Parasite Eve
Once again Melissa Pearce…or Eve…makes another appearance and this time she faces a squadron of Tokyo's finest policemen as she is being summoned for questioning. Don't expect this to be easy once DDS obtained evidence to prove that she is "extremely dangerous" and hence you get to see what happens after she is being questioned for her role in the Opera show massacre.
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Dan Detective School, an hour later. Superintendent Touyama was shocked to see what he is witnessing at the projector that was connected to Kazuma's laptop as it showed the events at the night of the opera show where Melissa Pearce is performing her act when the people around her were set on fire in an unexplained manner and that only she was not affected and even continued her performance as if nothing happened.
"No way…this can't be happening…how did she do this if there are no flammable substances are present…??? This doesn't make any sense!"
"Believe it or not, dad…that's how it happened. You saw what happened at Kobe…and the incidents in Atami and Akihabara…they're all similar. You can't be a top-ranking cop by denying what you saw. It's a miracle we managed to salvage this data. The main tape was taken away when a mutated rat showed up and if not for Kyo we'd be rat food."
Principal Dan nodded at Kinta's reply after being told by Yomiko about what happened earlier and now they have every reason to be concerned. Now that they have slowly discern how people were killed by arson they must now slowly take steps in finding out how they do it and learn the motives behind her attacks should Melissa is proven that she was behind the recent arson attacks in other prefectures.
Taking a cue from Principal Dan, Superintendent Touyama then contacted his fellow cops and ordered them to find Melissa and have her arrested. Meanwhile they are now securing a warrant for her arrest and are making sure that their operation will be legal and free from legal snags. At this point Kazuma used his laptop to hack in to the files and managed to locate the area where the stage actress is staying.
"I found her! I know where she is staying! She's near within the Shibuya prefecture!"
"Good work, Kazuma! I knew we can count on you!"
"Thanks a lot, Kinta…"
A few hours later a representative from the MPD arrived and showed to them the arrest warrant and now there's no stopping the MPD from implementing the arrest order of Melissa Pearce. As the police left DDS to pursue their suspect, a janitor was standing near the door mopping the floor, but it was a spy from ZECT and is relaying the information he got via his codec and at ZECT HQ the ZECT officials have received it and are now awaiting for the close-circuit TV, which was secretly installed without DDS' knowledge, to be activated so that they can see what their "rival" is doing while they make their own counter-measures.
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Born by Miwako Okuda
(Opening Song from Le Chevalier D'Eon)
namida ga ochita ato datte
kanashimi ga ieteku wake ja nai
kono mune ni sumitsuita
okubyou na jibun wo tada kanjiteku dake
dakedo shinjite ikitai
chiisana yume no hajimari wo
kokoro wa sukoshi zutsu arukihajimeteku
itami sae hikizurinagara
* tomadoi de ashita ga mienakutemo
omoi wa mirai wo sagasu no deshou
nakitsukareta niji no hate
atarashiku umareta watashi ga iru
kono machi wa sou itsu datte
aimai na genjitsu miseru kedo
tatta hitotsu no negai wo kanjite ikeba ii
sou kanjireba ii
hito wa dareka to kurabete
jibun wo miushinau keredo
daiji na mono wa sou kokoro ni aru kara
yogosazu ni kagayakasetai
zubunure de amagumo hikisaitara
michibiku hikari ni deaeru no deshou
mizutamari ni yurete iru
taiyou ga watashi wo terashite yuku
shiawase toka yasashisa toka
me ni mienai mono wo
koboshinagara atsumenagara
itsuka afurete yuku made...
repeat *
ima amagumo hikisaitara
michibiku hikari ni deaeru no deshou
mizutamari ni yurete iru
taiyou ga watashi wo terashite yuku
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Episode 38: Jinmon
Shibuya, 1 pm. Metropolitan police district officers were at the door of the apartment that Melissa Pearce is staying, knocking her door calling for her. The neighbors were baffled as the arresting officers were wearing asbestos suits and fire extinguishers and more are standing outside the vans carrying their guns in case things go bad. They wonder why a well-known stage actress was being summoned by the police.
