Hiearchy of Evolution
a Parasite Eve II fanfic
by Ryusei no Toushiro
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Date: 24/04/2002
Author's Notes: Chapter One. The first one was a prologue of sorts; this time, I'm introducing the whole group!
Standard disclaimers apply. Parasite Eve 2 and its characters do not belong to me; they belong to SQUARE. I am merely borrowing them for this story. Thank you.
Also, most of the people represented here are those in the PEII Board in GameFAQs. I don't own them (duh!); I just have freedom to use their names in this story as much as I can.
Oh yeah, DKB can I use the introductions you used on the group as well as the same chain of commands? I just liked that. ^_^
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CHAPTER ONE : INTERMISSION. AWAKENING OF THE DARKNESS.
The car skid to an immediate stop in front of the apartment building where Aya stayed, and four people emerged from it; Aya, armed with her M93R, Kurumi with her Magnum, Barrakudas with his PA3 and HeavenKnight with his M4A1. The three now wore casual clothings that were hidden beneath their black get-ups earlier; the said get-ups now in the backseat of the car.
"Go ahead and let Miss Brea lead the way. I'll go ditch the cops and return to the hideout. Don't worry, I'll be back pretty quick," Ryusei said as he started the car. Immediately after that the car's engine roared to life, the vehicle immediately burning tires on the streets as it left.
The four made their way in and up the fourth floor, grateful that much of the people were in their rooms. Else they'd raise hell for seeing weapons brought in. Hurriedly running through the hallways, they soon reached it. Room 425. Aya fumbled, searching for her keys for a moment, then found them. Quickly unlocking the door, she pushed it open and entered the room, the three folowing her behind...
Nothing. Nothing was out of order. There was Eve, doing her homework on her desk. Everything was right as she left it. What was going on...?
"Wha? Oh, hello Aya," said Eve as she turned to her with a smile, momentarily surprised. "You're back, huh?"
"Yeah, I'm back," said Aya with a smile as well. Then turned to the people behind her, whispering. "What were you guys talking about?! No one's here!"
"We got here just in time," said HeavenKnight. The whole group entered the room, with him closing the door. "Who knows, they may have already deployed their troops, yes, but with the chaos that Ryusei did in driving here we've gained a lead over them. Now this turns to a waiting game."
"Waiting game...? Ah well. Might as well make yourselves comfortable before your friend gets back." Aya said, inviting them to rest for a while. And they did; Kurumi sank onto the bed with a huge smile, Barra taking a drink of water to satisfy his thirst earlier and HeavenKnight merely sitting against the wall, M4A1 Rifle ready in his hands.
Eve raised an eyebrow. "Friends of yours, Aya?" she asked, now a mischievous smile on her lips. Aya shook her head. "Not really."
A knock against the door. "Room service," said a voice outside. Eve stood up turned to answer the door. Then, the four's (minus Eve) eyes widened as the heard a low hissing sound, one coming from...
An energy saber. Then the door burst open in an explosion of wood splinters as a creature stood before them, which Aya recognized as a GOLEM-like creature. Except this one had total silver plating over it's body, had an upright, more humanly position and had two energy blades in each hand. As soon as it made itself known to them despite the gunfires now erupting from each, it immediately ran up to Eve, snatching up the little girl in the process. Then it crouched down and ran through the window, shattering the glass and making its way outside.
It was home free...
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Ryusei sighed, leaning against the blue van's side as he waited for his companions, his hands brushing against the .44 Mongooses holstered at his sides. Axlestar was after the girl, yes, but since he took a quicker and shorter route here...
Suddenly he saw a mirror from the fourth floor shatter, a figure in silver holding someone on its shoulder. Then it fell on the sidewalk in front of Ryusei, and he made out the figure. It was a man in total silver plating with two energy blades now disabled, holding a blond girl...'Eve', he knew, on his left shoulder. Audibly, he could hear the person's deep breathing, as if through a respirator device inside the man's facemask.
Drawing his two magnums he immediately pointed them at the stranger, eyes narrow. "Okay. I don't know who the hell are you, but drop the girl."
