Yesterday was a nightmare, but no one ever thought that today would be much worse. To start things off, Eve and Kain had gotten away, yet Ben was reunited safely with his father Daniel, though Lorianne wasn't so lucky, Aya and Raziel vanished without a trace, and who was this 'Kunihiko Maeda' person?
"Ahhh… where am I?"
A dim light was seen by one person, shadows of a place that even he didn't know about. It looked like a strange room, covered in marble with many decors and reflective surfaces. It faded out and showed Times Square, empty, nothing in sight. Why this person saw that was beyond his control. He woke up, and saw a familiar lady by his side.
"Aya… where are we?"
"Raziel, I just had the strangest dream… I saw myself and someone familiar to me in a strange hospital room, then it flashed to a room in the Chrysler Building, covered in marble tile…"
"I saw… a strange street and that same room…"
Raziel and Aya's little dialogue was interrupted when a lanky Japanese man turned around from a small trash can fire, and commented happily-
"Oh good! You're both awake. I was worried about both of you."
Raziel sat up and pointed his Soul Reaver at the Japanese man in defense. He stared him down in the eyes, his face reflecting in the eyeglasses that were on the tall man's face. He trembled a little and then the door opened up and in came Daniel.
"He found both of you."
Aya seemed to be happy to see Daniel. She got up and leapt into his arms, giving him a hug. She pulled away and sighed, commenting and sounding relived at the same time, her voice exasperated-
"Daniel! Thank God you're here… who is he?"
"My name is Kunihiko Maeda. I'm a Scientist from Japan. I was wandering around the streets, when I found you Miss Brea, and your strange companion huddled together in a cart near the edge of the bridge. I got worried, so I brought you here." Maeda said, getting up and walking over to the duo.
"Of course. But why are you here?" Raziel asked, sitting back down next to Aya. The Scientist adjusted his glasses and cleared his throat, telling the two of why he was here in New York City instead of Japan.
(A/N- To save space, I will cut Maeda's dialogue down a little. I'm sorry, but someday I'll add this little bit in. If you're confused, AIM me sometime soon, and I'll tell you what I edited out.)
"…. Well, after the event with the Eve in Japan, I have devoted my studies to mitochondria. And when I heard that this even here in America had taken place a few days ago, I flew in to see it. Of course, I didn't know until recently that there's another involved with this Eve here in America also…"
"Kain…" Raziel interrupted. Maeda looked quizzically at the Reaver and asked him politely-
"Is 'Kain' the one with this Eve over here in America?"
"Of course… He is partnered with Eve… And I must find him."
Aya rolled her eyes.
"Here he goes again."
Maeda tapped Raziel on the shoulder and meekly asked him, hoping NOT to get impaled by the glowing spectral sword on his right arm-
"Excuse me, but is this 'Kain' a man?"
"Yes. Why do you ask this?"
Maeda turned a deathly pale. He slumped on the chair and sighed, muttering to himself about 'Oh no' and 'A male with Eve'… he just sighed and didn't even look up to even see the worried glance on Aya and Daniel's faces. Raziel looked down at him and asked sharply-
"Why did you ask that? Tell me now or else you will face the consequences…"
"All right… well, in Japan, the Eve there tried to create and Ultimate Being see? Well, I have a sickening feeling that the Eve here in America, if this 'Kain' is with her, I think, they will… pro-create and try to have a successful 'Ultimate Being', which will in turn, destroy humanity as we know it." Maeda explained, Raziel turning a deathly shade of blue. Aya rested her hand on Raziel's shoulder and tried to calm him down.
"Raziel… why are you so worried?" She asked with worry.
"You have NO idea of Kain's power… if he and Eve were to bear a child, things will deteriorate to hell faster than you can even blink an eye." His voice trembled with anger. Daniel scoffed and commented his voice like 'Who cares?"-
"Aww, c'mon Raziel, lighten up. Besides, we gotta get to them, before they pro-create right? So let's find 'em. I'll bring up the car around the front. C'mon science boy." Daniel yanked Maeda out of the room, and outside to bring around the car. Raziel placed his head in his hands, and Aya patted him on the back.
