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"Lucian...Lucian..."
Lucian saw her mother's face looking down at her. She looked around and saw the dark shelter that they ended up in. Lennia was screaming frantically.
"Mom...Len...is everything okay?" Lucian asked, a bit stunned. She tried to sit up, but Rosien urged her to sit back down.
"Don't sit up dear. You have a serious gash on your head. You'll aggravate the wound."
Lucian reached back and touched the spot where the gash was. It was sticky, and her hair was matted. She removed her hand and saw that it was covered in nothing but blood. She gasped.
"Mom, what happened?" Lucian softly asked, yet her mother heard her over Lennia's frenetic cries.
"Something happened on the surface. We will be staying here until conditions improve." Rosien responded as she walked over to Lucian with a roll of cloth bandages for Lucian's head.
Lucian suddenly felt a feeling of relief. She was here, albeit injured, with her mother and sister. She wanted her father to be with her, this way she could feel more like a family.
Suddenly a spirit appeared. It was the outline of a body, yet was glowing. The spirit was armed with a katana-like blade. He walked up to Lennia, shushing her sweetly, and then putting his hand on her forehead. Lennia's eyes began to close, and she fell to the ground, unreponsive. The apparition then walked up to Rosien. Rosien was oblivious to the spirit's presence, though she stood still, smiling at Lucian, as the spirit took it's blade and slashed at her. Rosien's body fell upon Lucian. Lucian looked in shock, and then screamed in horror. The spirit looked in her direction, lowered it's head, and it's lips met hers. It's head rose up, and Lucian screamed maniacally and began to convulse.
"Lucian! Lucian! It's only a dream, stop!"
Shinjiru held on to Lucian tightly as she shook in his bed. He held her tightly to keep her from hurting herself. Her eyes were still closed, so Shinjiru blew on her face, and she immediately opened her eyes.
She stopped convulsing, and sat very still, the complete opposite of her frantic state only a second before. The tears began to well up in her eyes, and then they fell. She began to weep softly.
"Mom, Lennia...where are you?" Lucian softly cried, as Shinjiru looked sadly at her. He knew that this transition was hard for her, being in another world without her mother and sister.
"Lucian, you aren't in this world alone. I know that it's hard for you." Shinjiru brushed away her tears with his finger. She stared up at him, stared deeply in his eyes. He smiled at her. He wished that this could last forever.
They were both disturbed by a loud rapping at the door.
"Is this the residence of Shinjiru Suzuki? Open this door. We have a warrant for you."
Shinjiru walked up to the door and looked out the peephole. He saw three men standing at the door, all of them flashing their badges and IDs.
"Dammit..." Shinjiru swore to himself as he opened up the door.
"What the fuck do you all want?" Shinjiru glared at them.
"You got warrants, big boy," said one of the agents. The agent removed their hat, and Shinjiru discovered that this agent was a beautiful woman. "The cops want you for questioning."
"What the hell do they want me for? Don't you pigs have other things to do?" Shinjiru stared at the other two agents as they threw everything around in his front room.
"You are being suspected of kidnapping." The female agent replied.
"Well, Miss Thang, you can't just get your men to throw my shit around in my apartment. Show me some respect, will ya?" Shinjiru snarled at the female agent as she gestured for the men to check the back. The agents began to move toward the back of the apartment, as a feeling of dread began to fall upon Shinjiru. They busted open the door to his bathroom and pulled down the curtains. Nothing there. They then walked into his bedroom and threw around the mattress. The looked underneath the bed. Nothing. Lucian was hiding in the closet, breathing deeply, yet she was quiet enough for the agents to not hear her. Shinjiru began to storm to the back, and saw the agents throwing around more of his belongings.
"Give me that damn warrant. I want to see if it's the real thing." Shinjiru swore at the cops. The female agent gave him a folded up piece of paper. It wasn't a warrant, but rather a restaurant menu. The Cops began to close onto the closet, and Shinjiru punched the both of them out. He pulled out Lucian and began to bust out the window. The female agent shot at him, and the other agents did the same. Suddenly, the agents shed their suits and were instead dressed in long robes with scarves covering their eyes.
