"Dr. Sid, the spirit… is it a match?" Matt asked trying hard to ignore Sora's presence.
"Yes, Captain Ishida." He acknowledged, "But we've encountered another problem. The spirit wave isn't complete… instead of 7 waves we need 8." Dr. Sid explained.
Sora was furious, she should have ran a more proper test of the wave. If she had none of this would have happened. She about to argue with this, but stalled when Izzy butted in.
"Sorry to interrupt your forum, but we got trouble." Izzy informed. Suddenly an explosion was heard outside the lab.
"Looks like G-man wants a piece of us," Taichi said loading his weapon. (Author's Notes: G-man as in General Hein)
"He's outside… probably with 15 to 20 men. Captain?" Joe inquired loading his weapon as well.
"Dr. Sid, have you located the spirit's location?" He questioned him hastily.
"I…"
Dr. Sid tried to answer but the answers seem boundless.
Sora step up from the computer and cut in on their conversation.
"We can't." She noted, "They have shut down all of our computers, the only way is from space, my zero gravity lab. That's the only place we can search for the spirit wave."
"Ok then let's get moving," Matt shouted out.
Suddenly the siren blared through the shelter. The whole place blacked out, and everything went pitch black.
"What's going on?" Mimi asked the party.
"I have no idea… but at least G-man stopped knocking at our door." Tai said in relief.
In the darkness, Yamato reached for his headpiece and called T.K
"Takeru can you hear me?" Matt asked him.
"Not to well *BZZT* Matt we have a situation out here! The aliens are attacking the shelter! I don't know how it happened but you have to get out of here as soon as possi- *SCREAM* Oh God! Kari!" Then the line was dead.
Matt ran for the door and shot the main switch switching everything to manual. He grabbed the slid of the door and pulled it open. The lights burned his eyes for a moment. When his eyes finally adjusted to the light, it was greeted by the sight of lifeless body on the floor.
"Damn it what happened!?" Taichi said walking amidst the scattered body.
"Deep Eyes, you better put on your headpieces." Jyou said as he looked in shock through his headpiece.
"I think you don't have to Jyou," Matt said. Jyou pulled the headpiece away to see the luminescent glow visible to his naked eye.
"Captain! Why can we see them now?!" Jyou said shooting down the creature.
"They've must have entered through the cables into the city! The traces of the particle of electron must have made them visible to us." Yamato said as they retreated back for cover.
"Move!" Matt ordered as they entered the elevator stuffing all six of them in the cramped lift. Just when they thought they were safe the luminescent tentacles penetrated through the lifts door almost caught Matt's leg.
"Ok who here have an aircraft we could borrow!" Matt asked, shooting the damned thing down.
"I have," Sora answered, barely dodging the luminescent body.
Computer: Fourth Floor
"Ok get out, here!" Sora said pushing us out of the elevator, "Go straight towards the landing site my aircraft is situated at the G-273 docking site."
Tai nodded and lead the group to the landing site. Yamato was about to follow when he look back to see the floor cracking open between him, Jyou, Dr. Sid and Tai's party.
"Captain!" Tai yelled.
"Get to the aircraft first, if I don't come in 2 minutes. Just leave!" Matt shouted to Tai. The entire floor cracked and Matt, Jyou and Dr. Sid slides of the cracked floor.
"Hang on!" Matt said grabbing the edge of the cracked floor. He gritted his teeth trying to stand the weight of Jyou and Dr. Sid on his hand.
Suddenly a large concrete piece clouded over them, falling freely towards the helpless party. The hard concrete crashed into the hanging party, dust flays everywhere. The party were nowhere to be seen amidst the thick debris.
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Docking Area
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Taichi ran at full pace to the landing site with Sora, Mimi and Izzy not far behind him.
"Sora!" Mimi yelled, "Is that your aircraft?" She asked pointing toward a sphere like aircraft near the docking area.
"Yes." Sora said her face lighting up a bit to see it.
The four delightful faces suddenly turned into a frown as they got a clearer view of the aircraft.
The four of them looked at the aircraft, locked to the docking area.
"Burn them in Hell!! Those M**her F**king D*ck thinks their so smart!" Mimi yelled stomping her feet numerously to the hard ground.
"Tai… tell me Jyou's not going to someday marry this girl." Izzy said sweat dropping.
"He better not, I know I won't ." Taichi sighed, watching Mimi continually cursed everyone she could think of at that moment.
Sora ignored their chattering and grabbed Koshirou with her into the plane.
"Mimi, Tai! Try to unlock the security device. Koshirou and I will start the plane! Hurry we don't have much time." Sora told them hastily as she and Koushirou rushed inside the aircraft.
