Capture and Release.
All I felt was air around me, accompanied by the soft bangs of metal against me. Hands gripping my tightly around my wrist and ankles, even if I tried to escape, my captors will subdue me, or worse. I might as well play along, even though I ain't even conscious so I have no choice.
My vision blurred in and out, seeing only a metal roof everytime I had the chance to see so I couldn't tell where I was going. Voices were not only soft, but muffled, at this point, I am guessing my hearing is impaired due to the hit. Now I am only hoping that it is temporary… After a couple of minutes, I feel air rushing past me, then hitting hard, cold metal. The impact sent a wave of pain down my spine, however, it wasn't enough to wake me up. I then feel hands pat me down, as if checking for something. When I felt the hands touch my skin, it wasn't skin. So I am guessing it was the 501st checking me for any wounds, at least I know I was… safe… in a way. As time went on, I could slowly feel myself waking up. I slowly open my eyes, seeing that same metal ceiling, however, when I looked around, I notice that I was in a room that had a Neuroi beam across the door, in fact, there was about 10 beams across the door, so leaving it will not be a good idea. I finally sit up, hearing gasps as I sat up. I look to see Miyafuji, Lynette, Lucchini, Charlotte and Barkhorn in the same room as I am. They rushed over, asking questions, however I should be the one asking questions. After a while, they finally went quiet.
"Could I ask the questions since I was unconscious for… what? Couple of hours?"
"Alright then… one, we are in Britannia in a facility controlled by Neuroi. And yes, Britannia is controlled by the Neuroi. Two, we don't know where they put the others, but I caught one of the Neuroi saying about 'testing'. Finally, escape is impossible, we have checked for anything, but there is no place out except for that door." Barkhorn answered the question I was about to spill out myself, pointing to the door with the beams infront of it.
"Well, at least we know where our escape is. If they plan on keeping us, they have to keep our needs high, ample food, water and other necessities."
"They give us water and food through an automated machine, that door won't open unless they want to do something to us…"
I sigh, walking over to the door, inspecting it. After a close examination, I was probably looking at around… 5 feet of steel. The door was 3 times my height and it looked like it slid to the side in order to open. The room itself looks big enough to hold 30-60 people, and just like Barkhorn said, there is no other way out except through the main door. I look at the patterns of the beams covering the door. There was so many that you could barely see the door on the other side. Thinking I could still destroy the door, I activate my familiar, but once I did, something sent a large pain down my spine, forbidding me from using my powers to their fullest.
I fall to my knees, the pain still lingering there. Miyafuji, seeing what just happened, rushes over to me, helping me stand.
"What the…"
"We might've forgotten to tell you that the Neuroi have somehow managed to prohibit us from using our powers. We don't know how, but they did. And you just received the consequence for trying to do so."
"Thanks for the warning beforehand… We still need to get out of here, who knows what they have planned for us."
"We can wait though…" Charlotte mutters.
"I ain't sitting down, waiting what to happen next." I try to activate my familiar again, receiving the same pain, however I managed to hold back the pain, soon, the pain subsided, but it was replaced with a heavy feeling in my body, like I was being pushed down. However, I managed to get myself to stand up properly. Now to finally hit the door. I pull my arm back slowly, each movement I made increased the strength of the downward push. I nearly fall over from the force, but I managed to keep my balance. Then, with all of the strength I could muster, I bring my arm forward in a quick speed, I make contact with the door, which goes flying out of its frame. Lucky for us, the console for the door security systems were also on the other side, removing the beams. However, when I did swing, I missed the gap in between the beams to hit the door directly. I hit a beam directly, but I still managed to hit the door and send it flying. I disabled my power after the hit, feeling the weight going away, but looking at my hand that I hit the door with, it was not in good shape. Miyafuji runs over quickly and beings to heal, luckily, she can heal without activating her powers to their fullest extent. Slowly, my destroyed hand rebuilt itself.
"That feels better…" I sigh with relief, standing up and looking outside. There was noone outside, not even Neuroi. I finally walk over to an intact console that the door just barely missed. I look down at the display, random symbols across the screen, however, when I look at the symbols, they all resemble letters from the alphabet, I can read it clear as day.
"WARNING. DAMAGED CELL DOOR. REQUIRES REPAIR."
