Setting
The song started up and Teito stared at the black sphere, wideyed. It seemed to be where the source of the noise was coming from, suddenly letters, well not letters but they resembled letters, faded in on the screen. Teito walked over to the sphere and examined the letters, it was a little hard to read but he understood it after a few times. Then the screen changed, show an image of...an Alien? That was probably the best way to describe it, it had text as well next to it and apparently they had to kill it. Teito was really confused but then either side of the sphere shot out revealing racks and racks of cases and guns? As well as a few hilts of swords. It managed to hit the doctor/scientist in the face and Teito just rolled his eyes.
He picked up the blade-less hilt and examined it, he wondered what it was, any buttons to make a blade extend? "Hey short stop it would look cool on you." the doctor/scientist passed a case which was then opened to reveal a black suit. How would this look 'cool' on anyone? he sighed, just pushing the case aside, he held the hilt of the sword in his hand as he began to vanish, via a laser, now seeing an amusement park. When he had completely reappeared in the park, he looked around noticing the doctor and the now-clothed, woman from earlier. That thing wasn't kidding when it said 'Disneyland' he snickered slightly at the way those two looked in the suits, they did look kind of ridiculous.
Teito then remembered about what the ball said, about the Alien they had to hunt. He didn't really believe all of this nonsense, but decided to go along with it anyway. It could prove to be an interesting dream. That's right...he probably jumped then didn't die and is now in a coma. There wasn't any sign of the Alien so Teito walked over to the other two, looking up to them, the hilt of the sword held in his hand. "Have you guys seen that Alien thing?" he asked them, perhaps they had done, they had been here a little bit longer than he had.
"N-n-n-" he stuttered on the word but then managed to finally come out with it. "No problem" he replied in a confident tone, showing that he wasn't embarrassed by her actions. Though he had never been kissed by a girl other than his mother before, it was strange and somewhat confusing for Teito. He wasn't good with people but he was trying his best at the moment. "Mitsuko Kitsuragi..." he repeated the name in his head a few times, it had been the first name someone had actually given him apart from his family, he wanted to remember it.
"Pleased to meet you Miss Kitsuragi." Teito said with a polite smile and in a formal tone, complete with a bow out of respect. The bow caused his hat to fall off, revealing the intense blush still lingering on his face. His rose up, his messy brown hair obscuring his eyes, which he swept it out of. "My name's Teito Valdez," he had noticed the hat was on the floor but he would pick it up later, he deemed it rude to pick it up when exchanging formalities.
Please to meet you. Aliens. Die twice. Enjoy the rides.
The Russian girl pulled her knees up to her chest and pressed her eyes against them in an attempt to not cry. She couldn't help but to play the horrific scene again and again in her mind.
Blood everywhere. Mother. Body parts were flying. Father. His eye. The other man.
"Gn," Aleskandra uttered in an attempt to not reveal the fact she was crying now. Tears flowed freely down her face from the ultimate doom Aleksandra felt. Here she was in an unknown place for a business trip with Mother and Father. They had died. She saw it. Aleksandra saw her own death too. Then there was that room with all the people and the song.
The girl was scared for her life.
"Mama ... "
Even if Aleksandra was a media idol, she was still a young girl.
"Please ... help me. Come back."
Her eyes never left him as the man left to obtain drinks. Aleksandra did not know why but she felt as if she lost her sight on him that she'd be losing the anchor of her sanity. Carefully the young woman took the drink into her hands and stared down at the contents for a moment before looking back at Alexis. Her bottom lip quivered and fresh tears welled up in those soft eyes.
Liquid spilled out onto the concrete between Aleksandra's knees while she threw herself somewhat at Alexis and clung to his arm. The scared girl pressed her forehead against that arm and began to weep again.
Aleksandra didn't know this man.
At this point she didn't care.
The Russian just needed comfort and he had offered a sliver of it, only to have the flood gates opened by Aleksandra. She was his responsibility now and the man could only blame himself for bringing this upon him.
