"The Beginning of the End, the End of a Beginning"
Written by: GuyverNo7
Novel based on Yoshiki Takaya's "Bio Booster Armor: Guyver"
Chapter 1: Beware the Lady in Red
They moved with lightning speed. Like Ninja's, their feet barely touched the ground, silent and stealthy, they moved through the shadows like demons, demons with a single, demonic purpose.
Even now I'm amazed I can even keep up with them. When I had first met them, I was pathetic. I never dreamed that there were more people like me, more Guyvers. Ever since I became the Guyver, ever since that fateful day where it had bonded to me, I have always felt a sense of loneliness. Still, that didn't stop them from finding me. It's like a drive we have within us, to search out for others like us, and somehow, we are guided to one another, driven by some animalistic instinct to become one with a pack, a pack of those who are like us, hunters, killers, a species on top of others in the food chain. I guess that is a way to look at it. Six years ago though, I learned that lesson. It was a lesson that got the ball rolling into play. It was the day I met the lady in red.
~~Past~~
Valcuria.
"Valcuria! Over here," a middle aged man called out to a tall, slender woman, with fire red hair, crystal blue eyes and red lips like a rose. Her name was Valcuria Del'Mazer, age; 26, occupation; top executive branch board member for Chronos main HQ of USA, education; graduate of Harvard College, Degree in Bioengineering, Degree in Computer Science, Masters in Business and several languages, not to mention a Bachelors in Teaching. Oh.she was also a third degree black belt.in Karate.Jujitsu.and Akido. Yep, Valcuria was pretty much your all around perfect graduate student with more schooling behind her than a book. What was really scary was that since she was eight years old, she had been working for Chronos, at first just running errands but when her mother and father had an unfortunate 'accident' she became chairman of the board at the one of many branches of Chronos's in the USA.
From there, she pretty much exceeded her position until about the age of thirteetn, she reached where she is now, yet she continued rising in popularity until she finally became the right hand man, or in this case woman, of the president of main Chronos HQ USA, Chronos. That was when she was fifteen. So for eleven years she had been working a very comfy job with all the benefits to her liking. She could get away with anything and everything and no one could say anything. She was practically untouchable, and she had become such a reliable source, who DARE would have the guts to go against her? No one. And that was how she liked it. She was a goddess in Chronos.
The man calling out to Valcuria was no normal man either though. In fact, he was exactly what she was, only he worked for the President of Chronos Japan main HQ. His name was Risker, Ozward A. Risker. Unlike Valcuria though, he was more of an inspector and didn't hold quite so high respect as Valcuria did. Risker had blonde hair and blue eyes, he was slightly taller than Valcuria with a medium build and a quick, whitty but swave attitude which usually got him what he wanted. Risker bowed to his guest and escorted her to a limozene waiting nearby. Once inside, Valcuria was treated to some wine and a little something to eat, seeing as how airplane food was absolutely atrotious. She and Risker discussed recent events within each of their jurisdictions and joked about how idiotic all the supervisors could be and were when around or out of sight of the presidents. Risker and Valcuria had known each other for some time now. You could say they were comrades, but competed on a level for respect. Guess who always won? Risker hadn't climbed as high in the social graces of Chronos as Valcuria had but his mother had worked for Chronos until she had passed away some six or seven years ago, at which point he took over his mother's job, inspector. Risker was older than Valcuria however, he was 34 and a bit more layed back about his work since he was pretty much guaranteed this job until he die.
Valcuria wasn't a fool though. She knew what Risker wanted. It was what any of the Chronos men in high positions wanted. "These men, they're all the same, disgusting pigs in swave looking suits and tuxes, each dressed to look according to a business man of their class and yet they are all the same, a bunch of walking hard-ons. Granted, I've known Risker some years now, but he's still a man, and no different from the rest. Heh, too bad Risker, you'll never taste this slice of Heaven, Valcuria though to herself. She smiled and nodded, taking a sip of her wine, pretending she was interested in what Risker was talking about.
