NOETIC
EP. 1 - (A THREAT)
BY MUFFIN (MUFFY)
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The HQ of Central police department, TOKYO
"We just got a request from Miss Alice, she wants back up on the spot"
"Proceeding with the request, twenty more officers are being sent to the area in 2 groups"
"There's an emergency, we have to clear the area as soon as possible !" An officer shouts In the control room. here, dozens of officers are commanding different unit in the southeast area of Tokyo city, where the current operation is in action.
Everyone is busy, Unit 1 and 2 are out on the mission in southeast area of Tokyo, Following the news that leaked 3 days ago.
At the southeastern side of Tokyo ...
This side of the city is completely abandoned and being used as hideout for many gangs in Tokyo.
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"Ma'am, the backup has arrived as you requested !" An officer came in the room and reported to the woman sitting on chair surrounded by so many monitors on desk, they're using this building as commanding point which is just infront of the suspected building.
"Great, we have to secure the whole area in three hundred meter radius around the building in front of us, make sure no one can enter or leave this area at any cost" With a firm voice.
An SS rank officer from FBI and the captain of 22nd batch Alice, Her hair is golden brown, wearing a white shirt and grey coat on top of it.
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On the east side of the building, the main road ...
There are more than twenty officers in guard, blocking the entire road and the surrounding of the building.
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On the south side of the building, middle road which connects this area to the bridge which leads to the main city ...
There are more than 30 officers guarding the front gate of the building and the both south and north side of the road. There's a under-construction building right in front of the suspected building where the Leader of PHANTOM BATCH, ALICE is staying and using it as commanding spot.
There are ten more AGENTS from FBI in her batch along with Alice, they're all especially appointed for this specific mission.
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On the west side of the building, the outskirts road ...
There are several officers just like other side of the building covering the area and securing the surroundings of building.
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The light on the ceiling flickers, as she walks towards the desk with a cup filled coffee, the noise of her heals on the incomplete floor echoes around the floor. As she sets the cup on the desk aside and sits on the chair. Suddenly the radio beeps signaling for a new call, Alice picks up the radio.
"This is unit one, nothing unusual, everything is fine on the position twelve, over "
"This is unit three, everything clear on position seventh, over" On a seperate line, another officer reporting.
"This is unit five, everything is in under control ma'am, over" ...
She stays silent for a moment and once all of the voices became silent and everyone was done reporting she pulls the radio's mic close to her mouth ...
"Okay, keep your guard up, clear!" She says, as she puts the mic back down.
There are three monitors in front of her which are showing the camera footage of those camera which got installed on different spots, while adjusting her glasses with her finger, she took a glance at the screen.
No suspicious activity going on, just complete silence and nothing, as she picks up the coffee mug on the desk and leans back on the chair ...
'where could you possibly be huh ?' she thinks, while staring at the ceiling.
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'Three days ago, we got a very strange message on our private radio frequency, we've been preparing for this since then. Ever since I heard that, there's a chance that he is still alive and back, I haven't been able to sleep properly!'
'This is our one and only chance, we have to catch him, THE BIGGEST THREAT TO THE WORLD'
'We have over a 100 officers surrounding this area, we blocked all of the way to enter and exit, if it's true that there's gonna be a deal between him and OUTLAWS gang, he has to show up, considering this is setting up in the abandoned area, there is a possibility ! He might actually show up in person, we'll capture him at any cost !'
"Mam ! Ma'am ? Ma'am !' An officer is continuously trying to get her attention to report something important but she is completely lost in thought ... Until the officer raised his voice to take her out of her thoughts.
"What is it ?" Alice said with annoyed face, as she sits up on the chair properly and looks down at the floor. She was so worn out because of the work and sleepless night, she can barely keep her eyes open.
"Uh ! we have this report from the searching unit, and they said that they didn't find anything" The officer said.
"So he's not coming out yet, it means he is probably hiding somewhere near, if he wants to reach the building. He can't hide far away so he could be around here !" Alice says while staring at floor.
"You, go and call for more backup and tell the searching unit on the western side to start searching around the bridge and the tall buildings" Alice orders the officer, as she sips a little from her coffee.
The empty wrappers of coffee powder scattered around the dustbin, she'd been drinking coffee continuously to keep herself awake, She gets up from her chair and stands up, while streching her body, she picks up the coffee mug again and sips the coffee little while staring out of the window.
"Where are you huh ?"
On the rooftop of the same building where Alice and her entire batch is staying ...
A young boy standing on the edge of the roof, in blue coat and grey pants, holding a suitcase in his right hand and smoking cigarette, looking at the front view ... there are several officers beneath the building but the building is too high up so he is completely hidden to them,
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"What do you mean by that ?" Alice yells at the officer on the radio line, as she smacks her fist on the table frustratingly ... The monitor on the table slides right with the impact even the officer standing beside her got startled by it.