"Cheer up Raziel, things will get better. I was worried yesterday night that I would become a monster like Eve, but If I keep things under control, I won't turn out like her. Besides, the last thing we need is me like her, and you like Kain eh?" Aya stated, joking at her latter comment. Raziel sighed and looked at Aya with an earnest feeling of depression in his eyes.
"Fine Aya, I trust you. Now let's find Daniel, and then get those two."
"That's the spirit Raz." With that, the two got up, and headed for outside SoHo, preparing to rendezvous with Daniel and Maeda in the car, and find Kain and Eve. Speaking of which, who knows what they were doing… of course…
Later on that day, the still of the evening when all was supposed to be bustling at Rush Hour, there was nothing. Eve stood out on the horizon, looking down upon the desolate city. She darted from building to building. Carnegie Hall, Central Park and others… Kain walked up behind her and asked her calmly-
"What might you be thinking Eve?"
"… I'm in the mood for a little destruction before…" She immediately stopped, turning away sharply. Kain set one hand on her shoulder and looked at Eve, deeply into her green eyes. He could feel something was wrong, and she didn't want to admit it. It almost looked… romantic to see the two outlined on the rooftop of the Chrysler Building, gazing at each other, but Eve had other ideas that the moment.
"Oh… it's nothing really… something that you wouldn't be very… interested in."
"Tell me wench, because you have got me interested."
Eve slipped her right hand on Kain's shoulder and pulled him in closer, her voice sounding seductive-like. She brushed back some of his white hair and brought her face to the side of his head, her lips gently passing by his ear, and she whispered softly-
"I want, no, need, to have a child… so I can better my 'sister' over in the east, and do what she couldn't…" Her voice got a little hostile near the end, but the comment alone made Kain taken aback. He stepped a few inches away from Eve and looked at her with an expression that could be marked as- "What the hell are you thinking?"
"WHAT?! You want to bear a child?"
"Of course… An Ultimate Being if that's the term… my 'sister' from the East tried and failed miserably, but I want to do better than her… have a child that will wipe out all of humanity so mitochondria can take over it's rightful place. Don't you see that it's perfect?" Her voice was determined. Kain lifted Eve's hands off of his and he walked away, saying coldly-
"Why should I? It's only for YOUR personal gratification in the end and that leaves me where?" He snapped. Eve scoffed and placed her large hand on her side and thrust her head back before bringing it forward again. She floated away and stated coldly as well-
"Oh… perhaps the child has some of YOUR attributes, some of which might be useful against that Raziel creature. You know, just incase you 'fall' during battle. And the child would be useful against Aya…" Her voice grew hostile. She looked back at him, and he looked at her.
"That maybe true Eve, but I am still not following that. I have other things to deal with, and not fathering a child with you." He walked back into the building, and Eve let out a disgruntled sigh. She muttered something's about 'he'll do it eventually' and things like that.
"He'll come to sooner or later."
Inside, Kain leaned against the wall, and set his head him his hand and shook it, wondering why did he side with Eve? He just was angry, as he was confused. He thought of having a child with her. Sure, it would be possible to use the offspring against Raziel if he (Kain) were to suddenly 'die' during battle… He then felt Eve's warm hand on his shoulder and she suggested with a wicked grin on her face-
"Oh… I'm in the mood for genocide right now. Want to go kill a few people?"
"Sounds like a good idea. Where?"
"They NYPD #17 Precinct. That's where Raziel and Aya are most of the time."
"Let's go." Kain then took Eve's hand, they teleported to just outside the building. They didn't see much outside, but they knew what was inside. Eve looked at Kain and commented in her stern voice-
"I don't feel Aya here..."
"Humph. I don't feel Raziel's presence either. I say we should just go in there and kill all those inside to teach them a lesson… nice idea eh?"
"Love it. Let's go." Kain then charged up an electric ball, and then shot it at the door, breaking the glass and making it fall down upon itself. A few officers were surprised by this and were all in shock. Eve held up her hand and then set them all ablaze. The two laughed and kicked down the door to the interior of the building.
"Pitiful humans…" Kain stated as he saw a few officers scrambling around, going this way and that. He saw Eve mutate a few animals like the police dogs and local rats into hideous creatures and then sicing them on the helpless officers, and they listened to their painful screams.
