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With that, Akane and Carth would beam themselves, along with Elijah, Klaus, and Asriel, into the location where the other signals of life had been seen, beams of light enveloping everyone until they were gone from the UN base, white lights completely overtaking their vision. The sensation was not unlike when Elijah and Klaus had been transported to the UN base in the first place, borrowed away from the main group after having been voted out.
When everyone would come to again, they would find themselves in a completely different place. An old, almost decrepit place with a hauntingly chilling atmosphere. Just about anyone could sense the sheer evil that oozed out of every corner of this place.
It was quite the nauseating change of pace.
"This place... We should get who we came for and split as quickly as possible. This place gives me really bad vibes," Akane murmured uneasily, clutching her Dominator weapon closely.
"No time like the present. Follow me, team," Carth said, taking point. Tentatively equipping his blaster rifle, he would lead everyone through the strange, unfamiliar place. Though Carth had as much idea of the place's layout as anyone else, it was fortunate that for the time being, the only path to go down was a linear one with no turns available.
Meanwhile, the Collectors, temporarily perturbed by Joseph's gut punch of a surprise attack from earlier, managed to recover relatively quickly and chase the group, consisting of Tali, Joseph, Mastermind, Lisa Lisa, and Roy, through the narrow corridors. Narrowly avoiding the laser beams that would come their way, the base seemed like a maze with no end in sight. It almost seemed like you'd all run out of juice faster than you'd be able to get the sense that you were getting anywhere.
However, it wasn't until you'd all turn a corner that--
CRASH!
"Aughh! Oh noo!"
Joseph, who had been running in front of everyone else in the group, seemed to bump into something, or rather someone, that he didn't see coming. Holding his head in pain, he would take several clumsy steps back before falling on his ass, while the other party whom he had bumped into would stumble a few steps back, but maintain his footing. However, upon closer examination of whoever Joseph had bumped into, it seemed that not only was there more than one person in front of you all, but they fortunately didn't seem to be Collectors.
Just a moody soldier from the UN named Carth Onasi, former participants of an Illusion Game and operatives of the UN named Akane Tsunemori and Asriel Dreemurr, and the recently voted out participants Elijah and Niklaus Mikaelson.
"Agh! Hey, what the stang?! What--Oh, you're the...!"
"It seems that backup has arrived," Lisa Lisa simply said, instantly recognizing Akane from the comm links that the younger girl had used to contact the main group earlier in the event, "Let us hope that you have an escape route. A quick one, at that."
"Yes, we're from the UN! We're currently anticipating backup. They have the real means to get you back to where you belong, but our immediate priority is your safety first. Are any of you injured?!"
"The goddamn blockhead nailed me in the forehead!!"
"You shoulda watched where you were going, kid," Carth muttered, before sighing, "We don't have to save... all of them, do we? We can just say there were some unfortunate casualties, right?"
Before a response would be given, footsteps would be heard from behind you all as the Collectors took this chance to catch up to you. Soon, they would be able to enter your line of sight, aiming their pulse rifles at you upon coming into range.
"Give into your fear, your despair, and drown in it," the voice of the Harbinger rang as the Collectors immediately began to open fire once again once able to!
"Everyone, behind the corner!" Carth exclaimed, taking cover behind the wall, occasionally poking his head out to return fire with his blaster rifle. Akane did the same, the sound of the firefight ringing throughout the corridors as you could only hope that more Collector reinforcements wouldn't show up soon.
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After the Collectors were defeated, an empty hall stretched out. The hall stretched out to a door. Two more UN Soldiers stood next to the door. These troops wore body armor, and carried assault rifles. They wore patches that read UNCED, or United Nations Council for Earth's Defense.
The two soldiers nodded as everyone came forward, and one typed a passcode into a keypad.
The door opened. Inside was a standard office. A desk sat at one end, with a chair facing a cityscape that appeared to be a large monitor. Those who had been to Neo-Tokyo, whether it had been in the Illusion, or for work after the fact, would recognize it as the view from the top floor of the UN Building there.
The chair turned around, and a man sat in it. His finely tailored suit bore the symbol of the UN, as if mocking it. The man straightened his tie. He had black hair and green eyes.
A nameplate on his desk said "Kenjiro Yamadera, Secretary-general." The man smiled, and pointed to some chairs.
"Hello again, Kana, Hanako. Long time, no see. Please, sit down." he said.
"... and to think I wasn't thrown about in confusion any further. Care to explain on why you just happen to be here... out of places?"
Being completely left in the dark on what's occurred thus far, Mastermind was terribly lost with the current matters so far, but had a feeling that something was off if someone just happened to be in this area where the Collectors were around...
Almost a bit too subtle with the fact that the group had encounter this man Kenjiro just now, but a small time rift opened up behind the man... a familiar hand popping out of it and scavenging through some things that were present in this room. One thought came to mind as Mastermind happened to notice this first...
