-THREE-
That night, Lilly used the Internet like heck. She visited the many and best search engines, searching for topics like: "mad scientist", or "crazy experiments", even "Chirika Hanimato". She searched thoroughly, and found many websites of scientists. And at the same time, observed current newspapers.
There was one site that gave her info. It was an article in the newspaper about a week ago reporting a female scientist's murdering. Chirika, Lilly thought right away, and skimmed the page. Nothing much, except that the newspaper considered the fact that the female scientist was part of the "Vice Crew", and did not explain what it was.
She went to the library with Kristen the next morning, where they searched in archived newspapers about any Vice Crew. Dating about ten years ago, there was a short article of an explosion at a municipal building, where they were hunting for people to take organs out of them for another crazy experiment.
At the same time, they vanished, but were found in the abandoned and wrecked municipal building, which was chosen to be their hideout. Many believed that they quickly fled when they were discovered and broke up, never to seen again.
"No," Kristen said, "I betcha they're back. Somewhere in Philino City."
After that, they took a trip to the floral that the Weiss owned, but now they were florists. (Florists by day, assassins by night!) It was even more crowded that day, and Omi got to smuggle the two behind the counter and to the room behind it, where only they were allowed.
"So," Lilly said after she had shared her information. "What do you think?"
"I could of done it," Omi said right away. "I could of researched."
"Omi is the smart guy around here," Ken said right away.
Lilly pouted. "We'll see."
Kristen laughed. "Lilly is very smart. Anyways. You've been fighting crime like us, right? Do you know any strange, dark places?"
There was silent pause. The clock tick-tocked, and they all stared at each other.
"T-there are a lot of places that are deserted," said Omi. "One is. Dare Street."
"I go past that place a lot." Lilly thought out loud. "Come to think of it, I never really looked through there."
"There's also Noir Street," Ken mumbled quietly.
Just then, before Kristen could comment, Aya burst through the door, looking strongly disturbed.
"There's a huge riot in the street!"
Kristen stood up. "What?!"
Lilly got up also. "Come on, Kris! We'll take a look, you guys need to take care of the shop!"
They both stood up, and Lilly dashed out the door, while Ken grabbed Kristen's wrist. She stopped. "I'll come with you, three is good enough for the shop," he demanded, as she reddened in her face again.
"That's cool with me," she said, half smiling.
"Great!" he grinned.
Lilly poked her head in the room. "Let's get going!" she said impatiently. Then she paused, seeing their hands together. Kristen hastily wrenched her hand out. "What?" Lilly's eyes became slits, it was her look of suspicion. She said nothing, and they all headed out the door.
Sprinting down the street like heck, Lilly's eye caught a creature that wasn't exactly human, but it wasn't not a human either! It knocked into people recklessly, and tossed people aside with its giant claws. People panicked, as some could only face the creature and faint. Aya told the people in the shop to stay calm, and shut the metal door down. Ken tossed a gun to Kristen, while Lilly hollered to him that she wasn't old enough to touch one. "Don't laugh at me!" she yelled, still running. "When I'm a year older, I'll have a sharp aim. Trust that!" "Alright then!" Ken said. "Catch this!" A dagger spun towards her, and she forcefully snatched it, and caught the other tossed right after that. Sweet, Lilly thought, looking at the gleaming blade. These guys are ready for anything at anytime! She skidded around the corner, and frowned when she saw the creature levitate over the road. She frowned, and took the risk. "Here goes nutten," she muttered as she ran into the street. Cars beeped, and screeched to a halting stop. Kristen ran through them, and Ken leaped on car after car, and landed on the other side. Lilly was tired of running. "HEY YOU!" she screamed, and threw a dagger point first straight at the creature's face. It was at full speed, and aimed deadly at its face, as it turned around. it's gleaming red eyes. it saw the dagger intended at the dead center. It seemed to late for it to realize what was happening. But. All in a quick flash and great agility, it caught the metal weapon in between its two hands, the point of the blade just an inch away from its nose. And tossed the weapon back at Lilly, who just in time, leaped to the side. "That didn't phase it?!" Ken asked, stopping at the scene when he caught up. They looked at the horrid sight of the monster. It looked at them threateningly, and its hands were cut and streaming with blood because of the dagger. It didn't seem to notice the