Parasite Eve
Last chapter showed you what the DDS sections can do to solve this rather complex case on cracking on the druids' identities, but alas, even Class Q came up short and even Kazuma and Ken's (of Class P) smart aleck skills aren't enough to know who are they up against.
Well, be patient as more hints about the druids will slowly be revealed, and you'll be given more hints about Class R's Kyo Renjou claiming that the druids might be connected to the druids from the Cult of Makai, in which Kyuu disputed by saying that the cult is "already history".
In this chapter, Class P headlines the spotlight again, but unlike chapter 3, two members will be gracing here, which are Pretty Cure, and there they'll get to meet the druids who fought Powered Buttercup several chapters ago, and more hints about what's to come in the upcoming chapters. Believe me this will keep you glued to your seats.
And finally...ZECT will be shown here, though you'll be surprised what they look like and why they're an organization.
I know…I know…this is supposed to be a horror fic, but you were treated to an action-packed story and the usual detective themes…I understand, but that's part of the plot.
So wait no further, as the REAL horror elements will begin starting next chapter. For the meantime, enjoy this fic for now.
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Disclamer:
- Detective School Q is owned by Studio Pierrot
- Kamen Rider Kabuto is owned by Ishinomori Productions
- Parasite Eve is written by Hideki Sena and is owned by Square Co. Ltd.
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Northern Shibuya, 9 pm, inside a building which appeared to be a warehouse, several men dressed like construction workers and scientists are working on several scientific designs, and and are being supervised by a man dressed in a tuxedo, giving them orders while a scientist approached him to tell him the status of the secret project.
Outside, several men dressed in SWAT-like bodysuits which covers them from head to toe, and are armed with high-powered weapons, are making rounds around the warehouse-like building, looking around to see if there are intruders lurking by. They received strict orders to make sure the establishment is well-secured and they must protect the inside of the warehouse "at all cost". The men were told not to let their guards down after hearing the reports about druids kidnapping sports players ranging from tennis to soccer, as renowned players like Ryoma Echizen and Tsubasa Ozora were among the abducted, and even the SWAT team were overwhelmed and resulted in their deaths.
Man # 1: "Boy, this is one assignment I find it baffling. Of all the places why here? Doesn't our superior realize if someone finds anything suspicious here we'll be approached by the police? They might even invite the media into coming here, not to mention those damn Paparazzi."
Man # 2: "Relax…our superior has strong ties with the police…not to mention that our superior is the one who sent those damn Digimons back to where they came from. Those kids…Takato Matsuda…Rika Nonoka…and Henry Wong…they made us grown-ups look like an embarrassment…so that's why we're hired…to show that the battleground is no place for kids. That way we can strut our stuffs and more kids flaunting their Digi-pets."
As the two men ended their discussion they resume their patrol, and there you can see what kind of men they are, as you could see the insignia on their uniforms which is very strange as they seem to belong to some unknown organization. The insignia is located at the left breastplate of the men's uniform which says "ZECT". Then the unidentified supervisor then came out and approached one of the men in the SWAT-like uniform and gave him instructions.
"You saw the news on what these druids, or whatever they are, did to the Shibuya Police Force as well as the Shibuya SWAT Team. We can't afford to let them get inside as the equipments we are making will be our weapons against future threats. Should these druids or whatever they are find out about this it'll be a big disaster to all of Japan, and furthermore, we also can't let those DDS students do all of our work. Even though they have powered armor and weapons, ours will be the highly advanced and we will be Shibuya's if not Japan's, most reliable defenders. Tell the ZECT Troopers not to let up if there are any intruders seen on sight."
The "ZECT Troopers" are rounding their patrol, totaling about 30 of them, and seem to have the warehouse-like building under tight security.
As the ZECT Troopers were given instruction by one of their own men, they are unaware that they are being watched and have seen their every move. Beneath the bushes was one of the waiting vans and one of the druids is watching a close-circuit TV camera, which showed the insides of the warehouse, and saw what was being built there. There he began to contact his superiors about his discovery and a radio-like discussion was held, in which the voice of his superior, which seemingly had an Egyptian accent, gave the spy his instruction.
"Sir…I have news for you. Outside there are about thirty of them on the outside…twenty more on the inside. It seems that they are quite aware about our presence, but they haven't thought about us finding their factory. So far, they have created about pieces of armors and weaponry. Each patterned after insects. So far they are unaware of my spying on them. What are your orders?"
"Good…good. Wait there as I'll be sending my best men to help you. I'll have them informed about where to strike, what to steal and jolly-be-goodness, what to plunder. I don't care what you can do there...the blood bath is yours, but make sure you get the goods...all for me and my bride. Just make sure you leave no witnesses, just like what your fellow men did at the Shibuya Park. Now If you excuse me...I have a date with my bride. Private matter..."