"So true…" The main office door swung open, and Baker, Nix and Warner were shocked as hell, they drew their guns and Warner turned a deathly pale, Baker was shocked the most. What were these two cold-blooded murderers doing here?
"WHAT THE HELL?" Nix shouted in surprise as he saw the two. Kain turned his attention to him, and started to cast 'Incapacitate' on Nix, freezing him still. Baker tried to move him, but to no luck. Warner gasped and stammered-
"Good lord… he's frozen…"
"Warner, Go find any other survivors and HIDE them! I'm going to look for Ben…" Baker took off in a flash, Warner dove under a few creatures before running up the flight of stairs to the interrogation room. Kain laughed and then stated to Nix before killing him-
"'Tis a shame the others couldn't die. Oh well, next time…" And with that, Kain and Eve killed Nix by impaling him, setting him on fire, then harvesting his blood and mitochondria from his body. Watching this was Ben, who was trying to chase Sheeva (the police dog)… he just was horrified and wondered-
"What happened…? Sheeva! Wait up!" Ben took off before the two could notice him, but Eve saw the dog. She just stretched her hand out and touched the lupine, and then looked at Kain, a feeling of satisfaction.
"Eve, it's getting rather boring here, I say we should close up shop and leave here. The mangled creatures are mopping up the remains, and I grow tired of chasing 'yellow' humans with nothing better to do."
"Same here… best be off then."
With that, they teleported away from the Precinct, and just in time for them, because the OTHER duo had just arrived to a scene of hectic chaos, blood, creatures and imminent destruction of the Precinct. As the broken door was stepped on some more…
"My… god…" Raziel gasped with horror as he saw the nearly ruined Office. Aya just placed her hands to her mouth, and hoped that everyone would be okay… Daniel was mortified and let immediately, saying that he wasn't gonna wait for this to kill his family.
"Be careful Daniel…" Raziel called out, turning to Aya and Maeda. "I felt Kain here a few seconds ago…"
"And I felt Eve… the two MUST have been here and cause all this…"
"That degenerate…" Raziel hissed, walking up to the second busted down door. Aya followed him, before Maeda stopped them to give them both a special 'item' that he had just for them. He outstretched his hands and told them-
"Ahh... Ohh… Take these. They're Japanese Good Luck Charms… to ward off bad spirits. Mister Raziel, Miss Aya… do be careful. You both are really nice people, and I'd hate for you to die somehow here."
"I can't die Maeda, but I will take care of Aya for you." Raziel placed the charm around his neck and turned to face Aya. They nodded and stormed into the interior, where things were far off worse than the entrance to the building. Power was out, windows were smashed in, and trails of fresh blood caked most of the hardwood floors. Officers were down, bleeding to death or being snacked on by the stray mutant birds and dogs.
"This is horrible…" Aya commented, shooting at various animals, trying to scatter them away. Raziel shook his head and stated to Aya something that was quite true, well, for him anyways.
"True, this is just some of Kain's powers… Font of Putrence, Blood Shower, Implode… be thankful he didn't level the place with that witch Eve. Speaking of which, where is that little boy, Ben?"
"Oh my god… Ben… Raziel, I'm gonna go find Daniel, you go try to find Ben okay? If we split up, we'll cover more ground in finding him…" Aya took off downstairs, and Raziel rushed upstairs, shifting to Spectral to dodge some mutant spiders as they shot their sticky, paralysis webs at him. He swung his Soul Reaver at them, causing them to stagger a little before falling.
"Ben! BEN DOLLIS! WHERE ARE YOU?!" Raziel shouted, his voice echoing off of the walls. All he heard in reply was a little boy calling for 'Sheeva', and a few rats tailing after him. Raziel shifted again to get a shortcut and try to catch up with him, but ran into a small snag in the process.
"Damn it… where is that child?" He was about to turn around, when he was jumped by a couple of dog creatures who started to swipe at him, pulling him by the wings and slamming him into a wall.
