Chapter Ten: The Shadow of Treason
The group tensed as the elevator doors opened, expecting company, but there was no one. They all stepped down from the elevator and walked down the poorly lit hall.
"This was a part of the original base but now it's deserted." Megane said.
"Sugoi Megane! You sure do know a lot!" Shun said.
They approached a hallway bathe in light. This was where they heard voices.
"What do we do now?" Shun asked.
"That is the armory." Megane replied pointing the room which was the origin of the voices. "Past that is the sealing chamber."
"We'll create a diversion by attacking the guards in the armory." Kaoru said.
"Then you go into the sealing chamber, get Ikusawa sempai and go out through the back door. That will take you down a long hallway that will lead you to the main office. Get out through the school, okay?" Megane said.
Ukiya nods. "Yosha! Let's do it!"
The gang ran towards the armory. "Intruder alert!" shouted the guards in the armory.
The Gatekeepers poured into the armory while Megane and Ukiya snuck past it and entered the next room.
"Wow!" was the first word that escaped Ukiya's lips as he looked around the room. The chamber contained mostly of computers. Blinking lights, buttons here and there. In the middle of the room stood a giant capsule like that of a big testube with light blue water inside. Inside was….was….
"Rurippe!" he ran towards the capsule and knocked on the glass surface.
Megane was toying with the control panel. "Her body temperature hasn't dropped that much. It means she was sealed just a short while ago." He looked around the panel. "I can't find a way to open the capsule"
Ukiya punched the glass. "Ow ow!!!" he howled as his fist swelled up. He has to hurry or else Rurippe will…. Rurippe will….
He took his wooden sword and struck the capsule. He winced as glass flew everywhere and cold liquid gushed out. He caught Ruriko just as she fell out from the capsule. Her body felt deathly cold. He carried her up on his back.
Suddenly, an alarm went off inside the chamber. "Megane!" he said.
"Don't worry about me, sempai." Megane replied. "Get out through the back door. I'll take care of everything here." He punched a few buttons.
Ukiya ran towards the door, not giving anything a second glance. He stepped into a hallway with red lights because of the alarm. He ran through the hallway, not conscious of the weight on his back because of Ruriko. He does feel her cold breath against his neck. As soon as he reached the end of the hallway, he grabbed the giant door with both hands and opened it.
He gasped. Around him were many AEGIS personnel with guns. Shirei stood in the center.
"Ukiya kun," he said. "Put down the girl. We need her sealed. It's for the protection for a lot of people. If you return her now, We'll forget about it. Ukiya kun!" he said in a commanding tone.
-Silence-
"I repeat Ukiya kun. Return the girl now."
"Gomen ne…demo…" Ukiya said, raising his sword. "I can't obey that Order!"
Ukiya opened his gate and charged towards the guards. Just as he has planned, they all backed away. The wind pressure was acting as a good shield too. When he reached the elevator, he pressed the button repeatedly as he watched the personnel getting closer. Thankfully, the shaft closes and he felt the elevator starts going up.
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"Shirei!" a voice said over the intercom. "The boy is running through the school right now. What are your orders sir?"
"Relentless Pursuit. Get the girl back at all cost."
"What about the boy?"
"Kill him if he resists arrest." He said, in a monotone voice.
"Shirei…" Miss Ochiai said, worried.
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Ukiya was starting to get tired of running. He was now in the main hall, near the main door. He pushed the door aside and he stepped out into the afternoon heat. The sun was setting and where wasn't enough time. He looked back to see he was still being chased by the guards. He turned into the streets. He ran even faster.
"This…is….getting…hard…" Ukiya said, trying to catch his breath. He heard tires squeal making Ukiya turn his head a little. He saw three black cars chasing him. "Oh no.."
Suddenly, the AEGIS bus overtook the three black cars and ran by Ukiya's side. The doors open and Bancho pulls Ukiya inside.
"Was that cool or what?" Bancho asked.
"Yeah…" Ukiya replied, still out of breath, as he carried Ruriko over to a seat.
"Don't look now you guys but it ain't over yet." Megane said, looking through the side mirror. The three black cars were catching up…..really fast.
"Let me handle it!" Fei said. She stuck her head out the window and climb up on the roof of the bus. "Kaime!" she said. "Fire Panda!"
The panda charged towards the cars, who stopped suddenly, tires screeching as they pulled at the side of the road.
Fei climbed back into the bus.
"Where do we go now?" Reiko asked.
"Right. We betrayed AEGIS…" Kaoru added.
"We have nowhere to go! Oh no!" Bancho said, overacting as usual.
"No…" Ukiya said. "We have one more place to go…" he looked at Ruriko, who was peacefully sleeping in the bus seat.
