Bloodbath
Chapter 29
A group of members from the facility stood outside the door containing Number Thirty-Five.
"Well, come on." Director Kakuzawa sighed impatiently. "Open the door."
Chief Kurama stepped forward and typed in a password, as well as scanning his hand against a laser to confirm his identity. The heavy metal door slowly rose, opening up to a control room. Waiting inside was a woman in her late twenties with her long black hair tied in a ponytail.
"Saito." Kurama nodded to the woman.
He led the group inside, where the room was covered in metal. Only one wall was glass, and there was a thick metal door next to it.
"How do we know Number Thirty-Five will listen to us?" Miss Shirakawa asked.
"After she was born, she had at least two detonaters implanted in her. If she disobeys, we'll set one off. By then she'll get the idea that she's in no position to try to pull anything else," Kakuzawa said.
"Number Thirty-Five has been locked in a metal chamber since birth," Kurama told the group. "Saito has been talking to her ever since she was a baby, through a speaker. She is sort of like a foster mother to the girl. She cannot walk and is very weak physically. However, we know how powerful her abilities are. Saito is going to go into the room as we unlock the girl. She is going to convince Number Thirty-Five that she is important to our cause."
Saito nodded. "I'll go talk to her."
Kakuzawa pushed a button, opening the metal door that led into the other room. Saito walked in as the others watched.
"Release Number Thirty-Five," Kakuzawa demanded.
Kurama pulled a lever down. Slowly, a tall metal chamber lowered itself from the ceiling. Moments later, it was on the ground and began to open. They watched as a figure began to emerge.
A small naked child, supported by a metal claw around her waist, came out of the chamber. The child's head was mummified in a wrapping of thick bandages, with only a thin opening at the mouth for her to breathe. The others watched silently as the girl took a few weak steps. The claw that was supporting her released her, sending the girl collapsing to the ground.
Saito rushed to her side, cradling her in her arms. She began to unwrap the bandaging as the child patiently sat there. Moments later, Number Thirty-Five's face was revealed. The little girl around seven years old, with shoulder-length light pink hair, purple eyes, and two horns of course.
"Don't be fooled by her appearence," Kakuzawa muttered behind the glass. "She's a monster."
Saito brushed hair out of the girl's face. "Mariko, do you know who I am?"
Number Thirty-Five, whose real name was Mariko, blinked. "My mother......."
Saito smiled.
Mariko's eyes suddenly darkened. ".....Isn't you!"
The woman felt an abrupt pain in her abdomen and before she knew it, she had been ripped in half. Her organs and pints of blood spilled over the floor and the upper part of her torso was thrown through the glass, onto the control panel. Everyone gasped and screamed in horror, guards quickly running into the room the girl was in.
Mariko was floating in mid-air, supported by her many vectors. She smiled evily and killed the soldiers, ripping them apart.
With her last breath, Saito managed to push a button on the panel, setting off an explosive. She was dead a moment later.
Mariko's right arm exploded, causing the girl to crash to ground. She screamed in pain as blood pooled around her. The back up team ran up to her and held the crying child down. She was in too much pain to use her vectors against them and simply lay there trembling.
The next day at Takuya's house
Takuya woke up early, as he had trouble sleeping the night before. He sat at the kitchen table, scarfing down a stack of waffles. So far he was the only one awake. Then again, the guys and Courtney never woke up before noon. He chuckled softly to himself. It was practically a hotel he was running there. Not only did he let Zoe, Tommy, Courtney, and Nana stay there, but the guys usually spent most of their time there as well. He didn't mind, though. It was nice having company, even if they were annoying as hell.
Zoe softly walked into the kitchen, wearing a pink tank top and matching shorts. Surprised that she was up so early, he choked on his food and tried to cover himself with his hands. He had forgotten that he was only in his boxers.
"Oh, hey Zoe." Takuya was bright red. "Up early today, I see."
"Takuya!" Zoe happily ran over to him, sitting down on his lap.
She wrapped her arms around him, burying her face in his chest.
Takuya didn't know how he felt nowadays. He was definitely attracted to her. On the other hand, he couldn't help but feel guilty about it, seeing how she was just like a child. It's okay, he kept telling himself. She'll only be like that temporarily. She had already shown him a few times that she could speak intelligently. He just didn't understand how she kept going back and forth between those two behaviors.
"Do you want to go to the beach today?" He asked her. "That way we can get away from those morons."
"Beach," Zoe repeated. The place sounded familiar.
"Yup, the place where you got me that nice seashell," he told her.
Zoe smiled, remembering. "Seashell. Takuya's seashell." She picked up a piece of one of his waffles and popped it into her mouth.
"Hey! That was my waffle," he joked.
She blinked, then picked up the rest of the waffle and crammed it into his mouth. "Eat."
Takuya coughed, yet somehow managed to swallow it. "What, are you trying to kill me or something?"
Zoe suddenly looked sad. "Kill?"
"No, I was only kidding," he said with a laugh. "I know that you would never kill me. Not on purpose at least."
Zoe said nothing, though her emerald eyes darkened. They were back to normal seconds later, not noticed by Takuya.
"It's still too early to go to the beach now, but we can wait until later and just leave then. I think you have a bathing suit somewhere." Takuya shifted her slightly, somewhat embarrasessed.
Zoe smiled, then rested her head on his shoulder. Takuya stroked her hair, then kissed her softly on the forehead.
"You know, it's weird. I feel like I've known you for a lot longer than when I found you at the beach......I don't get it." He sighed. "I'm probably just thinking of someone else...."
At the research facility
Miss Shirakawa was talking to one of the scientists.
"Mariko has agreed to cooperate. She knows about the other explosive, so she won't try anything against us."
The man smirked. "Wouldn't be very smart of her if she didn't agree to it."
"Yes, but would you excuse me? I need to go report to Chief Kurama," she told him, walking away.
She arrived at his office a few minutes later, slowly opening the door.
"Chief Kurama?"
There was no sign of him. Miss Shirakawa entered the room and went up to his desk. There was no note or anything. She did notice, however, that the framed picture of Kurama and his wife had been smashed.
She picked up his phone, dialing the number of his new secretary.
"He left last night," the woman on the other line told her. "And I don't think he left any contact information behind."
At the beach
"I see you're having trouble with your hand," Kurama said, raising an eyebrow.
"About fucking time you got back in touch with me," Bando spat. "What the fuck took you so long?"
"I had other matters to take care of," Kurama replied.
Bando rolled his eyes. "Yeah, whatever. So can you fix this damn thing or not?"
"Are you still up for finding and killing Zoe?"
"Yeah, but I can't do it if this piece of shit is still broken," Bando said coldly. "Fix it and I'll kill that bitch."
Chief Kurama shifted his glasses. "Come with me. I'm taking you somewhere else to get it fixed."
"Not going to the facility?" Bando asked, uninterested.
"No," Kurama said simply, clearly not wanting to talk about it.
"Whatever. Let's just go already," he replied.
yeah this chapter was kind of boring, except for the beginning i guess. and yes, number thirty-five is a cute little girl. beware! chapter 30 is coming out soon. laterz ^_^