However, that was interrupted by a small boy tugging on Aleksandra's white shirt. The girl blinked in surprise and then turned her head to peer at the small boy over her slender shoulder. Aleksandra's natural instinct was to cling to Alexis more tightly as if attempting to get away from the strange boy.
"I'm not your big sister," she said somewhat coldly," Go away." That boy was encroaching on her source of comfort and Aleksandra did not like it whatsoever. She crawled into Alexis lap even more and wrapped her arms around the man's neck while giving the boy a sour look. She wanted him no where near Alexis and was not about to share. Usually Aleksandra did not act in this fashion, but with the shock of losing her parents and dying herself—or hallucinating it, whatever had happened—it was safe to assume that something had shifted in the young woman.
"Let someone else help him," Aleksandra said looking up at Alexis with pleading eyes," Please don't leave me alone!"
Aleksandra glared back at the boy and gave him another nasty stare. He was pulling Alexis' attention off of her and Aleksandra did not like it whatsoever. The man was going to comfort her, not him. "Stop it," she said, pulling herself closer to Alexis and away from the young boy. If Aleksandra had been a more mean young lady, she perhaps would have pushed the child away. She could only fall so far away from her maturity though ...
And then an idea struck Aleksandra. She was a model. A famous model. One that held sex appeal even in her young age and she knew how to use it against men and women. It was something that the boy did not have at all, yet Aleksandra held it in her very hand. The girl was far from sheltered from the evils of the world and had used this forbidden charm several times in her career at the whims of her parents' will. It had all been to further her status as a model, and never before had Aleksandra used it in a situation such as this. It was worth a try to get the annoying boy away from them—to convince Alexis to make him go away so he could continue to make her feel better.
It was then that hot sick spilled into her lap because of the young boy. Aleksandra silently fumed and raged in her mind while Alexis patted the puke from his pants and her skirt. Turning her cold gaze away from the child, Aleksandra sought out Alexis' eyes while placing a soft and tender hand on his cheek. The fingers of her other hand had curled gently into the collar of his shirt and she spoke in an innocent tone, yet with allure that should not have been there for a girl of her age.
"See? He's sick. Make him go away before he gets us all sick. You don't know what he could have. It could be deadly. Please," she begged Alexis while leaning into him so close it would be hard to see anything other than those entrancing and frightened eyes. Alexis would have to move in order to view anything other than Aleksandra.
"He scares me ... "
It was a lie, but she was determined to say anything in order to get what she needed.
"See? He's sick. Make him go away before he gets us all sick. You don't know what he could have. It could be deadly. Please," Her voice was innocent yet somehow alluring. She moved in closer to his face making Alexis blush a little and swallow hard. He usually wasn't able manipulated like this but for some reason this girl was able to do it. "Well I..I..am a doctor...you may...well you could...be right." He stuttered out unable to break eye contact with her. "Mits? could you umm... help the boy?" He asked still not looking away, it felt like those eye were pulling his to them. "He scares me ... " Alexis pull her into a hug after she said that, resting his head on her shoulder. "It'll be ok." He said keeping his eyes on the odd kid, he just didn't trust the kid. He wasn't sure if it was because of Alek or his own instincts but something was defiantly off.
"You're a mommy too," the child said giggling. He jumped out of her arms and ran towards the shadows. "Come meet my mommy!
He called me a mommy...could it be possible...,Mitsuko placed a hand on her belly. Could, I still be pregnant? She felt her eyes welling up with tears when she noticed the child running off, disappearing into the shadows. "Wait! Come back!" She called out, chasing after him. "It's not safe wandering around by yourself!"
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The young child who begged Ula to play with her ignored her question. She only talked about playing, leading Ula into an empty dark area where not a soul was seen. The child ran ahead of Ula disappearing into the darkness, leaving the young foreigner alone by herself. "Come on!" the child's voice called out.
"Thank you," Aleksandra said quietly with a sigh of relief. Alexis was going to stay with her. She had won against that dirty and filthy little boy. Taking a look around, she finally noticed which theme park they were in. It was Disneyland in Tokyo. Aleksandra had gone there with her parents just yesterday. It had been an early birthday celebration for the family only. Today was supposed to be the larger party with the friends, agents, and other models included.
