Chapter 5: Virus: Hope of escape
Major walked into Section 9 at about 8:30 AM as usual. Batou gave his gruff hello as usual. The chief gave his greeting also. Togusa wasn't there yet. He had said he would be at work today. Major frowned and looked at the time; it was already 9:45. Than as though brought by her thoughts Togusa came in. He was a bit pale and out of breath but he seemed normal.
Katzi looked towards Major "Good morning." He said smiling. When Major assigned him some work to do, he found it hard to start. Getting into Section 9 had been a hassle. For along time he had been with Izuki planning another attack on the team. Togusa had been no help at all. Nothing they did woke him up. Izuki had only shrugged and said she would deal with the problem later. Major came to the door of where Katzi was supposed to be doing his report and asked "How is it going?"
"I'm a bit slow on the uptake." Katzi answered trying his best to sound like the detective.
Major nodded. "Well get a move on we don't want to be wasting time. We are falling behind."
Katzi nodded "I understand."
It took Katzi an hour to get all the info from Togusa onto the paper. It was enough. He had watched the security tape a bout ten times and had memorized what happened. Katzi pressed enter on the computer when Batou walked in.
"Hello boss." Katzi said a little shocked at the expression on Batous' face.
Batou was standing in the doorway. He looked at Katzi with a strange glance. Then Katzi remembered Togusas' family was dead.
"Don't…look at me that way." Katzi muttered feeling as though Batou would see through his disguise.
"What way?" Batou asked raising an eyebrow. "I just wanted to see if you were finished with the report."
Katzi nodded and almost wished he wasn't in the room. He wished he was somewhere else entirely.
At that moment Batou said "Are you okay? You're looking a bit pale."
"I'm…fine. Kind of tired that's all." answered Katzi feeling flushed.
His thoughts were on his family. He was thinking of his wife and his daughter. Then the vision of Togusas' family appeared again as it had the night before. He had not wanted to do such a thing. Seeing the sight of the mans' wife had made him think of his own family. Yet it was not he who had made the decision but Surey. Ever since he had seen the video the vision had haunted him. Each vision being his wife instead of the mans'.
Katzi gave the report to Major and made his way to the Information Center. Ishikawa was sitting at one of the terminals, closely examining something. Katzi made sure no one was looking and typed a virus into one of the computers. He did this to another computer except with a virus that would affect all the computers in the base. Ishikawa jumped away from the computer as it spewed smoke.
"Togusa did you touch any of these computers?"
"No" Katzi answered defiantly. "What happened to it?"
"It's a virus."
Suddenly the cameras shut off and the lights dimmed. Ishikawa ran out of the room to go to the controls. Katzi walked out of the room and looked down the corridors. It was going to be a very long day.
Togusa awoke with a start. He was in another room other than the cell that he had passed out in. The room was all white. Light came down directly a top him. Togusa tried to get up but finally noticed his arms and feet; they had been strapped to the metal chair. Even if he would have been free he wouldn't have gotten very far. His body was numb with pain. A man walked into the room through a door to Togusas' left. He walked in a somber look on his face. The man was young but he had silver hair as though he was old. His eyes were a fading blue and his skin was ghastly pale. The man looked at Togusa and his face became grave. The man was wearing a black t-shirt and blue jeans. He seemed normal enough. Togusa frowned at the look on the mans' face. He seemed sad; almost as though he regretted what he was about to do. A young girl walked in a few moments later. She had the same color hair as Togusa and her eyes were even the same color. The young girl looked at Togusa and gave a warm smile. The man shot her a warning glance and she became somber once more. The girl was wearing a black shirt over camouflage pants. The man spoke first.
"My name is Skye. I have been assigned to ask you a few questions. If you cannot answer them correctly the penalties will be as followed: 50 volts of electricity for ten seconds." Skye winced as he said the last words.
"I'm sorry about…." The girl had begun but stopped a noise rapped at the door.
End chapter
Sorry it is so short...the next one will be a bit longer...