Second Hunt: Beginning
Regular text: AMAZON
Talking: "AMAZON"
Different language: "AMAZON"
Amazonz Driver and Emphasis: AMAZON
Thoughts: AMAZON
Radio Communication: "AMAZON"
Amy saw nothing but blackness in front of her and behind her. If she looked down she should see her own body, but nothing else beyond that.
She looked around but stopped and began to walk forward.
Soon enough, she began to hear her own footsteps, which sounded as if she was walking across a tile floor. A dim light shone from above, barely lighting up the hallway she was suddenly in.
Amy swallowed a breath as she got further and further through the hallway, approaching what appeared to be a jail cell at the end of the hallway.
She wanted to stop, but for some reason, she couldn't bring herself to do so, only able to keep slowly walking towards the cell.
Finally, she reached the end of the hallway. She peeked through the bars of the cell door and spotted a figure that was chained up and hunched in the corner.
"Hey? Are you okay?" she asked.
The figure turned to her, jerking its head around in an almost inhuman way.
Amy looked slightly unsettled but didn't run.
"I-it's alright. Do you need me to help you get out?" she hesitantly tried to extend her arm towards it comfortingly.
The figure crawled towards her hesitantly, the light not reaching it. When it did enter the light, Amy was shocked when she found something inhuman.
She was horrified when it jumped at the bars and grabbed her arm faster then she could react.
(Music Start)
It grabbed her arm and pulled her into the bars while putting its face close to hers. It roared in her face like an animal.
Amy screamed…
(YOU!)
…and then jolted up in her hospital bed, covered in sweat.
"Amy! What's wrong, are you okay?!" Ledo, who was in the room at the time, moved to her side.
She didn't respond, panting while her eyes were wide with fear. She ran her fingers along where the figure in her nightmare grabbed her.
Theme: Armour Zone By: Taro Kobayashi
(Omae wa dare da?!) Amy and Ledo were back to back while sitting on the ground in a completely blank space, the two of them holding hands. The two were in their regular attire only with their Amazonz Drivers equipped onto their waists.
(Oreno naka no ore) In an instant, the scene changed so the characters switched from Amy and Ledo to Amazon Omega and Ledo, then Amy and Amazon Alpha, and finally Amazon Omega and Amazon Alpha before switching back to Amy and Ledo.
(Kage ni kakureta sono sugata misero!) The two stood up while still holding each others hands.
(Whoa! Souzou no derivation) They suddenly changed back into Amazon Omega and Amazon Alpha and got into ready stances.
(Fureru karada akaku kiri-kizami) The scene changed so that it was suddenly in the base of the Extermination Team.
(Kokoro wa doko da?) It focused on Mamoru, who was eating a hamburger.
(Get out me sagashite mo!) The screen flashed and showed him in his Mole Amazon form briefly before showing his powered up mode before it changed back to Mamoru.
(Whoa! Shinzou ga hotobashiru) All of a sudden, the scene changed once more, showing off the back of The Figure In The Cloak, who turned towards the screen. While he was on screen, the screen constantly flickered between him and Amazon Sigma.
(Dake) Across from Sigma, Amy and Ledo could be seen, the two having tattered clothes and being covered in bruises and cuts. Their Drivers were still equipped onto their waists
(Hey-hey) They flickered back and forth between Omega and Alpha as they reached to their respective Drivers.
(We live in Armour Zone!) They started to run at Sigma as they twisted the handles. In unison, the two shouted "AMAZON!" before energy exploded off of them.
(Kaze wo kire koe wo karashite) Alpha slashed and punched at several Amazons around him. He jumped into the air and cut at the throat of one while he landed, the blood of the Amazon squirting onto him.
(Kemono ga warau kono machi de) Omega roared as she ran through several Amazons while swinging her arms around, the blades easily cutting through the Amazons.
(Kuu ka kurawareru ka no sadame) The Extermination Team could be seen fighting against several Amazons as well with Mamoru in his Amazon form, the Team managing to kill them.
(Oh Yeah!) Alpha and Omega were once again back to back, but at separate ends of a ship and in the rain. The two roared in unison but their roars could not be heard.
(Hora kanashimi no aji wa nodomoto) The two spun around and ran at each other.
(Tsumedatenagara kieru nasty) Omega flickered back and forth between her Amazon form, her Imperfect form, and Amy.
