"Mash, get everyone out of here ! I will lure them into one of the rooms."

"Roger that Master !

"Emiya ! follow me and slow down any of the monsters that get too close to me !"

"You don't need to tell me, master. I am already on it."

My lungs gasped for air as I ran quickly to find a room that was away from the staff. Emiya was firing his arrows as one of them almost touched me. It's a good thing I am way faster than these things.

I saw a room with an escape hatch inside and ran in. I panted in exhaustion as the fatigue from running caught up to me.

"Emiya ! Go into spirit form and hide. I will take it from here. Lock the door once all of them are inside !"

Emiya showed a thumbs up to me and disappeared.

"j̵̙̯̞͑̄̕͝͝ǫ̸̘̼̣̈͂́͘͘i̴̳̻͓̜̾̀͂̾͠͠ņ̷͇͈̺̻̤͕̜͐͑̈́̀̐͂͑͂͋̀̚ ̶̧̧̻̠̠̘͎͈͉̪̜͈̜̙̿̄̊̓̑ủ̶̧̧̙̹̳̬̱̥̪͍͚͎̃̌͘̚s̷̡̱̰̮̭͙̗͎̟̣͙͖̰̟̦̄̂̄͐̈̕͝ ̶̪̠̲̓̋͆F̶͎͔͛̈́͊u̸͕̤͌̂̌̚͠j̵̡͉̖̠̙͙̑͆̐̈́͋̊͗̈́i̸̱͚̦̮̻̝̊͂̀̈́̈́̓͝͝m̸̗̞̟͙͙̪̻͈̌̓͗̂̍̈̈͂̾̈́̽̒͜ă̵̡̛̘͍̤̖̫͒́̐̍̈͘͜͠r̵̳̯͈͖̍̈̃ͅų̸͎̗̯̣̬̖̫̋̂͗͒͋̑͜͝.̶̧̡̧̡͖̬̬͉̞͚̟̊́̎̅̾ ̴̡̢̛̱̳̗͍̜̖̺͇̣̌͒̉̾͜͝L̶̪̋̑͛̽̈́͒̓ẹ̴̒͋̎́t̸̘͚̜́ ̵̛̛̯̺̮̝̫͒̉̍̐̀̐͌͘͠ͅu̸̥͙̞̖̱͇̪͓̓̆̽̅́͛́̃̚̚ͅs̸̤͈̫͖̟̥͙̳̦̘͙̏͗̏͊̑͋̽̚͘͘ ̴̡͖̘̙͍͎̬̫̳͇̪́̌b̴̢̢̳̘̟̦͎͚̜̓̎͆͜ȩ̶̟̙̠̘̺̗͍̙̗͕̎ ̸̢͓̖̓͆̈́̋w̷̬͛h̵̨̖͇͔̙̗̥͇̘̰͍͕͌o̴̙̫̣̞̦̝͎̣̪͓̖̣͕̥̺͑͒̃͌͊̃̌̽͝l̷̜̺͚̹̹̰̬̠̣̘̄̓̇̑̃ͅe̶̩̟̭̪̓̌̿̎̑̈́̚͠͝.̵̻͎̝̯̟̳̮̥͑̅͑̔͑̎͒̈́̐̑̕͠ͅ ̸̧̮͈̜̳͙̄̑̏͊͂̋̊͘J̴̡̡̳̫̘͙̭͎͓̻̘͕͖̖͑͆͐͆̇͠ͅo̴̤̫͐̆̀̃̈́̅̕í̸̡̳͙̥̻̠͔͓̫̠̤͙͍̏̾̀̄̓̓̂̈̃̐̈̾̈́͝ņ̶̡̧̩̟͉̳͍̏͆̈͋̉̉͝ ̷̨̨̟̤͈͕̆̚ù̷̹͎̱͚͊̈͘s̸̢̡͍̤̩̺̝̩̖̰̎́͋̚ ̵̪͉̞̼͌͜͠u̸̝͓̇n̴̡̗͕̽͗̾̀̓̓̔͝͝d̶̤͖̗̖̜͉̟̺̗̣͍̣̔͂̚ē̸̡͎̪̇̄̿̎̓͊̕̕r̷̻̀̅͂̐̽̂̿͌͘͠͠ ̵̨̛͕̱̞̺͌̅̏̃̅̕t̸̯̯̊̌̆̓̾̂̓̚h̷̨͎̬̼͚͈̹̞̼̠̗͕̻͇̃̉e̵̫̋̓͋̔͛ ̴̛̹̺̈́̀̎̉̍́͂͊̂̀͊̊̈́ş̵̜̺̪͎̟̞̺̼̳͌͆̃͜u̴̡̦̜̖͓̱̤͐̀̍ͅn̴̨͚̞͔̜̹̰̼̥̪͂̐͌͒̊̍̔̋͒̓̑͛͘.̶̢̢̺̞̫̫̼̟̎́̌́̐̃̽̈̉̄̌̎̑͊͘ ̷̛͙̩̲͓͊̒́̔̆͗̀͐͝"