The GOLEM-like creature faced him, activating his laser blades. "I'd love to stay and fight you for her, but the Boss won't cut me some slack. Maybe another time?"
"I said now," replied Ryusei, firing several shots at the creature. Almost immmediately they impacted against his armor, yet the GOLEM merely laughed. "Weapons don't do much against us, but we'll see what your fist can do." It then released Eve who was unconscious from the shock, placing her against the wall as it began to advance on the boy. Its energy blades humming deeply to prove a point.
"Foolish...no one fights with fists much now," said Ryusei calmly as he returned his magnums to their holsters. "But if you insist..." he said, hand drawing to his back.
The GOLEM began to slowly approach him, one step from another. Then, it crouched - and leaped at the boy with sudden quickness, yet the boy was not even surprised. Brought its energy blade forward, hoping to sink it into the boy's flesh which would emit a cry of pain from him...
Yet the cry of pain came from itself. From the .50 Magnum bullet that pierced into his skull. From the .50 ITI Desert Eagle that was placed against his head. From the boy that stood there, his right hand holding the magnum that emitted the deathshot. Then it fell, dead, weapons disabled.
Aya, Kurumi, HeavenKnight, and Barrakudas all emerged from the building, surprised at the scene. "How'd you..." asked Aya in surprise, but found the boy immediately carrying Eve in his arms and bringing her into the van. "No time to waste!" replied the boy. "The cops will be here soon...not knowing what's going on. Kurumi, HK, Barra, in the van, now!"
After HeavenKnight took off the GOLEM's energy weapons, he boarded the van then closed the door. The vehicle then turned, leaving the place.
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"So where are we going?" asked Aya. "You still haven't told me what's going on."
"We're going to the 'Den'," answered HeavenKnight. "At least there, you two would be safer, and we'd clear up all the issues there."
The radio of the vehicle started to emit static as soon as Ryusei opened it, then he took its speaker and spoke to it. "'Den' do you copy? Night shift is over, we're heading back. Got two new presents for D."
"P1r4t8r here," said a voice from the speaker. "Well, D would be glad to here that, but...we've got a problem."
Ignoring the weight of the sleeping Eve brushing against his right shoulder, Ryusei handed the speaker to HeavenKnight, who replied at P1r4t8r's comment. "SMOLDAR again, huh?"
"No, Pyst Dude. Got too drunk; said he took the time to 'rearrange' the wiring. We'll need you guys' help; HengkyGun can't handle it alone," p1r4t8r answered with a slight amusement.
"Lyingbastard's gonna be so sad, as well as Karpah. They're gonna miss all their late-night sitcoms." Then the two laughed.
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After crossing a previous intersection, they made their way to a bar that Aya knew much of; 'Howling Moon'. It was a pretty popular hangout, but why would...?
The van made its way into the alley besides it, arriving at a pretty empty lot that was the back of the Bar. Nothing much here...
"Okay guys, you can open the gate now. It's all clear," said HeavenKnight into the speaker, and a new voice; a female, responded. "Got that, HK, will do." Then the brick wall began...rising?
The wall rose up, revealing a path that lead down. Following the path, the wall closing shut behind them, they arrived at an underground parking lot, complete with four cars. It was also pretty dark, as she figured the lighting wasn't activated. The whole group disembarked, Ryusei still carrying the sleeping Eve. "I'm sorry we don't have lighting; the wirings are pretty much busted again. Oh, and Miss Brea, with your permission I'd like to take the younger Brea here into your rooms. It would do no good to have her in the briefing room sleeping."
"Sure, go ahead..." agreed Aya, nodding, and the boy made his way to a door, followed by a now-fuming Kurumi. Meanwhile, Barrakudas turned to Aya and HeavenKinght. "Well Matt, let's get this over with," he said, heading towards the same door the boy earlier entered. "If'd you'd follow us, Miss Brea," said HeavenKnight, following Barra's path. Aya did the same, all the time surprised at the fact that such a secret was hidden in such a popular place.
