From the Start
Chapter 51
"Speech"
'Thoughts'
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A lone Vajra stumbles across a sight that it did not expect to see. Another large sized Aragami had appeared within its hunting grounds. The Aragami looked similar to it except that it seemed to sport a pink and white colouration. It was feeding on a recently deceased Ogretail that looks to have been killed fairly quickly. The Vajra walks closer to the Aragami and roars in an attempt to scare it off. The Aragami looks towards the Vajra, hearing its roar, and shows a feminine face as well as a head of pink hair. The Aragami doesn't back down as the jaws of the Vajra open and it runs towards it. In a matter of seconds, the Vajra takes its last breath before the newcomer feasts on its core before moving onto all four paws as it sprouts features identical to the recently killed Vajra. It roars before flexing its new appendages and retreats into the safety of some large boulders.
Soma's POV
I awake to the sound of an erratic beating of the high-tech computer to my right.
"The hell?" I stare at the computer as the erratic noise disappears.
"Heh... Mind's playing tricks on me." I say, leaning back in my chair before the erratic beating starts up again on the computer to my right.
"Wait, What?!" I say as I sit up and fiddle with the communications button on the computer in front of me.
"Soma here. Someone tell me what's going on!"
"Are you certain they're devour marks? Damn... Where are they?"
"Acknowledged. Stay where you are. I'm en route to the Outer Wall right now. I'll come meet you." I say before promptly leaving to grab my God Arc in the event that I run into any Aragami whilst I'm out there.
Winter's POV
After an emotional night, the entire 1st Unit was called up to Sakaki's office. As I walked to his office, I found myself thinking that I wanted Kanon and Alisa to spread the word about my past. I would hate to have to explain the whole thing again. I even remembered a few things from my past that I had forgotten due to the resonance. I walk through the door. I must be the last to arrive as Sakaki starts talking, hushing the whispering in the room at the same time.
"Good day to you all, and thank you for joining me."
"What can we do for ya, Doctor? Oh, hey! Soma's back! What up, Soma?" Kota greets him and I turn towards Soma and give him a nod of acknowledgement.
"It's good to see you all again." He greets us.
"*ahem* New information has com to light concerning that anomalous Bias Field you've been encountering as of late." Sakaki says, reminding us of the comments in our reports about how difficult it has been to kill Aragami recently. Although, after my bout of rage, I haven't seemed to have too much trouble with exterminating the Aragami.
"To begin, let me give a summary of our intelligence-"
"Doctor. Perhaps, I should..." Soma interrupts.
"Of course, Soma. As you wish." Sakaki complies with Soma's hidden request.
"This way we can skip the... Usual proceedings. I have reason to believe that a second Nova has been born in the Far East." Soma introduces the topic of discussion.
"Another one?! Soma..." Sakuya speaks up.
"Since the events of the Ark Project, I've gathered up all unstable Nova fragments I could find. I wanted to have them accounted for. A temporary facility was constructed on Aegis, to hold them is stasis and eventually dispose of them. Then, yesterday, we discovered a hole had been gouged out of the containment field." Soma continued.
"No!"
"Say what?!" Kota joined Alisa in voicing their opinions on the subject.
"Most likely, one of the fragments deteriorated to a point where it could no longer be contained, kick-starting its drive to devour. Speculation suggests that the fragment is still within the Far East, and has taken the form of an Aragami. The inspections weren't thorough enough... The response wasn't fast enough... I failed. And another monster was unleashed upon the Far East." Soma continued.
"Don't worry about it, Soma. We are here to destroy all those monsters and this one will go down just like the rest of them." Kanon says to a dejected Soma.
"I agree, Soma, we will accept none of this. The fault lies on more shoulders than you know. I was responsible as well. Knowing you were overworked and understaffed, I gave you yet another massive project to undertake." Sakaki says in an attempt to reassure Soma.
"You didn't let the beast out of its cage!" Soma responds with vigour.
"Soma, it doesn't matter whom the fault lies on. What matters now is that we tackle this problem as a unit." I voice my opinion.
"In any case... This presumed Nova has not been roaming free for very long." Sakaki says with a hint of a smile on his face, presumably from my comment. I lean forward and whisper into Sakuya's ear,
"If only I had come across it during my angry time." This elicits a small chuckle from Sakuya and I see a slight nod of her head. I turn my attention back towards Sakaki but not before noticing a peculiar look on Kanon's face.
"It's power is still mostly potential, contained in its Larval stage. However, should it manage to reach adulthood... I doubt even the entire 1st Unit could defeat the beast. Suffice to say, we must slay this creature. The sooner, the better..." Sakaki states.
"Doctor Sakaki, I beg of you... The fault is mine. This disaster is of my making. Let me be the one to amend it." Soma attempts to reason.
"Enough, Soma." Sakaki's words silence Soma with an,
"Of course, Doctor."
"This Nova is an incredible threat to us here in the Far East. I expect you to proceed with caution. I will do all I can to track the beast. However," Sakaki looks directly at me, "I believe that this Nova will target you if you ever come across it." He states.
"Why's that?" I say, slightly panicked.
"When you fight the beast, stealth will not be a very good option for you. It may sense your Aragami cells and target you as it's next snack." He says and he succeeds in scaring me.
"And congratulations on recent events. I've learned more about you due to your recent conversations..." He says with a smile on his face and looks towards Alisa. I immediately know what he means.
"Well, that's good news. It means I won't need to explain it to you then. But can I ask, who doesn't know?"
"I would assume the entire Den knows by now so don't worry about it." Sakaki says.
"Good. Now I won't need to explain to anybody then." I say with a small smile on my face and notice Sakuya and Kota squirm.
"I wouldn't be too sure about that. It is likely that people will thinkk of these as rumours and nothing more."
"Well, shit..." I say in response bfore he dismisses us. Once we all leave the office, I am met with the voices of Kota, Sakuya and Soma, wanting to know if the rumours were true...
