"Sakura! You've got to snap out of it!" Rin shouted as she pushed away another one of Sakura's arms as she swung.
"SHUT UP!" Sakura bellowed with her eyes wide as she throws another diagonal swing of her knife at Rin. Rin turns to the side and swings her left fist at Sakura's face. As Sakura stumbled backwards, Chulainn and Shirou run up to her from behind and grab her arms.
"Sakura, please listen to her! She is your sister!" Shirou yelled at Sakura.
"I said shut up!" Sakura shouted again. With all of her strength, she managed to break free of the tight grips of Shirou and Chulainn. Sakura throws her fists back, knocking them into the faces of Shirou and Chulainn. As both men stumbled backwards, Sakura tried to turn and swing her knife at Shirou. But Rin quickly grabs her right arm, stopping her from swinging her weapon.
Shirou quickly recovers from the blow and throws his fist into Sakura's gut. She gasped in pain as she bends over and drops her knife. Shirou delivers an uppercut to the bottom of her jaw and Sakura throws her head back.
"I'm sorry, Rider." Shirou said apologetically to Rin.
"Don't be." Rin replied before swinging her leg horizontally to Sakura's gut. After taking a few steps back, Sakura turns to her right in time to see Illya running over to her.
Illya swings her fists at Sakura, who deflects both of her punches. She swiftly grabs Illya by her collar and sees Chulainn running over to her from behind. She turns around and tosses Illya over to him. The two collided against each other and fall to the ground.
Shirou and Rin ran up to her, but Sakura turned and jump in the air. She throws both of her legs at Shirou and Rin and successfully kick them both in the chests. As Sakura lands on the floor on her back, she quickly jumps herself back up to her feet. Suddenly, Sakura tilts her body to the side to dodge a bullet coming from behind. She whirled about and sees Yukari holding up Rin's M1911 pistol.
"You…I've never forgotten that punch you threw at my face." Sakura said icily to Yukari.
Yukari tried to pull the trigger again, but Sakura charges up to her and grabs her arm. She gave Yukari's arm a twist, causing her to cry in pain as she drops the pistol. Sakura proceeds to throw a powerful punch to Yukari's stomach, sending her flying through the air and slamming against one of the glass cylinder tubes behind her. Yukari groans as she fell onto her knees and slumps onto the floor.
"Caster!" Both Chulainn and Illya cried as the latter helped the man get back up to his feet.
"Dammit Sakura! Stop it!" Rin shouted as she and Shirou get back up as well. Shirou grits his teeth as he clutches his chest.
"I'll kill you." Sakura growled as she turned back to the four, glaring at them with wide, malicious eyes. "I'LL KILL YOU ALL!"
As the four get back into their fighting stances, Sakura charges at them again, preparing to finish them once and for all.
Ricky and Saber burst through the doors and find themselves in another large room. This time, it is a normal waiting room with two leather sofas and three large vases of flowers placed neatly at each side of the room. The floor is covered with a large red flat carpet and Victorian-style lamps are installed onto the walls.
They see Zouken slowly walking his way to another large pair of doors at the other end of the room. Saber shouted as she and Ricky draw out and aim their pistols at him, "Stop right where you are!"
"No one orders me what to do, for I am above everyone!" Zouken responded as he continued walking towards the doors.
Saber growled and proceeded to fire a bullet at Zouken's back. However, a masked mercenary suddenly jumps down from the ceiling, lands behind Zouken and deflects the bullet with his machete. Soon after, four more masked men, also armed with machetes, jump down and landed behind Saber and Ricky. Saber and Ricky turn around and hold onto their guns tightly.
"Get rid of these pests." Zouken said to the masked mercenary standing behind him.
"Yes sir." The mercenary replied. The five masked men move and surround Ricky and Saber in a circle as Zouken pushes the doors open and entered his office. As the doors close, Ricky and Saber press their backs against each other and hold their guns close to their chests.
"You ready?" Saber asked her second-in-command.
Ricky smirked at his leader. "I've been through worse."
Saber chuckled. They hold out their guns and began firing at the five masked men. The men run out of the way to evade the bullets.