Finally Melissa opened the door and was quite baffled at what she is seeing. She had an innocent look and was acting naturally innocent but the police were not taking any chances.
"MPD? Why the radiation suits? Is there a leak at your power plant?"
"You're under arrest, Ms. Pearce…for the murder of innocent people at the opera show last night…please come along quietly…you have the right to remain silent…any words you say can be used against you…you have a right to a lawyer…if you couldn't afford a lawyer, one will be provided free of charge…"
"Huh?? Me??? Murder??? What's going on???"
She got no reply as she was being handcuffed and taken to the van and the rest of the cops went to their cars as she was taken away under the curious eyes of the neighbors of Shibuya. The Kotobuki siblings, Sayo and her elder brother, Officer Yamato, were there to witness the scene and decided to tell Ran about it. They were sure that the Super GAL would be surprised to hear this once they told her of what they just witnessed.
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At the nearby parking space of the MPD, a suspicious looking van was parked there with the windows closed but you can see that Freon smokes was evaporating from the air conditioner of the vehicle. Inside were a few druids and Ryoma Echizen waiting for further instructions. The Prince Of Tennis was in a rather bad mood after hearing that a new Zecter is nearing completion and that his is not yet ready for the nearly-completed Zecter will be used by someone else.
"I can't believe King Tut would order me to baby-sit you guys…a Zecter is almost ready for someone else while mine isn't made yet…this is one bad day for me…"
"Orders are orders, sir…even we are baffled as to why we were sent here in the first place…"
"Tsk, fine."
They snapped back to reality as the vans arrived and from there Ryoma and the druids can see from their tinted windows the police in asbestos suits escorting a handcuffed Melissa Pearce inside the MPD building and a few more cops following them inside. Then Kyuu, Megumi, Junior and Yomiko arrived to bear witness to what they saw last night. At least now things are getting intense, at least for Ryoma as he get to see more people getting killed in a few moments from now.
"Heh…at least my boredom would be sated…at last I get to hear screams of terror coming from the "queen"…and that's music to my ears. At least I'll be enjoying myself from this point on…"
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Inside the interrogation room, at least five policemen were circling around Melissa and asked her question in regards to her role at the Opera House massacre and all they got from her was repeated denials which slightly irritated them. At the window outside the interrogation room, Superintendent Touyama, Kyu, and Megumi were watching and can hear the conversation via the telecom which was hooked to the interrogation room
"Please stop toying with us…we have proof that you did this…we even have eyewitnesses to prove that you're responsible…you caused a massacre and we don't know how you did that…we we're positive that you're behind this."
"What are you saying?? I was at home resting because I was not feeling well…I was even surprised when told about this after you handcuffed me! It must be an impostor! Please believe me! I have no role at what happened last night!"
Irritated at what investigators think was a weak alibi, one of the men opened a TV and VCR and showed to her the footage that the DDS students found at the opera house and this made her stunned. She slowly stood up and looked at the footage in disbelief.
"How…can this be…? That can't be me! I was at home!!!"
"Think you can alibi your way out of this???"
At the other room, Kyuu was watching intently while listening to the conversation and while at it he began to hear "voices" and moments later he began to have a telepathic conversation with someone…Eve! He glanced around the room until looking at the window leading to the interrogation room.
"So…enjoying the show?"
"You…you're Melissa!"
"Please…call me Eve…"
"Eve??"
"Right…as in Adam and Eve…you're Adam, and I'm Eve…"
"Better admit to your crime…you can't fool the investigators…we already have proof that you murdered those innocent people at the opera!"
"Are you if it's me that did this? Hmm???"
"Just what do you want???"
"Be at my side…to light and guide…to rule and guide…"
"Stop playing games!!!"
"Who says I'm fooling around?"
