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The streets of Yokohama are deserted on this quiet evening. Most of the shops were closed, quite and deserted in the glow of the streetlights. A few people can be seen, walking to their homes, or other various destinations. A trio of 3 people is walking on the deserted streets, seemingly purposefully in their triangle-shaped formation. The trio consisted of two boys and one girl. The girl was very plain looking; not too ugly or overly beautiful. She had long brown hair that curled at the ends of it. One of the guys, one who had black, untidy hair, spoke up.
"I don't see why we're still here. I keep telling you guys we must have mistaken feeling that presence here. Come on, Liem, let's go searching somewhere else. Better yet, we can go to a nice hotel and just chill out to room service. That sounds real nice to me."
"And I keep telling you, we have orders to obey and I don't plan on deserting them now. You know Argie; you are a real pain in the ass sometimes. You don't mistake sensing an aura and you know it. God, why the hell did things have to end up like this! Team 3 has already made contact with an enemy. We should be looking for Incendo, but noooo, we are sent to track down a Diclonius where we have no idea where she is. It's harder to sense a Diclonius then it is an Atomix for us; why the hell did they pick us for this mission?"
"Actually, I'm very excited to be on this mission. It's the first time I've been out of the country and I love the view at the beach. Plus, I hear the Lucy is a very strong opponent. I can't wait to meet her."
Argie snorted. "Meeting Lucy usually involves you losing your head. And honestly, I don't want to meet her. She sounds like a tough chick. I hate tough chicks." He glanced at the girl at that last remark.
The girl stopped walked and glared at him. "Are you implying something about me, Argie?"
Liem stepped in between his teammates. "Chenie, he didn't mean anything by that remark. And Liem, could you please just keep those kinds of comments to yourself. This mission is annoying enough without you saying crap like that."
They continued walking on. They exited the city and found themselves on a beach. As they were walking along the shoreline, Chenie stopped and looked at the ocean. She kept on staring out into the seemingly endless waters that made up most of the earth.
"Come on Chenie, we've got a mission to do you know."
"I know; I just wanted to see any dolphins out there. I've always wanted to see a dolphin."
Argie snorted "We are going on the most exciting mission of our lives, were our chances of dying are extremely high, and all you can think about is a bunch of stupid fish with holes on the top of their head?"
"Actually, they are mammals, not fish. Fish lay eggs, mammals have their babies born from inside them, like humans."
Argie turned to Liem. "Well who the hell asked you? Anyway, like I was saying, why do you like dolphins so much Chenie?
"Well, they are such majestic creatures: they have wide open space, they are so graceful when they swim, and they are highly intelligent. I'm kind of jealous of them."
"Intelligent? If they are so intelligent, why the hell don't we see underwater cities like Atlantis?" People say that some animals are more intelligent than others, but I don't really see the difference in most animals."
"Alright then, what's your favorite animal then?"
"Mine is a leopard. We think alike. We both are swift, fast, and don't like to waste food."
Liem shook his head. "You are a piece of work. Even your favorite animal revolves around you."
"Alright then Mr. Know-it-all, what's your favorite animal?"
"Mine? Well, if I'd have to pick one, it would be a pit bull."
"Why out of all the animals would you pick a pit bull?"
"It's fierce, loyal, and yet tames enough to keep as a pet. I doubt you can say the same about a leopard."
"Whatever. I still think that there is no difference between a dolphin and a fish. I mean, how the hell can they be intelligent if all they can do is swim and eat?"
"Well, think for a moment will you? Dolphins can't exactly build great cities with flippers. Let's put your brain inside of a Dolphin head and see how you do."
"Well, dolphins suck. That's all I have to say."
"What did you just say?" Chenie was shaking with fury, and storm clouds gathered overhead. Argie swore he felt water. "What the…"
Liem pulled Argie close to him and whisper angrily in his ear. "Chenie has two primary emotions. One is happy, the other is angry. Don't make her angry."
The sky cleared up, and Liem let Argie go. After Argie shook himself, the trio continued walking.
Marco blocked a series of punches from Begium that seemed never-ending. One of them finally connected with his face, sending him sprawling on the ground. He gasped for air. He didn't think they would be so organized to take him down like this. It was a brilliantly concocted plan; all of his weaknesses were taken into consideration. Marco was gland that he had instigated Begium into taking his partner out of the battle. Begium walked over to Marco and glared down at him.
"You are really annoying you know. Why don't you just give up? You might just be put into a high security cell after your punishment instead of dying. Oh yeah, you are a "late model" aren't you? You should have been terminated a long time ago. You are nothing but trash now."
"You're of no use anymore." Marco looked up at his opponent with a new distaste that he did not have before; he had lost all respect for his opponent. "I'm sick of the way people treat me now. Why do they do it? I've done everything for them! I risked my life dozens of times for my country, my people, and what do those people do to me in return? They abandon me and scrap me! I would be dead right now if it weren't for Incendo. Why do those bastards think they are god?" Marco's face had lost all of his color when he shouted out those words.
