"Data " The computer beeped softly. Kyan smiled and plugged out her Pet. Getting into the SciLabs had been an easy task, more so than she would have thought. Then again, no one had thought anything about her when she'd shown up dressed as a scientist. With so many different projects going on, one more scientist in the bunch wasn't going to be noticed. She had simply taken over a small lab, locked the door, and hooked up her Pet and begun the downloads as Nombe had instructed her. Not a challege at all. In fact, it had been down right boring.
"I hope you had something more challeging in mind when you asked me to come here," Kyan hissed at the darkly colored navi. "Because I could have done this stuff at home. Not to mention this outfit is very tacky."
"You can worry about fashion once I'm finished. I had you come here for a reason. There's a chip in these labs that contains a special code that I need. You're job is to get it and download it into the net for me. Once that is done, you shall be paid for your services."
Kyan grinned. "So I get to use that sleeping gas after all. I was beginning to wonder if setting those canisters up all over this place had been a waste of time."
"Nothing I ask you to do is a waste of time. Now put on that mask and set off the canisters."
"Yes, Sir."
Kyan pulled a gas mask out of her bag and pulled it over her face. Then using her Pet as a remote, activated the canisters so that the gas poured out of them and spread throughout all of the labs. Outside of the lab she was in she could hear people coughing and falling to the ground as the gas knocked them out. They would be out for a few hours, more than enough time for her to steal the chip.
"They should all be out by now," Kyan said, opening her door. Sure enough, scientists were lying everywhere, breathing, but otherwise dead to the world. All of them would have one hell of a headache when the effects of the gas wore off. Kyan didn't pity them in the least. "So where is this chip?"
"Locked up in one of the other labs. This man should have the keycard on him."
Nomde brought up an image of a man Kyan knew very well. It was her ex-collegue, Dr. Yuuichiro Hikari. That just made this thing all the more amuzing to Kyan. To be able to pull this stunt on the man who had ruined her career was a treat indeed.
"Oh, this is excellent. Its not often you get a chance to pull one on the guy who ruined your career," Kyan chuckled as she began to search through the sea of unconscious people. Finally she found Dr. Hikari in one of the larger labs, slumped over some papers he'd been working on. She fished through his pockets until she found the key that Nomde had been talking about.
"Right then, where to now?"
"Go down this hallway to the 7th door on the left," Nomde instructed, pulling up a map of the SciLabs. The chip will be somewhere inside."
Moving quickly, Kyan raced through the labs, down the hall and into the room Nomde had shown her. She was breathing quickly, but from excitement rather than fatigue. She was in excellent shape, as one of her expertise would be expected to be. A lazy thief was a poor thief, after all.
Using the keycard to open the door, Kyan entered the room. There wasn't much inside in the way of equipment, or anything else, for that matter. There was a glass case in the middle of the room, and inside was a single chip made of a very dark metal. The only markings on the thing were three small grooves in each corner.
"Well, should I pick the lock, or just pull a smash-and-grab?" Kyan asked.
"Don't waste your time with a lock. By the time the police get here we shall be long gone," Nomde replied.
"Works for me," Kyan grinned, picking up one of the chairs that were in the room and bringing it down on top of the glass safe. The safe shattered into thousands of pieces, and at the same time an alarm when off. Kyan grabbed the chip and put it in her pocket, then raced back out of the labs all together. She had her truck waiting in the back of the labs, and as Nomde had said, they were gone without a trace by the time the police arrived on the scene.
Enzan woke up with a start, breathing heavily as sweat poured down his neck and back. He'd been hit with another nightmare, this one worse than any of the others, because this one had actually had images instead of vague feelings. Netto had been swallowed up by a huge shadow, and Enzan had been powerless to stop it. Blues and Rockman had both been destroyed, and Kichi was just vanished into nothing. And through it all were immense feelings of pain and despair.
"Are you alright, Enzan-sama?" Blues asked, looking at his operator. It was clear that he was worried.
"I-I'm fine," Enzan lied. "Blues, could you check on Netto for me?"
"Of course, Enzan-sama."
The navi nodded and disappeared from the screen. With a sigh Enzan laid back down and stared at the ceiling. He felt so useless at the moment. He wanted to protect Netto, and yet there was nothing that he could do, that he knew of. He'd asked Kichi, but she hadn't been able to figure anything out, either, though she had told him that she was working on finding some stuff out. She hadn't elaborated on that comment, and Enzan hadn't asked. If she had needed his help she would have said something.