"After him!" Shouted the female agent as the others began to recover themselves. They walked out of the busted window onto the metal landing. They ran down the stairs after Shinjiru and Lucian, but they weren't quite fast enough. Shinjiru jumped in his old convertible and as he tried to start it, the agents (now monks) kept shooting at him.
He started the car and drove like mad. Gunning the engine, he sped out of the vicinity. The monks got into their car and began to pursue him. The female monk grabbed a 20 gauge shotgun and began to fire at the car. Lucian screamed and Shinjiru pushed her down to keep herself hidden. He then got onto the expressway. If wanted to shoot at him, he wouldn't make it easy. He began to go even faster, getting his car to go to speeds of 80 miles per hour. The monk kept shooting at him. He began to swerve into other lanes of traffic, causing people to suddenly brake and shout obscenities at him. He kept going, keeping this pattern up.
"Shin! What are you doing?!" Lucian screamed, her voice barely audible over the wind and the blaring music of Rammstein.
"Just trust me. I'm gonna get us out of this." Shinjiru glanced down at her as she stared up at him.
He then began to swerve to the right, directly after he passed another car. The car hit their brakes, and suddenly swerved into the middle of the expressway. The other drivers tried to avoid him, but to no avail. They collided. The collisions went on for quite some time. The monks were caught up in it too. They stepped out of their cars, infuriated that they couldn't catch him.
"What are we gonna tell him, Morisato?" One of the monks asked the female agent while she tried to recover as many weapons as she could.
"What can we tell him? We're already in deep crap. Let's just go. We have to take a loss on this mission." Morisato began to float up as the others began to follow her.
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Shinjiru got off at the ramp nearest to Damon's bar. Lucian finally felt it safe for her to raise her head. She looked at her surroundings. They were currently in a very upscale area of the city. She looked at many of the people walking around, with their bags and cellular phones in hand. She remembered when she and her mother took a shopping spree at Midgar, she was just like those people. Those days, unfortunately, would never return.
Soon, they were in a different part of town. It was less upscale and much more slummy. She then saw Damon's bar. Shinjiru pulled out in front of the bar and turned the car off.
"We're here. Hurry inside." Shinjiru said as he jumped over the car door. Lucian opened up her door and followed Shinjiru inside. "Damon! Miranda! We need to stay with you all for a while." Shinjiru walked in, gripping Lucian's wrist tightly. He hastily slammed the door as he sat down on a barstool. Damon stared at Lucian and Shinjiru as they panted.
"What the hell happened to you, Shin?" Damon asked as Miranda began to hurry downstairs wearing only a nightgown.
"Shin?! Luci?! What happened?" Miranda said as she gave Lucian a sisterly hug and stroked her head.
"These damn agents just came and knocked on my fucking door. I don't know what the fuck they wanted me for. They claim that they had a warrant for my arrest, but they didn't have shit but a restaurant menu. They started to fuck up my shit, and eventually found Lucian. We had to make a run for it." Shinjiru explained as Damon poured Shinjiru some whiskey.
"Is Luci okay?" Miranda asked, concerned.
"What the fuck?! You just asked if she's okay? Hell no, she's not okay! Okay hell! What the fu..." Shinjiru was cut off as Lucian uttered a soft "I'm fine."
Miranda rushed Lucian upstairs to the living quarters, as Damon sat down at the bar area with Shinjiru.
"Was it DEA? Goverment?" Damon asked as he poured himself a shot glass of whiskey.
"No. It couldn't have been. These people suddenly transformed into fucking monks. Their eyes were covered, so I'm assuming that they're higher ranking monks." Shinjiru replied.
"I told you this shit would happen. I tell you about that girl. She's nothin' but trouble." Damon shook his head at Shinjiru as he set down his shot glass.
"I guess, but I feel a strange bond with her." Shinjiru stared into his mug.
