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"Ou..."
"Akou...."
"Yakou...Darling...please wake up..."
Yakou groaned tiredly as a voice gently spoke in his ear.
"Darling please...you need to get up, you have to go...you can't stay here..." the voice continued sounding urgent yet gentle. They're....no...Her, Her voice sounded so familiar to Yakou yet he couldn't put a finger on it just yet. Yakou groaned again and carefully sat himself up hissing in pain as he did. Yakou softly cursed under his breath as he slowly opened his eyes and glanced around the dimly lit room letting his vision adjust to his surroundings. As Yakou continued to scan the room a sudden,dreadful realization hit him. He wasn't in his submarine,he wasn't even in the secret lab no,He was somewhere he shouldn't be...He hoped and prayed that he was wrong But,if his hunch was correct he was quite possibly in the one place he shouldn't be in...The Restricted Area.
Yakou's fears were all but confirmed when he noticed her, floating infront of him, a small yet tired smile on her face. His wife, this beautiful,transparent woman before him was none other than his late wife and Yakou couldn't help but to stare at her in awe. Yakou opened his mouth to speak but no words dared to come out only a pathetic little squeak was all he could muster. His wife floated over to Yakou and put a gentle hand on Yakou's cheek making the detective shudder a little, her expression looking worried "I don't have much time left So, I need you to listen to me. You NEED to get out of here Yakou...It's not safe for you to stay here. My cure seems to have worked for you but, my research seems to have been scattered around if you want to find it you can but I implore you to do so quickly!" she urged.
Yakou wanted to protest, to tell her to stay here with him or offer to stay here with her but a loud crash made both of them flinch and look towards the entrance of the destroyed research lab that they were in. Yakou blinked in surprise,fear and anxiety was starting to pool in his gut and as quickly as he could, Got himself up biting his cheek so he didn't make any pained sounds as he did. He skimmed any and every document he could find before adding it to a pile as his wife was watching over him the entire time pointing out anything that was hers or could be of use. Once he had everything he could find and salvage he glanced around looking for something to carry all the documents in when he suddenly spotted a dusty,beat up old briefcase nearby and quickly grabbed it putting everything inside.
The crashing sounds happened again making Yakou cringe at the sound as he closed the briefcase, The two of them made eye contact with each other both of them looking nervous and worried. Yakou picked up the case and held it in his arms not wanting it to make any sound as he made his escape. "I...I promise...I promise I'll make it out of here...I'll make it out and then I'll continue where you left off or at the very least I'll try my best too..." Yakou whispered only loud enough for her to hear.
His wife just smiled fondly at him and nodded "That's all I ask Yakou,I wish you luck" She replied before she faded away and Yakou couldn't help but let a few stray tears roll down his cheeks as she did. Yakou then shook his aching head and scrubbed his eyes with his sleeve he didn't have the time for tears right now, he had to go as much as he didn't want to. He took a deep breath, let it out then started to make his way out of the room when he noticed an immediate problem,he was injured...badly. He decided to take a moment and lean against the nearest door frame and assess the damage to his body. He went pale as he saw that his clothes were now a tattered and torn mess,he was covered in Blood,Mud,Scrapes,And large nasty looking bruises all over his arms and legs he honestly wouldn't be surprised if there were more than what he could see and feel at the moment but that would require further investigation something that he didn't have anymore time for. Yakou sighed softly, He would have to deal with all this later. Right now he had to escape and with that goal set in his mind he pushed himself up off the doorframe and quickly started to navigate his way out of the destroyed lab limping all the while as he did.
As Yakou made his way through the lab he couldn't help but be awe struck by the whole thing. Even if it was in utter ruins seeing all those pods and research equipment strewn about everywhere it was quite the site to behold.Even seeing the evening sky draped in twilight instead of rain clouds drew a soft gasp from the man. Another loud crash followed by angry growling and moaning quickly caught Yakou's attention and he hugged the briefcase to his chest holding his breath for a second as he listened. Yakou after a few moments of silence exhaled quietly then swallowed thickly as he came to a realization. If he was going to get out of here alive he was going to have to get past what ever was making all that noise. He took a few deep breaths steeling himself before he continued on his way.
Soon Yakou would discover what was making all that noise and what he saw shook him to his very core. There he was the very man he killed what felt like hours ago to him now was Dr. Heusca But, something was wrong...very wrong. The doctor was currently in midst of a very violent altercation with what looked zombies? ...Yeah,zombies was the best way to describe what was attacking the doctor. Yakou decided to get a little closer to see what exactly was going on and he couldn't help a soft gasp as he watched the chaos unfold clutching the briefcase close to his chest as the zombies stumbled around trying to get close to Dr. Huesca who upon further inspection looked just as zombified as his attackers did but he seemed...more aware? 'How strange...' Yakou thought to himself as he watched. Both parties were distracted for the time being by throwing each other into tables, chairs and the occasional desk or glass object each clatter,smash,shatter,bang and break sending a strong jolt of pain through Yakou's head. Honestly if this situation wasn't as horrifying to watch Yakou would find it a little funny that it took at least four Zombies to even get the doctor to slow down let alone stop him. Yakou only watched for a few seconds more before a desk that knocked several zombies down went flying through the door frame and Yakou just barely managed to duck under it. The Dectective now throughly spooked quickly got himself up not wanting to risk the zombies noticing him and quickly rushed up the multitude of stairs.
At this point he didn't care how much pain he was in anymore he needed to RUN, he needed to leave right then and there. So he ran,he ran as fast as he possibly could up the stairs, through the abandoned factory,the old village and jumping the odd fence or two as well,dodging and narrowly avoiding the zombies that were scattered about in the restricted area. His clothes were getting more torn and muddied as he ran through the restricted area his coat having gone through the worst of it but Yakou couldn't care less at this point hell, if had to run in the rain without his coat entirely so be it he just needed to get someplace safe, somewhere familiar and warm...Home...The Nocturnal Detective Agency. And so Yakou ran, all the way back to Kamasaki district.