Chapter 8 Mission

So far, where we are … After Miss Nightmare managed to hide the children, she now has a mission for Liza… and also for Kenn… what it’s about.

Miss Nightmare: “You’re coming with me!”

Miss Nightmare coughed.

Liza: “Sorry?”
Miss Nightmare: “You… will come with me. You and Kenny-boy.”
Kenn: “Don’t call me that.”
Miss Nightmare: “Doesn’t matter right now… Come with me.”
Kenn: “Where to?!”
Liza: “…But…”
Miss Nightmare: “Hunting mutants… That’s what he calls them, or you could call them Sirus… We hunt the Sirus… so come along.”
Kenn: “Why us?”
Miss Nightmare: “I wanted to take Dante… but we need someone strong to carry the stones and heavy stuff… You, Kenn… you’re not exactly weak… but Dante is definitely stronger… so… I want you to be useful by coming with me and little Liza, because we have a lot to find… We’re running out of water… This water, by the way… is for us and for you!… We actually have no reason to share the water with you, my people are against it… but because you work hard… I think it would be unfair not to. Also, you need to work.”

They stood up.

Miss Nightmare: “Follow me…”
Kenn: “Hahh.”
Liza: “I… can’t fight…”
Miss Nightmare: “You have to… Pull yourself together…”

They followed Miss Nightmare.
Miss Nightmare: “Open the doors.”

The doors opened.

Miss Nightmare: “Okay… Then let’s go.”

She took them along.
Liza: “Hmm…”

Liza looked at Kenn… He looked angry… trembling with rage. Liza held his hand.

Liza: “I know… how… you feel… but… that’s not good… Revenge won’t help…”
Miss Nightmare: “Hmm?”

She turned around.
Liza: “Ugh…”

Liza feared she’d been overheard… but Sophie just looked around.

Miss Nightmare: “Alright… Listen to me… Over there is a camp… it’s been abandoned… I wanted to go, but I don’t trust my own people.”
Kenn: “Why, hmm?…”
Miss Nightmare: “I don’t know if you want to hear this… but I didn’t want to kill your sister… Whether you believe that or not… I found out when I brought Liza to me…”
Liza: “Then why did you react so coldly?”
Miss Nightmare: “…Because I didn’t care. She wasn’t my sister anyway. Besides, it’s how it is in the camp — we have to follow rules.”
Kenn: “Are you serious?!… My sister didn’t matter?!”
Miss Nightmare: “Hahh… Fine… That’s how it was. I didn’t want to kill her… but the rule says to kill people who are sick. Heinrich came to me before I brought Liza to my office and told me she was sick… and it’s not good to have sick people around…”
Kenn: “She didn’t have a contagious illness.”
Miss Nightmare: “Listen… I know why you’re angry… but… hahh… I have to be cold too. You don’t want Sir Eisenberg to come for you… Trust me… if I say that guy would roast your ass, he would!”
Kenn: “…Hmmm.”
Miss Nightmare: “Hahh… Liza… say something…”
Liza: “…Well… uh… I… I think maybe you should have at least been more careful… Mia was a truly kind-hearted person…”
Miss Nightmare: “…What illness did she have?”
Kenn: “COPD.”
Miss Nightmare: “What…? That can’t be… He told me she had… a far more serious… deadly illness.”
Kenn: “Then he lied!”
Miss Nightmare: “Heinrich would never lie to me… never… He’s loyal.”
Kenn: “Does he love you… hmm?… How would you know… maybe he did lie…”
Miss Nightmare: “Whatever… Let’s move on.”

They kept walking.
Kenn: “…Hahhh… Wait…”
Miss Nightmare: “Hmm?”
Kenn: “Is there a medical station nearby?”
Miss Nightmare: “What… why?”
Kenn: “…I… I think Zoe is sick.”
Miss Nightmare: “…Help me here… Zoe is the tall brunette with the pretty face and small nose?”

