At facility O-5681. An employee named rose took a deep breath as she entered the containment cell where the staining rose awaited. She knew she wasn't walking out of there as as she began to approach the rose that would result in her death. Her head hurt as a voice rang out.
"Death is not your destiny today rose…you have the will to change things for the better…that's why you can't die here." the voice said in her head. As the pain in her head stopped a fountain of blue glowing energy appeared under her, warping her away. Those in the control room are wondering what the hell just happened. Meanwhile in another part of the facility. A girl with pink hair was waiting for news on her friend. When the same pain happened in her head.
"Your friend is safe…you made friends with your fellow employees when many others keep them at arm's length due to the high chance of dying…some would call that foolishness. But i call it strength. And that strength is required." the voice said as the same fountain of blue energy appeared around her as well. And warped her away as well. Meanwhile at another part of the facility a girl with short black hair with a large spoon on her back got the same headache.
"You threw away your emotions for the sake of survival. But surviving isn't living. You've been drowning for far too long…time to come up for air." the voice and headache faded. As the same blue energy warped her away as well. Everyone at O-5681 was freaking out. Wondering what the hell was going on. Meanwhile the three girls who were pulled out of O-5681 soon woke up in a bright shining world that seemed like a sanctuary in the sky.
"Catt. rose. Where are we?" taii asked.
"Did you two…hear a voice as well?" catt asked. The two nodded. And soon someone with long blue hair began coming down from the sanctuary.
"Greetings employees of O-5681. I am jon karakuer tenshi. You may know me as either the white messiah. Or the manager of x-394." jon said with a kind smile.
"Facillity x-394. The place where the first Armageddon level abnormality was born and died." taii said. Though cat noticed rose had stars in her eyes.
"It is truly an honor to meet you…i'm a huge fan!" rose shouted.
"Why did you kidnap us?" catt asked.
"Sorry about that…but there's something I need help with." jon said.
"Why do you need our help? Your a colored fixer. Probably the most powerful one to date!" taii asked.
"Yes…but even i can only do so much alone…I can't be everywhere in the city at once. Which is why i need people worthy of power to help me." i said.
"Worthy of power?...why us? We aren't even the strongest employees of our own branch." catt said.
"That's not what I'm looking for…the city is a cruel and inhospitable place. What i'm looking for are those who haven't surrendered to the vices that have claimed so many others. Rose. you seek to change things in the city for the better. Even though would laugh at that. You pushed on anyway. Taii. you opened your heart to others even when death is all too common in the walls of lobotomy corp facilities. To open your hearts to those you may lose takes incredible strength." jon said. Catt looked at jon with grinded teeth.
"Then why am I here!? I don't have what you're looking for! I discarded my emotions for the sake of survival! I'm not strong like these two are so why!?" catt yelled.
"These two care about you…and the reason i'm giving you this choice is to prevent you from becoming what i'm fighting…tell me. Do you three know of the distortion phenomenon?" jon asked. All three shook their heads. "I suppose that makes sense after all. You three were still working at facility O-5681 during the white nights and dark days. To put it simply. The distortion phenomenon is a side effect of the dark days. People turning into monsters courtesy of their pain and misery lingering in their minds…and I knew you catt! Would break when you find out the truth." jon said.
"What truth?" catt asked. Jon snapped his fingers and a screen appeared showing the inside of facility O-5681. Inside the manager's office. The three were horrified to see a dead body inside.
"That the manager of your facility, the very man you thought you were working for, has been dead from the start. That everything you and your fellow employees who fought worked and died for was for a lie." jon said. Taii took it the least bad while rose couldn't believe that she was giving her life for nothing while catt grabbed onto her head and began to laugh.
"So our deaths and sorrow was all for nothing? The heart is doomed to wither twist and…distort." catt said as a voice in her head appeared…but it wasn't jon's…it was a womans as her poisonous words began to distort catt's heart. Another voice came to be…
"I won't tolerate this…begone carmen!" jon yelled as catt found herself found back in the water of the bottle that she trapped herself in for so long. She sees someone swimming towards her. It was jon as he reached for her she tried to slap him away. But he refused to back down eventually pulling her out of the ocean of numbness she trapped herself in for so long. And for the first time in forever. The isolation catt trapped herself in broke. As she let out of all of her pain and sorrow on Jon's shoulder. Just like he did for hod. As catt finished crying she went back to her normal neutral face. But her two friends could see that a new found light was in her eyes.