"WARNING. SECURITY SYSTEMS DAMAGED. REPAIR HAS BEEN SENT AND WILL ARRIVE IN 10 MINUTES."
I then press a few buttons on the console.
"DISPLAYING SECURITY CAMERA FEED IN ALL ROOMS."
Soon, the giant display infront of me was filled with different areas of the compound that we were supposedly in. I look across the screen to see that the rest of the 501st were to be experimented on, there was also 9 other Wings in this compound, in the same Cell type rooms.
"You know how to read that?" Charlotte looks over my shoulder.
"Somehow I can, don't know how, but I can."
"That makes you only more useful."
"Full of surprises aren't I?"
"As always."
I smile at her answer, I look back up to the screen, seeing some cameras have a lock and no video. I press the lock; a small place says I have to put a passcode here in order to see footage. Then a word pops into my mind. Lengiston.
I type that word into the small box, then I see the words Verified appear onto the screen, then I see something… Horrific.
On the 1st camera (Experiment – Endurance.), I see Witches being cut open, some shot, others… I gag slightly, and quickly turned away. What kind of facility is this? What is the purpose of this facility? I then look to the 2nd camera footage unlocked, it was dated back 12 years ago. I begin watching it, as well as the other Witches with me. At first, it was a blank screen, but picture was shown, there was a large room with one light in the middle with a Neuroi in the light, on the side of its head, had the number 000001. Then a Neuroi Witch walked up to the Neuroi which had the body shape of a man.
"Prototype Arnis is completed, get him started up." Another Neuroi comes out from the shadows, pressing a small button on the back of the Neuroi. The Neuroi slowly stands up, staggering slightly as it tried to find balance. The Neuroi metal then slowly started to both change colour and smooth itself, after a while, it looks like any human. The Neuroi faces the camera, showing not just any face. It is…
My face…
I stare in disbelief, shaking my head slightly. That couldn't have been me… could it? Without stopping, I rush to the destroyed console, grabbing a shard of glass as big as my head, then checking the right side of my head. And then I see it.
000001.
I drop the shard of glass as it shatters onto the ground. My gaze dropping to the ground, so I guess it wasn't luck I was given powers that of a Strike Witch… The only reason I do have them is because I am a Neuroi…
A Neuroi… A machine…
"I don't believe it… I refuse to believe it… yet the evidence is here… All of it…" My voice was barely more than a whisper. The witches crowd around, I was waiting for the hate, the disgust, all of it.
"Is it true, you're… a…" Miyafuji trails off, she doesn't need to say anymore. I know what she is referring to.
"Yep… no matter how much I try to not believe it, it's true… I'm a Neuroi… a machine." I hate to say it, but everything just said was true, no false information. I am the prototype, for undercover Neuroi Witches. "Come on, shower me with the hate, the betrayal, the disgust… I know it is building inside of you, to befriend me… a Neuroi…" I stayed quiet then, waiting for their reaction, I didn't care anymore. I just want this horrible nightmare to end. The room went silent, noone had anything to say, I wasn't expecting silence. Then I got something that I wasn't expecting again.
Slowly, the witches pulled me into an embrace. I felt all their heat, the softness of their skin, it felt overwhelming. Hell, how am I feeling these emotions where in reality, I am just a hunk of metal?
"It's alright, you may be a Neuroi, you're still a human to us." Miyafuji mutters quietly.
"Are you sure?"
"Mhm."
"Might as well enjoy while it lasts… Also, don't tell any high command about this… I don't know what they'll do if they find out." We all stayed silent for a second, as I was trying to calm myself down. Then we all let go.
"Alright, let's find the rest and get out of here."
The girls nodded, time to get the hell out of this hellhole. I check the location of the room with the rest of the JFW were in.
8th Floor, Room 935.
We got a long way to go… I was about to tell the rest where the remaining members are, but I hear Neuroi coming, with some knowledge, I recognize the sounds as the Neuroi are Heavy 'Punisher' Mk. LXVII. It was what caused Humanity the most headaches during the previous war. Ground Type Attackers, they were relentless as they kicked all Allied help out of Europe. If they find us outside of our cells, we'll be killed without question. I look around for a place to hide everyone, but there was nowhere. Guess the only option is to fight.
"Everyone, get back into the cell quickly, Neuroi are coming." I say in a whisper.
"What about you? Can't we hide?" Barkhorn asked.