She couldn't wait till they were to the building, she could get away from Risker, take in her notes of observation on the recovered Guyver unit, make her evaluation and then go stay in a presidential suite at the Hyzaki Hotel, one of the fanciest and most expensive hotels in Japan. Ah, life was indeed good. Perhaps if she was feeling better she might seek out a 'companion' for the night. She smiled once more. Within the hour they reached a Chronos Divison building and she stood before Mr. Makashima.
~~Outside Makashima's Door~~
Agito remained silent the entire time, standing very still, his ear close to the door, his arms folded over his chest, his eyes closed as he pondered everything spoken between his father Mr. Makashima and Valcuria. It was obvious that his father was in trouble with the main Chronos Headquarters. Valcuria was giving Mr. Makashima quite a verbal beat down. Agito really didn't care though, Makashima wasn't even his real last name. His 'real' father had been murdered by Chronos when he had only been about six years old, Mr. Makashima had taken him in after that.
"I remember that day Makashima.that day you had set my father up and then had him slaughtered in front of me by your henchmen because he didn't agree with your opinion on creating a Hyper Zoanoid made from acidic acids.and then you took me in as your son. That's where you were the fool, I've hated your guts ever since that day, all this time I have pretended I even care about you. I haven't forgotten your vile act against my family though. You bastard."
~~Flashback~~
"You went after my mother next, telling her she would work for you or you would kill me. I thought we would be safe under your 'rule' but again I was wrong. I walked in one night and saw a sight that torn me up. You were savagely rapping my mother, her cries of pain muffled by a cloth you'd stuck in her mouth. I remember seeing a red ring around her neck, it was bleeding from a scarf you had tied around her neck.it was choking her. Grr.you were beating her senseless! You kept slapping her bottom, her legs, squeezing her breasts, every part of her body was bruised and almost bleeding. Then you saw me.I don't remember what happened to me next, all I remembering seeing was you getting up and striding over to me. I had been frozen in fear.
I woke up the next morning in my bed, strewn out about the sheets in an akward position. When I tried to sit up my body suddenly froze in pain. My legs felt so sore when I tried moving them as well. Somehow I managed to pull myself up and off the bed and into my bathroom. God how I hurt. When I finally got a good look in the mirror I saw why I was hurting so bad. I had bruises all over my body, deep black on the inside and blue along the outside. I had a few dried up cuts on my body also from where you'd struck me with some kind of ring. What scared me most though was the bruises all along my inner thighs, around my genatalia.you fucking sick bastard.I was just a kid and you had molested me.
When I went looking for my mother I couldn't find her. I looked all over the house for her. Nothing. You were gone too Makashima, but not for long. An hour later you returned. I was so afraid when I saw you, but you played all nice and kind, breaking the sad news to me that my mother had killed herself. The shock was nearly too much for me to bear."
~~Back to Present~~
"I don't remember much more after that. Only that I think I cried, one last time, before I vowed I'd never shed a single tear again, never show a weakness. I've kept good on my vow." Agito had momentarily blanked out on the conversation going on between Valcuria and his father, his mind drifting to things that had happened years ago. When he came conscious again to the conversation, he caught the pleading words of Mr. Makashima, begging Valcuria not to report to Chronos main HQ of Japan. Agito held back a chuckle, instead replacing it with a devilish grin. Good. Mr. Makashima was getting his just desserts and if all went according to his plan, Mr. Makashima would be seeing the inside of a processing tank sooner than he thought.
Agito turned away from the door and silently made his way down the hall, a proud smile still on his face as he disappeared around the corner a moment later. As for Mr. Makashima, he was given one last warning by Valcuria before she demanded he take her and Risker down to see the recovered unit.
~~ Fukamachi Residence~~
"SHO! Sho Fukamachi what do you think you are doing! Get back in bed this instant!"
"B-but Mizuki!-"
"No 'buts' Mr., now get back in bed! You need your rest Sho, don't worry, I'll take care of laundry and cleaning." Mizuki stomped her foot before exiting Sho's room with an empty bowl of soup Sho had just finished."