Two of them charge over to Saber and swing their machetes vertically at her. Saber deflects their machetes with her Glocks. She fires one of her guns at one of the men who turned to the side to dodge the bullet, but Saber quickly kicks him in the gut, causing him to stumble backwards. The other man tried to swing his machete at Saber again, but Ricky turned to him and fires his revolver. The bullet shot the machete out of his hand and Ricky goes over to swing his fist across his face, sending him rolling over to the floor.
One masked mercenary runs over to Ricky and swings his machete vertically at him. Ricky turns to him and deflects the machete with his revolver. He quickly aims his revolver at the mercenary's face and fires a shot, killing him instantly. As the masked man falls to the floor, Ricky turns to his left and clashes his revolver with another machete-wielding mercenary.
As the masked mercenary whom Saber kicked earlier recovered, the fourth and last man runs up to his side and they both swing overhead strikes with their machetes at Saber at the same time. Saber blocks their machetes with her Glocks and she backs away from them as she whirled around. The man whom Ricky punched earlier has since got up from the floor and runs over to Saber. Saber turns to him and tries to fire at him, but the man deflects her arm, causing her to fire at the floor instead. The man throws his left fist at Saber, who ducks down and delivers an uppercut to the bottom of his jaw as she got up. As the man stumbles backwards, one of the mercenaries swing his machete horizontally at her. Saber blocks the machete with her right Glock and aims her other gun at the man. She fires a bullet through his chest and the man yells in pain as he falls to the floor.
Meanwhile, Ricky and one of the men continue swinging and clashing their weapons at each other. The masked mercenary swings his machete diagonally at Ricky and successfully knocks his revolver out of his hand. Ricky gasps and quickly backs away as the masked mercenary swings his machete horizontally at him. The mercenary delivers another horizontal swing with his machete and Ricky ducks down to dodge it. He throws a punch to his gut, causing the mercenary to stumble backwards and drop his machete. The mercenary quickly recovers and vertically throws his fists down onto Ricky's back.
Ricky groans as he gets hit and the mercenary throws his leg up, kicking him in the face. As Ricky falls to the floor, the mercenary tries to throw his fist down on his face. Ricky evades him by rolling over to the side and grabs the machete from the floor with his left hand. Ricky quickly gets up and stabs the machete onto the mercenary's back. The mercenary yells in pain and Ricky removes his machete. He proceeds to stab him again, this time on his chest. As Ricky turned, he pins the mercenary down on the floor and sinks the machete lower into his chest. The mercenary made his final gasp before his head slumps to the side.
Saber fights off the last two men. One of the man swings his machete continuously at Saber, whom dodges them by backing away and turning to the side. When he finds himself standing beside the man whom Saber had killed earlier, he used his foot to sweep up the machete he dropped from the floor and grabs it with his left hand. He tosses the other machete in his right hand over to the unarmed man and he catches it.
The two men charge at Saber. One of them swings his machete horizontally at Saber, who quickly ducks down. The other man swings his machete diagonally at her and Saber rolls over the floor. Ricky, with his new machete, runs up to the two and swings his machete horizontally at them. The two men block his attack with their machetes. Saber gets back up and fires her Glocks at the two men, who deflect her bullets with their weapons. One of them charge at Saber again and clashes his machete with her Glocks. Saber lifts her leg up and kicks him in the shin. The man yells as he fell on a knee. Saber takes the opportunity to aim one of her Glocks at the side of her head and fires a shot at him.
Finally, the last remaining masked mercenary swings his machete diagonally at Ricky, who deflects it with his own machete. As Ricky turned, he swings his leg diagonally at the side of the mercenary's head. As the mercenary gets hit and turns his head to the side, Ricky thrusts his machete into his stomach, causing him to yell in pain. Ricky grabs him by his hair and turns to the pair of doors that lead to Zouken's office. Ricky yells as he charges towards the doors while pulling the mercenary with him. When he is near them, Ricky removes his machete from the mercenary's stomach and tosses him over to the doors. The mercenary collides against the doors and rolls over the floor as he entered his boss's office, startling Zouken as he gets up from his seat behind his desk.
"What?!" Zouken said in shock. The mercenary groans as he tries to get up, but Saber tosses Ricky's revolver over to her second-in-command. Ricky catches it and fires a shot at the back of the mercenary's head.
"It's over, Zouken." Saber said flatly. Zouken growls as he opens the drawer from his desk and tries to pull out his pistol. Ricky quickly reacts by throwing the machete at him. Zouken gasps and froze in horror as the machete barely misses him by the side of his head and stabs through his seat instead.
