BREAK ME OR FACE ME

Luciel waited in the isolation room in nothing but stone silence. Ever since they brought her here and confirmed that she was indeed the Chimera, they haven't asked anything else to her or any more questions. She had noticed though that they still kept a watchful eye on her and made sure that she wouldn't leave the room. They seemed to be caught up with this Dr. Crombell more than anything though, but they still been keeping a very careful eye on her.

She walked over to the door and pressed her ear to it, see if she can hear what they were talking about on the other end, but all she was met with was the sound of punching and kicking. Luciel's eyes widen in horror and her stomach started to turn as the sound plagued her ears. There were the sounds of pain groans and blood spilling to the ground. She felt disgusted but wondered why the guy, M-21 hasn't said anything yet. Unless...he really doesn't know anything.

She heard M-21's voice on the other side. "You don't have the information I want, but you want me to tell you what I know first?"

There was a sudden loud crashing noise before Krantz deep and an intimidating voice spoke up. "Shark. Hammer."

"Krantz, don't stop me."

"I'm getting impatient, too," Admitted Hammer.

"No, I mean don't kill him."

"Oh, right. Don't worry. I'll be careful." Even if she couldn't see him. She could definitely hear the smirk in his voice.

"No need to do that," M-21 spoke up. "Don't worry and just kill me. I know you're going to do it so just get it over with."

KNOCK

KNOCK

Krantz felt his heart stop in her chest and his body turned cold in an instant. He snapped his head over to where the sound came from and saw it was from the door Luciel was locked behind.

"Excuse me," Luciel called from the other side. "I don't want to get involved, but..." Her voice dropped but only a little. "I will."

M-21 noticed the change in Krantz's expression. He not only looked apprehensive but concerned as well.

A moment later, Krantz spoke. "Fine, I'll do what you want, M-21." He said.

After the whole situation was over with Shark and hammer wondered off to his own relief, now having a break from all the beatings. He took a moment to rest while he could and sat down on a chair with his suit jacket off. The only ones left in the room now were Krantz, Tao, and Takeo.

"Hey." M-21 looked over to where the sound came from but was shocked to see it came from behind the locked door. "Hey. Are you alright?"

M-21 was taken back by this strange woman's sudden worry about him. Her voice was different from what he imagined too and she sounded generally concerned for his well being. He didn't know what to do at first since their person sounded so normal and nice and seeing her up close too baffled him more and more. What is this person capable of that made the whole DA-5 afraid of?

He didn't know what to think but naturally, he didn't trust her at first and only answered her in a cold tone of voice. "What would it matter to you?" He said.

There was a long pause for a moment before Luciel answered back, rather confused. "Don't I have the right to be worried? You seem to be in quite the situation. So, I'm hoping that the information you ask for is worth it." She sounded concerned.

M-21 flinched because her words dug into him. He wasn't used to having people worry about him so it felt strange, but not in a bad way. She doesn't even know him and yet she's concerned for him? He was caught short of breath and took a moment to respond back but this time with a small smile. "Yeah...It's worth it."

Luciel gave a small yet quiet chuckle. "They're quite the rowdy bunch are they."

M-21 smirked. "That's mostly because of Shark's doing than anything."

"He is quite the despicable fellow, isn't he?" She said in a refined voice.

As time went by, M-21 talked to this mysterious woman, know as Luciel, from behind the door and had a generally nice conversation with her. She expressed her interest in what they wanted with her and found the whole situation rather troublesome. M-21 too didn't know what they wanted of her either and was still in the dark about her true existence. All was ruined though and the air became stale when Shark busted through the door, wounded and angry.

"Damnit!" He cursed and downed some pills. "How dare a kid do this to me..." His hands shook with anger as he squeezed the container tightly until it was smashed.

"What's going on?" Krantz asked as Hammer walked by him with a loaf of bread in his hand as usual.

"He got us," Hammer said.

Tao was slightly stunned. "Really?"

"Shark got beaten," Hammer repeated.

Shark cut in. "Hammer! Who got beaten? We didn't take any pills at that time!" He screeched.

"That's true, but both of us couldn't do anything," Hammer said with a matter of fact tone.

"If you didn't tell me to leave, I would have killed him." Shark protested against his case. His pride was crushed and he was definitely was in a state of denial.

"Hammer," Krantz started. "Tell me what happened."

"We had a fight against the Noblesse we met earlier. He beat both of us and we couldn't do a thing." Hammer explained in a dull tone.

Shark began to shout once again. "I said that's not true!"

"If we took the D, we wouldn't have lost. But I decided we couldn't beat him at the moment, so I told Shark to leave."

Tao turned around in his seat to look at Shark. "He was that strong? The guys we met before weren't really strong..." He asked.