blood dripping slowly to the ground. "It's Microbe59," Lilly breathed. It was easy to tell, the Microbe59 was once a female human, but the Microbe had infested her, causing the innocent woman to distort into the menacing mutant creature. It roared, and gripped its hands into fists, making the blood drip rapidly. It was a loud roar, and her mouth was stretched open immensely, face looking into the sky. "I guess that would be the message to leave!" Kristen shrieked, as they made a run. Kristen turned her face once in a while and shot at it, but it only swiftly dodged the coming bullets. Ken shot as well, and suddenly, it entered straight into the chest. It stopped. "Is that all?" Ken asked, staring. Microbe59's head tilted down, gasping. "Wait!" Lilly yelled. A disgusting sight was seen. It reached its hand into its ripped chest, and after a while of trying to find something, it retrieved a bullet, all sticky with rich, oozing, dark blood. Again, it seemed painless to it. "Time to run again!" Ken yelled. "SHIT! I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!" Kristen hollered tensely. Microbe59 suddenly burst to full speed, blood spraying everywhere, and people shrieked in the streets. A single touch of the blood sent them burning on fire, and melting to the ground. Chaos was burning with fury, as everyone ran, or hid in spots, a little lost girl cried for her Mom, and a trickle of 59's blood stroked her cheek, and she was silenced forever in the ashes. Things were looking bad, and Lilly, Kristen, and Ken became desperate on what to do. Then. It started off quietly, faint. "Do you hear that?" Lilly suddenly stopped. It gradually grew to something audible. "I hear it now," Ken said quietly. It was a whistling tune. Everyone in the streets paused, murmuring, confused. "I-it's," Kristen listened. "It's Fur Elise. By Beethoven." It was true. Tune grew louder, and every ear heard it. The streets were quiet, and everyone held their breath. It was clear, and distinct. Microbe59 suddenly froze, and in a slow motion, flew into air, and off into west the distance without a sound, as if possessed. The music ended. It was over. Gradually, Philino City went back to its ways continuing their business, as if nothing happened. Only the three of them remained unmoved. "What just happened?" Ken glared. "It will be back," Lilly said. "It's not really over." There was a pause. "Let's go back to the shop," Kristen said, after a while, and they agreed.
That night, Lilly used the Internet like heck. She visited the many and best search engines, searching for topics like: "mad scientist", or "crazy experiments", even "Chirika Hanimato". She searched thoroughly, and found many websites of scientists. And at the same time, observed current newspapers.
There was one site that gave her info. It was an article in the newspaper about a week ago reporting a female scientist's murdering. Chirika, Lilly thought right away, and skimmed the page. Nothing much, except that the newspaper considered the fact that the female scientist was part of the "Vice Crew", and did not explain what it was.
She went to the library with Kristen the next morning, where they searched in archived newspapers about any Vice Crew. Dating about ten years ago, there was a short article of an explosion at a municipal building, where they were hunting for people to take organs out of them for another crazy experiment.
At the same time, they vanished, but were found in the abandoned and wrecked municipal building, which was chosen to be their hideout. Many believed that they quickly fled when they were discovered and broke up, never to seen again.
"No," Kristen said, "I betcha they're back. Somewhere in Philino City."
After that, they took a trip to the floral that the Weiss owned, but now they were florists. (Florists by day, assassins by night!) It was even more crowded that day, and Omi got to smuggle the two behind the counter and to the room behind it, where only they were allowed.
"So," Lilly said after she had shared her information. "What do you think?"
"I could of done it," Omi said right away. "I could of researched."
"Omi is the smart guy around here," Ken said right away.
Lilly pouted. "We'll see."
Kristen laughed. "Lilly is very smart. Anyways. You've been fighting crime like us, right? Do you know any strange, dark places?"
There was silent pause. The clock tick-tocked, and they all stared at each other.
"T-there are a lot of places that are deserted," said Omi. "One is. Dare Street."
"I go past that place a lot." Lilly thought out loud. "Come to think of it, I never really looked through there."
"There's also Noir Street," Ken mumbled quietly.
Just then, before Kristen could comment, Aya burst through the door, looking strongly disturbed.
"There's a huge riot in the street!"
Kristen stood up. "What?!"
Lilly got up also. "Come on, Kris! We'll take a look, you guys need to take care of the shop!"