"They'll see the destroyed door, I'm the only one capable of fighting."
"We can still fight."
"In hand-to-metal combat? Didn't think so…"
The girls get back into the cell. I look around for a weapon, a metal pipe with a sharp point on the end. Guess it's better than nothing. I pick it up, inspecting it. I aim down the hallway which had a turn to the right, I see their weapons poking out, readying myself. They finally turn the corner, and that is when I threw the pipe. It was given the same boost, it pierced the insanely thick armor, hitting the core which was right in the middle of it. The Neuroi seemed to power down, then shattered into the pieces. Before I could react, another one comes around the corner and fires, hitting me right in my chest. I grunt, falling to a knee. The Neuroi walks up to me and aims at me, getting ready to fire. I close my eyes, waiting for it, but I hear metal being hit by something hard. I quickly look up to see Barkhorn kicking the Neuroi from the side of the head. Seeing my chance, I stand up quickly and punch the Neuroi, which sent it flying down the hall into the wall. I then walk over to it and slam my fist onto its head, finding the core. I break the core as the Neuroi shattered.
"So, useless aren't we?"
"I wasn't expecting you to kick it, but you saved my life, so thanks."
"No problem." Barkhorn grins, giving me a thumbs up.
I look around once again, noticing a door with the words WEAPONS ROOM above it. I walk over to the door, trying to open it, but it was locked. I then kicked the door free from its hinges, looking inside to find the Witches weapons inside, also with some other weapons.
"Found the weapons!" I called out so that the Witches could arm themselves up. After a couple of minutes of gathering, we grabbing our weapons, everyone going with the weapons that they had previously. What I had was a 50mm Cannon and Twin 30s.
"You going to carry all that?" Lynette asks.
"Feels like I am picking up a feather, I'll be fine. Alright, now here is the situation, we are stuck in a Neuroi Compound that was made in Britannia, we'll have to assume that Neuroi have fully captured it, so the only safe way out, is to cross the Channel. How we cross it? We'll get to that at a later date. Right now the rest of the 501st are being held in the 8th floor, room 935. Once we find them, we need to arm them and get ourselves out of here. Unfortunately, if we try to get the rest of the Witches in here out, it will be a LOT harder to not only distribute weaponry, but to keep ourselves safe. However, if we find any Witches on our way there in small groups, we'll take them, for now, we'll take about 8. All right, you girls ready to kick some Neurois out of here?"
"Yes sir!"
"Move out."
We slowly make our way to a nearby elevator in order to rescue the others. The appearance of the Punishers just seemed unlucky. We haven't seen another Neuroi for 10 minutes of slowly walking. We finally reached the elevator, just big enough for everyone to fit in. After everyone gets in, I follow suite, pressing a button that had the symbols again, but I knew what is was. After an anxious minute of waiting, the door opens, yet again, nothing.
"I don't like this…" Charlotte mutters.
"Yeah, shouldn't they have found out about us escaping by now?" Miyafuji responds.
"Alright, this is a large floor, so we'll spilt in groups of 2. Miyafuji and Lynette, take the North side, Lucchini and Charlotte, South, me and Barkhorn will take West and East."
With a simple nod, the girls move out, Barkhorn behind me as we carefully move our way to the West Wing of the floor. As we walked, I look at the rooms we were passing. 697, 698, 699, 700, 701, 702, 703, 704, 705.
"Should we head to the other wing?" Barkhorn asks.
"Hmmm… We'll keep looking."
After a couple of minutes walking, the others confirmed that the room are not in the North or South wings, this was the same in the West Wing.
"Alright, everyone rendezvous at the East Wing."
"Yes sir."
Was I actually commanding a JFW? Guess I am the only one who knows the layout of the building… judging from how many floor there is, we might reach 3000m if we try to reach the top… After a couple of minutes, we all meet at the entrance to the East Wing.
"Alright, Charlotte, Miyafuji and Lucchini, stay at the entrance and radio in if there are Neuroi heading this way. Everyone else, fall on me."
"Roger."
918, 924, 931, 934. Finally, 935.
I wait at the front of the door, Barkhorn and Lynette waiting at each side of the door. Determination etched on their face.
"Ready?" I asked the two.
"As we'll ever be."
"Alright, here we go!"