Goddammit Esper...
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Klaus wasn't really interested in anything but ripping the head off of the man that dared to ever control him. His anger was overcoming his whole being, his eyes were still glowing golden yellow while everything else happened around him. Luckily, Elijah was around to keep his brother calm, The Original Vampire had calm down even with the chaos that had just gone on around him. "Niklaus do not lose control right now... we just gained it back." He whispered into his brother's ear, as the duo watched everyone else around him. They both wondered how the others would feel... since the brothers seemed to have had a hand in their deaths. If they were mad then so be it, if they didn't care, that would be better.
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When Ludger and Garnet would arrive, providing a potent helping hand in taking down the Collectors, Akane would sigh deeply, before putting away her Dominator and facing the two of them.
"Thank you for the assist. You two arrived quickly."
With that, it seemed that from down the hall, there was another way that had not been explored. A way that beckoned everyone around to go down. And so everyone did. Was this perhaps an exit? No, there was nothing so convenient like that. Whatever this was supposed to be, it was most likely a trap. And they were either going to fall for it, or spring it.
Upon entering the room, not paying much mind to the soldiers who didn't seem to care enough to cause them any harm just yet, the group would step in and come face to face with the former leader of the United Nations who had betrayed the organization and joined some crazed mastermind for his own personal gains.
"Yamadera... I expected you to be taller," Carth spoke. Though he hadn't been a part of the Illusion Game that Akane and Asriel had once partook in, Carth Onasi had still been a member of the multiversal United Nations for quite some time, and though he had never personally met Kenjiro Yamadera up until this point... Well, when the leader of the organization defects to the cause of one such as Elliot's, news of it would spread throughout the entire place.
"I don't think you're in any position to give out orders. Not anymore. And if you think those soldiers back there scare us, then you--" Carth began to mouth off, before Akane would raise an arm a little.
"With all due respect, Mr. Carth... We'll take it from here," Akane spoke, silencing him. Without another word, her demeanor changing quite suddenly from that of a meek, green officer to that of a cool-headed, professional one.
A wolf.
Remaining standing up, Akane looked down at Kenjiro, before beginning to speak again.
"... Why? Why would you defect from the UN like this, Mr. Yamadera? And of all people... Why would you side with someone like Elliot? What do you have to gain from someone like him?!"
Though she had been given bits and pieces of Kenjiro's motivations, she desired the answer from the perp's own mouth so that she would be able to see for herself. So that everyone here would be able to.
Meanwhile, Joseph looked around the place, giving a small whistle.
"I don't really know what's goin' on here... But I'm really diggin' the view."
Lisa Lisa elbowed Joseph in the gut to shut him up.
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Asriel looked really upset at this... The collectors were the least of his concerns right now, but, rather, this man in front of them... Who had betrayed the UN, in favor of whatever offer Elliot had made...
He said quietly... Looking more sad than anything... He knew Elliot was beyond rational thought at this point... And... Having been in a state of mind like that before, he had a feeling Elliot wasn't much different... At one point or another, Elliot had pulled a cloak over each of their eyes, or... Most of them anyways, fabricating an illusory world where they were meant to remain trapped in, forever... He wished he could somehow pull Elliot from his own madness at times, but, at this rate... It was impossible... Even all of the souls in his body, wasn't enough to do so...
As Asriel spoke, it wasn't clear if he was projecting himself, as he once was... As a flower... Onto Elliot's own personality, or if he was certain that Elliot followed a similar train of thought he once had... He seemed to pause for a moment...
Asriel looked almost miserable, despite his best efforts to hold back his emotions... It wasn't certain how much of what he said was true, as he was indeed known to project himself onto others... Even when it might not always work out all the time... But, it was clear he was trying to convince Kenjiro to reconsider his own actions... Somehow...
Asriel looked really upset at this... The collectors were the least of his concerns right now, but, rather, this man in front of them... Who had betrayed the UN, in favor of whatever offer Elliot had made...
He said quietly... Looking more sad than anything... He knew Elliot was beyond rational thought at this point... And... Having been in a state of mind like that before, he had a feeling Elliot wasn't much different... At one point or another, Elliot had pulled a cloak over each of their eyes, or... Most of them anyways, fabricating an illusory world where they were meant to remain trapped in, forever... He wished he could somehow pull Elliot from his own madness at times, but, at this rate... It was impossible... Even all of the souls in his body, wasn't enough to do so...
As Asriel spoke, it wasn't clear if he was projecting himself, as he once was... As a flower... Onto Elliot's own personality, or if he was certain that Elliot followed a similar train of thought he once had... He seemed to pause for a moment...
Asriel looked almost miserable, despite his best efforts to hold back his emotions... It wasn't certain how much of what he said was true, as he was indeed known to project himself onto others... Even when it might not always work out all the time... But, it was clear he was trying to convince Kenjiro to reconsider his own actions... Somehow...
