Streets of New Meridian
Kira had bad day's. He could admit that much, but this was quite possibly, the worst day he ever had.
He stumbled blindly whilst clutching his wounds in attempt to steady himself before looking around at his surroundings. He was in an alley way of some sort, littered with dirty puddles of grime and trash.
He was in some city, and he hated cities.
They were loud, stacked with despicable people, and worst of all, they were filled to the brim with pollution.
That is why he had chose to live in Morioh. It was quiet, mostly underpopulated, and clean. A quiet and peaceful lifestyle.
Now he was stuck here, in some strange looking city with nowhere else to go. If he didn't feel desperate before then he definitely felt desperate now. He proceeded to walk forward to get a better view of his surroundings before he felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Alright listen here pal, here's the deal.-" He heard a knife click, Kira almost scoffed.
Another reason why he hated big cities, not even 5 seconds before someone was trying to mug him. Kira turned around, putting the most nonchalant face he could muster despite it being caked in blood.
"You give me your belongings, and I don't outright kill you. Besides, your pretty banged up already." The smiling man said, he was wearing baggy pants with a plain white shirt. The most outstanding feature was the golden watch the man had, probably killed someone for it.
Kira kept his calm demeanor despite his wounds as he stared at the mugger. The man's smile slowly turned into a frown.
"What are ya? Stupid? Hand over your god damn-"
"That is a nice watch you have there." Kira said.
The muggers face turned into confusion before it was twisted with anger.
"I- Do you have a god damn death wi-?"
Immediately the man's hand, starting with his gold watch, exploded as his arm was vaporized. The man couldn't even scream before Kira, despite his injury's, launched a punch directly into the mans stomach, knocking the air out of his lungs.
The man fell back, reaching his hand out as he shivered uncontrollably. His right arm gushed out with blood as Kira stood menacingly over him.
"AGH! Shi-Shit!" The man said as he stared in shock at the remains of his arm.
"Filthy overpopulated scum like you are the reason why I choose not to live in City's." Kira said in disgust, "Say it, say you are scum."
"Wh-Wha-?" The mugger couldn't even finish before his right leg suddenly exploded as it was vaporized instantly. The mugger let out a scream of agony before getting kicked in the chest by the serial killer.
"SAY IT!" Kira said in anger.
"I-I'm scum! P-please just let me go!"
Kira simply stood there as he looked down upon the mugger as he stared on in horror.
"You are scum. You said it yourself, therefore you do not deserve to live." Kira said. The mugger now had tears in his eyes as they slowly trawled down his face.
Kira kneeled down, "Goodbye, scum.".
It was the last thing the lowlife saw as his skin and body bubbled up from beneath before exploding in a great haze.
The business man stood back up before straightening his tie, Killer queen stood beside him. His cracked and injured stand did a good job of allowing him to vent his anger, now that he was finished he needed to come up with a plan. What he needed to do was to figure out where he was, as well as dress his wounds without suspicion to himself.
He was about to walk out of the ally before he noticed something in the reflecting muddy water.
"What?" Kira asked with a hint of surprise as he took in his original features, somehow being transported here gave him his old look back. Blonde hair and purple eyes rather then the look he stole from the foolish kid's father.
He hadn't had the time to think about it before peering outside, the sunlight almost blinded him but luckily the street seemed to be deserted for now except for a few parked cars. Maybe life was giving him a short break for once.
The city however looked completely unrecognizable as far as Kira was concerned, at first he thought of New York. But there was no way, as it seemed to sprawl for miles and miles on end. With the occasional blimp or zeppelin and really tall art deco skyscraper to complement the place.
He definitely wasn't in Morioh, he wasn't even sure if he was anywhere recognizable. Kira gritted his teeth in pure anger and frustration before carrying on, attempting to cover up his wounds with his already bloodstained jacket.
His peaceful way of life had been broken into pieces, now flung into a trash heap before set on fire. And he knew he could do nothing about it but take it as it was, he would have to reforge his way of life back. Kira walked closely next to the deserted street, trying not to stand out.
Meanwhile down the street, a black painted and gold trimmed limo turned on before slowly following the injured serial killer
Little Innsmouth
Koichi woke up to the sound of screaming as his eyes shot open before jumping up. He looked around for the source only to see Okuyasu on the ground.
The Freshman rolled his eyes.
The childish highschooler had his eyes closed as he screamed his lungs out, Koichi had to cover his ears.