"Stop resisting, you old fart." Ricky said, aiming his revolver at him. "Now hand us the remote!"
Sakura successfully kicks Illya in the chest which sends her sprawling through the floor. Chulainn runs over to her and throws his left fist at Sakura, who blocks it with her left forearm. She pushes his fist back and swings her right fist at him, punching Chulainn across his face. Sakura swiftly throws her left fist into his abdomen, and finally finishes by doing a backwards somersault and kicking him at the bottom of his jaw. Chulainn collapses onto the floor.
Shirou runs over to Sakura and delivers a series of punches at her. Sakura swiftly dodges the punches by either ducking or turning to the side. When Shirou swings his fist once more, Sakura grabs his arm and tosses him over her shoulder, slamming him onto the floor. She lifts her foot up and prepares it bring it down, but Rin suddenly runs up to her and swings her left fist at her. Sakura quickly dodges the attack by releasing Shirou's arm and whirling around to the side. When Sakura turns back to Rin, she sees her opponent staring back at her with a sad frown.
"Don't look at me like that!" Sakura snapped.
"I don't want to hurt you. You are my sister." Rin tried to reason with her.
"No, you're not!" Sakura yelled back. She charges towards her and successfully lands a punch at Rin's right cheek.
"Rider!" Shirou cried as he helplessly watched Rin stumbled backwards. He struggled to get up as the blow Sakura delivered to his back earlier was too strong and painful to endure.
"You are my enemy!" Sakura yelled again as she throws another punch at Rin's left cheek.
"I love you, Sakura." Rin said under her breath. Sakura screamed in rage as she throws an uppercut to the bottom of Rin's jaw, sending her flying through the air and landing on the floor on her back.
Sakura kneels down above Rin and continued punching across her face mercilessly. Rin couldn't fight back as she doesn't have the will to fight her sibling. She simply lies on the floor, taking every hit her sister lands on her face. Sakura pulls her fist back, ready to throw one final punch at her.
Suddenly, Sakura halted in mid-punch when she felt a strange energy surging through her body. She instantly screams in agony as she throws herself back. Rin looked up at her in both bewilderment and horror.
"Sakura?" Rin uttered as Sakura clutches the sides of her head.
"What's happening to her?" Chulainn asked as he, Illya, Shirou and Yukari got up to their feet.
"It m-must be Z-Zouken's remote." Kirei answered as he slowly got up from the floor despite the knife still stabbed through his chest.
"Kirei?" Illya said before she and Yukari rush over to him. As Yukari grabs Kirei's shoulders, Illya swiftly pulls out the knife from his chest and tosses it aside.
Kirei groans in pain and continued, "T-two of your teammates…m-must have stopped him."
Rin got up from the floor and places her hands on Sakura's shoulders. "Sakura, please! Listen to me! Get a hold of yourself!" She cried pleadingly.
"Get off of me!" Sakura shouted as she swipes Rin's left arm off of her.
But Rin grabs her left shoulder again and gazes at her. "Sakura, it's okay! I'm here for you!" She cried at her sister again. However, Sakura just kept screaming, completely ignoring Rin's pleas and still throwing her head around and clutching the sides in intolerable pain.
Rin's eyes softened as she watched her sister. "Sakura…please…please come back to me." She whispered. In one final attempt to calm her down, Rin closes her eyelids and pulls her sister into a tight embrace. Sakura snaps her eyes open and stops shaking. Her screams soon die down as she felt the warmth of Rin's embrace.
"No matter what you've become, whatever you've been through…I will always be your sister." Rin choked as tears form through her closed eyelids. As Sakura lowers her arms, she looks down and sees Rin resting her head on her right shoulder. Before she knew it, the pain that was surging through her body had disappeared and she widens her eyes as several memories came flooding back into her mind. Just by taking a glance at the woman who is hugging her tightly, she immediately recognized her.
"Rin?"
Rin looks up at Sakura, who stared back at her in confusion. A huge smile takes form on her face as tears freely roll down her cheeks. But the tears weren't of sorrow and despair, but joy and relief.
"Sakura?" Rin whispered.
"Sis. It's you." Sakura said. "What happened?"
Rin chuckled and hugs her sister again. "Long story." She replied. Despite not knowing what is going on, Sakura couldn't help but smile as well. She wraps her arms around Rin and rests her head on her shoulder.