"Lucian...Lucian..."
Lucian saw her mother's face looking down at her. She looked around and saw the dark shelter that they ended up in. Lennia was screaming frantically.
"Mom...Len...is everything okay?" Lucian asked, a bit stunned. She tried to sit up, but Rosien urged her to sit back down.
"Don't sit up dear. You have a serious gash on your head. You'll aggravate the wound."
Lucian reached back and touched the spot where the gash was. It was sticky, and her hair was matted. She removed her hand and saw that it was covered in nothing but blood. She gasped.
"Mom, what happened?" Lucian softly asked, yet her mother heard her over Lennia's frenetic cries.
"Something happened on the surface. We will be staying here until conditions improve." Rosien responded as she walked over to Lucian with a roll of cloth bandages for Lucian's head.
Lucian suddenly felt a feeling of relief. She was here, albeit injured, with her mother and sister. She wanted her father to be with her, this way she could feel more like a family.
Suddenly a spirit appeared. It was the outline of a body, yet was glowing. The spirit was armed with a katana-like blade. He walked up to Lennia, shushing her sweetly, and then putting his hand on her forehead. Lennia's eyes began to close, and she fell to the ground, unreponsive. The apparition then walked up to Rosien. Rosien was oblivious to the spirit's presence, though she stood still, smiling at Lucian, as the spirit took it's blade and slashed at her. Rosien's body fell upon Lucian. Lucian looked in shock, and then screamed in horror. The spirit looked in her direction, lowered it's head, and it's lips met hers. It's head rose up, and Lucian screamed maniacally and began to convulse.
"Lucian! Lucian! It's only a dream, stop!"
Shinjiru held on to Lucian tightly as she shook in his bed. He held her tightly to keep her from hurting herself. Her eyes were still closed, so Shinjiru blew on her face, and she immediately opened her eyes.
She stopped convulsing, and sat very still, the complete opposite of her frantic state only a second before. The tears began to well up in her eyes, and then they fell. She began to weep softly.
"Mom, Lennia...where are you?" Lucian softly cried, as Shinjiru looked sadly at her. He knew that this transition was hard for her, being in another world without her mother and sister.
"Lucian, you aren't in this world alone. I know that it's hard for you." Shinjiru brushed away her tears with his finger. She stared up at him, stared deeply in his eyes. He smiled at her. He wished that this could last forever.
They were both disturbed by a loud rapping at the door.
"Is this the residence of Shinjiru Suzuki? Open this door. We have a warrant for you."
Shinjiru walked up to the door and looked out the peephole. He saw three men standing at the door, all of them flashing their badges and IDs.
"Dammit..." Shinjiru swore to himself as he opened up the door.
"What the fuck do you all want?" Shinjiru glared at them.
"You got warrants, big boy," said one of the agents. The agent removed their hat, and Shinjiru discovered that this agent was a beautiful woman. "The cops want you for questioning."
"What the hell do they want me for? Don't you pigs have other things to do?" Shinjiru stared at the other two agents as they threw everything around in his front room.
"You are being suspected of kidnapping." The female agent replied.
"Well, Miss Thang, you can't just get your men to throw my shit around in my apartment. Show me some respect, will ya?" Shinjiru snarled at the female agent as she gestured for the men to check the back. The agents began to move toward the back of the apartment, as a feeling of dread began to fall upon Shinjiru. They busted open the door to his bathroom and pulled down the curtains. Nothing there. They then walked into his bedroom and threw around the mattress. The looked underneath the bed. Nothing. Lucian was hiding in the closet, breathing deeply, yet she was quiet enough for the agents to not hear her. Shinjiru began to storm to the back, and saw the agents throwing around more of his belongings.
"Give me that damn warrant. I want to see if it's the real thing." Shinjiru swore at the cops. The female agent gave him a folded up piece of paper. It wasn't a warrant, but rather a restaurant menu. The Cops began to close onto the closet, and Shinjiru punched the both of them out. He pulled out Lucian and began to bust out the window. The female agent shot at him, and the other agents did the same. Suddenly, the agents shed their suits and were instead dressed in long robes with scarves covering their eyes.