They made their way past a wide hallway with several doors on both sides, seeing the boy Ryusei and Kurumi exit from one such - probably where they put Eve, she thought. Then they followed her, arriving at a place describable only as a control room yet with computers and such, a huge monitor mounted on the wall at the far end.
Barrakudas turned to the girl walked towards them. ""So, what do we do now?" To which she replied "I don't know; Hengky said that it'd take some time to repair the wiring so D's off checking his progress. Hey, Ryu, Kuru, get your butts over to electrical! Hengky's getting tired of rewiring the system all by himself."
"Sure, sis," answered Kurumi with a smile, dragging Ryusei along with him. Meanwhile, the girl offered Aya a seat at the huge table adorning the center of the room. "Care to sit down, Aya? If you want we can bring you some foor or drinks."
Aya merely sat down, refusing her offer. "No thanks; I just want everything cleared up here. If it needs waiting, I can -"
The lights suddenly turned on, acoompanied by everyone's sighs of reliefs. Then footsteps as well as conversations were audible from the hallway behind them. "It shouldn't have blown unless PD did it THAT bad - Well, next time lock up the damn wiring! - If we do, then we can't access it anymore -"
Four people entered the room - two Aya already knew, the two others were unfamiliar. One of them looked chinese, as evident by his appearance, while the other was a young man of about fifteen years old.
The young man smiled at Aya. "Pleasure to see you well, Miss Brea, now if you'll excuse us we'll introduce ourselves." Taking a small comm(unications) unit from his pocket, the boy shouted into it. "Okay guys, line up!"
The command rang throughout the whole area, and pretty soon nine people lined up in front of them, minus the young man whom Aya assumed was their leader. "My name's DKB, but you can call me Larry. I'm the leader of this group, the 'Water Serpents'," started the young man. Then he pointed to the three people beginning the line-up. "You've already met two of them; Ryusei no Toushiro and Kurumi. The third one's HengkyGun. Their names are Gilbert, Nicole, and Chi-Fen respectively. They're our group's technological experts as well as computer hackers and crackers, but they can pretty much shoot hard and fast as well." The three smiled, then DKB point to a guy with black hair and something on his back Aya recognized as a Gunblade. "He's SMOLDAR, real name's Ariel. He can hit hard and fast, although the occasional party person in the group."
The next one had long black hair, with a smirking expression on his face as he held a Western Customs M37 proudly. "This guy's Pyst Dude and his real name's -" Suddenly everyone coughed, PD sweatdropped and DKB smiled, while Aya looked confused. "You'd better not know. He's our gung-ho man, which can be oftentimes dangerous, and usually goes to parties with several friends. Both of them are expert bodybuilders, and they teach us about martial arts and other things." Then it lead to a blonde-haired guy with red highlights in his hair, casually holding an M4A1."HeavenKnight, or Matt. Great with any gun you can give him, but he prefers the M4A1. He can sneak in and out of anywhere, provided there's an exit or not. He's also pretty open-minded when it comes to things." The next guy had brown hair in a short cut, wielding a Steyr Aug in his hands. "He's p1r4t8r, but his name's Graham. As his codename suggests, he can hotwire in and out of computers and can duplicate anything. He's also our expert driver in the group. He prefers foreign weapons, but does excellent with normal ones." DKB then pointed to a muscular guy. "That's lyingbastard, aka Sean. He the one who pulls the legal strings according to our favor, should we need them." The next one was someone Aya met earlier as well. "This guy's Barrakudas, real name's Phil. He's our explosives and diffusing expert. Great with a PA3, but don't laugh at that." Then it lead to the last person; a female, holding a Beretta M92F in her right hand. "And this is Karpah, whose real name's Rebecca. She's the second in command of this bunch, does good with anything you want her to do. She can shoot well with handguns as well, making her an Ace with those types of weapons."
"Now that I've met you guys, I want to know what's going on," said Aya, determined to know everything.
"Well, Ryusei and the others can explain that. Ryu?"
"Sure, boss." The young man stepped forward, then opened his mouth to speak.
