Devil's Wonderland

Shizuo

Halo Fifteen: Shizuo:

-Vorona-

Vorona pulled up on her motorcycle. This was becoming route. Every Saturday, she would come down to Yagiri Pharmaceuticals. It made her heart ache. But Vorona couldn't abandon him. Tom felt the same way but he couldn't bear to see his dear friend like... that. It was like pulling teeth to get him to tell her where they took Shizuo. Tom sighed.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" he asked.

"I have to see him," she said in a low voice. Her tone told him that she wasn't going to take no for an answer. Tom rubbed his forehead.

"Fine," he said. "He's being kept in the basement of Yagiri Pharmaceuticals." Vorona stared at him.

"Why did they put him there?" she asked.

"It's too dangerous for him to be on the loose like that," Tom reasoned. "I hate it too. But given how he is, I can't help but to agree. What if he accidentally kills somebody? He might not understand what he did but the police won't. They could lock him away or kill him. Is that what you want?" Vorona found herself unable to argue. Shizuo had been through enough. But she couldn't help but wonder...

A couple walk by Vorona, but her don't make eye contact. She stood at the gates of Yagiri Pharmaceuticals. The Russian assassin could feel something really bad just by standing here. Everything was so silent around the building. Was this place ever this dark? Vorona walked up to the call box on the gate and pressed the button.

"Hello?" the operator asked.

"It's me," Vorona said. "I came to see him." The gates opened and she walked through. She couldn't shake the feeling of someone watching her. How can they keep him in this place? Vorona kept her head down as she walked up to the doors. The guards searched the assassin before they let her in. Already, Vorona felt cold when she walked inside. They claim that it is not the air conditioning kept at this low level. She couldn't help but wonder otherwise. The Russian assassin shook the thought from her head and walked down the hall.

"Good morning," the receptionist said with chattering teeth. Vorona waved her off as she walked by. The lobby was so cold that she could see her breath. The strangest thing was that the basement was never this cold.

Vorona made it into the elevator. The cold followed her inside as she rode down to the basement. The Russian assassin couldn't let him suffer like this anymore. He's in so much pain. Vorona had to end it. The elevator doors opened when it reached the basement. Vorona kept her knife well-hidden in her pants.

-Tadpoles-

Shinra frowned at all of the tadpoles in his living room. Why did this living room keep getting small every time they met up here?

"Why are we all here?" Sota asked. Shingen held up two files.

"You are going to want to know this," he said. "Behold." The older got up and walked over to Shinra's computer.

"Have it hooked up to the TV?" he asked.

"Yes, yes," Shinra said.

"Thank you," his father said. The older doctor brought up the files on the monitor. Shinra turned on the TV. Only the top half of the files appeared.

"Here, we have two patient files from Chou Mori Institution," he said. "Can you tell which one is the tadpole?" The tadpoles took a look on the screen.

"Is it the one on the left?" Megumi asked as she pointed to the screen.

"Are you sure?" Shingen asked. The tadpole took a moment to think.