chapter 24: who's out there

[inaba walks into the prison]

Inaba: Is anyone here?.

Inaba: if so then come out or you'll die.

[mazato hears inabas voice]

Mazato: someones here, maybe they can let me out.

[mazato begins to beat on the iron bars in her cell]

[inaba smiles]

Inaba: ah,they forgot a prisoner.

[inaba walks closer and closer to the noise]

Inaba: who's there?.

[mazato realises that inaba is coming closer]

Mazato: it's me mazato kusake.

[inaba smiles]

Inaba: Well,well.. I guess the police forgot you.

Mazato: Please help me.

[inaba looks down at mazato on the ground begging]

Inaba: what are you doing?.

Mazato: Please help me, I need to know that my kids are ok.

[inaba smiles]

Inaba: don't worry they're safe, I guess the police announced what was going on.

[mazato looks at inaba surprised]

Mazato: What do you mean?.

[inaba laughs]

Inaba: im taking over the city, it sucks that you're stuck here

Mazato: what?.

[inaba knocks out mazato]

Inaba: That'll keep her quiet for a while.

Inaba: Now let's see what saito is doing.

[inaba calls saito]

Saito: hello?.

Inaba: where are you?.

Saito: I'm at the city hall waiting.

[inaba realises he was meant to meet saito]

Inaba: oh, sorry about that.

Saito: It's fine.

Inaba: meet me at the prison. I'll discuss all the details once you get here.

Saito: understood.

[saito hangs up]

Saito: [sigh] I wonder why he wants me to meet him at the prison.

Saito: It doesn't matter, orders are orders.

[saito walks to the prison]

Saito: why the prison, it's like he's hiding something.

[after sometime saito arrives at the city hall]

inaba: I need to show you something.

Saito: ok, what is it?.

Inaba: I found us a test subject.

[saito looks at inaba surprised]

Saito: how?, usually they take all the prisoners when there is an evacuation.

[inaba smiles]

Inaba: I know, that's the good thing.

Saito: My question is why did they leave just one?.

Inaba: I'm not sure I would think that if they would take them all.

Saito: I know, that's weird.

Inaba: well come on and i'll show you.

Saito: ok.

[inaba and saito walk to mazatos cell]

Inaba: Well there she is.

[saito looks at mazato in shock]

Saito: Is that?.

Inaba: yes, that is mazato kusake.

Saito: the one who destroyed the city hall?.

Inaba: yes.

Inaba: honestly i was lucky enough to knock her out in time.

Saito: So what are we going to do now?.

[inaba laughs]

Inaba: I need you to use your organ strand so I can implant this device to where I can give orders to her strand.

[saito looks at inaba surprised]

Saito: Are you sure it'll work?.

Inaba: no, that's why she's a test subject.

Saito: So you're going to put this device in her head without knowing if it works or not.

Inaba: yeah, if she dies she dies.

Inaba: Are you some kind of spie?.

Saito: what no.

Inaba: ok, don't forget if you're lying I will execute you.

Saito: I understand.

Inaba: good.

[inaba holds up mazato]

Inaba: Now, open the back of her head with your organ strand.

Saito: ok.

[saito opens the back of mazatos head with his organ strand]

Inaba: Good, now I put this device in and she should be under my control.

[inaba puts the device in mazatos head and saito closes the back of her head]

Saito: Do you think it worked?.

Inaba: I'm not sure.

Saito: Can we test it out?.

Inaba: sure, fire!.

[mazatos black hole power begins to grow]

Inaba: yes, it works.

[saito looks at inaba surprised]

Saito: Wait, we successfully controlled someone else's strand?.

Inaba: yes.

[ise calls hatano]

Ise: hey is there any new updates?.

Hatano: not yet we haven't seen anything.

Ise: ok, that's weird.

Hatano: what?.

Ise: there is a huge surge of power in the prison but it isn't inaba.

Hatano: You dont think it's.

Ise: we're not sure yet so don't worry.

Hatano: ok.

Ise: i'll get someone out there immediately to check on it, we don't want any more trouble than what we have.

Hatano: yeah.

Ise: well i have to go, i'll get a team out there as soon as i can to see what's going on.

Hatano: ok.

[ise hangs up]

Hatano: Everyone in the prison was transferred so it can't be.

[yoichi puts his hand on hatanos shoulder]

Yoichi: What's going on?.

Hatano: there was a huge surge of power at the prison.

Yoichi: how? I thought it was only inaba and his henchmen.

Hatano: I know that's the thing.

[yadara and narimo walk in the room]

Yadara: what's going on?.

[hatano looks at yadara surprised]

Hatano: oh, they think there's someone else in the prison.

Narimo: how?.

Hatano: We're not sure yet, ise is sending a team out there as soon as he can to see what's going on.

Yadara: if they don't get anyone out there soon we'll go back out there.

Hatano: We can't.

Yadara: I don't care if moms out there then we need to help her before inaba gets to her.

Narimo: yadaras right if no one gets out there soon inaba will get to her and try to do something to her.

Yoichi: kids, slow down we don't know if its your mom yet that's why ise is sending out a team to go look.

Yadara and narimo: ok

[yoichi smiles]

Yoichi: good.

[volume 3 july 10th]