Abandoned Shrine (Tadasu no Mori, Japan)

[Ling Xiaoyu]

Nestled deep in a forest completely away from life and civilization sat an abandoned shrine where a particular woman used as refuge in a way to escape from a sinister reality...

As she walked up the stairs of the abandoned temple, she dragged an unconscious man who was unaware of his sealed fate. His body bloody and bruised from being tortured upon the way here...

The man she dragged was no one other than Eric Hasson, who had been kidnapped and held against any will of his own by a woman named, Koryn. But many, many people know her by the name of Facade.

Once Facade reached the top of the stairs, an abandoned building awaited her new "friend" as she gathered the strength to lift his unconscious body, throwing him on the old wooden floor..

"Get up! You asshole!" Facade ordered, as she forcibly nudged Eric but was displeased when his body didn't move, "I said get up!" She kicked him hard in his rib cage, that was still healing from a previous injury. The painful sensation knocked Eric out of his unconscious state as he yelped in pain...

"What? Can't take a little hit?!" Facade mocked Eric, as she was about to kick him another time but despite being in pain Eric managed to roll away from the attack before staggering onto his feet..

"W-who the hell are you?" Eric responds, finding it hard to speak given his low energy. Facade placed a hand on her hip, disappointed that Eric had no clue who she was..

"Oh? You don't know me Eric? Well, you're about to!" At the snap of a finger, Facade's goons and thugs appeared from different sections of the room, some even appearing behind Eric to hold him by his arms to keep him from running away.. Facade would gut kick him, making him collapse to his knees.. "Your father took everything from me! No matter, it's all going to make sense and you're going to help me! You belong to me now..!"

Eric became confused unaware of what this woman currently rambled about, "W-what are you talking about!?" Facade grit her teeth, becoming angered, "Don't play dumb with me! You know exactly what happened! You-- Hehe... I don't have to explain myself to you! I own you now.."

"You don't own shit..." Eric retorted, but later regretted it as one of Facade's goons, used the end of his Assault rifle to hit him along his side causing him to wince... "Anymore remarks like that out of you and I'll kill you where you stand.. Guards! Take him away... I don't want to deal with the likes of him right now.. Come back when you have a better attitude..."

The goons completed their instructions by proceeding to knock Eric out unconscious again dragging his body to an isolated room, locking the door and hiding the key...

[Anna Leigh Williams]

NT-03 looked out at the complex in front of her. Her icy blue eyes narrowed, as she slowly made her way through the trees. Instead of wearing her old clothes, she instead now wore a black skintight catsuit. The glossy material shined in the light. Her blonde locks were hanging down over her face. She slunk her way into the building, quietly. Behind some altars, she listened for a chance to strike....

[Ling Xiaoyu]

At the shrine, held guards on standby surveying the area to make sure no one would enter unnoticed. A man with an AK circled the area his eyes landing on NT-03, pointing his gun at her..

"You there! You don't belong here.. state your reasoning!"

[Anna Leigh Williams]

Nt-03 looked over at the man. Her expression remained blank, as she swiftly rolled and kicked the man's leg in. She then got on top of the man, tossing his gun away. She placed her hands over his mouth and on the back of his head. The assassin the snapped his neck with no hesitation. She looked at him, waiting for the man to stop shaking, and got up. She ignored the blood on her hand, as she quietly made her way closer...

[Ling Xiaoyu]

There, sitting alone in a darkened room the only source of light stemming from a broken hole in the wall that he managed to peep out of. He noticed the onslaught of Facade's men going outside to seemed to be an intruder or someone figured out his kidnappers place of refuge...

Looking towards the stairs, Eric winced a little pulling himself up to adjust so he could get a visual of who was there.. Judging by the woman's appearance, he noticed that it was..

"E-Ely? What the hell?"

[Anna Leigh Williams]

NT-03 continued to kill Facade's men. Grunts and one scream of pain echoed through the hall. She continued her mission in finding Daniel. Then, she heard a man speak. She stopped dead in her tracks, and walked over to him. She pulled a pistol from her holster and pointed it straight at Eric's head.

"Where is Facade holding Project NT-02?" She asked, coldly.

At this point, there was blood on her face, and on her body. It was obvious it wasn't hers....

[Ling Xiaoyu]

Eric would've been surprised to see Ely but something about her seemed diffent, especially now with a pistol pointing at his head. Eric placed his hands up in defense, not knowing anything about this NT-02 that she spoke of...

