Pandemonium || PERSONA 5 FF (hiatus)

21│ Plan Execution!

Part 1

The whistling sound enveloped the entire floor while overlapping echoing footsteps followed. It was a day for the Phantoms to proceed with their leads and carry out their plans.

As expected, it was not an easy task to investigate a palace. The hallways were never empty, as it was always filled with guards. They tried their best to not get any attention, but at times, they resorted to engaging in combat to take down a few guards, much to Alice's satisfaction.

Unfortunately, they were once caught by one of them. Being chased by the guard, Joker and Skull leaped into another corner in order to hide, while the pesky shadow whistled and continued to chase them.

"Security this tight, even before we send the calling card?" Skull focused his gaze on the guard running straight to the hallway while looking left and right, clearly still looking for them.

"Which proves there's an amazing Treasure inside!" Across Skull, Mona squealed excitedly as he hid behind the wall.

"What are you so excited for?" Panther, who was together with Mona, asked the other in a troubled manner because this had become too inconvenient.

"It's easy to just shoot them." Alice sighed, who was hiding with Joker. "Consider it as a training."

"We can't waste our energy!" Mona scolded, causing Alice to jolt in shock.

"Yes, master!" Alice replied firmly, causing the others to break into cold sweat.

'Damn… day by day, my cute kitty is starting to be more fierce.' The silver-haired thought to herself sadly. 'Or maybe, he was always like this?!'

"Let's go!" Joker took a glance at the situation in the hallway, confirming the guards are gone. Then, he cued, which also signified the end to Alice's petty thoughts of obsession towards cats.

The group immediately moved with the sign of their leader, running through the empty hallways. Soon enough, they reached a certain place where rows of bamboo-decorated doors were all over the place.

Panther stood by the entrance, then ran fearlessly triggering the automatic opening of the doors. It led to another, but quite different from the previous one as it is much larger and bright.

"Woah, what is this?" Panther asked herself then eyed the countless infrared lasers by the door.

"Let's inform the others." Alice walked beside her, locking her gaze on the extravagant door.

Part 2

It seemed as though they reached another end, as Skull scratched his head in frustration. An exasperated sigh escaped his mouth after failing to find a way to enter the door the girls told them before.

The rest were yet to tell what happened on their end, but Skull didn't expect much either. Looking up, he saw Joker about to jump from a pole.

"Yo, any luck?" Skull asked.

"Not yet." Joker jumped down, then walked to Skull. "I couldn't find any kind of mechanism."

"Me neither." Panther entered the scene, speaking before stopping by herself. "I figured out I could at least shut down the sensors."

"I also checked, but couldn't find a keyhole in the door." Mona spoke.

"There are no openings or any hidden passages that lead inside either." Alice walked in calmly.

"Seriously? Then what're we supposed to do?" Skull asked in annoyance. "Hey, Alice, can't you go in there or somethin'?"

"Can't go to a place I've never seen before." Alice explained, looking back at the gigantic door. "I also considered breaking the door, but that would pretty much drain our energy, and we don't know what's beyond that door."