Chapter 3
"My grandfather once told me about this. Said it was the reason why every Hyuga was born with red eyes. Called it the power of a Harvizer... Harnimer... Harmoner... Harasomething. He said the last one to utilize this power was one of my great grand fathers called uh... Ori... Yori... something like that. Anyway, my father also told me it was just a story... but I guess not, huh?" Alice explained as the two walked
Ever since Alice had fused, Emma hadn't looked or talked to Alice and still hadn't given him back his hoodie. Sure, Emma annoyed the Hell out of him, but he didn't want her thinking of him as some type of monster.
"Look, uh, that's the first time I've ever done that... up till now I didn't even know I could... and it ain't like I did it consciously... it just sorta happened... ya know?" Alice said, rubbing the back of his head
Still nothing from her. So, Alice gave up and just kept walking, neither of them talking until they reached the gates of Inner New York. The gates were guarded by two huge robotic golems and two heavily armed policemen.
"We're here!" Alice said as the two walked through the gates
"You can leave now" Emma coldly said, not even looking at Alice
"Nah, gotta see you to your house. Part of the mission"
Emma began to walk to the direction of her house whilst Alice followed, looking around and noticing how different this place was compared to Outer New York. All the buildings were very pleasing to the eyes, the roads were clean and well built, and there were people actually walking around -- and they didn't look depressed, neither. With the amount of armed guards, watch towers, and droids in this place, Alice doubted if the people living here had ever really seen a Red Mist Monster.
"That's her!" A man said, pointing at Emma
There was yellow tape and police cars all around Emma's house. She wasn't sure what was going on but she was sure she didn't want to find out.
"I heard arguing, then gun shots, I then saw her running out of the house last night" The man explained to the police
"No!" Emma shouted as two guards approached her, which prompted Alice to jump in front of her
"She was with--" Alice was cut off by a club to the head
Alice quickly reacted with an elbow in the stomach to one of them and then tripping the other one. However, by the time those two hit the ground, there was a robotic golem grabbing Alice as two more guards took hold of Emma and shoved her into one of their police cars. Alice was forced to watch as they drove away with her in the back, the golem's grip being too much for Alice to break free from.
"What should we do with him, sir?" A policeman asked
However, before he could be answered, the golem's head exploded from being shot by a red energy beam from above, the golem releasing Alice. Alice looked up to find Scarlet on top of Emma's house, holding the top of his top-hat and shooting energy from out of it, shooting at the ground in front of the police who tried to move.
Alice ran toward the gate he entered, with Scarlet hovering behind him scaring off the police that attempted to chase them and destroying whatever droids they sent after them, then blasted a hole in the gate, allowing Alice and himself to escape, destroying the two golem's outside of the gate.
After getting a good distance away from the gates, Alice stopped to breathe.
"Hey there… Scarlet... nice to see ya..." Alice said in between heavy breaths "Just happened to be around, huh?"
"Yes" Scarlet said with a nod
"Great stuff"
Meanwhile, up on the roof of a nearby building, Alice was being watched by the same blonde man from before, who flipped open his phone and began talking once again.
"Yeah. It is me again. This have become... complicated by a new player who just entered the game"
"..."
"He looks familiar; however, I am not sure of his identity. He's an old man with a red scarf"
"..."
"No, no, this is not a complete lose - in fact, this could be beneficial. A similar connection between the boy and Emma has been made just like those two"
"..."
"Indeed. So don't kill her yet. Goodbye"