Sho sighed and rubbed the back of his head, glancing over to Tetsuro who was sitting on the bed just across from him. "Tetsuro, why does she always have to be so hard on me? I didn't ask her to come over and do all this."
"Ah Sho," Tetsuro replied, "You know Mizuki, she really does care for you and besides, when she heard you were sick, she rushed right over here. You know she knows you and your dad are the only ones here and no offense or anything, but if she has to clean up after a messy brother, than believe me, she knows what this house would be like." He chuckled.
"I suppose your right Tetsuro.still.." He suddenly seemed distracted, even worried. Tetsuro caught onto it and looked to his friend with great concern.
"Sho.what's wrong? You have this deep worried look in your eyes."
"Tetsuro.I..it's about the thing.that we saw out by the lake."
"What about it?"
"Well.look." Sho turned around and pulled his shirt up. At the top of his shoulder where the neck met the body, upon either side of shoulder blades close to the spine lay two red, mole-looking things.
"Ugh..what are they?" Tetsuro replied in disgust at the sight of them, yet he got in close, a hand gently passing over the nubs.
"I don't know.I noticed them yesterday. They were really swollen-like yesterday and now they have gone down a lot today.what do you suppose they are?" Sho asked, a very deep concern obvious from the tone of his voice.
"Maybe it's a symbiotic monster ready to come out of you while you sleep at night and eat you alive! BWahaha!" Tetsuro joked to poor Sho who could only begin to whine with protest as he begged Tetsuro to stop saying such things. Tetsuro hovered over him like a monster, then grabbed Sho by the shoulders, shaking him playfully.
That was when Mizuki came in once again to offer Sho some soup, and the sight before her made her stop in shock. "Oh, my, I didn't realize you two were this close, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to disturb you two."
Tetsuro and Sho stared at her curiously a moment before their brains finally registered what she said. They looked to one another shocked and then back to Mizuki. Tetsuro's hands went flying from Sho and he quickly tried to tell his sister it was all a mistake. Sho tried to lunge for his bed but got caught in his sheets and toppled over onto the floor upside down. It was too late anyways, Mizuki had left.
"Well Sho, I'll say one thing, she sure has timing." Tetsuro said sighing. All poor Sho could do was give a whining groan, why did everything always seem to happen to him?
~~Restricted Science Area 412~~
The unit was magnificent. Even though she stood behind glass she could feel the units power from where she stand. Valcuria marveled at how such deadly technology lay within a small box-like object. An elegant hand supported her chin as it rested upon it, the other hand and arm supporting its opposite. To her right, Mr. Lisker was busy observing some of the few scientists in the room as the made calculations and quietly argued back and forth the results they'd received on the unit. To her left, Mr. Makashima was a wreck, he might as well have been chewing his nails for all the good it did him to sit there with a straight look on his face, standing tall as possible while holding in his gut. Before her were three scientists, each one putting in data to the computer, each one discussing what features and diagnoses they had made about the Guyver unit.
She'd finally had enough when all the scientist in the room began to argue loudly about the conclusions they'd made on whether it was in fact an intelligent machine, biological weapon, or primordial beast with minor intelligence. "Enough!" She had nearly screamed the words, already she could feel a headache coming on. Risker was quick to remind her with a cough that revealing such things to the people would loosen her grip on their fear and obedience. She stared through the glass at the object that sat upon a small pedistool no taller than a table. For a long hard moment she stared, lost in the beauty of the simple looking object. "I want to see it up close."
"W-what!? I can't let you go in there! We haven't even properly observed whether or not the unit is dangerous or not!" Makashima quickly announced.
"I do not care! Be silent!" She spoke to him in a harsher tone. Again she observed the unit briefly. "You say the unit was damaged yes?"
"Yes, but, but-"
"Enough Mr. Makashima. I am losing my patience with you quickly." She bit out at him with her words.
"If the unit was damaged then it is our duty to asses whether or not the unit is even worth further inspection, much less funding. Or have you forgotten this company doesn't like to lose valued dollars Mr. Makashima?" Risker asked Makashima as he slowly turned towards the sweating pig called a man. Makashima was taken aback and unsure what more to say. Valcuria ordered the doors open and stepped inside.