Suddenly, the girl pulled away from Alexis only enough to look him in the eye again, and this time she wore a rather charming smile on those perfect lips. "Let's go do something. It is my birthday after all. Oh," Aleksandra said while finally realizing. Even if she had 'fought' so hard to retain the man's attention upon her, Aleksandra had not a single clue to who this man was, nor even his name. "I'm Sabine," she offered while standing up from the Alexis' lap, leaving him to view nothing but silk and blasphemous leg of the teenager, if he had drawn his eyes up further as well, according the religious standards, he would have been condemned to Hell.
The girl took a step away so that she would not be straddling his legs, and bent down to offer her hand.
"C'mon. Let's go," Aleksandra said with that beautiful smile—the smile she had given her parents before they had all died.
"Were going to back up Mits. This is just to fishy."
Before Aleksandra could say her protests, she was already being led by the hand towards where that boy and Mitsuko had gone. "But Alexis, he said he was taking her to meet his mother. She'll be fine," the young model said while trying to stop and held firmly to Alexis' hand. Aleksandra didn't have much strength to her however and could have easily been carted along. Even if Alexis had decided to slip his hand from hers and continued on without Aleksandra, the girl would end up following him. She didn't want to be left alone.
She pressed up against his side, and surveyed the area around them, hugging to Alexis' side and never letting his hand go. It wasn't know if it was Alexis' nervousness or something else, but Aleksandra began to feel quite strange and anxious herself. Maybe there really was something wrong.
The footsteps stopped. Carefully, he looked around as he power walked from the area he was in. He soon came across a one of the girls from the room. She looked like she was Korean about 16 years old. He smacked his lips and narrowed his eyes when he saw what she was wearing. She seemed lost. Oh, well. Not my problem, he thought. He pulled his cellphone out dialed his assistant and only got static. What the... the sound of the static was replaced by the sound a child's giggling. The giggling grew from one children giggling to two children giggling from two to three and so on. Thats when he saw them. Five children holding hands skipping towards him, laughing and singing. It was such an eerie picture. He decided to turn around and catch up to the young student. Without realizing it he burst into a full speed run which resulted in him crashing into the girl.
Mitsuko lost the child. She couldn't see him any more. She turned looking in all directions, her companions barely visible in the distance. She contemplated walking back to them, but before she could finish her thought something enormous grabbed her, dragging her away. She only had time enough to let out a blood curdling scream.
As Fukuda began to try to get up he could see Ula close by, but his vision was cut off by the ominous children that surrounded him and Sunkyu. They jumped on them and yanked on their clothes and hair, giggling, laughing and dancing around them. He'd finally had enough and kicked one square in the chest. That was a mistake. The small child stood up and howled. As it howled its body began changing into the monster they'd all seen on the screen of the Gantz ball.
A flood children sprouted from what seemed to be thin air as they ran towards and engulfed Zane, Alexis, Teito, Aleksandra and Mellissa. The children cried and whined, laugh and giggled, tugged on the players and jumped on them. until suddenly they fell quiet. Some of the children began howling as their bodies shook, crackled and popped. Several of them burst into these monsters that at nearly seven feet tall with short legs and enormous arms.
Simultaneously, the monsters attacked.
And then the howl was heard which made Aleksandra stop breathing and sent her heart racing. What was that? The girl was frozen and couldn't move. Not only had she seen her death and the death of her parents, but now she was stuck in Disneyland with no explanation of how she had gotten there in the middle of the night. And now there were strange noises like some type of animal howling around her and the others.
"Alexis, please ... take me hom—" Aleksandra screamed as a volley of children came at them, attempting to tear her away from Alexis. With one hand, the young woman tried to pry them off of her and stop them from pulling her away. Giving a particularly violent shove to one of them, they let go but then fell entirely silent. Aleksandra just stood there trembling in fear, watching them mutate into horrendous creatures.
As they attacked, Aleksandra merely screamed out Alexis' name and closed her eyes.