They both stood up, and Lilly dashed out the door, while Ken grabbed Kristen's wrist. She stopped. "I'll come with you, three is good enough for the shop," he demanded, as she reddened in her face again.
"That's cool with me," she said, half smiling.
"Great!" he grinned.
Lilly poked her head in the room. "Let's get going!" she said impatiently. Then she paused, seeing their hands together. Kristen hastily wrenched her hand out. "What?" Lilly's eyes became slits, it was her look of suspicion. She said nothing, and they all headed out the door.
Sprinting down the street like heck, Lilly's eye caught a creature that wasn't exactly human, but it wasn't not a human either! It knocked into people recklessly, and tossed people aside with its giant claws. People panicked, as some could only face the creature and faint. Aya told the people in the shop to stay calm, and shut the metal door down. Ken tossed a gun to Kristen, while Lilly hollered to him that she wasn't old enough to touch one. "Don't laugh at me!" she yelled, still running. "When I'm a year older, I'll have a sharp aim. Trust that!" "Alright then!" Ken said. "Catch this!" A dagger spun towards her, and she forcefully snatched it, and caught the other tossed right after that. Sweet, Lilly thought, looking at the gleaming blade. These guys are ready for anything at anytime! She skidded around the corner, and frowned when she saw the creature levitate over the road. She frowned, and took the risk. "Here goes nutten," she muttered as she ran into the street. Cars beeped, and screeched to a halting stop. Kristen ran through them, and Ken leaped on car after car, and landed on the other side. Lilly was tired of running. "HEY YOU!" she screamed, and threw a dagger point first straight at the creature's face. It was at full speed, and aimed deadly at its face, as it turned around. it's gleaming red eyes. it saw the dagger intended at the dead center. It seemed to late for it to realize what was happening. But. All in a quick flash and great agility, it caught the metal weapon in between its two hands, the point of the blade just an inch away from its nose. And tossed the weapon back at Lilly, who just in time, leaped to the side. "That didn't phase it?!" Ken asked, stopping at the scene when he caught up. They looked at the horrid sight of the monster. It looked at them threateningly, and its hands were cut and streaming with blood because of the dagger. It didn't seem to notice the blood dripping slowly to the ground. "It's Microbe59," Lilly breathed. It was easy to tell, the Microbe59 was once a female human, but the Microbe had infested her, causing the innocent woman to distort into the menacing mutant creature. It roared, and gripped its hands into fists, making the blood drip rapidly. It was a loud roar, and her mouth was stretched open immensely, face looking into the sky. "I guess that would be the message to leave!" Kristen shrieked, as they made a run. Kristen turned her face once in a while and shot at it, but it only swiftly dodged the coming bullets. Ken shot as well, and suddenly, it entered straight into the chest. It stopped. "Is that all?" Ken asked, staring. Microbe59's head tilted down, gasping. "Wait!" Lilly yelled. A disgusting sight was seen. It reached its hand into its ripped chest, and after a while of trying to find something, it retrieved a bullet, all sticky with rich, oozing, dark blood. Again, it seemed painless to it. "Time to run again!" Ken yelled. "SHIT! I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!" Kristen hollered tensely. Microbe59 suddenly burst to full speed, blood spraying everywhere, and people shrieked in the streets. A single touch of the blood sent them burning on fire, and melting to the ground. Chaos was burning with fury, as everyone ran, or hid in spots, a little lost girl cried for her Mom, and a trickle of 59's blood stroked her cheek, and she was silenced forever in the ashes. Things were looking bad, and Lilly, Kristen, and Ken became desperate on what to do. Then. It started off quietly, faint. "Do you hear that?" Lilly suddenly stopped. It gradually grew to something audible. "I hear it now," Ken said quietly. It was a whistling tune. Everyone in the streets paused, murmuring, confused. "I-it's," Kristen listened. "It's Fur Elise. By Beethoven." It was true. Tune grew louder, and every ear heard it. The streets were quiet, and everyone held their breath. It was clear, and distinct. Microbe59 suddenly froze, and in a slow motion, flew into air, and off into west the distance without a sound, as if possessed. The music ended. It was over. Gradually, Philino City went back to its ways continuing their business, as if nothing happened. Only the three of them remained unmoved. "What just happened?" Ken glared. "It will be back," Lilly said. "It's not really over." There was a pause. "Let's go back to the shop," Kristen said, after a while, and they agreed.
