It was the graveyard...of the Dark Umbrella….here Van Helsing Tom Fog was now being buried.
(Dong!) (Dong) (Dong)
Ms. Valentine: "….Dear people...today we unfortunately have to say goodbye to a valuable comrade….Tom Fog….better known as Van Helsing…"
Sophie: "Hmm."
Fiona: "….Hahh…"
Lina: "I didn't think I'd visit a graveyard again so soon."
Siegfried: "Hmm…"
Meliodas: "Shhh.."
Ms. Valentine: "Tom Fog…...was a man who tried to save people."
Cossette: "hmm."
Sternlight: "...Unpleasant."
Chloe: "Yeah.."
Suspenders: "Mhm.."
((Meanwhile))
In Demari lies one of the largest stadiums of the Owls..
Owl Member: "Hahahaha...Tom Fog is dead...did you hear about it?"
Owl Member: "Yeah….yeah...I heard about it…..hehehehe…...Now we don't have to take them seriously anymore..."
Javert: "Hmmm…..hehehehehehe…."
Owl Member: "Javert...I have good news, the woman you had observed…..actually has a connection with the Dark Umbrella….Naomi Petit is close friends with Fiona Philomela Household...one of the Crows.."
Javert: "I see…...hehehehe….How about we...pay this Naomi….a little visit?….is she in Weimarer or where is she?"
Owl Member: "Yes."
Javert: "Good…..Let me know when she's there..although you know what, I'll just wait at the airport myself.."
((Meanwhile))
Ms. Valentine: "Thank you very much for your visit ….You may leave now.."
Sophie: "Hahh...huh?"
Sophie saw Daisy….she was still in shock.
Sophie: "Daisy…"
Fiona: "Hmm….Hahhhh…."
Sophie: "Hmm."
They walked toward her…
Daisy: "mmm."
Fiona: "Hey...Daisy.."
Daisy: "ahh….Fiona...Sophie.....is..something wrong?"
Fiona: "Come on or you'll catch a cold…"
Daisy: "…..mmm….what do you think Fiona….how is this possible…..she...she must have defeated Tom together with someone, Tom would never…..never just die like that.."
Fiona: "Hahhh…...Meliodas warned him...and told the Dark Umbrella that we shouldn't underestimate her…"
Daisy: "Underestimate…..As if that woman is that strong!"
Sophie: "She is the daughter of Death and even has the same curse and magic of Death himself...Rudeus…..Yeah..she's strong...very strong even.."
Fiona: " Hmmm…"
She walked to Tom's grave and took the flowers..
Daisy: "huh?"
Fiona: "Remember...Daisy….when Master once said that if he dies he wants the flower petals to slowly fall onto his grave....he loved flowers so much ...especially roses.."
Daisy: "Yeah….I'll...help you."
They slowly let the petals fall.
Daisy: "mmm."
Fiona: "Ghhh…."
Daisy: " I ….will kill this Zantanel.."
Fiona: "Forget it.."
Daisy: "huh?"
Fiona: "….Hahh..we don't stand a chance…...if she even defeated Tom...how are we..his former assistants supposed to do it?"
Daisy: "Huh….ugh.."
Fiona: "Just let it go…...in our job…...it's unfortunately normal….that so many die…."
Daisy: "But he was a vampire...how did she kill him isn't that insane?..he was a Prime Vampire….."
Fiona: "I think..it could be because of the ashes…..her ashes are strong….don't forget ashes are the weakness of every cursed being …..besides if someone takes your heart...you're dead….even if you're a Prime Vampire…"
Daisy: "mmm...And who...will become one of the Crows now?...who will it be…?…."
Sophie: "Marcus….The Dark Umbrella decided to choose Marcus as the new Crow…..he was also a student of Tom Fog…..and Tom Fog himself said he was the best candidate for it.."
Daisy: "That means...Sophie...Fiona, me and Marcus are now Crows ...hehehe…..Three former students of Tom Fog…..me….Marcus ,Fiona and I….isn't that nice….."
(Patch!)(Patch)
Marcus: " I don't think so…"
Daisy: "Marcus?"
