Seven sat on the middle of her barren living room busy polishing her precious handguns. She really wanted to use her shotgun but it would be bulky so she needs to settle with her (type of gun). Her katana is also out of the list since it's also eye-catching, if only she's Saika then having people investigate from the inside will be easy. Also, the sword is portable.
Tonight will be the time she'll check the facility. According to the blue print, the main lab is in the middle and most secured part of the building. This mission will be like the one she's doing in Italy except she doesn't have a partner who'll hack the cameras and watch her back. She doesn't have Mairu. But she is thankful that even though she can't guard Celty and Shinra, Namie agreed to let her people do it temporarily.
Seven put the last gun she polished in her shoes and covered it up with her pants. She stood up and looked at the mirror. The girl looking back is far different from Kirigaya Seven. Unlike her usual black hair, she colored it with washable auburn dye and put it up with a clip, lumps of her hair framed her face. Her violet eyes were hidden by almond colored contacts. She is wearing a simple shirt, a loose jacket and a high-cut shoes hidden by a straight cut pants. Her guns and bullets are hidden who-knows-where on her body.
She needed to change her appearance. Someone remembering her real face is bad news. Seven nodded once to confirm herself she's doing it starting to walk towards the door. Before she could open the door, her phone vibrated. She answered it without looking at the screen.
"Mairu?"
"Wrong. This is your beloved boyfriend speaking." The man on the other line teasingly said.
"You're not my beloved boyfriend, Orihara" Seven answered sternly. Izaya laughed.
"So cold. Did you know this is the first time we talked on the phone?"
"Just get to the point already" Seven impatiently said.
"Fine. So, you're leaving for Nerima now?"
"Yes, why?"
"I asked one of my men to guide you in entering the facility"
"I won't pay you extra for that"
"I'm not asking to. Your problem is to know who that man is" Izaya said with a challenging voice.
"I can do that easily" Seven confidently answered.
"Of course you can" The information broker agreed. "That is all I have to say"
"Orihara" Seven said before Izaya could end the call.
"What is it?" The man calmly asked after the girl's one minute silence.
"Thank you, Izaya" Seven said and ended the call. Izaya stared at his phone, her thank you is surprising enough but not as surprising as being called by his name by her, of all people. He smiled. Not smirked but smiled.
Seven arrived at Nerima late afternoon and the first thing she did is to find the man who will help her inside. She walked cautiously and in the same time scanning the crowd to search for the said man. In the end, she didn't find the man until she approached the abandoned building beside the facility. Seven stared at the window and saw a glimpse of a hooded man inside. Bingo. Without another thought she entered the building and went upstairs.
"Kirigaya Kenji?" The hooded man asked upon meeting face to face with Seven. The woman nodded, somewhat relieved that the information broker didn't leak her profile to others.
"And you are?" Seven asked using her most gentle voice.
"Sazaku Rin, I'll be the one helping you in sneaking in the facility as per the order of Orihara-san" The man removed his hood revealing his face, she concluded that he's in his early 20's. "There's a blind spot for the security cameras. That will be our ticket in entering the facility. Since they're currently bringing in new researchers, new faces will not be that suspicious"
The young man tossed her a white coat. "What about you?" Seven asked noticing he doesn't have any extra coat.
"They already know me as a part of the research team, I'll be fine. Let's go Kirigaya san"
The two exited the building and sneaked at the back of the facility. Seven noted that the research facility is secured with a 3 meters concrete wall and is filled with security cameras. Rin stopped in front of a cracked wall and gave a big push until it revealed an entrance enough for one man to fit in.
"This is a secret entrance accidentally made. The concrete here is weakly made and also coincidently the blind part for the cameras." He explained. It's already dark when the two entered the secret path silently and simply blended with the dark. Before they approach the back door of the massive building, Rin instructed her to put the coat on. The first thing she noticed upon entering the building is the color, everything is white making the place abnormally bright. She's too absorbed in observing her surroundings that she didn't noticed her companion is already wearing his own white coat. Shortly after they entered another room, but it's different from the rooms earlier.
The room is filled with caged small chambers and people in white coats kept on checking their notes. This made Seven uncomfortable. "What is this room?" She finally asked.
"This is the room where they place their next subject" the man whispered, loud enough for Seven to hear. She thought about the 'subject' as animals until she heard a cry, a woman's cry.
"Let me out! You monsters!" The woman shrieked, banging her head on the metal bars. The people in white rushed at her cell, forcefully pulled her arm out and injected her some drugs to make her unconscious. Seven glanced at Rin and saw him grit his teeth to control his temper.
"Human subject…" Seven whispered to herself. Her only goal is to check the facility but right now she wanted to destroy the building now.
Everything is going smoothly, the two finally got over with the scene earlier and finally arrived at the main lab. The next thing she saw brought out her nightmares that drove her mad.
It's already 3 in the morning, exactly 2 hours and 26 minutes have passed since she returned in her flat. Seven stayed in her bathroom and kept on splashing water on her face, she can't forget that scene even though she tried her best to forget it. She looked at the mirror and instead of seeing her reflection she saw a younger version of her staring back at her. Once again she's filled with terror. She clutched her hand and punched the mirror. Seven did it repeatedly until the mirror completely got destroyed, blood dripped endlessly from her hand. Seven breathed heavily as she walked out of the bathroom and lay on the nearest couch, her bloodied hand dangled on the side. She reached for her phone using her other hand and answered the call she just noticed.
"I heard from Rin you nearly shot them dead when you entered the main lab, why?" Izaya asked.
"He stopped me before I can bring out my guns and pulled me out of that room" Seven casually answered.
"Why?" Izaya asked again since she didn't answered the question. Seven fell silent. "Is it because the one being experimented on that time is a kid?"
Seven stared at the ceiling and ended the call before throwing her phone away. Sleep.
"Sleep sounds good" she mumbled to herself and closed her eyes. It wasn't that long when Seven fell asleep.