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Chapter 8 - Chapter 8 Mission

So, here's where we are…

After Miss Nightmare managed to hide the children, she now has a mission—for Liza... and also for Kenn. What's it about?

Miss Nightmare had a plan.

Liza: "Excuse me?"

Miss Nightmare: "You… are coming with me. You and little Kenny."

Kenn: "Don't call me that."

Miss Nightmare: "Doesn't matter now… come with me."

Kenn: "Where to?!"

Liza: "…But…"

Miss Nightmare: "Hunting mutants… that's what you calls them. Or, as they're also called: Sirus. We're hunting Sirus. So, move it."

Kenn: "Why us?"

Miss Nightmare: "I wanted to take Dante… but we need someone strong to carry the stones and heavy gear. You, Kenn, you're not weak… but Dante is way stronger. So instead, I want you to be useful by coming along with Liza and me. We need to scavenge. We're running out of water. That water, by the way, is for us and for you.

My people don't want to share it with you, but because you've been working hard, I think it's only fair. Plus, you've got to work."

They stood up.

Miss Nightmare: "Follow me…"

Kenn: "Hahh…"

Liza: "I… I can't fight…"

Miss Nightmare: "You'll have to. Pull yourself together."

They followed Miss Nightmare.

Miss Nightmare: "Open the doors."

The doors opened.

Miss Nightmare: "Okay… let's go."

She took them with her.

Liza: "Hmm…"

Liza looked at Kenn… he looked angry—trembling with rage. Liza grabbed his hand.

Liza: "I know… how you feel… but… this isn't good. Revenge won't help…"

Miss Nightmare: "Hmm?"

She turned around.

Liza: "Ugh…"

Liza feared she'd been overheard. But Sophie just glanced around.

Miss Nightmare: "Good… listen up. Over there, there's a camp. It was abandoned. I wanted to check it out… but I don't trust my people."

Kenn: "Why hmm…?"

Miss Nightmare: "I don't know if you want to hear this… but I didn't want to kill your sister. Whether you believe that or not, I only found out when I brought Liza to my office."

Liza: "Then why did you react so coldly?"

Miss Nightmare: "Because I didn't care. She wasn't my sister. And in that camp, we have rules we follow."

Kenn: "What the hell?! 'Didn't care'—seriously?!"

Miss Nightmare: "Yeah… that's how it was. I didn't want her to die… but the rule is: kill people who are sick. Heinrich came to me before I brought Liza into my office and told me your sister was sick… and sick people are a danger…"

Kenn: "She had no contagious illness."

Miss Nightmare: "Listen… I get why you're angry… but… I have to be cold. You don't want Sir Eisenberg coming after you. Trust me when I say: that guy would light your ass on fire."

Kenn: "…Hmmm."

Miss Nightmare: "Hahh… Liza, say something."

Liza: "…what… uh… I… I just think maybe you should've at least… tried a little harder. Mia was such a kind person…"

Miss Nightmare: "…What illness did she have?"

Kenn: "COPD."

Miss Nightmare: "What…? That can't be… He said she had a… much more severe illness… something deadly."

Kenn: "Then he lied!"

Miss Nightmare: "Heinrich would never lie to me… ever… he's loyal."

Kenn: "Does he love you? Hmm? How do you know? Maybe he did lie."

Miss Nightmare: "Whatever… let's keep moving."

They kept walking…

Kenn: "…hahhh… wait…"

Miss Nightmare: "Hmm?"

Kenn: "Is there a medical station nearby?"

Miss Nightmare: "What… why?"

Kenn: "…I think Zoe is sick."

Miss Nightmare: "…Help me out here—Zoe is the tall brunette with the pretty face and small nose, right?"

He nodded. Kenn looked at her.

Kenn: "I think she's sick. Or… it's because of her head injury…"

Miss Nightmare: "Head injury? I didn't know about that…"

Kenn: "Then Heinrich did lie to you."

Miss Nightmare: "That… hahhh… what are her symptoms?"

Kenn: "I… don't know… she moves slower and gets dizzy often."

Miss Nightmare: "…Alright. We'll check on her after this mission. I'll look at her—and don't worry, I won't let anyone find out."

Kenn: "Um… wait… really?"

Miss Nightmare: "Yes."

Kenn: "But… won't you want something in return?"

Miss Nightmare: "Hmm… actually, I'm the one who owes you. You've been working hard… and she can't work like this… hmm."

She kept walking. Kenn stayed behind.

Liza: "Kenn…?"

Kenn: "Oh… I'm coming."

Liza: "…Please, let's leave it to her."

Kenn: "I still don't trust her…"

Liza: "Maybe she really didn't know."

Kenn: "Hmm."

They kept going until they found the camp… but it was full of Sirus.

Liza: "Ugh…"

Kenn: "No. No way. We're not going in there."

Miss Nightmare: "…Yes, we are."

Kenn: "No."

Miss Nightmare: "No one asked for your opinion. Do you think we're living in a democracy here? And I don't even get a say either—I'm doing this so Sir Eisenberg leaves us alone. We need this—for the people in the camp…"

Kenn: "For what? So you can kill people and use their blood for energy?"

Miss Nightmare: "That's… you… ghmmm… listen to me, Kenn… I'm not asking you to like me. I'm asking you to trust me a little. Please."

Kenn: "Why so nice now? Are you faking it? You're a Nazi."

Miss Nightmare: "I'm not a Nazi!"

She shouted. The mutants noticed, but a fence was in the way.

Miss Nightmare: "Ghhh… I hate the Nazis… they're the reason my parents died. What do you think, huh?"

