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Chapter 15 - Exposure

"Fuck this storm." – Denki

"You tell me; I don't think we'll be able to keep driving in that. If I remember correctly there should be a motel a couple of kilometres ahead" - Ichino

*Unknown Moaning*

*Denki sighs*

"Why'd you have to pick her up anyways. You know we could've just left her at the bar" - Denki

"She could file this as kidnapping when she wakes up..." - Denki

"You do realise she had just been thrown out then, right? Why do you think she's sleeping so tightly during this storm" - Ichino

"Oh…" - Denki

-A few hours earlier-

"Uhhhh" - Ichino and Denki both said in sync

A woman, probably in her 20's, was lying flat on Ichino's car, barely clothed and out cold. Ichino and Denki were standing still, confused with the situation they had in hand. Soon enough, Ichino decided to act.

"Grab her legs, she's going in the car" - Ichino

"What? We can't do that!" - Denki

"Do you plan on leaving a defenceless girl out on the road alone?" - Ichino

"Tch." - Denki, annoyed but agreeing to help, by lifting the girl's legs up

"Now get a move on, we'll see what we can do with her once she wakes up" - Ichino

"Fine… but if she turns on us, it's your responsibility!" - Denki, with firmness in his voice and a serious look in his eyes

*Ichino sighs*

The two detectives gently place the girl in the backseat of the car and drive on their way.

-Present time-

"I see it, we're almost there!" - Ichino

"We're finally out of this storm!" - Denki,

Ichino pulls in at the motel, quickly running to the reception to book a room. Soon enough, Ichino comes back out and signals Denki to come in. Denki lifts the girl in his arms and runs into the motel following Ichino towards their room.

"Wew" - Ichino and Denki

"Place her on one of the beds and you get some sleep too we will probably have a long day tomorrow" - Ichino

"Got it" - Denki

After getting ready to sleep, everyone tuck in for the night.

The storm rages on deep into the night while inside the room a quiet and eerie atmosphere sinked the trio into a profound slumber…

The following day, Reginald woke up quite early, his hair extremely messy and his eyes barely open and walked over to the bathroom to take care of himself. Stepping in brought back some unpleasant memories. Reginald looks at himself in the mirror regretfully.

"What have I done…' - Reginald, as he realises he should've stopped Takeru back then

Subsequently, Reginald finishes his morning routine and walks over to the kitchen to prepare some breakfast. On his way there, he turns on the T.V without much thought. Momentarily, he hears the news talking about yesterday night's events. He anxiously runs over to get updated on the situation.

"Last night, the agency sent a team down into the sewers due to a phone call from an anonymous caller, informing them about shocking events happening down there. What they discovered, was indeed an eye-opening scene" - Newsman

"The agency uncovered a lair belonging to the organisation known as The Red Sect with a sundry of dead bodies on both level 1 and level 2 of the underground. This included several hundred bodies of small infants and people who had disappeared months prior to this discovery" - Newsman

"The forensics team suggests that the infants were being used as hybrid experiments and the events have been going on for potentially years. The cause of death for this massacre is still under research" - Newsman

"Our condolences to all those who lost someone today" - Newsman

Reginald felt his heart being crushed by an extreme feeling of guilt.. Suddenly, a bang on the wall startles him. It was Takeru, hunched over, tears flowing from his reddening eyes.

"It's all my fault. It's all my fault. IT'S ALL MY FAULT" - Takeru

"AAARRRGGG" - Takeru

Reginald didn't say a word, completely not expecting his friend to wake up at this time and his attention was fixated on the T.V. Shortly after, he got up and hugged the scarred teenager and made him sit down, it was the least he could do.

"Oh, it seems another detail has popped up" - Newsman

That phrase attracted both Reginald and Takeru's attention, their ears fully alert to the T.V.

"The team has discovered the letters ZR written on a wall, in what seems to be blood. This may be what took down The Red Sect group" - Newsman

"Yes… Zion Rippers..." - Takeru, muttering what seems to be the full form of ZR

Takeru suddenly gains some firmness in his eyes, getting up in a swift manner and walking away into the kitchen.

"Huh?" - Reginald

Confused, he follows his friend to get some breakfast. Reginald looks down in regret and squints his eyes slightly.

(Reginald to himself) "I wish I could get more from him"

At the same time, down in the sewers…

"Did anyone find anything else!?" - Unknown

'No sir, I think this is it sir" - Unknown underling

"Okay, so we have a total of 54 bodies excluding the dead babies. If we take that into account it goes up to the 300s or more. We've also discovered an experimental area where they were doing all their hybrid testing." - Unknown

"Damn, what did we get ourselves into here? I can't believe those pieces of shits were hiding down here for this long!" - unknown

"Juro sir, you have a call from the boss" - unknown underling 2

"Give it here, Ross" - Juro

"Hey, boss" - Juro

"How's it looking down there? Anything on that symbol?" - Yon

"Nope, that's a negative. We did finalise the number of bodies though. It came to be around 54 excluding the deformed infants" - Juro

"This is so much worse than last time. I can't believe a vigilante group found them before us. These guys might have the answer to everything so it's imperative that we find them!" - Yon

"Also, look out for anyone who might be connected to The Red Sect. It is our duty to find out their motives as soon as possible" - Yon

"Roger that ma'am!" - Juro

(Yon to herself) "I'll have to talk to Tayuki about that phone call from last night. It may give some clues about the caller's identity and I have to up security around town especially in the undergrounds"

Yon calls her secretary, who was stationed nearby her office.

"Jon, come in!" - Yon, loudly

Jon comes in swiftly, greets his superior and stands straight. Yon gives out the order to increase security and to call Tayuki up to her office. The secretary complies immediately.

"Ma'am it's me, May I enter? - Tayuki

"Come in Tayuki" - Yon

A bewitching, glossy haired blonde coupled with the british accent and the blue eyes was ogled by a number of men on her way up to Yon's office.

"Every time I see you, you make me question your identity" - Yon

"Ohh you already know the story ma'am. My Mother was japanese, hence the name and my Father was an Englishman, hence the appearance" - Tayuki, explaining like she had done it many times before

Tayuki gazes at Yon with her bright blue eyes with no ounce of fear or hesitation in them. She appeared to be challenging Yon's pressuring aura.

"You really took after your father, didn't you? - Yon. squinting her eyes while she inspects Tayuki's body

"That I did ma'am. Now, the matter at hand?" - Tayuki, quickly changing the subject matter

"Oh yes, I wanted to know if you found out anything about the call you got yesterday" - Yon

"It seems that the call originated from a payphone, located near the east entrance of the sewers. With no houses in that area, I concluded that it would be pointless to organise a search party concerning this matter. I still haven't found out the reason why the opposition had hold of my personal number yet" - Tayuki

"Hmmm, you're mistaken Tayuki. It isn't pointless to search the east sewer entrance. We may find some DNA traces or footprints left behind" - Yon

"Okay, I'll organise a search party for tomorrow, you work on finding would use your phone number for such a purpose" - Yon

"You may leave" - Yon

Tayuki gets up from the seat and takes her leave, giving one last glance at Yon.

(Yon to herself) "But even so… Why hybrids? What is Red Sect planning…"

(Yon to herself) "Do we have to bring them into this?"