"Netto is doing fine, Enzan-sama," Blues reported upon returning. "He was sleeping peacefully when I arrived."
"Thank you, Blues."
'Now if only I could do the same' Enzan thought, closing his eyes.
Kichi sat at the top of the hill out in the middle of nowhere, her eyes closed, her body completely relaxed. Around her there were no lights, no houses, no roads; only the surrounding forest and the sky covered in stars. Everything was quiet, as it would be on a winter night. The wind blew softly, barely making a whisper over the snow-covered land. All of this helped Kichi enter the trance state she needed to speak with the spirits.
I come to you asking for your help! Kichi shouted out as she stood amdist the sea of stars that was the world of the spirits. She could feel them surrounding her, even though she couldn't see them. No human was ever meant to see them.
We hear you cry, Sister. We know why you come! A booming voice replied, sounding like thousands upon thousands of chimes ringing together.
Then please show me what form our enemy has taken so that our warriors may rise up against Him. Show me what my dreams will not!
The stars gathered in front of Kichi, swirling together until they became a grey mist. Then the mist began to take shape, creating the image of nothing less than a navi. Though she did not rely on such technology herself, she recognized what it was. The navi had dark grey and black body armor, and red eyes with black slits that reminded her of a dragon. The emblem on the navi's helmet was a dragon, one getting ready to strike. Kichi burned the image into her memory so that she would be able to draw it later for all to see.
This is the form your enemy has taken. Your warriors must stop him before his powers become to great. But we offer you a warning as well. To take His life, you must give up something of your own as well. What it is, even we know not. We have told you all we can, Sister. The rest lies in your hands.
With a gasp Kichi came out of the trance, trembling and covered in sweat. The wind blew on her cooling her down very quickly, causing her to shiver instead. She was weak from the vision-seeking, but it had been worth it. She now knew what they were looking for, and where they had to look. It was the Spirits' warning that worried her. 'In order to take His life, you must give up something of your own'. What were they supposed to give up, and more importantly, who was supposed to give it up? It seemed that, the more answers they found, the more questions that came up in their place.
"Oh well," Kichi sighed. "Right now its best to concentrate on finding that navi. At least Enzan won't feel so useless now."
"I hope you had something more challeging in mind when you asked me to come here," Kyan hissed at the darkly colored navi. "Because I could have done this stuff at home. Not to mention this outfit is very tacky."
"You can worry about fashion once I'm finished. I had you come here for a reason. There's a chip in these labs that contains a special code that I need. You're job is to get it and download it into the net for me. Once that is done, you shall be paid for your services."
Kyan grinned. "So I get to use that sleeping gas after all. I was beginning to wonder if setting those canisters up all over this place had been a waste of time."
"Nothing I ask you to do is a waste of time. Now put on that mask and set off the canisters."
"Yes, Sir."
Kyan pulled a gas mask out of her bag and pulled it over her face. Then using her Pet as a remote, activated the canisters so that the gas poured out of them and spread throughout all of the labs. Outside of the lab she was in she could hear people coughing and falling to the ground as the gas knocked them out. They would be out for a few hours, more than enough time for her to steal the chip.
"They should all be out by now," Kyan said, opening her door. Sure enough, scientists were lying everywhere, breathing, but otherwise dead to the world. All of them would have one hell of a headache when the effects of the gas wore off. Kyan didn't pity them in the least. "So where is this chip?"
"Locked up in one of the other labs. This man should have the keycard on him."
Nomde brought up an image of a man Kyan knew very well. It was her ex-collegue, Dr. Yuuichiro Hikari. That just made this thing all the more amuzing to Kyan. To be able to pull this stunt on the man who had ruined her career was a treat indeed.
"Oh, this is excellent. Its not often you get a chance to pull one on the guy who ruined your career," Kyan chuckled as she began to search through the sea of unconscious people. Finally she found Dr. Hikari in one of the larger labs, slumped over some papers he'd been working on. She fished through his pockets until she found the key that Nomde had been talking about.
"Right then, where to now?"
"Go down this hallway to the 7th door on the left," Nomde instructed, pulling up a map of the SciLabs. The chip will be somewhere inside."
