Entering into the building from the rooftop doors, Rio reaches a set of stairs leading deeper into the building. He could hear the faint sounds of chatter as he descended the stairs."Are there other people here?" Rio pondered as the voices became louder."Maybe we could ask them where the exit is?" Lynn said enthusiastically."I don't think that's likely." Rio replied. "I just hope they're not feral."As he continued walking,Rio soon heard a loud voice coming from around the corner."I'm tired of waiting, I want to get out of here already." The voice came from a rather large man with an afro. "Can someone tell me what's taking so long?""I'm sorry sir, but there's been a problem with the spaces.Apparently, someone has been tampering with some of them. Until we catch the intruder, we have been stationed to wait here."That's ridiculous. Why can't that almighty overseer take care of it? or at least tell us where the intruder is. He's always going on about how he sees everything but he
Rio takes a few minutes to explain the situation at the false church to Dawna and Nissa."That sounds kind of wild don't you think?" I mean, a magical church controlling people in the middle of the city. That can't be true."Don't dispute the idea yet Dawns. There are plenty of oddities in the realm. We just haven't noticed yet.""How could we not have when it has apparently gotten this bad already. You can't seriously consider this as a possibility, Nissa.""Of course I am. Until we see this trope for ourselves, we should both consider this as a possibility.Nissa looks towards Dawna sternly until she gives up."Fine! I'll go with you to check out this fabled Troupe, but it will have to wait till later. I'm too tired to hunt down an evil church.""Haha, alright. We can check it out another time. Go ahead and get your beauty sleep." Nissa chuckles as she watches Dawna exit the room with a wave."You should rest too, You've had quite the long day,'' Nissa says to him as she pets him on
After what feels like forever, Dawna comes back out of the room. Fully clothed this time and takes a seat at the table. Nissa had already made her a plate and sat it down in front of her."Thanks Nissa darling." Dawna says as she blows a kiss towards her."Just finish eating. Rio and I have been waiting forever. How long does it take you to get ready anyways?""What can I say, Perfection takes time." Dawna grins as she takes a bite out of a piece of bacon.Nissa rolls her eyes as she starts gathering up her equipment. She straps her rifle across her back and puts on a pair of gloves.After finishing, she goes to sit by Rio, almost slipping along the way.Walking it off as if she didn't almost fall, she takes a seat and the two of them wait for Dawna to finish.She was done in no time as she shoveled the meal into her mouth and stood up."Alright, let's get going." She says with her mouth still full.Outside of their dorm is a vehicle fit for two people."I'm so glad that we were able
"Alright little guy, how about we hit the town. I'm gonna show you how a real woman investigates." Dawna says as she takes hold of Rio and drags him along."I'm not so sure what that means but it can't be good." Rio thinks to himself as she drags him outside the house.Dawna runs down the street gathering greetings from all the men as she goes."Here's a little lesson from your mamma. The best way to find someone that doesn't belong, is to know everyone that does belong."As she runs through the town, she begins noting down all of the men who don't greet her, along with any women that don't scowl at her."Alright, let's see who I can add to my list."She walks into a bar and starts gathering names from the men and women inside as well as scheduling some appointments for later.Rio is speechless as he watches her work, but he can't complain. It may be a bit unorthodox but it sure is working."Good morning Rio. What are you up to." Lynn had woken up from her nap and was now watching dil
"That doesn't seem very lady-like, Rio. Shouldn't you... stop her?" Lynn was blushing ear to ear while watching Dawna make her rounds."What do you want me to do about her? It's not like I can just run up there and stop her. Not that I would want to if I could." Rio said with a smile."You can at least grab her clothes for her. It would be a shame if she lost them." Lynn sighed in embarrassment."I'm not touching those, and I doubt she minds too much." Rio says as he watches Dawna walking down a set of stairs wearing a messy set of clothes."Right little guy. I can confirm that this guy is not the one we are looking for. Dawna says in between heavy breaths as she goes to take him into her arms once more.Jumping out of the way, Rio begins writing on his device."No need to carry me. I think I'll be fine on my own!"The thought of being carried in her sullied arms sent shivers down his spine. And Lynn felt the same."Hmm, okay. Suit yourself."Dawna chuckles as she walks towards a door
Slamming open the heavy hatch Nissa bends down and grabs hold of a bar. She descends down the ladder, which was surprisingly sturdy, and reaches a small room with a single door leading out.entering the door placed her in another room where a message was delivered through a speaker."Decontamination procedure in 5,4,3,2,1..."When the countdown finishes, a green gas is sprayed throughout the chamber.The gas was harmless and once it was finished and vented out of the chamber the glass doors slid open.on the other side of the door was a labyrinth of hallways and rooms.The walls were white and ceiling lights fill the area with an eerie glow.Nissa looks around the rooms as she takes in her surroundings."So this is their secret base huh? What an absolute dump." She mumbles to herself.Most of the rooms were empty and she was able to get a sense of the layout and general flow of the place.Although as she ventured deeper inside, she began to hear the sounds of people conversing in the
Nissa fired upon the machine's skull dealing little damage as her bullets failed to penetrate its armor."That's not good. This thing isn't going to be easy to take out." She says as she keeps firing as it moves closer to her.She reloads her rifle as the machine walks past without paying much attention to her."I guess it doesn't care about me." She says with confusion as she takes aim and shoots it once more.The machine smashes its arm through a large locker and rips out a weapon of its own.A short blade with a gun barrel attached to its end. Powering on the weapon, The machine aims it in Nissa's direction.Without any change in emotion the machine fires a shot past her cheek, blasting through the scientist behind her, leaving his stomach agape.After dealing with the scientist, the machine turns its hatred towards Nissa, slashing at her with the blade.She dodges the first blow and stabs the machine in the leg causing her knife to bend, failing to pierce the machine.She follows
Nissa returns to the residence to see that Dawna and Rio were already there."Hey there Nissa. You're just in time. We've just finished checking out everyone suspicious in town." Dawna says as she walks up to her waiting to receive her praise."Good job Dawna. So what do you have for us?" She asks with a raised eyebrow."check this out"Dawna hands a piece of paper over to Dawna containing the names of 11 citizens."These are the people who have only recently arrived in town. No one seems to know who they are and they don't have any family members residing in town either. Everyone else on Alex's list has been accounted for by yours truly." Dawna states proudly."More like screwed by yours truly." Nissa adds which gives Dawna a quick chuckle.Nissa compares the names on the list with the names documented in the lab reports.Most of them lead to a dead end except for two. One of which had long departed from this realm, escorted by his own creation.The other name was related to the fema