The distant sound of the ambulances closed in. Normine was just done collecting the survivors of this aftermath.
13 dead bodies and 39 injured people. Around 7 people of the injured 39 were unconscious, and their chance of survival was limited. Normine looked down at the bodies after grouping them up, breathing in and out and wiping the blood of her face. Her brain has still not processed what just happened. She looked to the left where Sa-iq was, still sleeping. She then noticed his eyes slowly opening up, she was uncertain at first and summoned her Dermine sword. Was he going to attack again, or is the true Sa-iq back?
Sa-iq began wondering why his body hurt so much, he could barely move his body. While he was still on the ground, he raised his arm to look at it, he was surprised to see it in so many cuts and bruises, but he was so injured that his expression couldn't even change.
"Sa-iq!" Said Normine, she walked up to him and looked down at him.
"Wha- what happened?" Asked Sa-iq. Normines face dropped.
"You- you don't remember?" Said Normine. Sa-iq was confused at her answer. Normine then bent down to pick up Sa-iq, he was barely able to keep his eyes up.
"It wont be long before the agency finds out. I'll hide you for now." Said Normine. Sa-iq was confused but had no time to think, he was too flabbergasted at Normines insane speed. In just a second, they were already at her home. She placed the key inside the lock and opened the door. Her house was clean and smelled of Bukhoor[1]. She then kept walking forward until she turned to the right in her room. She looked over towards her closet and opened up some space, she began putting down Sa-iq and was surprised to see that he was already able to stand on his own.
"Normine! What happened?" Asked Sa-iq, this time being a little louder.
"I'll explain later, I need to figure out what the hell is going to happen now, something like this has never happened before." Said Normine.
"Hide in my closet until I tell you not to trust me I'm trying to protect you. They would think that you teamed up with it. But I saw what happened, I know you didn't do it." She said. Sa-iq could see the serious look on her face and listened.
"Don't listen to anyone unless you hear my voice." She said before closing the closet.
***
Off the coast of Ghana, over the blue shining waters, lies the official Dermine headquarters, the news of an "extremely strong" creature suddenly popping up in the middle east and killing bystanders had just reached them. To them it sounded a little familiar, but at the same time it was something new, something that had never happened before. The one handling the situation, was the top 1 agent across the globe, Jordan Renegade.
"I've sent Jonathan to investigate, he should arrive at the site around now." Said the upper rank 1 Jordan. His eyes were barely visible due to the brown coat that he always had on
"Sending a lower rank was a mistake Jordan, if the A-ranked Normine Abimbola wasn't able to defend against the attack then I doubt that Jonathan could." Said the upper rank 6 Yuki Takayama. She then corrected her glasses and took a closer look at Jordan. Jordan and Yuki then begin walking down the halls of the headquarters as they talk.
"The threat is over, but nobody was detected, which is why I sent Jonathan. The fact that we haven't got a report from Normine tells us something. Could Normine be behind this?" Responded Jordan. His lips never smiling or frowning, just the same poker face 24/7.
"If Normine is behind this then sending Jonathan is an even dumber idea." Yuki snickered. Her typical black hair bouncing with each step she takes.
"I didn't mean that, it was a hypothetical. I am just saying that something about this feels off, which is why Jonathan would be the best one to check out the site." Responded Jordan.
"Oh well, we'll see how it goes." Said Yuki while wrapping her hair into a bun type of hairstyle.
***
Back at the middle east, in the country of Levant. Jonathan walks in the neighborhood where Normine lives in.
"Tsk, airport security was a pain. I hope the Levantine police got convinced that I'm some super-duper secret agent on a secret mission and didn't find out that I'm a fraud. Talking to Ms. Normine while running away from the cops sounds like no fun." Said Jonathan to himself. He too wore a brown coat covering his face. However, unlike Jordan, Jonathan wasn't as emotionless. While he would try to act like Jordan, whenever he is alone or with people he trusts he usually acts like himself instead.
The sounds of knocking shock Normine. She gets up from the couch and looks through the peephole. She then saw the same old outfit, blue jeans and a black t-shirt covered by a brown coat. The only reason she could tell that it was Jonathan instead of Jordan was because of the height difference. Jonathan being only 18 was naturally shorter than Jordan. Normine slowly opened the door and took a closer look at him.
"What do you want? Jonathan." Said Normine, she couldn't tell if Jonathan was staring at her or not due to the cloak hiding his eyes.
"I was sent here to investigate the recent attack here which left 13 people dead and 39 injured of those 39 injuries 3 of them were agents. Do you know anything about this situation which could help us Agent Normine? Whether you know the demons identity or other stuff." Asked Jonathan. While Normine tried to hide her worry, even Jonathan could see her poker face crack.
"No, I arrived at the scene late and the demon must've left after figuring out my power." Said Normine. Even though Jonathan tried to emitate Jordan by being "emotionless," he still let a little smile crack through.
"Oh, that's some confidence. Alright, just one more question. I see here that the agents who were hospitalized are Sami Hamdani, Sam Nari and Sara Shawkat. I also see from the report that the mother of the twins, Layla Tamr was found dead. So, I simply doubt that Sa-iq Shawkat was able to get out of this alive or unharmed, so mind telling me what happened to him?" Asked Jonathan, Normine was thinking of a fake response.
"I wouldn't know, all I know is that I found the bodies of those 3 agents after my fight." Said Normine. Jonathan kept looking up at her, his height making him seem short.
"When checking the bodies of the victims, we found out that every single body had the same 2 traces of DER, DER from an unknown creature, and DER from Sa-iq. I doubt an F rank was able to fight off someone who was able to kill 13 people in an instant, so I believe that Sa-iq might be a traitor." Said Jonathan, seeing Normines worry made him smile a little, as if he found out the entire situation. Normine was too puzzled and had no idea what to say.
"Oh well that doesn't matter, Sa-iq is nowhere to be seen and he could have been kidnapped, so for now we will still be studying this case, if Sa-iq is in anyway involved with this, then he will be executed." Said Jonathan suddenly. Normine let out a gasp by accident.
"What's that, you seem more worried than you should be." Said Jonathan.
"N-nothing, it's just that execution is only ever done on criminals who have used DER to commit mass murder. I know Sa-iq and I know he wouldn't be able to do much, especially against me and 3 other agents. Also don't you think its immoral to execute a 13-year-old?" Normine stated.
"A murderer is a murderer, at that point the age doesn't matter. Plus, we haven't found anything out yet, so again, why are you so worried?" Asked Jonathan.
"I'll go and question the other 3 agents and hear the story from their perspective, I recommend you stay out of this. After all, I am Jordans second hand, lower rank 2. In the hierarchy of ranks I am above you." He jeered. Normine was visibly mad.
"See ya!" Said Jonathan before getting out of Normines line of sight. Normine slowly closed the door and began contemplating what to do.
[1] Bukhoor is a type of smoke which includes many stuff such as wood chips, spices, natural resins, etc. You light the tip of the rod on fire to create the smoke and smear the scent all over the house. Bukhoor is used to make a house smell nice and also for relaxation. Bukhoor originates from the Arab peninsula.