I then kick the door, sending it flying across the room. I then rush in, aiming around the room, inside were 8 Neuroi, 2 Guards and the rest looked like Workers. I then open fire on the 8, Barkhorn and Lynette joining in on the shooting. In just a matter of seconds, the 8 Neuroi were killed. There were 6 tables in the room with machines hanging above them. In the 5 tables, there was Eila, Sakamoto, Erica, Perrine, and Sanya. In the other table, there was another Witch on the last table, from knowledge, it was the retired witch from the 501st, Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke. I walk over to a console, checking to see if I can unlock the locks and stop the machines from running, but the controls were locked and I couldn't access them.
"Guess I'll have to break the locks. Barkhorn, Lynette, keep an eye on the door, there is no way the Neuroi didn't hear that ruckus…"
The two nod as I make my way over to each individual table, breaking the locks on their wrists and ankles.
"Glad to see that you all survived." Sakamoto says with a grin.
"Barely. There are 9 other Strike Witches wings in here, however, retrieval will be… tedious. So we need to leave them behind. For now…"
"Where is the rest?" Perrine asks.
"Keeping an eye out on the East Wing entrance, now we need to move. Charlotte, we'll be coming back now with everyone."
"Roger, we got no Neuroi heading this way."
"Copy, we'll be there soon."
"Who gave you command to lead us?" Minna asks.
"It wasn't really anyone's choice, they just followed me… Oh, I'll be extremely clear here, no walking around this, you'll figure it out soon anyways. I am a Neuroi Prototype. I'll will remain an ally, I'll still be part of the 501st, but if Humanity figures out what I am, I will leave the 501st and consider everyone and anyone hostile. No questions asked."
"Are you a Neuroi?"
"Ask the rest, they'll say the exact same thing. But now, we're getting out of here." Soon, everyone moved out of the room to the East Wing Entrance where the others were. As we moved, I felt like there is Neuroi watching us. We finally made it to the rest, everyone distributes weaponry so that we were all armed. I had to give my 30mm cannons to Minna, arming myself with the 50mm cannon.
"Alright, they're keeping your units in the 2nd floor, which is a massive hangar that has Units from the Witches here. We'll gather 8 Witches, and then that'll be the maximum. The rest will have to wait… unless…" Could the rest go and I stay, freeing the rest?
"Unless… what?" Charlotte responds.
"Unless you all go and I stay back to free the rest."
"That's impossible, the amount of people you'll be moving in that time, we'll lose more than we'll gain…" Lynette protests.
"Yeah, we need to keep you alive, if we lost you… the Neuroi will have an easier time crushing Humanity." Barkhorn agrees with Lynette.
"Alright, since the Elevator won't have enough space holding everyone, we need to send ourselves down in waves. They probably are waiting for us down there. I'll go with anyone who wants to volunteer."
"I'll go." Miyafuji chirps in.
"Same." Lynette.
"Might as well." Charlotte with a sly grin.
"I'll join." And finally, Minna responds.
"Alright, everyone else, keep an eye out, I have a feeling we're being watched. Also," I take a small metal pipe and then throw it, it hits a camera that was watching.
"Might as well move now while we have the chance." I get into the elevator including Miyafuji, Lynette, Charlotte and Minna. The elevator doors close and we move down. I quickly check the magazine in the 50mm cannon, 2 Armor Piercing, 3 HE rounds. I got 4 more magazines on me. I look to see that the 2nd floor was about to arrive.
"Ready to walk into hell?" I asked everyone.
"You're the youngest one here, you should be concerned."
"Remember, I ain't human, so I can't feel fear as badly as you do."
"Well then, hope you're ready."
"I've been ready since the start of our escape."
"Alright, let's make these machines pay…"
We reach the 2nd floor, it opens, and infront I see 12 Punishers aiming at the Elevator. Instinctively, I opened my shield, just in time as the Punisher's beams hit it. I then grab a grenade which I got from the Weapons Room, tossing it, landing right in the middle of the dozen Punishers. The Grenade combusts, killing the 3 on each side of the grenade and knocking the rest down.
"Everyone! To cover!" I drop my shield, running to a metal crate. The rest hide behind cover as the other Punishers get back up. I quickly aim the 50mm cannon at one and fired, it explodes from the AP shell hitting he core directly.
"Everyone, their cores are always located right in the middle of the chest!"
"Roger!"