"What do you mean you couldn't find him !?"
"But ma'am, we searched everywhere around the southern side" The officer stammered over the radio line. "There's no trace of anyone entering or leaving!"
Furious, Alice crushes microphone tightly in her fist and threw it on the ground, The mic shattered into pieces !
"Where the hell are you hiding !" Alice screamed, clenching her fist against the desk.
Other officers who are watching her losing her mind got scared as well and quickly step back ...
'He is nowhere to be found, my head is killing me right now because of this !' she thinks.
As she suddenly gets up from the chair and holds her head while walking towards the balcony to get some fresh air.
Her movement is slow and shaky, as she leans against the railing, and stares at the high end view.
The cold breeze and soft wind blows and touches her hair and face ... she was so depressed and annoyed by all of it.
'I wonder what Mashal is doing right now? ...
Probably drinking and slacking off somewhere!'
A soft smile came onto her lips as she stares at the view, she closes her eyes for a moment, breathing in the cold and fresh air.
'I miss you, idiot !'
As she opens her eyes and then suddenly she caught a glimpse of something in the distance ...
She raises her head and narrows her eyes to focus on what it is. Then she spotted a white and dense smoke which is covering the street Little by Little, firstly she didn't understand anything ...
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On the east side of building ...
"why it's getting foggy all of a sudden" An officer guard ...
"you're right, it was not like this just a moment ago" Another Officer replied to him
Some officers started coughing by that dense and strange fog.
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A officer came into the room while running and says breathlessly, covered in sweat.
"Miss alice, there's a report from unit 2 in the east guard, that a very dense fog appeared out of nowhere and covered the entire street"
"What !" She turns around and quickly comes back to her desk and started picking up the other microphone to contact other units ... And coincidentally every unit has the same thing to report.
"What is even happening !" The officer said while looking outside of the balcony to another officer standing beside him.
"What is that strange fog !?" Another officer replied to him.
Alice glances outside of the balcony too and saw that fog is covered the entire street already and it's so dense that she can't even see down at the street anymore!
'What is this ?' Alice clenches her teeth and just stares outside with wide eyes.
Alice can't even understand what's going on, a strange fog appear out of nowhere and started covering up the whole area like a white sheet.
The officers in every location are so confused as well, that fog is so dense and has a very strange smell in it ... which making incredible hard to even breathe.
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On the roof of the commanding building where Alice is staying currently ...
The boy now has a lighter in his left hand which he is playing with by flicking it open and clicking it shut ... The sound of opening the lighter and closing it echoes ... as the fog covers up the entire street.
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Alice can't make sense of anything. she rushes back to the balcony to search for any clue then she noticed something!
That the fog already covered the entire area, it's almost impossible to see through the fog but there's a very strange thing about it, this is not just a normal smoke or mist because it's not rising up in the air instead ... it's getting sinking down to the ground, she stares at the fog for a second and then leans on the railing to catch the smell of it.
Other officers quickly step forward to grab onto her before she falls off the balcony...
She took a deep breath and tries to smell the fog, by closing her eyes to focus, she suddenly got so shocked as she opens her eyes in pure panic as she falls back on the balcony, her face turned pale as she desperately run towards the desk to pick up the walkie talkie ... Other officers just stand their watching the sudden change in her behaviour ... It's not normal to see a person like Alice this much terrified and desperate.
"Everyone, fall back now !!!" She screams into the radio.
"It's a set up, get away from this area nooow !!!"
But it was already too late ...
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At the same time, on the roof of the commanding building where that boy is standing, the cigaratte he was smoking is now finished as he lit up the lighter and flicks it off the edge of the, down toward the ground and as soon as that burning lighter went down ...
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An officer hears something as he heads over to check what it is while holding a pistol and saw a burning lighter falling from the sky and before he even understand anything ...
The entire area erupts into a roaring inferno !
The glass around the area got melted by the heat that, the trees got burned by the fire and ...
With a massive explosion which creates a very loud noise, every police officer on the guard within the radius of that strange fog got caught up in the flame and burned alive.
The flames comes through every open space of the building and before even Alice get to react, it already reached right infront of her eyes, the iron support columns which are there to support the building melts too and the whole third to first floor collapses right on Alice and the officers inside the building, burying Alice along with her entire batch under tons of burning debris.
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On the roof of the commanding building, that boy is still standing right on the edge of the roof, a very massive explosion happens right in front of him even the flames of the fire coming right on his face but he stays on the same position, then he pulls out another cigarette out of his pocket and brings his hand closer to the flame, while holding that cigarette in his hand ...
Because of the flame the cigarette light up as he smokes that cigarette, like nothing even happened there, where whole area got burned down, the scream of people burning alive are echoing all around the abandoned building and empty streets.
The noise of explosion and the smoke of fire can be seen about 2 km far away from the incident site ...
TO BE CONTINUED ...
