Ryo: I am very sorry that this chapter is kind of late. But ever since I got back to school, things are keeping me busy from writing again. Now the only days of the week which I got lots of time to write this story are Fridays and Saturdays. But for those of you who are still reading this story, thank you for your patience and here's the next chapter.
Chapter 12: The Refugee Sector
Later, at the Thames, a major river in England which is the location of some of the most famous landmarks in England such as the Tower Bridge, Ricky, Ben, Saber, Wall-E and Allen gathered around in a circle.
"Thanks again for helping us from that bounty hunter by making that distraction, Allen." Saber said.
"Hey, who says I'm helping you guys. I'm doing this because I just want to know the location of the Refugee Sector." Allen said icily.
Ricky holds up the map device and commanded, "Map on." The device then shows a holographic map, indicating the location of the sector. "The map says that the sector is about 500 meters from our location. Map off." The holographic map then deactivates.
"Good. Then if you would excuse me, hand me the map and I'll be on my way." Allen said sternly as he holds out a hand.
"What? Who do you think you are?" Ricky snapped.
"Yeah, you're not the boss of us! You can't just tell us what to do for you!" Ben added.
"Hey, this whole Falcone Mob and Refugee Sector thing is Royal british Army business and you guys should not get involve in this! Besides, I'm the lieutenant of the army so you should obey what I say!" Allen said.
Saber sighed sadly and said, "Allen, I know who hate me and Ricky because we are Templars but can't you just let go of the past?"
"Let go of the past?! You think I should just forget about everything you Templars have done?! Because of you guys, my father died during our resistance against the Faction!" Allen screamed, "My entire family dies during the resistance because of you!"
Allen broke down into tears, lowering her head and sobbing.
"Allen…" Ricky said calmly.
"My…my father was the only one I have left. My mother died when I was very young so he was the only one who could take care of me. He was the most loving father on earth and never harmed anyone, but it's because you Templars never came to help us, he died during the battle!"
"Allen…" Saber attempted to speak, but found herself unable to. Allen's hatred for Templars was beginning to make sense.
"I was stationed in Hillingdon when they retrieved his body from Westminster. I was called to identify him. I didn't know that it would be him, but when I got to the location where his body was held, I found myself face to face with my father's corpse. After that, I couldn't sleep for a month!" Allen sobbed.
A brief moment later, Ricky puts a hand on Allen's shoulder, making him stop crying and look up at him. "Allen…I'm sorry about your father. And if you think losing your father is devastating, try losing your family and your home. I already lost my mother when I was a child and now, when the Faction has invaded my city, me and Ben have no where else to live in. Besides, what did your father died for? So that you can wallow in sorrow? No, he died for one thing, Allen. He died while trying to save you and your home." Those words struck Allen with great force. He lowered his head so that his eyes could not be seen. "Your life and the safety of your home were all that mattered to him. He made sure that you got out unscathed. Just like my mother, dying to save mine."
Allen then looked up with a sad smile. "Then I guess that makes us even. Sorry that I was harsh with you guys at first."
"It's okay, Allen. At least you finally got out of your depression." Ricky grinned.
"So, shall we get to the refugee sector now?" Saber asked.
"Sure. And you guys can come along with me." Allen smiled sadly as he wipes his tears off.
"That's good. Let's go then." Ricky said. As the group leaves for their destination, a familiar girl was watching them from the Tower Bridge with her binoculars.
"So, it looks like those Templars are about to proceed to their plans." Will smirked.
"Vandom, I thought I would find you here." A voice said, making Will lower her binoculars and turn around to see Cedric standing behind her.
"Cedric…I thought I smell something." Will frowned. "I've told you before. Go hunt your own targets, don't scavenge mine!"
"So, you also wish to hunt down those Templars as well. Dream on. I will capture them before you do. And this time, I won't fail. I will be the one who will have the bounty and get off this blasted city, not you."
"What, did working for the Falcone Mob make you even more stupider?" Will mocked. Cedric boiled with anger and grabbed Will by her throat, making her gagged.
"Maybe seeing you break your bones and seeing you in pain will make me feel better for all the disgrace that you have brought upon me!" Cedric snapped as he tightens his grip around Will's throat.
"No…Cedric! I'm…warning you…" Will gagged.
