The stray bolt managed to miss all of the girls, but instead hit a nearby pipe. This impact caused a loud metallic noise to reverberate throughout the area. Shortly after this loud noise, the girls heard loud screaming growls coming closer and closer to their location.

"Oh no." Hiyori groaned as she backed away towards the entrance to the South Transport Hub building.

"They're coming!" Miyuki exclaimed as she turned toward the building as well.

As Ayano turned to the building too, Kagami began running in the opposite direction.

"Where are you going?" Yui called as she got to her knees and picked her rifle back up. "Stop!" She called as Kagami ran around a corner and out of sight.

"Officer Narumi, please hurry!" Ayano exclaimed as she came back to help Yui to her feet.

"I'm fine! Get back to the Hub!" Yui said, pointing to the hub building. "You get to safety, and I'll get her back here!" Yui said as she stood up and took off after Kagami.

"Officer Narumi, wait!" Ayano called. Yui was already out of sight though, and hot on Kagami's tail.

"Miss Minegishi! Look out!" Miyuki called as a slasher charged directly at Ayano.

"AH!" Ayano exclaimed as she raised her javelin gun and fired at the slasher. The projectile hit the slasher in the left arm, tearing off the appendage and continuing into the torso of the slasher behind it. As the first slasher fell, the second one recovered from the impact and began charging, the javelin still protruding from its chest.

Ayano activated the secondary fire of the javelin gun, electrocuting the charging slasher and eliminating the threat.

"All right!" Miyuki exclaimed. "Now hurry up and get back here! I'm sure officer Narumi will be okay."

"Alright." Ayano said with a nod as she turned around. When she did, the first slasher picked itself back up and raised its remaining arm.

"Minegishi! Behind you!" Miyuki gasped as she pointed at the slasher.

"What?" Ayano exclaimed as she turned around. She raised her javelin gun just in time to block the slasher's attack with her weapon. However, the impact knocked the psychiatrist to the ground and sent the javelin gun flying. Panicking, Ayano flipped herself over and tried to quickly crawl to her feet. Unfortunately, she wasn't able to move fast enough to avoid the slasher's second attack as it brought its right blade straight down into her back.

"NO!" Miyuki screamed as the slasher continued its relentless assault, repeatedly impaling Ayano. The blood was flying, as Ayano grew weaker and weaker by the second as her vital organs were ruptured and torn apart. Before long, another slasher and a leaper had joined in the bloodbath, ripping Ayano's body to pieces long after she had stopped struggling.

Unwilling to see more of the grisly scene, Miyuki finally retreated into the South Transport Hub building, securing the door behind her.

"Oh!" Konata exclaimed as she found an exposed electrical panel. "This must be it! About time." She said as she took a close look at the panel. "Weird. This is a really simple issue." Konata said. "Just a little bit of rewiring and it should be all set." She said as she received a video link on her RIG.

"Konata, can you hear me?" Miyuki asked.

"Miyuki-san. Sorry, should I have checked in?" Konata asked.

"Well yes, but that isn't why I'm calling." Miyuki said. "Things are getting bad out here. I just wanted to check on your progress."

"I found the circuit, and it should be an easy fix." Konata said. "Why, what happened?"

"Well… I'll tell you when you get back. Please try to fix it quickly. We're counting on you." Miyuki said as she cut the video feed.

"Alright. I've got to focus." Konata said as she took a deep breath. Before she could start working though, she heard a strange warbling noise a little way down the tunnel. "What was that? Some sort of turkey?" She asked aloud as she shined her flashlight down the tunnel. When she did, she caught a glimpse of something strange run around a corner into a small alcove. "This can't be good." Konata murmured as she readied her plasma cutter.

Author's Notes: Hello everyone. It feels good to be writing again, even if this chapter was shorter than the last few. We're getting close to the end of the bloody road here, and I hope all of you have enjoyed the gory ride so far. We aren't done yet though. I'm thinking probably two more chapters and that's it.

My next update will be to Officer Down.

Look forward to it!