"Okuyasu!" Koichi said only for his friend to carry on screaming. "OKUYASU!" Koichi said in a aggravated tone, "Were fine! Stop screaming like that!"
Okuyasu stopped before opening up his left eye, peering around the room before opening both eye lids.
"A-Are we dead?"
"Um, no I don't think so." Koichi said as he scratched the back of his head awkwardly.
Immediately Okuyasu jumped to his feet in a great big cheer, "Awesome! Screw you death!" Koichi yelled before looking around, "Wait? Where are we?" the dimwit asked.
Koichi had to look around a bit as he placed his hand on his chin in thought, "Seems like an abandoned building of some sort, but there's light coming through those boards down there."
"Alright then. What are we waiting for? Let's get out of here!"
"Wait. Aren't you the least bit concerned about where we are in the first place?"
"Nah, besides if I think about it then it'll make my head hurt a bit." Okuyasu declared.
Koichi merely sighed, "Fine then, lead the way Okuyasu." the Freshman said. The dimwit smiled before running up to the boards, attempting to pry them open with his arms only to make no progress.
"Uh, you need help with that?" The smaller Freshman asked.
"No, I got this!" Okuyasu's stand appeared alongside him, "Screw you wood!" before swiping with his stand, 'The Hand', swiped with it's right hand.
Within an instant the boards ceased to exist as they were scraped out of existence.
Okuyasu closed his eyes to adapt to the sunlight whilst Koichi took a hand to cover his eyes.
"Ugh, too bright." Okuyasu said as he turned his back on the bright opening. "I'm just gonna-"
"Um, Okuyasu? L-look behind you." Koichi said in a scared stiff tone. The dimwitted highschooler turned around before literally jumping in surprise.
What they saw wasn't even remotely human yet it stood on it's hind claws. With smooth scales, suspenders, and a Tiny little bowler hat, it stared at the two highschooler's with it's brown soulless eyes.
However it's most notable feature was the bag of Doritos it held in it's four arms.
"M-M-M-MONSTER!" Okuyasu yelled in panic as he backed up away from the window. "RUN FOR IT KOICHI!" Okuyasu yelled as Koichi jumped out as well, running beside his friend in panic on the strange looking street.
The anthropomorphic Isopod looked at the two running figures as they rounded the corner into quiet ally way. The deep sea creature merely shrugged before taking a huge bite out of the bag itself.
New Meridian Hospital
"Will he be okay doctor?" Filia asked as she stood in the waiting room, the Elven doctor was busy looking at a few papers before looking back up.
"He'll be fine, he recovered at an astonishing rate. We didn't even need to apply stitches..."
"Really?" Filia asked in curiosity.
"Yes, what's astounding is that it should have taken months, let alone years to make a full recovery. But his body managed to accomplish it within an hour."
"Oh, um..."
"Would you like to see him?"
"Yeah that would be-"
Filia was about to respond before there was yelling before the sound of commotion in a nearby room. The doctor frowned, "Now what can that be all abou-"
The door immediately bursted open as a figure retreated out of it, his face sported a look of outrage as he looked around the place in confusion. Filia immediately recognized the figure as the teenager she had saved yesterday.
The Elvish doctor immediately walked forward with Filia slowly following.
"Sir. I'm going to have to ask you to calm down." The doctor said.
The 16 year old merely stared at the doctor before speaking.
"Why are your ear's pointy?"
The doctor titled her head in confusion before a nurse ran past the door.
"Sorry doctor! But I couldn't get him to stop when I needed to check up on any damage to his scalp!" The nurse said in anguish. The teen backed away as he put both of his hands in front of him to distance himself.
"Woah hey listen, Thanks for healing me but the hair is off limits." The teen said plainly.
The doctor paused before speaking, "Young man, it is detrimental that we inspect any possible head injuries while you are under our jurisdiction."
The teen was about to speak up before Filia stepped in, "It's okay doctor, I'm sure he's fine if he says so."
"Hmph, very well then. If he can recover quickly within an hour then minor head injuries shouldn't be of any concern." The doctor said, "You should be thanking this girl for getting you medical attention." She said before walking away.
The teen scratched the back of his head before looking at Filia, "Um, you uh... Did that? I don't really know how to thank you."
"No worries, I just wanted to help." The girl student said before holding out her hand. "Filia."
"Josuke." The teenager said as he shook it.