"Aww, what do you know? They're back together again." Illya smiled as she places her hands behind the back of her head. Chulainn gave a gentle knock on the top of Illya's head.
"Quiet down, Berserker. Let 'em have their moment of peace." Chulainn smirked.
Yukari sighed happily as she and Shirou turn to each other. "She got her sister back." She remarked.
"Indeed." Shirou nods his head. Not caring about the others watching them from a distance, Rin and Sakura continued to stay in their warm embrace, never wanting to let go of each other.
"Lancer? Can you hear me?"
Chulainn places his finger on his earpiece as he continued staring at the two sisters. "I do, boss."
"What happen to Sakura?"
"She's fine now. She is back to her normal self. Let's just say, she and Rin are having a tearful reunion right now."
"That's good to know. Assassin and I have secured Zouken Matou. When you're all done, meet up with us at his office."
Saber lowers her hand and turns back to Zouken, who sat at his chair with Ricky standing beside him and holding up his revolver at the side of his head.
"You have lost control over Sakura and we have taken over this facility. You're finished, Zouken." Saber said.
"And what are you planning to do now? Kill me?" Zouken growled.
Saber narrows her eyes as she stares wordlessly at him. A few seconds later, she holds up her Glock and aims at his forehead. Ricky closes his eyes and grits his teeth. He lowers his revolver and turns to Saber.
"Boss, stop." He said as he opens his eyes.
"What?" Saber asked, glaring at Ricky while still holding up her Glock at her target.
"Saber, I know I said back at Berlin that I agreed with you in killing Zouken. But after listening to Berserker…I'm sorry. I've changed my mind. Even if we kill him, it will never bring Jack and Reika back to life. We should keep Zouken alive." Ricky said.
"You can't be serious!" Saber shouted at him. "Zouken Matou had harmed and killed thousands of innocent people through his sick methods of creating the Od serum! He used children to do his dirty work! He kidnapped adolescents and turned them into living weapons! How can you let a monster like him live?!"
"If we kill him now, what will happen to the other secret factories around the world?! We still don't know the locations of every single one of them! And even if Zouken dies now, his company may find another way to continue their operations without him!" Ricky protested.
"But what if Zouken had some trick up his sleeve to free himself from the hands of Justice?! What then?!" Saber argued. She glares back at Zouken. "If he does, how will every innocent person he had harmed find peace?! How will they be truly free from the pain and torment they had went through by his sick man?!"
There was a moment of tense silence within the office, until a voice spoke, "No, there won't be any way Zouken can get himself out of this."
Saber turned around and sees Sakura, Rin, Illya, Shirou, Yukari and Chulainn at the doorway. Kirei is also with them as Chulainn is carrying him with his arm wrapped around his back.
"Guys." Ricky said as he sees his teammates standing at the doorway.
"Kirei and I will stand trial alongside Zouken." Sakura continued. "Although I have regained my memories, I cannot deny the fact that I have been working as an important asset for Zouken Matou." She lowered her head in guilt and remorse. "I will willingly turn myself in and explain every detail about Zouken's operations to the authorities." Rin smiled as she places her hand on Sakura's back, assuring her that everything will be fine even if her sister were to be locked up behind bars for her involvement in Matou Industries' crimes.
Kirei gave a solemn nod to Chulainn. Chulainn turns to Saber and added, "Kirei will as well."
"Damn you!" Zouken yelled furiously at Sakura and Kirei as he slams his fist on his desk. "Damn you both! How could you do this to me?!"
"Looks like you got a morale issue here, Zouken Matou." Shirou smirked at him.
"It's time to face facts." Illya glared at the old man as she places her fists at the sides of her hips. "You are defeated."
"It's over." Yukari added, giving a small smile to Saber as she nods her head.
Saber stared at them for a few moments before letting out a sigh. She knows her teammates are right. Thanks to Sakura and Kirei willing to give their testimonies, Zouken Matou is finished no matter what he tries to do. Justice will be served and Matou Industries will truly come to an end.
"Yes." Saber's eyes softened as she turned back to Zouken and Ricky. "It is over."
Zouken snarled at everyone present in the room before lowering his head in defeat. "No, it can't be…" Zouken muttered, refusing to accept the truth. "My dream for this world…it's…"
BANG!
