Chapter 9 - The Superhuman

Takashi was walking up to the police station, when he was stopped by his friend Norio.

"Good morning Takashi" Norio said.

"Good morning Detective Norio" Takashi said.

"You don't have to say 'detective', Norio is fine" He said.

They walked together to the station.

"What do we have to do today?" Takashi asked.

"Ha" Norio said. "Today we have a new member?"

"New member?" Takashi asked, even though he knew who it was.

They entered a room, a woman, maybe the same age as Yuudai and Emi, sitting on a chair and playing on her phone.

"Eh..?" Takashi said confused.

The woman noticed them and immediately hid her phone.

"This is Melinda Cor, she will help with the investigations" Norio said.

"I see" Takashi said. "But why?"

"Hmm? Why?" Norio said, confused. "What do you mean why?"

"Like, why specifically her?" Takashi asked.

"Oh, yeah" Norio realized. "Show him"

"Show what?" Melinda asked, confused.

"Well you know, the 'super' thing" Norio said.

"Oh! You mean 'that'.." Melinda looked around. "There isn't a lot of space you know"

"Let's do it at the back of the building" Norio suggested.

They walked to the back of the building, there was no one around to see them.

"So, grab my hand" Melinda said.

"I'm married" Takashi said.

"Grab my hand!" Melinda said.

He sighed and grabbed her hand.

"3.." She started counting down.

"Why are you counting dow-"

"Go!" She suddenly shouted.

She launched to the air with takashi in hand, they were high up in the clouds.

"E-Eh..?" Takashi said suprised. "Wait.. AHHHHHHHHHH!!" He suddenly realized he was falling.

"Calm down" Melinda said.

She landed on the floor with Takashi safely.

"How was the view?" Norio asked with a smile.

"I think..." Takashi ran to a wall and started vomiting.

"I-I see.." Norio said. "We'll be waiting inside, take your time"

"Y-Yeah, than-" He continued puking.

"We should leave him" Norio left him a bottle of water and went back inside with Melinda.

"She jumped very high.." Takashi thought to himself while he drank water. "Anyways, I should get inside"

He walked back inside, Norio and Melinda were waiting for him.

"You feeling fine already?" Norio asked.

"Yeah" Takashi said. "Just took me by suprise"

"So how was the view?" Norio asked.

"We almost hit a flying car" Takashi said.

Suddenly a voice came through Norio and Takashi's radio on their pockets.

"WJO members sighting at Moonlight Plaza" The communicator said.

"Moonlight Plaza..? If I remember correctly, there was a protest going on over there" Norio said. "We should get there immediately"

They all ran outside to Norio's car.

"Get in" Norio said.

Norio and Takashi went inside the car, but Melinda stayed outside.

"What are you doing?!" Takashi said in a hurry. "Get in!"

"I can go there in just a few minutes" Melinda said. "But I need someone to guide me there"

Takashi sighed. "I'll go with her" he said.

He exited the car in a hurry and held her hand.

"Well leeeeeeet's go!" She said happily.

Takashi embraced.

"I'll be right behind ya" Norio said, inside his car.

Melinda launched to the air, with Takashi in hand.

"So which way?" Melinda asked.

"Over there" He pointed to a tall building.

"Let's go!" Melinda said.

They jumped roof to roof with haste.

"So" Melinda said while jumping on the roofs. "Why is it called Moonlight Plaza?"

"Eh..?" Takashi was a bit dizzy. "A-At night the plaza s-shines very bright.. l-like the light of the moon"

"Only that?" Melinda said disappointed. "Well, I don't judge Japan"

After a few jumps, they've arrived in the Moonlight Plaza. It was full of police pointing a gun at a man, some protestants were being handled by the police to not trespass and a big statue in the middle.

"Tell me, who is that member over there" Melinda pointed at the man while she put on some sort of mask.

A UI appeared infront of Takashi, he scrolled through some files with pictures on it.

"Phantom Bird.. Phantom Huntress..." He stopped on a file. "Aha! The Ravanger"

"The Ravanger?" Melinda giggled a bit. "What does he do?"

"He has quite an impressive strength" Takashi read. "He uses a technological hammer that can release powerful shockwaves"

A few cops flew over them.

"Like that for example" Takashi said. "And-"

"Enough! There's no more time!" Melinda stopped him.

"But-"

Melinda sprinted at Nobou, with the intent of punching him. Suddenly a woman tackled her from the right and Melinda got launched to a crowd of police.

"And he usually is always with the Samurai Princess.." Takashi sighed.

"I-I should have waited.." Melinda said while she stood back up.

"I might have found a worthy opponent" Mizuki said to Nobou.

"Have fun" Nobou said.

Mizuki walked to Melinda, with a katana in hand.