Kenn: "…..ugh…"

Miss Nightmare: "Yeah… my parents were killed. Not by Nazis—but by Americans. After they found out we had Nazi ancestors… And you think that kind of info just spreads on its own? No. Someone in the Nazi bloodline was probably angry our family had nothing to do with them and ratted us out… showed our family tree to the townspeople. Of course…"

Liza: "ugh…"

Kenn: "(silent)"

Miss Nightmare: "Let's go… don't worry. I have a plan! You go inside—I'll handle them."

Kenn: "Alone?"

Liza: "You can't do that."

Miss Nightmare: "I'll be fine. I'll distract them. You two go inside. Got it?"

Kenn: "Okay."

She climbed over the fence toward a building.

(Bang!)

She fired her gun.

Miss Nightmare: "…Now!"

They jumped and ran toward the building. The mutants focused on Miss Nightmare.

Kenn: "…Grab everything we need!"

Liza: "Okay…"

They searched.

Kenn: "Uh… okay… water—check… food—check…"

Liza: "Uh, Kenn."

Kenn: "Yeah?"

Liza: "What's this?"

Kenn: "What?"

She tossed it to him… condoms…

Kenn: "(sweating)… just ignore those… not important…"

Liza: "Okay…"

(Crash!)

Liza: "Huh!"

Kenn: "Ugh… fuck!"

Mutants entered through the window.

Kenn: "No. No—Liza, get over here, now!"

He rushed to her, jumped over a shelf, and kicked a Sirus away.

(Crash!)

Kenn: "Are you okay?"

Liza: "Yes! We have to go!"

He grabbed her hand and they ran upstairs.

Liza: "Where's Sophie?"

Kenn: "I don't know…"

Sophie, aka Miss Nightmare, was still downstairs.

Miss Nightmare: "Hey… hey! Over here! Jump!"

Kenn: "What?!"

Miss Nightmare: "They're inside! Jump down and use the rope over there—tie something to slide down! Hurry!"

He took off his belt and used it. Liza went first.

Kenn: "Good… use it!"

Liza: "And you?"

Kenn: "I'll figure something out—go!"

She slid down.

Liza: "Gahhhh…!"

Miss Nightmare caught her like a princess.

Miss Nightmare: "Gotcha, Cinderella…"

She gently lowered her.

Miss Nightmare: "Come on, your turn… but I don't know if I can catch you…"

Kenn: "I don't need catching… I don't have anything to slide with."

Miss Nightmare: "…Use your hands."

Kenn: "What—are you insane?"

Miss Nightmare: "Better insane than dead! Hurry!"

He used his hands. Below, the Sirus were gathering.

Miss Nightmare: "You're doing great… sunshine…"

Liza: "…Uh…"

(Crash!) (Crash!)

Miss Nightmare: "What…"

Kenn: "Ugh… what the hell?"

Liza: "Hahhh…"

A huge creature appeared… 4 meters tall.

Liza: "What is that?"

Miss Nightmare: "A high-rank Sirus. That's called a Sirus B. Move fast!"

Kenn: "I'm trying!"

The rope began to tear.

Miss Nightmare: "Oh no…"

Liza: "This is bad…"

Miss Nightmare: "Jump… jump, you can make it from there!"

Kenn: "Okay…"

He jumped—almost fell, but Liza and Miss Nightmare caught him.

Liza: "Ghh."

Miss Nightmare: "…Ghhh… we've got you… and heave!"

They lifted him up.

Kenn: "Thanks…"

Miss Nightmare: "No time! It's coming at us!"

They ran—staying behind the fence line. There was a car. They rushed to it.

Miss Nightmare: "Go! Get in!"

They climbed in—Miss Nightmare behind the wheel.

Miss Nightmare: "Hold on. This'll be rough."

She hit the gas.

Kenn: "Whoa… whoa!"

Liza: "Ghh… ahead of us!"

There were more Sirus.

Miss Nightmare: "Well… we're going through them."

Kenn: "What?!"

Miss Nightmare: "Brace yourselves… I failed driving school three times."

Kenn: "You're telling us now?!"

Miss Nightmare: "Oops…"

(Crash… crash… crash… crash!)

(Boom!)

They crashed into a tree.

Miss Nightmare: "Oh… damn it…"

Liza: "Hahh… we're still alive."

Kenn: "…ugh…"

Miss Nightmare: "Ahhh… alright, we're walking the rest. It's not far… and hey, Kenn… nice underwear."

Kenn: "Huh…?!"

He fell out of the car instead of using the door.

(Crash)

Kenn: "Ouch…"

Miss Nightmare: "Alright… we're walking. Won't take long."

Kenn: "Like this? What if people see me like this?"

Miss Nightmare: "Hey… could be worse. Maybe we'll find a corpse and borrow their pants."

Kenn: "…ghhh… fine."

Miss Nightmare: "Real question is… why the hell are you wearing those underwear… is that Tom and Jerry?"

Kenn: "Hey… childhood heroes."

Miss Nightmare: "Oh dear… be glad you're in my camp… if Heinrich saw that, you'd be castrated. Goodbye future kids…"

Miss Nightmare walked ahead.

Miss Nightmare: "Come on… this way… ugh…"

Suddenly, she heard something.

Miss Nightmare: "Shit…"

Several Sirus appeared.

Kenn: "What… what do we do now?"

Liza: "Oh no…"

Miss Nightmare: "…Looks like I have no choice…"

She grabbed her pistol—suddenly, her eyes turned green.

Miss Nightmare: "Ghhh… ghh…"

Kenn: "So… what now?"

Liza: "Sophie…?"

She transformed—her skin turned stone and green.

Miss Nightmare: "Ghhh… hahhh…"

Kenn: "Ugh… what…"

Sophie turned… into a Sirus.

Liza: "Hhh…"

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