Hiearchy of Evolution
a Parasite Eve II fanfic
by Ryusei no Toushiro
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Date: 25/04/2002
Author's Notes: Chapter Two. Now more of the plot is revealed! More about the 'Adam and Eve' plot.
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, some terms might be related to Xenogears so please let me just borrow them. Just for this story, please?
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. Kurumi's my own character.
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CHAPTER TWO : CONSCIOUS. DISASTER OF THE DESTINY.
Aya shook her head, not believing what was just happening right now. Right after the debriefing that the 'Water Serpents' had, Ryusei went to check up on the details...while DKB and the rest of the group went up to party. It was pretty convenient as well for that, since their hidden installation was directly under the bar - 'Howling Moon' - that they supervised themselves.
The crowd was being worked up into a frenzy as Pyst Dude stepped up onto the stage, swinging his shirt in a drunken state of stupor. While Karpah and Kurumi had their eyes closed, the rest of the guys were laughing and partying as well, drinking the night away. Aya, sitting in one chair, smiled and drank down some vodka while laughing at the group's insanities. No wonder they concealed themselves perfectly; no one could expect such a mercenary group to be a ragtag group of party-happy people.
This time HeavenKnight and Barrakudas joined Pyst Dude up the stage, singing and dancing like it was from a comedy show itself. P1r4t8r held his stomach tightly as he collapsed to the floor in laughter, while the two 'sisters' giggled at the situation and drank some more.
Ah well. Whatever looks like it, it seems like they'll be partying the whole night.
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"'Water Serpents' has done it again."
"I agree. Their style of work is not too hard to figure from others'."
"Damn them. They've ruined our plans."
"Don't worry. 'Eve' is merely out of our hands, but other than that everything can be remedied."
"'Can be remedied?' They just destroyed one of our own Keepers!"
"We have several of them. Don't worry; it was expendable in the first place."
"And we still have the Emperor Keeper."
"Hmph. So, shall we get down to business?"
"'Eve' has been sighted. 'Adam', however, stays hidden. We are not able to figure out at all where he is."
"Only their children will be able to tell us that."
"Shall we commence 'Phase Three' of the plan? 'Mahanon' cannot wait."
"Release their children? In such a critical time? Do not be impatient."
"Soon they will find out where their 'parents' are. Do not worry."
"When is 'soon'? We need to commence the 'Genesis' now. Now is the right moment!"
"If needed, 'Phase Three' can be activated immediately. Just say so."
"But..."
"Yes. Now is not the time to be impatient. But, now is also the time to work. We have no choice."
Laughter suddenly echoed throughout the whole dark room...
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Eve finally woke up, looking around where she had just been sleeping. The room was pretty well-kept and comfortable, with a TV, a refrigerator complete with food and drinks, two beds, and a bathroom connected to the room by a door to the side. Leaving the room, she arrived at a wide hallway with several doors. Seeing that one of them was open and illuminated, she decided to check it out.
Upon entering the room, she was immediately surprised as a blackhaired boy pointed a Desert Eagle at her. Eve froze for a moment, then the boy recognized who it was and put it down, turning around to face the computer he was working on. "I'm Ryusei. Call me Gil if you want," he said abruptly, his own way of introducing himself as he placed his magnum near the computer.
"Ummm...I'm..." Eve started, introducing herself, but she was cut off. "Eve, I know. Your sister told us that," Ryusei continued, his fingers typing nonstop.
"Where's Aya?" she asked tentatively.
"Up there, in the Bar partying with the others."
"So what are you doing here?" she asked, surprised to know that he was the only one who remained. "I just...don't know. I don't see myself as a sort of a party person."
"Oh, come on. If you have that many friends then you must at least hangout with them," Eve said with a smile as she remembered Aya's 'companions' back then in her apartment. "That reminds me...what are we doing here?"
"To prevent you and your sister's possible abduction, we decided to hide you two here. Your sister, of course, agreed to it," Ryusei said, turning around to face her as he pulled down his glasses to look at her. "Since it's all about your protection."
"Mine?" asked Eve.
"Yeah. The whole Axlestar's after you for the Project Eden Garden; best you stay on your guard. Ask your sister about that tomorrow."
"Oh...okay. Thanks for the help. By the way, how do we get up there?" she asked again, a smile creeping up her face.
