Sorry again for the long delay! I was busy preparing for the new school year (and final year of high school), plus some responsibility in my school club. School starts today, so updates might come around once a week (if I'm not too busy) but I'll try to update as much as I can. Yeah, in the final year in science class here I will be very busy with school assignments... So, let's move on to the reviewers!
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Now, the disclaimer: I don't own Letter Bee/テガミバチ characters!
Letter Bee – VOID
Chapter 11 – The Government's Plan
When Lag, Niche, and Noir went out of the government building, Damon was nowhere to be seen. Lag looked around to find if he was nearby, but Noir didn't seem to be concerned about Damon. The only thing in his mind was getting as much help as possible to take down the government's plans.
The three of them walked back through the bright empty streets, through the bridge, and made it back to Yuusari. The group was silent as they travelled back to the Bee Hive, and even Niche wasn't hopping around like she usually did. She was walking behind Lag and Noir, who were both walking in silence. Disliking the silence between him and Noir, Lag decided to bring up a conversation.
"Um… Noir…" Lag called, getting Noir's attention, "After we're done in the Bee Hive, would you be coming back home?" Noir turned away after hearing Lag's question, "Sylvette will be very happy to see you again…"
"I don't know, Lag… I only come with you to get help from the Bee Hive as you suggested," Noir replied calmly, "I don't have any memories as Gauche Suede, and no memories of Sylvette. I only know about those memories from your letter bullet, Lag Seeing…"
"I… see…" Lag felt disappointed, until he noticed something and stopped walking, "Noir, if you're Sylvette's brother, then… I'm your brother-in-law!"
"Brother... in-law?" Noir stopped and turned to Lag.
"Noir, I'm going to be a parent soon… with Sylvette…" Lag continued nervously, "I wish I could tell you before, but I couldn't find you…"
Noir let out a smile and started walking once more, "I'm sure you'll be a good father to your child and a good husband to Sylvette, Lag…"
Lag smiled in return and ran to catch up with Noir, "Yes, Noir! Thank you!"
The three of them arrived a few minutes later and saw that the Bee Hive wasn't as busy as before. They entered the building and went straight to the Director's office. Lag knocked before opening the door, revealing that Aria was writing on her desk. Aria immediately stood up to greet the guests and was surprised when she saw Lag along with her old friend whom she cared a lot.
"Gauche…?" Aria asked in disbelief, "What… what are you doing here…?"
"I come here to ask for some help. I need some help to take down the government," Noir replied with serious expression.
The thought of the government made the female director put her feelings aside, "I understand…" Aria turned to Lag and Niche, "Lag, Niche, you should go home and rest for the rest of the day. According to the report from Zazie and Connor about what happened in the capital earlier, you might have used up too much heart. It's best to get a lot of rest for today."
Lag nodded, "Yes, thank you very much, Aria-san," Lag turned to Niche, "Come on, Niche, we need to go back and rest for the rest of the day," Lag and Niche left the room, leaving Noir and Aria in the room.
"Before we begin the discussion, I have a request to make," Noir started, "I need to see Anne Seeing. I believe she can give us the information we need."
"I understand," Aria walked past Noir, "Please follow me."
The pair walked through the corridors in silence, heading towards the clinic where the woman was being taken care of. Noir walked calmly as if nothing had happened before, while Aria was feeling bothered with something. Not being able to hold it anymore, Aria decided to ask.
"Have you… regained your memories back?" Aria hoped for an answer she had always wanted, but inside she was sure she would hear the words she didn't want to hear from him.
Noir remained silent for a moment as they were still walking. His face didn't show any expression which would give out the answer and he finally replied, "No, not even a little."
"I see…" Aria had expected what he would say felt disappointed.
They arrived at the clinic and saw that the woman was awake, although she was still lying weakly on the bed. When she noticed the two coming in, she slowly sat up and greeted them.
"Good afternoon, Director…" Anne greeted weakly and saw that Noir was with her, "Gauche Suede… Thank you for helping me the other day…"
"Huh?" Aria was surprised and turned to Noir, "You've met this woman before?"
Noir gave her a silent nod before approaching Anne, "Anne Seeing, may we ask you about what is happening in the capital? I believe there were still some things that you were hiding from me."
Aria stepped in and joined the conversation, "Anne-san, we would appreciate it if you can give some information about the events happening in the capital."
Anne smiled and gave them a nod, "Alright… You deserve to know about what is happening in capital recently…"
-Flashback-
It was a normal day in the capital, Akatsuki. The woman with long silver hair, Anne Seeing, had just finished her morning prayers in the church on the left side of the town. She was going to take a walk outside the church when she noticed a group of people were gathering a few meters away from the church. Out of curiosity, she went out of the church and got into the crowd.
"Behold, the good people of Akatsuki! We are Void, the government's most trusted researchers in Akatsuki!" It was a blue-haired man wearing a black coat over a white undershirt, black pants, black shoes, and blackglasses, "We have confirmed by wishing to the Queen, you shall get anything that you want!"
"With a very small portion of your heart, you can get any kinds of wish come true!" This time, it was a voice coming from a blonde-haired woman who wore the same outfit as the man.
'Those two are… They're from the government's Void…' Anne thought as she saw the man and woman talking to the group of people.
A few days later, late at night, Anne was about to go out from the church when she suddenly heard some voices coming from outside the church. They were the voices of the man and woman from before.
"Huh, these high-class people here are so easy to be fooled!" The man said, "The Queen can't take just a small portion of their hearts! She would just take all of them!" The man laughed.
"Yes, they are really stupid," The woman replied, "But I still wonder why Leader wants their heartless bodies to be filled with the fake hearts the government has developed…"
"I bet he's just trying to hide the truth from the government… I heard that the government workers were returned safely and became members of Void like us…" The man paused for a moment, "But then… why did he leave the non-workers dead?"
"I'm sure Leader has something planned already…" The woman replied, "He took the advantage of being the government's 'pet' and used his smart ideas to go against them. Perhaps, the 'fake deaths' of those people was going to be used to blame the Queen and take down the government…"
"Hey, that must be it! I also heard that he was going to make a fake letter signed to be from the government as well!" The man replied, "Man, Leader is such a genius!"
The man and woman walked away from the church. Anne was shocked to hear the truth about Void and their plans to take down the government. She fell to her knees and started crying inside the empty church.
-End of Flashback-
"I… I tried warning the people in Akatsuki… But they wouldn't listen…" Anne lowered her head as she started crying quietly, "Many of the people there worked for the government… so they didn't believe me about the truth behind the four people's deaths… They believed them to be accidents…"
'So that's what actually happened in Akatsuki…' Aria thought before turning to Noir, "Gauche, we will help you solve this problem."
Noir gave her a nod and a smile, "Yes. Thank you very much, Aria Link," Aria gasped as Noir had called her by her name with a smile she hadn't seen in a long time. Noir turned to the door, "Please excuse me, I have to go back to the rest of Neo Reverse members," Noir walked towards the door, but stopped in front of it, "I don't have Gauche Suede's memories, but it's up to you whoever you want to call me."
Aria watched as Noir left the room before turning back to Anne, "Anne-san, please take a rest for a few more days and leave the rest to all of us in the Bee Hive."
Anne smiled before lying back down on the bed, "Thank you, Director…"
I really, TRULY hope that I can update this story again this weekend after I'm done tutoring the new juniors in my club. (Yes, I'm a senior now! I feel 'superior' already!) Alright then, please review!