"Computer Dr. Takenouchi Sora." Sora said as she hopped and landed on the pilot's seat
Computer: ID confirmed Dr. Sora Takenouchi. You are prohibited to enter this area. You are prohibited to enter this area. You are-
Sora pulled the wire to the computer speakers. "Sorry." Sora said to the computer and powered up the aircraft.
"Doctor?!" Mimi voiced called from the headpiece.
"Yes, I read you." Sora answered, "Is anything wrong?"
"Taichi's dead." Mimi said, her voice was shaking but she's trying to control it, "I can't get the security device off. I need back up."
"I got you, I'm sending Izzy out." She said fingering the headpiece lightly, ending the call.
Sora inhaled deeply, and placed her elbow on the counter. Both her hand rested on her temple. He fingered the headpiece once more and called for Izzy. Before she could speak, Izzy answered through the headpiece he was actually listening in the whole time. "Tai's really gone?"
Sora sighed as an acknowledgment.
There was a moment of silence and Sora heard the aircraft door open. "I'm going to help Mimi. Sora, any news on Matt?" Izzy asked.
"Nothing yet. Over." Sora said, turning of their communication.
Sora viewed the screen on her computer, the news went on. The newscaster continued to ramble as the screen shows innocent people running for their lives. Sora watched in pain as she watched the innocent people fall to the floor as they came in contact with the luminescent glow. Their spirit trapped inside the glowing luminescent creature.
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Another Part of the Shelter
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The air was silent, the music of death played mercilessly on the background. Dead body lied everywhere scattered like trash.
A creak.
On a mountain of concrete a hand burst out of the debris. A blond headed figure stepped out of the pile of remains gasping for oxygen. He dragged his body and slumped on the ground. His shimmering blond hair covered with gray debris. His face heavily stained with blood. He checked his body for the wounds, but they were none. Not far in front of him a body lay under a large piece of rock. The blue hair was unmistakable.
"JYOU!" Matt yelled dashing towards his injured friend.
Jyou smile at the sight of his friend on his side.
"Captain, Dr. Sid..." Joe said pointing to his right.
Matt looked at the direction he's pointing. There he saw the old man trying to get up. He went to the old man's side and help him get on his feet. They quickly moved over to Jyou.
Matt carefully put the old man down on an abandoned vehicle and attended to Jyou.
"I'm going to pull you out, hold on." Matt said. He placed his hand under Jyou's arm and tried to pull him out.
Jyou screamed in pain as his crushed leg moved slowly. The concrete was to heavy Matt couldn't pull him out.
Not far away, an animal like luminescent glow headed towards them. Matt let go of one hand grabbed for his
e-tad gun and fired at the creature. The creature backed up, but quickly regained it's composure and forwarded towards them.
The large glowing creature was coming towards them at rapid speed. Matt tried his best to get Joe out of the heavy concrete lying on top of his leg.
"Leave me here!" Jyou said pushing Yamato away.
"You are going with me and that's an order!" Matt said as he got up and tried pulling out Jyou again.
"It's no use, all my bones are crushed. I can't walk even if I got out of this." Jyou said, "I need a whole paramedic plus some cute doctor like Sora to save me even if I got out." He joked, "Now leave, Sora's waiting for you. Don't worry I got myself armed." He said pulling out his gun.
"Be here when I get back, ok. I'll get you the paramedics the cute doctor, but not Sora! You've got Mimi to worry about if she finds out!" Matt teased as he picked up Dr. Sid and puts him on a vehicle he found. He got to the drivers seat and started the engine.
Dr. Sid gave Yamato a look.
"Captain Ishida, do you have any idea on driving this thing?" Dr. Sid asked him.
"Well…" He said giving him a confidence look, "Not exactly… so why don't we see how good I'll handle this baby."
Dr. Sid fastened his seat belt and braced himself as Yamato plumed through the unstable shelter.
"Now where's that docking area," He said driving swiftly under the alien gigantic foot. "So, Dr. Sid ever handled a cake mixer before?" Matt asked him.
"No… why the curiosity?" He questioned him, puzzled.
"Great, I'm going to give you a chance to experience using it!" Matt said pushing a button as a giant size machine gun emerged from the back of the vehicle.
"You call that a cake mixer?" The old guy stammered sweat dropping.
"It rotates." Matt inquired.
Dr. Sid carefully climbed to the back as the car rowed back and forth. He quickly clung to the machine gun for his dear life.
"See the button at the sides?" Matt asked.
Dr. Sid looked at the side and see what Matt mentioned.
"Push that button and start mixing!" He said as he slammed on the brakes. The car hurled onto a sideway position and Dr. Sid opens fire at the aliens tailing them.
Firing 200 bullets a second should have killed it or at least wounded the creature but the luminescent creature kept coming closer and closer towards them.