"You take the third door from the right. It's an elevator. Once up, go straight the hall and enter the door; that's the bar itself. Have fun," the boy said, returning to his work.
Eve left the room, heading off to the said doorway. Dragging a complaining Ryusei along with her.
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"Hey Ryu! Glad to see you've joined the party!" said lyingbastard as he and HengkyGun approached Eve and Ryusei's table, holding their own drinks as they sat besides his companion. Eve was looking around, smiling at the scenery of people partying the whole night while Ryusei just stared at his bottle of Budweiser, turning it around his hands. "Hmmm...well, apparently someone just dragged me up here for no good reason," he said in a tone that had no emotion, looking at Eve.
"Oh..." said HengkyGun with a smile. Then he rose up and left them, partying with the others. Kurumi then approached them, snuggling against Ryusei due to her drunken stupor with a huge smile in her face. Then, seeing Eve who was looking at her in a peculiar fashion turned Kurumi's face into the color of crayon red, instantly asking Ryusei what was she doing here as she pointed at Eve.
"Nothing. She's just here to party, or so she said," answered the boy calmly as he turned to look at Eve as well. The blonde girl began to rise up and leave her seat, moving towards the table where her sister sat. "Ummm...I'd rather sit here where my sister is. Bye Ryusei!" she said, smiling, then left.
DKB took her place, along with Karpah and p1r4t8r. All of them had goofy grins decorating their faces...maybe from the vodka in their hands?
"Too much drinking, guys. You've had too much drinking," said Ryusei as DKB and the others approached him, sitting down on the table that he sat on. Personally, he always feared the possible insanities that DKB and the others were capable of should they be REALLY drunk. "Look, there's Pyst Dude and the others," pointed out the boy. "Why not go with them? You guys can go wild and party. Not here. Go away. Shoo," he said, making waving motions with his hand.
"Aww, come on, lover boy, missing her already?" said DKB. "Look, she's just over there in the other table, why not go there?" he reiterated again, pointing to the table where Eve and Aya sat.
"Shaddap D, leave us alone," said the usually-calm Kurumi, hugging the now-surprised boy - bewildered was more like it. "Well, Kurumi, you better make sure you have a grip on Ryusei, else he might just let go and go after that blonde chick. Besides, she's sixteen and Ryu's...what, sixteen as well?"
"Seventeen," reiterated the now-fuming girl, totally red with jealousy. Her grip around the young man was so tight that he began to turn blue, coughing at the same time. The whole group laughed. "Well, see ya later guys!" said p1r4t8r, as the three went of to join Pyst Dude, Kurumi joining Karpah.
Eve looked around the whole bar, amused at the sight of DKB and his friends making fun of either each other or themselves. She was interested in joining the party as well, but her shy nature prevented her from doing so. However, she noted that Ryusei again sat alone in his own table and she wondered if she should keep him company; then their gazes met and they immediately turned away, Eve blushing a light shade of pink. Ryusei, on his part, just shrugged and drank some more of his beer, not feeling the enraged Kurumi's jealousy a few meters behind him.
"Don't worry, Kurumi," said Karpah, smiling. "He doesn't know a thing about women. He's all yours for now."
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Ryusei woke up, his head hurting. "Maybe too much drinking..." Making his way to the bathroom door, he tried to open it but found that the doorknob was locked. Then remembered the fact that he and Kurumi shared the same room.
"Ryusei! What are you doing?" asked Kurumi, thinking that Ryusei was trying to make his way in while she was taking her shower, to which he replied "Sorry. Just forgot that we shared the same room."
Sitting down on his bed, Ryusei thought hard about the 'Adam and Eve' relationship to the Projects 'Eden Garden' and 'Genesis'..."What does it all have to do with -"
A sudden flashback of memories - "Come on, kid. One step, then another; you can do it. - Don't rush it! He can't remember it all the way things are now - Don't worry. He can be good for us, with his background and all -"
"It's all yours now, Ryusei," said Kurumi, interrupting Ryusei's thinking. Shaking his head as he forced all his thoughts away, he nodded then made his way to the bathroom with his towel as Kurumi stepped aside, wrapped in a towel.
"What the hell was that all about...?" wondered the boy as he took his shower.
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"The Anima and Animus alignment is complete. They are in the perfect age."
"Perfect age? We don't even know where they are now; how do you know their age?"
