Narumi and Mason were dragged through the inside of a small barracks by Russian soldiers. They soon stop when they spot a man in a blood red Russian army uniform. He had short brown hair and a beard that reached down to his neck.
"Bring them in for interrogation, but before you do, I want to know who suggested the stupid idea of sending two buffoons over to the Capitalist nation, and thus tipping them off of our plans?" The man said. Hesitantly, one of the soldiers pushed another solider to him. The pushed soldier began to shudder as he looked at the man, who got out a pistol and placed it on the soldier's head. He then pulled the trigger, creating a loud bang as the soldier fell to the ground dead. Mason and Narumi were covered in bits of blood from the shot. "Now then, continue." He said, walking away as the soldiers continue to drag Narumi and Mason to the room, unfazed by what happened.
Soon, Narumi and Mason were in the interrogation room, where it was all white. There were no objects but a table and four chairs. The soldiers led them to two of the chairs and forced them to sit down. At the other side was the brown-haired man from before, sitting on one of the chairs.
"Why must you anger me?" The man asked Narumi.
"What exactly do you mean?" Narumi asked.
"You have our technology! Now explain how you got it!" The man said, slamming his fists to the table.
"I told you before, it's classified." Narumi said.
"HAH! Like I'll believe that lie! Did you back him up with our technology?" The man looked at Mason.
"No. The guy had that Memory before he even came to USA." Mason said.
"So someone must have given it to you. A spy in our ranks, perhaps." The man said.
"No. She was no spy." Narumi said. The man paused.
"…She? So now, you are starting to crack? Good. Good. Tell me more." The man said.
"Here's the deal. You tell me about your army's plans, and I will tell you more about the woman who gave me this. But first, a name for a name." Narumi said.
"Very well. The name is Aleksandrovic. Now, her name." Aleksandrovic said.
"… Shroud…" Narumi said.
"Shroud? Ah… A code name." Aleksandrovic said.
"Now, what was the deal with those Dopants fighting in that city?" Mason asked.
"Ah, yes. Boris told me you ruined the test. See, in an attempt to see which Memories were powerful, we take a few kids every week or so, inject a Memory in each of them, then place them in a random city and have them fight to the death. Winner gets to be inducted into our ranks. The losers… Heh…" Aleksandrovic said. Mason suddenly remembered the corpse of the kid inside the school and the other Dopants. Including the Frog Dopant, who they had seen transform. Mason shook as he slowly realized what he had done. He then realized what Aleksandrovic had done.
"You monst-" Mason said, standing up to hit him, but was pulled down by Narumi.
"Settle down. Now about Shroud. She gave me a few devices for me to fight these Dopants, but… something happened, and now I am left with this." Narumi said, pulling out his Skull Memory. He then puts it away. "I am sure that if your goals fall in with hers, she can give you something as well. Perhaps a more powerful version of your memory." Narumi said.
"How do you know I have a memory?"Aleksandrovic said.
"Because your tone of voice is similar to the Stag Dopant." Narumi said.
"Hm. You're right." Aleksandrovic said, holding a ribcage USB flash drive. The label had two Stag Beetle horns curved, making an S. The USB was lightly coloured red. He puts it away.
"Now then, we heard rumours that Russia will send in an army of Dopants. Is this true?" Narumi asked.
"Yes. That shall be the last of your questions. I will now ask one of my own. Where can I find Shroud?" Aleksandrovic said.
"In Futo." Narumi said.
"Futo? Never heard of it." Aleksandrovic said.
"It's in Japan." Narumi said.
"Hm. I will find the Futo you speak of. You are free to go." Aleksandrovic said as Mason and Narumi get up. Aleksandrovic then leaves the room. Mason and Narumi then talk.
"What the hell, Narumi? Why did you give away your info?" Mason asked. Narumi said nothing as he got up. He then whispered in Mason's ear.
"Because I know he will never find Futo in a million years." He said. He then walked to the door.
"Wait! I don't think Alekswhatshisface will let us go that easily." Mason said. He then heard the sound of zipping as he sees a belt forming on Narumi.
