Vampire Bund, Tokyo, Japan, 2011.
"Shit...are you alright?" Akira asked in concern while Garcia was looking at the ground.
"I just lost it...it was like some uncontrollable beast took over and I just couldn't stop," Garcia described with a disturbed expression, making me recall my shadow form and the twisted psychotic personality that came with it.
"Just as I thought...you need the vaccine because we're running out of time. What had happened is that because of the stress you are going through, your new instincts are overwhelming you and that's how most newborns die since they are ravenous monsters when their instincts take over," Akira explained grimly while Ruri laid a hand on Garcia's arm.
"It's okay, it really is...you're probably recalling what you went through in your life, aren't you?" Ruri questioned and hummed.
I closed my eyes and listened to the song she was humming, feeling my wolf being soothed by the song and remembering my mother once humming to me when I was a kid.
"There's no doubt about it, you're Ruli, right?" I heard a familiar voice and opened my eyes to see the head maid standing nearby.
"Where the hell were you while we were busy being ambushed?!" Akira scolded, only for the head maid to stare at him blankly.
"I was busy chasing those fellas so I figured that you would be able to eliminate them," the head maid explained.
"God...you are such a fucking handful! That isn't what had happened at all, though at least we did manage to catch some of them," Akira stated as he gestured at the vampires that were tied up.
"Those hired delinquents, they don't know anything so I tracked down their hideout. By now, my girls are already raiding the place," the head maid notified us.
"Is Masaki there as well?" Garcia inquired.
"It's possible...let's head over there since it's close by," the head maid said and Akira looked at Garcia.
"Let's go...um...sorry, it's still a bit strange that we have the same name. Which Kanji is used for your name? Mine is the one for 'Dawn'," Akira said with a sheepish grin as we followed the head maid.
"Mine's 'Morning Sun'...my father was a Kobayashi fan, hehe. My old man's family immigrated to Brazil after the war ended and sometime later, they started to cultivate and build plantation fields in the jungle. They all got their hopes up, but ten years later...my father and siblings died of tuberculosis.
My grandfather was the only worker left and in the end, the dream of the plantation ended. Even though our family didn't have any food, there was nothing we could do so the loan we took from the Japanese Government for the emigration had to be paid back. My grandfather was able to find work at a plantation owned by the Japanese people, so it looked good then and still does.
Every day he plowed the field until late at night until he would go to sit on the porch...and I would sit on his lap while he drank beer and listened to songs by Kobayashi...such a sad thing, that hoarse singing voice still ringing in my ears to this very day. When I heard Ruri's humming, it kind of reminded me of that," Garcia explained, causing Ruri to blush.
"We have arrived. It's over there," the head maid informed us as we approached a rundown apartment building that was guarded by two maids.
"So?" the head maid asked one of the guards as we approached.
"We've just finished securing the building," the woman stated as we went inside to find a bloodbath.
"Don't worry, they're still alive," the head maid reassured Ruri, who looked highly disturbed at the carnage of vampires either dead or sliced up.
Garcia was looking around in disbelief until his expression changed into complete horror when he found a room that had young women chained up and crying.
"Oh Kami...sex trafficking," Garcia muttered while a hint of rage flared up in his eyes.
"Looks like it," the head maid said as Ruri gasped at the horrors she was seeing.
"Those trunks," Ruri whimpered as one of the maids opened one of the large trunks to find a woman who was restrained and gagged.
"What the hell is all of this?! What kind of sick things were these fuckers doing in here?!" Garcia shouted in outrage and fury while Ruri sobbed on his shoulder.
"That's what we're investigating. Did they talk?" the head maid inquired as she went over to another maid.
"For the glory of her Highness, for the glory of her Highness," one restrained and bloody vampire chanted blankly while his eyes were missing.
Hearing him rambling like a machine made me recall the nanomachines and how they can control a vampire once someone gave an order. I started thinking that whoever was responsible for hurting the Princess could be involved in this, but what I couldn't figure out is why these survivors were talking about the Princess like she was the one to order the events that were currently happening.
It was then that I recognized these women as famous people who had been going missing for the past month, and I started theorizing why these women were being taken just as Akira tapped my shoulder to take me out of my thoughts.
"Hey, let's get out of here," Akira stated and I nodded in agreement.
We left the building and noticed that Garcia and the head maid hasn't left yet, then we waited until they came out of the building.