He nodded. Kenn looked at her.
Kenn: “I think she’s sick, or… maybe it’s from her head injury…”
Miss Nightmare: “Head injury… I didn’t know about that…”
Kenn: “Then Heinrich lied to you.”
Miss Nightmare: “That could… hahhh… What are the symptoms?”
Kenn: “I… don’t know… she’s slower and often dizzy.”
Miss Nightmare: “…Alright… we’ll check on her after this mission… I’ll see her… and don’t worry… I’ll make sure no one finds out.”
Kenn: “Uh… wait… really?”
Miss Nightmare: “Yes…”
Kenn: “But… won’t you want something in return?”
Miss Nightmare: “…Hmm… Actually I’m the one who owes you… You work hard… don’t you? And well, she can’t work like this… hmm.”

She walked on. Kenn stopped.
Liza: “Kenn…?”
Kenn: “Oh… I’m coming…”
Liza: “…Please… let’s leave it to her.”
Kenn: “I still don’t trust her…”
Liza: “Maybe she really didn’t know.”
Kenn: “Hmm.”

They walked until they found the camp… but… it was full of Sirus.
Liza: “Ugh…”
Kenn: “No… no, we’re not going through that.”
Miss Nightmare: “…Yes, we are.”
Kenn: “No.”
Miss Nightmare: “Nobody asked for your opinion here… Do you think we’re in a democracy?… And I mean that I don’t get a say either… I’m doing this so Sir Eisenberg leaves us alone… We need this!… The people in the camp…”
Kenn: “You mean so you can kill them and use their blood for energy…”
Miss Nightmare: “You can… gghhmm… Listen to me, Kenn… I’m not saying you should like me… I’m saying you should trust me more… Please…”
Kenn: “…Why so nice?… Are you pretending?… You’re a Black Eye member.”
Miss Nightmare: “I… am NOT a Black Eye member!”

She yelled. The mutants noticed them, but there was a fence in the way.
Miss Nightmare: “Ghhh… I hate… the Black Eye… they’re the reason my parents died… What do you think, huh?”
Kenn: “…Ugh…”
Miss Nightmare: “Yeah… My parents were killed… not by the Black Eye, but by Mirica Reichner… after they found out we had Black Eye ancestors… And do you think that info just came out of nowhere?! No… some Black Eye member must have been angry that our family had nothing to do with it… and showed our family tree to the townsfolk… Of course…”
Liza: “Ugh…”
Kenn: “…(Silent)”
Miss Nightmare: “Let’s go… Don’t worry… I have a plan! You go inside and I’ll take care of them.”
Kenn: “Alone?”
Liza: “That won’t work.”
Miss Nightmare: “I’ll be fine… I’ll distract them… you go in… okay?”
Kenn: “Okay.”

She climbed over the fence toward a building.
(Bang!)

She fired at them.
Miss Nightmare: “…Now!”

They jumped and ran toward the building as the mutants focused on Miss Nightmare.

Kenn: “…Find everything we need.”
Liza: “Okay…”

They searched.

Kenn: “Uh… okay… okay… water… check… food… check…”
Liza: “Uh, Kenn.”
Kenn: “Yeah?”
Liza: “What’s this?”
Kenn: “What?!”

She threw it to him… it was… condoms.
Kenn: “(Sweats)… Nah… just ignore those… not important.”
Liza: “Okay…”

(Crash!)

Liza: “Huh!”
Kenn: “Ugh… fuck!”

Mutants came through the window.
Kenn: “No… no… Liza, get over here…!”

He quickly went to her, jumped over a shelf, and kicked a Sirus away.
(Crash!)
Kenn: “You okay?”
Liza: “Yes… Quickly, we have to go!”

He grabbed her hand and they ran upstairs.

Liza: “Where’s Sophie?”
Kenn: “I don’t know…”

Sophie — Miss Nightmare — was still downstairs.
Miss Nightmare: “Hey… hey!… Over here… Jump!”
Kenn: “What?!”
Miss Nightmare: “They’re inside the building… Jump… down and use that rope there… Attach something and slide down… quick…!”

He took his belt and used it — first for Liza.
Kenn: “Good… use it…”
Liza: “And you?”
Kenn: “I’ll think of something, quick!”

