Chapter 26:

Calm Before the Storm

The Nietzsche Protocol (TNP): The Cult


Chizuru raced across the building back to Shion. She kicked the handle off the door and found Shion still sleeping peacefully. The tear in her suit had sealed itself and Shion appeared to be much more comfortable, a small smile spread across her face which could be seen through the mask as it moved naturally with her facial muscles. She was really cute.

Chizuru removed both their masks and wiped sweat from both their faces. She was just noticing how much of Shion's hair had reverted back to brown. 2/3's of Shion's golden hair was now a dark chocolatey brown. Chizuru leaned in to steal a quick kiss, but Shion beat her to it, grabbing her by the collar and pulling her in. The suddenness of Shion's awakening surprised Chizuru and her eyes widened as they kissed.

First thing Shion asked after their kiss was for the time. It was around 0400. She immediately began to search for her pack but couldn't find it.

"Chizuru, have you seen my pack?"

Chizuru grabbed it off the office desk and handed it to Shion. Shion found the metal case and opened it. A syringe of nanites and a green pill were missing. She looked up at Chizuru, "Tell me you didn't."

"I did. I couldn't see and was worried about you and I may have sort of gone on a revenge rampage."

"What do you mean?"

"Dr. Feist is dead. He was so arrogant that he didn't even try to hide or anything or even check if we were actually dead; he just assumed we wouldn't be able to defeat his poison. Please don't be mad at me Shion."

"I'm not mad, but there is something we have to go over now that you have taken the nanites. Once you start taking them, you can't just stop or your body will go through withdrawals. I have the tolerance to take them without immediately activating them but it took years for me to get to that point. When did you activate them?"

"It was like two hours ago."

"Ok, expect a severe headache in about 12 hours, and at 36 hours you will have to take the red pill. Help me find a bathroom or a sink and i'll show you what to expect. If you can't take a red pill within 40 hours, you will likely go insane or spike a fever so high it will melt your brain, Chizuru, as for Dr. Feist, don't worry about that. I have bugs at the cult temple. We can listen in on things they have captured to give us a sense of direction in the investigation. If nothing there we can just go to the church and see what we can find.”

Chizuru helped Shion up and they went to the largest basin in the lab. Shion took the red capsule and within seconds was hunched over the basin vomiting violently. When she was done, Shion wiped her mouth and gargled some water before injecting new nanites. She did not take a green pill.

Chizuru saw how aggressively Shion vomited and wondered if it was as painful as it looked. She also respected Shion's dedication even more because most people wouldn't be willing to torture themselves that way for as long as she had been.

Chizuru pulled out the laptop she had stolen from the Dr. and Shion quickly overwrote the security Dr. Feist had used to protect his laptop. She then initiated a total remote transfer of all info on the computer to Matt's account in the cloud.

"This is going to take a couple more hours to transfer all the files. I could really use a shower," Shion complained while picking flakes of dried blood off her suit.

Chizuru recalled seeing a staff bathroom on her trip to find Dr. Feist. "Follow me," she said while offering her hand. Shion grabbed her hand and the two made their way to the showers. The bathroom was very high tech with four glass doored shower stalls and a large japanese style communal bath. Bathing was one of the Japanese traditions that remained after the nation's full Nazi conversion.

Shion began to deactivate her suit by tugging at the zipper near her throat and Chizuru did the same. Slightly embarrassed, Chizuru turned her back to Shion. Shion folded down the top half of her suit then tapped on Chizuru's shoulder.

When Chizuru turned around and saw Shion's bare breasts, her face turned red. Shion tilted her head and asked, "Why are you so embarrassed still? I mean we've done... other things that were far more physical than this. And the other day you seemed super into it and you weren't all shy about it. One day we will be married and this kind of thing is going to be normal..."

Chizuru interrupted, "Excited. I'm not nervous but excited... You see if I look at you like this it makes it so hard for me to resist, and now is not the time for that..."

