SWA: Diclonius End Game.
A Gunslinger Girl X Elfen Lied Crossover, by Elfen Magix.
Gunslinger Girl is © Yu Aida
Elfen Lied is © Lynn Okamotto
Elfen Magix is my online name since 1984 when the first BBSes and Hologate Email relays were online, long before the internet as you know it went online in 1992. It has no connection to Elfen Lied, and no, I did not lied!
Chapter 10: Educating Claes
In the middle of field where metal targets stand on one end and open stalls on the others, the five of them stood in a circle like configuration.
"I did not know if you wanted my gun with its stock, so I brought both.", Claes said.
"With the stock, go set it up for rapid fire mode.", Ferro tells her.
Claes nods and steps away from the group, setting up her HK70 with its rear stock to give the hand gun its rapid fire mode.
"Wait a minute!", Yuka complains. "The test was to see if she can actually stop a bullet fired at her!"
"She said that she could take on 100 of us- so one cyborg armed with 1 automatic rapid fire pistol should be nothing.", Ferro argues back.
"Then I will end is now before she gets hurt!", Yuka shouts back.
"Yuka…", Nana steps in to the war of words.
Everyone turns to face Nana.
"Its OK.", Nana tells her. "I have been through worse in the facility."
"Now that is out of the way. We will start- Claes and Nana, 10 meters apart. Claes you will fire a burst at Nana. Nana, you will do what it is to show us that you can block the rounds. Then, Claes, you will close in 2 meters, repeating the procedure until you run out of bullets, you hit her or you are face to face with her.", Ferro explains. The two girls agree with a nod.
Claes walks around Nana, taking off her glasses, "So you think you can block my bullets? We will see about that."
"I will block everything you throw at me.", Nana tells her as she turns to stay facing her as she walks the distance.
"Yeah right.", as Claes looks to the adults who have stepped to the safety of the firing lanes.
Ferro gives the signal to commence the test.
Claes raises her HK70, and begins firing bursts of 3 shots at Nana, taking running steps to make this quick and easily. With the first volley of rounds miss Nana, making Claes think that her sights are off because of her lack of use and practice. But at 5 meters, she thought she had hit Nana, but she still unscathed. Anger begins to set in, she takes a running jump and stands next to Nana with the HK70 pressed to her temple.
"Lets see this miss!", Claes sneers at Nana, pressing the trigger at such a close range. The shots ring out loudly, as both Claes and Nana fall to the ground, Nana on her knees and Claes on her back with a 'What The Fuck?!!' expression on her face.
Blood can be seen running down the side of Nana's face, as she holds her hands just below her horns, crying, "It hurts! It hurts so much! Make it stop!"
Claes checks her gun as she sits up, finding that it still has at least 1 more round in it. She rearms and takes aim. Ferro yells for Claes to end the test as the adults get out of the firing lanes and towards the girls. But Claes will not be outdone, slowly squeezing the trigger until the sands of the target area explodes around her. Claes tumbles out of the area, letting her gun go as if something grabbed it from her. She lays on the ground face down, in just her socks, bra and panties; her clothes ripped from her body though she will not realize it for a while to come, only tatters of them remains on the ground where she was sitting before.
Ferro runs to Claes, taking off her jacket to cover Claes with. She can see the anger in Claes' face as she slowly got on all fours. "That's enough! Claes- Mission Mode Off!", Ferro yells as she approaches her, covering her with her jacket.
Yuka and Dr. Bianchi goes over to Nana to check on her. The bullet had only grazed her head, leaving no impact damage to her skull, just lacerated skin. Dr. Bianchi can only say to himself, "I don't believe it…" That was before Nana handed to him a handful of spent rounds, followed by Claes' gun which seemed to have floated on air on its own to Dr. Bianchi's hand.
"Are you alright?", Yuka asks Nana.
"I'm getting better, but my head still hurts.", Nana answers.