Realizing that they'll get squashed if they don't move their sorry ass out of that place Matt pulled the gear to 5 and stomped on the fuel, moving just in time saving themselves from being squashed and dinner at the same time.
Matt desperately searched for a way out driving aimlessly and unwisely as Dr. Sid called it, he saw it. The exit. Well no… more like a glass wall that could be their only ticket out of there and away from the oversized glow in the dark squid chasing them.
"Hey doctor!" Matt shouted madly.
"What now? Sautéing lessons?" Dr. Sid said, expecting the worst.
"You really have talent for understatement, just imagine this as a shower inside a washing machine." Matt said driving straight towards the glass wall.
Dr. Sid gripped on his seatbelt and closed his eyes as they clashed into the thick glass. The car crashed on a solid ground sliding a little bit as it impacted.
"You okay?" Matt asked him.
Dr. Sid face was blue, well more like a bright green. Matt laughed and drove off feeling a pang of guilt for scaring the shit out of the old man.
"Hello! If anyone receiving this message please, reply! I repeat! Please reply!" shouted a voice from the headpiece.
Matt fingered his headpiece and replied to the message.
"This is captain Yamato Ishida, I received your message." He said.
"Matt!? It's me Sora! We're leaving in 20 seconds," The communication was interrupted for a while, "Where are you? IS everyone ok?" Sora asked him.
"I'm nearing your aircraft as we speak, Dr. Sid is with me. Sora do me a favor call Mimi up for me, Jyou left a message for her," Yamato requested. Sora knew what was coming. Jyou was dead.
"Matt don't tell her! Please!" Sora begged. Matt gave a pause. Then almost immediately he ended the call.
"Yamato! Chutto matte yo!" Sora fumed.
The tire screeched as Matt stopped the car.
The entire area was already crawling with aliens moving towards them. Sora readied for take off waiting for a signal from Mimi noting when the security device have been disengage.
Dr. Sid headed for the aircraft while Matt worked his way towards Mimi and Izzy.
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Security Device Mechanism
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"Mimi, how's everything out there?" Izzy asked, trying to strike up a conversation.
"It's looking better than Hawaii!" Mimi stated, shooting at the aliens circling them.
"Is it going to take any longer? Coz man, am I bored!" Mimi whined and yawned patting her mouth with her other free hand.
There was only the sound of her gun blaring, he looked backed to see Izzy lying there pale. The alien's tentacles encircled him pulling away his spirit.
"Damned you!" Mimi said shooting at the creature.
"Mimi behind you!" Matt warned.
Mimi looked back to see herself being outnumbered 1 to god knows how many aliens. Mimi stayed there stunned. Two of her friends died fighting beside her. She just stared and looked at the alien coming closer and closer. Matt shot an alien away from Mimi.
At the sudden explosion Mimi stirred back to reality. He looked to see only Matt and Dr. Sid in her sight. Her heart broke.
'No… Not Jyou too!' She screamed mentally.
She fired at the alien pointlessly. Her face filled with sparks of anger. The gun stopped, she had already run out of bullets. She checks her belt pocket to see one grenade left. She stared at the security device and then to Matt.
With a tiny wave she bit the pin off and threw it at the security device. An explosion erupted shaking the place. Matt watched as the alien snatched Mimi up, her spirit slowly escaped her body. The locked was destroyed and the aircraft soared to the sky.
This was the end of his life. Matt looked around him. He was unarmed and surrounded. He didn't manage to get on the ship.
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On the Aircraft
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"This whole place is going to fall down any minute!" Dr. Sid said.
"But Matt's still alive!" Sora inquired, "We can't leave him!"
"We have to Sora! It's too risky to turn back now!" Dr. Sid tried to persuade.
Then something got her eye. It was a platform not far away from Matt. Dr. Sid looked at the platform then looked back at Sora. Having the ability to read the young girls heart he nodded.
"Captain Ishida, this is Dr. Sid. We need you to move to the platform about 12 meters away from you!" Dr. Sid commanded as Sora drove the aircraft towards the ship.
She set the craft on auto and ran towards the opening hatch.
There she saw Matt on the platform slightly panting after having to run all the way there.
Matt tried to grab on but his leg was hurting. Sora reached out her hand to firmly grasp his.
Sora cringed as she scrambled to pull Matt up. Finally they both safely boarded the aircraft. Dr. Sid pushed the close button and the hatchway closed.
"Welcome back Captain Ishida." Dr. Sid said through the intercom of the craft.
Outside the window they saw many other escape pods lighting the dark atmosphere escaping the city. Then with a blink of an eye the shelter exploded.
"I didn't even get to say goodbye," Sora murmured softly. Her soft lips quivered as she spoke.
