Continued from here.
Chapter One
"Civil Blood in Civil Hands"
Once the time had passed, a voice, notably that of Co-Commander Kyoko Kirigiri's, would ring out from the intercom throughout HQ, indicating that the temporary recess from the meeting was coming to a close, and that it was time to go back to business.
"Attention, all those in recess from the multiverse meeting, please begin to gather back into the meeting room, and prepare to reconvene."
With that said, everyone would begin make their way back into the meeting room, including Nurse Akiko Yosano, manager Doppo Kunikida, Kieran, Meira Franz, and even high-ranking members such as Makoto Naegi and Byakuya Togami. The crowd was rather large, making it a little hard to keep track of whoever you might have been walking with, though it was of little consequence. Right?
From the corner of Ilona's eyes as she would walk with everyone else back into the meeting room, she would spot a strange figure, obscured from clear view, heading off not towards the meeting room, but in an entirely different direction. Off towards the Library...
After spotting the mysterious individual, Ilona felt inclined to turn around and follow after them. For all she knew, it could've been someone who missed the announcement. If that was the case, the young woman felt she should offer this person a kindness and let them know so they wouldn't miss out.
"Excuse me!" Ilona would shout out, following after the stranger. She made her way for the library, certain she saw the person wander inside. She opened the door and began to head in, looking around to see if she could find them.
However, mysteriously enough, when she would enter the library, Ilona would be unable to spot anyone around. The place seemed to be empty, as though nobody had entered at all. Strange... It couldn't all have been part of her imagination, right? However, a continued search wouldn't result in very much, until...
CRASH!
A heavy mass would fall from the upper floor of the room and slam right onto one of the many tables, breaking it. It was almost as if the mass were thrown violently from above into the table, though what it exactly it was, would remain unclear. That is, until the dust would settle, and the sight would suddenly become clear as crystal to Ilona.
The dead body of agent Jill Valentine lay on top the wreckage of the table, motionless.
Her eyes were open in an unsettling manner. There was no doubt she had been attacked, judging not just from her expression, but also the bruises on the front of her neck, like she had been strangled, only for her neck to ultimately broken with the fall. However, if Ilona would look up to try to find who had done this to her, she would ultimately find no one around. The culprit had escaped as quickly as he had made his way into the library...
But Ilona wouldn't even look around to try and capture a glance of the culprit. No, the young woman couldn't find it in her to see past this tragic display before her and worry about who may have done this awful deed. Her blue eyes remained fixed on the body, as if she were in a trance. The princess stared into Jill's cold, lifeless eyes, a feeling of unfathomable distress overcoming her senses. Tears began to stream down her cheeks.
"N-No, this can't be!"
The blonde was used to seeing death around her due to her travels across the multiverse. Yet, somehow this death felt different to her. Jill Valentine had been a friend, an invaluable ally to both her mother and father during the first recorded Murder Game. Seeing that she had been so close and yet had not been able to prevent this tragedy created a feeling of deep regret in the princess. It was as if she had not only let Jill down, but her parents and everyone who had known Jill as well.
Knees trembling, Ilona began to take unbalanced steps back as the walls of her chest rapidly contracted around her lungs. She squeezed her eyes shut and lowered her head, clamping her hands over her ears. The sight of this despairing picture had entirely shattered her emotional control, and the loss of said control invited a dark presence to fester and grow within her, expanding at an alarming rate.
This very presence was what the Coalition dreaded, the same threatening energy they had been discussing in their meetings. This unstable energy of malevolence bubbled until it would burst from its host. Ilona had absolutely no control over it, a scream erupting from her lips as the power ruptured from inside her.
"Noooooooo!" the princess exclaimed, a massive, fiery explosion of destructive energy set off in unison with her screams. The entire Coalition HQ would be rocked from this deadly explosion, any areas caught in it greatly damaged by the unleashed malevolence.
- - -
A few seconds earlier...