"NT-02? What are you talking about? I know nothing about this!" His brown eyes looked down the barrel of her pistol, noting that she was serious about shooting him if he didn't provide the answers she wanted to hear.. he had to tread lightly..

But just as Eric was about to strike Ely, Facade calmly walked outside seeing her men littered on the ground all she could do was laugh at them, "Haha! Did you do this? I'm honestly impressed!" She took a pistol out of her own aiming at one of her men who still seemed to be alive, he tried pleading with her to save his life but she took it upon herself by ending it with a bullet to his head..

"No use for him anyways.." Facade said as she placed her pistol, tucking it in the back of her pants for safety measures.. Her eyes looked over to Eric before returning her gaze over to Ely, "You're here for him? If you are I'm afraid I can't let you take him. If not, you better have a damn good explanation as to why I shouldn't blow your head off.."

[Anna Leigh Williams]

NT-03 raised a brow, obviously this man was lying... She went to exterminate him, but... Something in her prevented her from shooting... Her icy blue eyes looked over when Facade revealed herself. The pistol remained pointed at Eric. "...Facade..." Her body faced the woman, keeping her gun steady and faced at Eric.

"...We received intel that you, Facade, were holding Project NT-02 captive here. Give it to me..." She said, blankly. "This man..." Her eyes wandered back to Eric. "Is none of our concern...." She then looked back at Facade.

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Meanwhile, outside, Sorin followed the bloodtrail that Elysium left behind. "....dude, she's a killing machine...!" He whispered to Marcella. "this was a bad plan...!" He kept quiet.

[Ling Xiaoyu]

"NT oh what?" Facade responds to Ely, obviously confused by this odd woman's request to hand over something or someone that she barely knew about.

She watched as Ely kept the gun on Eric, stating that he was none of their concern, "Heh, you're right! He's no concern to you but to me he is very much my concern being that his family owes me way more money than you could possibly know."

Reaching behind her, Facade gripped the handle of her gun preparing to shoot at any given moment, "I think you've overstayed your welcome, you came to the wrong place.. no matter, I'm sure you and Eric here would make great cell mates.."

Pulling out her gun in a flash, Facade fired the first shot hurling bullets in Elysium's direction...

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As they arrived at the abandoned shrine Marcella noticed the bodies that covered the floor, trying not to step in blood would prove difficult.

"It's too late to turn back now Sorin, we're already here.." Marcella responds trying to keep quite until the sound of gunshots gained her attention, "That was a gun shot! We gotta move!" She said to Sorin, as she loaded her own gun with tranquilizer bullets to subdue Ely if shit hits the fan...

[Anna Leigh Williams]

NT-03 swiftly moved, and rolled away from Facade. She kept her pistol on Eric, however. Laughter began to echo through the hall, "What a show!" Clapping could be heard, "Oh... I have to thank Sorin for that video..." Diana made her way through the shadows, facing Facade. She looked at NT-03, "Stand down, NT-03." She said, to which Elysium placed the gun back in her holster, awaiting further orders. "...My niece's son posted quite the video..." Diana said, showing it to Facade in all of t's dramatic glory. "He wanted you to be found, because you clearly do not have Project NT-02. Not even the child of Anna Williams could be that stupid... My question... Is why did he want you to be found?" Diana asked, smiling. "Your name is shown up on my radar for years now... And well, I couldn't resist finding you..."

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Sorin made his way through. As they got closer, he heard his own voice. "...Shit." He peered around the corner, and then with eyes wide, he looked at Marcella. "SHE IS HERE" He mouthed at her.

[Ling Xiaoyu]

Facade cursed when the bullets she shot, ultimately missed Ely. She was prepared to shoot again when an unfamiliar woman appeared from the shadows forcing Facade to point her weapon at her as a precaution...


She grit her teeth as Diana showed the video to her, laughing because they thought that she was cornered. "Hehe, if I tell you my reasoning, I would have to kill you first.."

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Looking over the hill just by the steps, Marci noticed that the woman Sorin spoke of was no one other than Diana, the woman responsible for Chris' death..

She grasped onto the handle of her pistol, ready to strike at any moment if shit went wrong. Though, internally she struggled with her emotions as she wanted to destroy Diana for causing her such turmoil...

