Twilight Syndrome
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Many thanks to those who read and reviewed this fic. I am really happy and this inspired me to bring in the next chapter, which will be quite chaotic as Luke gets help from two doctors from Japan in fighting off the mercenaries, while Flora Reinhold is about to get thrust into danger…
Well, read on and enjoy!
At the Norstein manor, you can see that Franz Norstein is acting calmly as his wife is talking with a pair of well-known socialites, flaunting her BABY BUMP, proclaiming that her upcoming first-born will become the next heir of the Norstein family, and will bring prestige to the world of the rich and famous, and it shows that she is haughty and full of herself.
The two socialites told her that she is so lucky that she married a Norstein and that she has a GOOD and SECURED future ahead of her, and the trio bragged that Mrs. Norstein will become the talk of England in the years to come, and the prestige will not end anytime soon.
"You know...I sure envy you."
"Me too...you are the wife of a Norstein...and your upcoming child is now among the candidates of becoming the next heir to the prestigious Norstein family."
"I know, right?"
"And it's confirmed that it's a boy, correct?"
"And your first-born?"
"Indeed!"
"Got a name for him yet?"
"Give us a hint..."
"Still thinking of one...but the hint could be..."
As the three women continue to talk and brag, you can see that Franz is moving away, where he slowly had a bout of anxiety, as he is constantly worried that the moment Relena's existence is exposed, not only is he ruined, his upcoming child who is going to be born in a few months from now would be disqualified.
All he can do now is hope that Relena would be dead and that no one would discover her identity, as he now regretted spawning her and he intend to keep her existence a secret no matter what, and all he has to do now is to make sure that no one knows about it.
His musing was interrupted when his wife came and invited him to join her in chatting with the socialites, but he calmly and politely decline, yet she insisted that she join them as it would be good to have contacts with every socialites and financially influential people all over England.
"Come on, honey."
"Not...now, dear. I am thinking if various ways to secure our child's future."
"Don't be like that, honey. Our future is already secured."
"But..."
"No buts. Come along..."
"Wait...not..."
"It will be fine...everyone must meet the father of our child."
"Seriously..."
As Franz and his wife began to bicker, the two socialites watched on, noting that Franz's wife is lucky to marry a Norstein, and believed that her future is secured, though they debated on what would her child be, as they are still unsure if her first-born is a boy or a girl, and they noted that they are aware of the rule within the Norstein family: only the first-born male are QUALIFIED to become the successor of the Norstein patriarch, which he will inherit the fortune and other financial assets.
"She sure is lucky."
"Yeah, makes me jealous."
"She's pregnant, right?"
"Almost seven months."
"Still not sure if its a boy."
"It is. She showed me the ultrasound."
"Hope her child becomes the heir. Would benefit a lot if we associate with her."
"Me too."
Excite! by Daichi Miura
(Opening Theme from Kamen Rider Snipe Episode ZERO)
I gotta believe...
Didn't wanna know yume miru hodo ni
Didn't wanna know kizu ga fueteku no wa
Why, why, why, why... kidzukeba No one's around
kami ga ataeshi tatta hitotsu no Trial
"Hey, what's the purpose?"
tsuiteki na azayaka ni koeteku yo
I gotta believe
(Turn it on)
soutou
EXCITE, EXCITE takanaru
EXCITE, EXCITE kokoro ga
michibiku ano basho he kakenukete iku dake
(Hey) I'm on the mission right now
(Hey) I'm on the mission right now
EXCITE, EXCITE kotae wa
EXCITE, EXCITE kotae wa
One, kono te no naka
Susumu beki Life
Ikite iku dake
Ch. 25: Kishi no Yūki
The scene shifts at a room, where Maurice is inside, where he is talking to someone, and in the midst of it, he accidentally activated the speaker of the smartphone, and the conversation can be heard, where the caller turn out to be one of the men in hat and trench coat, telling him that they successfully recaptured Relena, and are awaiting their next order.
There Maurice told them to keep Relena ALIVE and RUNNING by giving her temporary medication as he informed them that the Norstein family gathering will take place in three days from now, and instructed them to bring Relena with them as he intend to expose her and ruin Franz, as well as to expose other TERRIBLE SECRETS that the Norstein family members are hiding.