Back in the meeting room, the conference was still in the process of getting re-settled in. Just as before, there were plenty of people looking to be seated and hushed. There was much conversation being had on the sides, whether over the concerning news of multiple threats within the multiverse, such as the Revanchists and the Blood Institute, or idle conversation among the numerous members of the many organizations present, or whatever else anyone else could think to talk of in a place such as this.
"..."
Conversely, sitting in the center of the room, Kyoko was rather reticent, and looked deep in thought over something.
"..."
Makoto looked similar, sitting a few spaces away from her and looking down at his hands.
Anyone who had visited the Command Center first thing could imagine that it was likely something to do with whatever Kyoko and Makoto were talking heatedly about, though frankly, it was anyone's guess. Byakuya probably knew something more about it, though anyone who knew anything about him could guess that asking him could result in a caustic, condescending reply, or best case scenario, the cold shoulder.
Whatever was the case, personally, Kyoko had a bad feeling rising inside her. What she was trying to talk about with Makoto before they had been interrupted... It hadn't been resolved the way she had wanted it to be, or rather, resolved at all. Because of this, she was troubled. She felt like she was about to have a premonition come along. Like something horrible was about to happen.
Coincidentally, she wasn't the only one to feel this way.
Among the many individuals in the room, Coalition member Gwen Stacy would suddenly start to react strongly to something in the air... though what it was, there was no telling at the moment.
"!"
She let out a gasp as her Spider-Sense would start buzzing deeply, strong enough to cause her a small headache. The young woman let out a lightly pained groan as she'd grip her temple gently, to which manager Doppo Kunikida, the person sitting next to her, would raise an eyebrow.
"Oi. You alright, miss?"
"Nnngh... Spider-Sense is killing me. I think it's trying to tell me something's up, but... I can't tell what..." She groaned, frantically looking around the room for something that looked out of place, but alas, everything was perfectly as it was supposed to be. For the time being, that was.
And nobody was the wiser.
The bespectacled blonde man furrowed his brow, wondering what the girl was on about. Though he didn't know much about Gwen, he knew enough that she had some sort of sense of premonition of danger that came true just about every time, so admittedly, he was a little paranoid as well. Still, he couldn't do anything about it. If there was some mysterious attacker in their midst, it'd be impossible to tell with this crowd. Was the danger in that someone was about to be assassinated? With this many important people around, someone could surely--
BOOM!
"H-Huh?! Wha--?!"
The sound of an explosion would ring in the air from another room, silencing everyone inside. The force of the explosion was strong enough that an intense rumbling could be felt by everyone all throughout the room, rocking everything and even knocking over a few empty chairs. However, if there was one thing that would set anyone off over this not being an ordinary explosion...
... It was that the vibrating wasn't stopping.
As if it was still going on.
FWOOSH!
Before anyone knew it, massive flames would engulf the entire room, the explosion having traveled from wherever it had come from to the meeting room like a beast. The explosion was terrifyingly powerful.
Little did anyone know then, that the eruption had not only destroyed everything physically, but it was the first step in destroying the stability between the organizations that had vowed to protect the multiverse.
And so began the change that would shake everything.
...
Casualty Report
Natalia - Killed
Tommy Merlyn - Killed
Jill Valentine - Killed
Jennifer - Comatose
Leia Rolando - Injured
Naoki Kashima - Injured
Ellis - Injured
Meira Franz - Injured
Wanda Maximoff - Injured
Several Hours Later...
Wanda Maximoff, also known as the Scarlet Witch, just in time, had managed to shield as many people as she could from the blast of the mysterious explosion, though it wasn't without its deaths and ramifications. Exerting her power that much against the strange power of the explosion did a number even on her, on top of the others who were affected in the ordeal.
The entire base was in a state of emergency. The library was put out of commission temporarily, though most of the other rooms, while messed up and dirtied quite a bit, still functioned to a satisfactory degree, likely thanks to Wanda's magic. Though the conference concerning the state of the multiverse had been indefinitely put on hiatus due to the sudden new matter, it was known that the higher-ups of the organizations were heatedly discussing what to do next in light of this strange occurrence, such as what it exactly was, why it happened, how, and so on.