What the hell. These things can talk. They know my name.

"Who are you?! Who is the mage that created you ?!"

"̷̢̯̣͚͙̻̠͙̋̀͗͌̂̃̈́̒́̑̐͠͝͝i̵̙̫̪̩̫̘̫̭͛́̅̾͐͜͜t̶͍̫̮̬̬̊'̶̧̛̝̠͍̝͚̼̟͕̒̇̈́͌̅̏͝s̷̛̝̜̩̎̃̅̇̏́́̑̾̕͝͠͠ ̸̢̣̹͕̗̺̙̓͆̌̽̇͌͗̏̄̽̓̅͘̕s̵̨͍͈̖̫̠̻̮̭̜̤̻̠̬̿̌̂͋̀̅͘̕̕͝ơ̵̬̖̣͎̱̩̔̌̓̂͐́̏͐̃̊̕͘ͅ ̸̣̮͍̣͚̘̩̠̠̣̭̪̔͊͋̽̋̾̀̍̍̒b̷̛̛̺͉̠͔̘̤͕̠͖̝̣͉̲̄͗̈́̌͊͒͆̑̚̚͘ę̷̛̛̖̬̘̥̦͙̪̻̼̂̑̅͐͋̀͐̚̚a̶̧̡̡̟̠̫̠̭̟͂͗̀̿̽̓͊̊͛́͜͠͝ư̷͔̭̪̋͐̍̀̒̈́̋̐͂̔͒̂͠͠t̸̢͖̲͇̳̖̺̣̫̱́͐̐́̃͌͌͗̚͝͠ī̴̟͘f̸̫̙̥̮̔̏̇̍̔̐̏̓̀̒͑̋̆͠u̶̧̫̟̦͆͊̊́͆͘ļ̷̲͓̦̦̮̳͚͍̦͕͐̄̋̃̓͒͑͋̔ ̶̛̰̘͙̼̦̺̫͓̄̅̍͌̂̃̂o̵̡̨̨͎͎̳͚̦̰͎̺̩͌̋͆̑̇̓͛̇̽̃̎̚̕͜͠͝ͅų̵̦̝̦̹͛̾́̉̐̍̈́̀̕ṱ̷̢̛͓̰̰͇̪̳͚͉͍̲̯̔̈́̒͊́̅͗͛̈́̚͜s̶̡̯̳͖̙̦͂͑́̂̃͗͘͝i̸̥͔̟̲̤̱̤̖͓̘̣͎̗̯͌̋ͅḓ̶̨̡̧̤̟̯̪͔̈̉ę̵̩̳̣͎̥̉̈̇͗̍̈́͑̌͒̔̾ͅ ̵̨̦͎̩͔̞͙̥̭̙̙͍̝͙̠̈́͗̉̈́̅̀̓̑̕̕͝!̷̢͉̥̞̞̞̞̰͈̮͇͖̰͚͒̀̕͜͝ ̷̡̡͔͚̖̩̣̻̠͇̫͈̫̆̃̈́̚ͅC̸̩̥̭̥̍̈́̀ȯ̴̢̥̻͉̩̼͚̩̹͖̾́͛̀̈́̽m̸̧̯̮̮̦̹̻̜̔̃͆̈́̈̐̔̅̄̕̚͜͝͝ȅ̸̛̛̯̪̫̣̟̼́̒̀́̊̋̅̕̚͠͝ ̵̨̛̣̾͑̎́́̀̏́j̶̡̝͓̫̺̖̲̫͋̑̐̋̃͒͐̈́̉ö̵̢̧̙̮̥̙̠́̔̇̎̽̚i̸̧̢̙͚͇͇̫̖̒̽̏̃̋͘͘ņ̷͙͍͈̙̬̗̩̹̣̞̥̦̌͗͑̓͆́̿͛͂̂͗͑͘͜ͅ ̴̭̮̌͐̋̋͛͂͗̂͒̚̕͘̚ͅu̴̢̩̫̟͓͔̦̞̘̥̽̎̇̿͋̋̎̚̕͜͠s̸̛͎̥͖̆̃̍͠͠ͅ ̸̛̛͉͕̥̞̐̑͑̔͑̆́̈̍͘̚͜͠!̵̪̭̣͌̈́̀ ̶̨̨̫͕̻͈̞̳̘͍͈͔̘͖͗̑̿͗̋͑̿̔̊͒̕͝"̸̧͔̮̟̬̖̪̲̥̳̋̋́̔̓͋̋͜

