Saloma and Daisuke had been surprised when the wolves had appeared seemingly out of nowhere, and were equally surprised when Kichi told them they were her close friends. There had been no room in the truck for the two humans, but Daisuke had told her they would be heading into the city as well to do what they could. Kichi had warned them to be careful, and had then left.
((Kichi! Look at the city!)) Anuzu exclaimed as they reached the top of a hill that overlooked the city.
The sight was sickening. The entire city was covered in a writhing veil of black mist, and it was spreading outwards at a rapid rate! Kichi felt her heart drop into her stomach. The feeling over evil that radiated from that dark mist was unmistakably that of the demon navi, and it meant that he had found a power source large enough to use to create his own dimensional area. And it also meant with near certainty that he had Netto.
((Don't loose hope, Kichi)) Tainn growled. ((He hasn't beaten us yet. This battle hasn't yet begun.))
Brave words, but Kichi could sense the fear in Tainn's voice. Only a fool wouldn't be scared at the sight of that writhing black mass. But there was no choice, and Kichi was not about to leave Netto in that demon's hands. Biting back the urge to scream a battle cry, Kichi pushed down on the gas pedal and drove straight into the dark fog.
Kyan wove her way through the crowded hospital halls, trying to get to the upper levels where her target was. Shortly after she had left the radio station the navi had contacted her again, ordering her to kill another boy, Ijuuin Enzan. Why the navi wanted this boy dead Kichi hadn't asked, not when he'd offered her a very spectacular amount of money to do so. And while there were police officers scattered throughout the hospital Kyan wasn't particularly worried, not when she could be anyone's family member come to check on their sick granny or sibling. And if she was stopped by an officer that was just what she was going to tell them.
The navi had said that the boy would be on the top floor of the hospital along with Dr. Hikari and any other number of officers. Kyan didn't mind, it wouldn't have been the first time she had taken out an officer, mercenary that she was. As long as she got the kid and she got out alive she'd get paid, and as long as she got paid she'd be happy.
The power had been restored to the hospital not to long ago, and the elevators were working again. She took the elevator instead of the stairwell she had used to get to the roof, because the police would still be scouring it, looking for any clues as to who had taken the Hikari boy. Kyan wasn't stupid enough to think they hadn't found him missing yet, and of course the Net Saviors would be looking for one of their own who went missing from a hospital. Why else would Dr. Hikari be here in the hospital rather than at the Scilabs trying to figure out what that dark fog was that was bringing viruses and navis into this world?
The elevator came to a stop and Kyan quickly got out and darted into a room before she was spotted by everyone. Up here it would be a bit harder to blend in dressed as she was, since the only people up here were the doctors, the patients in their rooms, and the few officers and scientists that were with Enzan and Dr. Hikari. She had no intention of trying to pass as a patient, it would never work. Trying to pass as a scientist or an officer was out of the question, they would know she wasn't with either group. So her best option was to disguise herself as a nurse. It would make hiding her gun a bit difficult, but Kyan wasn't the best at what she did for nothing.
So, a few minutes later Kyan stepped out of the room dressed as a nurse, and began to search for her targets. A quick question at the aide station gave her the information she wanted, and she smiled slightly as she made her way to the room at the end of the hall where Dr. Hikari and the Ijuuin boy were located. She was glad they had stayed in the hospital, since with the way things were right now the SciLabs would have been hell to get into.
The door to the room was wide open, and there weren't to many people inside. Just Dr. Hikari, a few other scientists, and her target. This was going to be like shooting fish in a barrel, Kyan thought as she drew her gun and took aim at the boy...
Yuuichiro hadn't found anything strange about a nurse coming into the room that he and Enzan had taken over to use in their search for Rockman. They had been coming in every so often to see if they needed anything, and it had been awhile since the last one had been around. But his reaction quickly changed when the woman pulled out a gun and aimed at Enzan.
"Look out!" Yuuichiro exclaimed, pushing Enzan to the ground just as the gun fired.
Enzan watched, shocked, as Yuuichiro was shot twice before falling to the ground. The assassin didn't stay around, but took off running as the Net Officers converged on the scene, along with the medical staff. The medics immediately moved to help Yuuichiro, but Enzan could tell by the amount of blood already pooling on the floor that the results weren't going to be good.
"E-Enzan..."Yuuichiro gasped, coughing up a bit of blood at the same time. "Promise me..that you'll find Netto."
"I promise, Dr. Hikari. Just hang on. You're going to be fine," Enzan replied forcefully.
Yuuichiro smiled weakly at Enzan. "Somehow..I don't think..that's going to happen. Tell Netto for me...tell him that I love him...."
The words dropped off as Yuuichiro's eyes shut, and a single breath escaped from his mouth. The heart moniter the medics had hooked him up to suddenly flatlined, and despite their best efforts, the assassin's bullets had found their mark. Enzan could only watch through tear filled eyes as they took him away.
