Unlikely Heroes

Chapter 12: Another Piece and Cursed Areas

Although Claire had left the place, Nicholas and the others kept their eyes and ears open for any news on her brother or the female human. This was second as all the males and females seemed to be closer to one another. It was best seen with Liru and Nicholas. The female werewolf always stuck around the male, like she was afraid to loose him. It gave him hope that Liru felt the same way he did. And yet Nicholas still couldn't find it in himself to say it to her. The guy hoped there would be. At least Nicholas could see the rest of the males and females getting closer as well. He knew they at least were perfect for each other. A few nights after Claire had left Nicholas and Liru were out and about. Both of them were talking about everything that had been happening as of late. "It sure got hectic as of late," the male stated. "Still you've been doing great despite it." The female blushed but smiled.

"Well I learned from you," she responded. Liru reached out and touched Nicholas's arm. This caused the two to stop and look into the other's eyes. "And you're the best to help me learn…"

"Liru…" he whispered but then caught off as he noticed a familiar fog rolling in fast towards them. "Damn it!" She saw it and before both could do anything else, it had swallowed both werewolves up. It seemed to last forever but both eventually stirred. Upon getting off the ground they could see they were in the same dimension again. "Looks like it's our turn."

"Nicholas…" Liru whispered.

"It's fine. You've got me though I wished I had my weapons. Come on; let's see if we can find the way out."

The two began to walk down the foggy street. There were monsters, ones that had no arms or faces that moved weirdly. Their only mean of attack was by spitting out some kind of liquid. The male quickly disposed each one that crossed his and the female's path. Eventually they made it to a butchery and went inside. The place was dark and empty. There was some meat on a table though, nothing that looked edible. There was a door and they went through. But they had barely taken any steps when the two werewolves spotted something.

They saw another of the demonic, hideous creatures, twitching in an unnatural way. Suddenly a tall humanoid figure with a bloodstained apron with dead grey skin all bloody came up to the first being with a huge meat cleaver. The face was covered, but Nicholas and Liru shrank back, watching on with horror. The second creature lifted the first with one hand, and then with its weapon, nearly cut the smaller being in half, but from the chest down. The blood and gore spilled everywhere. The taller one walked away slowly, dragging its meat cleaver on the ground. The male and female slowly walked over. "Oh my god… this is awful…" Nicholas whispered.

"Nicholas… I'm getting scared…" Liru stated in a voice to match.

"There's no other choice. We need to go down the same path."

They did so and didn't find the enemy. But there was a door the werewolves did go through. The two emerged at some kind of drop off point. The road only went one way and lead to a sanitarium. Like before the place was dark and run down. The first thing picked up was the map to the place. "Damn this place is big," the male commented. "At least this will help us."

He and Liru went through a few of the rooms and found some kind of doll in a wheelchair. There was a trigger pistol and filing cabinet there, which he picked up. However it wasn't until they managed to get upstairs that an enemy was found and quickly disposed of. The next room had a couple which the male and female avoided by heading through a door. Inside there were two iron lung machines. Nicholas recognized them having study much about human history and was able to explain what they had been used for to the female. There was a control panel on one of them, which the guy took a look at. A bit of fiddling around with the machine caused something to be spat out of it. The female picked it up which was a set of keys. "Wonder what these are for?" she asked.

"Keep ahold of them. They'll come in handy," Nicholas said.

They then left the room. From there it was back downstairs and to the bottom level. There the keys were used to get into the next room. While this path just led the werewolves down a hallway to a second set of stairs, it went to a place that had tubs in it. One of them had a key but there was no way to get at it without burning themselves. The male managed to drain the water, causing the key to go with it. They were able to get them along with another key that was for the patient belongings. Eventually by going back and forth between rooms including using mirrors to turn the place into the even darker version of itself, Nicholas and Liru found five creepy looking dolls. The guy was able to figure out the puzzle that went with them which gave the two another key. Once this was obtained, it was back to a mirror to return things back to the less dark version from before. Eventually they found an artifact, which was used on a door to let them into the final room.

The room they entered was just as twisted, but even darker. Nicholas's eyes darted to the left and right while Liru shrank behind the male in fear. Luckily for them crude weapons had been picked up such as a long iron crowbar. The guy's grip on his weapon tightened. Then in the center the two saw some kind of bell. But instead of metal, there was only a thin membrane. "Wait, what's that?" the female asked.

The bell like structure began to move; suddenly something in the middle could be seen, twitching in an unnatural way. The thing suddenly manifested into a woman, bond by bandages, the mouth open in a permenate scream like position, and spikes that were rusted and bloody. Where the eyes should have been, there were none. "Guess this is our farewell!" Nicholas snarled and fully transformed. The female faltered for a second before doing the same thing.

The guy rushed forward, using his speed, strength, and reflects to deal great amounts of damage to the monster. Every time he struck, the creature would let out screams like that of a woman in pain. Even the liquid it spat out couldn't catch the male. The female on the other hand tried to go in when she could. Sometimes Liru would score a hit, but mainly Nicholas took care of it. With both working together, the creature was beaten and vanished. In its place was a circle and another piece like from before. The female picked it up. "Another one," she whispered.

"Looks like it's the past piece," stated the male. "I know thanks to the research I did on the Flaruous."

The werewolves then turned and saw the figure of Aya behind them. "What's happening here?" Nicholas asked. "Was that thing…? Are you making this happen?"

The little female didn't answer this time but instead he and Liru felt vibrations in the air and their eyes rolled in the back of their skulls before passing out. They awoke to find themselves back where they had encountered the fog. "You okay Liru?" Nicholas asked. The female just hugged the male, and he wrapped his arms around her. "Come on. Let's get back." They did so, telling the others what had happened, and placing the piece with the other one that had been found. Even so this was nothing to what would happen next.

Leon who had been in contact with the group recently heard about another of the division that Claire's missing brother had been a part of. They could use the help from the others. It didn't take much to get out to the area in the United States. In a forest near a town that was similar to the one the group had gone to before. Right now they were traveling by helicopter during the night. Bravo Team of F.I.L.E.S. was with them. Although they knew Chris, Claire's brother, he wasn't with them. They were helping the team investigate bizarre murderers that had occurred in the area. But just when they were getting closer, the vehicle began to malfunction. Nobody knew that it was intentional. They had to make an emergency landing. It was a bit rough, but everyone came out of it okay. "Check the current position and investigate the surrounding area," order the captain of the team.

Nicholas and the others took a look around with another female human named Rebecca. She then spotted something. "Captain! Look!"