After that the line was cut off and the spy continues to monitor the scene inside the warehouse, and there you can see that the construction of the top secret project is underway and is nearing completion. Although tempted to stall them to prevent them from leaving, he remained calm and waited or his cohorts to arrive as he realize that if he make an unnecessary mistake this operation would be botched and he'll pay a heavy price for his impatience.
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Hollow by Number 201 feat. Rhu
(Opening Song from Fate Hollow Ataraxia)
kagami no naka no aoi tsuki ha uragawa
miorosu machi ha sameru koto nakihito no mure
hitomi ni utsuru miakita gao ni tsume wo tate
togireta kioku tameiki ni nosete suteta
kurikaesu (kurikaesu) tsumi to batsu (tsumi to batsu)
kono mune ni tsukisashite
kuzureta garasu no e hiroi atsumeru yume
tadayoi tsudukeru
kimi no namae sae mo nakushite shimai sou
kodoku na rakuen utsuro na yuri kago
tomatta tokei warau youni toki ha sugiru
madobe no hana ha chiri yuku sadame wo wasure
kono mi wo shibaru kusari no itami ni yotte
kawaita kioku mujihi na ame ni hitashita
negawakuba (negawakuba) kimi no te de (negawakuba)
kono mune wo kirisaite
kuzureta garasu no e hiroi atsumeru yume
tadayoi tsudukeru
kimi no namae sae mo nakushite shimai sou
kodoku na rakuen utsuro na yuri kago
kudaketa garasu no e sagashite hashiru yume
samayoi tsudukeru
kimi no namae dake ha nakushita kunai kara
sukitooru sekai utsuro na yuri kago
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Episode 10: Runaro no Tounan
10:00 pm. Nagisa Misumi and Honoka Yukishiro had just attended a birthday party of one of their former schoolmate who was also Nagisa's teammate in the Verone Team, and several of Nagisa and Honoka's former schoolmates got together and discussed about how school is doing and what is like being a DDS student. Of course the duo are quite hesitant to tell them that they haven't solve their first investigation that involves the druids.
"Well…it's just like our old school, except that there are subjects that covers a lot on criminology and stuff…you get to look at dummies that look like a corpse…doing a mock investigation…but other than that, it's pretty quite normal, but then the real test comes when the principal calls a student to help the police in solving cases that are too difficult for them to handle."
"Nagisa's right. Aside from the lectures, you'll also get to learn hand-to-hand combat sessions, and it's pretty the same thing as high school, but nevertheless, it's quite fun, but you can, but only if you're into detective stuff. If you keep on fumbling, you'll be demoted to a lower class until you're expelled."
After the discussion and the food and drinks servings, the former schoolmates realized that it was getting late, and they all went home. Nagisa and Honoka were hoping to get home by their selves but to their surprise some of their former schoolmates decided to tag along since they are quite living in the same neighborhood, plus one of them added that with the rising incidents of sports players being abducted just two days ago by suspected druids, traveling as a group would deter their would-be attackers from taking their chances. However, the group were taking a route straight to the warehouse that is about to be assaulted within a few minutes from now.
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Outside the warehouse, the ZECT Troopers remain on their posts, unaware that they are slowly being surrounded by druids who arrived in several vans parked at a nearby street and sneaked their way through the thick bushes without being seen. They are now about more than 100 of them, and some stationed themselves near the electric posts which serve as power supply for the warehouse. At the van where the spy camera is located, the lead spy confirmed to his superiors that the three "suits" are near completion and are about to be shipped off to its main branch, and the leader told the druids' squad leader to go into operation.
Using a codec the squad leader of the druids ordered some of the other druids to use a fire truck they had just stolen and use it as a diversion, and slowly approached the outside of the warehouse, the druids dressed and posed as firefighters, pretended to befriend the guarding troopers by making it appeared to have been summoned here, and it worked as the ZECT Troopers are unaware of the ploy.
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Nearby, the girl group is walking by when they noticed the fire truck passes by them but noted that there was no smoke from nearby and they thought it was just passing by, and are about to went on their way when Honoka heard screaming and explosions rumbling near them, and Nagisa slowly began to feel the tension as she seem to guess what's causing it.
"All of you…run now! It looks like we've stumbled into a crime scene! If they find out that we're here we'll get either be kidnapped or get killed! Don't argue…just go! Please trust us on this!"
Needles to say, the former classmates of Nagisa and Honoka took their friends' advices and ran off towards a safe place, unaware that this was just the start of their terrifying night.
