Lily traced the symbols over and over again, panting with fear. She was scared, she was confused, and she was alone. Her face soaked with tears, she clung onto her last piece of hope with the strongest grip she could. It was her only way to get help, but its communication was severely hindered by the fact that she had left the paper and pen on the back porch. And here she was now, dirty, alone, hiding in the darkness of an alleyway behind a dumpster. Saki was the one thing that could help her in this moment, and in this moment she was desperate for help. "Please…" she choked. "Please, Saki-chan…"

Finally, the hand forcefully twisted into a thumbs up.

She pulled the arm into her chest and sobbed.

The arm patted her softly to comfort her.

She looked up to find a landmark that she could describe to Saki to come help. She peered across the street to see Gooday Karatsu. She quickly started writing it into the arm and sniffled.

"Gooday Karatsu!" Saki yelled to the biker gang behind her. She turned to Maria, who was riding parallel. "You know where that is?"

Maria nodded. "Follow me!" She sped up.

She leaned down and trailed the girl closely.

The roads were empty. The group had been driving in Lily's general direction and now they were crossing the river. The sun lowered in the sky in front of them behind the mountains of Karatsu. They turned right off the bridge and immediately ran a red light. I'm coming, kid. She looked over her shoulder to see her now sizeable gang right on her tail. She smirked. I think you'll like what you see.

Maria turned unexpectedly into a parking lot.

Saki was caught off-guard, but followed closely. She was led through a series of back alleyways that all linked together to form a massive shortcut. Damn, she really knows the city, huh? She smiled to herself. Reiko would be so proud.

After a quick trip through the backstreets, they emerged back onto the main road. They had shaved a solid two minutes off their route. The six girls raced through the empty streets well above the speed limit. Finally, the store was in sight. There! Saki sped ahead. She jumped over the curb directly into the parking lot from the street and skidded to a stop in the center of the dimly lit lot. She put down her kickstand and turned off the engine. She stepped off.

Maria quickly closed the gap, followed by Ai, Junko, Sayama, and Migikawa.

"Shrimpy!" Saki yelled. "Where are you?" She took off her glasses. "Lily!" She turned around in a circle. "Where is she?"

The sound of wet socks splatting against the ground filled the air.

She turned to see Lily sprinting across the street.

"Saki-chan!" she yelled.

"Lily!" Saki dropped her glasses and ran towards her.

She jumped up to hug her. She was sobbing uncontrollably. "Saki-chan, I was so scared…"

Saki held her tightly, supporting her weight. "Shh, everything's alright. You're with us now."

"Please don't ever make me go back to them…"

She put the child down and bent down slightly to be on the same level as her. "I promise I won't. I never will."

She dove back into a hug and buried her face in the girl's shoulder.

"The hell? I thought she was older," Maria whispered to the two zombies standing by her.

"Is that a problem?" Ai asked coldly.

"I mean, she's a kid. Can she even ride a bike?"

"We'll manage," she replied.

She lowered her eyebrows and looked back toward Saki and Lily.

Lily pulled out of the hug. She reached into her hoodie and pulled out an arm. "Here, Saki-chan."

"My arm!" she beamed. She took it, pulled back her sleeve, and stuck it back on its stump. She flexed all ten of her fingers. "It's good to be back." Saki stood up and turned towards the bikers standing behind her. "Lily, this is Dorami. Dorami, this is Lily, your seventh member."

She smiled. "Wow! You run a biker gang?!"

She leaned down. "No, not me. She does." She pointed at Maria. "You better introduce yourself to your new boss."

Lily trotted up to Maria. "Hi, miss boss! I'm Lily! I just ran away!"

"Yeah, I can see that," Maria responded.

"You guys ride motorcycles, huh?" She looked at Maria's bike, clearly grimacing. "I don't have to ride one of those ones, do I?"

She frowned.

Saki laughed. "Nah. We'll steal you a nicer one."

Lily smiled. "Good."

Maria leaned down. "I'm Maria, Dorami's boss. These are Sayama and Mi-"

There was a loud screech of tires sliding across asphalt. The girls all looked up to see a black van stopped in the street.

"Oh no," all four zombies said aloud in unison.

"What? Is that Shades?" Maria asked.

On the side of the van opposite them, the door opened, then closed softly. There was the sound of wood clacking on asphalt. A robed figure emerged from behind the van.

"Yuugirin?" Lily asked with a neutral expression.

She looked up at the child. "Hello, Lady Lily. How are you?"

She maintained her face. "I'm better now."

Yuugiri kept walking toward them.

Saki stepped between the two, putting a hand up. She gritted her teeth. "Back off."

"Oh, please. I do not intend on hurting her. I only wish to speak."

Saki looked to Junko and Ai. Ai shrugged and Junko nodded. "Alright. But keep your hands off her or I'll seriously kill you." She stepped out of the way.

Yuugiri knelt down in front of Lily. "Lily-chan, I-"

She crossed her arms and pouted. "I'm not going back! I told you last night I wanted to leave!"

"I just want to know why you left."

She hesitated. "Tatsumi… he scares me. He's mean, and loud, and he's a jerk!"

Shades did this…? I'm seriously gonna kill him.

"You only left because of him?" Yuugiri questioned.

Lily looked down. "No."

"They why else?"

"I don't want to be an idol. I wanna be a biker!" She looked up at Maria. "I once learned how to ride a bike for a movie!" she smiled. "This is what I want to do."

She stood up. "I can't convince you to stay. If this is what you feel that you must do, I will not stop you." She turned to Saki. "I can only hope that you keep her safe." She turned and started walking back towards the van.

