"It's time to go home."
Suou took one last look at the dolphins, then joined her father.
"So, did you have fun?" her father asked.
Suou looked at her father with a wide grin. "Yeah! Let's come here next week too!"
"You say that every week," he chuckled.
Suou and her father walked down the the aquarium hall. She was fond of the aquarium, the sights, and the joyous people that surrounded her, but she was most fond of the time spent with her parents. Its been four months since she was thrown into the mysterious world created by her "brother" Shion. Suou had no memories of the real world, nor was she aware of what was currently going on.
As they reached the shark tank, her father stopped. Confused, she called out to him.
"Are you okay, papa?"
He remained in place, as if frozen. Behind him, she noticed everyone else had also stopped. The fish stayed in place, making the water look like ice.
"Papa!" she yelled.
She tried pushing him, but he failed to react. Suddenly everyone vanished. In front of her stood Shion.
"Hello, Suou," he said.
Although he seemed familiar, she couldn't quite grasp who the young red headed boy was standing down the hall.
"Who are you?" she asked.
"How could I forget. I replaced your memories."
His pupils turned bright red. Seconds later, Suou felt a sharp pain in her head. She dropped to the ground as memories flashed before her eyes. Family, friends, school, contractors.
"I apologies, but this is necessary. You'll understand, in time," Shion said.
Suou closed her eyes as to block out the images. When she opened them, she was no longer in the aquarium with her father. She was in a white bed with monitors beside her. She looked at the window to her right and saw a familiar sight; Tokyo, Japan. From her surroundings, she figured she was in a hospital room.
"Hello?" she said out loud.
With no response, she got to her feet and slowly walked towards the door. Her legs felt weak, as if she hadn't used them in months. She opened the door and to her surprise, no one was there. She left her room, holding the wall to keep her balance and headed for the nearest elevator. The farther down the hall she got, the more she realized she was the only one on the entire floor. She finally found an elevator and pressed the button. The elevator door opened and there stood Misaki Kirihara, Mao... and Hei.
[Hell's Gate
Tokyo, Japan]
A young girl stood in a green grassy field. A calm breeze blew through her short snowy white hair. Her eyes fixated on the blue sky. Several suited people armed with assault rifles approached he young girl.
"We're here on behalf of the Central Intelligence Agency. Please come with us willingly," one of them said.
"Or else what?", the girl asked.
"Or else what?", he went on, "Or else we'll have to use lethal force."
"Lethal to whom?"
"To you," the man said as he took a step forward.
"What made you think your weapons can hurt me?" the girls asked. "Who gave you the idea that you can enter my world and threaten me?"
"That's not important. I won't ask again."
The raised her arm and pointed her hand at the man.
"What are you doing?", he asked.
She began walking towards him, keeping her arm steadily in the same position.
The man aimed his gun at the girl and yelled, "stop now, or I'll be forced to shoot!"
The girl continued walking, ignoring his warnings and the firearm pointed at her. Her face was devoid of any emotion. Empty. As she approached him, he fired his weapon, but the bullet stopped in mid-air.
"What the hell?", he asked, shocked.
"Pity," the girl said as her purple eyes turned red.
Seconds later, the men dropped to the ground; lifeless.
"So fragile..."