(Ikiru tame ni nani wo kurau) Alpha flickered back and forth between his Amazon form and Ledo.
(All Race uragire) The two quickly approached each other, repeatedly flickering back and forth between their human forms and their Amazon forms.
(HOW DO WE SURVIVE?!) Finally, the charging characters reached each other, slashing with the blades on their arms. However, they repeatedly flickered back and forth still; while the Amazons slashed, when it flickered back to their human forms, instead of attacking, the two ran into each others embrace.
"Ready?" the doctor asked Amy.
Amy nodded. Her wrist was currently in the doctor's hand. Around her bicep was a tightly wrapped band. Amy winced as the doctor inserted the needle into her vein and injected her with the medicine.
Ledo stood on the opposite side of the bed, watching this happen.
It's been a few days since Amy's been injected with the Cells, but so far nothing has happened. She woke up the next day feeling fine. And yet they're still keeping her here for "observations", or whatever they mean by that.
"And…we're done." The doctor withdrew the needle and tossed it away. He started to say something but Ledo tuned him out, thinking of something else.
A few days ago…
Ledo held Amy's hand as she lay in the hospital bed, unconscious. The room was silent for a few moments until there was a knock at the door.
There was barely even a second that passed when it was opened, Faith and her assistant walking in. The assistant carried a briefcase while Faith had a small box.
"Good morning, Ledo." Faith greeted with a grin. "Are you doing well?"
Ledo simply nodded in response.
Faith took notice of his silence but made no indication she desired to address it.
"I'll get straight to the point. Here is the money you are to receive for your help onboard that Nozama ship."
As Ledo turned in confusion, the assistant set the briefcase down on the bed and opened it up, revealing it to be full of money.
"Not only that, but here is the medicine that this girl is to receive."
"Medicine?" Ledo stood up as Faith held out the box she was carrying. "Our analysis has shown that they are indeed Amazon Cells inside of her. These are to suppress them and make sure she doesn't awaken as an Amazon."
Ledo extended his arm out to the box but Faith drew her hand back. "But before I do this, I must ask you about something. Onboard that ship, you met a man that you brought back. Jin Takayama. I must ask what it is that you brought back besides him."
"Why do you want to know?"
"That ship carried dozens, if not hundreds of Amazons, as you know. Anything that can be found or used will be helpful in taking care of them. The Extermination Team has not told me anything so I trust you to let me know if there is anything."
Ledo didn't answer.
"Any papers with writing? Any technology? Anything at all?"
"…No. Nothing." Ledo lied.
If Faith knew he was lying, she didn't respond, instead simply staring at Ledo before she handed him the box. "I understand. Have her inject herself with this twice a day at exactly twelve hours apart. These treatments will last you a week. After that we will continue to supply you with more if we cannot find a solution. Good day." She bowed then turned and exited with her assistant.
Present time:
Why would she supply Amy with needles? Why would she even care in the first place? Ledo was lost in thought.
"Ledo." Amy shook his arm, grabbing his attention. It was then that he noticed the doctor had left the two of them alone.
"What do you need Amy?" Ledo asked.
"I just think you should head out to work." Amy suggested. "Bellows may understand staying by my side for a bit but she's not going to be happy if you spend all of your time here."
Ledo was surprised by her request. "Are you sure, Amy? I have enough money saved up to make up for any money I lost not working."
"I said nothing about money. It's not healthy to be holed up in one room doing nothing all day." Amy crossed her arms.
"You're one to talk." Ledo replied.
"I'm hospitalized. It's different." She pouted.
"I don't know."
"Please Ledo?" Amy held his hand in hers. "I'll be fine, believe me."
Ledo looked down at Amy's pleading look and let out a sigh. "Alright, I'll go. But I'm going to have to stop by somewhere before I do."
Amy smiled. "That's fine."
"Well? Why have you called me here?" Ridget questioned Faith inside of Faith's office.
"It's about that Ledo boy. I've looked into what he's done recently and I am quite happy to say I have results." Faith responded, staring out the window.
"Results? What exactly did you find out?"
"When he got back from the Nozama ship, I questioned him over if he brought anything back that we could use. And he said he did not. But I've also found-" Faith grinned. "He's lying. There are witnesses saying he argued with Shido over an object that reportedly belonged to Jin." She turned to Ridget. "Is it too much to ask for a search and seizure?"