Megumi and Superintendent Touyama were baffled at Kyuu moving around unaware of his mental debate over Eve until he glances at the window leading to the interrogation room, then at the CCTV (close-circuit TV) leading to the interrogation room, and there he glanced at the screen, noticing something not right. The Melissa the police was investigating had black eyebrows instead of red, and saw her eye color was different from what he saw the other day, and then he turned his attention to the rest.
"That's not Melissa Pearce…it's an impostor!"
At that point, three members of Class G arrived to see the interrogation and heard what Kyuu just said and Ran went to the interrogation room to see if that is the case. Hearing the mental laughter from Eve, Kyuu followed the laughter leading to the basement where Eve was waiting for him, and beside her were burned ashes from five janitors.
At the interrogation room, Miyu Yamazaki and Ran barged in which startled the interrogators but then the lead Super GAL grabbed the woman by her hair, which revealed to be a wig and everyone inside were stunned by what they saw, and the woman was actually a short, browned-haired and she stood up to make a proclamation.
"Glory to the name of the Cult of Illuminites!"
At that point, more policemen arrived after seeing the CCTV and surrounded her as she started to act erratic and started to do what Eve did: Combust everyone at sight. Ran and Miyu quickly inserted their CHANGE KEROBEROS cards inside their A-Buckles and slides the cover to the left.
Ran: "Henshin!"
Miyu: "Henshin!"
Their A-Buckles chanted "OPEN UP!" and the projection walls appeared and enveloped the two, armoring them to become Mask Rider Glaive and Mask Rider Lance. The two then grappled onto the impostor but she also displayed telekinetic powers like the real Eve and mentally shoved them aside as she went around the MPD to conduct a killing spree.
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At the basement, Kyuu and the real Eve had a verbal confrontation which was moments away from becoming a real one. He was livid and she was enjoying, but neither one budged an inch.
"Why are you so stubborn? Let your body dictate what's right for you…embrace the real you and forsake your humanity…"
"Out of the question…"
"Why deny your destiny? You already know…you're the only one to withstand my power…and you know what would happen if you infect someone with what you have…"
"All I know is that what will happen is that I'm going to take you down!"
A police clerk accidentally came inside and saw the two, but Eve combusted the hapless chap to death and this infuriated the Class Q leader. He fastened the Beta Gear around his waist and punched the codes of the Beta Phone to initiate the transformation.
5-9-8 ENTER
Beta Phone: "STANDING BY…"
"Rider change!"
Beta Phone: "COMPLETE…"
In an instant light shone around him and he is armored up as Mask Rider Beta. Eve got another glimpse of her "rival" and is rather pleased with this and tried to persuade the Class Q leader to join the cult. Again this was met by rebuttal from Kyuu.
"Never…I'll stop you…"
"Oh dear…I guess I'll give you more time to think about it…"
She then jumped down a passage leading down to the sewers and he followed her as the two began to do a cat-and-mouse chase similar to the cartoon show Tom And Jerry.
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At the MPD, the policemen opened fire at the Eve impostor but their bullets were useless as she made a telekinetic barrier to shield herself while setting everyone at sight on fire, and she has killed 27 so far, and Superintendent Touyama and Megumi were evacuated to save their lives while the SWAT team were summoned to help. Glaive and Lance gave chase and tried to stop her but were shoved aside.
"Blast…Ran, we can't touch her with that force field around her!"
"Don't give up! Keep trying!"
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At the sewers, Eve tried using her powers to combust Kyu but still has no effect, and then saw Kyuu attempting to use the Grand Impact Punch on her, and made a direct hit, but she was slightly shaken and just smiled at him. Meanwhile, Kenji Fujima and a dozen ZECT Troopers came as they somehow saw Kyuu and chase each other and followed them. Though they didn't directly heard the conversation, Fujima was quite sure: There's a hidden connection between Kyuu and Eve.
"Since you showed me your other form, then allow me to show you mine!"