"There you are, now where were you?" Akira inquired in confusion.
"Look. The vaccine vial...Masaki was here," Garcia stated as he showed us a broken piece of the vial.
"He must've been here and escaped during the chaos of the raid," I pitched in thoughtfully and Garcia gritted his teeth irritably.
"Fuck! He managed to get away again?!" Garcia exclaimed in frustration and added, "After what we have seen, what's really going on here?"
"Maybe their plan was to turn them all into vampires? It might be possible that the girls who applied to be on that show were taken and used as slaves for their looks," Akira theorized.
"So, they only went after those who were famous...quite a number of people, isn't it? Do you think the vaccine is what they're really after?" Garcia wondered.
"We don't know, though the only thing we do know is that we are dealing with unsubs who are highly organized and it wouldn't surprise me if Duke Borgiani had knowledge about this sex trafficking ring," I responded while Ruri looked at the women that were being taken to safety.
"What'll happen to those women?" Ruri asked the head maid as she approached us.
"Unfortunately, it's already too late to treat them so they won't ever be human again. I think Alphonse has already made some arrangements about this matter," the head maid stated.
"The same as for you girls, right?" Akira questioned with a knowing smirk.
"Excuse me, you said that Ruri went through the same hell that they did. What did you mean by that?" Garcia asked in confusion, causing the head maid to look at him.
"Haven't you figured it out? Vaccines and Idols," the head maid stated and Garcia looked puzzled.
"I know because there is this audition show on TV where you have to be in there for ten weeks in order to win the grand prize of a "major debut"," Akira clarified.
"I haven't seen it, but what about it?" Garcia inquired.
"That show began nine weeks ago and the debut is approaching, but all the girls are here. With the voice of an angel, the expressiveness of a Goddess, and great admiration towards her as a singer...Ruli, that's her name. Yes, that girl with you is her," the head maid notified us as she gestured at Ruri.
After a while, we found out about a man fitting Masaki's description running away from hoards of vampires and we captured him, only to find out that he was a decoy and we contacted Jiji for any information on Masaki's location. Jiji met up with us and told us that Masaki was arrested and taken to the Bund's police station, so we headed to the station and entered the building.
"Hama-san?!" Akira called out and we found Seiji cooking in his kitchen while the other kids were with him.
"Oh, hey there!" Seiji greeted while Clara and Anna smiled.
"We're here to question a newborn who was recently arrested, so where is he?" I questioned stoically.
"Geez David, getting to the point without so much as a hello? Anyway, the guy you're looking for is in one of the holding cells, but the strange thing is that he asked to be put in one," Seiji muttered as I went down the hallway without so much as a response.
We all arrived at the holding cells and I saw Masaki inside one of them, and he widened his eyes when he saw Garcia.
"So, we finally found you, Masaki," Garcia stated with a hard glare.
"Akira? Where the fuck did you go, Akira?! It was terrifying for me out there!" Masaki exclaimed in panic, but Garcia was unmoved.
"You're the reason I'm here," Garcia accused and Masaki flinched.
"Yeah...that may be so, but...that fucking asshole who had nothing but good things to say about being a vampire...it was all a damn lie," Masaki whimpered.
"I didn't come here to listen to you cry, so where are the ampoules you stole?! Give them to me!" Garcia demanded and Masaki looked away.
"I...don't have them," Masaki admitted hesitantly.
"What the hell do you mean you don't have them?!" Garcia exclaimed incredulously.
"Look, they aren't here! While I was busy trying to survive in this hellhole, a bunch of assholes dressed like soldiers with guns and gas masks robbed me...but they had a shoulder insignia of a red and white umbrella with a sword running through it!" Masaki explained frantically, and my eyes widened before I cursed under my breath.
I ran a hand through my short spiky hair in frustration since what Masaki described sounded like Umbrella's mercenaries but we never wore an insignia on our USS uniforms since it would have drawn too much attention to the company, and a sword running through the umbrella was not part of the logo which made me question who these soldiers are and how they were able to get inside the Bund? But the most important question is why they had a similar insignia of the Umbrella Corporation since the company went out of business back in 2003.
All these questions and no answers which frustrated the hell out of me, just as Garcia threw up his hands and went to leave.
"Screw this, we're not going to get anything out of him. Sorry for wasting your time!" Garcia told Masaki, who gripped the bars with a look of panic.