'I want to live with you,' she had said but that was utterly ridiculous. Not only had Aleksandra met Alexis only a few minutes ago, but he was also ten years older than the girl. But, she thought silently to herself, he was the only one that showed kindness to her and attempted to care for her as well. Alexis had been there for Aleksandra when no one else had even looked twice at her. Could anyone have really blamed the young woman?
"N-No Alexis don't leave me." Aleksandra yelled at the man while holding out a hand towards him as if she could grab hold of Alexis and stop him. It was too late though as her 'hero' was gone and already running to help the others. The Russian was forced to remain there in the Ferris Wheel while watching everyone else fight for their lives. They were all becoming heroes and she was doing nothing but being a coward. A wave of panic onslaught Aleksandra as Alexis was almost killed by one of the aliens.
Once again the man's name was screamed in a panicked fashion from Aleksandra's lips and despite him having told her to remain, she ran towards him and the others. Without a suit or a weapon it was quite foolish for the young woman to make such a rash decision, yet it was not like Aleksandra knew what she was getting herself into. Still running towards Alexis, an alien exploded in front of her, drenching the girl in alien entrails. The girl stood there for a moment and wiped a hand down her face then looked down at her hand.
An expression of sheer horror filled those innocent eyes, but her shock was soon ended as Zane screamed. Lifting her gray eyes, Aleksandra witnessed the boy being lifted up by his throat and then gun dropping to the ground. Suddenly and without thought there came the need to do something. Anything. He was going to die if someone didn't help him. So, without giving thought to her own life, the teen ran close to the alien and picked up the gun that Zane had dropped. Aleksandra was only able to aim it before she screamed herself while being lifted upwards by her long strands of hair by the very same creature that held Zane.
"Alex! Let me go! It hurts," Aleksandra cried out while tears sprang up into her eyes and while her shaking hand rose once more to aim at the alien's throat. Frantic fingers pressed the triggers over and over again but nothing seemed to be happening. Wasn't that what you were supposed to do with a gun? Press the trigger? That's how everyone had done it in the movies!
"I don't want to die! Please! I don't want to die!"
There was a moment in which the alien paused before his throat contorted and bulged before another splatter of gore painted both Zane and Aleksandra. Now being held by a headless alien, Aleksandra tumbled to the ground and the gun clattered away from her.
What Mitsuko wanted to know was why she was still alive. She decided finding the answer was futile, so she came up with a plan to escape the first chance she got. There was a small chance it would work, but it was better than nothing. At least she thought so.
As the small group of strangers who barely knew one another's name continued fighting for the Lives, things became more violent by the second as more of the Yokaishi aliens appeared. One caught Alexis by his leg in mid-air, swinging him over head and throwing him into Teito crushing a couple of his rib bones. Two of the monsters ganged up on Mellissa beginning a playful yet harsh tug of war with her body. Even as Ula and Sunkyu caught up to the main group near the Ferris they were not safe from the horde of on coming alien monsters.
Another creature jumped through the air landing on Sunkyu pinning her under it. The Yokaishi finally managed to to corner all the players leaving them with only one path to escape by. The direction where Mitsuko had disappeared.
As Mitsuko waded through the lake of corpses she tried to figure out where she was and how she could find her way back to her new friends. As she pondered which direction to go she heard a faint clicking noise. She quickly turned around to make sure nothing was behind her. Then she thought she saw something in her periphery and snapped her head to the right and left. There was nothing. She put a hand over her heart and sighed. She was so nervous that she was shaking. Mitsuko finally decided to just start walking in any direction. She'd come across a map eventually that would show her a way out of the park, then she would make her way to the police station. That was the best plan for now, at least.
The former Children's library took her first step in a direction and that when she noticed her. A nude woman with long black hair and pale skin that seemed to glow in the darkness, stroking the decapitated head of one of the alien creatures. The woman stood up still holding the head with tears running down her cheeks.
"My babies..." She hissed. Long, thick fangs sprouted from the woman's mouth and six 6 feet long white spider legs sprouted from her back. "You killed children of mine. I will devour child of yours."