"As we all know, there were bizarre incidents involving people mutated by artificial or natural mitochondrial tampering. Such creatures were labelled NMCs or ANMCs, and the cases they were involved in have been totally closed off to the public by the Government. Those experimental failures resulted from the wish to extend man's long life - from the limit of a hundred years, to how long they can make it last. But such abnormalities are the price to pay for. Now, Axlestar has gotten a hold of the results of the mithochondrion experimentations that were done, and due to their interest in it, have launched two projects; Project Eden Garden, and Project Genesis. Kurumi will explain the rest."
"Thank you, Ryusei," said Kurumi as she stepped forward. "Project Eden Garden is the first stage of the corporation's goals. The name "Eden Garden' implies it all; where God built his creations and gathered them. So we're suspecting that it could be another 'Project Neo Ark', as what you have encountered in the Mojave Desert, miss Aya. But what puzzles us is the second-stage project; 'Project Genesis'. It doesn't have any details, no records, no upcoming plans about it, nothing. Just that every file associated with Project Eden Garden we've come up with had a link to the said Project."
"Maybe it's a failed one," asked p1r4t8r, intrigued. But then Kurumi shook her head. "No, we don't think so, because it's the second-stage project. Nothing in the files we've seen suggest that Project Genesis was immediately implemented then failed."
"It's possible it hasn't been implemented yet," said SMOLDAR, to which Ryusei agreed. "It hasn't been implemented at the moment, because Project Eden Garden is still incomplete. As far as we know, they're still searching for two vital catalyst to it; 'Adam' and 'Eve'."
"'Eve'...could that be 'my' Eve?" asked Aya, certain that the earlier night's abduction of Eve linked to the Project. "It could be," responded HeavenKnight, "But until we get more details it's not sure."
"Well, that's it," said DKB. "The reason we brought you here, Miss Aya, as well as your younger sister, is because they may be after your mitochondrias. And we don't want harm to come to you two, like what could've happened earlier. Well, everyone's dismissed."
Aya nodded. "Thanks. And just call me 'Aya'. I've had enough with the 'Miss' talk."
a Parasite Eve II fanfic
by Ryusei no Toushiro
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Date: 24/04/2002
Author's Notes: Chapter One. The first one was a prologue of sorts; this time, I'm introducing the whole group!
Standard disclaimers apply. Parasite Eve 2 and its characters do not belong to me; they belong to SQUARE. I am merely borrowing them for this story. Thank you.
Also, most of the people represented here are those in the PEII Board in GameFAQs. I don't own them (duh!); I just have freedom to use their names in this story as much as I can.
Oh yeah, DKB can I use the introductions you used on the group as well as the same chain of commands? I just liked that. ^_^
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CHAPTER ONE : INTERMISSION. AWAKENING OF THE DARKNESS.
The car skid to an immediate stop in front of the apartment building where Aya stayed, and four people emerged from it; Aya, armed with her M93R, Kurumi with her Magnum, Barrakudas with his PA3 and HeavenKnight with his M4A1. The three now wore casual clothings that were hidden beneath their black get-ups earlier; the said get-ups now in the backseat of the car.
"Go ahead and let Miss Brea lead the way. I'll go ditch the cops and return to the hideout. Don't worry, I'll be back pretty quick," Ryusei said as he started the car. Immediately after that the car's engine roared to life, the vehicle immediately burning tires on the streets as it left.
The four made their way in and up the fourth floor, grateful that much of the people were in their rooms. Else they'd raise hell for seeing weapons brought in. Hurriedly running through the hallways, they soon reached it. Room 425. Aya fumbled, searching for her keys for a moment, then found them. Quickly unlocking the door, she pushed it open and entered the room, the three folowing her behind...
Nothing. Nothing was out of order. There was Eve, doing her homework on her desk. Everything was right as she left it. What was going on...?
"Wha? Oh, hello Aya," said Eve as she turned to her with a smile, momentarily surprised. "You're back, huh?"
"Yeah, I'm back," said Aya with a smile as well. Then turned to the people behind her, whispering. "What were you guys talking about?! No one's here!"