"Warn me? About what? That you're gonna trick and outsmart me again? I don't think so."
"No…please…just let me go!"
"Then you shouldn't have left and betray me a few years ago. Back in my country, if people make big mistakes, they die. I can see your fear Will. I know you are afraid of me."
"Yeah, you're right! I am afraid! I'm afraid that if you keep crushing me, I'll accidentally set off my rocket charges and blow both of us up!"
"Are you finally ready to die? I don't think so…I can still see that you are filled with fear."
"I rather die than become your slave again, Cedric!"
Cedric lets go of Will and Will landed on the ground, gasping for breath. "It's not the perfect time for you to enter the realm of Death yet." Cedric said icily. "When it is, I will finish you off and I will stare at your eyes as you slowly die." He walks away. Will watches him walks away in fear while breathing heavily.
The group arrives at a subway station. They both walked down to the stairs which leads them to the train platform.
"Are you sure you are following the map correctly?" Allen asked Ricky as a train passes by them.
"According to the map, we're standing at our location." Ricky said as he looks at the map, then deactivates it.
"Well, then where is it?"
Ricky looks down on the ground and uttered, "Maybe…it's underground." Ben, Saber, Allen and Wall-E looked down on the ground as well. Ricky looked up and turned to Allen, "Allen, get everybody out of the station."
"Got it." Allen then yelled, making the other people in the subway station turned their heads to him questioningly. "Attention, um…Royal British Army business. We need to investigate this subway station, so everybody, please leave. Thank you for your co-operation." The other people immediately obey and everybody left the station.
Once they made sure everybody has left, Ricky asked Wall-E, "Wall-E, make a huge hole on the ground." Wall-E nodded. He uses his laser gun and creates a 25-metre wide hole. After he made the hole, Ricky, Ben, Saber and Allen kneel down, put their heads through the hole and gasped at what they saw.
Beneath the hole Wall-E made was a large tunnel about ten feet high and fifteen feet wide. They couldn't believe what they had stumbled upon.
"So that's why not even our motion trackers couldn't find where the Refugee Sector is. It was underground all along." Allen said.
"How do we get down there? It's look high from here." Ben asked.
"I got my climbing gear. I got 4 harnesses but I only got one rope. That means we'll have to climb down to the tunnel one by one." Allen took out his climbing equipment.
Ricky was the first to climb down. He puts on his harness, hooks onto the rope, climbs down and lands on the ground silently. Ben and Saber did the same after that.
"Hold this." Allen said to Wall-E.
"Wall-E?" The robot said as he takes the rope from Allen.
"Good. You're pretty smart for a robot." Allen hooks his harness onto the rope and climbs down to the tunnel. Once he landed on the ground, Ricky stretched out his arms.
"Wall-E, jump!" Ricky yelled. Wall-E looked down the hole and shakes in fear. "Hey, don't worry. You can trust me, right?" Wall-E then closes his eyes, thinking that this may be the end of him and jumps down.
He screams as he plummets through the air and after screaming for a few more seconds, he opens his eyes and found out he already landed in Ricky's arms.
"You did well." Ricky smirked as he pats Wall-E's head and places him gently on the ground.
Allen takes out his motion tracker and picked up some motion a few miles from their current location. He turned on a small torchlight that illuminate the tunnel and said to the others, "This way."
They all walked through the tunnel. The tunnels themselves were made of a combination of concrete, stone, and packed earth on the floor with braces of wood and metal at the sides to ensure the stability of the tunnel. It was a dark place that stretched on for miles, taking many turns. There were a few more trap doors and a few small hatches to the sides, but nothing suggesting a large-scale operation. The group was about to give up when they found a large metal door. This one seemed to be hiding something, as it was sturdily built and had a combination lock.
"This could be it." Allen took out a device to help him crack the lock. Putting his ear next to it while using the device, he was able to open the door after several minutes of work. Putting the device away, he and the others walked in and Ricky closed the door behind them. Ben carries Wall-E up as they all walked up a small set of stairs to a door. Allen arms himself with his Greatsword in case things got nasty and he slowly opened the door.
The group then widens their eyes in amazement as they were greeted by a huge district where it is populated by many refugees. They all wore tattered clothing and they all had a defeated look on their faces. They were once proud people, but now they were reduced to the pitiful figures. There are also several blocks which the refugees used them as their homes.
