Time to Investigate Jose's Plan Jose Plans something dangerous for sure but ...what?
Now they wanted clear answers about what exactly was going on with Jose. Daisy had told them to ask Rosalie, but why? And for what reason?
The Joker: "Oh, by the way... The Finger will be helping me as well. Just wanted to tell you before I leave. Bye. (Blows a kiss)."
Rosika: "Umm."
Sophie: "Eugh..."
Fiona: "No!"
The two of them threw the kiss away, as They are Afraid or ....Not interested in That However The Last Time no one could have avoided it ...
(Swoosh)
Sophie: "Good grief..."
Fiona: "Should we call Rosalie?"
Sophie: "Yeah. I have her number. I'll call her... She's probably... happy to hear from me."
(Beep... beep... beep... beep)
(Ringing)
(Click)
Rosalie: "Yes?"
Sophie: "Yo... half big sister."
Rosalie: "(Sweating) What is it?"
Sophie: "Come here."
Rosalie: "Why?"
Sophie: "Get over here now, you dummy!"
Rosalie: "Okay."
Of course that was ...a normal Sibling way to talk ...Maybe? However Rosalie is Important for that Mission
(A few hours later)
Sophie: "Ugh... Where is that stupid wh... Eugh... Stupid... damn... magazine addict..."
Fiona: "(Sweating) Hey, this might take a while."
Sophie Clearly Likes To make jokes on her Big Sis Rosalie sometimes too ..but Only sometimes in Reality both Love Each other really Much They just don't Show it.
(Dong... Ding)
(Knock)
Sophie: "Oh, there she is!"
She opened the door.
Sophie: "Hey..."
Rosalie: "...You opened the door. How did you know it was me?"
Sophie: "Because you're probably the only idiot in the entire world who rings the bell and knocks at the exact same time."
Rosalie: "Oh..."
Sophie: "Now get your butt in here."
Rosalie: "Okay, okay."
She walked inside.
Rosalie: "So, what's going on... Huh?... Fiona?... What's wrong?"
Fiona: "Nothing... I'm just confused that our doorbell... sounded weird."
Sophie: "Yeah, I think it's... broken."
She pressed it.
(Dong... Ding)
Sophie: "...Weird. I'm used to hearing things like beep... toot toot... or ding dong... But dong ding?"
Fiona: "I don't know what's confusing me more. The fact that our doorbell sounds weird... or that you seriously just imitated other doorbells."
Siegfried: "And you even did it really well..."
Sophie: "So... little half sister."
Siegfried: "Eugh... step sibling yuri?"
(Silence)
Siegfried and Rosika collapsed onto the floor.
Rosika: "My... head..."
Siegfried: "Ughhh..."
Fiona: "(Sweating) Hah... It's Sunday. No wonder she's acting... a little strange."
Rosalie: "So... what's the question?"
Sophie: "...Ugh... Can you answer our questions? Are you deaf?"
Rosalie: "No."
Rosika: "I'm blind."
Siegfried: "That wasn't the question."
Rosalie: "Hm?"
Fiona: "Hah..."
Marcus: "Jose hired the Wolves of Wrath to capture or kidnap Fiona and me."
Rosalie: "What?! Is he insane?... I knew he was planning something, but working with those people? They're even colder than the Hunters."
Sophie: "So... you knew he was planning something?"
Rosalie: "Yes. Daisy gave me a videotape. It showed Jose actually planning something. She also took pictures of his documents."
Sophie: "Is... that enough evidence?"
Fiona: "What do you think, Rosalie?"
Rosalie: "Hah... We need someone to help us. Some kind of witness."
Marcus: "I have one."
Rosalie: "Good. I'll report everything to Dark Umbrella."
Marcus: "Wait. Don't go alone. Jose is smart. I'm sure that if he finds out you're there, he'll make a move. I'll go with you."
Fiona: "Hmm... Then I'll come too."
Sophie: "Me too."
Rosalie: "...Hah... Okay."
They got into the car.
Rosika: "What about us?"
Sophie: "Please stay here. Hosenträger and Oliver could be in danger if they're here without you. Okay?"
Rosika: "Okay."
Sophie: "Hehe... See you later."
She kissed Rosika on the cheek before leaving.
Siegfried: "...Hmm. Don't I get a kiss?"
Rosika: "(Sweating)... Umm... Siegfried."
Siegfried: "What? It was just a joke. And why can't Violet and Lina stay here while we go instead?"
Rosika: "Well... I think it's because Lina and Violet are exhausted. They've been working the hardest."
Siegfried: "I see."
(Meanwhile)
(Splash!)
The Finger: "Eliminated."
The Joker: "Hmm... Something isn't right."
The Finger: "Yeah... This is too easy."
The Joker: "Huh... Call Sophie or Fiona immediately. Ask them where they are."
The Finger: "Hmm?"
The Joker: "...It's a trap... It's a trap, Finger."