"Are you sure about this?" Akira asked in concern while we ignored Masaki's begging and pleading.
"Don't worry since the vaccine is still out there! I just had to look into his eye to know if he was lying or not. The vaccine is still out there and we'll find it even if it takes to the last minute," Garcia declared but I shook my head.
"We're not going to find it," I stated, causing everyone to look at me in shock.
"What?! What the hell do you mean that we won't find it?!" Garcia questioned in disbelief.
"What I mean is that those soldiers Masaki was talking about appear to be mercenaries of the Umbrella Corporation, which shouldn't be possible since the company collapsed back in 2003...but the insignia he was talking about is very distinct and different than the Umbrella logo so there is no way that he would come up with something like that. What I'm trying to say is that some remnants of Umbrella are still running around and if they have the vaccine, then we're never going to find them since they could be anywhere in the world by now," I explained as we went down the hallway.
"How do you know so much about Umbrella?" Ruri inquired in confusion and I sighed.
"Short version is that I used to be a part of Umbrella's elite paramilitary special forces division called the Umbrella Security Service, where we mostly worked in anti-terrorism and some of the more...dirty jobs that the company never wanted to reveal to the public, not to mention that we were involved as cleanup crews whenever the company wanted to cover up their more illegal activities that were occurring behind the scenes," I explained, causing Garcia and Ruri to look at me in shock.
"No fucking way, you used to work for the Umbrella Corporation?! You don't look older than twenty at most and what would drive you to work for a multinational Pharmaceutical company that was responsible for not only committing horrific atrocities but also caused the destruction of the American Midwestern city Raccoon City?" Garcia questioned as we're arriving at the front desk.
"I didn't know it at the time, but Umbrella indoctrinated me after they took everything from me...so I didn't know the truth about my past or what they did to me which is how they were able to easily turn me into a weapon after experimenting on me for 12 years. As for my age, I'm much older than I look so let's leave it at that," I stated while ignoring the stares of horror.
"Hey, aren't you guys hungry?" Seiji cut in as we approached him.
"Yeah...come to think of it..." Ruri trailed off with a blush.
"Yeah, we haven't eaten at all," Garcia stated while also looking embarrassed.
"Itadakimasu," Ruri declared as we started eating sandwiches and hotdogs.
"What's wrong?" Akira asked in concern when he noticed looks of uncertainty on the newborns' faces.
"It...feels like I'm eating paper because there's no taste," Garcia informed us with a confused expression.
"That's a sign that the infection is almost complete since your sense of taste will change during the final stage. Once the infection is complete, all you will ever want is blood," I informed him grimly and Ruri started looking depressed.
"It's okay because we'll become human again," Garcia assured and Ruri smiled softly.
"It's fine...even if we can't ever become human again...Akira-kun, you really did your best for me," Ruri said.
"Even though I did...it still wasn't enough," Garcia growled in frustration.
"Akira-kun, if you stay by my side-" Ruri started to say and got cut off.
"Ruri! You fought like hell and now you're giving up?! If you are...then what was the fucking point of trying to find the vaccine if you are just giving up?!" Garcia shouted in disbelief just as the head maid entered the building.
"Hey, you really need to quit disappearing on us," Akira remarked.
"This area's been compromised," the head maid stated, prompting me to stand up and pull out my gun.
"How many tangos are we looking at?" I inquired while doing a brass check.
"The amount of enemies is currently unknown but there are many of them heading to the building," the head maid informed us while Seiji headed to the phone at the front desk.
"The line's been cut! What about your cell phones?!" Seiji asked as Akira took cover near the front door and pulled out his phone.
"There's no reception! What about the radio?!" Akira inquired.
"It's being jammed!" Seiji stated as he went to a nearby safe and took out three Spas-12 shotguns.
"You, get the girl and the kid out of here! Akira, how many enemy contacts are we looking at?" Seiji asked as he handed the two shotguns to Akira and me.
(play Le Castle Vania)
"Twenty, thirty, no...more keep surrounding us every second," Akira notified us as I holstered my combat handgun and racked the pump.
"So, they're going after the kids, huh?" Seiji wondered grimly.
"They're most likely going after the newborns to kill them. Akira, shoulder the stock because that gun's going to kick like a fucking mule and move into a steady firing position to compensate for the recoil," I instructed as I aimed at the door and selected the firing mode to fully automatic.
