Friday, December 13th 919
Akira, Power, and Mirage all stand in a well-lit room with a one-sided mirror with a single door. The man Akira kicked tied to a seat unconscious in the other room. Mirage had just finished explaining her plan. "I only have 5 minutes until this ability begins to fail. I'll try to get as much information out of him as possible. If anything does happen on the outside or you think I am in any sort of danger… well you already know what to do."
Mirage opens the door and enters the other room. Power sits down on a seat eagerly waiting for it to start. Akira nervously stands as she is on Facetime with her boyfriend (When she gets anxious she always calls him). Mirage touches the man's head for a few seconds. She slowly begins to fade away as if she had never been there in the first place.
The room changes from what looks like a cell block into the man's bedroom. The man wakes up in a cold sweat. A beautiful woman who has long silky brown hair is next to him kindly grabbing his arm. "What's wrong babe?" The man looks at the woman and finally begins to calm down. He moves his arms as if he weren't tied down a second ago.
"Nothing Honey. I just had a weird nightmare… In my dream, I was doing a top-secret job from the boss… I got punched by this short teenager… and I started getting really dizzy. After that, she kicked me in the head and I was out cold" "Hmm... It takes a considerable amount of force to knock you out, babe. You are the strongest p-"
Right as she was about to finish her sentence. They hear a loud thud coming from their daughter's bedroom. They both rush out of their bedroom to see what that thud was. In the main hallway, they see Akira. Standing in front of the daughter's bedroom holding a knife covered in the blood of their 3-year-old daughter. Her lifeless body lying in front of them, as Akira standing right behind her looks at them with blood-red pupils glowing in the dark
The husband begins Screaming. "THAT'S HER. THAT'S THE GIRL WHO KNOCKED ME OUT AT MY JOB." The man sprints towards Akira. He feels like he's been running for an eternity, unable to reach his daughter and her killer. He blinks and is now strapped to a chair and can only look forward. He sees his wife holding his daughter. His daughter's cold lifeless eyes staring into her father's broken soul. He tries to scream but is unable to even make a squeak. Akira appears behind his wife, grabs her by the head, and crushes her skull.
She throws his wife's headless body away and begins to walk toward him, her eyes still glowing blood red. The man finally is able to scream, "WHY? WHY. WE, WE TOLD YOU… IT WAS JUST BUSINESS…. SO WHY... WHY COME FIND ME AND MY FAMILY." Akira with blood all over her face smiles.
"As you said. It's just business," she says as she pats his shoulder. His daughter and wife begin to decay on the floor and turn into roaches. All of them begin crawling toward him, eventually crawling all around him. He begins to scream and shout at the top of his lungs.
Akira turns around to look at him and places her hand on his shoulder. Whispering into his ear "Now Mr. Fernando, you are going to tell me who sent you to find me and take me to them." Fernando keeps screaming. Akira snaps her fingers. He wakes up. He's now in the well-lit room that Mirage was just in. The only difference is the walls are pitch black covered in a mysterious shadow. Akira stands in front of Fernando and begins talking, "What just happened to you was a dream. All of those things you just experienced were fake."
She leans closer to him. "But I can easily make those things become a reality. Understand if you do not cooperate. Your family will experience something far worse than what you just saw. I know where you live Fernando. It wasn't hard. Look I have my eyes on them right now." A projector appears from the ceiling and a screen appears from the shadowy wall. On that screen, his wife and daughter are visible, his wife is cooking food while his daughter is playing with her toys in the living room.
Akira continues, "Listen carefully, You are going to tell me who sent you, why they sent you, and what their abilities are." The man breathing heavily and sweating buckets. He finally answers. "The one who sent me…was a friend of my boss, the man who works for the person who sent me and my partner to find you. His name is-" As he is about to say the person's name a small creature appears on his shoulder. It is something Akira has never seen before. The creature has small long skinny fingers and long skinny arms. Its head is 2 times the size of its body.
Its eyes are Emerald green the teeth are as black as coal, and a lot of blood covers its teeth. Akira notices it and immediately asks what's that thing doing on his shoulder. The man looks at his shoulder and sees nothing. "What are you talking about? There's nothing on my shoulder!!!!"
Akira pauses and retraces her steps. 1. I have been using my ability for around 3 minutes. 2. The creature appeared once I began to ask the man questions. Akira asks again. "Who is the name of the man you are working for?" As soon as she finishes asking that question. A timer appears above the creature. 1 minute 30 seconds and counting. The man begins to panic, unaware of both the creature on his shoulder and the timer. "WHAT CREATURE ON ME?!?!" Akira grabs the man.
"I put a creature on you (A lie) But don't worry. The sooner you answer my questions. The sooner I stop my ability. Now let me ask again. Who is the man who sent you here." The timer is already at 1 minute. "My boss calls him Mr. Ichiro. He drinks with my boss at this Japanese restaurant in Paris, usually on Saturdays at 6." Now the timer is at 30 seconds.