In the meantime, they left you all to recover by yourselves. However, they also forbid that you'd leave the base, just in case that the explosion was a deliberate action caused by an unknown attacker.
Thus, you were... essentially trapped in HQ.
"Everyone!" Paladin Danse roared, making an effort to make his voice heard over the din of frightened and anxious voices.
"If you have not yet been seen to and have an injury that needs to be seen to, please proceed to the medical bay! I repeat, the medical bay!"
The Brotherhood of Steel member was making an effort of directing those lingering around the meeting room and lounge into the medical wing of the headquarters. There was too much going on for those left to be processed to linger in the danger areas.
"... Sigh."
Assuming you didn't want to rest at the
Lounge like before and perhaps converse with the trusty housekeeper of HQ, Chisa Yukizome, who was also looking rather beat, there were still a number of places that you could visit to pass the time while you all waited for the Administration to make a move.
For instance...
Maybe you should check out the
Holding Cells? Hopefully, no one had managed to escape there, especially not a certain murderous jester...
Alternatively, you could also visit the
Med Bay, whether to get yourself treated for minor injuries you might have sustained, or to see if the patients there were doing fine.
Or you could also see the
Command Center and speak to the Administration there, just to check in on what they had their minds on at the moment.
The choice was yours.
Cast List
@Gummi Bunnies as
Add and Elesis (Elsword)
@DBZ7 as
Anna (Fire Emblem)
@Nater Taters as
Artyom Chyornyj (Metro)
@Jeremi as
Bekka and Red Tornado (DC Comics)
@Wren as
Bradley Martin Holland (OC)
@CrunchyCHEEZIT as
Deoxys (Pokemon)
@Archwar as
Doomguy (Doom)
@Crimson Spartan as
Erron Black (Mortal Kombat)
@Krieg as
Jon Snow (Game of Thrones)
@Ringmaster as
Lucifer Anghelscu and Saber Alter (Murder Series / Type-Moon)
@Crow as
Maki Kido and Madoka Karasuma (Idolmaster OC)
@Atomyk as
Makoto Naegi (Danganronpa)
@Mason Moretti as
Mason Moretti (OC)
@Cirilla as
Mercy (Overwatch)
@darnerdemons as
Miko Wanijima (Air Gear OC)
@Chewy Rabbits as
Nemo and Astaroth (Murder Series)
@Raven as
Piper Wright (Fallout)
@Klutzy Ninja Kitty as
Princess Ilona of Arendelle (Murder Series) and
Train Heatnet (Black Cat)
@C.T. as
Qrow Branwen (RWBY)
@BarrenThin as
Reinhardt Wilhelm and
Genji Shimada(Overwatch)
@Grumpy as
Rick Sanchez (Rick & Morty)
@Minerva as
Robin Aquilus and Corrin (Fire Emblem)
@york as
Ruby Rose and Zwei (RWBY)
@Kaykay as
Sakuya Izayoi and
Remilia Scarlet (Touhou Project)
@LuckycoolHawk9 as
Scott McCall and Stiles Stilinski (Teen Wolf)
@ShiroKiyoshi as
Sean Grant and Bozidar Hephaistos (OC)
@Yun Lee as
Shi-Long Lang (Ace Attorney)
@pubbbb as
Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama (Mob Psycho 100)
@Verite as
Shiki Tohno and
Len (Type-Moon)
@The Tactician as
Shizuo Heiwajima (Durarara!!)
@Melon as
Takashi "Shiro" Shirogane (Voltron)
@Takumi as
Toboe (Wolf's Rain)
@Yang Lee as
Uncle Iroh (Avatar)
@Hospes as
Weiss Schnee and
Winter Schnee (RWBY)
@Gula Gula as
WordGirl and Dr. Two-Brains (WordGirl)
@Josh M as
Wynne (Dragon Age)
@Sen as
Zen (Mystic Messenger)
@Bomb as
Zidane Tribal and Bibi Ornitier (Final Fantasy IX)