There I was looking at Sora, she was breaking in front of him and he was completely clueless of what to do.
Suddenly they were floating, Matt who wasn't used to zero gravity slammed his leg against one of the equipment. His face turned red at he pain, he gritted his teeth trying not to scream but a grunt escaped.
Sora's head turned to the source of the noise. She immediately dried up the tears and went to Matt.
"What's wrong?' She asked holding Matt on the shoulder, trying to steady him from floating away.
"Nothing. Just admiring your equipment here," Matt said trying to pat the object but failed. Failing to reach it as he drifted away from the object.
Sora watched curiously.
Then a dark rich liquid floated up from Matt's leg. Sora grabbed the liquid un her hand and rubbed it gently. The liquid smered into a red mark on her hand.
'Blood?' Sora gasped.
Matt tried to get away but ended up twirling into 360 flip.
Sora stopped Matt and looked at his leg.
His pant's was already soaked with blood. In the middle of the wound a glass shard stick out.
She had to pull the glass out and stopped the bleeding or in zero gravity all his blood will be sucked out of his body and he'll turn into living Popsicle.
She gently placed her hand between Matt's lips.
"Hold on," Sora said as she gripped on the glass and pulled it out. The pain was unbearable. He wanted to scream but Sora's hand stopped him from doing so. His teeth dug deep the skin of her hand as he tried to bear with the pain. The glass was discarded from his skin.
Sora feel Matt's teeth loosening on her hand, she bit her lip as the pain from his bite lingered on her hand. Sora plastered a smile on her face and attained a scissor from a box.
"I hope this isn't your favourite pants," Sora tried to joked as she cut through the fabric of the pants to reveal his wounded leg. She examined the wound on his thigh. The gash was quite big and deep, his flesh was showing from out of his wound.
"It'll need stitches," Sora informed him and her eyes flinching as she looked at the injury. She drift towards the cabinet and took out a sewing kit from it.
"Well we don't have a surgery room, but I'll guess we have to improvise." Sora said. She placed the needle on the heater and slides a yarn through.
Sora puts her hand back into Matt's mouth.
"Just bite my hand if it hurts," Sora said as she cautiously inserted the hot needle into Matt's skin. The pressure increased between Sora's hand and Matt's sharp teeth. Sora bit her lip and continued to thread through, closing the wound.
After hours of agonizing pain the surgery ended. Sora charily wrapped the wound with a clean cloth. Both of them were sweating.
"Finished." Sora said simply as the tied the last knot.
Sora wiped the sweat on Matt's forehead, her hand brushing against his hair. 'His hair is… soo soft.' She said quietly.
Matt was peacefully asleep on Sora's bed and thoroughly strapped in to stop him from floating away while he's sleeping.
Sora turned around to walk away but then she felt a large hand grabbing her wrist. Sora winced as the hand touched the part of her hand that Matt bite on.
"Sorry," Matt apologized. He bends down to look at her hand. Fresh red mark covered her hand. His face flashed as he got an idea, he took a bandage and started bandaging Sora's hand.
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After a While
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Sora's hand looked like it was mummified. Matt tied the last knot.
Sora chuckled.
"I guess I don't make such a good doctor." Matt said rubbing the back of his head.
Then here eyes caught hers. Her eyes were dwelling with so much questions with no answers.
"Can we make it?" Sora whispered to him. "First it was 7, then it got to 8. What if we need to fine a ninth, or a tenth spirit?" Sora uttered out.
"And what if this thing doesn't work?" Sora almost shouted.
"Sora, I may not be some expert on science and all, but from what you've shown me. I believe… it will work Sora." He assured. He unfastened the strap around him and raised his hand to her cheeks.
"Trust me, I know." Matt breathed out.
Slowly he felt his body drifts closer to her. It's as if gravity was pulling him towards her. In fact it was! Matt tried to stop.
Moments later their lips met.
Matt quickly pulled away floating upside down. His face flushed red. Matt desperately tries to balance himself but his body was wafted out of control pushing her to the wall. Matt breathed uncomfortable to Sora's face. They were so close.
Matt place both hands on either side of Sora trying to get off of her but then he felt Sora's hand stalled him. Her lips brushed against his, provoking him to lean closer to her.
Her lip's was soft, like cotton candy melting inside his mouth. His injured leg didn't bother him anymore. Sora grabbed a handful of his hair and pushed him deeper into the intense kiss.
Sora parted her lips letting her tongue slide into old territories. She remembered their teen years when they were insanely crazy for eachother.
Matt smiled in their kiss.
They glided together through the ship tangled in eachother's hand as the star showered out the window in magnificent glitters of light and hope.
(Author's Notes: I've lost my homework!! And schools in less than 24 days!!!)