Chapter 2: Jail or Servitude
Utopia, Bounty Hunters Hidden Facility, Oz
Holding room
Icarus sat hand cuffed in a room filled with Anti-Shinju symbols.
(Every since the Shinju's came into existence, certain things suppressed their supernatural powers. One of them was the Ancient Myriad symbols carved in a new metal discovered around the same time as the Shinju's discovery, Das. Das became one the most durable and heat retardant metals discovered to man. The metal properties don't suppress the abilities per say more like; the metal reacts to the mana released by Shinju users and absorbs the powers as a rapid rate.)
Icarus: Oi! I saw this in a movie once! Don't I get like a phone call or a lawyer or at least a pretty broad to look at?
Observation Room
Lilly: So this loud mouth is the new recruit? Look at his clothes and skin, so filthy. He looks like a stray dog.
Lilly Crow
Status: 2nd Lieutenant
Shinju: Widow's Spell
Bounty: 4,000,000 Nola, Tier C
Higura: I like him! He's straight forward and simple-minded. Easy to deal with, now how shall we go about getting him to join us?
Higura Lovehart – Leader of the Hunter's Unit
Status: Captain
Shinju: Shaman Desert
Bounty: Tier B, 450,000,00 Nola
Mitsuki: Just play hardball as usual. I'll do it if you like, he's kind of good looking in a way.
Mitsuki Setsuna
Status: Captain
Shinju: Zodiac Tempter
Bounty: Tier B, 120,000,000 Nola
Higura: No I'll do it. I have to make it very clear our interest in him.
Lilly: Don't you mean your interest in him because he's-
Higura looked at Lilly with a smile but she could feel the pressure coming from Higura that earned him the nickname of "Black Dragon". It told her not to finish the sentence and Lilly stood there in awe unable to speak.
Higura entered the holding cell.
Icarus: Crap! I got you! What happened to the pretty chick with the purple hair?
Higura: She's busy at the moment. However, let's discuss your future here
Icarus began to laugh heartedly.
Icarus: Me! Work for you guys? You understand that I'm Vagabond, I don't exist in your society. I don't conform to your laws, this reform, the force or anyone to that matter of fact. I'm the flaw in your system, abandoned when I say no. The way I see it, you have two options put me in jail and I'll break out, let's not bullshit each other. Secondly, kill me and I grantee you this won't go down without a fight.
Higura: True, we could do either of those things but I don't kill on Monday's, bad way to start the week. Seeing as you want to be an smart ass, let's get down to the facts. It's true, Icarus Siegfried, heir to the German / Japanese conglomerate died age 14 after the great reform, body missing, information whipped, determined Vagabond.
Icarus usually calm and vibrant demeanor turned very serious. He began to emit the same pressure Higura previously omitted.
Icarus: How did you find out my past? That should be secur-
Higura: Secured information? You mean the lock you placed on your file, we have hackers for that. Lilly, is actually good at getting in places without permission.
Icarus: Ok, so what, I used to be a rich kid. My dad was an ass and my mom died, is this were the violins play? Were we oh, "poor Icarus".
Higura: I looked into it, your father used to abuse you, that's why when you went missing your dad was charged and imprisoned. Your brother took over the company, married a German girl name Nana-
Icarus: Did you say Nana? You mean Nana Butterfield?
Higura: Your childhood girlfriend right? Though she was older than you, it was clear she showed interest. How does it feel to your brother is with the woma-
Icarus breaks his restraints and forms his electrical string and pointed his two fingers at Higura's neck.
Icarus: Say one more word and slit your throat.
Higura: Relax. First off, your strong enough to use your abilities in such a highly repressive cell. We should have put you in B block then.
Icarus: There are a lot of things you don't know about me. Look, it's all well and cool my brother is now in charge. I never wanted any part of that company, I know what Siegfried name real gets into. Mafia, cartels, human trafficking, murders and then they used your society's system to clean the money. Every since I was a kid I knew that and my brother was just like him, a murderer and a money hungry fool. This has nothing to with me and I know your stronger than me, I can feel you repressing your ill will towards me.
Higura: Whatever do you mean but back to the topic at hand, I like you kid. I think your abilities and your sense of perception is strong enough to make a change in this world you hate so much.
Higura snaps his fingers and shuts down all security cameras in the room.
Higura: I hate this world to kid. This system, bounties, ranking and dividing people, doesn't sit right with me. In this unit we fulfill our duties but our agenda is researching the government and who brought about this reform. Trust me, when I find out who's in charge, everyone in this unit will rebel against the system, I'm collecting fighters for that day.
Icarus: I'm supposed to believe you?
Higura: You could, I could be lying just to get you to join but I don't have the time to take out my own cameras for this. The main branch takes and analyses these tapes monthly, they don't need to know about this conversation. I'll let you walk out of here now, under one condition, fight me. If you lose, join us, if I lose, well wipe all records of you being here.
Icarus: Hmph. was that suppose to scare me? Fine you're on! I'll show you some of my tricks I picked up over these last few years.
Mitsuki and Lilly stand behind the close door.
Mitsuki: He doesn't know Higura's our leader does he?
Lilly: Nope and he's a dead man too, Higura doesn't know to hold back in one on one fights.
Mitsuki: He'll survive… probably.