Silence Pierced By Screams.

"Aren't you Juliet? What Elite rank 12?" Rayna asked, as she was the only one to recognize the lady in the armor, Juliet then nodded, "correct." She said, "I was pursuing Roland, or someone who I assumed to be Roland to be exact." She continued, as she remembered wandering around the labyrinth-like lab aimlessly, before she saw a glimpse of a man in blonde hair with some blood stains splattered all over his hair. 

"I called out to the man but instead, he just ran, and also quite nimble too." She said as she was stroking her chin, "then suddenly I lost him and stumbled across you guys." She recalled as the group continued wandering around the lab, the atmosphere was slightly more positive, because the group now had an elite rank with them. 

The group fell silent, more awkwardness than anything, as the only 2 who were speaking to each other were Juliet and Rayna, who were only talking about clothing brands. "That brand's overpriced. Their clothes are underwhelming at best." Juliet said as Rayna followed up with, "Literally! Also their 'luxury' bags cost too much, and they look like grocery bags with slightly better material." Rayna said. 

Suddenly Sakonori tapped Juliet's back, "Have you seen a guy named Satoya?" She asked, before the group sighed, "finally someone asked." Edward mumbled in relief, as he didn't want to interrupt a conversation between Rayna and an elite rank. The group went silent along with Juliet, although the silence only lasted for a couple seconds, it felt like hours for them. 

"Who?" Juliet asked, "I mean, I probably encountered him, what does he look like?" She asked. The group started rambling to her about what Satoya looked like, Sakonori raised her hand in the air, trying to "display" his height, Edward gave a precise answer, "he's 175.04 cm." With the group glaring at him, "you actually measured?" Johnathan stared with a raised eyebrow. 

"He's skinny." Isaac pointed out as he was the only one silently thinking, the group went silent again, and this silence was even louder. "Wow thanks Isaac, helpful information.." Edward said as he scratched his head. Even with this bombardment of descriptions, Juliet only shook her head, "nope, no idea, never encountered anyone like that here." She said with her arms crossed. 

"Oh.." The group groaned, as if they were somewhat disappointed in her answer. "But that makes me think, what is Satoya even doing, and where is he even?" Edward sighed. 

Meanwhile, Satoya was walking across the lab with Sendo, who ran into him after Yurina told him to "escape" or find safety. "Yeah, Ludwig really had to steal my spot as an elite rank," Sendo said with a calm and positive expression, but Satoya can easily tell if something ticked him off even more he'd explode in fury. "Also, do you know the maniac who was cackling like that?" He asked, as they were walking together in the lab. 

"That was Roland." Satoya said after clenching his fist in anger, "wait..You met Roland?" Sendo interrogated, he was more so trying to find information from Satoya on who Roland could be, "A ruthless psychopathic maniac who experimented on countless men, women, and children." Satoya said in a dismissive tone. 

"Welp, sounds fitting for a cataclysm of a disaster." Sendo sighed, before realizing and adding, "wait..You don't what I'm talking about do you?" He asked. Satoya blinked, completely oblivious. "What's a cataclysm?" 

Sendo coughed a little, remembering that Satoya wasn't even in the conference meeting earlier. "A cataclysm is like the main villain of a disaster….." Sendo said before a very detailed explanation ensued, with Satoya simply responding with a thumbs up. A muffled gunshots and screams pierced through the air, pulling Satoya from his daze like an alarm, causing Satoya to turn around.

"Could that be Roland?!" Satoya thought before sprinting toward the source, with Sendo following up.

As they were running, they saw a young adult, roughly 19-20 who appeared to be in college, holding up a pistol, firing nonstop while walking back, "stay away!" He cried before he looked to the side, taking a brief glance at Sendo and Satoya, before they could react, a sword was thrown, impaling the young adult's head in a single fluid motion.

Satoya and Sendo stopped right in their tracks, in shock, then before they processed what had happened, they saw a figure in a lab coat, with long auburn hair in the air in inhuman speed, swiftly grab the sword and sliced down, cutting the young adult from head to toe. 

Satoya's heart skipped a beat upon seeing the figure, his mind was empty, but a simple thought of disbelief lingering in his mind. 

"Yurina?"