The guy shinned a light to show a van turned upside-down. The letters MP could be seen. The bodies of the drivers and soldiers could be seen next to the vehicle. Napoleon went over to the corpses and could see that they had strange bloody marks on them. Some were like slashes, but not caused by a weapon. He then got up, but then noticed some strange clear like fluid. But his train of thought was interrupted as Rebecca called everyone over. She had a file with her. It showed a picture of a young man in his 20s with a grim look. It was a court order of transportation of the guy who was a prisoner. Name Billy Doan, an ex-lieutenant and sentenced to death. "Those poor soldiers," said one of the other men after looking over the file. "They were good men just doing their jobs. And that scum murdered them and escaped!"

"Alright, let's split up and survey the area," the captain ordered. "Our friend is brutal and ruthless. Keep your guard up."

Rebecca and Nicholas's group were together. While the female human needed a flashlight, the rest were fine. "I'm not so sure it was Billy who killed those men," stated Napoleon.

"What makes you say that?" Pachira asked.

"Something about the wounds they had didn't seem like a human did it. Also I noticed some kind of fluid on the truck. Something that shouldn't have been there."

Suddenly a rustling sound caused the females in the group to jump and look swiftly to where it had come from. There was nothing but everyone noticed something else. "A train," Cosmo commented. The group slowly went forward to the vehicle. As they did it began to rain. It was then through a door and they were inside. The place had enough light for Rebecca so she could see just fine without her flashlight. Everyone could see things like papers of no importance to suitcases strewn about the floor. The only way was forward to the next car. In there a radio could be heard.

"This is Officer Rambers from F.I.L.E.S. Bravo team," Rebecca called out. "Please identify yourself. Is someone there?"

The rest of the group made their weapons a little looser just in case. The female human walked up to where the noise was coming from and what she saw made her gasp. It was a dead human, in the same manner as the ones from the van had been. The radio making the news was on the floor next to his feet. Rebecca picked it up and turned the thing off, unaware that the dead human silently rose to its feet. The thing then let out a moan, just like the enemies that had been encountered by Nicholas's group from before. These guys saw it.

"Shit!" the male werewolf cursed and ran forward, katana out, and sliced the zombie's head off. Liru and the rest looked and could see two more enemies coming in. These were quickly taken care of.

"What just happened?" the female human asked. "I thought they were dead."

"Not if they're what I think they are," Nicholas stated and bent down to take a sample. The testing of it only took a few seconds thanks to some tools the guy had. "Damn it."

"What is it?" Liru asked.

"It's just like what we encountered before. Only this time caused by something else." The rest had to fill in Rebecca. "Grab any papers or files. They could be useful in figuring out what happened and what to do about it."

The group then went forward to the next car. One of the rooms had a passenger's diary that made mention of the D-Virus and how it could be used to produce weapons, but that was only if it could be controlled. This was taken. Another room had some investigation orders. These weren't that readable and torn. What could be read didn't make much sense but were still taken. The next thing to be found was a corpse that had a train key. But while Rebecca was picking it up the sound of a gun being cocked was heard. Everyone turned to see Billy standing behind them with the weapon pointed at them. "Billy…" stated the human female. "Lieutenant Doan."

"So, you seem to know me," he replied. "Been… fantasizing about me have you?"

"You're the prisoner who was being transported for execution. You were with those soldiers outside."

"Ah, I see. You're with F.I.L.E.S.; well no offense honey, but your kind doesn't seem to want me around. So, I'm afraid our little chat time is over." Billy put his gun down and walked away.

"Wait!" Rebecca stated and went after the guy. "You're under arrest!"

"No thanks, doll-face," the male replied and held up his left wrist were cuff still were. "I've already worn handcuffs." Billy then went down the hall.

"I could shoot you know!" the female human shot back.

"Leave it," Nicholas said. "We've got bigger problems."

Suddenly the sound of someone breaking into a window was heard and everyone saw a body land on the floor. They rushed over to it. "Edward!" Rebecca stated. "Are you alright?!"

"What happened?!" Logan asked.

"It's… worst than… We can't… You must be careful… All of you…" The guy had blood on his body from a few wounds. "The forest… it's full of zombies and monsters…"

Suddenly another thing came in but it was a zombie dog. Nicholas had it dealt with in a flash. Some more then came in and they had to leave Edward behind to take these things out. Then it was back the previous way only now they could get through the back way since the group had the key. The next room was dark, but even the female human could see. It was here that her radio went off and Rebecca answered. "This is Rebecca; over," she responded.

The sound came in and out but they could understand what was being said. "Rebecca? Can you hear me? This is Enrico. What's your group's location? Over."

"Enrico! Hello! Can you hear me?" Only the female human had a hard time. She had to adjust some of the knobs on the radio. "Please respond."

"Rebecca I can hear you. Now listen up. We've obtained detailed information on the fugitive from a document from the wrecked wagon. Billy killed as many as… 23 people. Over." The news shocked everyone.

"23 people?" Liru repeated.

"We have also confirmed that he was institutionalized. So keep your guard up. Stay alert, he wouldn't think twice before killing any of you."

"I'm sure there's a good reason for that," Nicholas stated into the radio. "He doesn't seem like a serial killer. I could tell." There was no response on the other end of the radio. "Shit! Looks like it's gone dead."

The group continued onto the next area and found Billy there. "It's gonna be dangerous from here on in," he said. "Why don't we cooperate?"

"Cooperate with you?" Rebecca asked in disbelief.

"Listen little girl, if you haven't noticed there are some pretty freaked out things on this train and I for one want to get out of here. I don't think we stand a chance doing it like this."

"You expect me to trust you? A wanted felon?" the female human asked. Nicholas looked to his friend and the other females with a look to let the humans sort this out. "I don't need your help. I can handle this on my own. And don't call me little girl."

Billy chuckled. "Alright Miss Do-It-Yourself. What should I call you then?"

"The name is Rebecca Rambers. But that's Officer Rambers o you."

"Well then, Rebecca," the male human answered. "Why don't you go and try while I wait here?"

The female human went up the stairs next to them in a huffy silence, but Nicholas spotted something on the table right at the foot. The male werewolf went over to pick it up. It was a notice to some supervisors. What got his attention is that it was from the Rindella Corporation Maintenance Department. "Are they connected with this?" he wondered inside his head.