Glass Canopy
The royal party hall where the elite's came to gather was currently empty as daylight shined through the ornate umbrella shaped glass roof.
"Umbrella!? Umbrella where are you!" A voice yelled as Adam Kapowski called out, he was growing more and more concerned by the second. "Your highness please come out!"
The black egret passed a pillar, before going into other parts of the glass canopy, calling out for the small child.
Umbrella sighed before turning around and slumping her back against the ornate pillar, clearly upset. Things were always the same, she had to stay behind while her sister was off to do cool stuff.
It just wasn't fair.
"C'mon princess, we'll even get Vanilla if you want." Adam called, his voice was heard from the other section of the castle
Umbrella looked down glumly, "I don't even like vanilla..." she muttered. She supposed there was no use, after all nothing was going to change out of this.
She was about to leave before she spotted something, a small white and gold dressed figure from across the empty dance floor.
It wore a long white overcoat and a small little bow tie. It even wore a white and gold boater hat, something which people in new meridian would sometimes wear. However the most astounding thing about the figure was that it didn't even look real, as it looked as if it was taken out of a book and made 3 dimensional, with thick drawing marks around it's form.
"Is that another kid?" Umbrella thought, the figure was inspecting the place as it looked around slowly before spotting her. Umbrella realized it wasn't just it's clothing, but also it's entire face with white skin and gold lines adorning it's features.
It paused to stare at her before it stood up straight, defining gravity as it began to float in midair. Umbrella's stared in surprise and curiosity as the figure began to float away.
"H-Hey. Wait!" She said before ditching her hiding spot, the white child turned the corner, moving away from the ballroom. Umbrella was running now as her rain boots thumped against the floor.
It stopped to look at her again before crossing both arms, slowly retreating back into the shadows of the hallway.
Umbrella ran up before stopping, there was someone standing there.
"You could see heaven's door?" The figure asked within the shadows. Umbrella couldn't have recognized who it was, but she could tell it was a he.
"Heaven's door? Was that the name of that kid? Why was he running away?" The little girl asked. The figure paused before stepping out of the shadows.
He sported greenish looking hair and a semi unbuttoned vest, with a buckle and a headband of some sort. His face was etched with no emotion except with a tiny hint of curiosity to it. As if he was inspecting a piece of art.
"That was not a kid, that was my stand."
"A stand? Like what people put in front of stores?"
"No, a Stand in my case is a guardian of sorts." The manga artist said, attempting to make it as simplified as possible to the younger girl.
"Oh... So it's like a parasite then!" Umbrella proclaimed.
"What? Wait, what are you talking about?"
Umbrella smirked in a troublemaker like faction, "I dunno, maybe if you got me an ice cream then I could tell you."
The 20 year old sighed before slowly doing drawing gestures in mid air.
Umbrella was confused at first until she noticed something on her arm.
The skin on her hands had opened up like a doorway, revealing lines and lines of paper. As if she was a living book, with it's pages open and chalk full of info.
Umbrella immediately jumped back in surprise.
Rohan crossed his arms, "Sorry about this but I need to figure out whe-"
"Wooooaah! This is so cool! I'm like a book!" Umbrella said as she stared at her arm, waving it around as the papers waved in accordance.
Rohan was more surprised at the fact that she wasn't in totally traumatized.
"How did you do that!?" Umbrella asked in excitement. Rohan slouched down to get a closer look at her before speaking.
"My stand, heaven's door, allows me to read people as if they are books. Umbrella Renoir." Rohan said in a nonchalant tone. It took Umbrella a second to realize.
"Heeeeeeey. That's not fair! I command you to tell me your name as well!"
Rohan raised an eye, "Do you normally talk to strangers like this?"
"Nah, Hungern here-" She gestured to the weird looking umbrella to her hand, the eyes on it were frozen, until they looked directly at Rohan. The manga artist almost jumped back a bit. "-Would eat you right up if you were. Besides, I never really get to talk to anyone else in this crummy castle except for a few stupid lieutenants."
Rohan was intrigued at that statement before he decided to speak up, "Very well. My name is Rohan Kishibe."
"Nice to meet ya Mister." Umbrella said as she held out her head, the manga creator shook it.
Little did Umbrella know, this allowed Rohan a better idea what he was dealing with as his keen eyes picked up every detail of text that her body told.
Apparently Umbrella was the youngest of a royal family, the Reinors. A family that Rohan had never even heard of before, what was more strange was that her family were rulers of what was called the Canopy kingdom. None of this made any sense to Rohan, instead his brain operated more quickly within the fraction of a second to pick up more info.