"We were wrong about the Noblesse. He was different from the others. They only had some special power, that's all. I don't think they were Noblesse."

"I remember what the Union told us on our first mission. It was to avoid any contact with Noblesse if possible." Tao remembered.

Shark scoffed. "He wasn't that strong. It wasn't so hard to match his speed and power with our current physical condition. One skill was a problem."

"Skill?"

"Yeah, my body stopped when I met his eyes. As if he ordered me to stop moving. I used all my strength to get out of it but it was too late to avoid the attack. I only got away from the critical attack."

"Shark's right. It seemed like it was a unique skill which only Noblesse had. Felt like he ordered us to stop moving. He couldn't perfectly control us and it was only for a moment but if it's used during combat, it's a very dangerous skill."

Tao actually looked impressed. "You two talking like that, it must be powerful. Wow, cool. Using skills like that."

After hearing the news about the Noblesse, Luciel got a bit excited, but when they mentioned not being able to control it made her think of someone totally different. When talking about Noblesse, they probably mean just 'Noble'. A race of people with powers like they mentioned. Guess in the last few hundred years they changed the name to Noblesse instead of Noble.

Luciel smiled almost regretfully as she stared at the ground. She got excited for a moment, but guess it's not the person she's thinking about. If it was, then Shark and Hammer...would be dead.

Shark grit his teeth. "Not cool. We would have won if we didn't have restrictions. Only if we could take the D...that skill wouldn't have worked." He then heard M-21 make a short laugh. His eyes twitched and his lips twisted into a scowl. "You're laughing?"

"My bad," M-21 said. "But bottom line, you and Hammer both got your asses kicked by a kid."

It a moment, Shark grabbed M-21 by his neck and slammed him up against the wall so hard that it cracked from the impact. "You know him right?" He said with crazy forming in his eyes. "What's your relation? Does it have something to do with Crombell's mission?"

M-21 remained calm despite his airway closing up. "I told you. If you want any information, find me what I want to know." He felt Shark's grip on his neck tighten. "You got beat by a kid so you're letting your anger out on me?"

You can literally hear the sound of Shark's mind snapping. He threw M-21to the ground and began to stomach on him, kicking him in the stomp, everything he can to inflict pain on the guy. "You thought I'd tolerate you just because you have some information!? I'll just kill you and do the investigation!" He shouted in a fury of bottomless anger and rage that totally swallowed him up.

Krantz looked over to the locked door when he heard the sound of the door handle jiggling. "Shark." He called out to him.

Shark continued his stomping. "Don't stop me! I won't kill him." He then heard M-21's weak laugh with a smile on his bloody lips. "Why are you laughing?"

The door handle jiggled some more, as people began to notice and began to take a step back. Shark was totally oblivious of the sound as his ears were blocked by his own rage. The door then suddenly busted open and right off its hinges as a blurred person rushed out from the room at a fierce speed that no one could see. Shark was grabbed by the neck and slammed against the wall behind him, he heard it crack against his back and his airway was closed up immediately. Shark gasped as the impact caused all the air in his lungs to escape, and while the hand on his neck prevented him from breathing, he looked with his hazy eyes as Luciel's red ones stared intensely back at him.

Luciel stepped back and released the man as he crumbled to the floor, holding his throat and hacking at her feet. She glanced over the DA-5 who were all up and staring at her with battle-ready stances, but with obvious sweat running down the side of their faces. She could smell the fear radiating off their body like steam, and with the warmest smile she could muster, she spoke in a heartwarming voice. "You should really watch your members more carefully, mister leader. I said I didn't want to jump in, but I will if I must."

M-21 laughed weakly as he sat up. "You should listen to the lady. I'll take out one part of the info that you wanted to know." He said with a sly grin, grabbing the chair. "Or maybe tell a lie about the information."

Shark coughed as he got up off the floor and felt Luciel's handprint indention on his neck. "You think you'll get the information you need if you act like this?" he spat with what air he had left.

Luciel stared down at Shark with her red eyes and she walked over to him. "You know." She bent her neck down and tilted her head to the side. "I honestly don't like you, but if you cross the line one more time...then I will kill you." Her voice didn't sound like a threat, but you could feel something cold drip down Shark's skin as he was frozen in place by her gaze. It wasn't mind-control like the Noblesse, It was just honest to God, pure fear.

Shark felt a combination of a lot of emotions. He didn't know if his fingers were shaking from fear or anger. "You..." Shark lifted his head and stared into her crimson eyes with teeth clattering with rage. "We only need DNA samples. I Will kill you when all this is over."

Luciel's eyes softened to pity. "If only it was as simple as you think. Killing me that is..."

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