"Search and seizure? You must be kidding." Ridget growled.
"I'm not. If he truly has an item from Jin Takayama, it could help us immensely with the Amazon problem."
"You keep saying you'll take care of the Amazons, but so far there seems to be no end in sight to the Amazons and you refuse to get rid of the Amazons before they awaken."
"Blame my supervisor. I would completely be okay with that if he wouldn't punish me afterwards."
"I see. Either way. I will not allow this to happen." Ridget said before she walked off.
Faith grinned to herself. "Very well. I will find a way to get those items myself."
Ledo walked into the room. It was empty and had only one door but no windows. A single light hung above the bed, which itself was surrounded by wires. In the bed, Jin laid back on the comforter and multiple pillows while relaxing, bandages wrapped around his neck and wearing his cleaned clothes. His eyes opened as Ledo approached the bed.
"It's about time you visited." Jin sat up with a grin. "You have no idea how good it is to be clean again. I could do without all the testing they're trying to do though. But the doctors and nurses are nice, no matter how many times I ask them to bring me more pillows they keep bringing them! But you're not just here to visit, are you?"
"No." Ledo simply responded.
"Got it. So, whatcha need?"
"I studied the information you had on your computer. It doesn't seem to be false." Ledo crossed his arms.
"Why would I lie? I'm trapped in a cage of wires that could make me lose control of my arm if I even lightly tap it with a fingernail. I'm fine with dying but there are still Amazons out there, and as an Amazon myself my word on other Amazons is the best word out there." Jin remarked. "Anything else?"
"Amy was injected with Amazon Cells."
"Oh my God…who's Amy?"
"Someone very close to me. Someone who should not have gotten involved in this."
"Sorry but it's not my fault that your lover/girlfriend was injected…wait, injected? What sick fuck did that?" Jin blinked.
"I don't know. But whatever she was injected with was in a vial that was labeled with 2."
Jin's eyes widened and he got as close as he could to the wires without touching them. "What?! The Omega-Type Cells? But that would mean that Sigma is here!" Jin exclaimed. He stood up in the bed and paced back and forth. "Goddammit! Why did I think that explosion would be the end of it?!"
He turned back to Ledo "Has she awoken yet?"
"Yes, she has."
"…I mean as an Amazon, not from her unconscious state." Jin clarified.
"No."
"Good to hear, but keep a close eye on her. Use that Register that I've given you to help her suppress her Amazon side."
"I can't. I told Faith that I've received nothing from you so I'm unable to give Amy the Register without it being suspicious."
"…okay you're a fucking idiot. Newsflash, don't ever trust a Nozama resident (myself not included) with any kind of shit, including information."
"How exactly was I supposed to know that?"
"Common fucking sense! You know how creepy that bitch Faith is, right? And those chills you get around her aren't just some cold breeze coming through, she's just that cold-blooded."
"I'm guessing the last time you guys interacted was pretty bad."
"That's not important. Also, that's a major understatement."
"…so what exactly are the Omega-Type Cells? I was never informed about them." Ledo crossed his arms.
"They're Amazon Cells. Beta-Type is the first batch ever made, and they created the Beta-Type Amazons. Alpha-Type is the type I use, which is an upgraded version of the Beta-Type Cells, and they can't create Amazons of their own. But if they're injected into a human it will result in the human becoming an Alpha-Type Amazon. Omega-Type is one of the later versions, created by altering and upgrading the Cells even further. So far there has only been one Omega-Type Amazon: my deceased partner Haruka." Jin sat down on the bed. "If "Amy" has been injected with Omega-Type Amazon Cells, I'd watch out for her. An Alpha-Type running around with the second latest Cells doesn't sound healthy or good."
"So what do we do? I assume it's going to be almost impossible to get them out, right?"
"Almost? Try entirely. If it's been too long then the Cells have already spread throughout her entire body by multiplication. And even if it wasn't too long do you know how hard it would have been to go throughout her body and take out those Cells individually? The Cells multiply, so for every one we take out, two more would replace it. And it would keep repeating. All YOU can do now is wait patiently to see what happens."
"I see." Ledo said, then fell silent.
"Now, have you thought about the injection?" Jin changed the subject. "About your change into "Amazon Alpha", as you called it?"
"Yes." Ledo answered.