"What would you have me do?" catt asked.
"I take it all of you wish to aid me?" jon asked. Rose and taii nodded with a smile. Jon soon snapped his fingers and three angelic looking robots came down to them and offered a handshake to each of them. The three grab their hands as jon's smile. A bright flash came.
"You three will never be separated now…now you three have gained the power to break free from the chains of the city…may you be a beacon of light in a city of darkness…welcome to the white messiah office." jon said with a grin.
Two days later.
The distortion detectives moses and ezra were waiting in an alley while Moses was smoking her pipe. "How long is jon gonna keep us waiting?" ezra asked getting impatient.
"We're not meeting him this time. We're meeting a fixer of his office." moses said. Ezra went wide eyed. Since when did jon get more folks of his office? As she was wondering that. A woman with long glowing blonde hair with a black bow wearing armor in the form of a blue dress approached them. She had a large golden spoon and a golden laser bladed axe on her back. "Yep. definitely a white messiah fixer." moses said taking another smoke from her pipe.
"Does everyone from that office look like some god-knight?" ezra asked.
"Well…that's one way of looking at this. Anyway, You've already guessed but i'm a fixer of the white messiah office. Name's catt…now the info on the distortion." catt said. The two quickly provided. This time it was on a distortion taking the form of a dark headless horseman like a certain middle age fairy tale. It's hunting ground was a graveyard in district 20. The district of the dead as they called it. After paying the two for their service. It was more cash than they usually get which is why they were more than happy to work with the white messiah office. They pay more than their dickhead boss does. Catt found the distortion it rushed at her trying to take her head. Only for its horse to have its legs cut off by catt's axe and the rider to be beaten to death with her spoon. With a job done. She returned to the white messiah's sanctuary and returned to her normal form. The calming atmosphere of this heaven like sanctuary was a far cry from the cold facility she used to work at. But she didn't hate it. The peaceful atmosphere was a nice change of pace from the cold and blood soaked walls of the city or the facilty O-5681. She found her two friends also relaxing in pajamas. Much like the sleepover they had during their time at the facility…it was one of her better memories of that place.
"So how'd your distortion hunts go?" catt asked.
"Ugh…mine was gross. But easily handled…though it's going to be a while before i'm willing to eat meat again." taii said with her face green.
"Easily killed my query as well. Things got tricky when a rabbit team showed up…man those guys don't like taking no for an answer." rose said.
"Yeah…but jon kind of brought it on himself showing R-corp his knowledge on making weaponry." catt said.
"Yeah…but it's good to know that he cared so much for his employees." rose said.
"Yeah…and there were no casualties at facilty x-394 under his leadership." taii said with a smile.
"What a madlad." catt said. The two actually giggled at catt saying that. Their friend showing a sense of humor show's that her emotions had indeed returned. The three soon fell asleep like they did in that sleep over. Jon turned off the light and smiled at the cute site. As he walked to his room. He looked at the picture on his desk showing the photo he took of everyone at facility x-394. The sephirah. The employees all standing in front of the light with smiles.
"I'm sorry that my hatred screwed up everything guys…i promise the next time we see each other. I'll make things right." jon said as he hit the hay himself.
The next day was…rough to say the least. Not only did they have to deal with a flock of bloodfiends but also a rabbit team deer team and rhino team. And the blueberry on this bloody cake. A color fixer came as well. Argalia otherwise known as the blue reverbation. He wasn't hired by anyone, he just wanted to face jon. Apparently he's been trying to find jon for a while. Not an easy thing to do considering the white messiah is hardly ever seen. To the point where a lot of the people of the city think he's just a myth…a real ghost. It was a long and grueling fight between two color fixers. But in the end. The white messiah managed to get the blue reverbation to his knees. Jon knew that argalia was a threat to anyone. He was a broken maniac with too much power. But as he was about to land the killing blow. Myo aimed her rifle at the back of rose's head. Taii ran as fast as she could trying to save her friend but she wouldn't arrive in time. The gun went off however the bullet went to the air. As jon tackled myo into the pit behind her. This gave argalia time to escape the three wonderlab girls looked over to the pit.
