Hello again, everyone! And welcome to the next volume of "Freezing". Before we begin, remember that this is Chapter 66 (NOT Chapter 67) as the LAST chapter was a side story. Oh, and don't forget to check out my Seitenkan fanfic of "Hundred" that I uploaded last month.

Enjoy


Volume 11

In the L. Bridget mansion, Howard was sitting by the fireplace when his wife, Olivia, walked in with some tea on a tray. "Honey, I made some tea for you," Olivia said.

Remaining silent, Howard took the teacup, which he used to poor into his cup.

"Howard, are you okay?" Olivia asked.

*SIP*

"How are the kids doing?" Howard asked after taking a sip of tea.

"The kids? Oh! Well, Vincent has less work to do in Bali now, and Louisa has been doing much, MUCH better than―"

"And what about HIM?!" asked Howard firmly all of a sudden.

"HIM?!" Olivia gasped in surprise.


"The Chevalier did WHAT to Elliot-senpai?!" Kazuha screamed in Andréa's room.

"S-Senpai had doubts about the Chevalier who continued the experiments...and despite knowing about MARK IV's low level of effectiveness...he wanted to save the E-Pandora, and Elliot-senpai was TOO arrogant to realize the danger he was putting himself and he family into that he demanded them to investigate what the Chevalier were up to! And...And THIS..." Andréa pointed to his Limiter's traumatized body laying on the bed. "...THIS is what the Chevalier did to him!"

"MARK IV's...low level of effectiveness...?" Kazuha gasped. "Are you telling me that Jin Purpleton's rampage the other day was..."

"MARK IV was always incomplete," explained Andréa. "It can temporarily stop the overflow from the forced activation of the Stigmata, but...it's extremely weak, and the Pandora will go berserk if the Stigmata is activated too much...the Chevalier needed the support of the public in order to continue the E-Pandora Project...! And in order to get it...they treated the E-Pandora like FUCKING DISPOSABLE GUINEA PIGS!"

"Andréa, would you calm down! You don't have any real proof right now," said Clifford, "and even if you did, you didn't leak any military information, did y―"

"WHO'S SIDE ARE YOU ON?!" Andréa screamed. "SENPAI GAVE HIS FAMILY EVERYTHING! AND IT WAS OBVIOUSLY ILLEGAL! BUT IT WAS THE ONLY WAY TO SAVE THE E-PANORA FROM CONTINUING TO BE SACRIFICED! YOU OF ALL PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW BETTER THAN THAT! WHY DIDN'T YOU EVEN TRY TO HELP HIM?! WERE YOU TOO SCARED?! AND YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THE STRONGEST FUCKING PANDORA IN―"

*SLAP*

"STOP IT! YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN!" Elena screamed as she slapped her face.

"WHAT, YOU TOO! YOU'RE TAKING THE CHEVALIER'S SIDE TOO!" Andréa yelled as she tried to get up. I...I thought we were all comrades!" Tears began streaming down her eyes. "Elliot...*SNIFF*...ELLIOT-senpai only wanted to help, so why was he the ONLY one to do so?! WHY?!"

Biting his lower lip, Satellite stormed out of the room.

*SLAM*

"L-Lite-senpai!" whispered Kazuha.


*BAM*

Satellite arrived at the top of the compound, taking a box of cigarette out of his pocket with his left hand, and a lighter with his right. Satellite opened the cigarette box, noticing only one cigarette left. He took the cigarette out of the box with his teeth and threw the empty box to the ground in anger. Then, he lit his cigarette with his light and began smoke while looking up at the moon.


Later that night, Satellite was laying in bed with the covers over his entire body; Ra's was looking at him in concern.

"So, Satellite-san, are you hungry~de armiasu?" Ra's asked in concern. "Would you like to eat some ramen with me in the cafeteria~de arimasu?"

But Satellite didn't move a muscle.

"No? Okay, I'll just go hang out with Kazuha in her room~de arimasu. And I'll be ALONE with him~de arimasu..."

Satellite wasn't asleep, he was just laying in the bed and pretending he was.

"...Maybe I should leave him alone," Ra's thought as he―

"Pandora GR230."

"Satellite L. Bridget, please come with us."

Just then, two Pandora appeared in right outside the door, and their words are what caused the Pandora punk to arise out of the bed.


Satellite was taken to a private room. "Is there a reason for―"

But as he turned around, the door was closed. He went to the door to open it up, but it had already been locked, preventing him from leaving.

"Lite, are you there?" a voice suddenly asked from the speaker; Satellite was surprised as he recognized the voice.

"O-Olivia!" he exclaimed.

"It's been too long, Lite."

"W-Where are you? Why am I hearing your voice? Shouldn't there be a video feed?"

"I'm at home with your father. And, apparently, they don't allow live video feeds. Anyways, how have you been doing?"

"Me? *SCOFF* I'm surprised to called after all these years," Satellite said rudely as he took a seat. "After everything you did, you'd probably not even GIVE a shit."

"Lite, I know I have mistreated you as a child, but―"

"MISTREATED?! You called me a 'rapechild', you said my REAL mother was a 'whore who bribed my father into being raped', and you let Louisa FUCKING MOLEST ME!"

"YOUNG MAN, DON'T EVER USE THAT LANGUAGE WITH ME OR ANYONE ELSE IN YOUR FAMILY! I KNOW that what I did was wrong; I was angry after I found out about your existence, and I let my anger out on your mother, but when I found about what Louisa did to you, I realized that I made a BIG mistake and regretted everything I did to you and your om; I shouldn't have my emotions get the best me. I wanted to apologize to you, but I was scared of how you would react, so I wanted to call right now so I can tell you that I'm sorry, and to ask for a second chance at being you mother."

After remembering everything that he and his mother went through, Satellite reluctantly said, "Alright, M...Mum."

"...Thank you. So anyways, is there anything bothering you?"

"Bothering me?" Satellite remembered Elliot's condition. "Uh, no, whatever it is, I'm fine and―"

"DON'T LIE TO ME! If you're having any problems, I'd go to your father and―"

"To my father?"

"Oh, uh, never mind, nice talking to you!"

"Wait! Can you at least tell Dad something for me?"

"What?"

"Tell Dad...that I'm not a little wimp anymore...and no matter what happens, I can overcome it."

"...Of course. Oh, and don't forget to visit whenever you get the chance. I would like to have the entire family under the same roof once in a while...even if we're STILL missing one member."

"Sure thing, Oli―err, I mean, Mum," Satellite said with a smile. "Bye."

"Bye."


Back in the U.K. the next day, Howard was sitting at his desk.

"The Mably family is currently in a dangerous situation due to the behind-the-scenes work of the Chevalier," said his secretary. "It's likely the Mably family will collapse if this continues any longer...I believe that this incident, as well as other recent ones, are all related to the Alaska Research Facility."

"...Is...Satellite involved in the E-Pandora Project?" Howard asked.

"Satellite? Yes, they are currently facing an extremely difficult situation...I think it would be wise to pull your son out of the project to keep him―"

"No, let us continue to watch over him for now...until he TRULY needs us."


The next day, at the Alaska Research Facility, the E-Pandora were eating; Rattle was hogging down the food like his normal hungry self.

"He, did you guys hear the news?" asked an E-Pandora.

"WHAT news?" asked Anthony.

"There gonna be a bunch of experiments going forth...and that ALL E-Pandora are to participate..."

End


Cast:

Howard L. Bridget: Ryuzaburo Otomo (Japanese); John Swasey (English)


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