"So you'll do it?" Jin smirked.
"…I don't know."
Jin groaned. "Seriously? Come on man, you gotta give me something here! Why not?"
"I'm not sure I'm willing to become an Amazon just yet."
"You may not have a choice. Someone needs to be out there fighting Amazons. And I'll trust the Extermination Team the second Misaki actually becomes intelligent. They're essentially the Nozama fleet hitmen. It's much better to have someone not under the control of anyone. And so that's where you come in. Since you were on that mission I assume you have some kind of training, as you would incase you lost your gun in the fight against an Amazon. So you're my best choice as of right now because I know no one else on this boat worth trusting."
"And what about Sigma?"
"You'll have to kill him eventually. But him injecting your girlfriend? Him being on the ship? He's a danger to every single living thing on here and will only become more dangerous as time goes on. Trust me, this is just the beginning. Shit ain't hit the fan yet, but it will soon." Jin leaned forward. "So what's your decision now?"
Ledo stared at Jin warily. He slowly nodded after a moment.
Jin smirked. "Good. Now here's what you'll want to do…"
Amy laid in her hospital bed, in a deep sleep that almost nothing could wake her from. Which made it all the more unfortunate that there was a figure in a cloak standing at the foot of her bed.
"She hasn't awoken yet? That's not going to work." The figure's right hand moved out of his cloak as he walked towards the table.
"I need to escalate this." The figure said, running his fingers over the box containing Amy's medicine.
Takeru walked down a flight of stairs then entered a room. The room was large, with two couches off to the left, a table in the center, a television and gaming set off to the right, a beanbag chair in front of the television, and a counter near the back wall. Behind the counter was a fridge, oven, and dishwasher.
Misaki was in the beanbag chair playing a game on the television, Takai was polishing her knife on one of the couches, Ryusuke was polishing his gun next to her, Ai was passed out on the other couch, Mamoru was sitting on a stool at the counter, Fuku was leaning against the wall while looking down at a tablet, and Shido was behind the counter with a glass full of an alcoholic beverage.
"I've returned with our payments." Takeru held up the briefcase in his left hand.
Misaki paused his game and jumped right out of his seat. "Alright! How much did we make?"
Takeru walked past him to the table and set the briefcase down. "I've divided the money up evenly between us." He opened it up and started to place the money in separate piles next to him.
"Holy fuck! That's more than we've ever been paid!" Misaki shouted. He then noticed there was an extra pile of money beside the others. "Why's that there?"
"That is the payment for our tag-along."
Shido looked up at this and rolled his eyes then sipped from his drink.
Misaki picked up one of the piles and started to count through the money. Whistling, he began pacing back and forth.
"Oh the things I'll be able to buy with this! This is going to be-"
Before Misaki could finish, a beeping noise could be heard from Fuku's tablet. Fuku looked up at his team. "Faith has a mission for us."
Bellows locked the door behind her then turned to face Ledo, who was sitting on a chair in a bedroom-like area. She walked towards him while running her hand through her wet hair.
"Where's Pinion?" Ledo asked.
"He couldn't make it. Said he had to take someone to the hospital cause they weren't feeling well." Bellows explained as she stopped approaching him. "So what's going on here? You had me leave work to come all the way to your apartment. Plus it's raining outside so I got soaked. It better be worth it Ledo."
"Before I start, I have to ask you, can I trust you?" Ledo looked her in the eyes.
"What kind of question is that? Of course you can."
"Can you promise me that you won't repeat what I've told you in this room to anyone?"
"That's an odd request. But yeah." Bellows nodded.
Ledo reached under his chair and pulled out a briefcase. He set it in his lap then opened it up.
"You probably won't believe me, but on this ship, there are monsters. And in order to fight them, I have to become one of them." Ledo pulled out the vial with "1" on it then pulled out a needle.
"Monsters? Ledo, are you okay?" Bellows asked. Ledo didn't answer her, instead sticking the needle into the vials top and pulling the stopper back, filling the needle with the liquid inside the vial. "In order to do that, I need to inject myself with these Cells. By doing so, I'll become an Amazon. But I need someone nearby, someone to help me get back under control when I inject myself. Bellows, I need that someone to be you. When I change, take this belt-" he pointed to Jin's Amazonz Driver, which was sitting on a nearby desk "-and snap it around my waist then turn the handle. The first time the belt is activated with an unfamiliar body it should essentially reboot the Cells, which is when I should theoretically be able to control myself." Ledo set the briefcase on the ground then wrapped his bicep up with a band before biting down on the edges of the band to keep it tight.