Shion laughed, "I didn't think you were so naughty Chizuru," and continued to get undressed. A massive blood clot fell to the ground as Shion removed the lower half of her suit.

Chizuru made a face of disgust.

Shion looked relieved, "See that's so gross. It looks like a giant raw piece of liver. THAT. Is the reason I needed a shower."

Chizuru turned to Shion, nude from the waist up, “How do you feel when you look at me like this?”

Shion paused for a second and took a long look at Chizuru, “Well just from looking, I guess I feel happy and grateful to have someone as beautiful as you in my life. You really are gorgeous like a model. I'm also grateful that someone as pretty and kind as you could love a monster like me. I would say something lewd, but having someone like Sayaka close to you, I can guarantee I've gained immunity to a lot of that kind of stuff.”

Shion rinsed the inside of the suit then set it on a bench to dry. She finished undressing and looked to Chizuru who was fumbling as she tried to balance while keeping her eyes on Shion's body.

"Come, I'm getting in the shower. I want you to join me. You can wash the blood off my body as a punishment for stabbing me.”

Chizuru wasn't used to Shion being so forward but she was starting to like it. Chizuru entered the shower and the automatic soap dispenser popped out of the wall as the shower started. Chizuru noticed the new scar from the cut she gave Shion and began to have hostile feelings towards herself again. Shion noticed her expression change and gave Chizuru a reassuring stroke on her cheek.

At this point, Shion's hair was all brown but the tips. Chizuru looked at Shion and mentioned, "Shion, I think you look really good with brown hair. Not that you don't look good with blonde hair, but brown definitely suits you better."

Shion rinsed out her hair and replied, "It should. It is my real hair color after all.”

Chizuru scrubbed all the blood off of Shion, she hopped out of the shower and grabbed a towel from the rack outside the doors, Chizuru followed. Chizuru offered to brush out Shion's hair after finding a clean comb tucked in one of the towels. She was surprised when Shion accepted the help. People wouldn't normally consider brushing each other's hair to be intimate but both girls felt a renewed sense of closeness after this task. Shion even brushed Chizuru's hair out in return.

The pair got redressed, and Shion used one of the lab computers to access the bugs she planted in the church. Indistinct voices could be heard, but nothing tangible. Wherever the parishioners were there was quite the crowd. Soon a voice boomed calling for silence.

The familiar voice of the Bishop spoke, "Good evening loyal believers. Today is the day of reckoning. The weak have become tools to the strong to overthrow this monarchy and allow for transition into a higher power. I present to you today, Adam 251, the pinnacle of human supremacy and our first to ascend to the level of God. Please drink from the celebratory coffers and rejoice for soon we shall all ascend. To die is to change, to change is to evolve, to evolve is to ascend, to ascend is to become the Ubermensch, to become the Ubermensch is to become god."

After a few minutes, loud clanging could be heard through the bug. Once everything had settled, the Bishop could be heard speaking again, "Take this lot next to the OR to prep for surgery. We must prepare as many drones as possible for activation in preparation for our full-scale invasion. These stupid zealots have served as easy targets to increase our numbers.”

Shion activated the tracking feature on the device which showed the location of the device to be about two blocks from the research building and an unknown distance underground.

"Ok Chizuru, I think we got our next location. Let's leave the data from the laptop for Matt to decipher. He will see the files and know what to do. You and I can start to head over there. Plus I'm growing increasingly suspicious by the lack of military presence, so going outside to get a good look at the area may be a good idea anyways."

"Yeah you're right, normally the place would be crawling with soldiers. But I haven't seen a single one yet. I have a feeling a high ranking military personnel is involved in this somehow. There is no way those drones? Could take on our military and win.”

"That's what I'm starting to think too. But I wonder just how high up this goes. To have that kind of pull it must be at least someone at the level of a General. Hopefully we can find some answers at the Church.”

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