She slid down…

Liza: “Gahhhh…”

She let go and Miss Nightmare caught her in both arms like a princess.
Miss Nightmare: “Got you, Cinderella…”

She set her down gently.
Miss Nightmare: “Now you too… but I don’t know if I can catch you…”
Kenn: “Don’t need you to… I’ve got nothing to slide with.”
Miss Nightmare: “…Use your hands.”
Kenn: “What… are you crazy?”
Miss Nightmare: “Better crazy than dead!… Quick!”

He slid down with his hands — beneath him, Sirus creatures.

Miss Nightmare: “…You’re doing great, sunshine…”
Liza: “…Uh…”

(Crash!) … (Crash!)

Miss Nightmare: “What…”
Kenn: “Ugh… what the hell…”
Liza: “Hahhh…”

A huge creature appeared… it was 4 meters tall.
Liza: “What is that?”
Miss Nightmare: “A high-ranking Sirus… called a Sirus B… Hurry!”
Kenn: “I’m going as fast as I can.”

The rope began to tear.
Miss Nightmare: “Uh oh…”
Liza: “That’s not good…”
Miss Nightmare: “Jump… jump… you can make it from there.”
Kenn: “Okay…”

He jumped… nearly fell, but Liza and Miss Nightmare caught him.
Liza: “Ghh.”
Miss Nightmare: “…Ghhh… Got you… and heave!”

They pulled him up.
Kenn: “Thanks…”
Miss Nightmare: “No time… it’s coming at us!”

They jumped down so the creature stayed within the fenced area. There was a car nearby, and they ran to it.
Miss Nightmare: “Go, go, get in.”

They climbed in — Miss Nightmare behind the wheel.

Miss Nightmare: “Hold on tight… this… will be unpleasant…”

She drove fast.

Kenn: “Whoa… whoa…”
Liza: “Ghhh… Ahead of us!”

Sirus blocked the road.

Miss Nightmare: “Well… we have to go through…”
Kenn: “What…”
Miss Nightmare: “Take cover… I failed my driving test three times…”
Kenn: “You’re telling me this now?!”
Miss Nightmare: “Oops…”

(Crash… crash… crash… crash!)
(Boom!)

They slammed into a tree.
Miss Nightmare: “Oh… damn…”
Liza: “Hahh… we’re still alive.”
Kenn: “…Ugh…”
Miss Nightmare: “Ahhh… good… we can go on foot… won’t take long… and hey… Kenn… nice underwear.”
Kenn: “Huh…!”

He fell out of the car instead of exiting through the door.
(Crash)

Kenn: “Ouch…”
Miss Nightmare: “…Alright… we’ll walk… won’t take long.”
Kenn: “And what, should I just walk like this? What will people say?”
Miss Nightmare: “…Hey… no big deal… maybe you’ll get lucky and we’ll find a corpse, and we can just take its pants.”
Kenn: “…Ghhh… fine.”
Miss Nightmare: “The real question is… why the hell… are you wearing those underwear… is that… Tom and Jerry?”
Kenn: “Hey… childhood heroes.”
Miss Nightmare: “Oh dear… oh dear… be glad you’re in my camp… if Heinrich saw that and it wasn’t taken care of, you’d be castrated, and then bye-bye kids…”

Miss Nightmare walked on a bit.
Miss Nightmare: “Come on… that way… ugh…”

Suddenly she heard something.

Miss Nightmare: “Damn…”

Several Sirus appeared.

Kenn: “What… what do we do now?”
Liza: “Oh no.”
Miss Nightmare: “…I guess I have no choice…”

She quickly grabbed her gun. Suddenly her eyes turned green.

Miss Nightmare: “Ghhhh… ghh…”
Kenn: “So… what now?”
Liza: “Sophie…”

She transformed… her skin turned stone-like and green.
Miss Nightmare: “Ghhh… hahhh…”
Kenn: “Ugh… what…”
Sophie suddenly… became a Sirus.
Liza: “Hhh…”