"We should get in and check you out for a concussion.", Dr. Bianchi says.
"I'll be fine. I have been shot in the head before…", Nana stated, much to the disbelief of Dr. Bianchi.
Ferro approaches the other, pushing Claes in front of her, wrapped in her suit jacket. She makes Claes kneel down then she gets on one knee herself to be equal in height with the others.
"I can see how the others lost.", Ferro stated. "We are no match with anyone who has your abilities."
"I am not that strong. Though my vectors are 5 meters long, I can not pick up anything heavy. Lucy on the other hand has short vectors- 2 meters at most, but she can pick up a tractor trailer with her vectors…", Nana started to explain.
"So shorter vectors means more strength?", Dr. Bianchi asks, interrupting Nana.
"No… each Diclonius is different. Different vector sizes, different in how strong the vectors are, and even how many vectors they seem to have. While most diclonius seem to have 4 vectors, some may only 2 vectors while one Diclonius I fought and almost lost too, had 21 vectors and a range 11 meters.", Nana explains.
"Almost lost too?", Dr. Bianchi asks.
"We Diclonius are still human, and are capable of mistakes and manipulation by emotions. In fighting her, she got distracted long enough for me take the advantage of the fight and leave without hurting her too much.", Nana answers.
"But when Diclonius fight, they fight to kill…", Dr. Bianchi started to say.
"No… There is not a whole lot of places where we can go and be liked. Many people would rather see us dead than be in some lab to be studied on. They believe that we are vermin, spreading death and disease where ever we go. So, we defend ourselves when we have too. Believe me when I tell you, if we Diclonius were to get together, and decided to kill everyone in the world to make the world a place for us, we could do so in one night. But we are humans, people, just like you. We have feelings, wants and needs. And we need you so that we could live. We are not vermin, we do not spread death and disease like some people say. We want what you want, to live and be loved by somebody who cares and to make something of our lives. At least I do, that is why I try to be a good girl.", Nana explains.
"But answer me this, Nana. Killing is a crime. If a Diclonius kills, it should be punished for doing the crime just like when one human kills another they go to jail for punishment. We have a Diclonius out there who is killing, it needs to be captured and punished according to our laws. In return for your new arms and legs, how are you going to help us capture it?", Ferro asks.
"That's not a fair question to ask!", Yuka almost yells back.
"I can only help you locate her. I can not fight her, not in this condition", Nana asks.
"What if we distract her for you, could you do something to put her down?", Ferro asks.
"No.", Nana says.
"Why not?", Ferro asks.
"To distract her, you are going to need her real mother and father. We know who our real parents are so it is not possible to send in fake parents.", Nana tries to explain.
Ferro can only stay there motionless, as if all reality had escaped her and she was not accepting what it was replaced with.
"Only can a mother or father can stir up of a Diclonius can distract them long enough for anyone to attack them successfully.", Nana explains.
Mayu goes into Nyu's room to wake her. It takes her a couple of minutes to do so, dragging her out of bed and to the dining room table where breakfast is served. For a moment they both look at Kouta's room door.
"Nyu?", Nyu asks.
"He is not in there, he did not returned last night.", Mayu answers.
"Nyu…", Nyu says to herself sadly.
"He'll be back… We have his airplane ticket and other things he needs to get on a plane to get home.", Mayu says.
For some reason Nyu gets up and trots over to Kouta's door, opening it. Mayu goes after her. "No! Don't go in there… Its not right to go into another person's room without their…" Nyu jumps on the bed as Mayu stops at the doorway, making Kouta jump out of his sleep. "Kouta?" Mayu asks. "You… were here all this time?"
Try as he might to fight off Nyu, he could not, and resigns to the fact of her holding him. At most he could do was try to answer Mayu's question. "I was. Now I wish to be left alone…"
"Uhm… there is breakfast for everyone.", Mayu says to him.
"Yuka and Nana ate?", Kouta asks.