Meanwhile Rebecca had made it up the flight of stairs. She was now in a dinning area and like everything that had been seen so far, the place was a wreck. Going forward found the room got darker and that there was a dead body in a sitting up position. The female slowly approached but then stopped when she saw the head roll and fall off. The headless body split in two with one half falling to the floor. From it leech like creatures came pouring out. They merged together until they had formed the dead body with sickly colored skin and bright white spheres for eyes. The human fired at the enemy a few times before retreating. The head then split open to show more leech like creatures. They came swarming around Rebecca. Before they could consume her Billy shot them off. He and the others had come. Two of the leech like creatures stirred and then launched themselves at the male human who shot them down.

The things retreated and Billy went right up to Rebecca. "Are you okay?" he asked. She nodded with a thumbs up sign. Suddenly the sound of someone singing in some kind of dialect could be heard outside. Everyone looked up through the window. In the rain that was still pouring they could see the leeches surrounding the feet of a humanoid figure. Suddenly lighting lit up his features for a brief few seconds. But then he was suddenly gone. "Who is that guy" Billy asked.

Suddenly everyone felt the train lurch as it began to move again. "What's going on?" Uma asked. "Who's controlling the train?"

"Some of you go and check out the first engine car," Billy stated.

"Time to split up," said Nicholas. "Cosmo, Aiko, Me, Liru, and Rebecca will take care of it. The rest of you stay with Billy. And let me make something clear Billy; you try anything funny I will shot you even though I'm having my doubts about what you did."

"Fine," the male human replied. "Give us a call if you find anything." The male werewolf's party then left the area.

With that, Billy's group found a ladder that lead outside. All of them took it up to the roof where it was still raining outside. Luckily the male human was able to keep up with the others who thanks to the one ruin were able to keep their balance. They slowly made their way forward until all of them reached a section. There they could see some disconnected cables. Napoleon got them back together which restored power in certain areas. But as soon as the vampire had, strange clear like fluid leaked out of the area. It then leapt at them, sending all to a hole right behind them. It then retreated. "What was that?" Pachira asked as they all got up.

"I saw something like it on the van from before," the male vampire explained. The group then took a look around and they could see they were in some kind of kitchen area. There was even a service lift to send stuff back and forth to another section of the train. It was here that another train key was obtained. But the door leading out was locked.

"We'll need soothing sharp," Logan observed. He placed the key into the service lift along with a note stating they needed it. The lift was then sent on its way. Back in the dinning car, the others had gone back downstairs. They went to the area where orders were received to find the key that had been sent and the note.

"I'll go back and use this with Liru," Nicholas said as he picked up the key. Both werewolves went back to the conductor's office and used it there on the door. It was here that a train map was found which the female grabbed. The male found a switch in here that brought a ladder down. They both took it up. The path took them up to another area to buy food and drink items. But they hadn't gone far when the werewolves heard a screeching sound; made by some kind of creature.

"What was that?" the female asked, grabbing onto the male.

"Not sure, but it's on the roof," he answered. "I can hear it." She could as well with the footsteps. Going forward the two could see that this was more like a first class car. It was then through another door where an ice pick was found the guy pocketed it to send it back to those stuck. After grabbing everything needed, they headed back, unaware of what was coming. Upon entering the room where they had heard the noise, one of the chandeliers came off the celling, smashing onto the floor.

"What the-?!" Nicholas asked and Liru got behind him. Suddenly they saw two massive pinchers penetrate the ceiling. With one more thrust the owner of them broke through; a humongous scorpion. It reared back with a roar as both werewolves transformed. 'Quick! Get back!" the male ordered, drawing his katana.

The creature came in for a blow, but the guy was faster and stabbed at the head with his sword. The creature reared in pain and backed off. But then came in for a sting with the tail. The male was able to dodge it and sliced at it, cutting it off and causing the monster even more pain. Liru just stood back as the male hacked and slashed at every opportunity. The thing never stood a chance and it wasn't long before it was down for the count. As soon as the monster died, they could see it's green blood spilling out. Nicholas quickly got a sample for analyzing latter. "Do you think it was the virus we found before that caused it?" Liru asked.

"We'll find out latter," the male answered. "Right now, we need to get back to the others."

They soon made it back and sent the ice pick over to the others who were locked in that room. These guy were able to get out and meet up with them. "So what took so long?" Napoleon asked. They were quickly told and Cosmo was given the sample.

"Now then, I think it's time to investigate this crawl space here," Nicholas said, pointing to an opening that had been made after removing the panel while waiting for Billy and his team. They had to go in one at a time. But the first out had to deal with infected dogs. These were soon taken care of. The male human and Rebecca went out the door to the very end of the train. It was still raining and here they found a harpoon gun, which they brought back.

"That should come in handy," Aiko commented.

"I saw a place that it could be used further ahead," said Rebecca. Everyone made their way to that place and the female human used the gun to access a higher area, which was another section on the roof. There was a hole that the female dropped down into. After dealing with the zombie in the room below she found a blue keycard. The human made it back to the others just fine.

"Now what?" Logan asked.

"I think this is used at the front of the train," Cosmo replied, looking at the card. The group made their way to the door and got access. The were unaware that someone else was on board and in contact with others. The guy was on the outside area.

"This is Delta Team, this is Delta Team, we have gained control of the train, over," said the male.

This was picked up three miles away at a mansion in a room that had a few monitors and a mike. Two more men were here, one in a lab coat, and the other with dark glasses. "Understood," the second male stated.

"This doesn't make any sense," commented the first. "How was the D virus leaked like in Japan? And why the lab in the mansion as well as the train almost three miles away?"

"That's irrelevant," the second responded. "We must make sure no knowledge of this gets out just like in that area of Japan. Destroy the train like you did with that town back in that country. Completely." He then turned back to the mike. "How far away are you from the nearest branch line?"

The guy on the train didn't notice that some of the leeches from before were closing in on him. "About ten minutes to-" The guy cut off as he saw the monsters swarming up his legs and let out yells.

"What happened?!" the second guy in the room asked as he and the other could hear the screams. The guy on the train had a partner who came out and met the same fate of being killed. When it was finished, the leeches left the bodies, heading out.

Just at that exact moment Nicholas, Liru, and the others were making their way to the engine. They went in and could see that nobody was controlling the train. Billy went up to the monitor. "The train will either derail or crash!" he stated. "I've gotta stop this thing!"

"Some of you go with him," the male werewolf commented. "The rest will stay with me and Liru to apply the brake here when he gives the word." Billy grabbed a card that would help and Cosmo, Aiko, Logan, and Uma followed him. They made their way as fast as they could, defeating any zombies that stood in the way. Upon reaching the end of the train, the male human swiped the card and had to enter some numbers in the keypad. That allowed those at the front to apply the brakes.

