Sandwich Summoner
The doctor said nothing, as there was no reason to do so. He could now stop pretending emotion as even normal people concentrated in "gamefaces" in the current situation. He stood still, assesing the destination , seeking anything strange or man-caused, carefully keeping one hand on the safety.
Duo pulled into the playground and stopped the van. It was a quick reach back to grab his Ak5 and his Gas Mask. Didn't know what was out here, and whether or not it was a contractor.
Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent
Duo would hear some slightly loud groans from the side street nearby in front of the two Toyota Crown squad cars that has blood splatters on them.
The ASE chopper was now arriving towards the northwest side of the playground. Mike had secured his knife sheath on the vest's belt while he removed the headset. He gestured to the doctor to remove it since they were here.
Mike opened the cabin door and jumped out of the chopper. He crouched down and motioned to the doctor to follow him out.
"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"
Discordian Agent
Luvina walked, rather than rode, down the streets of Tokyo, making her way to the hospital the new chief had referred her too. She still found it all suspect, but not so much that she wouldn't look into things.
She was walking there, because she never rode when she could avoid it.
Her contract gave her a great way to avoid harm, giving her a measure of safety, even the most wild of circumstances. Riding in most moving vehicles negated that, quite a bit. Her powers couldn't protect her from inertia, and a collision was just as dangerous for her, as anyone else. It felt like she gave up too much security when she rode in vehicles.
Even if she tried to phase to avoid harm, it might just lead to her potentially falling through the ground forever. As a Contractor, simple fear didn't factor into many of her decisions. But that was still not something she wanted to risk.
Plus, walking gave her time to catch up on the news, on her phone.
The word of gas-main exploding seemed suspect to her, but it wasn't of much concern to her, as she made her way to the hospital.
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"It all depends on how we look at things, and not on how they are themselves." -C.G. Jung
The Fantabulous
From the brick entrance Yon saw the ASE helicopter touch down a little ways off but directed her attention to the playground itself. As she took a few slow steps inside her observer spirit went to the bleeding, and now groaning, man in the alleyway taking a closer look at his features and clothes for clues as to his identity. The Doll didn't know what to do with an injured man, waiting for instructions silently as her eyes scanned the bloodied playground.
“Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”
Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent
The young man bleeding nearby was just an average man. His wallet was nearby his left hand, already opened. The specter would be able to determine that his name was Kaito Hiroe and was a new student at Waseda University.
The reception counter of the University of Tokyo hospital received word to expect an American patient who would see a doctor from the neurology department with Luvina's name already mentioned to them.
"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"
The Fantabulous
"Kaito Hiroe... Waseda University" Yon read aloud so that Duo could hear and, having enough independence to want to determine his connection to the case, walked to the alleyway. Once there she stood over the bleeding figure, her hazel eyes looking over the student impassively and lingering on his wounds. She eventually knelt and lightly touched his arm to see if he was still alive and/or conscious.
“Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”
Discordian Agent
Luvina made a beeline for the reception counter, quickly garnering the attention of whoever was stationed there. With a flick of her thumb, she turned on an app that would display her texts in both English and Japanese. As soon as she had the person's attention, she turned her phone's screen towards them.
-I'm Luvina Almaraz. I should have a meeting with the neurology department.-
Her expression didn't give anything away, with it staying in it's usual, blandly neutral, expression.
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"It all depends on how we look at things, and not on how they are themselves." -C.G. Jung
Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent
"Oh yes, Ms. Almaraz." The nurse said after she bowed before her. "We've been informed of your arrival. If you can wait for a few minutes, the doctor should be arriving."
The nurse made a call to the neurology department to inform them that their patient was now waiting for an available doctor to see her.
"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"
Sandwich Summoner
The doctor silently nodded, and did as his companion indicated, tailing him, taking note of his surroundings.
Discordian Agent
Luvina nodded back, after the woman bowed.
Nodding again, as the woman at the receptionist made the call, she typed something else in.
-Alright. I'll wait here.-
With that said, rather than taking a seat somewhere, she took a few steps to the side of reception counter. It quickly became evident that she was perfectly content to stand there, until whoever she was supposed to meet came along.
"It all depends on how we look at things, and not on how they are themselves." -C.G. Jung
Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent
A few minutes after the nurse made the call, a doctor was called in to the lobby. He was in his 30s and had tidy, neat black hair. He was shown where Luvina sat down.
"You must be Ms. Almaraz, yes?" The doctor spoke in fluent English when he got his ballpen from his jacket pocket and wrote her name down in his doctor's notepad. He then shook hands with her. "I'm Doctor Akio Takahashi from the neurology department. I'm very familiar with cases like yours. I hope you didn't wait long."
A couple of black Nissan Elgrand vans (of the 250 Highway Star Premium) drove at high speed towards the playground from both sides of the road.
"A-are you police?" The wounded student asked Yon with some hint of his Japanese accent when he asked in English.
Mike motioned the doctor to stop when he heard loud movement from the nearby bushes.
Careful. The ex-cop pointed to the bushes. He aimed his subcarbine at them as he tried to move closer after the chopper left to return back to ASE's Shinjuku building.
"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"
Discordian Agent
After humoring the man, by shaking his hand, she typed in a quick response.
-Not too long.-
"It all depends on how we look at things, and not on how they are themselves." -C.G. Jung
Sandwich Summoner
The doctor said nothing, his gun still out and tried to crouch himself to make himself both a smaller target and stealthier. He then focused on trying to ascertain who were behind the bushes.
