Bloodbath

Chapter 32

Mariko continued to slam Nana into the ground, cracking a few of her ribs.

"Let go!" Nana yelled, coughing up blood.

She was held upside down again, swinging by her remaining leg, as if she were some kind of insect.

Mariko sighed. "I'm bored..."

Nana was dropped to the ground and began to dry-heave.

"Nana!" Takuya shouted as he ran up to her.

Zoe was a good distance behind as Takuya had wanted to get there as fast as he could.

"Are you okay?" He asked, holding the girl in his arms.

"Run away!" She told him. "Get out of here, quick! Don't worry about me."

Miss Shirakawa was about to step forward, but Bryce Donovan stopped her.

"Kill her! Now!" He shouted to Mariko. "Finish her off!"

"Okay," Mariko said, shrugging nonchalantly.

Takuya and Nana were thrown into the rail blocking off the side of the bridge. The two of them moaned painfully.

"Hurry, get outta here!" Nana said.

"No, I won't let them hurt you," Takuya stubbornly replied.

Mariko frowned. "It's not fair that you have friends, when I don't have any. But don't worry, I'll change that!"

"No!" Takuya yelled.

Just as Mariko tried to strike Nana with her vectors, Nana released one of her own. The young girl gasped as it slipped through her head, feeling it move around inside her brain. Before Mariko's vectors had completely been disabled, Nana was struck by them and pushed off the bridge.

"Nana!" Takuya looked over as the girl plummeted down to the water.

"Takuya! Takuya!"

The brunette looked over to see Zoe finally catching up, running as fast as she could. Just as he was about to run up to her, Miss Shirakawa grabbed him.

"No, it's too dangerous!" She said.

"That's her!" Donovan realized. "Mariko, kill her!"

Mariko began to cry, however. "No, it's not her. I didn't sense her and I still can't. I can't even move my vectors. What did that other girl do to me?"

"She must've disabled them," Miss Shirakawa told her.

Takuya broke free of the woman's grasp and began to run over to her.

"Zoe, you have to get outta here! It's not safe!"

Zoe stopped, confused. "Go?"

"Get Mariko out of here for now. She may be useless now, but we can use her later," Donovan said.

Takuya reached the blond and grabbed her wrist. "Come on!" He frantically said, pulling her along.

"Fire!" Donovan ordered the army.

Shots rang out, barely missing Takuya and Zoe.

"Wait!" Miss Shirakawa frowned. "Something's not right. She doesn't seem like the right girl."

"Shut up!" Donovan snapped at her. "Keep shooting her!"

"No!"

The army ignored the woman's cries and fired again.

Back at Takuya's house

"Where's Takuya and Zoe?" Kouji asked. "And Nana, for that matter."

Tommy sighed. "Nana ran off and Takuya and Zoe went after her."

Kouichi raised an eyebrow. "Why? Did they have a fight or something?"

"No," Tommy replied, shaking his head. "Nothing like that. It's complicated, but with everything going on, you guys deserve to know..."

"Know what?" J.P. asked.

"Alright, obviously it's weird that the girls have horns, right? Well, they're not what you think they are..."

"What are they?" Kouichi asked, confused.

Tommy looked down. "You guys are just gonna get confused if I beat around the bush, so I'll just tell you. Zoe and Nana are Dicloniuses."

"Dicloni-whatis?" Kouji looked completely lost, as did the others.

"A Diclonius is a sub-human mutant species. They are like humans, but they have strong telekinetic powers," Tommy said.

J.P. blinked. "Ummmm......is that why they have horns?"

Tommy smiled. "Now you're getting it. Zoe and Nana were captured by a research facility many years ago and were used as test subjects. Zoe apparently is extremely intelligent and strong. She escaped from the facility, and Nana was sent to go after her to bring her back."

"Is that why she attacked Zoe?" Kouichi asked. "But Zoe doesn't come off as someone who would be threatening."

"That's because she probably got hurt when she escaped, and now she doesn't remember anything. I've seen her differently than you guys. You've seen her as child-like and innocent, but I've seen the dark and sadistic side of her," Tommy said.

"So.........she's evil?" Kouji asked.

"No, not at all. It's complicated. She's not the good guy exactly, but she's not the bad guy. From what Nana told me, the experiments that were done to them almost killed them and took away most of their sanity."

Kouichi rubbed his temples. "But why did Nana run off?"

"The facility sent someone else to retrieve them, so Nana wanted to stop them," Tommy said.

The others stood there in silence.

"Wow.........." Kouji finally managed to say. "That's......weird......."

Tommy sighed. "Yeah, to say the least. Nana told me that she would come back, but I'm afraid that she won't....."

Back at the bridge

"Keep shooting, you idiots!" Donovan bellowed.

As Takuya and Zoe tried to run, the blond suddenly tripped and fell. She slammed her head on the pavement and laid there unmoving. As Takuya knelt beside her, Miss Shirakawa sprinted to them as fast as she could.

"Dammit, Shirakawa! Move!" Donovan glared after her, then sighed. "Cease fire!"

The army lowered their guns and watched as the woman approached the two.

"Zoe, wake up." Takuya shook her. "We have to get outta here, now!"

"Get away from her," Miss Shirakawa stopped in front of them. "She's not what you think. She's-"

"She's what?" Takuya shot her angry look.

Miss Shirakawa adjusted her glasses. "Zoe is a Diclonius, a sub-human mutant species. She is extremely dangerous and it is important for you to step away from her immediately."

Takuya held Zoe tighter in his arms. "No, I'm not leaving her to be killed by the likes of you. Or your fucking army for that matter."

"You don't understand," she replied. "She'll kill you if she gets the chance."

"I don't believe you. Just leave us the hell alone," he said, his dark eyes narrowing.

Deep in Zoe's subconcious, she heard a soft familiar voice.

Wake up, Zoe. It's time to end this once and for all. Everyone's waiting for you to make your move so they can destroy you......Come on, you know you want to.....

Shut up! Zoe shouted at the voice. The voice that had belonged to her all along....Not you again! Just leave me alone, I don't want to hurt anyone anymore.

The evil voice laughed. But if you don't, they'll kill you. And then they'll kill Takuya......Do you want that on your conscience? After that incident ten years ago?

Just shut up! Zoe groaned. I don't want to think about that anymore. It's too painful......How do I make it stop?

By killing of course.......But only this one last time. To save yourself.......To save Takuya......Go ahead.....You know you want to.

Zoe sighed, defeated. She had no choice at this point. It was either kill or be killed and after all the abuse she had endured by humanity, she had made her decision.

Zoe's emerald eyes snapped open, her vectors ready. Let's do this once and for all.....

okay stay tuned, for the next chapter is going to be really exciting (or so i hope) let me know how you thought of this one if you can spare ten seconds to make me really happy ^_^ next chapter should be out tomorrow. until next time, laterz :]