"According to the records that we have here, 'He' is seventeen and 'She' is sixteen."
"That long?"
"Exactly. Their mitochondrial energy patterns, although distinct to be detected by us, will be easily found by their 'children'."
"'Phase Three' has been initialized, I see."
"Exactly. The time is now. 'Mahanon' is near completion. Their 'children' are 'reborn'. And so should they."
"Should we deploy the children?"
"Make sure to have the 'Keepers' watch over them. We cannot have the 'children' fooling around now; time is too precious."
"Well said. So, a little 'test run' to see how the 'children' will perform shall be necessary."
"Deploy it somewhere where 'Eve''s mitochondrial pattern was last found. Their 'children' will pick up the scent."
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Pretty soon, everyone in the 'Den' began to rush to the dining hall, unable to resist their grumbling stomachs. Breakfast was now officially served, ranging from bacon to eggs to sausages...
Then, it lead to the usual target pratice in the shooting range, ten people plus Aya trying to outmark each other in accuracy. When suddenly -
The alarm sounded. Aya suddenly turned to ask to DKB, "What's going on?"
"An alarm call. Usually when we're summoned to do a job," answered DKB, then he and Karpah headed to the control room while the others followed as well, including their two guests. Upon entering the room, everyone sat down around the huge table in the center as the monitor sprang to life, showing someone's face Aya recognized as the Chief of Police.
"Water Serpents, you've been tasked to do a job. Some freaky creatures just emerged in Sunbay Apartments, slaughtered our whole SWAT team, and killed all the civilians. We're not sure, but if there's anybody left in that building, please save 'em." After the transmission, DKB stood up.
"Well, Water Serpents, we got our job to do. Let's go," he addressed them, and suddenly everyone left to gather their weapons and equipment.
"How about us?" asked Aya.
"Don't worry. Some of us will stay behind so no need to fret. I'll have SMOLDAR, HeavenKnight and Barrakudas stay behind here. The rest will be with me."
"Sunbay Apartments...that's were we were staying," said Eve. "Could...could there be a connection?"
"Maybe," said Karpah, cocking her Beretta M92F. "All we know's we got a job to do."
a Parasite Eve II fanfic
by Ryusei no Toushiro
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Date: 25/04/2002
Author's Notes: Chapter Two. Now more of the plot is revealed! More about the 'Adam and Eve' plot.
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, some terms might be related to Xenogears so please let me just borrow them. Just for this story, please?
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. Kurumi's my own character.
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CHAPTER TWO : CONSCIOUS. DISASTER OF THE DESTINY.
Aya shook her head, not believing what was just happening right now. Right after the debriefing that the 'Water Serpents' had, Ryusei went to check up on the details...while DKB and the rest of the group went up to party. It was pretty convenient as well for that, since their hidden installation was directly under the bar - 'Howling Moon' - that they supervised themselves.
The crowd was being worked up into a frenzy as Pyst Dude stepped up onto the stage, swinging his shirt in a drunken state of stupor. While Karpah and Kurumi had their eyes closed, the rest of the guys were laughing and partying as well, drinking the night away. Aya, sitting in one chair, smiled and drank down some vodka while laughing at the group's insanities. No wonder they concealed themselves perfectly; no one could expect such a mercenary group to be a ragtag group of party-happy people.
This time HeavenKnight and Barrakudas joined Pyst Dude up the stage, singing and dancing like it was from a comedy show itself. P1r4t8r held his stomach tightly as he collapsed to the floor in laughter, while the two 'sisters' giggled at the situation and drank some more.
Ah well. Whatever looks like it, it seems like they'll be partying the whole night.
=================================================================================
"'Water Serpents' has done it again."
"I agree. Their style of work is not too hard to figure from others'."
"Damn them. They've ruined our plans."
"Don't worry. 'Eve' is merely out of our hands, but other than that everything can be remedied."
"'Can be remedied?' They just destroyed one of our own Keepers!"
"We have several of them. Don't worry; it was expendable in the first place."
"And we still have the Emperor Keeper."
"Hmph. So, shall we get down to business?"
"'Eve' has been sighted. 'Adam', however, stays hidden. We are not able to figure out at all where he is."
"Only their children will be able to tell us that."
"Shall we commence 'Phase Three' of the plan? 'Mahanon' cannot wait."