The caller acknowledged and said that they will do as instructed, and Maurice smiled and said that once the operation is a success, they will be paid well.
"Can I count on you and your group?"
"Yes. You can count on us."
"Then I expect that you do a perfect job."
"Of course."
"Good. After the job us a success, you will be paid well."
"Do not worry. Our job is fool-proof. We will succeed in the mission you assigned to us."
"Good to hear. Later then."
"Later."
After that, Maurice turns off the phone where he turn around, seeing that a disguised Flora is cleaning the cabinet, and while a bit surprised, he remained calm, as he believed that Flora did not hear anything, and he tells her that she can leave, thanking her for cleaning the cabinet.
Flora nodded and calmly leaves. As she did so, Maurice is about to make plans when something hits him, and he secretly followed the disguised Flora and eavesdropped, seeing her talking with the disguised Artful Dodger, and though he could not hear the conversation, he slowly had a feeling that something is not right, noticing that a maid is mingling with a male servant, and though he has no proof, he still felt worried, and an idea came to his mind.
After a minute, Maurice approached Flora and Artful, and tells them that they have an errand to run, which the two nodded, and there he told them that they are to deliver a package to a businessman, and the two disguised teens nodded.
"Is this the one?"
"A parcel?"
"Yes. This is the address. You will meet with a businessman later. Make sure you give it to him personally."
"The two of us, sir?"
"As in I must accomoany him?"
"Yes. And once you accomplish it, you will be given extra payment in wages."
"Very well, sir."
"Yes, sir."
After that, Flora and Artful nodded and left, and Maurice eyed the two, as he sensed something is odd, and hoped that he did the right thing or else everything would come to a standstil.
-x-
Meanwhile, the scene shifts at the battlefield, where Luke and Snipe are at a deadlock, as Relena was taken away again and now the two are about to be attacked, but then an unexpected entrant suddenly showed up and appearee to be displeased at what he is seeing, and spoke to Snip in a rather dismayed tone, and Luke blinked his eyes at what he is seeing.
He noted that the entrant appeated to be a teenager and that he is of Asian descent; wearing a white polo, black pants, black shoes and a long doctor's coat. He is identified as Hajime Hinata, and he appeared to be rather smug at the sight he just saw, and Snipe is not at all pleased at seeing him, which Hinata showed hints of boredom and disdain upon seeing Snipe here in London. Luke blinked his eyes seeing that Snipe and Hinata appeared to know each other as the two began to exchange unpleasant words.
"You!"
"How disgraceful. I never thought that the fool whose medical license been revoked would be here in London doing such a ruckus."
"What was that?"
"You even put our profession as medical doctors at risk for using the Game Driver ILLEGALLY…"
"Don't act so high and mighty! You do not even know what is happening here!"
"Whatever. After this I will confiscate those devices…"
"Just you try it, you asshole!"
"What a boring guy…"
The armed men in hats and trench coats were rather dumbfounded at what they are seeing, but the leader urged them to kill all targets, which they nodded as they intend to eliminate everyone within their vicinity, with Hinata now included as a target.
However, Hinata sighed in annoyance and told them that they will regret their actions for threatening a GIFTED SURGEON and they will regret it for the rest of their lives which the mercenary leader tried to scoff at the bluff.
"Don't listen to him! He is just bluffing! Kill him! Kill everyone here! Spare no one!"
"Yes sir!"
"Yes sir!"
"Yes sir!"
"Yes sir!"
"Yes sir!"
"Yes sir!"
"Yes sir!"
The mercenary leader felt a bit insulted, but then Hinata took out a device, which Luke stared wide-eyed, seeing that the device is the same as the one that Nagisa is using, and there he saw Hinata placing the Game Driver in front of his waist, forming a belt.
After placing the Game Driver around his waist, Hinata took out the Gashat, which Luke noted that its color is light blue, and there he told Luke to get back, and presses a the button which reveals the type of cartridge he is about to use.
Gashat: "TADDLE QUEST..."