The Finger: "Alright... I'm on my way."
He left.
The Joker: "...Hah..."
Wolf of Wrath: "Urgh... Help."
The Joker: "Hmm?... Oh dear... Looks like someone survived. Do you need my help... my dear?"
Wolf of Wrath: "Mmm."
The Joker: "Hehe... Come with me. Until The Finger gets here... I can have some fun."
She dragged them into a room.
(Meanwhile)
Rosalie: "Hmm... So you came too."
Sophie: "Yeah... But why is the butler driving the limousine instead of me?"
Rosalie: "Just because."
He started driving faster.
Rosalie: "Hah... Huh?"
(Light)
Rosalie: "Huh..."
(Bang!)
The driver was shot. The car almost went out of control.
Rosalie: "Urgh!"
She grabbed the steering wheel.
Rosalie: "Hold on!"
(Crash!)
(Boom!)
They crashed into a traffic light.
Sophie: "...Ghh..."
They lost consciousness.
Wolf of Wrath Member: "...Hehe..."
They opened the doors and threw them out.
Wolf of Wrath Members: "Tch. That was easy."
Suddenly Marcus stood up.
Marcus: "Oh... My goodness..."
He turned around. Half of his face was injured, but it quickly regenerated.
Marcus: "...Bastards."
Wolf of Wrath Members: "What's wrong with him?"
Rosalie: "Agh!"
She stood up as well. Her wounds stitched themselves back together.
Rosalie: "...Now you're really screwed."
Sophie: "Yeah."
Fiona: "Definitely screwed."
They pointed their pistols at them.
Rosalie: "I never thought you'd kill the butler even though he was one of your own..."
Sophie: "And I was wondering where he was driving us."
Marcus: "Hands up. Now."
Instead, they put something into their mouths and transformed into wolves.
Wolf: "Roooar!"
It attacked Sophie.
Sophie: "Urgh."
Marcus: "Not so fast."
Marcus grabbed its mouth.
Marcus: "Fine then..."
He forced it open until he tore it apart.
(Splash!)
Marcus: "Hmph."
Wolf: "Urgh... Damn."
It tried to run away, but Fiona pulled out her pistol and shot it in the back of the neck.
(Bang!)
Wolf: "Urk..."
It fell dead to the ground.
Marcus: "Only you left now... Be a good boy and surrender."
The last wolf simply stood there.
Wolf: "Okay... okay."
Sophie: "Ugh... Let's tie him up."
They tied him up.
(Ring!)
Fiona: "Hmm?... Yes?"
The Finger: "Are you alright?"
Fiona: "You?"
The Finger: "Yes, it's me. The Finger... I tried calling Sophie, but she didn't answer."
Fiona: "Yeah... We had an accident. Nothing more."
Sophie: "Hm?"
The Finger: "You have to be careful... Your car... has explosives."
Fiona: "Urgh... What?"
She looked at the car.
Fiona: "Sophie!"
She jumped onto Sophie while Marcus jumped onto Rosalie.
(KABOOOOOM!)
They were blasted away.
(Beep... beep... beep...)
Sophie: "Hah... Oh no... Fiona! Hey, Fiona, are you alright?"
Fiona: "(Cough)... (Cough)... Hah... Sophie..."
Sophie: "I'm fi..."
She hugged her.
Fiona: "Hah... I'm so glad... I thought something had happened to you."
Sophie: "Fiona... Your face is bleeding."
Fiona: "It's okay... It's just a scratch."
Marcus: "(Cough)"
Rosalie: "Oh no. Marcus, are you alright?"
Marcus: "(Cough)... Yeah... I'm fine."
Fiona: "Urgh..."
She looked at the street. Several civilians were lying dead on the ground.
Sophie: "Huh..."
Fiona: "...Damn bastards..."
Rosalie: "Ghh..."
The wolf slowly stepped back.
Sophie: "You were the one, weren't you?"
He dropped the detonator.
They aimed their guns at him.
Sophie: "Tch."
Marcus: "No mercy."
(Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!)
He fell dead.
Marcus: "Hmph."
Fiona: "Hmph."
Rosalie: "Are you serious?! What if he could have been a witness?"
Marcus: "How many times do I have to tell you? I already have one... Ghh."
He pulled a piece of shrapnel out of his neck.
(Splash!)
Marcus: "Fuck..."
It healed.
Marcus: "Hah... Hey, are you two alright?... Oh no... Fiona."
Fiona: "...(Cough)... I'm fine..."
Marcus: "Your head is bleeding. That's not good. Sophie... Your arm is bleeding."
Fiona: "Urgh... Oh no, Sophie."
Sophie: "I'm fine. Really... Hey... Calm down."
Fiona: "Ghh..."
Rosalie: "It's okay, Fiona. She's alright. Marcus pushed us away... And you also shielded her with your body... Which, honestly, was dangerous."
Sophie: "Hmm."
Fiona: "Urgh."