"Hold on!" Liru said as everyone felt the contraptions kick in. The vehicle went on a side line before busting through a wooden barrier. Now the train was in a tunnel. It then hit the buffers at the end, and went flying up and off the rails. Those in the back had been thrown off and didn't stir for awhile. Eventually they did and slowly got up.

"Owww…" Uma commented.

"You okay?" Logan asked, holding out a hand. She nodded while blushing as he stood her up.

Billy then looked around. "Rebecca?" he asked.

"I'm… here," she responded as the female human along with the rest of her group came out, bruised but alright.

"You guys alright?" Nicholas asked. He then smirked. "Hey, at least we managed to stop the train." The next part was finding a way out. But there were zombies who had survived the crash and had to be taken care of first. Then it was through a door and into some sewer like area. It was well lit so there was no problem and a short path. Eventually the group got to a ladder and one by one went up it.

Billy pushed at the panel at the top showing it was part of the floor. The rest followed and they could see they were in some kind of mansion. It was a bit creepy looking. Billy then looked down on the floor and saw a symbol that looked like eight triangles pointed towards a center circle. Half were white while the others were orange. "The Rindella Research Center?" the male human asked.

"Are you serious?" Nicholas asked. The rest who had been in that laboratory all exchanged looks.

Rebecca walked up some stairs to get a better look at a picture. It showed an elderly man. "The first general manager, Dr. Leon Marcus," Billy read off of the plaque below the picture.

"Doesn't matter," Nicholas said. "This is bad news."

None of them were aware the same two men from before were watching them. "Who on earth are those people?" the first guy asked.

"The female right there is just a rookie and a member of F.I.L.E.S." the second answered.

"What about the others?"

"The one with long hair and the rest of the females along with the males standing next to the first look familiar. I believe they are working with F.I.L.E.S.; the final one I'm unfamiliar-" suddenly a broadcast came out that sounded out everywhere in the building.

"Attention. This is Doctor Marcus. Please be silent as we reflect upon our company motto. Obedience breeds discipline. Discipline breeds unity. Unity breeds power. Power is life." Suddenly all the screen switched to show the same figure that had been standing outside in the rain by the train. It was a young male with longish hair and a strange white robe.

"Who are you?" the second male in the control room demanded.

"It was I who scattered the D virus in the mansion. Needless to say I contaminated the train to."

"What?!" the first guy in the room asked.

"Revenge," the young man stated. "On Rindella." He began to sing as the leeches gathered, morphing into the same person who's picture had been seen by Nicholas's group.

"Doctor Marcus?!" the first male in the control room asked in shock.

The young male on the monitors let out a chuckle. "Ten years ago Doctor Marcus was murdered by Rindella. You helped them… didn't you?" He let out an evil laugh.

Meanwhile back in the entrance area of the mansion, the group decided to head through one of the doors on the first floor. Right away they had to shoot at a few zombies. After beating them it was through a couple more doors into a more darker area. More enemies were beaten. Liru then noticed a statue that had some parts broken off. The female grabbed it thinking it might come in handy. Billy also found a gas container to take as well. When these had been grabbed it was up a ladder found in the same area. This lead them outside onto an upper level where zombies had to be shot at. After they were killed another door was found to be entered. It was in here that Nicholas found a diary that was titled Regulations of Trainees. It went on about how this training facility was designed to create the best candidates to be future global leaders of Rindella Corporation. It then had a few rules. It then showed that Marcus had written it. The male took this with him.

After leaving the room, the group found themselves at a statue that had a scale on it with two dishes to hold things. Liru placed the statue in the dish on their left. Something about this seemed right to her. There was no other choice but to go back. It was a good thing since the path eventually lead to a room that had a map of the facility along with a item called a Microfilm A. Nicholas took these with him. But then it was back the same way they had came. "We're going nowhere," Billy complained.

"Just learn to trust us," the male werewolf said. "Something in my gut is telling me to do it this way. And it's worked many times before."

It was then back into the same place as the statue. The group was back where they had started. Only now it was through a different door on the second floor they were at. Here a notice to the staff was found that had a code on it along with some kin of handle. The second these things were picked up infected crows broke through the windows. These were taken care of quickly. The group then went back through some of the rooms that had been gone through before to get to a new one. This had a crank and platform. "I'll check it out," Billy stated. Nicholas, Liru, Napoleon, and Pachira decided to go with him after using the handle that was found to fix the machine

The others worked the crank, getting this group up to the next level. The second they got there huge insects descended down which were killed quickly. Then it was out a door to an outside area to another one. The room was big but had nothing of interest. However looking around found another door that was unlocked, allowing the others to join the rest at the same area. Once that was done a few decided to check out the door right next to them. Inside this place a white statue was found and taken. Then it was back and upstairs. A machine was found that operated a chain that was attached to some kind of cage. Lifting it up showed there was something underneath it. Rebecca and Liru went to check it out and it was a key. As soon as the female human did, they both heard the sound of some massive insect. Suddenly the grate next to them was thrown aside as a huge centipede came out from where the grate had been. Before both females could do anything it had grabbed them.

Liru let out a cry. "Nicholas!" she screamed.

"Liru!" he yelled back and ran forward with his katana drawn. But the blade didn't even scratch the monster as it began to crawl on the ground. "No other choice…" The guy threw his head back and fully transformed. Rebecca was able to see this and Billy definitely could. The werewolf rushed forward, stopping the monster in its tracks. It reared up to strike Nicholas down, but he was faster. With a shout the guy had hacked at the soft underside, slicing off many of the enemy's limbs, freeing Liru and Rebecca. The male then jumped up and stabbed the thing in the head. That ended the fight and Nicholas went over to Liru, turning back to normal.

"You okay?" he asked, helping her up.

"Yeah, thank you," she answered back while blushing and smiling.

"You want to tell me what the hell you are?" Billy asked to Nicholas as he helped Rebecca up.

"Well… alright then." He and the others then went on to explain what they were and what had happened back in Japan along with meeting Leon and Claire.

"Are you serious?" Rebecca asked when it was over.

"Hard to believe I know," the male werewolf stated. "But it's true. Rindella has done these things and must be stopped. That's why we joined up with F.I.L.E.S. to do so. And of us really being not human. But even with that we're on the same side."

Billy and Rebecca couldn't argue with this. The group then went back since they now had a new key to use. In one of the rooms that this item was used at got them into a room that had a small table that needed to be moved. Doing so allowed access to an iron needle. But it looked important so it was taken. There was also an Assistant Director's Diary. It talked a bit about the failure some of the trainees taken in were. But the name William and Albert came and how they might have a future. And how Marcus was the director of the training facility and also it was him to spark a rivalry between these two guys. After that it was back to the second door that required the newly found key. But not before putting the white statue found on the scale that the statue was holding in the main entrance. In the second room all that could be found was lighter fluid and an empty bottle, which were still taken just in case. Billy then showed how to make fire weapons out of these things.