The room was of moderate temperature, clean and free of anything else in it but the unit on the pedistool. She approached it slowly, looking upon it with wonder. She stood only a few inches away from it, her hands at her sides as she stared forward at its glistening encasement. She leaned forward slightly, trying to get a closer look at what seemed to be a dent into the unit, that was when she saw it move. The tiny orb in the center of the unit suddenly began to glisten brightly, the vine-like objects within the case began spinning around in circles faster and faster, slamming up against the sides of its containment. Valcuria began to slowly back away when the vines suddenly exploded free of the casing and whipped towards her.
The door flew open and Risker rushed inside, lunging forward to Valcuria, watching as the vines slashed forward at her with incredible speed and accuracy. "VALCURIA!!"
~~Processing Tanks- Several Hours Later~~
Agito quietly made his way down the planks to the lower levels of the processing tanks, hands at his side, eyes staring intently forward at the figure who stood before a large tank holding what looked like a creature crossed with a bull and beetle of some sort, the build of a giant, muscular man and the feet of an elephant, at least in size anyways. He could only begin to think of the many reasons why his 'father' had called him down here. He held back a smile and approached his father, quietly staring up at the creature within the tank.
After a few moments of silence Makashime finally spoke. "Agito my son, this creature before me, Zerebubus, is the last hope I have of holding onto my position in Chronos. And after this afternoons incident, my Chronos section is looking like scum. Things have gotten so bad around here they sent the two district officers of Japan and America to investigate this place and see if it was running in top form."
"Father, is there not a way you can get his office working in top shape again? Surely they will look at your past and see all the good you have brought them. After all, was it not only your division that was able to recover the three units from the ship?" Agito spoke in a calm, soothing tone, to any other it would have sounded like a heartless man, to his father it seemed no different then his own. Oh how little Mr. Makashime knew of his son.
"Yes, yes surely they will see all the good I have done, but I'm afraid if I cannot recover those other three units."
Agito smirked to himself and thought, 'Then you will be up the creek without a paddle. Hope you are ready for a swim father, you will never recover all those units and make your company run at tip top shape again.I personally will see to that.'
~~Abandoned Warehouse-Later That Night~~
*SCREEEE* *BOOM* *HiSSsSS!* *SLASH* *CLING CLING* *BooM* *CRASH* *RRRROOOOAARR!* *SLICE* *SLASH* *BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM*
These were the only sounds that filled the empty warehouse as the bodies of dozens of Zoanoids collapsed into bloody masses upon the floor, their blood soon leaking from them, spilling out into small pools and down into the drains and pipes that lead into the sewers. Within the shadows lurker a demon, within the rafters lurker the demon, everywhere about there it was, the demon. Faster then any of the Zoanoids could move and stronger then even their muscle unit Gregoyle, the demon killed every thing that dare attack it.
High above in a small meeting booth, Makashima, his son, and Valcuria stood, watching the events below. At last Valcuria called off the assault and turned away just as the demon gripped the last Zoanoid's skull within his hand, crushing the stupid beasts brain in as its pieces of fragmented skull and brain tissue dripped to the floor. With ease the demon dropped the hulking body and slowly turned to face the booth, air venting from a single vent on the side of the demons face.
"I've seen enough," said Valcuria. "It's not obvious that the Guyver Unit is in fact both a Biological Weapon and Armor, as well as a living organism that bonds with a host, therefore making the unit, Guyver, a parasite.
"So this would mean that the armor in fact boots its hosts abilities, increasing them by at least 100-fold depending on the users already natural abilities." A young scientist stated as he continued taking notes.
"So then, we set a trap, draw the Guyver in, then send in Lisker to capture the unit and host the Guyver is using." Makashime stated confidently.
"Fool! I care not for the host, at this point all I want is results. Get me that unit Mr. Makashima or I can guarantee you something much worse then me will be coming shortly." Valcuria said with a cruel, emotionless tone.