"Yes, and they left to that hospital place to see about getting Nana her new arms and legs.", Mayu says.
"I see.", he says to himself. He then manages to push off Nyu off him. "Go eat if you haven't eaten. I'll eat after I wash up."
Nyu reluctantly gets off him and his bed, leaving the room. Mayu stays behind by the doorway.
"Kouta?", Mayu asks.
"Yes?", Kouta answers in question.
"I'm sorry for what happened yesterday.", Mayu says.
"I will forgive you with a warning.", Kouta started.
"A warning?", Mayu asks.
"Yes. Ever tempt me with your sex and body ever again, and you will find out that I am like any other man and take what it is you are offering me and even more.", Kouta tells her.
Mayu bows her head, "I understand…" She steps into the room, closing the door behind her and walks over to his bed. She sits on it and leans against Kouta. "But…", she continues, "I have so much to learn… about love and sex and men… I don't think what Yuka explained to me totally before the plane ride over here."
"What do you want explained?", Kouta asks.
"Everything.", she begins. Then she points down to his crotch, "I mean, I know that your thing down goes in me, and I mean… Uhm… "
"If you don't tempt me, I wont force you to have sex with me like that.", Kouta says.
"But why have sex?", Mayu asks.
"From my point of view, as a man, it is what we do, what we want to do to show our love for you women. It is sharing of our bodies that makes it all the more wonderful- and it starts from a simple hug or a kiss…", he started to explain.
Mayu pushes herself away from him, "NO! I Don't Want To Have Sex With You!"
"Look, Mayu. Love comes in all shapes, sizes and colors. How a man feels for his wife is not the same as he does for his daughter or his sister or his cousin. A man does not have to have sex with a woman to show that he loves her, but in showing that he cares for her by doing things like sharing his place, money and food shows that he loves her. In giving her things to make her life easier and have her part of his life shows that he cares. Like I love you enough to want to have you live in my house. But you have to give back in that love relationship, which is why I have you do chores like cooking and cleaning. You are not a burden, you are one of the few best things that has happened to me in my life.", Kouta explains.
"I am?", Mayu asks. "But what about you and Nyu, and Yuka?"
"Yuka loves me for reasons I do not know.", Kouta started. "And Nyu- I don't know. I mean… I sorry…"
"Don't be.", Mayu says.
"Look- something about sex bothers you greatly, and because of that you are scared and edgy about it. It is something you learned from somewhere."
"From my new step-father.", Mayu says quietly.
"From…?", Kouta asks but stops himself from going further.
"He forced me to have sex with him.", Mayu says. "He said that I would have to do it so how that I loved him… BUT I DON'T LOVE HIM!"
"I see…", Kouta started to say. "But… Mayu. Just like you being forced to do something you were not ready for, someone taught Nyu the same thing. But with her, she thinks its normal to be so expressive and touching and wanting all the time, and it bothers me at times. I love Nyu a whole lot, but Sex is supposed to be something to be shared, not forced upon another. That is why I am warning you. Temptation is you forcing yourself, you body, your sex on me. I am a man, and I will take to temptation as a fish to a worm on a hook. We can kiss and hug and hold, like a father would his daughter to show his love for her, but don't ever tempt me like you did before because that is when things will get ugly."
"I'm really sorry…", Mayu says.
"And I have already forgiven you.", Kouta says. "But Sex is something not everyone is comfortable with. And it is something you do not play around with. It is best that on the day you do, it would be with somebody you Love so much that you are willing to share what you have with him."
Mayu holds him tightly, trying to fight back tears that want to run down her face. "Do you love Yuka?", she then asks.
A sliver Mercedes 500SEL station wagon stops by a park entrance. Six female figures step out of if and walk to the park gateway. The smallest of the group points inside, then walks in first.
"Its been a while, maybe she is not coming back.", Francesca says.
"I gave you more time than this when it was your turn.", Fernando replies.
Francesca does not answer, for she knew he was right.
