KiLL la KiLL - Preternatural!

EPHEMERAL WEAVES (PART TWO)

" " = Speak
' ' = Think
• = Next Sequence
- - - = Time Skip

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(Defence Arsenal)

Iori continues to evade Rei's onslaught attack, security guards advance her and release fire..! She doesn't struggle with cover though since there are a couple CPUs.

'There has to be a way I can separate those scissor blades away from her, yet I have to make sure the guards don't kill her either..!' Iori's brain was scrambling with frustration.

SECG #10: "Where is she?"

SECG # 11 was to answer until Rei hopped over them, twirling before she lands swiping horizontally then spin herself toward the other, deflecting the bullets and stabs him in the gut. SECG 12 to 18 open fire on her, yet she moves #10 in front of her as a shield and rushes forward.

Iori goes for the main control, "Ippi, is the software complete?"

"At 96%, approximately 7 minutes for it to be fully operational." Ippi informed.

"At this moment, I don't think I have 7 minutes." He complained.

"You're may be right about that." Rei said, dislodged a corpse from the scissor blades and moved towards him.

"You don't have to do this!" Iori tries to reason with her.

"Yes. I do. Now die..." Suddenly she is completely blindsided at full tilt. She sprawls, rolls, comes up to see a young woman crouched like a lioness stand to her full height with Hiro using that open window to run by and assist the scientist.

"Wha... What are you doing here?!" Iori shouted, "Y-you two shouldn't be here!"

"Trust me, we know." Hiro tends to the scientist's injured arm, "Are you all right, Mr Shirō?"

Iori scolds him, "You should be with the others!"

"Not until we get you out of here and find Miss Kiryuin." The boy replied.

Rei stands clearing her throat, "Hmph." She was to provoke her until she immediately spots a specific feature; her horns. "You... You're just like her."

"If you're referring to my Mother, then yes." Iota got in a stance, "I'm very much like her."

"Your mother...?" Rei's eyes widen, seeming to notice her facial features, "Satsuki Kiryuin... Gave birth to a Life Fiber Hybrid."

"What?" The teen girl gave her a confused look. "I don't even know what that is."

Rei tilt her head to Iori, "Have you been keeping secrets from this one?" Waving her finger, "Tch. Tch. It's awfully mean to do that."

Hiro: "What is she talking about? Who is she?"

Iori: "She's... an old friend."

Iota: "Some friend that's trying to kill you."

Rei: "Tell me... Iota, how does it feel to being one, hm?"

Iota: "To be different from others, aside from the hair color I assume you're talking about my horns; it's a rare birth defect and nothing more."

Rei: "No, it is so much more than that. Don't try to hide it by wearing a human disguise to conceal faults, like Matoi and Harime did!"

Iota's eyes bulged and nostrils flared, "Don't you dare talk about them like that! My aunt and father are more human than you'll ever be!"

"Your father...?" Rei quirked a brow, before having to realize.

-- WHAM! -- Caught off guard with a fire extinguisher that knocks her down to the floor, panting. "Sorry, you had to see that." Nana apologized before moving over to the unconscious woman using a SECG's zip-ties on her, "Are you all right?"