"We got here just in time," said HeavenKnight. The whole group entered the room, with him closing the door. "Who knows, they may have already deployed their troops, yes, but with the chaos that Ryusei did in driving here we've gained a lead over them. Now this turns to a waiting game."
"Waiting game...? Ah well. Might as well make yourselves comfortable before your friend gets back." Aya said, inviting them to rest for a while. And they did; Kurumi sank onto the bed with a huge smile, Barra taking a drink of water to satisfy his thirst earlier and HeavenKnight merely sitting against the wall, M4A1 Rifle ready in his hands.
Eve raised an eyebrow. "Friends of yours, Aya?" she asked, now a mischievous smile on her lips. Aya shook her head. "Not really."
A knock against the door. "Room service," said a voice outside. Eve stood up turned to answer the door. Then, the four's (minus Eve) eyes widened as the heard a low hissing sound, one coming from...
An energy saber. Then the door burst open in an explosion of wood splinters as a creature stood before them, which Aya recognized as a GOLEM-like creature. Except this one had total silver plating over it's body, had an upright, more humanly position and had two energy blades in each hand. As soon as it made itself known to them despite the gunfires now erupting from each, it immediately ran up to Eve, snatching up the little girl in the process. Then it crouched down and ran through the window, shattering the glass and making its way outside.
It was home free...
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Ryusei sighed, leaning against the blue van's side as he waited for his companions, his hands brushing against the .44 Mongooses holstered at his sides. Axlestar was after the girl, yes, but since he took a quicker and shorter route here...
Suddenly he saw a mirror from the fourth floor shatter, a figure in silver holding someone on its shoulder. Then it fell on the sidewalk in front of Ryusei, and he made out the figure. It was a man in total silver plating with two energy blades now disabled, holding a blond girl...'Eve', he knew, on his left shoulder. Audibly, he could hear the person's deep breathing, as if through a respirator device inside the man's facemask.
Drawing his two magnums he immediately pointed them at the stranger, eyes narrow. "Okay. I don't know who the hell are you, but drop the girl."
The GOLEM-like creature faced him, activating his laser blades. "I'd love to stay and fight you for her, but the Boss won't cut me some slack. Maybe another time?"
"I said now," replied Ryusei, firing several shots at the creature. Almost immmediately they impacted against his armor, yet the GOLEM merely laughed. "Weapons don't do much against us, but we'll see what your fist can do." It then released Eve who was unconscious from the shock, placing her against the wall as it began to advance on the boy. Its energy blades humming deeply to prove a point.
"Foolish...no one fights with fists much now," said Ryusei calmly as he returned his magnums to their holsters. "But if you insist..." he said, hand drawing to his back.
The GOLEM began to slowly approach him, one step from another. Then, it crouched - and leaped at the boy with sudden quickness, yet the boy was not even surprised. Brought its energy blade forward, hoping to sink it into the boy's flesh which would emit a cry of pain from him...
Yet the cry of pain came from itself. From the .50 Magnum bullet that pierced into his skull. From the .50 ITI Desert Eagle that was placed against his head. From the boy that stood there, his right hand holding the magnum that emitted the deathshot. Then it fell, dead, weapons disabled.
Aya, Kurumi, HeavenKnight, and Barrakudas all emerged from the building, surprised at the scene. "How'd you..." asked Aya in surprise, but found the boy immediately carrying Eve in his arms and bringing her into the van. "No time to waste!" replied the boy. "The cops will be here soon...not knowing what's going on. Kurumi, HK, Barra, in the van, now!"
After HeavenKnight took off the GOLEM's energy weapons, he boarded the van then closed the door. The vehicle then turned, leaving the place.
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"So where are we going?" asked Aya. "You still haven't told me what's going on."
"We're going to the 'Den'," answered HeavenKnight. "At least there, you two would be safer, and we'd clear up all the issues there."
The radio of the vehicle started to emit static as soon as Ryusei opened it, then he took its speaker and spoke to it. "'Den' do you copy? Night shift is over, we're heading back. Got two new presents for D."