"Now you're talking crazy. If you're about to do some kind of drug, you need to stop right now." Bellows rushed over to Ledo and held her hand out. "Give me the needle Ledo."
Ledo stood up and backed away to stop her from getting any closer. "I can't do that." He said through clenched teeth.
"Ledo." Bellows pleaded, slowly and calmly walking towards him. "Please."
"When I said you wouldn't believe me, I should have mentioned that you would in a minute." Ledo brought the needle to his other arm. It hovered over the vein, nearly penetrating it.
Can I really do this? Ledo hesitated. He stared down at the needle, unable to bring himself to inject the Cells.
"Ledo, what would Amy think?"
Amy…that's right. This is for Amy. I have to fight for her. I have to become an Amazon for Amy. For Bellows. For Pinion. For everyone I care about. I have to do this.
The needle was inserted into Ledo's vein for less than a second before he pressed the stopper down, injecting himself with the Amazon Cells.
"Ledo no!" Bellows shouted and rushed forward.
She didn't make it in time.
He withdrew the empty needle just as she reached him.
"Look at me! Ledo!"
Ledo stopped biting down on the ends of the band, letting it become loose enough that it fell right off of his arm.
Ledo stared straight ahead, tuning everything out as he waited…
…and waited…
…and waited…
…and then something happened.
Ledo's eyes turned a bright green as red energy burst off of him. Bellows let out a scream as the energy knocked her off her feet and to the ground.
Ledo gripped his chest as steam erupted off of him. His eyes glowed an even brighter green as his skin glowed red and began to change.
"L-Ledo?" Bellows slowly crawled backwards in horror.
Ledo let out a scream as he stumbled backwards into a wall then into a desk, knocking over everything on it. His fingers dug into his skin, scratching it as if to try and relieve the pain.
Bellows reached the wall as Ledo fell onto the ground, steam and red coloration completely surrounding him. A liquid could be seen squirting out of the cloud, painting the floor a blackish-red color.
Ledo growled as his hand reached out of the smoke, his hand now being black and resembling a claw with that same liquid partially dripping off of it. His fingers easily cut into the metal ground, digging into it as he tightened his grip but couldn't manage to make a fist.
The steam died down enough to reveal a pair of glowing green eyes staring directly at Bellows.
Bellows let out a scream as the figure in the smoke got closer.
Amy jolted awake, sweating heavily. She panted as she sat up in her bed, looking around.
Maybe I should…maybe I should take my medicine. Amy thought.
She turned and got out of bed then walked over to the nearby table. However, she was shocked to find the box with her medicine was empty.
Hey, where did it go?! She picked up the box and looked under it then looked under the table, but was unable to find the needles.
Amy's breathing became heavier as her eyes glowed a red color.
I…I think I need some air… She stumbled to the door and left the room.
Bellows let out a scream as the figure in the smoke got closer, crawling on all fours towards her. The steam died down to reveal its inhuman body which was covered in a blackish-red liquid that seeped out of gashes from where Ledo dug his now clawed fingers into his skin.
The Amazon crawled closer to Bellows, extending its hand outwards slowly towards her. She took this chance to shove the Amazon back with a kick. It jumped right back to its feet.
Bellows got to her feet and dashed towards the door. She didn't get a chance to open it when the Amazon grabbed her by the shoulder and spun her around to face it. It pinned her in place by holding its arm blades to her neck. It reared its other arm back and prepared to strike forward. Bellows turned her head instinctively as the Amazon drove its arm toward her.
CLANG!
The arm missed, driving through the door just by Bellows's head. She shoved the Amazon off of her quickly and ran towards the other side of the room.
He said something about a belt and controlling it- She grabbed the Amazonz Driver off of the floor. She spun around just in time to see the Amazon diving at her. She fell back and barely avoided getting hit.
Due to missing, the Amazon stumbled in place and fell forward but barely caught itself.
Her arms shot forward while holding the belt out. Out of pure luck, the belt found the Amazons waist and locked in place. Bellows grabbed both handles and attempted to turn them, only the left one turning. The green eyes lit up.
ALPHA!