"It ain't the fall that gets ya manager!" myo yelled. Those would be her last words as the two hit the bottom. Myo is dead. But jon he opened his eyes and stood up and cracked his neck.
"It's the sudden stop at the bottom." jon said.
"Boss!" catt yelled.
"Please tell us your alive jon!" rose yelled.
"I'm fine! Myo's soft body broke my fall! anyway! I'll see you three back at the sanctuary!" jon yelled as he began to look around for a way out. Opening a leyline fountain required an area that was clean as in not soaked in blood and sin. Finding a spot is difficult in the city. But impossible in the pit. As the massive hole in the middle of district 10 was a dumping ground for two things. Corpse and toxic waste. Which meant if you survived the long fall. You'd have to worry about the mutant creatures known as the "Dwellers." though the creatures were not very durable. One bullet from myo's assault rifle would turn them into a pile of body parts. The problem was they were everywhere. And the pit was a very dark place. So unless you had a flashlight or natural night vision. The chances of you getting ripped to shreds in the shadows was pretty damn high. As jon went his way blasting any dweller he soon heard something he wasn't expecting to here down in the pit.
"Make way for the messenger. I am the light and the darkness. Justice and vengeance. You shall repent or the underverse will consume you." a man dressed in holy robes like some sort of pope said. Jon was surprised to see someone alive and unmutated living in the pit. Seeing no other option he followed him to a lift.
"He told me you would come. Come. we must travel up here. I live above." the pope who jon learned is named joe. Pushed the button. The lift went up and both of them went down a stairwell leading to a room with two doors one must lead to joe's quarters while the other hopefully leads to a way out. On the table nearby was a browning auto-5 shotgun and a couple boxes of shell's near it. A box of flares underneath the table. Jon didn't really care about the flares. But he was curious on how a pope living in the pit got his hands on those. It's difficult and pricey to get your hands on firearms and ammo. So how did a pope living in a above area in the pit. where corpses and toxic waste are dumped constantly. Maybe he nicked off a dead body of someone thrown down here. But that made no sense. If that was the case. What an idiot…even if you weren't planning on using it. A shotgun like that could get you quite a bit of money.
"He spoke to me about you jon…but how do i know your not a simple imposter?" joe asked.
"I don't know who he is…but i do know i need to get back to the surface. Is there a way out somewhere?" jon asked.
"Yes…I can show you the way. But first get me back my blessed voicebox. A task made more dangerous so by the dwellers…it'll prove that you are what he told me." joe said. Jon sighed.
"Fine…i'm going to need to borrow that shotgun and take those shells considering…" jon said as he pointed myo's rifle at the wall and pulled the trigger only to hear an empty click. "Yeah…" jon said as he dropped the rifle. And so after fighting through more dwellers and finding the "voicebox" which turned out to be a radio…figures. He brought back it to joe. Who showed him to an area filled with musical stuff. Joe showed him a tunnel that lead to the sewers. After crawling through and finding a ladder up. Jon found himself in district 9. Guess it made sense. Joe did have a lot of musical instruments down there. Of course it had to be the district where music is it's bread and butter. It's also one of the safer districts in the city. Albeit you occasionally get a rat gang every now and then. But still it's one of the safer districts. Jon soon heard a loud sorrowful piano song being played. It was really loud. Jon was sure it could be heard all over the city. He ran towards the source of the music. And found a six armed creature playing a massive piano made from flesh. Jon could see several body parts and faces sticking out of it. He saw some people even turn into the very music notes coming from it. He also saw a woman with long white hair wearing a black outfit. Duel wielding an axe and mace. It seemed she was fighting the creature but got injured. She closed her eyes and gritted her teeth as the piano sent out tendrils with the goal of adding her flesh to the disgusting fleshy piano. But just as it was about to grab her. Jon cut the tendrils to shred. He swiftly cut off the arms of the creature and snapped it's neck. He then approached the woman and put his hand on her head. A light surrounded her. As her wounds healed. Jon soon disappeared as a man with short black hair wearing a suit and a black mask that covered his face appeared. Unbeknownst to jon. Who he saved was one half of a fellow colored fixer. Angelica. The man wearing the mask was her husband. Roland. The two halves of the black silence.