Novel based on Yoshiki Takaya's "Bio Booster Armor: Guyver"
Chapter 1: Beware the Lady in Red
They moved with lightning speed. Like Ninja's, their feet barely touched the ground, silent and stealthy, they moved through the shadows like demons, demons with a single, demonic purpose.
Even now I'm amazed I can even keep up with them. When I had first met them, I was pathetic. I never dreamed that there were more people like me, more Guyvers. Ever since I became the Guyver, ever since that fateful day where it had bonded to me, I have always felt a sense of loneliness. Still, that didn't stop them from finding me. It's like a drive we have within us, to search out for others like us, and somehow, we are guided to one another, driven by some animalistic instinct to become one with a pack, a pack of those who are like us, hunters, killers, a species on top of others in the food chain. I guess that is a way to look at it. Six years ago though, I learned that lesson. It was a lesson that got the ball rolling into play. It was the day I met the lady in red.
~~Past~~
Valcuria.
"Valcuria! Over here," a middle aged man called out to a tall, slender woman, with fire red hair, crystal blue eyes and red lips like a rose. Her name was Valcuria Del'Mazer, age; 26, occupation; top executive branch board member for Chronos main HQ of USA, education; graduate of Harvard College, Degree in Bioengineering, Degree in Computer Science, Masters in Business and several languages, not to mention a Bachelors in Teaching. Oh.she was also a third degree black belt.in Karate.Jujitsu.and Akido. Yep, Valcuria was pretty much your all around perfect graduate student with more schooling behind her than a book. What was really scary was that since she was eight years old, she had been working for Chronos, at first just running errands but when her mother and father had an unfortunate 'accident' she became chairman of the board at the one of many branches of Chronos's in the USA.
From there, she pretty much exceeded her position until about the age of thirteetn, she reached where she is now, yet she continued rising in popularity until she finally became the right hand man, or in this case woman, of the president of main Chronos HQ USA, Chronos. That was when she was fifteen. So for eleven years she had been working a very comfy job with all the benefits to her liking. She could get away with anything and everything and no one could say anything. She was practically untouchable, and she had become such a reliable source, who DARE would have the guts to go against her? No one. And that was how she liked it. She was a goddess in Chronos.
The man calling out to Valcuria was no normal man either though. In fact, he was exactly what she was, only he worked for the President of Chronos Japan main HQ. His name was Risker, Ozward A. Risker. Unlike Valcuria though, he was more of an inspector and didn't hold quite so high respect as Valcuria did. Risker had blonde hair and blue eyes, he was slightly taller than Valcuria with a medium build and a quick, whitty but swave attitude which usually got him what he wanted. Risker bowed to his guest and escorted her to a limozene waiting nearby. Once inside, Valcuria was treated to some wine and a little something to eat, seeing as how airplane food was absolutely atrotious. She and Risker discussed recent events within each of their jurisdictions and joked about how idiotic all the supervisors could be and were when around or out of sight of the presidents. Risker and Valcuria had known each other for some time now. You could say they were comrades, but competed on a level for respect. Guess who always won? Risker hadn't climbed as high in the social graces of Chronos as Valcuria had but his mother had worked for Chronos until she had passed away some six or seven years ago, at which point he took over his mother's job, inspector. Risker was older than Valcuria however, he was 34 and a bit more layed back about his work since he was pretty much guaranteed this job until he die.
Valcuria wasn't a fool though. She knew what Risker wanted. It was what any of the Chronos men in high positions wanted. "These men, they're all the same, disgusting pigs in swave looking suits and tuxes, each dressed to look according to a business man of their class and yet they are all the same, a bunch of walking hard-ons. Granted, I've known Risker some years now, but he's still a man, and no different from the rest. Heh, too bad Risker, you'll never taste this slice of Heaven, Valcuria though to herself. She smiled and nodded, taking a sip of her wine, pretending she was interested in what Risker was talking about.