"This is a waiting game, and only the most patient of those will win this game.", Fernando says. Francesca sighs.
The group of 6 women gather about the bench where Fernando and Francesca are sitting at. The smallest of the group looks puzzled, "Uhm… I don't sense her anymore."
Fernando's face turned into a grimace. "What is going on Ferro?", he asks.
"We're looking for the Diclonius.", Ferro answers.
"And you, Claes, Priscilla, Olga and these two who I don't know are just going to bring her in like that?", Fernando asks. "Let me remind you that Jean and the others did not fair too well, and they have more field experience than you do." He begins to look at the shortest woman of the group
"We have brought back up.", Ferro stated.
"You mean this one?", Fernando points to the shortest woman. He then concentrates to get a fix on her mind and scans it. But he already knew that she was another Diclonius by the horns on her head. "You are no match for her, Nana.", he tells her.
"How…?", Nana started to say.
"And it is cruel for Ferro and the others to make you work for your cybernetic implants you need like some prize at a carnival.", he continues. He slowly gets up, sliding his blind man's cane in a arch in front of him. "Go home. All of yous, go home."
"I'm your supervisor. I decide what is done and by whom.", Ferro tells him.
Fernando continues to focus on Nana's brain. He sneaks about her mind, seeing how she concentrates to keep herself together. "Sorry Nana…", he quietly says to himself.
"Huh?", Nana returns. He disrupts her concentration for just a microscopic moment, but it was more than enough for her arms and legs to pop off their mountings, and she fall to the floor. "NO!", Nana yells.
Fernando turns to Ferro, "You are going to use her against the other?" Ferro gives him a stern look. "No… Fucking… Way.", he tells her.
For a moment there was an uncomfortable silence as Yuka helps Nana put on her arms and legs again.
"I do not dispute Nana's ability, but you would be sending a sheep out to capture a wolf with her. You, her and all to the others will be killed if you try to go after her.", Fernando tells them.
"I believe that Nana is more than capable of handling Kieya.", Ferro responds.
Nana gets up and steps over to Fernando after reassembling herself. "I am more that capable of handling myself in a fight."
"Really?", Fernando asks. Nana reaches into his head with a vector, probing his mind.
"What are you?", Nana asks.
"Diclonius are not the only one with special abilities, Nana. I am… you can say, from the other side.", Fernando tells her. "We have no name, but superstitious labels with scientific sounding words attached to them.", he continues.
He concentrates further, and stands in front of her within her mind. He takes her by the hands. She trembles slightly as he takes them.
"You do not belong here."
"How?"
"Like I said. I too have special abilities. I may not have vectors like you do, but I am capable of doing things like you can. Just in a different way than how you are used too. And I have a friend nearby who is capable of the same thing I can. Unlike the Diclonius, because we look normal, we can hide within society and be given a fair chance at life."
"But…"
"No butts Nana. We can read minds. The more powerful of us can manipulate minds. Like your vectors, we do have a range and limit of our abilities. But this does not mean that we have the right to manipulate the world to make it more accepting of us. You Diclonius do not have the right to go about killing everyone about you to make the world for you. If there was a war between you Diclonius and Us Nameless ones- Humanity will lose and the world will be thrown back to the dark ages again. You may not under stand what this means, but I can tell you that it will be a hard time for everyone involved and many innocents will die. Now, I'm telling you to walk away from this. This is not your battle, this is not your fight. And it is wrong for them to make you fight for them, because they are manipulating you to fight her."
Nana does not answer, but tries to turn away. Fernando tightens his hands on hers.
"They got you to be a blood hound- to find her for them. They have tricked you on fighting her in case she attacks first. They are pushing to have you attack her first so she can be distracted and they win so that you can get your arms and legs for your body. It is not going to work. You are going to die if you fight her. She is vicious when provoked. It is that simple. Provoke her, push her into a corner, and she will fight you to the death. You will not win this fight. Just turn around and walk "
"I can handle myself quite well in a fight…"
"Really?"
