DATE : May 04 DAY : Friday TIME : 7:00 a,m.
A fleeting smile , lost in the glare of the sunlight . That was what Aya remembered of his comrade . Now he was gone . Stolen by those goddamned assholes , §chwarz . He turned to glance at Omi and Yohji who were pretending that nothing was wrong , that Ken wasn't missing
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Who were they fooling ? They were just cheating themselves ...
The girls had been asking for him . The shrieking mob of fangirls said that they wanted to see him . Where has he gone ? The only answer was , he's taken a week off . Is a week enough to find him ? My sister has been with Schwarz for about five goddamned months . Am I so sure that within a week I am going to find my … friend ?
After all , he's the closest I have been to someone after I became Aya . Must the two most important people in the world to me go ?
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Yohji stole a glance at their leader , who as usual was going about his business . Not a touch of emotion bothered that pallid face , as if he was dealing with the usual happenings . Well , this was the first time they've ever lost someone in the team , and he didn't even bat an eye . Damn him !
Omi was lost in thought . What if he could find the signal of Ken's transmitter ? But he'd tried that , not even the weakest signal came through . Well , his communicator could probably work , but then , he'd have to be the one to contact them before they could find anything .
What else can they do ? They had never in their wildest dreams , expected this move . Who would have thought that the §chwarz would have an interest in a member in the Weiß ? They wanted to kill all four of them , that much was given, but why kidnap him ?
Were they going to torture him ? Were they going to torture him until he gave all the secrets of Weiß? But they don't really need that , the red- haired telepath can do that without trouble . What could their motive be ?
Omi rubbed his temples . He was having trouble with his eyes nowadays . Maybe he should take a break , his head was throbbing painfully . Maybe he should take a couple of aspirins . Come to think about it , maybe he should take three .
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DATE : May 04 DAY : Friday TIME : 6 :50 p.m.
Manx surveyed the Koneko no Sumu Ie , it was dark , almost lifeless . She sighed . If only Persia had assigned Birman to tell them … it was going to be one of the hardest things she was ever going to do , and perhaps Birman would be able to control them better , after all , she had a rule about remaining detached to her operatives , and Manx thought that would help her a lot during these circumstances . Too bad she never had a principle like that .
Those men aren't the most docile people on earth , and considering their personal histories , they had reason not to be . She took another deep breath .
* Let's just hope they won't manage to kill me by the time I'm through *
As they say , the receiver of bad news always mistakes the bearer of being the cause of it . Steeling herself for the task at hand , she strode forward .
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DATE : May 04 DAY : Friday TIME : 7:32 p.m.
" So what the hell are you trying to say , Manx ?" Yohji slid his sunglasses of his nose and stared directly at Manx , challenging her to even think of lying .
Manx cleared her throat . She knew it wasn't going to be easy .
" Well , before you four even enlisted for the Kritiker , we kept track of you . Your lifestyles , your habits, your family . We have complete information about your jobs , your medical records , your personal affairs even ... everything . We ... they , actually , concocted elaborate plans to get you to engage in the organization . But of course , we had not gone far enough as to kill you acquaintances. That would be preposterous . You could very well say that your enlisting as a Weiß is all ..." Manx struggled to find the right word . " – coincidental . "
She paused .
" Originally , there were supposed to be five of you in the Weiß Kruez team . The one who isn't with you now is the first one chosen , then there was Ken , then you , Yohji, Omi , and then Aya. You were chosen by your compatibility with a certain programming chip , which is highly classified . Even I don't know details about it . The first operative died on a mission , and the body was never found , which is why a prototype of the chip was installed to the next adaptable host ; Ken . During one of your routine checkups , it was said that he had been operated on to situate the chip into his spinal column , tapping into his brain . Even he wasn't told about the existence of the chip inside his body , which is why he doesn't know how to activate it , but somehow , the §chwarz managed to get hold of the information and is after the chip."
Manx raised her eyes and stared at them quietly . " If they're planning to take the chip out ... removing the chip will probably kill him ."
The three Weiß stared at her in dumbfounded silence . Why weren't they told about this ? Goddamn them all !
Suddenly , pandemonium broke out , and the Aya and Yohji started to holler at the top of their voices, Omi shrank against the corner in perturbed mortification . Manx moaned. It didn't go well .