The eyes of the Amazon lit up as it began to let out grunts of pain. Steam started to come off of it as the belt started to spark. The Amazon stumbled around to try to get its balance, letting out small grunts and groans as it did. It fell against the table but slid off of it onto the ground.
One last grunt came out of its mouth before its skin appeared to liquefy. The liquid contracted into a much slender figure.
Ledo remained, panting and lying in a pool of what was presumably the Amazon's blood. He turned over onto all fours and gasped for a second until he vomited onto the floor.
Ledo sat back on his legs and simply stared at the wall as he wiped the vomit off of his lips.
"L…Ledo?" Bellows whispered, unsure of what to do.
In response to that, Ledo turned to look at her.
"I'm…I'm sorry…Bellows." He panted then attempted to stand up. "I should…get cleaned up and get some food. It's not healthy to be walking around with an empty stomach."
As he got up, he fell forward, landing face-first on the ground in front of Bellows, who stiffened.
He got on all fours and got to his feet, but stumbled into the doorway. He unlocked it and walked out of the room.
But as he did, a small tingling feeling arose in his stomach.
Then someone knocked at the door to his apartment.
"I'll get it, you get cleaned up." Bellows walked past him.
"Wait, Bellows-"
"It's fine, don't worry about it." She placed her hand on the door handle.
Ledo heard the muffled sound of a gun cocking.
"Bellows, don't!"
She unlocked the door, only for it to slam open in her face. Shido walked into the room with his gun aimed at Ledo. Misaki and Takai followed after him.
"Hello." Misaki waved at Bellows as he aimed his gun at her.
"Who the fuck are you people?" Bellows demanded.
Shido ignored Bellows, staring at Ledo.
"You look like shit space-man. Let me guess, you tried your hand at killing an Amazon?"
Ledo didn't answer.
"Nothing? Fine. Hand over that belt and everything else Jin Takayama gave you."
"How did you find me?" Ledo snarled.
"Faith gave us a mission to find you and take Jin's stuff. The stuff is covered in the smell of Amazons, which Mamoru can sense. And we detected a Register that was never registered to an Amazon. We used both those resources to find you. Now give it up."
Ledo didn't move, his cold stare not moving from Shido's eyes.
"It's not like you can use them anyways. So-"
ALPHA!
Shido didn't finish when Ledo reached to the belt and twisted the handle upwards, causing the belt to announce its phrase and for its eyes to light up. Ledo stared ahead with a completely straight face.
Shido's eyes widened and his gun arm relaxed. "Wait-"
"Amazon."
Red energy exploded off of Ledo and knocked Shido back. Takai, Misaki, and Bellows were stunned by the explosion.
WILD WILD! W-W-W-WILD!
Before the energy died down, the source moved forward and grabbed Shido by the collar, tossing him out the door and into the rain. He then followed the process with Misaki and Takai before stepping out after them.
The energy died down, revealing Ledo's new form. He looked like a clone of Amazon Alpha, only with two bright green eyes, the same ones as on his belt. The rain washed off the liquid from before, revealing green scars all over his body from where he had ripped his skin open during the earlier mutation.
The new Amazon Alpha looked around. Shido, Misaki, and Takai were all standing up as Ryusuke and Ai stood nearby with their guns aimed at Alpha. Mamoru stood off to the side, looking at Alpha in awe. "Ledo…"
Alpha reached to his chest and scratched a scar before dashing at the Extermination Team.
Ryusuke and Ai started firing. Alpha seemed to be one step ahead of them, moving to dodge just as they pulled the trigger so the bullets missed him entirely. He swung his arm around when he was close enough, his arm claw cutting through their guns and ruining them.
Takai screamed as Misaki and Shido aimed their weapons next. Takai's battle cry was followed through with her driving her knife at Alpha's face. It was blocked before he punched her in the gut then shoved her aside.
Misaki and Shido started to fire as well, only for Alpha to do the same thing he did with Ryusuke and Ai. When he got close enough, however, Takai jumped onto his back knees first, avoiding the large fin on his back by planting her legs on either side of it.
Alpha spun in place to position Takai in front of Misaki and Shido, preventing them from firing again. Takai tried to stab Alpha but she failed as he grabbed her wrist. He stepped back and stood up, Takai falling off due to her poor grip and landing atop Misaki and Shido.