Then everyone went back to one of the rooms that had been visited. There was a clock here that had a hand missing and the needle was the minute hand. The time that had been stated as the security code was entered which caused a couple doors to be unlocked. The group went to check these places out. The first room had the following things; a verse of poetry and a Microfilm B. In the second room the group found a proctor to use. Here the films were inserted bringing up some kind of seating chart. It was all then put on a disk and an image of the chart to be used for latter. Heading back to another room from before, the disk was used to help with a puzzle that unlocked more doors. One of these lead to a room that had a notice about chemicals and how they could be used to make new substances. This was taken for help. There was a also a mixing set here which was used to produce one of these new substances. The second new room had a chest board in the middle of the floor. By putting the big pieces in checkmate, it opened a secret compartment that had a book called The Book of Evil. But there was also a diary as well that was from Marcus. It went on to talk about a new virus that had been found called Drogenitor. It then went on to say that a man by the name of Lencer was going to start a company. A few entries latter talked about how Marcus had built a new virus by mixing it with leech DNA and how it had been called the D Virus for Destruction Virus. Then it went on to explain how Lencer was beginning to target Marcus who was making plains to try the new virus out on humans.

The Book of Evil was then opened revealing a missing piece from the black statue in the main entrance way. Then it was back to some new rooms. At the end of these a Book of Good was found. Inside this was the missing piece for the white statue. The group then went back to the main entrance to put these new things on the things that they went to. Upon doing so the picture of Marcus moved, revealing a new path. "Now we're getting somewhere," Cosmo said.

"That's the ticket," Logan commented. Everyone made their way to it and could see some stairs that went down. They found themselves in a hallway and the wizard and Uma instantly had to use their magic to take care of a huge spider; much like what had been seen before back in Japan. Then it was to the farthest door at the end of the hall. The first thing found was a list called Correctional Institute Inmates List. It had a list of names and where they had gone. Some were dead, used as specimens, or transported. This was taken. The next room looked to be like that of a castle. The only thing in here was an open vent.

"I'll go check it out," said Rebecca.

"Fine," Nicholas replied. "But someone else should go just in case."

"I will," Pachira volunteered. The two females were given a boost and went through the hole. Both made it and then looked around the new room. What they saw made them gasp. They could see all kinds of medieval torture devices. The vampire then found a piece of paper talking about the power regulator in this room and how to make it work. They went over to the machine and got the electricity working. This caused some doors to be opened including the one here. Neither were aware of the camera in this room and that they were being watched by the young man.

"You are wasting your time," he said. "I have already claimed this place for myself. Which means you are trespassing. And I am very territorial." The male let out a laugh as a cage opened up, releasing something being held there. It turned out to be an infected monkey which made it to the room Pachira and Rebecca were at. The vampire heard it coming and was able to push the other female out of the way right when the enemy came in. It tried to attack again but missed. Before the human and Pachira could attack, the floor they were standing on gave way, creating a hole. The two let out shouts as they fell.

Meanwhile the two men from before, the scientist and one with shades were walking down a hallway in the lower levels. "It just doesn't make sense," stated the first one. "Do you really believe this to be the identity of the crazy young man? Impossible! But, if somehow it is true then Rindella will be finished."

"If the old conspiracy against Dr. Marcus is revealed, Mr. Lencer's career will be over," the second male stated. "Not to mention ours as well. Soon the time will come."

"What are you going to do?"

"I will simply say goodbye to Rindella. The biological weapon utilizing the D virus has almost been completed. Our only remaining task is to acquire combat data."

"You can't be serious!" the first male exclaimed. "I refuse to abandon my work! I have finished the research on the D Virus made by Rirkin, but I need a little more time to complete to the more powerful H Virus!"

"Do as you wish," the second replied as they both reached an elevator and he got on. "I will follow my initial plan and lure the F.I.L.E.S. members when the time comes into the mansion. Their superior combat training should make them perfect test subjects."

"Fine," the first said. "In the meantime something must be done about that mad man. As I recall, there is a self destruct device in the basement. I'll find it, set it off, and annihilate the training facility to nothing more then a mass of rubble."

Meanwhile Rebecca and Pachira had managed to catch themselves from the fall and were holding onto dear life. They quickly sent the call by the radio the female human had. The others rushed to their location with Napoleon leading them. Even the few enemies that stood in their way couldn't stand against the male vampire. They made it to the females and had them quickly out of the hole. The female vampire hugged Napoleon hard. "Thank god," he whispered and placed his lips on Pachira's right cheek quickly. She felt this and blushed hard.

"Thank you," Rebecca said to Billy.

"Don't mention it, just keeping my word. We promised to cooperate with each other; remember?"

Suddenly the female human got a contact on her radio. "This is Rebecca, over," she responded.

"Rebecca this is Enrico. Have you managed to locate Billy yet? Over?" The human didn't answer yet. "Rebecca, answer me!"

"No, sir… I have not found him yet. I'll continue to search for him; over!" She hung up.

"Rebecca…" Billy said as he and the rest knew she had just lied through her teeth.

"My first mission I ended up already disobeying orders. So much for my great law enforcement career. Oh well. I probably won't live long enough to worry about it. Billy… I just need to know… I need to know the truth. Did you kill 23 people? I'm not going to judge you. I just want to know the truth."

The guy let out a breath and spoke. "It was around this time last year. Our unit was ordered to Africa to intervene in a civil war. Our mission was to raid a hideout belonging to some guerilla forces hidden deep inside the jungle. But the hideout was far away from our entry point. Some died from the heat, others were killed by the enemy. In the end, only four of us survived. But when we got there, there was no hideout."

"What do you mean?" Nicholas asked as the rest were listening to this.

"The idiots in charge had as operating on wrong information! But we couldn't just go back home empty handed; oh no! Our leader ordered us to attack an innocent village!"

"So… did you execute all those innocent people?" Rebecca asked softly.

"Forget about it," Billy answered quickly. "Doesn't matter anymore. That was then, this is now. Besides, you said you wouldn't judge me."

"I'm not judging you! But it does matter. Look! Now my people think you killed those MPVs in the van, but I don't think you did. It was the zombie dogs, right? When they attacked the van, you were able to escape. Isn't that right?"

"You don't get it. I've only got two choices left. Either report to the marines and serve out my sentience, or keep on running for as long as I can. That's all."