This isn't working.I need both of them to get inside so I can trap them. This is a big room so I have enough time to lure them without being caught.

As the last one entered , I signaled Emiya and the door was shut and locked.

I bolted to the escape hatch and shut it tightly. I panted and released a breath that I have held for a long time.

Thud Thud !

I jolted as the sounds of thumping could be heard from behind the escape hatch door. The monsters were trying to get in.

I continued moving down the pathway in the escape hatch until I came across another hatch. I opened it and crawled through it. I found myself in another hallway as a result.

"Master I am glad to see that you are unharmed"

"Ahh !" I screamed as I turned to the source of the voice.

"Don't scare me like that ! Honestly Hassan, there is no need to sneak up on me like that."

"Forgive me master, I came to retrieve you after I was told you were separated from your servants."

"No problem Hassan, I understand."

"Anyways could you carry me and take me quickly to Romani ?"

"Yes Master."

I felt my feet lose grip on the ground as I was suspended in the air by Hassan's hold on me. The speed at which he moved across the hallways and was heading into the command center made me feel nauseous.

Hassan suddenly stopped.

"Why did you stop ?" I asked, barely trying to hold in the bile that rose up in my throat.

"Assassin, you're here ! Ristuka is here too !Thank god we are saved !"

I looked up from over Hassan's shoulders and saw the familiar uniforms of 3 chaldea staff members. They were running up towards us in an excited way.

Just as the first two ran past the windows, they crumpled to the floor screaming in pain.

"AHHHHHHH, make it stop, make it stop!"

I watched as their bodies slowly melted into a fleshy sludge. The third staff member rushed to his co workers' aid only to experience the exact same fate as soon he got close to them.

"Master, we have got to leave now."

" What are you talking about Hassan ?! They're suffering, we need to help them !"

"Master I am not saying that I won't help them, it's rather that I am unable to do so."

"What? Why ?!"

"Look carefully, they all started crumpling in pain and melting as soon as they reached the windows as they ran towards us. At first glance, I thought something else was the cause, but as soon as the third member came towards them right next to the windows he experienced similar symptoms."

I pondered in my mind a little as I heard Hassan's reasoning. They all melted as soon as they went near the windows. The sun was shining brightly through those windows. No. Impossible. There is no way that's possible. It can't be.

Those monsters had a flesh like appearance and now the melted staff members were slowly turning into those abominations.

"I see you have realized your position now, master."

"Is there a way we can get to the command center without getting exposed to sunlight ?"

"Yes there is. We will enter the vents."

"Ok but we gotta hurry, those monsters are starting to get closer to us."

"Roger that master, in that case I will eliminate them."

"Hassan wait your weapons won't wo–"

In a burst of speed Hassan slashed the oncoming monster with his blade, blue flames erupted throughout its body and spread to the other monsters

The monster ceased to move as the flames completely consumed them. Fire is their weakness. Emiya couldn't destroy it but Hassan can.

"Hassan you need to stay with me whenever we fight these things, I think the weakness of these monsters is fire. Emiya was unable to kill it with his weapons so you are my only hope."

"I will keep note of that master, but in the meantime get in here." he pointed to the air vent in the ceiling. He pulled the vent apart as he climbed the wall and lifted me up into it.