"I guess this is it. This is the Refugee Sector." Allen said as he puts back his Greatsword.
Ricky and Saber turned their heads to see a man coughing frantically went sitting down on the ground all by himself in one corner. Ricky and Saber both walked up to him.
"No…please…keep back…I am ill…contagious, the others say…" The man uttered to them.
"Your illness doesn't look serious to me, let me help." Saber examined the man.
"Really? The others say I have the Plague." The man said. Ricky then watches Saber as she treats the man's illness. Ricky frowns a bit, not sure why he has this feeling.
'She sort of…reminds me of my mother." He thought.
After a few minutes of treatment, the man looks relieved. "I…I feel better already. Thank you!"
"You're welcome." Saber smiled as she and ricky walks back to Allen, Ben and Wall-E.
"Wow, you Templars have shown acts that I haven't seen for a long time." Allen uttered.
"What do you mean?" Saber asked.
"Yeah, it's just a small act. Nothing more." Ricky added.
"Well, ever since the death of my father and I becoming the lieutenant of the Royal British Army, I become cold and kind of arrogant towards other people. All I ever care was doing my duties to the army. That act which you just display, Saber, was an act which I haven't done for a long time." Allen said.
"Hey, it's alright. At least you're with us now. I'm sure with some time, you won't feel depressed anymore." Ricky assured.
"Thanks. I guess I am glad to be with you guys after all." Allen smiled. "Alright, anyways, let's go around the refugee sector and get some info and find the one running the refugee sector."
"Got it." Ricky nodded. The group walks through the refugee sector and observed the refugees. They can tell that living here in the Refugee Sector is more like living in Hell. Many refugees look like they haven't eaten in days. As the group walks through the sector, two female refugees were shocked to see Saber walking with the group.
"Is that…Saber?" One of the female refugees asked the other.
"Why yes! You are right! What is she doing here?" The other refugee said in shock.
"No idea. But we need to warn her followers! They do not know that they are traveling with a monster!"
Eventually, Ricky, Allen, Saber, Ben and Wall-E walked up to a refugee named Tsukasa Hiiragi.
"Greetings. My name is Tsukasa Hiiragi! You don't look like refugees." Tsukasa said.
"Of course not, we're here to help." Ben said.
"Yeah, and we are gonna get you out of here." Allen said.
Tsukasa gasped as she sees Allen. "You're a soldier of the Royal british Army! You have come to-"
Allen hushed Tsukasa and said, "Please, no yelling. You don't want us to get into trouble with the Falcone Mob."
Tsukasa nodded. "Sorry."
"Anyways, can you tell us where the one who is running this sector and the Falcone Mob is?" Allen asked.
"Yes." Tsusaka said as she points, making the group turned their heads to a door. "The Falcone Mob has been pushing us hard lately."
"What does the mob do to you refugees?" Saber asked.
"Occasionally, their thugs will kidnap people and sell them into slavery. Oh please free us. We use to live freely but now they crammed us all in here." Tsusaka begged.
"Don't worry, we will help you." Ricky pats tsusaka's head and gives her some coins.
"Thank you. You're our saviors!" Tsusaka smiled.
"Alright, let's go teach those thugs." Allen said as he takes out his Greatsword. Ricky, Ben and saber nodded and they draw out their weapons as well. But before Ricky could follow his group to the door which will lead them to the Mob, the two female refugees ran up to Ricky. Ricky turned around questioningly.
"Hello there. Sorry to bother you but my name is Yumi Yoshimura." One of the female refugees, now known as Yumi, introduced herself.
"And I'm Ami Onuki." Ami said.
"Are you following that woman who goes by the name of Saber?" Yumi asked Ricky.
"Why…yes. Why?" Ricky asked.
"We need to warn you about her! We have seen her before! Don't trust her, she is not a templar…she's a murderer!" Ami said.
Ricky gasped as he heard this. "How do you know?"
"We are witnesses. We saw her murdered someone with our very own eyes!" Yumi said.
Ricky shook his head and said in confusion, "No. She wouldn't do something like that. She's kind and friendly and-"
"Yes, she may look beautiful, kind, innocent and all…but believe us, she is a killer."
"We may not have any proof. But whether you believe us or not, it's up to you." Ami added.