"What's the name of this restaurant?" "It's called Takara Japan." "What is Ichrio's ability?" "No! Enough questions. Get this creature off me. I won't answer another question until this ability is undone." Now the timer is at 15 seconds "Ugh. Fine." Akira reaches over to the creature. The creature bites Akira. She quickly pulls her hand back. "WHAT THE FU-" 7 seconds.
The noise of a door being opened followed by a flick of the light switch echoes throughout the room. Akira and the man are now standing in complete darkness. Akira tries to punch the creature again.
She can still see the timer. 3… 2…1. The creature begins to glow and then, a huge explosion engulfs Fernando as he screams for Akira to save him. Akira narrowly avoids the explosion as she slips through the floor. She begins to slowly come out of the floor (head first) into a completely different room. The new room has a single candle lighting up the room.
Akira's skin begins to puff up and turn into a blob. It begins to run down her face. Revealing that she had been Mirage this entire time. Power and the REAL Akira begin to appear from the floor as well. "Holy fuck that was close." Sighs Mirage. Power goes over to Mirage and wraps her injuries with some bandages. "Y-You shouldn't have waited that long." "Yeah, she's right babe. You were far too reckless this time." Mirage looks away and pouts. "I was only trying to figure out why they were after her. Sticky Dude (The supposed killer from Room 217) died from shock."
Ember continues, "pretending to be a killer and then dying from shock from my ability, what a little bitch honestly." "Y-Your ability is pretty scary." Mirage smiles. "Hehe. It really is." Power is done wrapping Mirage's injuries. Akira looks at her hand as she focuses her aura into her eyes. "I-I don't think that the creature's bite released any toxins into your body. Y-You should be fine. I-I hope." Mirage hugs Akira. "Thank you for always taking care of meeee."
"Hey. I was the one who took care of your wounds." "Yes thank you, babe. I'll give you a little reward tonight." Mirage winks at Power as he gets all flustered. Akira who is super uncomfortable, suggests that they go back to see the damage. They all agree and a golden door magically appears. Mirage goes first, then Power and Akira goes last. They all end up on the top of a roof overlooking the building they were once in.
They see it's completely destroyed, even destroying a part of the roof they now stand on even though they are a block away from the building. A group of people now surround the scene and stare at the ruined buildings. They all see what seems to be the man they just interrogated as he lies there dead. His body parts splattered all around at the epicenter of the explosion.
There are multiple cries for someone to call 911 as the spectators think there are people trapped under the rubble. Power and Akira leave the vantage point and enter the building through the rooftop entrance. Mirage watches as the people pull out several bystanders from the blast. She sees a hand point straight out. Its wrist is limp. She finally leaves the scene after Power tells her that they need to get going.
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Saturday, December 14th 919 8 at night local time.
A woman is walking in Paris France, She is 5'4. Her dirty blonde hair goes down to her shoulders and her eyes are ocean blue. She's with two guys. Whose names are Jaden and Samuel (Sam-u-el). Jaden is 6 feet, his dark brown hair goes down to his shoulder and he has a scar right under his right eye. Samuel is 5'11, he has a bit of facial hair and his hair is black and short. They are all wearing a suit and a tie with black topcoats over their suits.
They walk down the street to see a small line for a restaurant. The sign above the restaurant reads Takara Japan. They get in line and wait 5 minutes before it's their turn to get in. A waiter walks out to greet them in French. "Bonjour, veuillez me suivre. Hello, please follow me." All three of them enter the restaurant. As they are inside Samuel pulls out his phone and begins to hack into the security cameras. There are 15 cameras. 6 cameras inside the restaurant, 2 outside. 1 of them is outside placed at the front entrance and one is placed at the back entrance. 4 of the ones inside are in the regular area while 2 are in the VIP area.
The lady shows them their table and gives them a menu to look at. She tells them they will be right back. "Sooo… did you understand Iris?" Jaden jokingly says. "Every 5th word or so. I'm not as fluent in French as you and Samuel." "Well, I am from Canada and have had a lot of missions there. There was one that I wanted you guys to go on but Jaden was on vacation and you Iris were in Argentina with your ex. So after I was done I went to go visit family and Waka." "Omg, I forgot I went to Argentina with her, It was pretty fun though."
"Do you think his bodyguards are gonna know how to use Totsu?" "Probably. They are going to be looking for Mirage, Power, and Akira." Jaden says as he looks at Samuel's phone. "That's why they asked us if we could bring him alive and Mr whatever his name is, back to them." The waitress comes back and begins taking their orders, Samuel notices a tinted Rolls-Royce pull-up while Jaden is ordering. A man who appears to be a bodyguard gets out of the car and goes to talk to the waiter. Another bodyguard who is female opens the passenger door.