The Fantabulous
Yon's spectres, currently observing from the dismembered police officers' remains at Tomioka Playground, saw the two black vans coming from some distance away - closing in fast. The student spoke, however, sounding to be a native of Japan from his accent, "No." The Doll replied after moment, remembering that when others bled people tended to apply pressure to wounds. After a few long moments of deliberation she bunched a section of the man's shirt on the wound and pressed. "Who?" She asked looking at the wound. It was likely that this was the contractor's work and he knew where he went.
“Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”
Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent
"Some gaijin..." The student explained. "took a girl away." He was breathing slowly due to the pain of the bladed wound. "Heard something about Shinonome in the ward..."
Doctor Takahashi motioned Luvina to follow him. "I see. Please follow me and I'll get things started right away."
From the bushes, two blonde Caucasian men leaped out. They were wearing black softshell tac jackets, brown pants and sneakers. Their eyes began to glow red and their bodies glow blue.
"Contractors! Shit!" Mike drew out his STI Tactical DS 4.0 pistol and was about to fire when one of the Contractors hurled a projectile at fast speed. The ex-officer barely dodged it, almost receiving a gash on his cheek when it wrecked the slide behind him.
The other Contractor surprised Terry by using an ordinary kitchen knife with its blade energized, allowing him to create deep wounds by slashing. He initiated the attack by attempting to slash the doctor's neck.
The vans were now closer, blocking both sides of the road. Eight men, armed with HK G36K assault rifles outfitted with various red dot sights, converged on Duo and Yon before they opened fire on their position.
"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"
Duo leaped rolling for cover before returning fire. Concise 3 round bursts from his trusty Ak5. "YON GET THE GRENADES!" He cried out to the doll, hoping his van could withstand the automatic fire and the grenades wouldn't suddenly go off.
Discordian Agent
Luvina nodded, before following Doctor Takahashi. While she hadn't been given any specific reasons to be suspicious, she still made a point of the number of turns they took, and kept track of the direction they were traveling.
"It all depends on how we look at things, and not on how they are themselves." -C.G. Jung
The Fantabulous
"Shinonome." Yon intoned just as gunfire shattered the air, immediately triggering her combat programming. By the time Duo had instructed her to retrieve the grenades the Doll already had both knives drawn from her boots and was expertly weaving up the alleyway. She hurled a knife with great accuracy into the chest of the nearest assailant and sprinted to the van - even if a bullet hit, she wouldn't so much as flinch from her goal unless it grievously injured her. Yon wrenched open the nearest door and slipped inside, emerging a few moments later with her guns equipped and Duo's stash of grenades.
The Doll practically dove for Duo's position, thrusting the explosives in his direction then preparing her own rifle. Her calm demeanor appeared completely unshaken by the firefight.
“Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”
Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent
Doctor Takahashi led Luvina to his personal office. Nothing was out of the ordinary, being an ordinary office in the hospital.
"I've been able to look over your file sent by the embassy..." Takahashi said as he motioned for her to sit down in front of his desk. "I must say that it's been a while since I looked over someone who had your disease." He then asked her. "I need to ask you some questions before I proceed further. First off, do you still remember the last checkup you had?"
Yon's knife accuracy worked when one of the armed men got hit with the knife at his neck. He began to drown and choke on his own blood.
Despite the loss of one man, the two Syndicate agents were being cornered from both sides of the road. They took cover by getting prone or using the parked vans for cover when Duo opened fire.
"Smoke!" A couple of smoke grenades were hurled towards him in order to restrict their vision.
"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"
That was a bad idea, Duo pulled on his Gas Mask and let the grenades get to work covering the area with a thick smoke cloud. He was ready, he had been trained for this.
Discordian Agent
Luvina nodded, before looking down to type in her response into her phone.
-Yes. The onset of symptoms has not begun yet.-
After a couple of moments of consideration, she cleared the text, before inputting the date for her last medical check-up, and holding it up for him to see. Say what you will about the CIA, but they liked to stay aware of the health of their agents.
"It all depends on how we look at things, and not on how they are themselves." -C.G. Jung
The Fantabulous
The smoke obscured Yon's line of sight of the enemy however its was not her only perspective on the situation. Using a fresh nick on her arm, presumably from a stray bullet, her spectres took note of the remaining enemy positions. The Doll chose her moment and opened fire, aiming low so as to hit a prone body or any legs hiding behind a van. As she did this Yon strafed to a less smoky vantage nearby.
“Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”
Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent
Takahashi noted Luvina's response and how she responded to his question.
"Okay. And when was your last checkup?"
"Aargh!"
Another man was shot with a lucky one to the head when the armed man tried to shoot at Duo in a prone position. Another man was shot in the leg that his colleague pulled him back to the Elgrand while using the parked van as cover.
The other squad was still advancing from the other side of the street, shooting at Duo and Yon from the back.
"Ba-bakemono!" The wounded student yelled in Japanese, getting freaked out that he was being shot at.
"We got the witness. Proceeding to termination now." One of the armed men radioed back to his colleagues in the hideout Kenneth had arranged.
"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"
Luvina nodded at that, acknowledging the man's words. Without another word, texted or otherwise, she turned around and exited the office.
Collecting her sidearm, she used her phone to gather directions to the University of Tokyo Hospital.
She wasn't one to guess at the motives of others, as the 'why' didn't usually matter to her. The 'what' was usually a far more relevant question for a Contractor. For whatever reason, someone in the CIA seemed to be following through on their agreement with her. So, she'd take the opportunity while she could.
"It all depends on how we look at things, and not on how they are themselves." -C.G. Jung