Though it seemed like several minutes passes within the telepathic realm, only just a few seconds had passed in reality. Fernando concentrates on Nana like before. And like before, her arms and legs pop off their mountings and she falls to the ground. Fernando takes a step back and sits on the bench again.
"Only way I can see her winning is if she gets her cybernetic arms and legs first, so she don't have to concentrate on keeping herself together.", Fernando points his cane at Ferro. Yuka once again helps Nana get herself together.
"What do you know about this?", Ferro asks.
"More than I will ever admit. Now, you want Nana to fight Kieya- give her the cybernetic implants first. If not, you are only sending a sheep to fight a wolf.", Fernando answers.
Ferro continues with her stern stare at him.
"But- I'm warning you- do not interfere with what I'm doing.", Fernando warns her.
"And what is it exactly that you are doing?", Ferro asks.
"Convincing our friend not to ever kill again, and perhaps the courts can go easy on her- that is if you can prosecute these murders by the means they were done in. I don't think Italian law- or any other nation's laws have something to cover this. Murder by telepathic abilities does not exist. At best you can do is fight her and kill her in the name of justice. But I'm trying to get her not to ever kill again. Do not interfere with what I have to do.", Fernando explains.
"Too much is at stake here.", Ferro says.
"7 days.", Fernando says.
"Wha…?", Ferro asks.
"7 days, to get Nana's cybernetics implanted and her to get used to them. During that time, I will do what I can. If I fail, then you can unleash this dog of war against Kieya.", he tells her.
"And if in the slim chance you succeed?", Ferro asks.
"Nana goes home with her cybernetic implants free. Kieya will not be arrested as she would be conditioned not to kill again. And I get to live another day again.", Fernando answers.
Ferro continues with the staring act on him.
"Lets go.", Ferro says as starts to walk away. Fernando and Francesca sees them walk away.
Kieya returns after several minutes had passed after the others had left. She looks better and cleaner, carrying a brown paper bag with a few items she bought from the store. She sits on the bench where she sat before, putting the back pack on her lap, opening the brown paper bag and pulls out a sandwich which she starts eating.
"How can I trust you?", Kieya asks when she swallows her second bite. "I saw you talking with the others, heard everything that was said."
"I know.", he tells her. "How did you think I kept that other Diclonius from sensing you?"
"If you did or did not is not the point. You work with them. They want to arrest or kill me.", Kieya says.
"I am not here to argue. Nor am I here to arrest you either. But you need to live a normal life somehow. I'm not offering you anything, just showing you options you should take if you want that normal life again. No longer killing is a major option to take first and that means no longer listening to that other voice telling you to do so. Understand what I am telling you?", he tells her.
"Again. How can I trust you?", she asks.
He reaches to his face and takes off his glasses from his face, reaching out to put them on hers.
"Go home. I'll be there later to make you are not disturbed.", he tells her.
Kieya looks at him, pushing his glasses down the bridge of her nose to look at him from over the rim. He takes his cell phone from his pocket, and makes a call.
"Hello, Ferro. Look- we can argue all you want later. I need you to get the police to fix Kieya's house door and to remove all that crime scene tape from the area. Yes, Its for Kieya to return home. Look, I said not to interfere with what I have to do, but you can at least help me with what needs to be done. Hang up and I will be in your office, and a lot more than a coffee cup will be shattered. Good. Nice to see you see things my way. I'll be with Kieya to make sure no funny business happens. By the way- Kieya was just a few meters away observing you when you were here with me, so she is aware of what is going on. No- I told you a long time ago that Covert operations must be done covertly. But no, you want to be Ms Supervisor of the year. Now remember what happened to Jean and the others, and that is not what I want. Lets leave it alone and let me do my job. 1/2 an hour? OK. I'll report to you later.", he says as he speaks on the phone.
Fernando then hangs up cell phone and pockets it. Kieya looks at him.