"P1r4t8r here," said a voice from the speaker. "Well, D would be glad to here that, but...we've got a problem."
Ignoring the weight of the sleeping Eve brushing against his right shoulder, Ryusei handed the speaker to HeavenKnight, who replied at P1r4t8r's comment. "SMOLDAR again, huh?"
"No, Pyst Dude. Got too drunk; said he took the time to 'rearrange' the wiring. We'll need you guys' help; HengkyGun can't handle it alone," p1r4t8r answered with a slight amusement.
"Lyingbastard's gonna be so sad, as well as Karpah. They're gonna miss all their late-night sitcoms." Then the two laughed.
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After crossing a previous intersection, they made their way to a bar that Aya knew much of; 'Howling Moon'. It was a pretty popular hangout, but why would...?
The van made its way into the alley besides it, arriving at a pretty empty lot that was the back of the Bar. Nothing much here...
"Okay guys, you can open the gate now. It's all clear," said HeavenKnight into the speaker, and a new voice; a female, responded. "Got that, HK, will do." Then the brick wall began...rising?
The wall rose up, revealing a path that lead down. Following the path, the wall closing shut behind them, they arrived at an underground parking lot, complete with four cars. It was also pretty dark, as she figured the lighting wasn't activated. The whole group disembarked, Ryusei still carrying the sleeping Eve. "I'm sorry we don't have lighting; the wirings are pretty much busted again. Oh, and Miss Brea, with your permission I'd like to take the younger Brea here into your rooms. It would do no good to have her in the briefing room sleeping."
"Sure, go ahead..." agreed Aya, nodding, and the boy made his way to a door, followed by a now-fuming Kurumi. Meanwhile, Barrakudas turned to Aya and HeavenKinght. "Well Matt, let's get this over with," he said, heading towards the same door the boy earlier entered. "If'd you'd follow us, Miss Brea," said HeavenKnight, following Barra's path. Aya did the same, all the time surprised at the fact that such a secret was hidden in such a popular place.
They made their way past a wide hallway with several doors on both sides, seeing the boy Ryusei and Kurumi exit from one such - probably where they put Eve, she thought. Then they followed her, arriving at a place describable only as a control room yet with computers and such, a huge monitor mounted on the wall at the far end.
Barrakudas turned to the girl walked towards them. ""So, what do we do now?" To which she replied "I don't know; Hengky said that it'd take some time to repair the wiring so D's off checking his progress. Hey, Ryu, Kuru, get your butts over to electrical! Hengky's getting tired of rewiring the system all by himself."
"Sure, sis," answered Kurumi with a smile, dragging Ryusei along with him. Meanwhile, the girl offered Aya a seat at the huge table adorning the center of the room. "Care to sit down, Aya? If you want we can bring you some foor or drinks."
Aya merely sat down, refusing her offer. "No thanks; I just want everything cleared up here. If it needs waiting, I can -"
The lights suddenly turned on, acoompanied by everyone's sighs of reliefs. Then footsteps as well as conversations were audible from the hallway behind them. "It shouldn't have blown unless PD did it THAT bad - Well, next time lock up the damn wiring! - If we do, then we can't access it anymore -"
Four people entered the room - two Aya already knew, the two others were unfamiliar. One of them looked chinese, as evident by his appearance, while the other was a young man of about fifteen years old.
The young man smiled at Aya. "Pleasure to see you well, Miss Brea, now if you'll excuse us we'll introduce ourselves." Taking a small comm(unications) unit from his pocket, the boy shouted into it. "Okay guys, line up!"
The command rang throughout the whole area, and pretty soon nine people lined up in front of them, minus the young man whom Aya assumed was their leader. "My name's DKB, but you can call me Larry. I'm the leader of this group, the 'Water Serpents'," started the young man. Then he pointed to the three people beginning the line-up. "You've already met two of them; Ryusei no Toushiro and Kurumi. The third one's HengkyGun. Their names are Gilbert, Nicole, and Chi-Fen respectively. They're our group's technological experts as well as computer hackers and crackers, but they can pretty much shoot hard and fast as well." The three smiled, then DKB point to a guy with black hair and something on his back Aya recognized as a Gunblade. "He's SMOLDAR, real name's Ariel. He can hit hard and fast, although the occasional party person in the group."
