Everyone that belonged to the 1st unit walked down the hallway towards Sakaki's lab. They were summoned by him which most likely they're about to receive a mission or something along those lines. "What do you think Dr. Sakaki wants us for?" Claire asked.

"Who knows," Sakuya said.

"I just hope it's not another mission," Claire said as she stopped in front of the door to Sakaki's lab.

The door opened to Sakaki's lab and they noticed Sakaki standing in front of his equipment with Shio sitting right next to him. "Sorry for summoning you in haste, but you see... I have a problem. And it is well beyond my experience as a man of science. Would you mind helping to... dress Shio?"

"Sorry, once more... You want to dress her?" Sakuya asked somewhat surprised to hear this.

"I've tried endless approaches, each a tragic failure. She does not seem to be privy to my fashion sense."

"No, no, no! No more scratchy and coarse!" Shio shook her head, refusing any clothes she was given.

"As I said. So, lacking other operatives of note, I decided to seek help from the branch's ladies."

"So then why the hell did you summon me?" Soma let out a frustrated sigh. "Damn you, old man." Everyone watched as Soma turned around and left.

"Yeah. I'm pretty sure I'm gonna be next to useless. My style is unique, and Bugarally was getting good. Peace!" Kota left as quickly as Some did so he could watch his show.

"I wish I had time to watch Bugarally..." Claire said quietly to herself.

"Ugh! Stupid boys. Well, I'll see if I can dress her in something a little less... rags..." Sakuya said as she went to one of the rooms in the back. "Come on, Shio. Let's try some stuff!"

"What are we going to try?" Shio asked curiously as walked over to Sakuya.

"Doctor, we're gonna borrow this back room for a while. We'll find something she likes. Alisa, would you mind helping out?"

"Not at all," Alisa said as she walked over to the two.

"Claire, do you want to help?" Sakuya asked.

"Sorry, I can't. I have some mission I need to do pretty soon." With that Sakuya and Alisa went into the room with Shio right behind them. Before Claire could leave to prepare for her mission Sakaki spoke up.

"I think the most interesting quality is Shio's genetic makeup. So adaptable, so diverse. It might go a long way in securing a bright new future for humanity." They both heard the sounds of struggling and then next to the sound of something collapsing coming from the room Sakuya and Alisa are using. Soon after that both Sakuya and Alisa came out of the room coughing from the amount of dust that came flooding out from that room.

"Um... Sh-Shio may have, uh..." Alisa tried to explain, but couldn't exactly figure out what to say so Sakuya said for her.

"Crashed through the wall and fled..."

"Oh, great," Claire said while Sakaki stared at the two for a couple of seconds before speaking up.

"Ah yes, a bright new future indeed." Sakaki turned towards Claire. "I hate to pull you off any pressing missions, but I think it critical that you bring her back safe and... now."

"What? But, I have... Oh, alright." Claire gave up since finding Shio is rather important. "Alisa, go get Kota. You two will be checking the area, with Soma, where we found first her. I have a mission in the old city. I'll check thereafter I complete it. Sakuya, mind tagging along with me?"

"Sure."

"Alright! Let's go find Shio!"

Sakuya shot down the final Aragami and Claire let out a big sigh. "What's wrong?" Sakuya asked,

"Huh? Oh, nothing. I'm just tired of all the paperwork, and the research I do on Aragami, so I can come up with some good strategies to take them down. I've also been going on a lot of solo missions lately. So It's nice to have a partner to back me up."

"You work too hard. Try to find some time to rest."

"Yeah, you're right. I probably should." Claire said. "Well, let's start looking for Shio."

"Right."

"Let's split up so we can cover more ground. I'll check the church. You go check those buildings over there."

"Okay, be careful," Sakuya said.

"Of course." Shortly after splitting up, Claire arrived at the church she slowly walked in looking at every corner. She walked into the main hall of the church and she stared at the large hole leading outside.

"This is where Lindow..." Claire shook her head to get those thoughts out of her head. "Shio! Shio! Are you here?" Claire called out. Just like she expected there was nothing. She sighed a little before deciding to call again. "Shio! Come on, Shio! Answer me! Everyone is worried about you!" Again, just like before there was no answer. Claire turned around and started to head outside. "There are buildings to the east. I'll check there before meeting up with Sakuya."

Before she could continue her search, she was radioed by her partner for this mission. "Captain! Claire, come in!"