He read a tiny script at the edge of her face, detailing that both her mother and father had died after her mother became a 'Skullgirl'.
He was going to need a verbal approach if he wanted answers.
"So, Umbrel-"
"That'll be Princess Mr. Rohan."
Rohan raised an eye as Umbrella giggled in a mischievous tone. The manga creator sighed before the pages on the girl's skin closed up, returning her to her old look again.
"Very Well, Princess. Where exactly am I?"
"You don't know where you are? Did you hit your head or something?"
Rohan was about to respond before the child took his hand before tugging.
"Here! I suppose it is my duty to show you around the place." Umbrella said in a mock of a royal voice. Rohan merely shrugged before walking alongside the kid. Maybe he would finally get some answers.
A Few Minutes Later
"-And then could you believe it!? They mixed mango sherbet with Chocolate! Who the hell does that!?" Umbrella said as she finished her tenth story, seemingly carefree as she tugged him again. "And the worst part is, they had the gall to call it 'Gourmet', PAH!"
Rohan was starting to get a little bit annoyed, not as much as being around Josuke but it was getting there.
"This would make a horrible one-shot..." Rohan thought glumly as she droned on and on.
"But that's even the best part! The best part was-"
They had reached a bigger room before Rohan studied every detail.
It seemed to be a ballroom of some sort, with intricate and marble flooring. The most outstanding feature was the giant see through roof which had priceless carved glass which made the light shining through split into hundreds of different colors. Umbrella
Rohan would be lying if he said he wasn't impressed.
"Pretty cool huh?" Umbrella said as she came up alongside him.
"My parents built it... But there gone now." She said, her tone saddened a bit. Rohan already knew that her parents were dead, but regardless his face softened up a bit, feeling sympathetic to her. He never was very close to his own parents, but he could imagine he would feel sorrowful if they were to pass away.
"I'm sorry to hear that."
"Eh, it happened when I was really young. Besides, people told me my dad wasn't the nicest of people." The young girl sighed again, "I'll sure miss mom though." Umbrella said before tugging on Rohan's arm again.
"C'mon, there's more to see over-"
"Umbrella, is that you sweetie?" A female voice asked.
Rohan turned around to see a middle aged woman across the ballroom. Her hair was pure black in color and her eyes were of a dark purple, she wore a violet dress and a ornate neckless.
"M-Mom?" Umbrella asked. "I-Is that really you?" she said in a shaky voice.
"Of course dear, Come and embrace me." She said in a gentle tone.
Rohan on the other hand had a eye for detail.
Her memories had clearly showed that both her parents were dead, yet here her mother was, completely unharmed and the first thing she does is visit her daughter. This seemed too good to be true. Not only that, but although Umbrella couldn't see it, his stand allowed him to see what would be naked to the human eye.
This woman had evil intentions to put it short. A menacing look beneath her innocent facade.
And lastly, Heaven's Door always read true information, and as far as Rohan was concerned, it did not say within Umbrella's memory that her mother could have been alive. This lady definitely was not the girls mother but instead an impostor.
Rohan put a hand behind his back before shaping it into how he would hold a pencil, writing in the air as Heaven's door came into being.
The stand immediately clung to his back, hiding from the older woman's gaze.
"Momma!" Umbrella yelled, barely able to claim her excitement as she ran forward, her rubber boots stomping against the ground.
Her mother held out her arms as she knelt down.
And it was then Rohan acted.
"Heaven's Door!"
Immediately the Stand sprung forth, Nancy's eyes widened as she looked on with surprise.
The smaller humanoid zip passed Umbrella before it projected a strong force, knocking the queen backwards. Her body opened up like pages as scribbles of paper came into existence.
The Stand held out it's finger as it only needed to touch the Queen's forehead before scribbling a command.
"Reveal your true self."
Rohan immediately felt a kick to the leg as he grunted with a tiny bit of pain.
"What do you think your doing! That's my mother ya douche!" Umbrella said, she was quite keen on vulgar language despite her age.
Rohan looked at Umbrella before looking back, his gaze hardened as Heaven's Door returned to his side.
"That thing... Is not your mother."
Umbrella turned around before gasping in shock. Her mother was no longer there, instead a formless being with a monstrous appearance. It rose up as if it was liquid.
A single red eye stared at the two of them with complete malice.