"You were trashed because someone better came along. You know how it works. You shouldn't get greedy, loser. You're weak!" Begium let out another shock wave and Marco clutched his ears and fell to the ground in pain. "You're letting me, number 188, beat the crap out of you. You realize how pathetic you have to be to losing right now? You're nothing!" Begium dragged Marco off the floor with one hand and started beating the crap out him with the other. Laughing as he did so.
"You are disposable. We don't need you anymore." Marco was sick of being frivolous in the eyes of everyone. "You guys think taking lives is so normal. I'm someone too. Just…"
Marco was in his holding room when Houstow came in. Houstow sat himself down in one of the chairs in the room, and addressed Marco. "I think you know why I'm here. The organization has marked you as an "old model". You know what it means. You are to be terminated the 24th of August. That's a week from now.
Marco slammed his hand into the wall. "Why do I have to die? I've done so well. I've failed a few missions, but they I've done so well since then. I've had a 92% rate in missions of infiltration. Why?"
"This guy has a 100% rate in that category. His powers are similar to yours but better, besides that ability of yours that you seem to keep to yourself, and people like his personality a lot better than they do yours. You know the facilities have limited space for atomix; when one comes along that does better during a particular job area or has similar powers to another atomix her but when compared to the old one, surpass it altogether, the old atomix is scrapped. However, due to your other ability, I've pulled a few strings and you will live in my facility from now on. It will be your permanent new home. You will never see any action again. I'm sorry."
Marco looked down at the floor, crestfallen that his life had been taken away from him. "Could I at least know who took my life away from me?"
"I don't know his name, but his number is 86."
"8 was my number! That bastard, I'll hunt him down and kill him even if I have to go to hell!"
"Well Marco, any last words before I kill you and send you to where you should have been sent too in the first place?"
"I do actually. Tell your partner that you fucked up at taking me in." Marco swung his leg upward from the ground and hit his mark in Begium's crouch. Begium gasped, doubling over, while Marco jumped off the ground, landed on Begium's head, and used that momentum to jump into one of the helicopters. The soldiers in it opened fire, but he turned into a mist and seemed to disappear.
"Sir, we've lost visual contact with the target."
"You're a bunch of stupid fucks! Begium, can you sense him at all?"
"No sir, he's gone."
"God damn it! Send out the soldiers to look for him. I will not have him get away! Get them out of the helicopters and comb the area!"
The helicopters dropped down, and the soldiers climbed out of them. They broke off into 3 teams of 12 and started combing the area. No one noticed as one the soldiers sneaked away from his group and into the darkness.
Incendo was just about to think that Marco was dead when a soldier entered the wharf building they were using.
"Marco, please take off that costume. You have a lot to report you know."
Yellow mist started spewing out from the soldier's nose and mouth. The mist formed into Marco, leaving the soldier very bewildered at his current situation.
"What the hell is going on?"
Marco stabbed the soldier through the chest with a piece of pipe he found of the floor. The soldier collapsed. "Sorry I was late. I ran into quite a party as you can see from my latest, shall we say, body I've been using. They have other atomix with them as well. I've encountered two although there are probably many more; at least 16.
"16!" Helen gasped "we can't deal with that many at once!"
"Calm down everyone, it's nothing we can deal with. Now moving on, what of Lucy? Did you discover where Lucy is?"
"Yes I did. She is living with some humans at an old inn, which I thought was strange, since we are dealing with Lucy. I asked around and apparently she was found on the beach by the owners of the inn. After questioning the owner, I found that Lucy to him is sweet, kind, and only knows how to say nyu. I've noticed that she does not have a presence during certain times; perhaps she is unable to use her vectors in that state. Although that last part is just speculation.
Incendo held his hand under his mask; a sign that he was thinking hard about this. "You said they accepted her in when they found her wounded on the beach?"
"That is correct Incendo."
"Well then, I've just figured out a way we can get more light on the subject of this little mystery of ours. Raigon, come here." Raigon made his way over to where Incendo was sitting.
"What is it?"
"I've got a job for you. It will be the perfect punishment for exposing our location so soon. Although it does involve you getting beaten up a bit…"
Raigon realized what Incendo wanted him to do. He took a few steps back work. "I've done a bunch of ridiculous things before but this is the worst one yet. Incendo! I won't do this!"
Incendo drew his sword, walking slowly towards Raigon. "Oh yes you will. Going by what Marco said, these humans seem to take in wounded people. Besides, I've been looking for something to test my sword on. Now stand still so I don't cut off anything."
Kouta was cleaning at the inn when he heard a knock at the door. "I'm coming!" He ran to the door and opened it, to find a silver haired-teen with red eyes standing there, bleeding from numerous slash wounds. "Help me…" He collapsed to the floor.
Sorry I took so long to write it, but I was sick for a while, but now it will update quicker. Thanks for being patient!