She couldn't wait till they were to the building, she could get away from Risker, take in her notes of observation on the recovered Guyver unit, make her evaluation and then go stay in a presidential suite at the Hyzaki Hotel, one of the fanciest and most expensive hotels in Japan. Ah, life was indeed good. Perhaps if she was feeling better she might seek out a 'companion' for the night. She smiled once more. Within the hour they reached a Chronos Divison building and she stood before Mr. Makashima.
~~Outside Makashima's Door~~
Agito remained silent the entire time, standing very still, his ear close to the door, his arms folded over his chest, his eyes closed as he pondered everything spoken between his father Mr. Makashima and Valcuria. It was obvious that his father was in trouble with the main Chronos Headquarters. Valcuria was giving Mr. Makashima quite a verbal beat down. Agito really didn't care though, Makashima wasn't even his real last name. His 'real' father had been murdered by Chronos when he had only been about six years old, Mr. Makashima had taken him in after that.
"I remember that day Makashima.that day you had set my father up and then had him slaughtered in front of me by your henchmen because he didn't agree with your opinion on creating a Hyper Zoanoid made from acidic acids.and then you took me in as your son. That's where you were the fool, I've hated your guts ever since that day, all this time I have pretended I even care about you. I haven't forgotten your vile act against my family though. You bastard."
~~Flashback~~
"You went after my mother next, telling her she would work for you or you would kill me. I thought we would be safe under your 'rule' but again I was wrong. I walked in one night and saw a sight that torn me up. You were savagely rapping my mother, her cries of pain muffled by a cloth you'd stuck in her mouth. I remember seeing a red ring around her neck, it was bleeding from a scarf you had tied around her neck.it was choking her. Grr.you were beating her senseless! You kept slapping her bottom, her legs, squeezing her breasts, every part of her body was bruised and almost bleeding. Then you saw me.I don't remember what happened to me next, all I remembering seeing was you getting up and striding over to me. I had been frozen in fear.
I woke up the next morning in my bed, strewn out about the sheets in an akward position. When I tried to sit up my body suddenly froze in pain. My legs felt so sore when I tried moving them as well. Somehow I managed to pull myself up and off the bed and into my bathroom. God how I hurt. When I finally got a good look in the mirror I saw why I was hurting so bad. I had bruises all over my body, deep black on the inside and blue along the outside. I had a few dried up cuts on my body also from where you'd struck me with some kind of ring. What scared me most though was the bruises all along my inner thighs, around my genatalia.you fucking sick bastard.I was just a kid and you had molested me.
When I went looking for my mother I couldn't find her. I looked all over the house for her. Nothing. You were gone too Makashima, but not for long. An hour later you returned. I was so afraid when I saw you, but you played all nice and kind, breaking the sad news to me that my mother had killed herself. The shock was nearly too much for me to bear."
~~Back to Present~~
"I don't remember much more after that. Only that I think I cried, one last time, before I vowed I'd never shed a single tear again, never show a weakness. I've kept good on my vow." Agito had momentarily blanked out on the conversation going on between Valcuria and his father, his mind drifting to things that had happened years ago. When he came conscious again to the conversation, he caught the pleading words of Mr. Makashima, begging Valcuria not to report to Chronos main HQ of Japan. Agito held back a chuckle, instead replacing it with a devilish grin. Good. Mr. Makashima was getting his just desserts and if all went according to his plan, Mr. Makashima would be seeing the inside of a processing tank sooner than he thought.
Agito turned away from the door and silently made his way down the hall, a proud smile still on his face as he disappeared around the corner a moment later. As for Mr. Makashima, he was given one last warning by Valcuria before she demanded he take her and Risker down to see the recovered unit.
~~ Fukamachi Residence~~
"SHO! Sho Fukamachi what do you think you are doing! Get back in bed this instant!"
"B-but Mizuki!-"
"No 'buts' Mr., now get back in bed! You need your rest Sho, don't worry, I'll take care of laundry and cleaning." Mizuki stomped her foot before exiting Sho's room with an empty bowl of soup Sho had just finished."