Luke blinked at hearing it and a projection of items appeared all over the area, most if them are treasure chests, and there Luke realized that the cartridge that Hinata is using is the popular Role Playing Game known as the Taddle Quest, which he saw it a few times at a video game store, and realization hits him as he began to deduce what Hinata is about to do as he watched the scene unfold as Hinata twirls the gashat around his fingers once before inserting it on the left side of the belt buckle.
"Henshin."
Cartridge: "GASHATO! LET'S GAME...ME-CHA GAME...MU-CHA GAME...WHA-CHA NAME...I'M A KAMEN RIDER!"
-TRANSFORMATION SEQUENCE-
The scene shows that Hinata is surrounded by a series of holographic images that are encircling around him and he tapped one of the images on his left side with his palm, and the image went towards Hinata via the left side of his body, encasing him in a whitish armor which made him resembled a human adult sized, chibi-looking (or super deformed-looking) armored figure, which vaguely resembled an armored trooper from Star Wars, the only difference is that the helmet's EYES were so big making it look like a super-deformed person.
Another noticeable feature is that the armored person's helmet sports a knight's appearance, which implies that the motif is probably a medieval knignt. Moreover he is armed with a small sword and a shield.
-END TRANSFORMATION SEQUENCE-
Luke was shocked at witnessing it, as he never thought that there is another armored entrant, as he believed that only Nagisa is the guy with the devices that can summon an armor. Now he just saw two if them, with Hajima Hinata transforming into Kamen Rider Brave.
Snipe clenched his fists in annoyance as he seemingly did not appreciate the sudden arrival of Brave, which showed that there is some animosity between the two, as it turn out that Nagisa and Hinata are both doctors, except that Hinata has his doctor's license while Nagisa's was revoked three years ago due to an unforeseen situation.
However, the mercenary leader did not like where this is going and ordered his men to kill them all, and the gunmen roared in approval.
"Don't be intimidated! it's just for show! Do not hesitate…shoot them down! All of them! Our reputation is on the line!"
"Yes sir!"
"Yes sir!"
"Yes sir!"
"Yes sir!"
"Yes sir!"
"Yes sir!"
"Yes sir!"
The men in hats and trench coats then opened fire at the new target, shooting their weapons, but Brave was not fazed as the bullets bounced off from the armor, and there Brave made his move and ran towards the gunmen and delivered a series of strong punches on their guts, disabling them and summoned a knight-like sword, where he used it to destroy the high-powered weapons and ammunition, thus disarming the gunmen in the process.
The squad leader stared in disbelief and dismay at seeing his men being taken down, and commands the men in giant mecha to use missiles to kill everyone on sight, and Snipe tells Luke to run as he will distract the mecha as much as possible.
However, more mecha units arrived and surrounded Snipe and Luke, where they told the two teens that they will not leave alive for it is their mercenaries' code not to leave witnesses alive, and they vowed to kill their targets no matter what it takes, making it clear that their pride as Europe's top mercenaries for hire are on the line.
"You will not leave alive!"
"You will die here!"
"It is our rule!"
"No witnesses!"
"No exceptions! Be it a man, woman or child!"
"We even kill toddlers!"
"That is the rule of our mercenary work!"
"All hail the best mercenary group in all of Europe!"
Seeing the situation, and wanting to put a stop to this, Brave made his move as his armored hand went loeer and flips the lever of the Game Driver after announcing that he will assume LEVEL 2, and the everyone within the battlefield watches the scene as Brave undergoes another transformation.
Cartridge: "LEVEL UP! TADDLE MEGURU...TADDLE MEGURU...TADDLE QUES~TOH!"
-TRANSFORMATION SEQUENCE-
The scene shows that Brave jumps up in the air, where several doors appeared, yet he entered one in front of him, and when that door opened, Brave emerges, and there you can see that Brave is now in a sleeker armor that is colored light blue and he now resembled the same armored appearance as Snipe, except that his armired appearance sports some differences, such as his helmet is colored gray and it, along with his overall armor, resembled a medieval knight and does not sport a HAIR. Brave has now assumed Level 2.