Moving quickly, Kyan raced through the labs, down the hall and into the room Nomde had shown her. She was breathing quickly, but from excitement rather than fatigue. She was in excellent shape, as one of her expertise would be expected to be. A lazy thief was a poor thief, after all.
Using the keycard to open the door, Kyan entered the room. There wasn't much inside in the way of equipment, or anything else, for that matter. There was a glass case in the middle of the room, and inside was a single chip made of a very dark metal. The only markings on the thing were three small grooves in each corner.
"Well, should I pick the lock, or just pull a smash-and-grab?" Kyan asked.
"Don't waste your time with a lock. By the time the police get here we shall be long gone," Nomde replied.
"Works for me," Kyan grinned, picking up one of the chairs that were in the room and bringing it down on top of the glass safe. The safe shattered into thousands of pieces, and at the same time an alarm when off. Kyan grabbed the chip and put it in her pocket, then raced back out of the labs all together. She had her truck waiting in the back of the labs, and as Nomde had said, they were gone without a trace by the time the police arrived on the scene.
Enzan woke up with a start, breathing heavily as sweat poured down his neck and back. He'd been hit with another nightmare, this one worse than any of the others, because this one had actually had images instead of vague feelings. Netto had been swallowed up by a huge shadow, and Enzan had been powerless to stop it. Blues and Rockman had both been destroyed, and Kichi was just vanished into nothing. And through it all were immense feelings of pain and despair.
"Are you alright, Enzan-sama?" Blues asked, looking at his operator. It was clear that he was worried.
"I-I'm fine," Enzan lied. "Blues, could you check on Netto for me?"
"Of course, Enzan-sama."
The navi nodded and disappeared from the screen. With a sigh Enzan laid back down and stared at the ceiling. He felt so useless at the moment. He wanted to protect Netto, and yet there was nothing that he could do, that he knew of. He'd asked Kichi, but she hadn't been able to figure anything out, either, though she had told him that she was working on finding some stuff out. She hadn't elaborated on that comment, and Enzan hadn't asked. If she had needed his help she would have said something.
"Netto is doing fine, Enzan-sama," Blues reported upon returning. "He was sleeping peacefully when I arrived."
"Thank you, Blues."
'Now if only I could do the same' Enzan thought, closing his eyes.
Kichi sat at the top of the hill out in the middle of nowhere, her eyes closed, her body completely relaxed. Around her there were no lights, no houses, no roads; only the surrounding forest and the sky covered in stars. Everything was quiet, as it would be on a winter night. The wind blew softly, barely making a whisper over the snow-covered land. All of this helped Kichi enter the trance state she needed to speak with the spirits.
I come to you asking for your help! Kichi shouted out as she stood amdist the sea of stars that was the world of the spirits. She could feel them surrounding her, even though she couldn't see them. No human was ever meant to see them.
We hear you cry, Sister. We know why you come! A booming voice replied, sounding like thousands upon thousands of chimes ringing together.
Then please show me what form our enemy has taken so that our warriors may rise up against Him. Show me what my dreams will not!
The stars gathered in front of Kichi, swirling together until they became a grey mist. Then the mist began to take shape, creating the image of nothing less than a navi. Though she did not rely on such technology herself, she recognized what it was. The navi had dark grey and black body armor, and red eyes with black slits that reminded her of a dragon. The emblem on the navi's helmet was a dragon, one getting ready to strike. Kichi burned the image into her memory so that she would be able to draw it later for all to see.
This is the form your enemy has taken. Your warriors must stop him before his powers become to great. But we offer you a warning as well. To take His life, you must give up something of your own as well. What it is, even we know not. We have told you all we can, Sister. The rest lies in your hands.
With a gasp Kichi came out of the trance, trembling and covered in sweat. The wind blew on her cooling her down very quickly, causing her to shiver instead. She was weak from the vision-seeking, but it had been worth it. She now knew what they were looking for, and where they had to look. It was the Spirits' warning that worried her. 'In order to take His life, you must give up something of your own'. What were they supposed to give up, and more importantly, who was supposed to give it up? It seemed that, the more answers they found, the more questions that came up in their place.
"Oh well," Kichi sighed. "Right now its best to concentrate on finding that navi. At least Enzan won't feel so useless now."