She looked at the bodies. Among them were a mother and her child.
Fiona: "Urgh..."
(Memory)
Child: "Help... I... I'm disappearing..."
Fiona: "No!!"
The child turned to ashes and vanished.
Fiona: "Hah... No..."
(End of memory)
Fiona: "Hah..."
Sophie: "Fiona?"
Rosalie: "Damn... Get her out of here. It looks like she's having a trauma response. Here... Take her with you. Give her this to help her breathe."
Sophie: "Come on... Come on..."
Marcus: "You can use my car. It drives itself."
Sophie: "Okay."
A car arrived. They got inside, and it drove away.
Rosalie: "It's about time she got over this trauma."
Marcus: "Forget it... Fiona watched more than eighty children die right in front of her eyes during her very first mission... You don't simply forget something like that. Even I would suffer because of it."
Rosalie: "Do you really think that's okay?... It wasn't her fault."
Marcus: "She knows that too. There was nothing she could do... But I think what she's really afraid of... is experiencing something like that again... During her first mission eighty children died... During her second mission she watched an entire city get destroyed by a nuclear bomb. She was in a bunker with other people... But still... Two missions in a row, seeing so many dead people... Rosalie... Do you really think anyone could stay mentally healthy after seeing hundreds of people, including children, die... while being unable to do anything except watch?"
Rosalie: "Mmm... No... No human being could."
Marcus: "I still suffer because of it too. Just look at this... These people didn't deserve this."
Rosalie: "...Yeah... The least we can do now is compensate their families."
Marcus: "Money won't heal the loss of someone who's dead... Especially not when that person was so young."
He picked up the child's body.
Marcus: "I'll go ahead first... Huh... Wait. This child is still alive."
Rosalie: "Huh? Really?"
She ran over.
Rosalie: "Yes... They're breathing."
Marcus: "The mother must have protected the child... Hurry to the hospital. I'll take care of everything else."
Rosalie: "Okay."
She carried the child in her arms and ran.
(Meanwhile)
Sophie: "Are you alright?"
Fiona: "Yeah... I'm okay..."
Sophie: "Mmm."
Fiona: "Hah... It's really frustrating... not being strong enough."
Sophie: "...Hey..."
Fiona: "Mmm."
She threw away the breathing mask.
Fiona: "I don't need it anymore... I'm okay."
Sophie: "Okay."
Fiona: "Take me back."
Sophie: "But..."
Fiona: "I'm fine."
Sophie: "Let us examine your head. You have a wound."
Fiona: "Mm."
Sophie: "I'm worried about you, okay?"
Fiona: "Urgh... Sorry..."
Sophie: "Hah... Good grief..."
It was quiet for a moment.
Sophie: "What did you see back then... in Budapesz?"
Fiona: "Hah... There was a war between Grazburg and Budapesz... A nuclear bomb fell on the place where we were supposed to go... If Team Parzival, me, and Emilia had arrived a little later, it would've been dangerous... But we got there earlier and had already been informed... The people were screaming... We were inside a bunker at first... Then came something no child... no human being... should ever experience... the nuclear warning sirens."
(Memory)
(1473 in Budapesz)
(Beep... Beep... Beep...)
Siren Announcer: "Please proceed to the bunker. Please proceed to the bunker. Move to the lower level immediately. A nuclear bomb is on its way."
Emilia: "Oh no... Not again."
Fiona: "Urgh... We have to get out of here. Parzival! Hey!"
Parzival: "Stop trembling. We're agents."
Fiona: "Urgh... Mmm..."
Parzival: "Tch... Come on. Let's head downstairs."
Emilia: "Seriously, Fiona... You're so hopeless. You're actually shaking..."
Fiona: "Urgh... Mmm."
Emilia: "Come here."
She took Fiona's hand and led her along.
Emilia: "Hah..."
Fiona: "I'm sorry."
Emilia: "Stop apologizing. You're the youngest one here."
Fiona: "Mmm."
Emilia: "Parzival... Why did they send a fifteen year old with us?... That's a bit much."
Parzival: "No idea. Just forget it for now... Look over there."
Emilia: "Urgh."
Fiona: "Huh."
Parzival: "Hah..."
There were countless dead bodies.
Emilia: "They... probably died while trying to get here."
Parzival: "Yeah... Some of them were also trampled to death by people running away."
Emilia: "Seriously... Sometimes I wonder whether the Black Hole is really the danger... or these nobles."
Parzival: "...The real monsters are us humans... Just remember that. The Black Hole doesn't do this for fun or money... It's simply a natural phenomenon."
Emilia: "You really think that crazy Vanitas is right?"
Parzival: "Maybe... Come on."
Emilia: "Come with us, Fiona."
Fiona: "Yeah."
Emilia took her hand and held it tightly.
Emilia: "I won't always be here for you, Fiona."
Fiona: "I... I'm sorry."
Emilia: "Hah..."