Ness yawns as she lays herself out in a white swivel chair, smoking a new cigarette. In both of her hands are two modified G18 machine pistols still smoking from having to fire for so long. There are sets of bodies riddled with bullet holes all over the floor. She looks up at the sky blankly and sighs. "Crossholt... Nishida... Things have changed..."
Soon enough, a girl in a spider print dress walks into the lab and the scene before her and gasps, bringing her hands to her mouth. Ness gives a tired look toward the girl and shakes her head. "You're way too late, kid. I had to handle all the goons on my own. Luckily for you, none of my research got touched."
The girl nods slowly as she steps forward, speaking in a bit of a meek, high-pitched voice. Her long violet hair draped down toward her hips as she shivered a bit. [color=FF0099] "I-I'm sorry, Miss Ness... I tried, but I got held up by..." [/color] She gives a quick look toward the guitar case she has hanging on her shoulder.
"Whatever.. What's done is done... However, you're gonna make this up to me now." Ness slowly gets out of her chair, holsters the pistols under her lab coat and walks the girl into the portal room. "I've made modifications to this interdimensional portal device and it can now open a two-way gate between two dimensions."
The scientist turns to the guitar girl and stares the scared little thing straight in her blue eyes. The girl seems to shrink a bit as Ness continues. "You're going to do two things for me: 1. You're going to find Crossholt and Nishida in the dimension I send you to and relay to them that they are to stay in that dimension until further notice. They are going to be the rust that slows and destroys the gears of our enemy's operation...."
The girl's eyes start tearing up a bit and her voice becomes a bit hoarse. [color=FF0099] "WHAT!? But Rex and Yuki need to come back! I need to know that they're safe... And how can they be a help to us if they're--" [/color] Ness interrupts "2. You're going to assess their strengths and the strength of any sort of group they may be with. Report back to me as soon as possible after your fight." The girl just stares at Ness dumbfounded. Smiling, the scientist looks at the girl with kinder looking eyes. "Let's just say... Our enemy knows they're there too and they're sending some big guns to take them out. Since that's the case... our chances to finally take them out hae never been higher. I'm counting on you... Akira..."
Understanding what was going on, Akira nods, the tears in her eyes giving way to a look of determination. [color=FF0099] "That seems a bit cruel to those two... but I'll do my best, Ness. I'll set out as soon as I can!" [/color] Ness nods and walks back into her chair. "The longer you wait, the more piles of bodies you'll see." [color=FF0099] "EEEWWWWwwww....!" [/color] The girls runs out of the lab looking a bit pale as Ness chuckles to herself.