"What a strange power..." It said in a distorted voice, promising pain and death. "Even I must admit, I can see it being quite problematic in the future"
Rohan kept his look, "What are you? And what exactly do you want." he said.
"I am Double, and I have come here for the girl."
Umbrella fumed as she stood closer to Rohan, "Just try it butt face!" the girl said before blowing a raspberry at the monster. Rohan took a moment to admire the kid's courage.
"I'm afraid you can't take her if your planning on hurting her." Rohan said as his eyes narrowed.
"Hurting her? I'm afraid you have it all wrong, I am plan on gifting her something exquisite. Sadly, you are in the way and therefore must die." The creature's flesh turned into sharp bone before spring forward, intent on eviscerating the manga artist.
Rohan's face turned into a smirk.
"Is that so?"
Immediately Doubles bone blades went wild as it swung, hitting everything but Rohan and Umbrella as she stood close to him.
The creature attempted to attack again, but it's flesh disconnected before even touching the man. Double retreated back as it's form turned into something more complete, it's one red eye twisted in what seemed to be anger and confusion.
"What have you done to me!?"
Rohan smiled before slowly backing up, Umbrella clinging onto his arm.
"My Stand, Heaven's Door, has a particularly special ability. Not only can I read you like a book,-" Rohan said before backing up a bit more, "-But it also has the liberty of writing commands. One to reveal yourself, and one to... Well-" He pointed at the monsters arm as it's red eye immediately looked at it's own flesh. Sure enough there was a tiny scribble, something that nobody had noticed except for Rohan himself.
"Cannot attack Rohan Kishibe."
"This cannot be... Not even Parasites are capable of such a feet!" Double said as it's flesh rapidly shifted in anger, "What you did was-"
"Impossible? Yes." Heaven's Door materialized next to his shoulder as the small humanoid smirked. "But with Stands? No."
Umbrella's face lit up as she giggled. "Aw yeah! Beat that butt face!" The young princess yelled in glee.
Rohan expected the flesh to throw itself in a fit of anger, instead it simply calmed itself before turning that into what appeared to be a nun of some kind. Something was not right.
"Very well then. I suppose I should let by subordinate take over."
Rohan's eyes widened before immediately turning around.
A medical scalpel was coming straight towards his face, he hadn't the time to act before Heaven's Door miraculously caught it. However his Stand's fingers bled from the sheer sharpness of the tool. Rohan felt blood trickle down his hand as he attempted to hide it.
A woman stood at the top of the stairs, wearing a revealing nurses outfit, her mouth was covered with a surgical mask as her eyes shown indifference.
"Hmph, it seems that any damage this so called 'Stand' of yours takes gives it to you as well." The lady said before jumping down the stairs in an impossible feet as she twirled and spun before landing on her two feet, brandishing a bone saw as she ran her fingers on it's sharp edge.
Rohan's face tightened, that was not something he wanted reveal to these people. Worst of all though, she was somehow able to see and hurt his Stand despite not even being a Stand user. This place was just full of surprises.
"Heaven's Do-"
"Oh no you don't." The nurse said before rushing forward, avoiding the projected force of the stand as she disappeared within the shadows. Another Scalpel was thrown at Heaven's Door this time, cutting it's leg.
Rohan grunted in pain as he felt a new cut above his ankle.
"Mister Rohan!" Umbrella yelled in worry as she stood closer to him. This was not looking good.
Although Heaven's Door was powerful within his own right, there was no way his stand could win a true one on one fight.
The nurse appeared again, this time brandishing a shot full of some volatile liquid, she tapped it before looking at him.
"Now, Now, there's no need to fight." The nurse said as she stood by disguised Double, the Nun smiled in a friendly matter but looked nothing of the sort.
"You hand over the girl, and all of us can forget this ever happened." Double spoke, in a friendly yet sinister fashion.
"Hand her over to you?" Rohan asked in genuine curiosity.
Umbrella looked at Rohan before looking at the nurse in a bit of fear. Surely he wouldn't...
"Yes, were not going to hurt her, we just need her for something and after that she'll be given back to her family. It's a win win for everyone." The nurse said.
"And I won't have to fight..." Rohan said as he slowly separated Umbrella from his arm, looking down to the floor as he walked forward.
"Wh- Mister Rohan, I trusted... you." Umbrella said as her voice broke up.
"Now your seeing reason, hand her over." Valentine said.