-END TRANSFORMATION SEQUENCE-
The mecernaries were told to take down Brave in any means necessary and they did so, as they ran towards their target and tackled him down before they pressed a button which resulted in an explosion, as the men in hats and trench coats were armed with bombs strapped within their bodies and a suicidal attack in the hopes of killing their targets to show that their unit is the best hired mecenaries within Europe.
The squad leader is pleased and ordered the remaining men in hats and trench coats, who are piloting the huge mechas, to kill Luke and Snipe, and the two teens braced themselves as the pilots roared in approval that they will put their reputations as the best mercenaries for hire on the line and they will make sure that no witnesses are leaving alive to tell the tale.
"This is your end! You will not leave this place alive!"
"You will die here! And no one will find out!"
"It is our rule!"
"No witnesses!"
"No exceptions! Be it a man, woman or child!"
"We even kill toddlers! Even infants!"
"That is the rule of our mercenary work!"
"All hail the best mercenary group in all of Europe!"
Snipe then aimed his weapon at the mechas while shielding Luke, and things appeared bleak as the two teens are outnumbered, as the squad leader told them that it is hopeless to fight back as thet will due immediately and no one will find their corpses.
However, as the smoke cleared, the squad leader stared in disbelief as he saw Brave emerging, and not a single scratch is seen on his armor, and the remaining mercenaries are staring in disbelief, as the bomb explosions were strong enough to rip a gas truck apart and even a ground floor department store with such an explosion that no one should have survive it.
Brave then went towards the squad leader and told him that he made a mistake in provoking a GENIUS surgeon and now the mercenaries are going to pay the price for such a provocative attack, and made it clear that no one will leave here in one piece, which the squad leader rebutts, believing that Brave is only bluffing just to discourage him and his mercenary group.
The squad leader then told his men to ignore Brave and finish off everyone, which their roared in aggrement.
"Yes sir!"
"Yes sir!"
"Yes sir!"
"Yes sir!"
"Yes sir!"
"Yes sir!"
"Yes sir!"
Brave sighed in annoyance and presses a button on the Game Driver to summon a weapon.
Gashat: "GASHATO SWORD!"
A European-like broad sword appeared, which Brave grabbed it, and presses a button on the sword's hilt, and it emitted an ice wave which freezes the huge mechas, freezing them in place, and the squad leader stared in disbelief and uses his radio to urge his men to break free and fight back, but the men said that they are stuck, as the controls would not respond.
There Brave presses a button on the game cartridge slotted in his belt to execute the finishing move which Snipe realizes that Brave is putting a stop to the rampage and tells Luke to stand behind him, saying that the next scene is going to be quite EXPLOSIVE.
"Get behind me."
"Huh? Why?"
"Believe me. It is going to be quite dangerous."
"Huh? Doctor Shingetsu...?"
"That guy is going to make those mecha explode!"
"Seriously?"
"Get behind me...now!"
"!"
There Brave made his move and began attacking as he activated hus weapon's finishing attack.
Gashat: "TADDLE CRITICAL FINISH!"
Brave's sword flashes and is enveloped in a strong energy where he proceeds to do a vertical and horizontal slashes, hitting the frozen mechas, which resulted in them exploding, and in effect, killing the pilots inside.
The squad leader is the only one left, and he could not comprehend how and why this has happened, as he always believe that the organization is the best and invincible, and now for the first time the group encountered a brutal defeat, and before he makes his escape, Snipe shoots him on his leg and disabled him, while threatening to shoot him unless he gives them the information he wants.
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Luke looks on as he hoped that the remaining mercenary is willing to cooperate and reveal where Relena is being taken.
However, Luke receives a call, and he answered it, where the caller turns out to be Flora, and she is heard speaking in a rather panicked tone, stating that she and Artful are in danger.
"Luke!"
"Flora! What's wrong?"
"Artful and I are in danger!"
"What happened?"
"We we're supposed to do an errand for the Norstein family and…EEEEKK!"
"Flora?"
"…"
"Flora!"
To Be Continued...
Hope you liked this chapter, and while the action shown here is quite violent, it ended in a rather hollow end…while Flora is now in danger…
Preview:
Flora is in danger…who will come to her aid while Luke and the others are interrogating the remaining mercenary?
See you in March…
Reviews are welcomed…
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