A New Ally (Part Two)

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*Belle walks into her room, tired, and sitting on her swivel gaming chair. Then she'd look at the photo of her and Lucinia on the wall*

Belle: Agh, don't look at me like that, coconut boy will be fine. I did this for you!

*Belle would open her meta runner arm and open the file she had gotten from Theo in the server. It showed an overview camera of Sheridan's lab all destroyed after the explosion. Many scientists and TasCorp guards enter the lab, as so would another familiar face and voice*

Lucks: Sheridan! You coward. Search the lab! I want to know what he was doing here.

*A scientist checks behind the curtain to a container with someone in it and is held back when he sees who it was*

Lucks: What is it- ...What has he done to you.

*Lucks would look away*

Lucks: AAGH! *Breathes in* Recover what you can. Search the cameras and any footage. Maybe something good can still come out of this mess...

*Lucks starts contacting through his radio*

Lucks: I need a medical team down here... I know what happened to Lucinia.

*The video ends abruptly. Belle would fall silent for a few moments*

Belle: He knew...HE ALWAYS KNEW! He's been hiding what happened to Lucinia for TWO YEARS! THAT LYING, MANIPULATIVE, PIECE OF

*Belle would stop to see her photo of Lucinia*

Belle: You're not going to be tossed to the side like this. I won't let him. I swear it.

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*Inside of Pocket Gakusei with Tari, Y/N, Masa, Edwards, Lamar, and Sofia*

Sofia: Okay, so if I can get into a TasCorp access point at the arena, that should give me a back door through the firewall. We'll still have to make a connection to my phone somehow...

Masa: Hmm... Tari, since your the one at TasCorp, we need you to get the phone off Belle.

Tari: Alright, well-

*Tari would get kicked off the game and warp back into real life*

Tari: Agh! Ahh... what the?

Y/N: Tari? What's wrong? Tari? TAAAAARIIII!

*Belle would pick up Tari's tablet and Tari would gasp*

Tari: Belle! What are you doing here!?

Belle: SHH! Keep your voice down! I'm just here to talk... I don't think you killed Lucinia.

Tari: ...Well that's what me and Y/N've been trying to tell you...

Belle: I know I know! It's just... I've just learned some things about Lucinia and the incident, and... Lucks lied.

*Tari would not be in complete surprise when Belle said that*

Belle: Ugh... you don't understand... Yeah, Lucks is a shady guy. But he was always good to his meta runners. Me, Lucinia, Masa... Ah! MASA! Why didn't I listen to him? Oh, he's never going to let me hear the end of it...

Tari: ...Uhhhh, are you okay?

Belle: Yeah, it's just really hard for everything you know in life to be turned around upside down like that.

Tari: Welll... I woke up in a lane one day with weird powers and no memory of who I am so... I can kind of sympathize.

Belle: Heheh...

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