Saki stared at her silently.

"Yuugirin!" Lily shouted.

She stopped.

"You can come with me! We can be bikers, together…"

She turned around and shook her head. "I can't. I wouldn't be a good biker." She looked at Saki. "Besides, my resources aren't needed here." She turned back to the van and continued walking away from the group. She made her way back around and opened the door. A distant conversation could be heard. "She doesn't want to."

"She doesn't want to?! She will, once she gets on stage! Get her back in here! Get all of them in here!"

"I cannot. And neither can you, Sakura-han."

There was a groan. "Move! I'll do it myself!"

Lily pulled on Saki's arm. "Saki-chan, that's Sakura's voice…!"

She smirked. "I know. I have a plan."

Sakura stepped out of the van and marched around the back, coming face-to-face with the bridge girls once again. She had a determined face on.

The other girls all stared as she marched up to Saki.

She started her speech as she crossed the halfway point. "Saki-chan, this has gone on long enough! It's time to come back home!"

She laughed. "You and I both know that's not gonna happen."

She marched on. "You don't know what you're doing! And dragging Lily-chan into this is irresponsible!"

"I'm not gonna make her stay when she doesn't want to! Let her do what she wants to do, damn it!"

She held up her right arm and pointed at her. "Once you all get on stage, you'll feel what I felt! You'll finally understand! You need to come back and just perform once and then you'll-"

As soon as the girl was close enough, Saki grabbed onto her wrist with an iron grip. "Get this through your egg-shaped head. I'm not coming back. None of us are."

She gritted her teeth. "Just one performance! Just-"

"Hey, watch this!" She pulled Sakura's arm up to her face and kicked her in the side.

The arm popped off at the elbow and she fell to the ground. She looked up to see Saki shaking her own disembodied arm in her face.

With a shit-eating grin, she taunted her one last time before the group's escape. "Arm for an arm, bitch. Let's ride!" She ran to her bike and jumped on, putting the arm inside her jacket. "Shrimpy, you're with me! Let's go!"

Lily hopped onto the back of Saki's bike and wrapped her arms around her. She stuck her tongue out at Sakura. "Pbbbt!"

"W-wait!" Sakura yelled. "Don't do this!"

The sound of six engines roaring to life drowned out her voice. They all kicked off, driving to the exit of the parking lot.

Thinking quickly, she jumped to her feet and sprinted to the van. She pulled the door shut and pointed through the windshield with her stump. "Follow them!" she commanded.

Koutarou slammed on the gas without a word.

Hahaha! I can't believe that worked! Saki rode through the darkness, watching the streetlights go by.

Lily had her face pressed into her back. Ai and Junko were each riding in silence but smiling with intense adrenaline. Maria, Migikawa, and Sayama were silently looking ahead, stone-faced.

"That's what Dorami is about!" Saki laughed. She turned her head backwards. "You excited, Shrimpy?"

She nodded. "Yeah!"

She smiled and turned back forward. Now things are looking up for us.

"Maria!" Sayama yelled.

"What?" Maria turned back to see headlights.

"They're following us!"

Huh? Saki turned around and was blinded by the van's high beams. "Crap! Shrimpy, hang on!" She twisted back her throttle with her new wrist. The bike picked up even more speed.

"Saki! My bike doesn't go any faster!" Maria cried. "What do we do?"

"Let's split up!" Ai yelled.

"But you guys don't have phones!" Migikawa pointed out loudly.

"If each zombie takes a human, we can meet back up!" Junko suggested.

"Alright!" Saki turned to Maria. "Maria, you're with me!" She looked behind her. "Glasses! You're with Marshmallow! And you!" She pointed to the last girl. "You're with Bandages!"

"Do I not get a nickname?!" she asked, clearly offended.

"Alright, let's split!" Saki yelled. She heard the sharp turns each of them made and kept going forward. The light behind them didn't let up. "Damn it! They're chasing us!" She turned to Maria. "Maria! Take us down somewhere they can't follow!"

She nodded and turned right.

Saki followed closely.

"Saki-chan…!" Lily yelled from her back.

"Hold on! We're almost there!" Maria yelled. She continued straight. The end of the road was rapidly approaching. She jumped over the curb into the alleyway between two buildings and immediately turned left once out on the other side.

Saki followed and looked behind her to see the van come to a stop. Yes! She turned and followed Maria.

The two bikers didn't slow down until they had crossed the bridge and were back on the other side of the river. Once there, they each slowed to a stop and stepped off their bikes next to the bridge. Each was panting like a dog with adrenaline coursing through their veins. "That was awesome!" Saki yelled.

"I can't believe I just did that…" Maria whispered to herself.

"Maria-chan, you were amazing!" Lily yelled, jumping off the bike.

She had an astonished smile on her face. "Wow…"

Saki smiled. "As expected of a leader of Dorami." She put her hand on Maria's shoulder. "Reiko would be proud." She put her hand to her chin. "Wait, no, she's probably still alive. She probably is proud."

Maria's smile dropped. She looked at her with a scowl. "Don't you dare bring up that traitor."

Huh? She stepped back in shock. "W-what? Reiko? A traitor? Wait, you know her?"

She got back on her bike. "We're gonna meet back up by the train bridge tomorrow morning. I'll text the others. Goodnight." She started her engine.

"Wait!" she yelled. "Where's Reiko? How do you know her? Is she-"

She twisted the throttle and drove off, leaving Saki and Lily alone.

Lily stared up at Saki. "Saki-chan?"

She stared at the girl speeding away. Reiko…