Note: The plot will now emphasize Rina and fade from Serah for a bit for plot purposes.
In a moment suspended wires had twisted and coiled serpentine like around Rina's neck. It held a rather solid grip on her neck as she sighed.
"Does it really have to end this way? I expected some more civil discussion." She looked at the office terrace from the window outside. She didn't really have anything to say as every word she uttered resonate with a tighter grip from the metallic wire. Forth looked at her with cautious eyes. She knew he was always going to be a pain to deal with according to his dossier. Staff disappearing, his unusual quirks within the shadows, his unusual travel durations that happened almost instantaneously as if he was in every part of the world that contained some type of menacing shadow. Just the thought of it made her shiver in excitement. It was disgusting, just like her heart. An uncaring man who did not think twice about his surroundings and does what he thinks is right. There was always an uncertainty in how Rina thought this would play out. She kept all the permutations of what the foreseeable future could be. Nonetheless, she could not choose nor decide on which method she would like to deal with this. She could obviously teleport and snap Zero's neck. But that wouldn't be fun. Not in the slightest.
A few more minutes of uncertainty passed as people shuffled through the building passing by the deadlock between Zero and Rina without a care, for his wires were invisible unless the light reflected with a nasty glare from the window pane or the LED lights above. There wasn't any juxtaposition to save Rina at all, in the slightest when there were two commanders of a mission staring at this unknown person. In fact, she began to feel eyes boring holes through her. She had to handle this quickly or the situation would become very difficult for her to lie out of.
She began to speak in her usual tone, not upbeat but also not depressing. "Zero...if you-" She stopped as she saw Forth stare at her with a menacing aura. His hair seemed to be sticking up from his inquisition, or perhaps it was just his eyes that were bleak. Bleak as if there was no end to their distance that seemingly locked on upon her.
"King, you should let her go. You have more urgent business to attend to and clearly neither of us are in any immediate danger from her."
Zero quickly let go of his grasp on her. He then presumed to uncoil his grip on her and looked forward towards the entrance. Then, he casually walked down the hall in some playful matter, making sure to not step on any cracks in the floor itself, holding a devilish smile.
"Apologies for the fuss miss Rina. Perhaps once this is resolved we might introduce ourselves more formally before we discuss the alterations we are making to this operation's methodology, reflecting heavily of course on the incident ten days ago. I am assuming you are familiar with the incident, correct?"
"There's not much to say. People died, became artifacts and fuel for the Order's purpose. Bleh, what blasphemy. Then again, you also think of personal gain. Eyes on the prize right, Forth? I mean even I can see that, and I'm just a high school girl. Oh right, and what you inquired about. I am the Constitutional Monarch herself, Her Highness Rina Eun Park of Japan and its Commonwealth. But then again, that's such an exhausting name, nowadays I just refer to my agency rank bestowed upon me from amnesty. Special Investigator, S Rank Assassin by the Order, Rina Eun Park. Then again whatever's on my dossier won't be helpful either its all whited out. So I suggest we get to know each other on this mission."
She casually walked down the entrance way following Zero before looking back on the doorway.
"There's always strife and political activism in the world. Yet there's nothing we can do. I can no longer tolerate mistakes. Perhaps you do not know, but just because I am subordinate to you and the chipper fellow over there does not mean I am not by my own means. As long as I get out of the way and your..." She held up her hands with air quotation marks, curling her fingers as if mocking him.
"business....and you get out of mine, we will all be alright. To be honest, it's easier this way. You seem to operate better alone." And then she was gone, without a trace, using her usual teleportation.
A few hours later, Rina appeared at the entrance beside the fridge where Zero was currently snacking and drinking his ominous elixirs.
"Queeen do you know if the bodyguard showed up yet?"
"I'm right here.", she said coolly in plain sight where both of them could see her. Then again, she thought, this was not a problem for Forth's abilities.
"Zero. There are things you needed to attend but I have filled out all the paperwork for you. We have more urgent matters to attend." She dragged Zero out the door, and soon Forth followed. She addressed both of them while the whirring of the mechanics of the sleek black sedan cut across the streets of the neighborhood.
She threw another file dossier across, this time of the victim which was a civilian who lived in the countryside.
"Antione Rosseau, famous artist. Hired to be a big member of a gallery showcase in downtown Japan. His bones were found 400 km away from his house." The car stopped abruptly as she handed another bag of chips to Zero. It was evident that something had blocked their way to fully coming to the crime scene. She opened the door precariously and hopped out throwing a ball of fire that emanated from the palm of her hand blasting the nearby hooded figure that spawned over the bones of the victim surrounded by mangled corpses of police officers and coroners that approached the scene first. She ran up to the scene, feeling the ashes that remained after her violent attack against the unknown creature between her index finger and thumb.
"Oops seems I killed our target of interrogation but he was going to kill the driver if I didn't do anything. Besides there should be more along the way." She walked hastily on the trail towards the victim's house, surrounded by a pathway of trees. Just then, A group of hooded figures jumped from above the trees, raining down like baboons assaulting men who would dare enter their territory. Their cloaks ripped in the wind, resonating with the fire dancing in Rina's palm.
"Show me what you guys can do." She dodged the first swipe of the hooded figure that targeted her, extinguishing her flame because she wished to toy with this enemy a bit more, and playfully parried each successful swing.
"It's no fun if I just obliterate them after all."