Sophie: "Marcus."
Fiona: "I thought you were on a mission."
Marcus: " Nope….It got canceled….hahhh….I was his student too...but only for a short while…..Not like you two…"
Sophie: "huh?..how long."
Fiona: "hmm?"
Daisy: "Wait not even a year?"
Marcus: "It was only for three days….nothing more...he trained everyone in my station back then ...the station where I was….still….He was cool…"
Sophie: "hmm."
Fiona: " …..hahh."
Marcus: " Be careful by the way….Ms. Valentine said the Owls might take advantage of this."
Fiona: "Huh?"
Sophie: "Right, they were afraid of Tom which is why they never really hurt us.."
Marcus: "That could change now…..speaking of that...where's the new one?….That pretty girl with the violet hair?"
Sophie: "Violet….she's on an important mission…."
((Meanwhile))
Violet: " Hahhh....you must be him….Hello...are...you Javier.."
Javier: "Hmm?"
Violet: "Former Owl member?.."
Javier: "Hahhh...Yes?"
Violet: "Sorry for disturbing you sir…..but I have some questions for you, I belong to the Dark Umbrella.."
Javier: "I see…..Come in."
She went inside.
Javier: " Hmph…."
Violet: "Uhm...sir...why did you leave the Owls.."
Javier: "Hehehehe...you're quick….very simple...at some point….I had the feeling they were going too far."
Violet: "What do you mean?"
Javier: "….Have you ever heard of the case ...Code 909E?.."
Violet: "No."
Javier: " …..A whole village…..was murdered…...by the Owls."
Violet: "huh!"
Javier: "Exactly...children..women….elderly people….More than two thousand people for an experiment .."
Violet: "What kind?"
Javier: " Hmmm....Hahhhhh…...that experiment …..was meant to see whether it could make humans…..sick or turn them into mutants…."
Violet: "What?"
Javier: "Exactly…...it didn't work..the people died full of torture and pain....I was there…...I saw how that one child…..begged…...and said that it hurt....I became furious…...and turned my back on the Owls….."
Violet: "Why did they want to create mutants?"
Javier: "Hahhh…..experiments …..They wanted to see if they could combine mutation ….and humans, meaning ...humans who transform...and carry out missions for them….whether killing…..or something else …..after that they tested a poison on another village...that poison caused people to go insane…...and kill each other.:"
Violet: "ugh.."
Javier: " it was a gas …..They wanted to see if it was possible to make humans kill each other through fear….through a kind of brain manipulation that makes the brain think the other person wants to attack or harm them…..The Owls..weren't always completely like this...sure we sometimes carried out experiments but not on humans....But eventually they started doing it….By the way…..girl…..I warn you about a certain person….warn your people about him too…..Javert…...no matter what happens…..never go near that sick psychopath…...he led those two experiments, he was the commander of that unit.....and he long stopped thinking about humans and only thinks about himself….but don't think the Dark Umbrella is innocent either….it's better but not innocent….hmph…...well at least you don't kill innocents anymore…..You used to though, but ever since that new woman came, Ms. Valentine …...things have improved…."
Violet: "Ohh…."
Javier: "Anything else?"
Violet: " Yes....Do you know who Zantanel Kafka is?"
Javier: "Zantanel Kafka?…...I've heard of her indeed…...She's supposed to be the daughter of Death...a half-human half-undead…..yes I've heard of that...what do you want to know?"
Violet: "Is it true….that you once helped her.."
Javier: "What...No."
Violet: "There are reports that some of your people actually helped her….."
Javier: "Noi….wait…...Ughh...Impossible…...Those experiments…."
Violet: "huh?"
Javier: " They knew from the start it would kill people, they didn't want mutation …..but something else ….Hahh…..That poison…..came....from…..ashes!"
Violet: "ashes..."
Javier: "Yeah..I just remembered it now….but I don't know ..what that has to do with Zantanel."
Violet: "Ashes….sir....Zantanel….One of her abilities and the most dangerous one…..is...the….ashes.."
Javier: "ughh….."
