"Are you sure it's safe to be doing that?" Sonia asked Kazuichi. The Ultimate Mechanics legs were crossed as he sat on the floor, a few different tools resting in his lap. He was sitting next to one of the pods that contained their comatose friends, the side of it opened to examine the parts on the inside.

"I know for sure that it is not. The life support systems went offline for a few of the pods. That's what keeps em' all hydrated and stuff like that. Basically, it's what keeps them alive. If I can't fix the ones that are going haywire, well...they're gonna die."

"How long do you have?" Sonia asked with a hitch in her voice. Kazuichi had stopped his working, bringing one of his hands to his chin as he thought the question over.

"Maybe a few hours. Now they'll be okay without it for awhile. But I'd still like to fix everything as soon as possible. Could you go find Hinata? I think I'm gonna need an extra pair of hands if I'm gonna get this done quickly."

Sonia complied immediately, rushing out of the room. Now alone, Kazuichi tried to get back into focus. Straightening his posture, he leaned forward to take a peek at the top of the pod in front of him. Inside he could see the resting body of Koizumi Mahiru. He shuddered at the thought that his inability to fix something would be the death of someone. All he could do was believe in his talents.

As he started his work, his eyes darted back between some schematics and a box of spare parts he had, an all new problem had just made itself known to him. The spare parts he had at his side were just enough for two of the pods, at best. There were six in need of maintenance. Kazuichi felt like an idiot for saying that only a few of them were going under when in actuality, it was more than half.

He stood up quickly with the schematic in hand, and ran for the nearby storage room. It was at about that time that the situation had gone from bad to worse. He grabbed one of the handles attached to the double doors of the storage room. It was locked.

"It's locked!?" he pulled at both handles now, which was a futile effort. Frantically, he pats his body down, checking for the key that he usually kept inside his pocket. He went over his body once. It was not there. He checked again. It still wasn't there. "Where is it!?"

He brought his fist down on the door out of frustration, running back over to where he was currently sitting. He knelt down, inspecting the box of extra parts. As he tried coming up with a solution, he could hear his friends approaching, the door to the building slamming open.

"What's going on!?" he heard Hajime yell from across the large room. As he and Sonia drew closer, their sprints slowly came to a halt. Sonia was clearly exhausted as she leaned on Hajime's arm, panting heavily.

"I need some help here," Soda stood up, snatching his beanie off of his head before ruffling his own hair. He explained the situation at hand and the problems he had on the side, receiving shocked looks from the both of them. "You still got a bit of Kamukura in ya', right?"

"We're one in the same, so yeah, I guess so? Why?" Hajime cringed at the mention of Kamakura Izuru, his former personality.

"As I said, I can't find my storage room key. I've gotta get in there to get some extra things I need to fix these things. I figured you can find some sort of way to get the door op-"

"Is that your key right there?" Hajime pointed to the ground near one of the pods. Soda almost screamed with glee when he saw the key on the floor. He ran over and picked it up, running back to the storage room while yelling about how lucky it was that Hinata spotted the key on the floor.

Kazuichi ran out of the storage room as fast as he ran in. He returned with a large box, pushing it so it slid across the floor. The sound of clanging metal sent a shiver down everyone's backs as the box stopped at Hajime's feet.

"Alright! Let's assume that everything's gonna be okay, and get to work!"

"Yeah that can't be good." it was one thing after another today. With help from Hinata, Soda was able to fix all of the pods, as well as devise plans in case something of a similar matter should happen later on. However, another problem had made itself present in the end. "Those two aren't looking so good..."

"Who?" Hajime asked Kazuichi.

"My left and right eyes, just look, I've got bags!" Hajime rolled his eyes, but couldn't help but chuckle. Kazuichi did look exhausted, and this little incident couldn't have been good for him. It was a lot of pressure. "I'm wayyyy too young to have bags under my eyes. I'll never get a girlfriend looking like this!"

"I don't think you have to worry about that." Sonia shot Hajime a look as she giggled at what she had said. Soda took the insult with a grain of salt, laughing it off himself. But it still hurt to hear something like that come from her of all people.

"So everyone's okay?" Hajime wanted to be certain.

"Some of them are startin' to smell a little funny but yeah, they're all okay. Oh, but before I forget, I gotta tell you something." his demeanor had changed in an instant. He held his chin with his hand, thinking on how to best explain the matter. He sighed, as if struggling to push the words out of his mouth. "While we were working on things down there...I swear..."

He looked very uneasy. Hajime and Sonia waited patiently for him to speak.

"I'm sure...I saw Komaeda's eyes open."