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A fleeting smile , lost in the glare of the sunlight . That was what Aya remembered of his comrade . Now he was gone . Stolen by those goddamned assholes , §chwarz . He turned to glance at Omi and Yohji who were pretending that nothing was wrong , that Ken wasn't missing
† † †
Who were they fooling ? They were just cheating themselves ...
The girls had been asking for him . The shrieking mob of fangirls said that they wanted to see him . Where has he gone ? The only answer was , he's taken a week off . Is a week enough to find him ? My sister has been with Schwarz for about five goddamned months . Am I so sure that within a week I am going to find my … friend ?
After all , he's the closest I have been to someone after I became Aya . Must the two most important people in the world to me go ?
† † †
Yohji stole a glance at their leader , who as usual was going about his business . Not a touch of emotion bothered that pallid face , as if he was dealing with the usual happenings . Well , this was the first time they've ever lost someone in the team , and he didn't even bat an eye . Damn him !
Omi was lost in thought . What if he could find the signal of Ken's transmitter ? But he'd tried that , not even the weakest signal came through . Well , his communicator could probably work , but then , he'd have to be the one to contact them before they could find anything .
What else can they do ? They had never in their wildest dreams , expected this move . Who would have thought that the §chwarz would have an interest in a member in the Weiß ? They wanted to kill all four of them , that much was given, but why kidnap him ?
Were they going to torture him ? Were they going to torture him until he gave all the secrets of Weiß? But they don't really need that , the red- haired telepath can do that without trouble . What could their motive be ?
Omi rubbed his temples . He was having trouble with his eyes nowadays . Maybe he should take a break , his head was throbbing painfully . Maybe he should take a couple of aspirins . Come to think about it , maybe he should take three .
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DATE : May 04 DAY : Friday TIME : 6 :50 p.m.
Manx surveyed the Koneko no Sumu Ie , it was dark , almost lifeless . She sighed . If only Persia had assigned Birman to tell them … it was going to be one of the hardest things she was ever going to do , and perhaps Birman would be able to control them better , after all , she had a rule about remaining detached to her operatives , and Manx thought that would help her a lot during these circumstances . Too bad she never had a principle like that .
Those men aren't the most docile people on earth , and considering their personal histories , they had reason not to be . She took another deep breath .
* Let's just hope they won't manage to kill me by the time I'm through *
As they say , the receiver of bad news always mistakes the bearer of being the cause of it . Steeling herself for the task at hand , she strode forward .
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DATE : May 04 DAY : Friday TIME : 7:32 p.m.
" So what the hell are you trying to say , Manx ?" Yohji slid his sunglasses of his nose and stared directly at Manx , challenging her to even think of lying .
Manx cleared her throat . She knew it wasn't going to be easy .
" Well , before you four even enlisted for the Kritiker , we kept track of you . Your lifestyles , your habits, your family . We have complete information about your jobs , your medical records , your personal affairs even ... everything . We ... they , actually , concocted elaborate plans to get you to engage in the organization . But of course , we had not gone far enough as to kill you acquaintances. That would be preposterous . You could very well say that your enlisting as a Weiß is all ..." Manx struggled to find the right word . " – coincidental . "
She paused .
" Originally , there were supposed to be five of you in the Weiß Kruez team . The one who isn't with you now is the first one chosen , then there was Ken , then you , Yohji, Omi , and then Aya. You were chosen by your compatibility with a certain programming chip , which is highly classified . Even I don't know details about it . The first operative died on a mission , and the body was never found , which is why a prototype of the chip was installed to the next adaptable host ; Ken . During one of your routine checkups , it was said that he had been operated on to situate the chip into his spinal column , tapping into his brain . Even he wasn't told about the existence of the chip inside his body , which is why he doesn't know how to activate it , but somehow , the §chwarz managed to get hold of the information and is after the chip."
Manx raised her eyes and stared at them quietly . " If they're planning to take the chip out ... removing the chip will probably kill him ."
The three Weiß stared at her in dumbfounded silence . Why weren't they told about this ? Goddamn them all !
Suddenly , pandemonium broke out , and the Aya and Yohji started to holler at the top of their voices, Omi shrank against the corner in perturbed mortification . Manx moaned. It didn't go well .
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