Gantz: The beginning

Kill to survive.

"So, what now?" asked Ryo. They stood in a group, and as if to confirm Nishi's theory, Jiro started to disappear.

The rest of the group tensed until they heard a quick shout, "I'm outside!"

Yoko gasped with a smile, "Really?" Within seconds, Ryo was the next to vanish from the room as he tried to grasp his head before it faded. "Are they really outside," she muttered before she too started to disappear, followed by the dog, then Sora, and finally, Nishi.

Once the initial panic wore off, the group sighed in relief when they realized they were indeed outside; the streets were brightly lit by rows of lamps along the curbs. It was with great relief that they recognized a much more familiar setting, despite not knowing their exact location. The team scattered within close proximity to each other and soon realized they were in a large car park. "Do we like, just go home now?" Sora asked the question, but he didn't know how ridiculous he sounded.

Nishi snorted, "After what the ball showed and provided us, do you really think it's just that simple?" Nishi feared what might happen next, but he wasn't stupid enough to believe they could just go home, and he secretly hoped the rest had the same theory. Each one of them was here for a purpose, and if he had to fight some kind of alien life form to complete that purpose to receive more answers, he would do so.

Jiro turned to the group. "Nishi's right," he said. "It can't be that easy, I should know; there were many times when I was in the trenches that a soldier thought about going home, but they couldn't, they were not given that choice, and I think the same can be said for us, I truly believe what the sphere said was true, our lives, are in its hands."

Nishi didn't respond, but he was grateful that despite the old man's death, which made him sound like a bumbling fool, he had a lot of experience in combat, and his military training more than made up for his senile nature. The boy regarded the others that were with him and thought about what his chances were if he teamed up with them; Ashi was kind of a realist, and while Nishi admired that in any other circumstance, the truth was that it wouldn't help when the aliens' attacked and Ashi stood there spluttering facts of denial at them. Sora: Nishi wasn't even sure how the man was dealing with their situation since he didn't say a lot, but the boy didn't trust the man regardless. His instincts could tell there was something very ungainly about him. The boy looked to the girl; she was hardly the athletic type, and he doubted she had the willpower to kill if she really had to; shot by her ex-boyfriend told him that. Honestly, if you're mistreated like that, leave the fuck, or do one better and kill him before he kills you. Nishi's eyes searched the lot; then there was the dog, and who knew where the fuck it went already, the mutt was nowhere to be seen. Nishi sighed. So these are supposed to be my teammates. I'm so screwed.

"So where are these aliens then," Ryo said. "I don't see them anywhere."

Five minutes had passed since they appeared outside, but no signs of a hostile creature; the waiting was nerve-wracking.

Sora finally spoke up, "What about that device, the one that looks like a GPS, maybe it has a signal for them?"

Nishi pulled out his own device and clicked the first button, bringing up what looked to be a map. Well, what do you know, it really is a GPS. Nishi glanced at his 'teammates' and saw them focused on the same thing, and it mildly impressed him, although he suspected they were just following his lead. Nishi clicked another button, and the screen zoomed out.

"It looks like there's a barrier around the perimeter," Yoko commented as she looked at her teammates.

Jiro nodded and pointed at his screen. "I think we're supposed to avoid crossing that."