Next thing Mitsuko knew the monster crashed into her knocking her back into the ground. The new monster had Mitsuko pinned down snapping its jaws at her head. Mitsuko held the creature with one arm and furiously kneed the creature in the gut over and over again until its grip lightened. Mitsuko used that opportunity to reel back both feet and charge them both into it's gut knocking it off of her. Mitsuko jumped up, but the monster had disappeared. She panicked and tried to run, but the monster reappeared behind her, grabbed her long hair roughly and flung the mother-to-be into the the metal bars of roller coaster that snapped and bent creating a cradle of steel. Mitsuko laid there disoriented. It's so much stronger and faster than the others... Tears ran down from her eyes as she realized that she may have just met her match.
Aleksandra's sight became blurred through the sheer pain and agony along with the tears that had sprung up to cling to her lashes. There was a small moment where she saw the others' in the near distance but her mind did not register they were there whatsoever. There was only the pain and suddenly the feeling of movement. Her view whirled around and changed until there was another sharp crack of bones severing and breaking. The alien had brought down Aleksandra upon his knee and shattered her spine in half before dumping her onto the ground like some broken doll. Aleksandra couldn't even scream at this point for she was drowning in misery.
'I'm gonna die. I'm gonna die again. Mother. Father. Hold me please ... I'm scared.'
The alien raised its foot and prepared to slam it down upon Aleksandra's head in order to stomp the life out of her ...
A tear slide down her cheek and a few fingers twitched on the ends of her silken hands, marred with blood.
"It hurts, Alex," Aleksandra cried quietly, "I'm sorry ... " Desperately the girl attempted to move her limbs but nothing happened. She couldn't even wiggle her toes or her fingers. Her head did not even wish to turn so that Aleksandra could watch for danger. All she could do was stare up at Alexis with a pathetic and most apologetic look in her eyes.
"Am I going to die," she asked in that quiet tone again—a question that no girl should ask, especially on her birthday.
"I always liked the name Sabine more than Aleksandra ... "
The girl closed her eyes and continued on with the little strength she had left in her frail and broken body. "Everyone knew me by Aleksandra ... They feared the name because I'm famous. They thought I was better than them. I've never had a true friend before. I hate modeling but my parents wanted me to have a good life like them. They said I was beautiful. They weren't even my real parents. I loved them ... "
Aleksandra opened those steely eyes again to attempt to meet Alexis'.
"I don't think they loved me back. I guess not being able to walk now is a good thing, right? I won't have to disappoint them by quitting modeling. They'll never believe me if I get to tell them. If they are alive. I remember dying in the car crash. It was terrible, Alex. I don't know how I survived because ... I—I," Aleksandra's words faltered for a moment, " ... didn't. I died. Is this Hell? Did I do something bad? Why is this happening to us, Alexis ..."
" ... why?"
'I'll never leave your side again ... '
Aleksandra felt the gentle press of Alexis' lips against hers. The girl's reaction was a quieted gasp as her eyes flew open from surprise and shock. Another tear fell from the corner of her eye. Those silken and plush lips of Aleksandra felt as if they had been set aflame and the girl's heart beat just a little more quick as a blush rose up on her cheeks.
It had been Aleksandra's first intimate kiss.
Releasing a small sigh, the girl closed her eyes and attempted to press her cheek into Alexis' hand to no avail—Aleksandra was fully paralyzed due to her injury.
"Even if I have to carry you around here in my arms," Alexis said to her so lovingly, so compassionately.
"But the others. You should ... help the others, Alex. I'll—" Aleksandra's eyes opened lazily and looked away from Alexis to stare at the ground from the corner of her vision. "—I'll be alright here." There was a long silence in the air and filled with tension. Aleksandra knew that her death was most likely imminent and soon to come. She was nothing better than a helpless infant now due to her broken back and paralysis. Those creatures were going to come after them again; those demons. Alexis didn't deserve to die defending someone that was already going to die.
"But—" she said while turning her eyes to gaze up at the man once more,"—you better promise to come back to me. Promise that you'll take me home once its all over, Alexis?"