"Release their children? In such a critical time? Do not be impatient."
"Soon they will find out where their 'parents' are. Do not worry."
"When is 'soon'? We need to commence the 'Genesis' now. Now is the right moment!"
"If needed, 'Phase Three' can be activated immediately. Just say so."
"But..."
"Yes. Now is not the time to be impatient. But, now is also the time to work. We have no choice."
Laughter suddenly echoed throughout the whole dark room...
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Eve finally woke up, looking around where she had just been sleeping. The room was pretty well-kept and comfortable, with a TV, a refrigerator complete with food and drinks, two beds, and a bathroom connected to the room by a door to the side. Leaving the room, she arrived at a wide hallway with several doors. Seeing that one of them was open and illuminated, she decided to check it out.
Upon entering the room, she was immediately surprised as a blackhaired boy pointed a Desert Eagle at her. Eve froze for a moment, then the boy recognized who it was and put it down, turning around to face the computer he was working on. "I'm Ryusei. Call me Gil if you want," he said abruptly, his own way of introducing himself as he placed his magnum near the computer.
"Ummm...I'm..." Eve started, introducing herself, but she was cut off. "Eve, I know. Your sister told us that," Ryusei continued, his fingers typing nonstop.
"Where's Aya?" she asked tentatively.
"Up there, in the Bar partying with the others."
"So what are you doing here?" she asked, surprised to know that he was the only one who remained. "I just...don't know. I don't see myself as a sort of a party person."
"Oh, come on. If you have that many friends then you must at least hangout with them," Eve said with a smile as she remembered Aya's 'companions' back then in her apartment. "That reminds me...what are we doing here?"
"To prevent you and your sister's possible abduction, we decided to hide you two here. Your sister, of course, agreed to it," Ryusei said, turning around to face her as he pulled down his glasses to look at her. "Since it's all about your protection."
"Mine?" asked Eve.
"Yeah. The whole Axlestar's after you for the Project Eden Garden; best you stay on your guard. Ask your sister about that tomorrow."
"Oh...okay. Thanks for the help. By the way, how do we get up there?" she asked again, a smile creeping up her face.
"You take the third door from the right. It's an elevator. Once up, go straight the hall and enter the door; that's the bar itself. Have fun," the boy said, returning to his work.
Eve left the room, heading off to the said doorway. Dragging a complaining Ryusei along with her.
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"Hey Ryu! Glad to see you've joined the party!" said lyingbastard as he and HengkyGun approached Eve and Ryusei's table, holding their own drinks as they sat besides his companion. Eve was looking around, smiling at the scenery of people partying the whole night while Ryusei just stared at his bottle of Budweiser, turning it around his hands. "Hmmm...well, apparently someone just dragged me up here for no good reason," he said in a tone that had no emotion, looking at Eve.
"Oh..." said HengkyGun with a smile. Then he rose up and left them, partying with the others. Kurumi then approached them, snuggling against Ryusei due to her drunken stupor with a huge smile in her face. Then, seeing Eve who was looking at her in a peculiar fashion turned Kurumi's face into the color of crayon red, instantly asking Ryusei what was she doing here as she pointed at Eve.
"Nothing. She's just here to party, or so she said," answered the boy calmly as he turned to look at Eve as well. The blonde girl began to rise up and leave her seat, moving towards the table where her sister sat. "Ummm...I'd rather sit here where my sister is. Bye Ryusei!" she said, smiling, then left.
DKB took her place, along with Karpah and p1r4t8r. All of them had goofy grins decorating their faces...maybe from the vodka in their hands?
"Too much drinking, guys. You've had too much drinking," said Ryusei as DKB and the others approached him, sitting down on the table that he sat on. Personally, he always feared the possible insanities that DKB and the others were capable of should they be REALLY drunk. "Look, there's Pyst Dude and the others," pointed out the boy. "Why not go with them? You guys can go wild and party. Not here. Go away. Shoo," he said, making waving motions with his hand.
"Aww, come on, lover boy, missing her already?" said DKB. "Look, she's just over there in the other table, why not go there?" he reiterated again, pointing to the table where Eve and Aya sat.
"Shaddap D, leave us alone," said the usually-calm Kurumi, hugging the now-surprised boy - bewildered was more like it. "Well, Kurumi, you better make sure you have a grip on Ryusei, else he might just let go and go after that blonde chick. Besides, she's sixteen and Ryu's...what, sixteen as well?"