He raised his head up before staring the nurse directly in the eyes. His face sporting the look of pure defiance.
"I refuse."
Within an instant he pulled Umbrella close to him as she the little girl gasped in shock before a segment of his arm transmuted.
"Your body will fly upwards at 70km/h!"
Rohan was immediately sent flying, faster than the eye could see as he held Umbrella close to him, crashing through the roof of the Glass canopy. Both he Umbrella and kept going further and further before they slowly began to lose momentum.
Rohan cursed as he felt the wind whip at his face, He needed to write something quickly before he and Umbrella would-
However the wind stopped as he immediately landed on something soft. He looked down to see a gaping purple maw.
Hungern had apparently stopped there fall as it slowly floated away from the building. Carrying both him and Umbrella to a safer place. He looked back to see the building they left, now with a giant hole in the roof of it. The building itself however laid on top of a giant plateau of concrete and marble, with an entire foundation of buildings below it, and even more as the eye could see. No wonder this place was called the canopy kingdom, it was like a real jungle canopy with buildings instead of trees forming a giant civilized canopy.
Umbrella stood up, now without her hat. She paused to look at Rohan before her excitement slowly lit up like a firecracker.
"Oh no..." Rohan whispered before the girl went off.
"That... Was... AWESOME!" Umbrella said as she balled her hands up in an effort to contain herself, "At first she was like, 'die you', and then you were like, 'nope', and then that para- I mean your Stand was all like, 'I'm writing you a new one!'"
Rohan sighed before chuckling lightly, he peered out to the entire city below. The little girl noticed his confusion.
"Your really not from around here aren't you?" Umbrella asked as her tone died down a bit. Rohan looked back at her, surprised that she was able to guess what he was thinking. Umbrella paused before pointing at him. "I mean, like c'mon. That stuff you just did was cool, but like butt face said, impossible. Where exactly are you from Mister Rohan?"
Rohan paused before looking back out to the horizon, the sun slowly beginning to drop down. "If I told you, then you still wouldn't understand. All I can say is that this is clearly not my world."
Umbrella looked down, unsure what to say before her face beamed up.
"I know! How about we go to New Meridian! Hungern can float us all the way to Little Innsmouth at this rate!"
"Wherever you feel is best. We need to keep low however. And I need to find my friends and get back to my world."
Umbrella nodded before she realized something, "Wait? There's more of you!? Can they do cool stuff like you did?"
Rohan didn't say anything but he slightly nodded.
"Really!? Well then what are we waiting for!? Lets go!" Umbrella said before hungern pressed forward, the wind taking them to the skyscrapers in the distance.
Glass Canopy
Valentine looked up angrily as she tore off her surgical mask, that kid was her trump card and now she was gone.
To make matters worse, both she and Double were going to have to leave very soon, as the surprised yelling and footsteps of black egrets soon filled the hallways. With the giant stomps signifying that Panzerfaust was close.
"We need to go." Valentine said, Double stood there as if listening to something before she spoke.
"It is for the best, The Skullgirl wishes to speak to the both of us. Something of dire importance has come up."
Valantine gave a hesitantly nodded as she looked to the hole in the roof before taking a pill bottle and throwing it against the ground. A giant puff of smoke engulfed the ninja's body before making her disappear altogether. Double on the other hand, transformed. Taking the look of a normal black egret soldier before walking away from the scene, just in time as the real black egrets burst in, as Panzerfaust punched the doors right of it's hinges.
The black egrets rushed in, Adam at the front as the looked around the place with there guard on high alert. "Spread out and find out what happened."
"Yes sir!"
The worried lieutenant looked around before something caught his eyes. A little yellow rain hat was lying on the ground.
"Oh no, it's all my damn fault!" The lieutenant said as he knelt down to pick up Umbrella's hat, his head hung low in shame. Panzerfaust came up behind the lieutenant as he placed a giant hand on his back in an attempt to comfort him.
Molly came up next to him, "Don't blame yourself Adam, you did your best. It's not your fault that she ran off to hide somewhere."
"And my best was not enough! Now she's gone..." Adam said before looking out to the hole in the glass canopy, his face hardened with resolve. "Someone contact Princess Parasoul, and tell her of my failure."
Molly nodded sadly before walking away to get to work.
"I don't know who you are, or where you are, but you're going to regret taking Umbrella." Adam said as his eyes narrowed in anger before walking away.
There was work to be done.
To be Continued