Sho sighed and rubbed the back of his head, glancing over to Tetsuro who was sitting on the bed just across from him. "Tetsuro, why does she always have to be so hard on me? I didn't ask her to come over and do all this."
"Ah Sho," Tetsuro replied, "You know Mizuki, she really does care for you and besides, when she heard you were sick, she rushed right over here. You know she knows you and your dad are the only ones here and no offense or anything, but if she has to clean up after a messy brother, than believe me, she knows what this house would be like." He chuckled.
"I suppose your right Tetsuro.still.." He suddenly seemed distracted, even worried. Tetsuro caught onto it and looked to his friend with great concern.
"Sho.what's wrong? You have this deep worried look in your eyes."
"Tetsuro.I..it's about the thing.that we saw out by the lake."
"What about it?"
"Well.look." Sho turned around and pulled his shirt up. At the top of his shoulder where the neck met the body, upon either side of shoulder blades close to the spine lay two red, mole-looking things.
"Ugh..what are they?" Tetsuro replied in disgust at the sight of them, yet he got in close, a hand gently passing over the nubs.
"I don't know.I noticed them yesterday. They were really swollen-like yesterday and now they have gone down a lot today.what do you suppose they are?" Sho asked, a very deep concern obvious from the tone of his voice.
"Maybe it's a symbiotic monster ready to come out of you while you sleep at night and eat you alive! BWahaha!" Tetsuro joked to poor Sho who could only begin to whine with protest as he begged Tetsuro to stop saying such things. Tetsuro hovered over him like a monster, then grabbed Sho by the shoulders, shaking him playfully.
That was when Mizuki came in once again to offer Sho some soup, and the sight before her made her stop in shock. "Oh, my, I didn't realize you two were this close, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to disturb you two."
Tetsuro and Sho stared at her curiously a moment before their brains finally registered what she said. They looked to one another shocked and then back to Mizuki. Tetsuro's hands went flying from Sho and he quickly tried to tell his sister it was all a mistake. Sho tried to lunge for his bed but got caught in his sheets and toppled over onto the floor upside down. It was too late anyways, Mizuki had left.
"Well Sho, I'll say one thing, she sure has timing." Tetsuro said sighing. All poor Sho could do was give a whining groan, why did everything always seem to happen to him?
~~Restricted Science Area 412~~
The unit was magnificent. Even though she stood behind glass she could feel the units power from where she stand. Valcuria marveled at how such deadly technology lay within a small box-like object. An elegant hand supported her chin as it rested upon it, the other hand and arm supporting its opposite. To her right, Mr. Lisker was busy observing some of the few scientists in the room as the made calculations and quietly argued back and forth the results they'd received on the unit. To her left, Mr. Makashima was a wreck, he might as well have been chewing his nails for all the good it did him to sit there with a straight look on his face, standing tall as possible while holding in his gut. Before her were three scientists, each one putting in data to the computer, each one discussing what features and diagnoses they had made about the Guyver unit.
She'd finally had enough when all the scientist in the room began to argue loudly about the conclusions they'd made on whether it was in fact an intelligent machine, biological weapon, or primordial beast with minor intelligence. "Enough!" She had nearly screamed the words, already she could feel a headache coming on. Risker was quick to remind her with a cough that revealing such things to the people would loosen her grip on their fear and obedience. She stared through the glass at the object that sat upon a small pedistool no taller than a table. For a long hard moment she stared, lost in the beauty of the simple looking object. "I want to see it up close."
"W-what!? I can't let you go in there! We haven't even properly observed whether or not the unit is dangerous or not!" Makashima quickly announced.
"I do not care! Be silent!" She spoke to him in a harsher tone. Again she observed the unit briefly. "You say the unit was damaged yes?"
"Yes, but, but-"
"Enough Mr. Makashima. I am losing my patience with you quickly." She bit out at him with her words.
"If the unit was damaged then it is our duty to asses whether or not the unit is even worth further inspection, much less funding. Or have you forgotten this company doesn't like to lose valued dollars Mr. Makashima?" Risker asked Makashima as he slowly turned towards the sweating pig called a man. Makashima was taken aback and unsure what more to say. Valcuria ordered the doors open and stepped inside.