"Who are you?"Mizuki asked while she pointed her katana at her.

"SB-103" Melinda said.

"SB-103?" Takashi wondered, what did SB and 103 mean?

"Give me a good fight" Mizuki swung her blade at her and got suprised.

Melinda had stopped the blade with her hands, unharmed, she had a tight grip.

"Were you saying?" Melinda said.

Mizuki let go of her katana and backed away. The katana disappeared on Melinda's hand and formed back on Mizuki's hand.

"Oh, nano tech" Melinda said. "Looks amazing"

Mizuki continuously swang her sword at her, Melinda dodged and blocked with ease. Until Mizuki started running out of stamina and stopped.

"Done?" Melinda was unharmed.

"Dammit" Mizuki thought to herself. "She really is quite fast-"

Melinda appeared infront of her. "You should focus on your opponent" she said with a smile.

"Shi-" Mizuki got a punched to the stomach and was launched to the statue, she was knocked out.

"She knocked her out in a punch!?" Takashi thought to himself suprised.

Nobou walked to her, enraged. "How dare you!?" he said menacingly.

He swung his hammer at her, with incredible force, destroying the floor around him.

"This hammer is quite slow" Melinda was standing on top of it. "Or maybe.. It's you"

Nobou tried to slap her off the hammer, but got launched to the air by an uppercut from Melinda.

"Ugh-!"

Melinda jumped to the air and kicked Nobou with force to the floor, making a bigger destruction in the plaza.

Even though after suffering the powerful attack, Nobou stood back up.

"You are quite a tough man" Melinda said.

She charged at him, but she didn't expect a headbutt from him that launched her a few feet away from him.

"Ow, that hurt" Melinda joked. "Now, let me return the favour"

Melinda appeared in front of him and headbutted him, he dug to the ground a bit and got knocked out. The two of them had been defeated.

"Well that was easy" Melinda said.

Takashi looked in shocked, the police officers celebrated for their victory. Norio had finally arrived, he was in a hurry.

"I'm late.." He said disappointed. "Why did I crash with another flying car?"

A figure fell from the sky, it was The Phantom Bird, Yuudai.

"The leader" Norio said suprised.

"Well well, I didn't expect that you would be able to defeat them" Yuudai said.

"You must be the leader" Melinda said. "I just have to defeat you"

"You think that's easy?" Yuudai asked.

"Of course" Melinda confidently said. "Watch!"

She charged at him, Yuudai threw some sort of device that released an electric net and caught Melinda off guard, she got stuck.

"You might have won the battle today, but not the war" Yuudai said.

"Fight me!" Melinda said angrily. "Coward!"

"Trying to survive is being a coward?" Yuudai asked. "Don't you get it? The government-"

"Bla bla bla I can't hear you!" elinda covered her ears and acted like a child.

Yuudai sighed. "Is she really a big threat?" he thought to himself.

"Take him down!" Norio shouted at the police officers.

The police were about to shoot him, but Yuudai threw a device that released a dense smoke.

"Crap! They're going to leave!" Takashi acted.

Norio ran through the smoke, trying to capture The Phantom Bird.

A few seconds later the smoke dispersed, revealing The Ravanger, The Samurai Princess and The Phantom Bird gone without a trace.

"Dammit!" Norio stomped the floor in anger.

Melinda broke the electric net, she was angry.

"How dare he!?" Melinda said angrily. "No one humiliates me!"

"What do we do now?" Takashi asked.

"Head back to the station, there's nothing left here" Norio said angry. "You guys go ahead, I need to calm down a bit"

Takashi nodded and headed to Norio's car with Melinda.

"Dammit, I never felt this angry before" Melinda said.

"Well, you will be a lot of times during this investigation" Takashi said.

"No one has bested me before" Melinda said.

"I don't doubt it" Takashi said. "But hey, you defeated two of the strongest WJO members, something that the police couldn't do"

"Strongest?" Melinda asked. "They were quite weak, in just a few attacks they got defeated"

"I see, anyways wanna eat something?" Takashi asked. "You must be hungry"

"I'll take a burger" Melinda said.

They walked to get something to eat, Takashi was a bit nervous after what he saw.

"She's incredibly powerful" Takashi thought to himself. "No wonder Yuudai thought she was dangerous"

Melinda noticed that he was spacing out. "Something on your mind?" she asked, curious.

"Oh nothing, just wondering what to do with my daughter later" Takashi lied.

"Maybe play some cards" Melinda suggested.

Both of them went inside a fast food restaurant, not knowing that someone spied on them from a far, it was Emi.

"Part 1 Complete" Emi said on her phone. "We know how strong and fast she is, start Part 2"

She walked back into the shadows with a bag on her hand.