"Yes, I read you! What's the matter?"

"I've been ambushed by Orgetails! I could use some backup!"

"Alright, I'm on my way!" Claire put away her radio before sprinting to Sakuya. "Geez! What's with these missions and their terrible Intel!"

Upon approaching the sounds of combat, Claire turned the corner and like it was waiting, an Orgetail launched multiple spikes from its tail. Claire narrowly dodged it as she felt a slight pain on her cheek. She quickly killed the Orgetail and continued onward to Sakuya, and once she passed through one of the abandoned buildings. She noticed Sakuya facing four Orgetails holding them off until she got back up. Sakuya fired a couple of shots on the weak and killed it as she slowly backed away until her back hit the wall.

Claire readied herself before charging at the Aragami and she hit it with enough force to send it flying into the wall. While Claire distracted the two other Aragami Sakuya took the opportunity to take another one out. With a couple of well-placed shots, she killed the Aragami and leaving only left one Aragami left. With both the efforts of the two, the Aragami died after receiving a few stab wounds and a couple of bullet holes.

"Geez, I wish the Intel was more accurate next time. This is the second time this happened!" Claire said.

"Oh my, what happened to you?"

"What?"

"Did you get hit or something?" Sakuya walked closer to Claire as she stared at the trickle of blood going down her cheek. "Your cheek."

"Huh?" Claire reached up and wiped a small bit of it she noticed it was her blood she was staring at. "Oh, it must have been that one Orgetail. I got something for it." Claire started to dig around in her pocket while Sakuya reached up to wipe the blood away, but the moment she touched her cheek, a strange sensation washed over her. There was a flash of a memory that didn't belong to her and it was about a child spending time with their parents.

"Mom? Where are we going?" A girl asked as they walked down the streets of the Far East Branch with a middle-aged woman with long brown hair in a simple yellow dress.

"We're going to see some of your father's old friends. They have a daughter, you know? Maybe you can be friends with her."

"I would like that."

"Alright, let's go."

"But... where's dad? He's not here."

"Don't worry. He said that he'll catch up."

"Okay." They both remained quiet as they continued towards there destination. Shortly after the house, they were walking to come into view. But they heard a voice calling them and the mother turned around to see it was her husband running towards them. The man has short black hair and he wore a light blue shirt and jeans.

"I see I'm not late." He said as he was slightly out of breath from the running. "I've been working so much that I couldn't see them in quite some time-" A loud distance of something crashing into something caught their attention. They could only tell that it was coming from the direction of the wall. Not long after the sounds of an alarm and the sounds of panic filled the air. It quickly dawned on the father what those signs meant so he grabbed his wife's shoulders with panic in his eyes. "It-It's the Aragami!"

"N-No! It can't be them!"

"You need to take Claire to safety!"

"What about you?!"

"I need to make sure they get out!" He said before taking off to the house they were about to visit. She very reluctantly took her daughter's hand and ran to safety.

"M-Mom? What's going on? Where's dad going?" Failing to realize the danger of the situation.

"It-It's okay! Your dad is going to be fine! We need to leave!" Claire watched the house her dad went into and the sounds of screams and roars got louder. She watched as the house shattered into pieces as an Aragami broke straight through it. The people in the house fell into the streets as the Aragami started to eat the people.

"D-Dad!" Claire reached out as she realized that one of those getting eaten was her father. Her mother pulled her closer to cover her eyes to protect her from seeing the terrifying scene.

"Don't look! Come on! We need to get out of here!" Claire watched in horror after her mother moved her hand away, the Aragami eating the dead bodies of her father and other people she didn't know. The last thing she saw was an Aragami jumping at them before everything went black.

Sakuya blinked a couple of times before she noticed Claire putting a bandage on her right cheek. Before she could say anything Clare spoke up first and she noticed that she looked rather down.

"So... you loved him, didn't you?"

"Who do you...?"

"I'm talking about... Lindow..."

Sakuya gasped a little since she didn't expect her to say that. "That's..."

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have brought that up."

"Captain! Come in!" Claire heard Alisa's voice over the radio.

"Yes? What is it?"

"We've found Shio."

"Roger that. Let's return for now." Claire said as they both walked to the extraction zone with nobody saying a word.

"I can't believe that happened again. It didn't work last time. I wonder why it worked this time?" Claire thought. "...Mom... Dad... Why is it now that I'm starting to remember them?"