In an instant Eve grew in height and her legs became a "tail" of a serpent-like being, her arms mutated and her hair changed form though she still retain most of her human form. The two engaged in a battle which saw Beta reeling from Eve's attack, ranging from physical blows to supernatural attacks such as fireballs. Despite this the armored Kyuu rebounded and executed the Blue Nocturne, but it hardly fazed her, at least it penetrated her force field. At that point, ZECT Troopers jumps in and opened fire at her using their lasers, but it didn't get to her as she made another force field and set the troopers on fire despite their armored suits.
"Blast...she's far more dangerous than I imagined...though I can't get myself directly involved with that Renjou boy...it can't be helped...I have to aid him if I am to pin her down..."
Forced to take matters in his own hands, the former Soyo basketball team captain-turned ZECT agent summoned the Wasp Zecter and it docked on the Zecter Brace located on Fujima's left wrist and he clipped it there to initiate the tansformation.
"Henshin."
The Wasp Zecter intercepted the voice input and then confirms it to complete the transformation.
Wasp Zecter: "HENSHIN..."
Energy sepctrum enveloped around Fujima's body and is now covered in his default, bulky armor and became TheBee. TheBee then joins the remaining ZECT Troopers in fighting Eve but she was hardly intimidated and welcomes the challenge.
"My, my...an army of ants...a blue-colored firefly...and then a bee...so colorful...but then you're all hardly a match for me."
With a wave of a hand five troopers were set on fire and this leaves five more remaining, but then she glances at the armored Kyuu as she decided to spite him as she realized that she has something to do at the cult's HQ and prepares to take her leave.
"Got to go...I have an important meeting. Again, boy...think about it…but right now…which is important to you...me or that pink-haired girlfriend of yours???"
At that point Megumi mentally popped in his head and was forced to retreat, leaving a rather amused Eve behind as she also retreated. She was sure they'll meet again and expected that he'll soon embrace the "dark side".
"Wait! you're not going anywhere!!!! Give up!"
"Patience, my honey-maker...we will meet again...right now...enjoy my presents..."
At tht point a pair of mutated alligators emerged from the watery section of the sewers and the ZECT fighters are forced to deal with them as Eve retreated. As TheBee "casts off", his armor "exploded" and assumes secondary armored form while the remaining ZECT troopers fought valiantly but were devoured. Seeing that they have to be contained, he activated the Rider Sting and stabbed the two mutants and they exploded, but then all is lost as all the troopers are dead and Eve has already fled. He dejectedly left as well.
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Back at the MPD, Takeru Takaishi of Class C arrived and had Patamon evolved to Angemon, and then to Holy Angemon and used the Heaven's Gate to send her to a portal where she will be dealt with permanently. By the time Kyuu arrived all is safe and he and Megumi hugged each other seeing that they were safe and unharmed. However, the impostor left its mark and now the MPD is a mess with so many killed and now they couldn't provide physical evidence to show that the Melissa Perace they got was an impostor but they do now have a lead: the cult's name is revealed to them as the Cult of Illuminites and now the MPD and the DDS students could at least establish a new lead.
To Be Continued…
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Overnight by Aya
(Ending Song from Le Chevalier D'Eon)
Fly, sway, go all the way
I'm in the same fate with you
I feel your beat all around
Wandering in the everlasting way
Forever...
Tears fall, vanish into the night
If I'm a sinner...
Chivalry, show me the way to go
Rise, high, just feel alive
Say a prayer for you today
I still believe in your love
Trace the shadow of truth into the dark
Forever...
Tears fall, vanish into the night
If I'm a sinner...
Chivalry, show me the way to go
Wandering my crying soul
Only you can wipe away my tears
Forever...
Tears fall, vanish into the light...
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That was an intense ending...and at least ZECT didn't have anything to use as they failed to get the connection involving Kyuu and Eve.
Preview:
Tsubasa Ozora has resurfaced again...and this time he has a new toy that will outshine Ryoma's mechanical scorpions. See next chapter on what robotic insects Captain Tsubasa will parade...