"Seventeen," reiterated the now-fuming girl, totally red with jealousy. Her grip around the young man was so tight that he began to turn blue, coughing at the same time. The whole group laughed. "Well, see ya later guys!" said p1r4t8r, as the three went of to join Pyst Dude, Kurumi joining Karpah.
Eve looked around the whole bar, amused at the sight of DKB and his friends making fun of either each other or themselves. She was interested in joining the party as well, but her shy nature prevented her from doing so. However, she noted that Ryusei again sat alone in his own table and she wondered if she should keep him company; then their gazes met and they immediately turned away, Eve blushing a light shade of pink. Ryusei, on his part, just shrugged and drank some more of his beer, not feeling the enraged Kurumi's jealousy a few meters behind him.
"Don't worry, Kurumi," said Karpah, smiling. "He doesn't know a thing about women. He's all yours for now."
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Ryusei woke up, his head hurting. "Maybe too much drinking..." Making his way to the bathroom door, he tried to open it but found that the doorknob was locked. Then remembered the fact that he and Kurumi shared the same room.
"Ryusei! What are you doing?" asked Kurumi, thinking that Ryusei was trying to make his way in while she was taking her shower, to which he replied "Sorry. Just forgot that we shared the same room."
Sitting down on his bed, Ryusei thought hard about the 'Adam and Eve' relationship to the Projects 'Eden Garden' and 'Genesis'..."What does it all have to do with -"
A sudden flashback of memories - "Come on, kid. One step, then another; you can do it. - Don't rush it! He can't remember it all the way things are now - Don't worry. He can be good for us, with his background and all -"
"It's all yours now, Ryusei," said Kurumi, interrupting Ryusei's thinking. Shaking his head as he forced all his thoughts away, he nodded then made his way to the bathroom with his towel as Kurumi stepped aside, wrapped in a towel.
"What the hell was that all about...?" wondered the boy as he took his shower.
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"The Anima and Animus alignment is complete. They are in the perfect age."
"Perfect age? We don't even know where they are now; how do you know their age?"
"According to the records that we have here, 'He' is seventeen and 'She' is sixteen."
"That long?"
"Exactly. Their mitochondrial energy patterns, although distinct to be detected by us, will be easily found by their 'children'."
"'Phase Three' has been initialized, I see."
"Exactly. The time is now. 'Mahanon' is near completion. Their 'children' are 'reborn'. And so should they."
"Should we deploy the children?"
"Make sure to have the 'Keepers' watch over them. We cannot have the 'children' fooling around now; time is too precious."
"Well said. So, a little 'test run' to see how the 'children' will perform shall be necessary."
"Deploy it somewhere where 'Eve''s mitochondrial pattern was last found. Their 'children' will pick up the scent."
=================================================================================
Pretty soon, everyone in the 'Den' began to rush to the dining hall, unable to resist their grumbling stomachs. Breakfast was now officially served, ranging from bacon to eggs to sausages...
Then, it lead to the usual target pratice in the shooting range, ten people plus Aya trying to outmark each other in accuracy. When suddenly -
The alarm sounded. Aya suddenly turned to ask to DKB, "What's going on?"
"An alarm call. Usually when we're summoned to do a job," answered DKB, then he and Karpah headed to the control room while the others followed as well, including their two guests. Upon entering the room, everyone sat down around the huge table in the center as the monitor sprang to life, showing someone's face Aya recognized as the Chief of Police.
"Water Serpents, you've been tasked to do a job. Some freaky creatures just emerged in Sunbay Apartments, slaughtered our whole SWAT team, and killed all the civilians. We're not sure, but if there's anybody left in that building, please save 'em." After the transmission, DKB stood up.
"Well, Water Serpents, we got our job to do. Let's go," he addressed them, and suddenly everyone left to gather their weapons and equipment.
"How about us?" asked Aya.
"Don't worry. Some of us will stay behind so no need to fret. I'll have SMOLDAR, HeavenKnight and Barrakudas stay behind here. The rest will be with me."
"Sunbay Apartments...that's were we were staying," said Eve. "Could...could there be a connection?"
"Maybe," said Karpah, cocking her Beretta M92F. "All we know's we got a job to do."