"I wasn't counting on it." Narumi said, holding his Skull Memory.
A dozen Russian soldiers were lined up at the door, holding their guns at it. The man with the winter hat from before was standing there.
"Wait for my signal. In three. Two. On-" Before he could finish, the door was knocked down and a few purple blasts were shot out of the hole in the door. Several of the soldiers were shot down. "Quick! Dopant forms!" The man said. Soon, the soldiers held up blue ribcage Memories, all of them having the label of a rhinoceros beetle on its side and its arms and legs making a B. They all press on it and place it at the sides of their necks.
"BEETLE!" The memories announced as they are sucked into the necks, morphing the soldiers' necks into the blue shelled Beetle Dopants from the battlefield. Their faces were hidden and shrouded like a ninja's mask. Narumi, as Skull, exits through the door and begins to punch a few of the Dopants. Mason snuck out while Narumi continued to attack the Dopants. Eventually, the Beetle Dopants surround Narumi. He then takes out his gun and starts shooting at the Dopants, focusing one bullet at a Dopant, then going to another and shooting another bullet. He did this until all the Dopants were away from him. He then takes out his Skull Memory and places it in his Skull Magnum.
"SKULL! MAXIMUM DRIVE!" The Magnum announced.
"Skull Punisher!" Narumi said, shooting a large bullet at each of the Dopants, each of them exploding on impact. As the smoke settled, Narumi nearly began to dehenshin, when he someone walking to him.
"Well, this was unexpected." The man in the winter hat said.
"I assume you're Boris." Narumi said.
"That I am. I really don't want to fight you, but Aleksandrovic is forcing me to. Just promise me you lie down quickly." Boris said as takes out a buckle that's shaped like an X, with a silver border and a gold center. He places it on his waist as it creates a belt around it. Narumi takes notice at the belt.
"Hm. Another commander." Narumi said as Boris gets out an orange ribcage Gaia Memory. On the label was a snail whose shell made the lower portion of an S while the snail made the upper portion. Boris presses on it.
"SNAIL!" The Memory announced as Boris placed the memory into the center of the buckle. The memory was then sucked into the driver. A large shell came out of his back as orange skin wrapped around him. The skin then burst, revealing a snail-like monster with a hard shelled belly. It's eyes were stalked, but the face was relatively human, with a snarling face. The rest of the body other than these descriptions is pretty much human. Narumi began to shoot at the Snail Dopant. However, the Snail Dopant was unfazed by the bullets. Narumi continued to fire, but mostly at the belt. Mason meanwhile took a machine gun from one of the dead untransformed soldiers and a knife as well. Mason then snuck around the Dopant and proceeded to shoot him in the back where the shell is. The Dopant finally noticed something as he turned around and saw Mason running to him and impaling the knife into the belt. The belt began to spark. Narumi noticed the holes in the Snail Dopant's Shell. He smirked. Knowing what to do. He pulled out the Skull Memory and placed it in the side of the belt.
"SKULL! MAXIMUM DRIVE!" The Memory announced as Narumi leaped in the air, his foot in a purple aura.
"SKULL EXTREME!" Narumi said a second before his dropkick made impact to the shell. The Dopant was knocked to the ground from the kick. As the Snail Dopant got up, he began to spark as his shell broke off.
"So… This is how I go out? Pah! Fine! I'll see you in hell!" Boris said as he blew up, leaving behind his corpse and his buckle and memory. Both broken. Narumi looked at Mason, who drops the gun.
"Good work, Mason." Narumi said as he canceled his transformation. Mason nodded. He then realized something.
"Now what do we do? What lead do we have now?" Mason said. He then heard a mechanical screech. "Huh?" Mason said as he looked around for the source of the noise. He then notices a light blue robot dinosaur, standing on an I-beam. "Hey, Narumi, do you see that?" Mason said, pointing to the dinosaur.
"Yeah. I do. After it." Narumi said. The two then follow the dinosaur as it heads off.
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