To everyone's shock and horror, a bullet had shot through Zouken's chest. With his eyes wide as saucers, Zouken coughed as he slowly lowers his head and stares at the hole through his chest in mortified horror. As his body trembled, Zouken gasped for air as blood trickled down the sides of his mouth.
"N-n-n-no…it can't be…My dream…" Zouken said weakly. Soon after, another bullet was fired. This time, it went right through the center of his forehead. Zouken rolls his eyes back as he leans back on his chair. His breathing ceased and his head tilted limply to the side as Zouken Matou sat on his chair dead.
Everyone turn to the right corner of the room and see Gilgamesh standing there, holding up his USP. Saber widens her eyes and drops her jaw as she stares at him dumbfounded.
After inserting his USP back into his pocket, Gilgamesh gave a slow, mocking clap to everyone present in Zouken's office. "Bravo guys, bravo. I feel like I just watched a spectacular, award-winning performance."
"Who the hell are you?!" Ricky yelled as he aims his revolver at him.
"Gilga…mesh…" Kirei managed to say as he looked at the man who had appeared before them.
"What?" Chulainn said to Kirei.
Gilgamesh glares at Saber as he folds his arms. "In all seriousness though, I knew you couldn't pull the trigger, Saber baby. I am very disappointed in you." He said coldly.
"Saber? You know him?!" Shirou asked Saber as he and the other members of the team look at her in both shock and confusion.
"I…I…" Saber tried to speak, but she couldn't.
"I should have expected that you hanging out with your new friends will eventually change you." Gilgamesh narrows his eyes and grits his teeth. "You should know your place!" He bellowed as he jabs a finger at Saber. "I was the one who taught you! Train you! Made you who you are today! I own you! And yet, you finally become soft. Even though we made a promise that we would wipe off all evil in this world together!"
Ricky drops his jaw in utter disbelief as he stares at Gilgamesh. "T-t-that…that is same promise Saber and I made together…" He said. He turned back to Saber and demanded, "Saber! What is the meaning of this?!"
Saber turns to Ricky, frowning in guilt and regret. "I'm sorry. You weren't first one I made that promise with." She responded. Ricky stared wordlessly at her, trying to comprehend what his leader had said.
"She's right." Gilgamesh said to Ricky. "Before she had you as her own apprentice, she was my student. And after that, she was using you and your friends to perform the mission we made together. Face it, you guys ain't her friends. You're all tools."
"Shut up! That's a lie!" Ricky shouted, aiming his revolver at Gilgamesh again.
"Bullshit!" Chulainn yelled.
"It's impossible!" Rin cried.
Gilgamesh turns to Rin and Sakura. "Oh hey! You're that girl Zouken ordered me to pick up back in California, right? When was that? 2 years ago? Sakura Tohsaka, right?" He asked with a mocking smile.
Both sisters gasp. "How do you know her?" Rin asked.
"I…I remember you now." Sakura said, gazing at Gilgamesh in horror.
"Oh? I am right! Bingo!" Gilgamesh grins as he pumps his fist into the air. "Yeah, I still remember that mission like it was yesterday! Zouken ordered me to wait in the middle of a desert until we see your father's car. And as soon as we saw him approaching, I drove my vehicle towards it and smash it like I was driving a monster truck. Surprisingly, you and your father manage to survive the crash. So I had to come out and finish the job by own hand."
Rin's eyes shook as she stares at Gilgamesh in shock and horror. After listening to his explanation, she could finally picture how the entire accident that took away her father's life played inside her head.
2 Years Ago…
Kings County, California, United States
As two masked mercenaries hide behind some bushes, they spotted Tokiomi's car driving down the road in the distance. One of them contacted Gilgamesh.
"Gilgamesh, target sighted. Tokiomi and Sakura Tohsaka are approaching your vicinity. Remember, kill Tokiomi, but keep his daughter alive."
"Aye." Gilgamesh replied before putting away his smartphone. He wraps his fingers around the steering wheel, steps on the pedal and drove his truck towards the side of the lone road.
As soon as he saw Gilgamesh's truck driving its way over to his path, Tokiomi steps on the brake and turns the steering wheel, trying to bring his car to a screeching halt. But it was too late as the car collided against the front of his truck. Despite wearing seat belts, Sakura and Tokiomi are thrown towards the front window and their heads smash against it before they sat back down on their seats.