The next one had long black hair, with a smirking expression on his face as he held a Western Customs M37 proudly. "This guy's Pyst Dude and his real name's -" Suddenly everyone coughed, PD sweatdropped and DKB smiled, while Aya looked confused. "You'd better not know. He's our gung-ho man, which can be oftentimes dangerous, and usually goes to parties with several friends. Both of them are expert bodybuilders, and they teach us about martial arts and other things." Then it lead to a blonde-haired guy with red highlights in his hair, casually holding an M4A1."HeavenKnight, or Matt. Great with any gun you can give him, but he prefers the M4A1. He can sneak in and out of anywhere, provided there's an exit or not. He's also pretty open-minded when it comes to things." The next guy had brown hair in a short cut, wielding a Steyr Aug in his hands. "He's p1r4t8r, but his name's Graham. As his codename suggests, he can hotwire in and out of computers and can duplicate anything. He's also our expert driver in the group. He prefers foreign weapons, but does excellent with normal ones." DKB then pointed to a muscular guy. "That's lyingbastard, aka Sean. He the one who pulls the legal strings according to our favor, should we need them." The next one was someone Aya met earlier as well. "This guy's Barrakudas, real name's Phil. He's our explosives and diffusing expert. Great with a PA3, but don't laugh at that." Then it lead to the last person; a female, holding a Beretta M92F in her right hand. "And this is Karpah, whose real name's Rebecca. She's the second in command of this bunch, does good with anything you want her to do. She can shoot well with handguns as well, making her an Ace with those types of weapons."
"Now that I've met you guys, I want to know what's going on," said Aya, determined to know everything.
"Well, Ryusei and the others can explain that. Ryu?"
"Sure, boss." The young man stepped forward, then opened his mouth to speak.
"As we all know, there were bizarre incidents involving people mutated by artificial or natural mitochondrial tampering. Such creatures were labelled NMCs or ANMCs, and the cases they were involved in have been totally closed off to the public by the Government. Those experimental failures resulted from the wish to extend man's long life - from the limit of a hundred years, to how long they can make it last. But such abnormalities are the price to pay for. Now, Axlestar has gotten a hold of the results of the mithochondrion experimentations that were done, and due to their interest in it, have launched two projects; Project Eden Garden, and Project Genesis. Kurumi will explain the rest."
"Thank you, Ryusei," said Kurumi as she stepped forward. "Project Eden Garden is the first stage of the corporation's goals. The name "Eden Garden' implies it all; where God built his creations and gathered them. So we're suspecting that it could be another 'Project Neo Ark', as what you have encountered in the Mojave Desert, miss Aya. But what puzzles us is the second-stage project; 'Project Genesis'. It doesn't have any details, no records, no upcoming plans about it, nothing. Just that every file associated with Project Eden Garden we've come up with had a link to the said Project."
"Maybe it's a failed one," asked p1r4t8r, intrigued. But then Kurumi shook her head. "No, we don't think so, because it's the second-stage project. Nothing in the files we've seen suggest that Project Genesis was immediately implemented then failed."
"It's possible it hasn't been implemented yet," said SMOLDAR, to which Ryusei agreed. "It hasn't been implemented at the moment, because Project Eden Garden is still incomplete. As far as we know, they're still searching for two vital catalyst to it; 'Adam' and 'Eve'."
"'Eve'...could that be 'my' Eve?" asked Aya, certain that the earlier night's abduction of Eve linked to the Project. "It could be," responded HeavenKnight, "But until we get more details it's not sure."
"Well, that's it," said DKB. "The reason we brought you here, Miss Aya, as well as your younger sister, is because they may be after your mitochondrias. And we don't want harm to come to you two, like what could've happened earlier. Well, everyone's dismissed."
Aya nodded. "Thanks. And just call me 'Aya'. I've had enough with the 'Miss' talk."