The group tensed as the elevator doors opened, expecting company, but there was no one. They all stepped down from the elevator and walked down the poorly lit hall.
"This was a part of the original base but now it's deserted." Megane said.
"Sugoi Megane! You sure do know a lot!" Shun said.
They approached a hallway bathe in light. This was where they heard voices.
"What do we do now?" Shun asked.
"That is the armory." Megane replied pointing the room which was the origin of the voices. "Past that is the sealing chamber."
"We'll create a diversion by attacking the guards in the armory." Kaoru said.
"Then you go into the sealing chamber, get Ikusawa sempai and go out through the back door. That will take you down a long hallway that will lead you to the main office. Get out through the school, okay?" Megane said.
Ukiya nods. "Yosha! Let's do it!"
The gang ran towards the armory. "Intruder alert!" shouted the guards in the armory.
The Gatekeepers poured into the armory while Megane and Ukiya snuck past it and entered the next room.
"Wow!" was the first word that escaped Ukiya's lips as he looked around the room. The chamber contained mostly of computers. Blinking lights, buttons here and there. In the middle of the room stood a giant capsule like that of a big testube with light blue water inside. Inside was….was….
"Rurippe!" he ran towards the capsule and knocked on the glass surface.
Megane was toying with the control panel. "Her body temperature hasn't dropped that much. It means she was sealed just a short while ago." He looked around the panel. "I can't find a way to open the capsule"
Ukiya punched the glass. "Ow ow!!!" he howled as his fist swelled up. He has to hurry or else Rurippe will…. Rurippe will….
He took his wooden sword and struck the capsule. He winced as glass flew everywhere and cold liquid gushed out. He caught Ruriko just as she fell out from the capsule. Her body felt deathly cold. He carried her up on his back.
Suddenly, an alarm went off inside the chamber. "Megane!" he said.
"Don't worry about me, sempai." Megane replied. "Get out through the back door. I'll take care of everything here." He punched a few buttons.
Ukiya ran towards the door, not giving anything a second glance. He stepped into a hallway with red lights because of the alarm. He ran through the hallway, not conscious of the weight on his back because of Ruriko. He does feel her cold breath against his neck. As soon as he reached the end of the hallway, he grabbed the giant door with both hands and opened it.
He gasped. Around him were many AEGIS personnel with guns. Shirei stood in the center.
"Ukiya kun," he said. "Put down the girl. We need her sealed. It's for the protection for a lot of people. If you return her now, We'll forget about it. Ukiya kun!" he said in a commanding tone.
-Silence-
"I repeat Ukiya kun. Return the girl now."
"Gomen ne…demo…" Ukiya said, raising his sword. "I can't obey that Order!"
Ukiya opened his gate and charged towards the guards. Just as he has planned, they all backed away. The wind pressure was acting as a good shield too. When he reached the elevator, he pressed the button repeatedly as he watched the personnel getting closer. Thankfully, the shaft closes and he felt the elevator starts going up.
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"Shirei!" a voice said over the intercom. "The boy is running through the school right now. What are your orders sir?"
"Relentless Pursuit. Get the girl back at all cost."
"What about the boy?"
"Kill him if he resists arrest." He said, in a monotone voice.
"Shirei…" Miss Ochiai said, worried.
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Ukiya was starting to get tired of running. He was now in the main hall, near the main door. He pushed the door aside and he stepped out into the afternoon heat. The sun was setting and where wasn't enough time. He looked back to see he was still being chased by the guards. He turned into the streets. He ran even faster.
"This…is….getting…hard…" Ukiya said, trying to catch his breath. He heard tires squeal making Ukiya turn his head a little. He saw three black cars chasing him. "Oh no.."
Suddenly, the AEGIS bus overtook the three black cars and ran by Ukiya's side. The doors open and Bancho pulls Ukiya inside.
"Was that cool or what?" Bancho asked.
"Yeah…" Ukiya replied, still out of breath, as he carried Ruriko over to a seat.
"Don't look now you guys but it ain't over yet." Megane said, looking through the side mirror. The three black cars were catching up…..really fast.
"Let me handle it!" Fei said. She stuck her head out the window and climb up on the roof of the bus. "Kaime!" she said. "Fire Panda!"
The panda charged towards the cars, who stopped suddenly, tires screeching as they pulled at the side of the road.
Fei climbed back into the bus.
"Where do we go now?" Reiko asked.
"Right. We betrayed AEGIS…" Kaoru added.
"We have nowhere to go! Oh no!" Bancho said, overacting as usual.
"No…" Ukiya said. "We have one more place to go…" he looked at Ruriko, who was peacefully sleeping in the bus seat.