Gilgamesh got out of the truck and walks over to the car. When he opened the left front door, He whistled as he sees Tokiomi and Sakura sitting on their seats with blood trickling down the side of their heads.
"W-w-who…are you?" Tokiomi asked weakly as he looked at Gilgamesh with his eyelids flittering.
Gilgamesh didn't reply as he pulls out his brass knuckles from his pocket. Tokiomi could only sit there, helplessly staring back at Gilgamesh in horror with his mouth agape. Gilgamesh proceeds to deliver several hard punches to his forehead, smashing his skull and causing huge amounts of blood to drip down his face. Sakura sat in her own seat, watching her father being murdered in sheer terror.
Gilgamesh backs away when Tokiomi is finally dead with his cold, lifeless eyes left opened and his head tilted to the side. As he casually wipes off the blood from his hand and puts away his brass knuckle, Gilgamesh goes over to the other side of the car. He opens the door and sees Sakura breathing heavily in fear as she stares back at him, completely frozen and traumatized by the horrific display she had just witnessed. Gilgamesh snorted before throwing a punch at her forehead, knocking her unconscious. He removes the seat belt and carried her into his truck. After setting her down on the passenger seat, Gilgamesh pulls out a timed bomb and a body bag from the bottom of the seats. He returns to the car and places the two items down on the road. He unzips the bag, revealing a charred body that is completely recognizable. He places the charred body onto the passenger seat and closes the door. Gilgamesh opens the front hatch of the car and places the timed bomb onto the engine. After setting the time, Gilgamesh closes the hatch and goes back to his truck.
He drives the truck away from the scene and a few minutes later, the car exploded. Gilgamesh picks up his phone and places it against his ear. "The girl is secured and the man is dead. Mission accomplished."
Rin's horrified look slowly distorts into an ugly scowl. She grits her teeth as she curls her hands into tight fists. "You…IT WAS YOU!" Rin roared at Gilgamesh. Without any second thoughts, she charged towards him, wanting nothing more but to give her father's killer a bloody pulp.
"Rider!" Saber cried as she extends out her hand to her.
Rin ignores her leader and she swings her fists at Gilgamesh. The man, keeping his sinister smile on his face, nonchalantly steps away from her every time she threw her punches at him. When Rin throws her fist one more time at him, Gilgamesh turns to the side for a moment to dodge the attack, and then swiftly grabs Rin by her throat. Rin's eyes grew wide as she choked under Gilgamesh's tight grip around her neck. Gilgamesh proceeds to slam Rin against the wall behind him and gave a hard punch to her stomach.
"NO!" Shirou and Illya both shouted in horror. Rin gasped in pain and Gilgamesh snorted at her.
"Pathetic." Gilgamesh commented. He turns to the side and tosses Rin, sending her rolling over the floor and stop in front of Yukari and Sakura, who quickly kneel down to her and carry her up.
"Rider! Are you alright?" Yukari asked in concern. Rin could only respond with a groan.
"Gilgamesh, please! I can explain-" Saber was soon cut off when Gilgamesh holds up his hand.
"I wish we could chat, but I'm sorry. I don't have the time in the world, for I have a mission to finish. And I'll do it without you, Arturia Pendragon." Gilgamesh said as he lowers his hand.
"SHUT UP!" Ricky shouted furiously one more time and he pulls the trigger of his revolver.
Before the bullet could hit Gilgamesh, someone drops down from the ceiling, lands right in front of him and deflects the bullet with one of his spears. The man has black swept back hair and dressed in a dark green sleeveless suit and black long boots. He wields two spears in his hands, one of them is ruby red and the other is gold.
"Diarmuid…" Saber murmured.
As Diarmuid got up, he throws his gold spear at Ricky. Ricky quickly rolls over the desk and lands on the floor below before the spear flew past him and stabbed through the wall behind him.
As Ricky goes over to the others, two more figures drop down from the ceiling and land behind Kirei, Saber and her team. One of them is a man with long blonde hair that goes all the way down to his waist and dressed in a crimson coat with a black suit and grey pants underneath it, a crimson top hat, black gloves and brown shoes. The other is a woman with long and wavy blonde hair and wears glasses, a dark blue suit and skirt and dark blue high hell shoes.