"Again. How can I trust you?", she asks.
"You don't have too if you don't want too. But it would be a first step in a long road ahead of you if you do.", Fernando tells her.
"What about the others?", Kieya tells her.
"Others?", Fernando asks.
"Friends and family of those I have killed. What if they try to mob against me to get to me like before?", Kieya asks.
"Francesca and I will be there to take care of them.", Fernando answers.
"And if you cant stop them?", Kieya asks.
"You do what you can to defend yourself. But… defending yourself does not mean killing them.", Fernando explains. "In protecting yourself, it will be enough to send them a message that you are unreachable unless you want to be reached, that you are untouchable unless you want to be touched. That should have been your first move and not going about killing others like you have had these days past.
"And what do you know about what I am going through?", Kieya asks.
"You think I have not been hunted, humiliated, assaulted?", Fernando asks. He reaches into his suit jacket packet and pulls out a small black box about the size of a cigarette pack. He flips the top open, revealing a red switch inside. "Know what this is?", he shows to her.
"What is it?", Kieya asks.
"It's a Brain Wave Scrambler, Telepath's Worst Nightmare.", Fernando begins to explain. "Then again, you were never part of the spy game, and the government was never interested in you until now. So, let me explain. This thing produces synthetic brain wave frequencies in such a way that those who can read minds become incapacitated by it. Those sensitive to the brain frequencies of others will get nasty headache. And this unit as a 1/4 mile range."
"A Brain Wave Scrambler… Ha! No such thing exist!", Kieya almost laughs
"Dare me to turn it on?", Fernando asks.
"If it is what you say it is, you would be committing suicide.", Kieya states, then challenges, "Go ahead, turn it on."
"Don't say I did not warn you…", Fernando stated as he flipped the switch to on.
The sensation of having knitting needles being shoved into one's eyes and ears was excruciating enough, but having the top of your skull's dome being blown off and the grey matter inside set ablaze in fire which can not be turned off by any means was only the beginning. Capillaries start to burst from inside the sinuses, then the inner ear and the sclera of the eyes making them red and bloodshot due to the sudden blood pressure rise. The natives have become restless as the "BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!" sound inside the head gets louder, then there is the realization that it is the heart beating that is being heard from deep within the brain. Kieya grabs the sides of her head and screams as if she was set on fire. Then she passes out. The switch is switched off, the box closed and put back into the pocket of the suit jacket. Francesca looks at Fernando with concern as he wipes his bloody nose with the sleeve of his suit jacket.
"Are you alright?", Francesca asks.
"Its nothing I have not been through before. I am going to need some rest though. The hotel room looks like a good option.", Fernando tells her. He slowly gets up, and puts Kieya over his shoulder, and takes her bags. He adjusts himself to free his arm, takes his keys out from his pocket, and tosses them at Francesca. "You're driving.", he says as he starts to walk away.
Francesca follows. The get into the Porsche, Francesca drives them away to Fernando's hotel room at the Hilton. On the way to the SWA, Nana grabs the side of her temples and starts screaming as if she was in pain, and she was. This made Ferro drive faster to the compound, only to find that once they were out of range from the park, Nana calmed down. Or was that because Fernando turned off the box to begin with. The truth will never be known.
[2 hours later]
"Hey, Sleepy Head… wake up."
With some difficulty, consciousness kicks in, the eyes partially open to just a bare squint and daylight rushes through the tiny opening. The head hurts greatly as the brain spews out endorphins in order to end the pain. A pair of hands cups the sides of the face, and an a pair of dark glasses are put on it.
"Do you mind…", he says outloud. The he takes the hands away from his face. "What are you doing here, Juanita?"
"Only you would try psychic suicide to take down an opponant.", Juanita tells him.
"It was not psychic suicide.", Fernando stated.