"The…white messiah?" angelica asked.
"Well I'll be damned…he actually exists." Roland said jokingly. Not showing that he was indeed grateful to the ghost that saved his angel.
Two years had passed. Despite what happened with the pianist. Angelica and roland now had a crib with their son Orlando in it. Soon a knock on the door was heard. And at it was iori. Both roland angelica and argalia's mentor.
"What brings you here granny?" roland asked.
"I was wondering…would you two like to meet the white messiah?" iori asked. Both of them went wide eyed. "This will be your last chance to meet him…considering he'll be heading to make things right as he would put it." iori said. Roland and angelica were conflicted…on one hand they would like to meet the man who saved angelica. But that would mean leaving little orlando alone. Iori showed them to a rather nice apartment. She knocked on the door. And a man with similar white hair to the white messiah opened.
"Iori…long time no see. Come to call in that favor?" the man asked.
"Quite. And don't worry desmond. It's nothing dangerous. Not a fixer job…i just need you to babysit." iori said. Desmond's wife. Maya entered the room. And saw iori was here. Figuring she would call in that favor. But was shocked at what it was.
"Really? Just babysit this couples kid? Huh. thought it be more dangerous but i'm not complaining." maya said. Iori giggled.
"You'd think a former member of the kurakumo clan turned high ranking member of the thumb would be out all for danger." iori said.
"I put that life behind me…now i'm just desmond's wife." maya said.
"And also the mother of the white messiah." iori said.
"Jon…" maya said with a smile. "What ever happened at that facility…it may have been dangerous and scary…but it lit a fire of hope in my son…his eyes had light that haven't seen in a long time…" maya said with her hands to her chest.
"Yeah…nice to see my son being the hero that the cit needs…this place is a dark and depressing place. Everyone's only out for themselves. So i'm glad my son is trying to make things better no matter how small." desmond said proudly.
"Tch…he's a fool then. Hope can't exist here."
"That sounds like the talk of someone who's had their nuts kicked in by the city to me." maya said.
"Fool or not. I'm only alive because of him…and i don't like leaving debts unpaid…" angelica said. Soon iori opened a portal to the sanctuary. Angelica went over to orlando. "I'll be back…i promise." she said as she kissed her son on the forehead. Before jumping through the rift.
Meanwhile. Jon found an invitation to the library in his desk. He knew it was time as he was about to call in the wonderlab girls. Taii came running in.
"We have intruders!" she yelled as she ran in. jon sighed as he knew only one person other than the wonderlab girls that could enter his sanctuary.
"Iori…" jon said as he got up and met with their oldest color fixer. And saw that she didn't come alone. As jon saw a familiar face with her. And he looked at roland.
"So that's what you look like without that black void mask…what do you want iori?" jon asked.
"It's not what I want…you see these two owe you a debt. So i was hoping you let them join on your next venture." iori said.
"My next venture is going to be a long one…don't you have a kid to look out for?" jon asked.
"Taken care off…a nice couple named desmond and maya are taken care of him for right now." angelica said.
"So your using that favor my parents owe you…to babysit. Guess I should be thanking you for not using that favor for a dangerous fixer job or something like that. Alright. I'll let those two tag along. Just don't die during it. I'm not gonna tell my parents their now permanent parents to your kid." jon said.
"No need to worry about us kid." roland said. Jon rolls his eyes and gathers the wonderlab girls. He soon writes everyone's name on the invitation and a doorway opens. On the other side would be what was once facility x-394 now turned into…the library of ruina.