Violet: "But why ..would the Owls want her ashes?"
Javier: " ….To have a powerful weapon, that's why….."
Violet: "What would Zantanel gain from that?"
Javier: "Good question…...Maybe she herself didn't even know what they wanted with her..maybe there was some kind of deal…..yeah that could be it..let me think for a moment….yes I remember….One day suddenly one of the projects was released…..they said it escaped but ...with all those guards it didn't seem like escaping would be easy.."
Violet: "Hmm?"
Javier: " The project was a girl…...Her name….was….Russlana..."
Violet: "ughh…"
((Meanwhile))
Naomi: "Hahhh..."
Javert: " hehehe...got you.."
Naomi: "huh...mmm!"
He covered her mouth.
Naomi: "Mmmmm…"
Javert: "shhhh..shhhhh.....don't worry I won't kill you...but you're coming with me....To the Slavic Empire...hehehehe….I want to show your friends Fiona and Cossette something…
(A few hours later)
They were back in their building…
Sophie: "We made food."
Lina: " Anyone who wants to eat, please come…"
Cossette: "Yes.."
Fiona: "Okay.."
Chloe: " Mhm."
They stood up...but just then…..they got a call.
(Ring)
Sophie: "huh?"
Fiona: "hmm...I'll get it."
She answered.
Fiona: "Yes hello….Dark Umbrella station in Eager Brünn Street Bernts...How can I help….."
Javert: " Hello….."
Fiona: "Hello?….."
Javert: "….she is truly beautiful….that woman….hehehe…"
Fiona: "Excuse me?…"
Javert: " Hehehe...soon you'll understand….hehe…"
He hung up.
Fiona: "(Sweating)….Uhm…..what was that just now.."
(Knock) (Knock)
Fiona: "huh?"
Lina: "I'll open it.."
She walked to the door and opened it….
Lina: "aaaaaaaaarghhh."
Fiona: "Ugh!"
Sophie: "What's wrong!"
They quickly ran to her.
Fiona: "What happened?"
Lina: "Hahh....Look…..over there…"
Fiona: "huh…..ughuh!!!!!!"
Sophie: "Huh?"
Cossette: "What…..is Naomi…..doing there….on the ...ground.."
Naomi ...was lying on the floor….with her eyes wide open …..She had lost one arm….and one of her eyes was completely covered in blood.
Fiona: "Naomi!...Naomi!!"
She ran to her….Naomi only had an undershirt on….
Fiona: "Quick….quick call an ambulance...everyone please!"
Sophie: "yes..yes!"
She quickly ran.
(A few minutes later)
(Weee..weee….weeee)
Naomi was carried away.
Police Officer: "….do you have any idea...who did this?"
Sophie: "ugh No."
Fiona: "I got….a..call…...but I don't know who it was from…"
Police Officer: "I understand, we'll investigate it...By the way..that woman….uhm…..Let's hope she survives…"
They went inside.
Sophie: "...ugh..Fiona."
Fiona: "Hahhh...hahhhh….."
Sophie: " Hey.."
Fiona: "...do you think...she'll make it….."
Sophie: "ughuh...I...don't know...she was horribly injured….."
Cossette: "Hahhh.."
Lina: "Come here..come here...I'll bring you to your room.."
Siegfried: "Who could do something like this to a lady…"
(Knock ,Knock)
Lina: "huh."
Siegfried: "hmm?"
Sophie: "I...I'll open the door."
She opened the door.
Police Officer: "Excuse me..we found a box…..It probably belonged to the victim."
Fiona: "huh…."
Sophie: "hmm?"
They took it, the officer left...and they closed the door.
Sophie: "What is this?"
Fiona: "hahh.."
Siegfried: "hmm."
They gathered around to see it….Sophie opened it slightly.
Sophie: "Ugh…."
Siegfried: "Hahhh..."
Fiona: "..hahhhhh…."
One of the pictures…..showed Naomi's arm…...On the other pictures...it was something else.
She quickly closed the box.
Sophie: "Nude photos..."
Siegfried: "What kind of pig...could go that far…"
(Flash)
Sophie: "Hahh…."