"No matter, let's keep moving," Nicholas stated.

The whole group left the room to continue. Except now the path took them downstairs. They found a key, which was taken right away. Then they made it to some kind of control panel that looked down on a section. There was also a cabinet that the key was used on to get at a case. It had a combination on it but Cosmo was able to get it unlocked easily. Inside were upgrades that Rebecca could use for her gun. The female human took these right away. Then Billy and a few of the other males went to the section were the control panel was looking over. Those at the top pressed each of the buttons to open up gates in the area. Finally those down below managed to make it to another one. As soon as it was pressed, a voice came on. "Battle sequence initiated. Locking door."

"Shit! It's a trap!" Cosmo cursed. He and the others in the area had to fend off a couple of reptilian enemies. But it was worth it since another Facility Key was obtained. When the creatures were beaten the way became unlocked again. Then it was back upstairs to the main entrance to use the new key on a blue colored door. The first new room had an enemy that had to be beaten and a vise handle. The latter was taken and the monster killed. The next stop was the place were the handle was used. The anvil came apart, releasing a tablet that it had been holding. The third room looked into seemed to be a pallor like area with a bar and piano. "Now what?" Pachira asked.

"I wonder…" Napoleon said. He sat down and played on the instrument. There was a section of music already there. Doing so caused a secret wall to open up.

"How did you do that?" the female vampire asked, looking at the male one with love in her eyes. "That's incredible!"

"I learned when I was little," the guy answered. "I wanted to so it was no problem. When we make it back I'll show you what I can really do."

A few then took a look inside this place that had opened up. The only thing worthy was a battery. This was taken to the outside entrance to a lift. Placing the item in made the power come on. The button on the machine was used which brought down a box. After moving it to a pillar Liru was able to climb up to reach the item on top that was another tablet like from before. Once obtained, it was back into the mansion and down to the lower levels. Eventually a series of animal statues in a circle was reached. Billy used his lighter to light the torches in a specific order to open a hidden door. In one room beyond this point a third tablet was found. Then in another a Management Trainee's Diary was obtained. This explained someone who had seen Marcus and wondered about the guy's obsessions with leeches and what they really were. It seemed according to it that they were dangerous and that strange sounds had been heard behind a door from where Marcus had been working.

Then it was back to familiar area. Only this time it was through a different door that lead them to an observatory. Going down to the control area, all the tablets were inserted. Doing so caused the entire thing to lower down so a path could be formed. The sound of a door unlocking was heard which meant that would be the next place to head. Ahead of them was some kind of church that looked as old as the mansion. On the side there was a small structure, which had a button. Pushing it caused the doors to be unlocked. The inside was still intact, but some of the benches weren't. They hadn't gone far in when a screech was hear along with the flapping of wings. Looking up they saw a huge mutated bat enemy that screeched at them. "Shit!" Napoleon stated as Nicholas and Liru transformed.

"Another one," the male werewolf said. "Used ranged attacks on this thing!"

The male vampire nodded and leapt for the nearest wall. The guy began to defy gravity and ran on the vertical thing. Pachira looked at him in shock but Uma moved the female out of the way, snapping her back to reality. Napoleon ran forward and managed to leap, landing on the creature's back. It tried to shake the guy off but couldn't. The vampire bit hard into the thing's neck while everyone fired. The monster let out a roar of pain as blood sprayed everywhere. Napoleon jumped off the creature as it crashed to the ground just in time to meet Nicholas's katana in the head. That did it and the enemy was beaten. The male vampire landed and spat some of the blood to the side. "That's going to leave a bad taste in my mouth," he grumbled.

"Quick thinking my friend," Cosmo said. A sample was taken from the fallen monster to be looked at latter.

"Hey there seems to be a place above we can reach," Aiko pointed out. There was a ledge. Rebecca used the harpoon gun to get on the roof of the church. The female human then found a ladder to climb down. Next to her was a switch, which restored power. Then a door was found which was contacted about to the rest of the group. They quickly joined her. It lead to an elevator, which took them down below. A couple of rooms latter found a torn page. It was from Marcus's diary. It only stated how he had hidden his babies in a special place, like a leaf in a forest. A stripping agent would be needed to get at them. There was enough information to figure out what the guy meant. Then another hole was found for Rebecca to use the harpoon gun on. In the above level she found a Laboratory Manger's Diary. It went on to explain how the platform entry code had been changed. It was based around his children's growth and how that didn't make sense since the guy didn't have any. The female human knew Marcus was referring to the leeches.

There was also a capsule of some kind that was a leech one that was taken including a map of the area. The next room found was some kind of laboratory room. There was also a bunch of paper that were about the growth of the leeches. The first page talked about inserting the D virus into them. Of how it caused a will to survive turned them to parasitism and predation before breeding and multiplying. Then how they grew and began to evolve even further. But the last disturbing part was the thought could human be used as a food source and how they were viewed as wonderful children. No doubt Marcus before had typed this. It was taken. There was also a place to create the stripping agent for the capsule. Doing so caused a blue leech crystal to come out of it. The female human then found a hatch to send items back and forth.

The crystal was placed in it and sent to the others. Rebecca then found an Investigator's Report. It went on to say how Dr. Marcus, the co-founder of Rindella, along with the president of the company named Lencer, had disappeared 20 years ago. The results of the research he had down had been kept under wraps the whole time. The reason became obvious with the hideous experimentation that used company employees as guinea pigs. All for the research on the D-Virus prototype called "Drogenitor." 20 had been used and that the experiments had continued on. The rest of the pages were missing but all were still taken. In the meanwhile Billy and the rest found the crystal on their end and took it to a door where it was inserted to proceed. In this room they found an Input Reg. Coil. There was also a picture as well. It was of three men at graduation. On the back it was written that it was to Marcus to commemorate his graduation. "Judging from the age, that guy could be Marcus's son, or grandson," Billy stated. The photo was taken.

In the next area a green leech crystal was found and obtained. This was sent back to Rebecca. She revived it and with it was able to unlock another door. In this new area a sterilizing agent was acquired. This was taken back to a previous room to get inside a glass containment that had a key. It opened the door to the breeding room. Here some mutated enemies had to be killed. After they were a dial was obtained along with a B.O.W. report. This went on to explain what happened to living organisms when combined with the Drogenitor virus. While there was limited success for insects and frogs, the ones with monkeys seemed to yield greater results. But no further advancements could be made without using humans as the base product. This report was taken. Rebecca then sent to the dial back to the others. They got it and used it to unlock another door. Cosmo had the task of entering the combination to do so.