"Cornelius…Miriam…" Saber said as she turned to them. Cornelius pulls out a cane while Miriam draws out a machinegun.
As Diarmuid gets into his fighting stance with his ruby red spear, Gilgamesh sneers and waves his hand at Saber and her team. "This is the part where you all die now. Farewell, everyone." He said.
As soon as Diarmuid and Cornelius charge towards the group with their spear and cane, Sakura quickly takes out four smoke grenades and throws them onto the floor. Huge amounts of thick gray smoke consume the room, blinding the visions of Gilgamesh and his teammates.
Gilgamesh growls and yelled with his eyelids closed, "Don't just stand there! After them!"
After making a few coughs, Diarmuid and Cornelius squint their eyelids, brave through the smoke and run out of the room.
As Saber and her team run through the tank room with Sakura and Kirei, she and Ricky notice that the cylinder-shaped tanks are now emptied and the greenish liquid is spilled all over the floor. They also notice several trails of wet footprints that lead to the open doors at the other end of the room.
"Where are they?" Ricky asked as everyone ran.
"We released them shortly after our fight with Sakura. They're free now." Shirou replied.
"What do we do now? Should we fight back?" Illya asked.
"No. We're retreating. I know those men. Both Diarmuid and Cornelius are agile fighters and we are running out of ammunition to fight them anyway." Saber said.
"What about the crates of Od serum that are still in this facility?" Rin asked.
"I'm sorry. We don't have time to retrieve or destroy them." Saber said regretfully.
Everyone step out and find themselves back in the same room where Saber and her team fought with Kirei before.
"If we keep running straight, they will eventually catch up to us!" Yukari panicked.
"What do we do then?!" Chulainn yelled.
"Turn to your right." Kirei responded weakly as he leans his head against Chulainn.
Sakura gasped. "Of course! One of our emergency exits!" She turns to the wall and gestures everyone to follow her. They run over and upon closer inspection, there is a small camera installed on it. As soon as the camera makes contact with Sakura's face, a small section of the wall flips over and reveals a scanner. Sakura quickly places her hand on it.
"Authorization confirmed. Sakura Matou." A computerized voice said. Everyone steps back as a huge section of the wall slides open, revealing a hollow passageway.
"Come on!" Sakura shouted. Chulainn held Kirei close to him as everyone quickly enter the passageway.
"There you are!" Everyone could hear Diarmuid yell at them from behind. Sakura, Rin and Yukari turn to see him and Cornelius running towards them with their weapons.
"Ahahahaha! We found you!" Cornelius laughed manically.
"Go!" Sakura yelled as she roughly pushed Rin and Yukari. As soon as they and Sakura entered, the camera detected the presence of Diarmuid and Cornelius and the door swiftly slides down.
"NO!" Cornelius shouted and stomps his foot in frustration.
As Diarmuid thrusts his spear through the door, the computerized voice spoke, "Authorization invalid."
"Oh shut up!" Cornelius screamed as he lunges his cane and breaks the camera.
Everybody sigh in relief as they walk through the passageway. With Gilgamesh and his men taking over Zouken's secret facility, there is nothing they can do now but flee.
"Where does this passageway lead to?" Saber asked.
"The forest, 60 kilometres away from the boundaries of Bautzen." Sakura replied.
"Good, let's keep moving." Saber said. But she soon came to a halt when she heard a click. Saber lets out a heavy sigh before turning around to see Ricky aiming his revolver at her. Ricky gave her a glare so dark and cold that it would make the others feel frozen. But Saber kept her composure as she looked at her second-in-command in the eyes.
"You will give us answers. Now!" Ricky yelled. Saber looked at the others standing behind him and they all stare back at her in confusion and suspicion, demanding information from her as well.
"Alright." Saber said, looking back at Ricky.
"Who was that guy? How do you know him? And what the fuck mission did you two made together?" Ricky inquired.
"His name is Gilgamesh. I knew him for 2 years, and before any of you, Kiritsugu and Maiya." Saber responded.
"No way." Illya uttered.