As she closed in on the Ferris wheel she felt as if the predator was closing in on her. She was almost there when she noticed that her group were cornered by an army of the Mother monster's evil children. She moved faster catching sight of something almost as disturbing. It was Fukuda! He had his gun aimed at the group of humans. No, he had it aimed for Teito! Mitsuko landed on a miniature ride then shot herself at incredible speed in time enough to catch the invisible explosion full on. Her suit glowed intensely, blinking like a dying star on impact. Her limp body flew towards the group of people huddled around the Ferris wheel.
The Mother monster swooped in grabbing hold of Mitsuko who was only inches from crashing into the team crashing straight into a random ferris wheel booth. There the alien held her down with its actual arms and pounded her with with its sharp insect-like legs. Mitsuko tried to block the onslaught, but her suit continued blinking. The rough battle caused the multi colored booth to swing back and forth, back and forth eventually giving Mitsuko enough momentum to counter. She grabbed onto two of the creature's monstrous legs, reeled her legs back and kicked it forward. The two of them went flying out of the booth into the ground where an enormous puff of rubble and dust filled the air blocking everyone's view of the combating mothers.
A chilly gust from the north blew the dust out of view revealing Mitsuko standing. Her hair blowing in the wind, both arms locked around two of the Alien's spider legs yanking them upward while forcing one foot down on the creature's face. The Lesser aliens pounded their chest, growling in protest. Their alien mother wasn't done yet. Her free legs continued pounding away at Mitsuko's abdomen, but that didn't stop the one woman army, Mitsuko Kitsuragi! Mitsuko continued pulling on it's legs. Bluish-green veins popped up all over her forehead while fresh blood dripped down from a nostril and the corners of her mouth. The monster beneath her clicked wildly from the pain.
"That's right, BITCH! Click all the fuck you WANT!" she screamed as images of all those who's ever put her down and discouraged her drifted to the front of her brain, their voices raced close behind:
Her Mother
"A proper woman takes care of her family and does not pursue pointless endeavors outside of the household."
Her Father
"Stop reading those childish novels and go help your mother with dinner."
Her husband
"I don't know or care why the hell you would want to have a job, but you better make sure dinner and a warm bath is ready for me every night I come home from work."
Mitsuko's eyes flared with pure white rage. She leaned backward arching her spine. "This GAME IS FUCKING OVER!" rriiIIPPP!. The insect arms tore off, reacting just on instinct Mitsuko twisted the legs around using them as spears that sped like bullets down towards the Mother monster's heart. Crimson blood sprayed like it was being spewed from a water hose.
A confused smiled froze on the young woman's face.
I missed?
Mitsuko's spears had missed their target. Mitsuko looked down to see the spider woman's free legs embedded in her abdomen, blood and a gushy clear fluid trickled down the mysterious suit that had been saving her life all night. Mitsuko coughed, vomiting up even more blood. The Mother monster pulled all her legs outward tearing Mitsuko's core into pieces, flinging blood and guts in all directions. The lesser aliens howled in triumph as their mother stood...
Victorious.
The Yokaishi aliens continued Howling in victory as their mother sniffed the scent of the humans. They were all covered in the smell of her children's blood. She decided that she would cover her children in the human's blood. She commanded her children to stay back and attacked the humans alone.
Her question was answered by a clunk of earth hitting her on the head. A wimpy human bellowed something she didn't understand, but she could taste the strong scent of fear emanating from him mixed with the scent of her children's blood. Target acquired. She headed after the boy in a full sprint hopping into the air preparing to crush him under her.
"Pain ... make it ... stop."
It was hard to even understand who was around her now. She didn't know that Alexis was the one carrying her. She didn't know the boy next to him. She had forgotten of the danger around them.
There was only the pain and how she wished so desperately that it was gone.
"It hurts."
Ula didn't even know any of the people around her and she just wanted to break down and cry - cry, cry, cry, and cry. She didn't really want to be a crybaby, but this was almost beyond frightening to her. What happened to Sweden? To the land she loved? Not this killing field filled with strangers and monsters?
Mission Complete.
The transport began teleporting the humans that remained alive back to the apartment Where each of them stood unharmed as if the incident never happened.
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