"Shit!" Misaki swore as Takai primarily fell onto him.
"Leave them alone!" Mamoru roared and ran at Alpha, his hands gripping onto his shoulders. He pulled at the shoulders of his suit with the back ripping open. Steam enveloped him to change him into his Amazon form.
Mamoru swung a claw at Alpha but missed as the red Amazon stepped back and effortlessly blocked the attack. He jabbed his fist forward to hit Mamoru in the gut and followed through with a kick. As Mamoru stumbled backwards, Alpha leaped into the air and kneed him in the chin to send him to the ground.
Amy fell against the wall, soaked in sweat and rain.
What's happening to me? She put her hand on the wall so she could push herself up. Her attempt got her standing up again, only for her to slip on the wet metal and fall into a railing and almost fall off the edge.
She panted heavily while using the railing as a support. Her attempts at walking sent her stumbling forwards, but she did not stop trying to reach her destination, whatever it could be.
I'm…I'm almost there. I can feel it. There's something…there's something nearby that I NEED to get to. I…I need to get to it. I need to get to it. I need to get to it.
Amy reached the end of the railing and tried to step forwards without it. She didn't get far as she fell onto her hands and knees whilst gasping for a breath.
I can do it. I can get to it. I can…
She got to her feet and leaned against the wall again, now using it as a support.
She reached the edge and moved past the corner. She froze, however, at seeing what appeared to be a fight further down.
Alpha repeatedly dodged out of the way of Mamoru's swings. Eventually, Mamoru attempted an overhead swing but Alpha blocked it with one arm while the blade on his other arm found Mamoru's stomach. He drove his arm to the left so the blade cut across Mamoru's stomach and caused him to start bleeding from the gash.
"Mamoru!" Misaki shouted before he pumped his shotgun then fired at Alpha. Alpha was caught off guard and as a result, was hit by the bullet. He stiffened as a result.
Takai ran at him again and jumped into the air while kicking him in the gut.
Alpha was knocked back a few steps and he ended up dodging out of the way of several shots from Misaki and Shido.
Ryusuke ran up, his knife in hand as he attempted to stab Alpha.
Misaki and Shido halted their shots so that Ryusuke could attack. Alpha stepped out of the way of the attack and swung his arm around. The blade on his arm cut at the front of Ryusuke's uniform.
Alpha grabbed Ryusuke's arms and threw him to the side.
Ryusuke fell onto the ground and gripped his arm as he realized Alpha's grip had ripped through the sleeve, revealing a silver band with two glowing lights.
"Oh fuck" he swore.
Alpha turned around to find Mamoru running at him. In response to this, he lunged forward and drove his fist into Mamoru's stomach to send him backwards.
"What the-hey!" Bellows shouted.
"Stop!" Takai shouted.
Alpha spun to Takai to find her behind Bellows with her arm around her neck and her knife at Bellows neck.
"Give up or I'll slit her throat."
"Bellows." Alpha stepped towards them but stopped as Takai placed the tip of the knife closer to Bellows's throat.
"I mean it."
Alpha was quickly surrounded by the other members of the Extermination Team.
"B-Bellows!" Amy tried to run in but slipped again and fell face first onto the ground.
This gained the attention of the Extermination Team, Bellows, and Alpha.
"Amy?" Bellows said.
"Why is she not in the hospital?" Alpha questioned.
Amy got onto her hands and knees while panting. She groaned as a pain erupted from her heart.
Falling onto her side, she gripped at her heart.
"What is this?" she whimpered. "No!"
She started to scream in pain, her screams sounding more and more monstrous every second.
"AMY!" Alpha tried to step forward to help her, failing to do so as Misaki planted the barrel of his shotgun at the back of his neck.
Inside the jail cell, the green inhuman let out a scream in a voice almost identical to Amy's. It ripped the chains holding it back off and rushed the bars of the cell. The bars were easily knocked off as the inhuman crashed into them.
A crackling noise was heard as Amy's eyes turned a bloody red color.
She let out a pained scream and turned over onto her other side to get onto her hands and knees.
Her screams slowly turned into roars until she jumped towards the group.
Steam exploded off of her briefly.
The Extermination Team got out of the way. Alpha was too shocked to do so. As he was unable to move, Amy tackled him to the ground.
