November
12
The Kasshu Mansion Neo-Japan Colony 5:28 PM
Silence
filled the house, as Domon sat in the living room amongst his
friends, all of them dressed completely in black as they had all come
back from the funeral of Dr. Kasshu. Domon sat looking forlorn as
Chibodee, Sai, George and Argo looked around
uncomfortably.
Down the hall, Rain sat with
Nastasha, Cecil, Marie-Louise, Bunny, Cath, Janet and Shirley, who
had accompanied their partners to Neo-Japan. The eight women sat in
complete hush; one could have heard a pin drop a mile away. Rain
glanced at the wedding band on her left hand, wondering what was so
urgent that Domon had to talk about that she shouldn't be
hearing.
"What in the world could they be talking about
in there?" Nastasha's demanding voice broken the tense
silence.
"It doesn't seem as though they are talking at
all," replied the young princess, "it's too
quiet."
"Excuse me for a moment, please," Mrs.
Kasshu said, standing up, smoothing the wrinkles out of her black
dress. Her shoes clicked softly against the ground as she made her
way to the kitchen.
The silence amongst the 5 men
was unnerving. The soft creak of the door opening at the other end of
the room sounded like the drop of a bomb.
"Pardon me,
gentlemen," Rain said stepping in with a tray with a pot of
coffee and 5 mugs.
"It's alright, Sis," Sai Saici
replied.
Rain set the tray down on the coffee table in front
of the easy chair Domon was sitting in and excused herself from the
room.
Domon picked up the pot and poured the dark liquid into
one of the mugs. He held it in his hands watching the steam rise into
the still, chilled air of the room. His pitch black eyes gazed into
the deep liquid as if staring past his own reflection trying to see
to the bottom of the mug.
There was a soft thud as Chibodee
sprung from his seat. "Alright! Out with it Neo-Japan! Why did
you call us all out here?"
"I, myself, have been
wondering the same thing," George added.
"I, too, am
curious," Argo stated.
"Yeah, what's the deal, Bro?"
Sai chimed in.
Domon banged the mug down on the table, "It
has to do with my father's death."
"We understand
that you are upset about this, Bro, but what does that have to do
with us?"
"I'll show you..." he said with a
monotone ring to his voice. He stood and briskly walked out of the
room. The others followed him.
He made his way to
his father's laboratory and broke the yellow police barrier.
"Uh...
Bro? Should we be going in here?" Sai asked as he peered into
the doorway.
Chibodee pushed past Sai Saici wanting to find
out what was so wrong and why Domon was wasting his time this way.
George followed Chibodee inside, his usually confident stride uneasy
as he saw a glimpse of broken glass on the ground. Argo trailed along
silently, his stern face was emotionless looking at the slight
wreckage. Sai Saici growled. "Don't leave me out here!" he
said as he scampered to keep up.
Domon stopped in the main
area of the laboratory where police teams had already began searching
the area for clues. Prime Minister Karato was already there. "Domon,
the police have uncovered this..." he said handing Domon a
neatly folded piece of paper. Domon's eyes scanned the paper and
dismissed Karato.
George peered around the wreckage, "Monsieur
Domon, what caused all of this?"
"This is the reason
I called the four of you here..." Domon began, "this wasn't
merely murder; someone was after something here. My father was
intrigued with the idea of immortality, hence the ability to
self-recover in the Ultimate Gundam. Recently he was working on an
immortality serum, word must have gotten out. The only reports we
heard of where that at 11:50 PM on November 10, a ship was seen
heading in the direction of Europe on Earth departing not far from
here."
"If that falls into the wrong hands, there
could be serious trouble!" Chibodee shouted.
"Do you
know the identity of the knave who committed this deed?" George
inquired; his melodic voice had a serious tone.
"Yes, we
must find this person before it's too late, however with the Gundam
fight so quickly approaching it may be a hard task," Argo
mentioned.
"We could use that to our advantage," Sai
piped up, "We could travel the Earth and with the 5 of us
searching it would be easier than just one of us..."
The
other 4 nodded and the plans were set, they agreed that they would
use the Gundam fight as an excuse to track down the person who stole
the serum and Dr. Kasshu's
notebooks.
NEXT
CHAPTER: The Gundam fight begins; Allenby doesn't listen to the
warning she was given, and descends to Earth. However, shortly after
she falls into the hands of the thieves, two familiar faces with
dangerous ambitions.