"Be careful. Looks may always deceive you." Yumi and Ami both bowed down and walked away. Ricky froze in shock and confusion for a moment. Then he snapped out of his senses and run away and continues following his group.
Allen, Ben, Ricky, Saber and Wall-E walked up a ramp which leads them to an office with two big doors guarded by four thugs.
"Who goes there?!" One of the thugs snapped at the group.
"Sorry but your services to the Falcone Mob ends here." Allen said. Ricky throws his Carsomyr like a boomerang and knocks down all four thugs.
"You're good." Allen said to Ricky with a smirk.
"Thanks." Ricky said. "Wall-E, you stay here." Wall-E nodded. Ricky then walks over to the doors.
Meanwhile, in the office, a man named Giovanni (From Pokemon), the Falcone Mob member who has been running the refugee sector was sitting at his desk. Also in the office at four thugs and one of the thugs walks over to him with a cup of coffee and places the cup onto the desk. Giovanni takes the cup and sips some coffee but when Ricky kicks open his office doors, he spits the coffee out of his mouth.
"What the?" Giovanni said.
"So, you are the one running the refugee Sector, eh? Well, guess what, you're now under arrest." Allen said, glaring at Giovanni.
Giovanni frowns and orders all four of his thugs, "Attack them!" The thugs then lunges forward to the four heroes. Ben takes out his rifle and shot down one of the thugs. Saber takes out another thug with the hilt of her ExCalibur sword. A thug tries to swing his sword at Ricky but Ricky quickly ducks and punches the thug's stomach with his left fist, knocking him onto the ground. One of the thugs charges towards Allen but Allen quickly swings his greatsword and slashes the thug's body, knocking him down as well.
Giovanni widens his eyes in fear as he sees that all four of his thugs are deafeated. Allen puts away his Greatsword, walks over to Giovanni's desk and bangs his fist on it, making Giovanni looked at him in fear.
"As I was saying, you are now under arrest." Allen said, as he grabs giovanni's wrists and puts his handcuffs on them.
An hour later, a large group of Royal British Army officers arrived at the Refugee Sector to bring the refugees out of the sector and bring them back to the main land. Ricky, Ben, Saber and Wall-E observed as the officers bring the refugees out of the sector. Saber smiled a bit, now they won't have to suffer any longer.
Meanwhile, Allen walks up to Roy Mustang and salutes him. "Good work, Lieutenant. You did a great job. We have been trying to find the refugee Sector for over a year."
"Thanks Colonel. But I couldn't have done it without the Templars." Allen said as he turned to Ricky, Ben, Saber and Wall-E.
"Really?" Roy asked.
"Yes, sir."
"Very well." Roy walks over to Ricky, Saber, Ben and Wall-E. "My lieutenant just said to me that you guys help him rescue the refugees. Then I guess I should be thanking you all as well."
"It's no big idea, Colonel. We're happy to help." Saber said as she shakes Roy's hand. Ricky frowns at saber a bit. He recalled what Yumi and Ami just said to him.
"Yes, she may look beautiful, kind, innocent and all…but believe us, she is a killer."
"We may not have any proof. But whether you believe us or not, it's up to you."
Those words rang in his mind. 'No…it can't be." Ricky thought as he shuts his eyes in anger and confusion. Just then, he opens his eyes when Tsukasa runs over to him and embraces him.
"Thanks for saving us, sir! All of the city will know of your bravery!" Tsukasa yelled happily. Ricky smiled softly and hugs Tsukasa back.
"Yeah, no problem. No problem at all." Ricky whispered as he gently close his eyes. Just then he snapped open his eyes when he, Ben, Saber and Roy heard Allen's cell phone ringing.
"What?" Allen said as he takes out his cell phone and answers it. "Hello?"
"Hello there…are you Allen Walker?" The voice said.
"Yeah. Who's that?" Allen demanded.
"It's me…Porter C. Powell…"
END OF CHAPTER
Ryo: So let's recap this chapter. Allen Walker has finally join the group! While Ricky learns Saber's dark past but is it really true that Saber is a murderer? You will find that out in a later chapter. Anyways, the heroes also freed the refugees from the refugee sector and it seems that Allen receives a call from Porter C. Powell, second-in-command of the Falcone Mob. What does he want and could it be a trap? Stay tune and read and review…