Lina: "oh.."
Fiona: "hmmmm….ghhhh...."
Sophie: "Ugh..Fiona."
Fiona looked so furious….that her eyes were completely wide open and she bit her lips until blood came out.
Fiona: "Whoever it...was…..I will....Never…...let him live peacefully…..neither him…..nor the people who helped him!...…"
Sophie: "Hmmm..but who could it be…"
Siegfried: "We have cameras, can't we check them?"
Sophie: "Right."
Fiona: " Hahh. Right…..Yes.."
Lina: "Then let's check."
They went to the room with the camera recordings…
Sophie: "hmmm….Go back a little.."
Fiona: "hmm."
Siegfried: "hmm….."
Sophie: "There..there…..right there...someone is holding the box…...ugh."
Fiona: "Ughh….."
Siegfried: "Who is that...do you know him."
Sophie: "Yes…...Unfortunately ...we know him a little...we met him in Titia.."
Fiona: "Javert......one of the Owls…"
Lina: "Why would he even do that."
(Knock, Knock)
Sophie: "Is today open house day or what?!"
She walked to the door and opened it..
Sophie: "Ugh..Marcus."
Marcus: " Let me guess...you also received a gift?"
Sophie: "How do you know that?"
Marcus: "Because I got one too…..that one there.."
He showed it to her.
Sophie: "Huh…"
Fiona: "What's wrong...huh….Marcus...ghh.ugh..what is that.."
Marcus: "A photo of my sister….it's a threat….they're saying they know where she is…..I asked Daisy, she got something too…"
Sophie: "Hmm?"
Marcus: " Hmm….it was hair…..Her mother's hair….who has been in the hospital for years….and someone even gave her a kiss on the cheek…..He's mocking us…"
Sophie: "We also...received something...well...uhm…"
Fiona: "Naomi…"
Marcus: "Naomi?.."
Sophie: "A friend of ours..Well Fiona's and Cossette's….I personally never met her…."
Sophie handed him the photos.
Marcus: "ghhh….(cough)…...okay…..I understand….Clearly ...this person…..wants to tell us that they can hurt anyone connected to us whenever they want….They watched Daisy's mother and even played around with her comatose body…..Photos of my sister and now photos of this Naomi…."
Sophie: "Her body was placed here…..she was...really badly hurt….she lost an arm and an eye…"
Marcus: "Who did it?"
Fiona: "Javert."
Marcus: "Javert….hmmm….ahh...I get it, that's why he was so brutal toward you all.."
Fiona: "Huh?"
Marcus: " Meliodas, when he was one of the Crows...killed Javert's father…..And your grandmother...Fiona...Layla …..has his grandmother on her conscience.."
Fiona: "I see…...Hey if he misses her that much...then I can make sure he lies beside her in the grave…"
Marcus: " I'll help you…."
Sophie: "Me too…..well...I didn't get anything....I think."
Lina: "You received a letter this morning….but you never opened it."
Sophie: "Hmm.."
She took it and quickly opened it.
Sophie: "…..mmm….yeah....yes...me too.."
Marcus: "Hmm?"
Fiona: " What is it?"
Marcus: "If it's okay tell us."
Sophie: "Hahh...it's just….Uhm….Hah."
She showed it to them ….they were dead people.
Sophie: "Those are the corpses of my parents.."
Fiona: "Ughh."
Marcus: "ughh…..but they were murdered a long time ago, why do they have photos from the case? I thought the mafia did that.."
Sophie: "Yeah...they did too…..I...don't know where they got these photos from...but one thing is certain…..This son of a bitch will regret it.."
Marcus: " (Sweating) Hmph...when Sophie says things like that….that means she's angry...alright…...I'll gather information about Javert, where he lives and so on...I still have to report to the Dark Umbrella.."
Sophie: "okay…."
He left the building..
Sophie: "Hmm….Tom is barely dead and they already think they're better than us."
Fiona: "Well if that's the case..we'll show them who's boss.."
Sophie: "Hmm…"
Fiona: "I need time…."
Sophie: "Hahhh…"