Black sail of the labyrinth Part 1

As Eika ran through the streets, she noticed someone that appeared to be Koki hunched over in an alleyway.

"What's wrong? Why're ya just standing there honey?" Eika called out.

"..."

"Oi, ya got a cramp? Need- MMPH!?"

Eika suddenly found a massive hand clamped over her mouth as the man she thought was Koki turned around. While his body certainly resembled that of Koki's his head was that of a bull and his eyes glowed like led lights. It was hard to tell if the bull-head was real or just a mask, but Eika knew she had to break free.

"Oh, what a hoot. We got beef brains gettin' glomped by beef. Ain't that a hoot."

Eika turned to notice a young woman with a hideous bobcut accompanied by a cyclops and a gorgon.

"Wait, wait, lemme guess, you're wonderin' where the big lug went? Well I got him, Akina Ginkawa."

Eika's heart beat out of her chest as she unleashed a mighty kick, breaking off the minotaur's arm.

"What the hell!?" Eika yelled as she ripped the minotaur's hand off her face.

Electrical sparks were flying from where she had severed the arm all while the minotaur began twitching uncontrollable. It then charged for Eika, but Eika destroyed it by smashing it's head to bits with a mighty kick. The minotaur fell to the ground and exploded, giving Eika the chance to make her escape.

"Ah-ah, that shit was expensive you know. But now it means I need a replacement minotaur, all according to plan," Melinda sneered as she pulled out a remote control.

Eika ran as fast as she could towards the hotel. "Shit, they're comin' after me now!? I never wanted this. I ditched the family cuz of this, so why!? Damn it, I wanna save Koki, but I gotta protect Eriza first. She's innocent."

"Bet your thinkin' Eriza's safe, well too bad, she's got Ginkawa blood so she's gotta die," Melinda's voice rang out.

Eika turned to notice Melinda riding atop the cyclops as it charged after her.

"DON'T YOU F*** WITH ERIZA! SHE'S A KURAMORI DAMN IT! AND SO AM I!"

"Nah, you, Eriza, and Emeri are Ginkawas. Guess your lug of a husband isn't, but he married you so that counts as extended family. Oh, and there he is now!"

Eika looked up to see what appeared to be Koki standing in front of her with his back turned. However, as the figure turned around, Eika's heart sank as she realized it had the head of a bull, just like the minotaur animatronic. However, when the new minotaur grabbed her, her heart sank a bit.

"No, this sensation- UGH!?"

Before Eika could react, she felt a sharp pain in her shoulder. Melinda had shot a needle into it causing her to fall to the ground unconscious.

...

At the hotel, the girls began packing up everything. It didn't take more than 5 minutes, but what they didn't expect was Melinda to break into their room by literally jumping in through the window atop her animatronic cyclops.

Eriza immediately went on the defensive, but suddenly went limp. The animatronic gorgon then turned off it's cloaking function and revealed itself before restraining Eriza.

"Who the hell are you!?" Emeri shouted.

"Who me? Ya don'tknow? You technologically ilit or something? I'm Melinda!"

Everyone stared in confusion.

"THE HELL YOU STARIN AT ME LIKE YA NEVER HEARD OF ME!? Ewetube! EWETUBE! I stream shit like death games and-"

"Oh, she's the one momma banned. Think she said she was with Illumous," Madoka mused.

"OI! I GOT A HOSTAGE YA DOLTS! Ahem, I've kidnapped your family and if ya want to save em, ya gotta play my game."

“What have you done to them?" Emeri growled.

“Well, kidnapped them, duh. Though I'm plannin' on immortalizing them in statues. See look at your mommy. Doesn't she have a swole but feminine figure?" Melinda sneered as she whipped out her phone.

A picture of Eika nude and restrained was shown, causing Emeri's face to contort in rage.

"Oo, that's a nice face, Emeri Ginkawa."

"Ginkawa!? My-"

"Ginkawa blood runs through your veins, therefore you are a Ginkawa like your mother and sister. Now let me continue so haters don't bitch and moan about me skimping ya. You must find the hidden labyrinth to save your family. You have a 5 day time limit to save everyone. These two animatronics will be patrolling the labyrinth too. If all of you are caught, the game ends in your loss. If you manage to save everyone, I will turn myself in.”

“Like we’d- “

Melinda tossed Emeri a micro sd card. “That contains data on the Moriarty family’s members and misdeeds in Europe. It would take time to confirm it though, so I suggest you focus on saving your family. And of course I'm planning on getting my card back. As for the labyrinth's whereabouts, well it's all on you. But I'll give ya clue when I leave so if ya wanna win, use it when ya return victoriously from the laberinth. Do that, and it's the prison duds for me. Or maybe I'll just Reichenbach."

"Reichenbach?" Yuni asked.