"No?", Juanita asks. Then she shows him his little black back. "Then tell me, what were you doing with this? Damn it… I have not seen this thing in years, much less felt its presence, not since high school… and you said that you destroyed it… hmmm…"
"Pieces can be found and put back together, the unit can be recreated from the shards left behind. So I hid it, sue me.", Fernando tells her.
"Well… I took the battery out so you wont press the switch again.", Juanita tells him. Then she walks over to the bed, looking over the occupant inside. "It this her?"
"It is.", Fernando answers. "Where is Francesca. As a matter of fact- you are in no condition to be here alone, so where's Rachel I have to add."
"I sent them out for a bite to bring back to eat.", Juanita explains.
"How convenient.", Fernando replies.
"You always have to think in the negative. Alright. Now that you have her, what are you going to do with her?", Juanita says then asks.
"Eventually set her free with a new life and a new place to live in.", Fernando answers.
"Eventually…", Juanita repeats.
"She needs to learn not to kill, not to be caught, not become a government tinker toy, and most of all, accept what she has.", Fernando explains.
"And how are you going to do that? Take her to the pope and have her blessed? With those horns of her on her head, she is going to cause an uprising in the Vatican the likes which has not been seen in many centuries.", Juanita tells him.
"That remains to be seen. Now just go and leave me alone on this one. Things are going to get hairy when all is said and done.", he tells her.
"Listen Fernando… My concerns are for you because you may have bitten more than you can chew. The SWA is not going to let what happened slide by like you think they are.", Juanita says.
"If she goes to jail, she goes to trail. If she goes to trial, I would want them to explain to the court that she managed to do all these things without physically touching them. If the courts here are anything like the courts at home, they are not going to buy the fact that she killed people with her mind, that she reached out and slaughtered people with just a thought. In the eyes of the court, such a thing is not possible and they will not be able to convict her. Period. As for their well being, this is a person that is to be left alone, unless they want to lose another set of cyborgs.", Fernando started.
"You could end up losing Francesca and Rachel due to her.", Juanita interrupts.
"That's my risk to take.", Fernando says.
For a moment the two did not speak. Fernando gets up from the seat and approaches the bed where Kieya laid.
"You in love with her?", Juanita asks.
"Be serious. She 10 years younger than I am for one.", Fernando answers.
"Love thy neighbor as one loves thy self.", Juanita stated.
"They don't necessarily have to love you back.", Fernando added. "But if you really want to know, I think there is some hope for her. And I'm willing to bet it all on her."
"And if you lose?", Juanita asks.
"Francisco's Funeral Home back in New York has my coffin in storage along with instructions to put me into the family gravesite. All I ask is that she gets a proper burial too.", Fernando answers.
"I am not going to let you get killed for anyone on a stupid mission.", Juanita responds.
"We could be killed crossing the street. It's a chance in life we take everyday and yet we continue with life another day. So. Its my risk to take. You do me a favor and walk away from all this before you get hurt.", Fernando tells her, almost demanding.
"Its too late for that. I am already too involved with you.", Juanita reminds him.
Fernando does not answer her though as much as he may want too. Kieya stirs from the bed., getting their attention. Fernando puts out a hand to keep Juanita from getting closer. Kieya reaches to her head and feels the side of her temple for a second before slowly opening her eyes. She looks at Fernando and then at Juanita before him. Then she looks about the rest of the room.
"Where am I?", Kieya asks.
"In a rented room in the Roma Hilton Hotel.", Fernando answers.
"Why?", Kieya asks.
"Because you passed out.", Fernando answers.
"Uhm…", Kieya started as she sat up. Except for her shoes, she notices that she was still fully dressed under the bed's blanket. "It was you… You did something to make me pass out!"
Fernando quickly concentrates on Kieya's mind, keeping her from activating her vectors. Her eyes open wide in disbelief that her vectors had not lashed out as she wanted them too.
"With my ability I read and act upon any thought you may have before you have a chance to act upon them. Again I am here not to hurt you, but I will defend myself accordingly. Believe me when I say I don't want to hurt you.", Fernando tells her.
