Last Chance(Kita Side)

Chapter 3

November 20th, 2025 8-PM.

After hours of walking, the three of us make it in front of a police station.

Kita: So you all haven't exactly explained anything to me, what was that monster back there? Who are you? and what's going on just in general?

Miyuki sighs and ignores my questions and Yuji apologizes for her rudeness and agrees to answer me.

Yuji: "The monster" that attacked your apartment is called a Drifter, there are many more creatures out there and we asses them with threat levels from 1-5.

Miyuki chimes in with "Drifters are about a level 3 threat."

Kita: Have you ever run into a level 5 threat? 

Yuji: I can't say that I have.

I look Miyuki's way but she ignores me once more.

Yuji: As for who we are, we're just survivors. I'm Yuji Nakamura and I'm 15 years old, this is Miyuki.

Miyuki: Not that it matters but I'm 21. Now when we get in here just let me do the talking 'cause I know the guy here.

Yuji and I back away from the door and as it slowly opens, the head of an older man sticks out.

Miyuki: Kojuro.

Kojuro: Were you followed? We've had a bunch of Drifters in the area.

Miyuki: I don't think we were followed-

Kojuro: Miyuki I need to know if it's a yes or a no.

The man seemed to be losing patience, I looked over at Yuji who seemed uneasy about the whole situation.

Kojuro: Come on in then.

Kojuro opens the door to the station and we all enter.

*Later that night* 

Miyuki and Kojuro had engaged in a private conversation in the corner while I was left sitting at the only table in the room next to Yuji.

Kita: What do you think they're talking about?

Yuji: Not sure.

Kita: What was your life like before all this?

Yuji seemed a bit bored but my question made him adjust himself in his chair.

Yuji: It's well...complicated.

It was times like this when I missed Mari.

Miyuki then walks over to us after stuffing a note into her pocket, she pulls up a chair and faces Yuji as if having no intention to even acknowledge my presence. 

Miyuki: Kojuro's told me about how to defeat some Echo Phantoms and Void Wraiths.

Yuji: So that's what he gave you? He wrote down their weaknesses?

Miyuki: Yeah but he also told me something about a special new kind of Drifter, apparently it has the ability to posses people.

Kita: Could you share more about these Drifters? What if I come into contact with one? and shouldn't I get a weapon?

Miyuki sighs once more as if she just remembered that I had existed, she proceeds to answer my questions anyway:

Miyuki: Drifters are able to play games with your mind. While they aren't too big of a threat, one can still knock you clean off your feet if you aren't careful.

Yuji: Don't worry though they aren't capable of killing.

Kojuro walks over to the table but doesn't take a seat "I'm off to bed and you all should sleep as well, I've got some sleeping bags in the closet there." he says pointing to the small closet across the room.

Yuji and I stand up and help each other set up the sleeping bags while Miyuki and Kojuro go to the other two rooms in the small police station.

Yuji turns the light off and lies down, I eventually do the same.

I turned my head toward his sleeping bag which was lying about 3-4 feet across from me.

Kita: Yuji, do you think we could save the world?

It was a weird question to ask but even more than that it was stupid.

Yuji: I'd like to think so.

Yuji smiles my way, I wish I could adopt his positive attitude but so far things have just kept getting worse.

I knew my normal life was over.

This was my last thought before falling asleep.

Chapter 3 Part 2

November 21st, 2025  3AM.

*BANG *BANG *BANG*

The sound of what sounds like gunshots shakes me awake as I see Yuji already up and rushing for the door, I begin to stand up.

Yuji: KITA STAY HERE!

I was in shock at how he raised his voice toward me but I was more confused than anything.

Kita: Where are Kojuro and Miyuki?

Yuji faces the door that was slightly open and says "I'm about to find out."

He leaves closing the door behind him as I stay standing.

*13 minutes later*

Time continued to pass as I began to worry, all I'd been hearing was gunshots.

Kita: I have to do something.

I rush into Kojuro's room and begin searching through draws for any type of weapon before finally finding a taser.

Kita: This'll work.

I assumed that it would but I didn't exactly know what was out there, I approached the door but as I heard the muffled yelling of the others outside I froze.

If the three of them couldn't defeat the thing that was out there, what made me think I could? Where they even worth saving? I had only met these people recently, Miyuki was rude and Kojuro was cold. 

Yuji.

I had to do it for him.

I slowly open the door and as my whole body shakes, I feel like throwing up.

I can do this.

With those final words in my mind, I step out into the cold and dark night ready to face the threat ahead of me.

Since it was dark, I couldn't quite make out anything but all I saw was a dark figure and a trail of blood.

Why did this feel so familiar?