"Ah, should a member of my family fail, we face a Reichenbach. Speakin' of which, you're Kabuki's daughter, and that means..."

Before anyone could react, Melinda flipped up her cane and fired something at Yuni. Had Madoka been in top shape, she could have easily saved Yuni, but she wasn't able to get there fast enough. However, Serika managed to shield Yuni from the projectile.

"Lucky! I get a two-for-one!" Melinda sneered as Serika began to stagger.

The cyclops approached Serika, but then suddenly found one of it's arms flying into the wall.

"OI! The hell!? That shit's instant immobilization serum, so how the hell-"

"Oh? That's what it is? Guess my body's gotten immune to it," Serika glared as she cracked her knuckles.

Melinda began to sweat and ordered a tactical retreat. "I'll give ya one last warning; don't fly too close to the sun if ya wanna save everyone.”

As Melinda and her animatronics departed with Eriza, the cyclops threw a black sail into the room. Once they were gone, Serika collapsed.

"Shit, guess this is all I can resist for now," Serika grumbled as Emeri and Yuni helped her up.

After carefully extracting the needle from Serika's shoulder, the girls discussed their gameplan.

"We don't have a great line-up. Yuni-chan and I are terrible at running and fighting, while Mado-chan’s still recovering. Worst of all, we don't have any immobilization serum antidotes on us so Serika's now a liability," Emeri grumbled.

"I can heal up after a few more jugs of milk," Madoka pouted.

"But all you'll be doing is carrying Serika-chan. We lucked out that she wasn't kidnapped, but now that she's out of commission, we can't just leave her alone. We gotta take her with us which means you'll be carrying her."

"Oi, I ain't fat," Serika growled.

"But you have muscle and muscle weighs more than fat."

Serika responded with a silent pout as Madoka examined the sail.

"So are we supposed to become pirates or something?"

"No, it's from the Theseus myth," Yuni stated.

"The Thes-what?"

"According to Greek mythology, Theseus is the one who killed the minotaur. When the minotaur was alive, sacrifices were brought to him on a boat bearing a black sail. When Theseus decided to kill the minotaur, he declared that should he prove successful, he'd change the sail to a white one when the boat returned. If he failed, the sail would stay black. Ironically, Theseus was successful, but forgot to change the sail to white upon his return, which resulted in his father, King Aegeus of Athens, killing himself due to thinking his son was dead."

"Impressive Yuni-chan. I didn't know you were versed in Greek mythology."

"Eh, I just studied it a bit. I'm no expert sadly."

"She probably just memorized the wiki page for it," Serika growled.

"Onee-chan, want me to slap some tape over your mouth?"

"So does this mean we get on a boat?" Madoka asked.

"No, we hop on a flight to Crete. If we fly we can get there in an hour," Emeri stated.

"Wait! She warned us not to fly, remember. I think she wants us to follow the Theseus myth. That means we need to take a boat to Crete," Yuni theorized.

"True, I guess it would be risky to fly. Very well. Mado-chan, after you chug some milk, carry Serika-chan."

"But I'm out of milk."

"Then we'll-"

"No, if she knows about the milk, she might be able to contaminate it. Madoka, are you fit enough to at least carry Onee-chan?"

Madoka hoisted Serika onto her back and hopped around a bit. "Seems fine."

"Good, then we'll go with that."

"Oi, Yuni-chan, you're being too paranoid. She couldn't have contaminated an entire country's milk supply," Emeri glared.

"You're the one that needs to clear her head. Normally you're the brains, but you've been all riled up."

"She kidnapped Eriza! And did you see what she did to my mother!? I'll kill her!"

...

The girls made their way to the marina and looked at their selections. There were plenty of boats, but none appeared to be heading to Crete, save for a rickety old boat manned by a sketch looking old man.

"You have a sail? Then I take you to Crete."

Emeri immediately marched towards him and thrust the sail at him. "Any funny business and you're dead."

"Heh, heh, lively."

Yuni somberly stared as the man began hoisting the sail. "Emeri's really out of it. I never knew she could be like this."

"Me neither, I guess she had a tsundere side when it comes to her family," Madoka sighed.

"But we gotta support her. She saw my ugly side and still stuck with me, so I gotta do the same for her. Oh and Yuni, fix my hair dammit!"

"Why? It looks fine to me."

Taking advantage of Serika's immobilized state, Yuni decided to style her hair in twintails, much to her dismay.

"You said you're beautiful and girly, and twintails are the girliest hairstyle out there. Besides, it looks great with your outfit."

"But now I look more like you!"

"Yeah, but you've always been trying to mimic me in order to get smarter."

"When I can move again I'm shaving your head, dammit."

"What are you standing around for!? The boat ride will take half a day so get on!" Emeri shouted.