The room was of moderate temperature, clean and free of anything else in it but the unit on the pedistool. She approached it slowly, looking upon it with wonder. She stood only a few inches away from it, her hands at her sides as she stared forward at its glistening encasement. She leaned forward slightly, trying to get a closer look at what seemed to be a dent into the unit, that was when she saw it move. The tiny orb in the center of the unit suddenly began to glisten brightly, the vine-like objects within the case began spinning around in circles faster and faster, slamming up against the sides of its containment. Valcuria began to slowly back away when the vines suddenly exploded free of the casing and whipped towards her.
The door flew open and Risker rushed inside, lunging forward to Valcuria, watching as the vines slashed forward at her with incredible speed and accuracy. "VALCURIA!!"
~~Processing Tanks- Several Hours Later~~
Agito quietly made his way down the planks to the lower levels of the processing tanks, hands at his side, eyes staring intently forward at the figure who stood before a large tank holding what looked like a creature crossed with a bull and beetle of some sort, the build of a giant, muscular man and the feet of an elephant, at least in size anyways. He could only begin to think of the many reasons why his 'father' had called him down here. He held back a smile and approached his father, quietly staring up at the creature within the tank.
After a few moments of silence Makashime finally spoke. "Agito my son, this creature before me, Zerebubus, is the last hope I have of holding onto my position in Chronos. And after this afternoons incident, my Chronos section is looking like scum. Things have gotten so bad around here they sent the two district officers of Japan and America to investigate this place and see if it was running in top form."
"Father, is there not a way you can get his office working in top shape again? Surely they will look at your past and see all the good you have brought them. After all, was it not only your division that was able to recover the three units from the ship?" Agito spoke in a calm, soothing tone, to any other it would have sounded like a heartless man, to his father it seemed no different then his own. Oh how little Mr. Makashime knew of his son.
"Yes, yes surely they will see all the good I have done, but I'm afraid if I cannot recover those other three units."
Agito smirked to himself and thought, 'Then you will be up the creek without a paddle. Hope you are ready for a swim father, you will never recover all those units and make your company run at tip top shape again.I personally will see to that.'
~~Abandoned Warehouse-Later That Night~~
*SCREEEE* *BOOM* *HiSSsSS!* *SLASH* *CLING CLING* *BooM* *CRASH* *RRRROOOOAARR!* *SLICE* *SLASH* *BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM*
These were the only sounds that filled the empty warehouse as the bodies of dozens of Zoanoids collapsed into bloody masses upon the floor, their blood soon leaking from them, spilling out into small pools and down into the drains and pipes that lead into the sewers. Within the shadows lurker a demon, within the rafters lurker the demon, everywhere about there it was, the demon. Faster then any of the Zoanoids could move and stronger then even their muscle unit Gregoyle, the demon killed every thing that dare attack it.
High above in a small meeting booth, Makashima, his son, and Valcuria stood, watching the events below. At last Valcuria called off the assault and turned away just as the demon gripped the last Zoanoid's skull within his hand, crushing the stupid beasts brain in as its pieces of fragmented skull and brain tissue dripped to the floor. With ease the demon dropped the hulking body and slowly turned to face the booth, air venting from a single vent on the side of the demons face.
"I've seen enough," said Valcuria. "It's not obvious that the Guyver Unit is in fact both a Biological Weapon and Armor, as well as a living organism that bonds with a host, therefore making the unit, Guyver, a parasite.
"So this would mean that the armor in fact boots its hosts abilities, increasing them by at least 100-fold depending on the users already natural abilities." A young scientist stated as he continued taking notes.
"So then, we set a trap, draw the Guyver in, then send in Lisker to capture the unit and host the Guyver is using." Makashime stated confidently.
"Fool! I care not for the host, at this point all I want is results. Get me that unit Mr. Makashima or I can guarantee you something much worse then me will be coming shortly." Valcuria said with a cruel, emotionless tone.