The rest kept firing, slowly ripping away the armor on them. After the intense firing, 4 more Punishers drop. I aim at the last one, I fire. The round hits the Punisher dead on, it was mostly a snapshot. Aiming where the majority of the Punisher was. The Neuroi flies due to the hit of the 50mm and then I fire once again, hitting he core dead on. The Neuroi shatters.
"You got some aim kid." Minna compliments.
"I would be dead right now if I wasn't." I switch to the earpiece. "Alright, everyone get down here, we secured the area."
I hear a response. "Roger, everyone is coming down."
"Alright." I then turn to the Witches nearby. "Your Units should be in order of recent captures. Check the far right of the hanger." They all nod, moving towards the right side. I stay back to direct the rest. The Elevator opens with the rest walking out.
"We had a little bit of resistance."
"We heard the 50mm going off from 6 floors above. You guys weren't very quiet, so we should be expecting resistance." Replies Sakamoto.
"Alright, head to the right side of the hanger and get your units, there is enough space for you to take off properly."
"Alright, you heard the man, move to your units and take off. Let's get ourselves out of this hellhole. Say, what are you going to do Arn?"
"Probably going to call for a ride."
"Your choice." The ladies move off to the Units, which were completely intact. As time went on, a loud alarm goes off.
"Guess it took them long enough… Everyone! Let's go!" Everyone slowly starts to take off. I look back at the elevator to see it open, Punishers pouring out of it. I fire, hitting one Punisher with an HE which killed majority in the close proximity. I look to see only Charlotte being the last one, I quickly run as the beams fly past me.
"Come on Arnis!"
"What do you think I am doing?!"
Charlotte starts to take off, trying to get some distance away from the approaching Punishers. I start sprinting quicker, making sure I reach Charlotte before she leaves the Hanger. As I ran, I noticed that the drop off is soon. I wasn't going to reach it… No… I can. I kept running, so close to reaching Charlotte. I reach out as she does, I grab her hand just as the drop off arrived. Just in time. I sigh with relief as we go, but as we go, a Punisher had true aim and fired. The beam hits my arm, making me let go. Charlotte looks down as I dropped. God, only if I had a Unit myself… I close my eyes, waiting for the impact. I then feel something heavy on my legs, then I felt the air around me slow down to the point there is no air rushing past me. I look to see that a Striker Unit, a Jet Unit to be precise, it had 4 Jet engines attached to it. I was utterly surprised to see that I could summon a Unit if I need to. I then somehow knew how to add more thrust to increase altitude, slowly lifting. Then, in a quick burst of speed, I accelerated to 600km/h from 23km/h in 3 seconds. Catching up to the Witches already in the air which were fighting off Neuroi.
"Time to give them a little hand." I reload, then burst the speed from 600 to 1000km/h. It only feels like I can go faster than what I am going now. I see a Neuroi closing in on Miyafuji from behind, noone else has spotted the Neuroi. I close in, not firing until I was less than 100 from him. Miyafuji turns around to see the Neuroi, then it shatters when it reaches her. She looks around puzzled, I then fly past her with a grin. After a couple of seconds, her voice is heard in my earpiece.
"Was that you Arnis?"
"The one and only."
"Thanks for that."
"No problem."
After a couple minutes of zooming past Neuroi and killing them, we finally are able to leave the area and head across the Channel. As we fly, I start to have a little bit of fun and fly around, still keeping in close vicinity of the Witches.
"Having fun their Arnis?" Charlotte asks as I fly past her.
"Been a long time since I had fun, being able to go faster than 1000km/h seems like a dream for some Witches."
"It is one of mine kid."
"I could help you with that dream."
"How so?"
"You'll need to go for a little ride with me that is."
"Trying to flirt with me? My my…"
"Do you want a ride or not?"
"Alright…"
"Okay, turn off your unit."
"You sure?"
"So you are saying you don't want to experience going past 1000km/h?"
"Oh fine then…" I look down at her as she drops.
I then dive down, then going up so that she laid on my back.
"At least you didn't let me fall to my death."
"Why would I do that?"
"I'm not gonna question."
"Alright, time to do the main request here." I slowly started to pick up speed, reaching 997km/h.
"You ready?"
"As I'll ever be."
"Alright, you might want to hold on…"
I feel her arms wrapping around my waist, her… I immediately block out any thoughts, keeping clean thoughts only in my head. I then do in a quick burst of speed, went to 1368km/h.