"Then prove it.", Kieya challenges.
"The proof is in the trust.", Fernando tells her. He then relaxes on his concentration and frees Kieya's ability.
Kieya reaches out with a vector, taking Fernando's glasses off his face. He reaches out with his hand and grabs them, having a slight tug of war with her for them.
"I do need the glasses. The light hurts my eyes if I don't wear them.", Fernando tells her. Kieya releases his glasses from her vector. "Thank you", as he puts them back on.
"Who is she?", Kieya then asks.
Fernando turns to face Juanita for a moment, then back to Kieya. "That is Juanita, a life long friend of mine.", he answers her.
"She is…that other person…", Keiya started to say.
"Huh? What do you mean by that?", Fernando asks.
A vector reaches out from Kieya and into Juanita's forehead. "Yes… she is the one. But how is this possible?"
"Explain.", Fernando stated.
"When you were with me in that private realm of the mind, I sensed that though you were alone, you shared a presence with somebody else. I thought you had a twin, but it is obvious that she is not your twin.", Kieya says, before removing the vector hand from Juanita's head. "You two are one."
"We are separate in mind,. body and spirit.", Fernando tries to explain.
"Oh hush up. She knows about us.", Juanita says. "Look, for what ever reason, he and I have the same pattern of presence and mind even though we are not twins or are even related. It may look like we are one but we are not, we only seem to be that way. Because of that, there is no secrets between us, though try as he might to hide his from me. Now, my name is…"
"I already know your name. I'm sure he told you mine.", Kieya tells her.
"No he hasn't, but I already know it because you are know in the agency as a very dangerous person.", Juanita tells her.
"Lets leave it at that,. Juanita. Lets not get her worked up over nothing.", Fernando tells her.
"Worked up over nothing?", Kieya asks, trying to keep her calm.
"So far, if they agreed to it, they will leave you alone for 7 days. But in that 7 days, they will be preparing another Diclonius to capture you, and if it has too, fight you. That I don't want.", Fernando says.
"Then what do you propose.", Juanita asks.
"Like I said to you before- Keiya has to learn to stop killing people around her. She has to prove herself to be a non-existing threat. She has to disappear from sight as far as society is concerned and start life again elsewhere.", Fernando explains.
"I'm tired of moving. I'm tired of having to rebuild my life everything I had to defend myself from some assholes who thought they could try to hurt me.", Kieya says.
"7 Days, Kieya.", Fernando tells her. "7 Days to think things out. 7 Days to build friendships and begin life long relationships. I'm not asking for much, just trust and a bit of work on your part. If not, it could mean your death in the end when these 7 days are gone."
Kieya puts her face into her hands and shakes her head.
A knock on the door disrupts the quiet of the room. It then opens by itself, with Francesca and Rachel entering. Rachel closes and locks the door behind them.
"Food's here…", Rachel says as she approaches the bed. "Oh… she's awake?", as she approaches her bed.
Fernando goes back to his seat. "Go feed everybody. I'm going to take a nap, so keep things quiet.", he tells them.
"You OK daddy?", Rachel asks.
"I'll be fine after a nap.", he reassures her.
Fernando sits back and closes his eyes. Rachel takes the bags and tears them open at the foot of the bed, revealing wrapped sandwiches and canned sodas. The girls begin to eat, including Kieya, thought reluctantly does so.
"Do you love Yuka?", Mayu asks. Kouta could only give her a blank stare as he thought for an answer.
"Don't be silly. Of course I love her. She is my cousin.", Kouta answers.
"Do you love her to share sex with her? To have her as your wife?", Mayu asks.
Kouta does not know how to answer and for the moment remains silent while lost in his thoughts. Nyu opens the door, finding the two of them in a soft embrace, and decides to join in the fun, though at everyone elses expense. "Nyu!", she yells as she pounces onto the bed and on top of them.