They found themselves in a room that had a aerial cable car. "Maybe we can use this," said Aiko. Rebecca was contacted about it. The first item of business was pulling a lever, which caused a path to be opened. This allowed everyone to regroup. The control panel for the car was found and the coil along with a battery for it was inserted into the right places. With this power was given to the vehicle. Everyone made their way to the cable car but weren't aware something was watching them. Suddenly a mutated monkey jumped down in front of Uma and Rebecca. The two females were able to dodge the attack. Before any of the others could attack, the enemy had launched itself at Billy and Logan. Both tried to fight back, but the monster sent itself and them over the edge of a railing.

"LOGAN!" the witch cried out.

Then Nicholas turned and whipped out his katana, slicing a leech enemy to bits that had appeared behind them. Suddenly the power to the cable car went out. Going back up to the control panel showed more leeches had done it. This problem was quickly fixed, but nobody was going to leave Logan or Billy behind. They would have to be found. However since the two missing people had gone in the same direction, the only way was by the cable car. It carried the rest to another area. A couple of rooms latter found a map that stated it was a factory. The next item that was found was a key to the place. The item was used in the panel room to call a lift. The group went to it and descended down to the lower levels. The group found a door to get through. But before they did, they heard the sound of someone coming. They quickly got ready as the door opened up. But it was only the captain that had been at the very beginning.

"You're alive," Rebecca stated as he put his gun away.

"Are you guys okay?" he asked.

"Where is everybody?"

"They should've arrived here before me. Haven't you seen them?" The rest shook their heads. "That's unfortunate. If we go straight ahead from here, we should arrive at an old mansion, which Rindella uses for research. Come on, let's go."

"Wait, we've gotta find Billy and Logan," Uma said.

"Billy Doan?" the male human asked. "You mean you guys found that criminal and Logan's missing?"

"Yes, but we got separated."

"No point worrying about the first one, he won't make it. As for the other… I'm sorry to say the same for him. Come on."

"Please sir," Rebecca stated. "We need to find them. Don't worry, we'll catch up with you."

The guy gave them all a long look. "Alright, just be careful." He went on ahead; and that was the last time the rest of the group saw him. They found a key to an elevator nearby and took it. They found the place to use it and activated it. While waiting for the lift to come up, the sound of a few falling rocks could be heard. They turned and Nicholas and those who knew what had caused it gasped in shock. Standing above them was another Titan. This one was different in that the right hand was clawed with one large talon in the middle. The skin was bloody but the same heart extrusion could be seen on the chest.

"What is that?" Rebecca whispered.

"Shit!" Nicholas growled and he along with Liru transformed. "Not another Titan!"

It let out a roar after flexing the muscles it had before jumping down to the group. The movements the monster had were a bit shaky and unorthodox movements of the last one. It suddenly reared and struck at the female human. Rebecca was just barely able to move out of the way. An alarm went off and the doors out closed.

"Hit this thing hard!" Napoleon snarled as he went in. Cosmo did with his fists. The male android was better equipped. Both of these guys found their marks along with the shots from Rebecca and the others. The Titan roared in pain. The movements it had were uncoordinated. It couldn't match the speed the group had. It only took a couple minutes to put it down.

"Did we kill it?" Pachira whispered.

"Maybe," Cosmo replied. "Strange, this wasn't like the last one."

"I agree," Nicholas commented. "Most likely this one wasn't as developed or is even a prototype." Suddenly the sound that the lift had arrived got their attention and everyone was on board.

While heading down, none of them realized the same young man from before was monitoring them. He chuckled. "Play time is over," the guy said. "You and your friends no longer amuse me. Good riddance. Now, nothing will stop me from getting my revenge."

The elevator made it to the lowest level. It was here they found Billy and Logan below the walkway in water. The two were unconscious and against a rock. "LOGAN!" Uma shouted. Everyone suddenly saw something from below come up and sent both guys flying up, causing them to come back. However this also allowed the current to sweep them away.

"NO BILLY!" Rebecca yelled.

"Quick! After them!" Nicholas ordered. They went through a door in the right direction. However they soon came to a control panel that gave power to the dam area. Cosmo was on it and soon had all the points activated. With that power came on everywhere. Now it was onward, along the way picking up a map of the place. Eventually the path got them to the male human and wizard. Everyone rushed over right away. Cosmo pressed on each of them, causing the two to come to and spit up some water. Uma hugged Logan hard while Rebecca raised Billy up.

"You guys…" the wizard stated. "Where are we?"

"You're safe now," Uma whispered. "Are you okay?"

Billy suddenly stopped and looked what lay in front. Everyone else did and could see the remains of human skeletons. "What could have done this?" Aiko whispered.

"They… must have been used as test subjects in Doctor Marcus's research," Cosmo stated.

"He must have kept messing around with the mother virus," Billy said.

"Come on, let's move," Nicholas commented.

They all headed back to more familiar area. One of these was a bit of a puzzle to reach a handle that went into a hatch door. They went through it to advance. In the new area some naked zombies had to be beaten. But no genitals could be seen on them. Then it was up a ladder to the rafters above. It was here an Investigator's Report 2 was found. This went on to say how they should have finished with this dump but not expecting the monsters down here. Also the things in the woods just started to attack people. The whole thing had to be planned and that someone deliberately scattered the virus. This like all the papers was taken and all to be found up here. So then it was onto the door nearby on the floor below. Here some more muted enemies had to be killed before proceeding further. The next room was a lodging one. In here a piece of paper explaining about how to make battery fluid was found. This would come in handy and taken.

A few rooms latter some more zombies had to be beaten. There was also a Plant Manger report here. This one complained about how normal industrial waste was being delivered here and that the Rindella Corporation facility couldn't deal with the volume of material. As well as contaminated materials that couldn't be processed. It then went on to say this place was being closed. There was a small lift here that the group took to get below. There were machines of some kind that had to deal with water pressure. Everyone then walked pass a certain point. They heard the sound of something like a hand hitting metal. The group turned and to most of their shock it was the same Titan from before. "Shit, he's back again!" Nicholas snarled. Both him and Liru transformed.

The monster was fired upon. While it took damage they could see that it hadn't healed up from the last fight. The enemy tried to get at the group, but the attacks were too much and the monster couldn't do a thing. It didn't take long to put it down for good this time. "Did we… really kill it?" the female werewolf asked. The male just stabbed the creature in the head several times.

"Yeah, he's dead," Nicholas stated.