"There we go! We are past it!"
"What?!"
"We are past 1000km/h!"
"I can't hear you! Too much wind!"
Laughing a little bit, I slowed down to 652km/h.
"How was that little ride?"
"It was… exhilarating." I could feel Charlotte shaking a little bit.
"Is someone a little scared now?"
"I-I wasn't scared… okay… maybe a little bit…"
"Guess you weren't so fearless than I thought you were."
"Oh ha, ha." Charlotte rolls her eyes and then takes off again.
"Alright, let's reform with everyone else."
Charlotte nods as we both move back to the group.
"So, what were you two love birds doing?" Barkhorn asks through the earpiece. I could hear from her voice that she is obviously joking, but Charlotte doesn't pick up on it.
"It's not like that…." Argues Charlotte.
"I'm preeetty sure it is…" I look at Barkhorn to see a sly grin.
"Ladies calm down; they'll be enough of me for you to both share." I said through the earpiece.
There was an awkward silence through the earpiece. Something tells me I shouldn't have said that…
"I'll just scout ahead, if that is fine with everyone." Without a response, I accelerated past everyone. My first thought after being far enough away was, Why the hell did I say that? I'm dead when I go back there… I finally stop accelerating after being 8 km from the witches, keeping an eye out. I see the shadow of a Neuroi, and it was a large one. Judging from what it's shape is and what it is flying around it, it looks like a Capital…
"Guys, there is a Capital Neuroi inbound from the South-East! It will reach you in 5 minutes."
"Roger, we'll be there in 2." Sakamoto responds.
I fire a shot at the Capital, the round enters a giant tube that may have resembled an engine. Soon later an explosion occurs that could've been heard from 20 km away. The explosion took out a quarter of the Capital, but it was being regenerated. I fire again and again; the shells seem never ending. Before I knew it, I had run out of rounds.
"Damnit…" I sling the 50mm onto my back, the beams coming in quick. I quickly dodge, only having to block one with my shield. As I dodged, I see the 501st coming in.
"Ran out of rounds for my 50, but I got a few good hits."
"You'll need this then." Barkhorn tosses me one of her 20mm MG FF/M cannons with a cylinder magazine. I take it and quickly checked if it is jammed, but it wasn't. I pull back the slide on the side of it, following the Witches in. This Capital is blocking the only way out, might as well fight. A Drone flies towards us, and then slowly, more and more show. We all then begin unloading onto the approaching drones, destroying them easily. We slowly make our way to the Capital which then begins firing onto us. I open my shield which blocks all of the beams coming in, defending everyone as the fire only got worse.
"I can keep the beams at bay… so for long!" I said through the earpiece, since you could barely yell above the noise, let alone speak. I examine the Capital once more, knowing the core is right in the middle, but it moves every 5 seconds to a new location. "The core keeps moving every 5 seconds, it will be difficult to hit it."
"I think we should've just flown around the Capital." Miyafuji says, rapidly firing.
"It can trace us all, the Neuroi at the compound has managed to get Tracking Devices onto you… well… into you…"
"Where did they put it?"
"I'd… rather not say…"
"Is it really there?!" Charlotte looks panicked.
I could only nod.
"Don't get distracted people." Sakamoto calmly says.
We continue firing, seeing a distinct pattern on where the core moves. I move forward ahead of everyone, gaining onto the Capital.
"Where are you going Arn?" Lucchini asks through the earpiece.
"I know where the core is going to be in 3, 2, 1!"
I strike the Neuroi heavily in the right wing, snapping it off from the rest of the Capital. I then start firing right at the tip of the broken wing. The core being exposed and hit, finally destroyed. The Capital shatters, but not before it shot one more beam, hitting my right leg to the knee, a beam hitting my other Unit, and hitting my left arm to the shoulder. I hear a voice in my head as I started to fall out of the sky.
"WARNING, LOW POWER. SHUTTING DOWN IN ORDER TO… RESTORE… ENERGY…"
I slowly start to lose consciousness, out of the corner of my eye, I see the ground approaching quickly.
"Someone get him!"
I feel hands grab me, stopping me from falling just in time.
"You fought enough today Arnis…" I hear someone whisper, but I couldn't tell. I slowly fell unconscious, hoping nothing happens to me.
Time to wait for tomorrow…
