Alice snuck into the facility through the ventilation system. She crawled while she looked down at the people below her, trying to find the most isolated elevator. As she searched in secret, she saw Rose again, but this time, with only one arm.
Eventually, she found an elevator with only one person in front of it. She jumped out of the vent and dropped behind the man. She grabbed his neck and crushed it before he could react. She then grabbed his key card and walked into the evaluator. She then clicked B2-, the floor that Belle was on.
"Well, that was rather simple."
The elevator arrived on the floor. She walked out, searching for Belle. She smelled her inside a room. Belle looked perfectly normal, unlike Yoshi, but when she got there, she noticed Star inside the room. He already knew she was there, but decided to ignore her so she could watch him torture her best friend.
"So, Belle, I'll ask one more time. Where did Yoshi go."
"Deez..."
"Where is deez?"
"Deez nuts! Ha, got em!"
"You know, I gotta give you props. You're the longest-lasting victim of my torture. Yoshi lasted 2 whole months until I hit him with the illusion of Alice coming to save him. Yet through the constant pain and agony, you have yet to break. Tell me, what is your secret?"
"Come a little closer and I'll tell you."
Star slowly tore off both her legs making her scream in agony. As her mouth was open, he plunged her hand into her mouth, ripping out her tongue. He left her like that for a few minutes before injecting her with a syringe. With that, all of Belle's wounds were instantly healed.
"1437 times. That's how many times I've recovered you with these phoenix vitals. Maybe I'll play with you more. What should we do next: iron maiden, blood eagle, steaks, bio freeze, ooh, so many different possibilities."
Suddenly, Star got a call on his phone. He answered and talked to the person on the other side of the phone for a minute. After that, he began to walk out of the room. Alice hit on the ceiling and Star pretended not to see her. Alice ran into the room once Star went into the elevator.
"Hey, Belle."
"A-Alice... i-is it really you?"
Instead of saying anything, she created a null ball and put it up to her chains, erasing them instantly. Tears began to flood Belle's face and she hugged her.
"H-How will we get out of here?"
Alice created a null ball at a 20-degree angle up and fired it. The wall and ceiling were both erased and it made a perfect tunnel to the surface outside.
"W-Wow."
"There's your escape."
"A-Are you not coming?"
"I have to find something first. Don't worry, I'll be fine. I'll be right behind you."
"You know that's a death flag, right?"
"Oh... well, I just need to grab some phoenix vitals for Yoshi."
"They're on floor B1-. Be careful. That man is the devil incarnate."
"I will."
The two-headed in opposite directions. Belle worried for her best friend, but she really wanted out. On the contrary to her brave act, she was terrified of Star and wanted to get out of there as fast as possible.
Alice went up to the first floor, looking at the phoenix vitals through the ventilation system again. She searched for nearly 30 minutes before she finally came across the laboratory. There, she saw a Rose again, this time in a scientist's coat. She was synthesizing the phoenix blood. While there, she also saw her drinking herself into a wasted state and crying in the corner.
"Just kill me already..."
Alice didn't pay attention to her crying. Instead, she took this opportunity to steal the vitals remaining, which was about 3. She then exited through the vents once again. She then headed to the hole which she created. However, once she got there, she saw Star waiting by the entrance.
"You know, your friend was really hot. I raped her and made that bitch ass boyfriend of yours watch. They'retears were so delicious. But you... you're way hotter. I can't wait to capture you and see the tears roll down your eyes and I dump my children into your body."
Alice couldn't tell whether to be disgusted or afraid. She hated him too much, it was overriding her fear.
"Ah, I see. You came here for those. Did you like my gift, btw?"
"What gift?"
"Yoshi. I dropped him outside your room."
"Wait... you know where the school is?"
"Of course I do. I used to be a student there. Though, I don't see the point in attacking it. I have better things to be doing, and I don't feel like going through the trouble of killing Taiyo."
"You... you broke my boyfriend..."
"And now, I'll break you... or I would, but a god like myself can't be bothered by a mutt like you."
"Excuse me."
"We are gods. We are the ones with powers. We protect humans from the anomalies. They should bow down before us. You know, I saw you enter the vents when you first got here, but I was curious about how far you could get. Well, we both know I could kill you instantly, so let's make this a little more fun, shall we?"
Suddenly, someone blitzed behind Alice and punched her in the back, sending her flying and stumbling up her own hole and crash-landing all the way on the surface. Alice looked back and saw a woman with white spiky hair, blue eyes, a revealing dress, and pale skin. Star jumped behind her.
"This is Sapphy. She's in paradox class. If you can beat her in a fight, I'll let you go Scott free. If you lose, I'll slaughter everyone in the academy and make Yoshi eat your corpse. Deal?"
"..."