Ichiro gets out of the car. He's 5'9 wears a black suit and black tie. He has long grey hair tied up in a ponytail and is wearing sunglasses (Even though it's cloudy). All three of them enter the restaurant. And begin to head over to the VIP section in the other room. As Samuel finishes ordering his food he throws a knife at one of the security guards who smacks it away in mid-air. The Male bodyguard looks in that general direction and begins to yell.
"WHO DID THAT?!?!" The whole restaurant which was lively a few moments ago suddenly falls silent. "WHO DID THAT?!?!," the male bodyguard says again. Jaden replies "Can you keep it down, big guy? My friend is trying to order." The bodyguard walks over to their table and shoves the waitress out of the way. Samuel catches her before she falls onto the floor. The bodyguard grabs Jaden's overcoat. Even tho Jaden is 6 feet tall. The security guard stands at an impressive 6'3. Iris begins to use her aura.
Chains begin to appear going down each finger with each of the 5 chains having a different object at the end of them (EXACTLY like Kurapika's Chains). Jaden stares at the man unfazed. "Oh, that's a bummer. It looks like he is unable to use it." Yawns Iris. Jaden pulls out a gun from his coat and puts the barrel right under the man's chin. Before he can pull the trigger. The security guard grins and swiftly bites the barrel of the gun. Breaking the gun into small pieces.
Jaden stunned that the man destroyed the gun with a single bite, throws a knife at him but it just bounces right off. Iris nervously laughs as she puts her hand over her mouth. "Holy shit I was wrong… HE'S A FUCKING TANK HAHAHA" The female security guard tries to get Ichiro out of the store but Samuel is already standing at the entrance of the store.
"Mr. Ichrio." Samuel says, "We're going to have you come with us. We need to ask you a few questions." The female security guard pulls out a Pistol and shoots 3 bullets at Samuel. The bullets bounce right off his body and fall onto the floor. "Shit, Mr. Ichiro please head to the VIP section."
The female bodyguard shoots 5 more bullets at Samuel but again all 5 bullets bounce right off him. Samuel closes the distance, grabs the pistol from her hands, and points it right at her. The female bodyguard smiles as her ability begins to activate.
The bodyguard's name is Ember. She's 18 and can use Totsu like Akira and the rest of them. Her ability allows her to change the properties of something she touches, excluding humans and animals. For example, If she touches a plate she would be able to change it into any object she chooses, that is somewhat the same size and volume as the plate. She can deactivate her ability and that object will return to its original state whenever that object or if the object is 5 meters away from her.
The Pistol begins to change into a dagger, stabbing right through Samuel's hand. Samuel pulls out the dagger and chucks it toward Iris who is on her phone. Who instinctively dodges it. By this time most customers at this restaurant kind of understand what is going on. They all look horrified.
Iris focuses her arua on one of her chains, the one on her pinky finger. The object at the end of it is a crescent moon with an eye and a frown. A pinkish gas begins to come out from the smile of the moon. Quickly filling the air. Some customers begin to fall asleep instantly. After a while, all of those who are unable to use Totsu are peacefully asleep.
"Can we hurry this up? I want to eat my white rice." Jaden who already defeated his opponent by trapping him onto the floor begins to sit down and eat his food. "This is some good shit, Guys." Jaden says as Iris says "Samuel you better hurry up or you will have to pay for the tip." Ember begins to yell at them. "HOW ARE YOU GUYS SO LAID BACK BY THIS? WE ARE FIGHTING TO THE DEATH RIGHT NOW. YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN HELPING YOUR FRIEND HERE."
Iris with a mouthful of rice says "But you're weak tho. It's kinda embarrassing. Samuel is a late bloomer. He's only had his ability for like 4 or 5 months." "This ramen is pretty good tbh, do you want some miss?" Jaden asks, "NO, I DO NOT WANT ANY. ALSO IF YOU GUYS ARE AFTER MR. ICHIRO WHY HAVEN'T YOU ALL CAPTURED HIM" "We already did tho." Explains Jaden. Ember turns around to see Mr Ichiro gone.
"He's on his way to another location." She turns back and yells, "WHAT? WHERE DID YOU TAKE HIM?!?!" "um, that's a secret miss." Ember tries to step forward but is unable to, She had not been paying close attention but she had been sinking for the past couple of seconds. "YOU DISTRACTED ME." Jaden and Iris look at her with smug faces. 'She's pretty cute." Iris says to Jaden who looks at her.
"She is pretty cute." "Maybe a bit too loud for me though." Samuel finally joins them to eat. "Oh, you're right Jaden, this is pretty good. Iris have some!" "NEVER".
End Of Chapter 2.