Suddenly, I heard a car approaching the doors in a fast rate of speed, causing me to react by tackling the others out of the way just as a van smashed through the front doors. We instantly stood up and killed two vampires that were coming out of the van just as a horde came charging inside. I ducked under a swipe and swung the stock across a vampire's face just before I grabbed him and fired at the other with one hand, snatching a pencil on the front desk and killing the vampire by slamming his head onto the sharp pencil before I ducked and spun into 360 degrees just as I killed the offender with a blast to the face.
"Oji-chan, we can't use the chute!" I heard Jiji notify Seiji urgently while I dropped the empty shotgun and crushed an attacker's throat with the barrel of my combat handgun, firing into the center of mass and head.
"Okay, hold on!" Seiji responded while I hip tossed an attacker and shot one charging at me, aiming and executing the one on the floor with a clean shot to the heart.
"They just keep coming!" Akira exclaimed in frustration as he blasted a vampire's head into pieces
"Akira, David, we gotta use our trump card!" Seiji stated as he tossed his empty shotgun to the floor.
"Copy that!" I agreed and Akira, Seiji, and I shifted into our were-forms, which caused our clothes to rip apart but our fur covered us from the elements.
"What the fuck?! Akira?! David?!" Garcia exclaimed in disbelief while Ruri gasped in shock, prompting me to look back at them.
"I told you that we weren't considered normal by human standards," I said stoically as all three of us charged and it became a complete bloodbath.
I shredded several vampires with fast slashes and I grabbed one vampire, lifting her above my head and rendering her in half with a flex of my powerful biceps. I tossed both halves away and decapitated another vampire with a swipe. I disemboweled a second vampire and ripped out the heart of a third one that tried to ambush me from behind. While Akira, Seiji, and I tore through the horde, my wolf snarled in sadistic glee and a twisted smile formed on my muzzle as my glowing eyes flickered from gold to red and black wisps of shadows rose off me.
"Yes! Let me hear your beautiful screams of agony, my lovely little piggies! Let me feel so alive and wonderful!" I snarled with a psychotic grin, feeling aroused at ripping apart many vampires and getting off from the scents of fear that enthralled me to kill even more of them in horrifying ways.
"Akira, here comes the final push!" Akira notified Garcia as the final horde came into the building with the intention of killing us.
I kept gutting and butchering vampires with crazed laughter as Garcia and the others kept struggling to survive, then gunfire broke out outside and I saw many Beowulf and VGS soldiers killing vampires with expert marksmanship while Mina was approaching.
"The cavalry has arrived!" Garcia exclaimed in pure relief as Mina was casually walking towards us.
"You just barely made it because we were about to get overwhelmed," Akira stated after shifting back to his human form and putting on a robe that was given to him.
"We lost our eyes and ears on your whereabouts so we didn't know you were here, but we thankfully had a little assistance," Mina explained as she looked at Alphonse, who was standing nearby.
As Garcia went over to speak to Alphonse, Seiji and I shifted back to our human forms and were given robes to cover ourselves up.
"Damn...there is going to be a lot of paperwork once this is all cleaned up," Seiji remarked.
"All part of the job," I stated quietly and Seiji looked at me.
"David, I heard what you said about working for Umbrella after being experimented on throughout most of your life...and the way you acted while we were killing those vampires, you were enjoying it like a sexual sadist which is beyond fucked up. Whatever the hell Umbrella did twisted and broke you in a way that can't ever be described, so just know that you aren't alone since I know all about going through hell," Seiji stated as he patted my shoulder and left me to my thoughts.
"No Seiji...you really don't know what hell is like," I thought darkly as I watched the area getting cleaned up.
A/N And that's the end of Dive so now it's back to the main manga until I reach Memories of Sledgehammer. So, how did you all like the Red Umbrella cameo since I wanted them to make a short appearance, and David will eventually work together with Blue Umbrella during RE7 so expect things to be very tense between David and Blue Umbrella.
I hope you all like this chapter since we all know David is completely twisted and broken after what Umbrella did to him, so his mental state is going to be even worse once the Murkoff Corporation and Ruvik are done with him in the Outlast and Evil Within crossovers.
Anyway, that's all for now so let me know how you like the chapter and stay tuned.