"After him!" Shouted the female agent as the others began to recover themselves. They walked out of the busted window onto the metal landing. They ran down the stairs after Shinjiru and Lucian, but they weren't quite fast enough. Shinjiru jumped in his old convertible and as he tried to start it, the agents (now monks) kept shooting at him.
He started the car and drove like mad. Gunning the engine, he sped out of the vicinity. The monks got into their car and began to pursue him. The female monk grabbed a 20 gauge shotgun and began to fire at the car. Lucian screamed and Shinjiru pushed her down to keep herself hidden. He then got onto the expressway. If wanted to shoot at him, he wouldn't make it easy. He began to go even faster, getting his car to go to speeds of 80 miles per hour. The monk kept shooting at him. He began to swerve into other lanes of traffic, causing people to suddenly brake and shout obscenities at him. He kept going, keeping this pattern up.
"Shin! What are you doing?!" Lucian screamed, her voice barely audible over the wind and the blaring music of Rammstein.
"Just trust me. I'm gonna get us out of this." Shinjiru glanced down at her as she stared up at him.
He then began to swerve to the right, directly after he passed another car. The car hit their brakes, and suddenly swerved into the middle of the expressway. The other drivers tried to avoid him, but to no avail. They collided. The collisions went on for quite some time. The monks were caught up in it too. They stepped out of their cars, infuriated that they couldn't catch him.
"What are we gonna tell him, Morisato?" One of the monks asked the female agent while she tried to recover as many weapons as she could.
"What can we tell him? We're already in deep crap. Let's just go. We have to take a loss on this mission." Morisato began to float up as the others began to follow her.
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Shinjiru got off at the ramp nearest to Damon's bar. Lucian finally felt it safe for her to raise her head. She looked at her surroundings. They were currently in a very upscale area of the city. She looked at many of the people walking around, with their bags and cellular phones in hand. She remembered when she and her mother took a shopping spree at Midgar, she was just like those people. Those days, unfortunately, would never return.
Soon, they were in a different part of town. It was less upscale and much more slummy. She then saw Damon's bar. Shinjiru pulled out in front of the bar and turned the car off.
"We're here. Hurry inside." Shinjiru said as he jumped over the car door. Lucian opened up her door and followed Shinjiru inside. "Damon! Miranda! We need to stay with you all for a while." Shinjiru walked in, gripping Lucian's wrist tightly. He hastily slammed the door as he sat down on a barstool. Damon stared at Lucian and Shinjiru as they panted.
"What the hell happened to you, Shin?" Damon asked as Miranda began to hurry downstairs wearing only a nightgown.
"Shin?! Luci?! What happened?" Miranda said as she gave Lucian a sisterly hug and stroked her head.
"These damn agents just came and knocked on my fucking door. I don't know what the fuck they wanted me for. They claim that they had a warrant for my arrest, but they didn't have shit but a restaurant menu. They started to fuck up my shit, and eventually found Lucian. We had to make a run for it." Shinjiru explained as Damon poured Shinjiru some whiskey.
"Is Luci okay?" Miranda asked, concerned.
"What the fuck?! You just asked if she's okay? Hell no, she's not okay! Okay hell! What the fu..." Shinjiru was cut off as Lucian uttered a soft "I'm fine."
Miranda rushed Lucian upstairs to the living quarters, as Damon sat down at the bar area with Shinjiru.
"Was it DEA? Goverment?" Damon asked as he poured himself a shot glass of whiskey.
"No. It couldn't have been. These people suddenly transformed into fucking monks. Their eyes were covered, so I'm assuming that they're higher ranking monks." Shinjiru replied.
"I told you this shit would happen. I tell you about that girl. She's nothin' but trouble." Damon shook his head at Shinjiru as he set down his shot glass.
"I guess, but I feel a strange bond with her." Shinjiru stared into his mug.