I crawled through the vents and watched as Hassan did the same. Huh I never thought he could fit in here. I continued making my way to the command center as Hassan directed me.

" Romani, can you hear me ?"

"Ritsuka, where are you ?! I have been trying to contact you but you never responded. I almost sent a team to retrieve you."

"Well it's a good thing you didn't."

"Why is that ?"

"These monsters appeared because of the sun."

"What ? That doesn't make sense. They can't just magically appear out of nowhere because of the sun."

"That's because they didn't appear from nowhere. They are people who were turned into these monsters. I saw three staff members turn into one of those grotesque abominations as soon as they came in contact with sunlight through the windows."

"How is that possible ?!"

"I don't know but you must relay this message throughout chaldea. Do not let them come in contact with sunlight."

"Ok I will broadcast it through the PA system."

Just as he said that I fell through a vent and hit the floor with a loud thud. My arms are definitely gonna be bruised when I wake up tomorrow.

I looked up to see the astonished faces of Romani Archman and the other staff.

Just as I was getting up a pink blur collided with my body forcing me to land on my back.

"Senpai ! You're ok !"

Ah yes, only mash would do something like this. She is surprisingly heavy, scratch that I am never going to say that out loud. There are some times in life you gotta shut your mouth.

"Yes I am fine Mash, now how did you get out and what happened to the other staff members ?

"I managed to get most of them here but a couple of them were separated from us."

"This is bad, they need to know about the sun's effects."

"I went through all that trouble just to trap those monsters and now there is potential for more of them to show up."

"Don't worry, I am sure they are ok."

INITIATING LOCKDOWN PROCEDURES !

"There, that should do it !" Romani cheered.

"What did you do ?"

"Lockdown procedures have been initiated and as a result Chaldea's window shutters and doors have been activated. No light can pass through and nothing can get inside. We are safe and the only thing to worry about is the possibility of people who have already turned."

"Good, now that's out of the way we need to talk about the monsters and the issue with the sun." I stated

"Do you have any ideas on why the sun suddenly gained the ability to turn people into flesh monsters ?" Romani questioned me.

"I thought it was a singularity at first but it is nothing like anything we have seen before."

"You think one of the Ultimate Ones is responsible for this ? I mean we have Ultimate Ones for each planet, who's to say that stars don't have them ?" A fellow staff member asked.

"No, that can't be possible. There is no way that a Type Sun could appear out of nowhere ! Types can't just magically be created, they ought to have existed for a long period of time. If this was the work of a Type Sun then we would have known about its existence way before the sun changed."

"All I know is that they turn people into flesh monsters and the only way to defeat them is through the use of fire. I only made it here in one piece thanks to Hassan and his sword that wielded flames."

"Thanks for the compliment master."

"Fire huh, I will make an announcement on the PA system to let every servant and staff know about their weakness. It would certainly be better to not waste bullets or mana on those things."

"Yes, I agree. Romani, did you ever get a chance to see the monsters with your own eyes ?"

"No I haven't, I will be sure to ch–

"SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT !" A loud voice echoed throughout the room interrupting Romani.

I turned to look towards the source of voice and saw Ereshkigal kneeling on the ground with her hands grasping her head. Her facial expressions gave away the fear that she was barely withholding. I have never seen Ereshkigal afraid, her being a servant and goddess meant that she was difficult to kill. But this is the first time in my life seeing her this distressed.

"Kur has been disturbed ! The souls are weeping in agony ! The Sun's light is piercing through Kur !"

"What ?!" I was stunned by her statements. This sunlight was piercing through the underworld and was affecting the souls there. That is not possible. Kur disappeared years ago away from the reach of mortals when the Age of Gods ended. She had to be wrong, there's no way.

"Sister please calm down ! I am sure you are just tired, you make it seem as if Kur is under attack." Ishtar pleaded with her sister

"Eresh, listen to me ! I need you to tell me what is happening inside Kur. You are the only capable of sensing and seeing what goes on inside Kur. Are there fleshy looking monsters there ? I asked desperately

"No, no, no, no, no, their souls are being twisted beyond comprehension ! They're screaming for mercy ! They are being taken away from me ! They are being brought back to life ! This is not right ! I control the souls here ! I grant them peace ! The light torments them ! "

In a flash of light Ereshkigal disappeared from the room.

"Ereshkigal ! " I yelled.