The group then found a button and pushed it, which caused a ladder to descend. Going up it found them on the walkway above. Here a mother board was found and taken. This was put back into a control panel that worked a gondola. It came over with an open empty box. It was big enough for some like Rebecca to go in. Seeing how she was the only one, the female human went ahead. In the area ahead, Rebecca found a lever to operate a dam. She did so, opening up another path. In the room next door she had to kill of some mutated insects. After doing so Rebecca unlocked a door and grabbed another item that would help before heading down some stairs. Here there were a couple capsules of liquid that held more of the same kinds of enemies. The rest of the group got contacted by her and went to her position. Now that they were here, a battery on a shelf could be obtained.

Upon getting it, the things from the capsules came out, forcing everyone to attack them. It didn't take long and then it was back upstairs. Here the battery and item obtained before were combined which the latter having the acid needed for the first. Then it was back a bit to a fork lift that had been passed by before. With the battery it could be operated. Using it allowed access to a keycard. Then heading back it was onto a new path. They could see there were in some darker area. But they kept going on. The final room that was entered would be the end of it all. The group looked and stopped short. It was dark and poorly lit. But what was the most disturbing was the hundreds if not thousands of leeches in here. They covered the walls, railings on the upper observation level, and floor; leaving those areas dripping with the slime they produced.

"Welcome young ones, so glad you have joined the party," said a soft voice. Looking up showed it was the young man, wearing the long white robe of some kind, long brown hair, and had icy green eyes. "You are the guests of honor. After all, it's your wake." He let out an evil chuckle.

"Who are you?!" Billy asked. The newcomer didn't answer but instead morphed until a familiar looking person stood before the group.

"Doctor Marcus?!" the male monsters asked. The female ones were in shock.

"No, you can't be," Rebecca stated. "What's going on?"

"Ten years ago, Lencer had me assassinated." In his mind's eye the flashback of it happening went through him. Showing how two guards shot him and was approached by the other two men from before. "However… something wondrous happened. It took the D-Virus inside of my queen. Years to procreate my new life." Suddenly Marcus turned back into his younger self. "I live! Now I will have my revenge on Rindella! And the world will burn in an inferno of hate!" The enemy let out an evil laugh.

"You'll pay for what you've done!" Nicholas shot back.

"We'll see which one of us is gonna die!" Marcus laughed again but it got cut off as he coughed up some clear slimy liquid. From his mouth some black things came out which appeared to be more leeches. Suddenly the group saw his body began to morph and change into a humanoid like leech creature. It jumped to the ceiling with surprising speed before landing in front of them. The final fight was on.

Liru and Nicholas transformed while the humans took a step back to fire. The male werewolf went in with his katana and managed to hack and slice at the monster. It then reared and struck back, catching the blow on the blade. "Damn it!" Nicholas growled as for a moment he held but then was sent flying back.

"It's this strong?!" Cosmo asked as it went for the male android next. It wasn't able to make this one budge so it focused its attention on the humans.

"Oh no you don't!" Napoleon snarled and with a powerful kick sent back away from them. Uma and Logan used their power to summon some fire on the monster. While this seemed to work, it wasn't enough.

"How much longer now?!" Liru asked.

"Keep going! We can beat this thing!" Billy exclaimed.

Suddenly the thing let out a roar and tentacles sprouted from its back. It tried to strike at them but Nicholas was ready, slashing these things to bits. Although it was a wasted effort since they grew back. But it wasn't going to take much longer at all. After another minute the enemy let out roars as blood came out of areas. Everyone could see it had even more mouths. The thing then fell to the ground, not moving at all. Billy then noticed two lift keys, which were taken. "That's it, it's over," he said.

"Let's get out of here," Logan said. They went to the door where the keys were use. They found the lift and were soon on it and heading up to the surface. About halfway up something shook the area, which was felt.

"What?!" Rebecca asked and they all looked down.

"It's the queen!" Billy exclaimed. They could see the enemy had mutated and was on all fours along with having more mouths. Suddenly a female voice came on, announcing a sentience.

"The self destruction system has been activated. All staff evacuate immediately."

"Who activated the self destruct system?!" Pachira asked.

"Come on, can't this thing move any faster?!" Logan stated. The monster from below came charging at them with surprising speed.

"Shit!" Nicholas cried out as it rammed into the lift, sending the group flying out and onto the drop off point. The enemy came out, ready to kill. Everyone got ready and began to attack. The werewolves were still transformed and didn't have to again. This time Logan and Uma used both fire and lighting to attack. The male werewolf had a gun that was whipped and used as well as his katana. The group had to avoid the suddenly lunges this thing did plus the liquid it would spew out. A couple minutes of this fight continued before a stray attack went up, hitting the ceiling of the place, creating a hole. Some sunlight shown through, hitting the creature and it reared in discomfort and pain.

"It can't handle the sunlight!" Liru exclaimed.

"Four of you handle getting the roof open!" Billy ordered. "The rest will distract this thing!"

The female werewolf, Aiko, Uma, and Pachira ran for one of the controls while the rest handled on distracting the monster. They got to them and released the locks on the roof. Daylight streamed in, hitting the enemy. It let out roars of pain, and parts of it began to melt away. Billy cocked his gun at the thing. "Hey queen!" he shouted. "Feast on this!" The bullet came out, hitting the monster in the middle and tearing it apart. It fell down the shaft just as the fire came out from the explosion that was accruing. The threat of the leeches and Marcus was dead with it.

"Quick! Let's get out of here!" Aiko cried. Everyone ran for it and got out in time as the facility was destroyed. The group slowly walked forward to the edge of a cliff, seeing it was morning now. This whole process had taken the entire night. Rebecca then noticed something in the distance.

"Hey that must be the old mansion that was mentioned," she said. The rest looked and could see it.

"Yeah," Nicholas commented. "But we're not hitting it yet. Not without sending the proof we found that Rindella needs to be taken down in this country. When the time comes, we'll hit the place."

Billy looked to the female human and the other monsters. "I guess it's time to say goodbye," he commented. The guy brought out the dog tags he had and handed them to Rebecca.

"Officially, Lieutenant Billy Doan is dead," she stated after putting them on.

"Yeah, I'm just a zombie now, huh?"

"But not forgotten in our minds," Nicholas replied. He and the rest saluted the guy who returned the jester. The male was never seen again, but not forgotten. Cosmo managed to get a helicopter to come pick them up. Rebecca returned to F.I.L.E.S. while the monster went back to Japan. The stuff they had found was copied and sent to the organization for a case to be drawn against Rindella so that mansion found could be attacked next. The original documents were kept. But it would take three months before that would happen. Time that the guys would spend with the females in relaxation before the next big thing.