"I knew him shortly after I failed to stop the corrupt parliament member known as Mariah Dillard." Saber explained. "He offered me a chance to get what I want. To make Dillard pay for what she did to Cornell Stokes and Candace Miller. And back then, why wouldn't I want to pass on that opportunity? And after I finally kill her, I officially became a part of his team of mercenaries. While he was hired by Zouken Matou to eliminate Tokiomi Tohsaka, he discovered that his company was creating the Od serum. The serum fascinated him and he wants to use it to fulfil his team's purpose of existence by wiping out every scumbag on Earth, starting with the city that led him into a life of despair. London. He heard that Kiritsugu's organization had wanted to take down Zouken's company for years, so he hired me to join them. I became a member of Kiritsugu's organization shortly afterwards, formed this team and had been trying to complete the next objective of the mission Gilgamesh and I shared for the last 2 years."
"I don't believe it." Chulainn said, staring at Saber in mortified horror.
"You knew all along that Gilgamesh killed my father. How could you keep secrets from us?!" Rin cried, feeling betrayed as tears formed in her eyes.
"I'm sorry, Rider. I never expect that fate would spit me in the face the day you joined the organization and assigned to become a member of my team." Saber said grimly as she lowers her head.
"Getting revenge comes with a heavy price. You should have known that, Saber." Yukari frowned.
"Everyone…I'm so sor-" As soon as Saber lifts her head up, she gets cut off when Ricky gave a hard slap across her face and places his revolver against the side of her head.
"I trusted you…" Ricky said, his voice shaking with rage. "I followed you…I admired you…I even fucking slept with you…but all along, for the last two years, you were actually using me and everyone around you! You are no different than every motherfucker out there in this world!" He bellowed at her. Saber quietly stood there, unable to protest as she heard nothing but the honest truth from him. She grimaced as she frowned in guilt and sorrow. "If I had known you were a piece of shit, I'm better off killing myself that day!"
Saber slowly turns her head back to Ricky. "You all can express your hatred towards me as much as you want later. But for now, we need to get out of here and find a way to get to England. Now that Gilgamesh has acquired the serum and missiles, he will begin his assault on London."
"Why should we still follow you?" Ricky narrows his eyes, wrapping his finger around the trigger of his revolver.
Saber stared at him silently for a brief moment. "Because I am your only chance in stopping him."
Rin, Shirou, Illya, Chulainn and Yukari looked at each other. Despite learning the awful truth behind their leader, they couldn't help but agree that what she said is true. If they are going to take down Gilgamesh, the only person who can help them is someone who personally knows him. Ricky gazed intensively at Saber for a few moments before he finally lowers his revolver. The others turn back to Saber and nod their heads as well. Saber quietly turned around and everyone continue walking down the passageway. None of them say another word as they make their way out.
When she reached the top of the ladder, Sakura places her hand on the scanner beside her and the hatch above them opened. Everyone climb out from the ground and find themselves in a forest of tall trees.
"Halt!"
Everyone turn around to see several men in black suits running over to them. They draw out their pistols and rifles as they surround them in a circle.
"I contacted my father and Maiya back when we discovered the crates of serum. They've tracked us down." Shirou said to his teammates. As the men aim their weapons at them, Kiritsugu and Maiya walk over.
"Arturia Pendragon," Kiritsugu said to Saber coldly with his hands behind his back. "We have much to discuss."
Saber sighs heavily and nods her head. "I know."
Back in the facility, Gilgamesh slides his hand across the missile in front of him. Behind him were several mercenaries, lying dead on the floor in their own pools of blood.
"We have killed every single one of them." Miriam said as she, Diarmuid and Cornelius walk over to him from behind. A huge grin plastered across Cornelius' face as he carried a dead unmasked mercenary by the back of his throat.
Cornelius grabs the bottom of the dead mercenary's jaw and opens it as he spoke to Gilgamesh in a high pitched voice, "What do we do now, boss?"
A frown takes form on Gilgamesh's face as he closes his eyelids. "Never forget what they did to us." He said to his teammates.
"Aye." Diarmuid said as he, Miriam and Cornelius lower their heads. Cornelius snarled as he vividly remembered the horrific incident that happened in their past. He tightens his grip around the dead man's throat and tosses his body aside.
"Damn those fuckers! Damn them all to hell!" Cornelius yelled.
Gilgamesh turns around and opens his eyes. As his teammates look up, a huge smile takes forms on his face.
"Come, my friends. It's time for London to share our pain."
Sovereign: I would like to thank LayLay lives for reviewing and Crimson-Tuna-Sub for checking out my story. When I return, get ready for the final story arc...