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At the warehouse, the workers inside were taken by surprise as electricity and power were abruptly cut off, and even the generators failed to activate. Outside, the fire truck fired water at the ZECT Troopers guarding the front door and they were soaked wet, and then the fake firemen fired taser at them which electrocuted them since their armors were designed to repel bullets and not electricity. More troopers arrived to help but slipped on the ground since the pavement they stepped on was slippery due to the water cannon firing the ground, and one of the druids took out a another taser and placed it on the wet ground, and the current went to the fallen troopers, killing them almost immediately.
Soon the other druids who were hidden behind the bushes emerged from their hiding places and are armed with RPG, bazookas and tasers, wasting no time and went on the offensive. As if knowing what to do they went to positions and waited for the "ZECT Troopers" to come out and there they ambushed them and took them out with little effort. Inside the warehouse the lead scientist and his assistant were rattled as the firefight intensifies and ordered the troopers to help them hide their secret projects to a safe place.
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Outside, the schoolgirls were barely a mile away from the shootout when another van arrived and blocked their way, and the van's door opened and out came more druids armed with automatic rifles and opened fire, killing the first three teens while five more were terrified and plead for mercy, but they were shot to death and were continuously being pumped with bullets.
Nagisa and Honoka saw this and were shocked, and the short-blond-haired girl was enraged and wanted to get them but the black, long-haired girl restrained her and urged her to get her bearings and find a way to survive and get help. The two Class P members began to ran while dodging the hail of bullets as they were being chased towards the besieged warehouse.
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Meanwhile almost all of the ZECT troopers guarding the warehouse are dealt with and the druids began to advance inside, taking out a few more guarding the door, while other druids barged their way through the back, taking out a few more guards while other druids cut off the transmission lines to prevent survivors from calling for help. One of the druids took the lead scientist hostage and ordered the assistant to show them where the secret project is hidden. Despite pleas from the lead scientist the assistant seeming obliged while looking terrified as he was promised that they'll live if he do what the druids says. As the assistant finally revealed the secret project, the druids took it and took the assistant hostage while shooting down the lead scientist as the rest of the druids secretly placed explosives on the sensitive areas of the warehouse and put the timer in three minutes.
It was then that Nagisa and Honoka inadvertedly barged I and were surprised to see a "hostage situation" here and soon the two Class P members were faced with a tough decision.
Mipple: "We have no choice…you to must transform to Pretty Cure…!"
Honoka: "But doing so would reveal our identity!"
Nagisa: "There's no other way, or else we'll be shot to death…!"
Mepple: "We'll round them up and then erase their memories of what happened…for now that is the only options we have!"
Left with no choice, Nagisa and Honoka took out a pair of cards and swipes them onto Mepple and Mipple, and then the two magical creatures joined together while the two girls hold hands while raising their hands up and chanted "DUAL AURORA WAVE", and the two are surrounded by light, and the druids opened fire, not knowing that the bullets were just reflected.
In a matter of a minute the two girls emerged from the light, transformed into Cure Black and Cure White, and, not wasting time, Pretty Cure began to go after the druids and took down 10 of them. They then went after 10 more while dodging the bullets. The druids then took the assistant scientist away along with the stolen goods while the rest of the druids resorted to use stronger automatic weapons to keep Pretty Cure busy as the time bombs are slowly ticking away. As the rest of the druids escaped, Mipple sensed the ticking sounds and noticed the bombs placed and shouted to Pretty Cure about this.
"There are bombs all over! We've got to get out of here!!"
Cure Black and Cure White then noticed it as well but then they saw the timers ticking down to three seconds, and before they could react the druids held onto them and a few seconds later a huge explosion boomed and the shockwaves were felt to the neighboring houses which were enough to send the residents into a panicking frenzy. They called the police and when the residents went to the source of the explosion they saw the flaming warehouse billowing with thick smoke emanating from the ruins.
Soon firefighters, police and paramedics arrived and began to dig out the debris to see severed bodies of the druids lying in a pool of blood, but then they were more surprised to see Nagisa and Honoka (in their normal forms) standing beside the dismembered corpses but their clothes were slightly shredded and bruised. This was due to the fact that they survived the powerful explosion but the explosion was so powerful that Pretty Cure's form was stretched to the limit, and so when they reverted back to normal they absorbed slightly some of the impacts hence their injured forms.
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Meanwhile, the several vans sped off towards Mt. Fuji as they got a huge head start as they managed to fled the scene before being seen, and inside one of the vans revealed that the assistant scientist who was taken hostage was working for the druids all along and hence a spy for the so-called ZECT. They cruised towards the mountain area going straight and not stopping.
To Be Continued…
A bloody way to end it, huh? A firefight, a brutal murder and to top it all a spy working for the druids. Well, at any rate, this ends the first story arc where the first wave of villains are introduced. And from that point on more bizarre twists will slowly be revealed…
Preview:
The druids finally arrived at the hideout where they've been hiding…and so their employers will be revealed as well as where they have been keeping the kidnapped teenage boys all this time.