But then she thought about her daughter that she shared with Chris, and thought twice about her actions..

[Anna Leigh Williams]

Diana ignored the gun pointed at her. "...No matter! I don't care why you're doing what you're doing..." Diana grinned, "I came here to offer you something.." She looked at Eric, "But now I see we could potentially help eachother!" She giggled. "Oh, forgive my manners, I never introduced myself!" She said. "I am Diana Martin. I am the CEO of Williams Weapons and Armory. I have come here, because of the value you possess... You are a formidable woman, Facade... Imagine what you could accomplish with the resources I have at your disposal!" She looked at NT-03. "This, is Project NT-03... One of my proudest accomplishments! My sister thought she could forge powerful warriors, but I knew that just injecting her with Devil Gene properties weren't enough... So I conditioned her to activate when her father died..." She petted Elysium's blood soaked hair.

"Oh... And did he die in a rain of bullets!" Diana then looked back at Facade, "However, It would appear this handsome young man you have locked up could potentially wake her up, and I cannot have that! Do you now see where we could help eachother...?"

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Sorin listened on, feeling deeper fear now hearing that Diana didn't come looking for Daniel at all. She came to recruit Facade! Sorin looked at Marcella. "....this is bad... this is really bad..." He whispered to her. When Diana mentioned Chris' death, he held on to Marcella as tightly as he could...

[Ling Xiaoyu]

Facade mockingly laughed in Diana's face, showing no interest in the plan she so carefully thought of...

"Hehe, look lady, I don't know who the hell you are but you have an amazing sense of humor. Have you thought about ditching this Williams Armory shit and becoming a comedian? I think you'd be a class act!"

Her eyes looked at NT-03 before going back over to Diana, "I'm not here to babysit, sitting around making robots all day. I work alone Diana. That's how it's always been for me.."

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Meanwhile, back in the darkened room Eric listened in on the conversation and learned that Ely is under some form of mind control and it infuriated him to the core..

But, he had think smart about his decisions not wanting to get caught. He scanned the area and noticed Marcella and Sorin not too far from the scene, he wanted to get their attention but noticed the risk in it...

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Marci became enraged when she listened to Diana explain Chris' death, "Alright. I've had enough this bitch as got to go.." Marci began to place bullets in the chamber ready to use it at any given moment..

Just when she was about to shoot Diana, she noticed Eric coming out of the darkened room.. She noticed that while Diana was distracted by Facade, he would take this chance to subdue Ely by swiftly grabbing her from behind and tussling her to the ground in the form of a choke hold, he didn't want to kill her just enough to knock her unconscious..

Seeing this, that gave Marci time to react fast enough to shoot a round off at Diana...

[Anna Leigh Williams]

Diana laughed, "A stupid choice..." She said. NT-03 was placed in a chokehold by Eric. She then grounded herself, flipping him over. NT-03 stood up, and Diana looked at her. "Kill that stupid girl." Diana ordered. NT-03 immediately pulled a blade from her boot, and threw it at Facade's head. She then ran directly to Facade, doing a forward roll and sending two fists to Facade's stomach [Ice Bomb].

Sorin ran out, when Marcella started firing at Diana to help Eric up. "Get up, pretty boy!" He yelled.

Diana swiftly moved behind a metal object, as bullets began to bounce off of it. Then, WA-01 stepped out. Chris' face looked directly at Marcella. Diana laughed maniacally, "OH WHAT POETIC JUSTICE!" She screamed. "I wish I could stick around to watch all of you die, but... alas! I have better things to do than watch roaches get squished!"

Her laugh echoed through the hall, as WA-01 charged at Marcella!

[Ling Xiaoyu]

Due to the impact of Ely's punches, it caused Facade to stumble pushing her back towards a tree. "Want to play rough huh? I can play rough too!" Facade pulls away from the tree, charging in Ely's direction she would deliver a fury of punches ranging from high to mid...

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After being falling to the ground after tussling with Ely, Eric was pulled to his feet by an unknown man who just to happened to call him "pretty boy.." Due to his injuries he could care less right now as he wanted to get to a safe place and fast...

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With her gun still pointing at Diana, Marcella's mouth gaped open as she realized that the almost Terminator like figure resembled that of the man she loved greatly...

"C-Chris?!?" Marci was astonished, but quickly got her act together getting into her fighting stance to prepare to fight with the man she loved the most...