Amy straddled Alpha, an inhuman growling coming out of her. She had mutated now with her appearance being the inhuman that was locked inside of the jail cell.
Her skin was a green color and all over her body were red markings that had lines branching off of them. The red markings were on her chest, shoulders, arm, thighs, and head. Her head looked similar to Amazon Alpha's, only with red eyes and the red markings running along the back. Her forearms and the back of her shins had bones jutting out that almost looked akin to blades. The ones on her arms were red as well, given they jutted out of the red markings. There were bones similar to those running down her spine.
"Amy, you've awakened?" Alpha said in horror.
Amy raised her arm up, revealing the sharp claws that were now her hand.
"Wait, stop!" Bellows shouted.
Amy drove her hand towards Alpha's head.
Jin laid under the cover of his bed as the doctor and multiple men walked in. Many of them held tranquilizer guns.
"Excuse me, Jin? We're going to have to perform some testing on you." The doctor explained.
Jin didn't move or make any response he heard.
"Is he sleeping?" one of the men asked.
One of the others shot Jin with a tranquilizer, the needle penetrating the blanket. He looked to the people around him. "Doesn't hurt to make sure." He explained himself.
The doctor walked over and attempted to reach Jin, only for a wire to get in his way. He kept trying until he eventually gave up.
"Here. That tranquilizer dart was designed by Nozama specialists to go through Amazon skin so a blanket should be nothing. He's out cold so we'll just take these out." The one who shot Jin went up to the wires and started to disable them.
"Hey man, are you sure that's a good idea?"
"What's the worst that could happen?" the man finished taking down the wires.
The doctor thanked him and went over to Jin, pulling the blanket over his body. Only he let out a small gasp when he realized that the body under the blanket wasn't actually a body, but a bundle of pillows.
Then Jin fell from the ceiling.
The man who shot the bundle on the bed with the tranquilizer dart was the cushion for Jin's fall.
Jin got up and pulled his hood off with the claw that was his right hand.
"Hiya!" Jin greeted. "You're probably wondering how I pulled that off." He caught a tranquilizer dart that someone sent to his face. He crushed it in his claw. "Short version, my coat camouflaged me and I can willingly turn parts of my body into their Amazon form, which also help to camouflage." As he was talking, he lunged forward and grabbed one of the men, pulling him in front of himself to use as a shield from the tranquilizers. "But these were as much as I could do without losing control." He gestured to his forearms, hands, shins, and feet then pushed his human shield forward.
He jumped into the air and drop kicked one of the men. "Also, there's only one light so hiding above it hides me a bit, and the fact that you fuckers were more focused on me getting up and worrying what I was doing made certain that no one would look up because you all thought I was in bed." While talking he drove his knee into the chin of one of the men then tossed him into another.
Finally at the last man, Jin caught the tranquilizer dart then threw it right back at him, getting it lodged into his chest. The man passed out soon after.
Jin relaxed and turned to the doctor, who was cowering in fear.
Insert Theme: Armour Zone By: Taro Kobayashi
(Amazon... Amazon… Amazon…)
"Hey, uh, pardon me for asking, but can you tell me where the nearest window that I can make my escape is?" he pointed out the door with his thumb, making sure to emphasize the bladed fin on his arm.
(Amazon… Amazon…)
"Out the door, turn right, down the hall and to the left!" the doctor squeaked.
(Amazon!)
Jin grinned as his arms and legs changed back to normal. "Thanks!" he turned and ran out the door.
Next Hunt: Control
(Kaze wo kire koe wo karashite)
"Amy, calm down. It's me, Ledo." Alpha attempted to walk slowly towards her, his arms outstretched comfortingly.
(Kemono ga warau kono machi de)
"Ryusuke, if something's wrong, please-"
(Kuu ka kurawareru ka no sadame)
"Ledo is not an Amazon. As far as I know he's 100% human." Ridget said.
(Oh Yeah!)
"This may hurt a little."
(Hora kanashimi no aji wa nodomoto)
"What…happened to me?" Amy asked.
(Tsumedatenagara kieru nasty)
"Long time no see, Jin." Ryusuke greeted.
(Ikiru tame ni nani wo kurau)
"By the way I have to apologize about this."
(All Race uragire)
OMEGA!
(HOW DO WE SURVIVE?!)
Amy let out a loud scream that soon became a roar.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHHH! AMAZON!"
End Theme