"Woah…..!!! AAAAGH!" He got up and started to shoot projectiles from his reaver, and then started to use broken pipes as spears. He dodged a few swipes, not wanting to get into another wall crash like a few minutes ago. Masterfully killing the beasts he staggered up some stairs, and heard something going on in the other room.
"Ben…? Are you in there?"
He pressed his head to the door and heard the sounds of shooting and then the grossest thing ever. He heard the sound of skin splitting, a mangled howl from a dog, and then segueing into a warped growl that made the ground shake, and Ben yelping for help with a man who sounded like Baker.
"What's going on in there? Hello?" Raziel slammed on the locked door and shook his head, shifting once more to Spectral, and then walking through the open door, and when he sifted back, he was greeted with the most hideous sight ever known to man. He took a few steps back to collect his shock. What was once Sheeva, was now Keroberos, a mutated, hideous three-headed red dog, which was about the side of two men on top of their shoulders.
"What the hell is this?"
"Raziel! Where's Aya?"
"She's looking for Daniel!"
"Raziel!!!" Ben shouted. "Be careful please!"
The dog jolted around and saw the spectral creature, in a defensive pose. It howled loudly, and lunged forward, it's 3 heads struggling to take a bite out of Raziel. He rolled under, turning around and shot a projectile at her. He ran around the perimeter of the room, making the dog confused.
"Come you beast… try to get me…"
Keroberos lunged forward, the mitochondria-blood dripping from its jaws. She grabbed Raziel by the wings and jerked him around, side to side and slamming him on the floor. Before he could even strike, Keroberos jolted him into submission. He thought shifting to spectral would help, but before he could to that, the monstrosity had him pinned on the floor, breathing heavily on him. For Raziel, it wasn't the most unpleasant experience ever, but it was better than the Abyss.
"GET… OFF… OF… ME…" He then gave the dog a swift kick in the ribs, reeling it back into the wall. Raziel jumped up and started to strike it with his blade, and all Baker and Ben could do was watch in amazement and horror. The Soul Reaver was tiring from this, his energy, nearly drained, but Keroberos just wouldn't give up.
"Why won't you die?"
After he asked that, the dog then pinned Raziel down again, this time so his hands wouldn't shift or attack. It seemed, now was hopeless. Ben trembled in fright, hoping that Raziel wasn't defeated, and Baker clung to a wound in pain. But when all seemed to be lost, a ray of hope came shining through in the form of a bullet.
"HEY! Leave him alone you beast!"
"Aya!" Raziel shouted, getting up after the creature was taken aback by the bullet. Aya pulled out a larger weapon than her pistol, and loaded the rifle. She winked and then pumped Keroberos full of lead before rounding it off with an Energy Shot. The creature was deinfetley weakened, and it showed.
"Hey Raz… you do the honors. Finish her off."
"… My… pleasure…?"
He then shoved the reaver in the center head of Keroberos, making it rupture with unstable energy, and then, it lost the fight of life, and exploded into many pieces, it's soul gently floating amongst the room. Ben saw this and waved bye-bye to Sheeva, and Aya sighed in remorse.
"Bye-bye Sheeva…"
"She was a good dog, but Raziel… nice job." Aya rested a hand on Raziel's shoulder as Daniel came in, and he talked with Baker about a few things, and then Ben walked slowly up to Raziel, his voice wavering.
"Raziel… can you and Aya please get the people who did this to Sheeva?"
"Of course Ben… we will, I promise."
"Thanks Raziel… you're a really cool guy. I like you. I wanna be just like you when I grow up."
Raziel was embarrassed, but flattered by the comment.
"Ben… it's not easy being me, but keep dreaming okay?"
Ben and Raziel looked out the window, and Aya joined them, commenting softly to the both of them-
"Things will get better, don't worry… Raziel… we have GOT to find Kain and Eve now. No matter what the cost, we will find them."
"I believe that Aya…"
They looked out at the NYC night sky, their determination now stronger. Would they stop Kain and Eve from having a child? What would happen the next day? They weren't sure, but they hoped with would at least be good…
To Be Continued…
NOTES- Okay, this was abrupt, but I never really liked the 3rd Day in PE1. Day 4 will be DRASTICALY different from the game, so don't come bitchin' to me about the change okay? Thanks! - Nefertina
