The investigations finally revealed what had roughly happened.
Sophie: "Hahh."
Fiona: "Enough... I think we have it… the dreams."
Violet: "Mhm."
Melina: "And what do we do now?"
Fiona: "We have to stop Sevasti… It's simple… we wait until Marcus gets here… we need his help."
Sophie: "Mhm."
One Hour Later
Lucy: "Hmmm…"
Marcus: "We're almost there…"
Lucy: "You've been saying that for hours…"
Marcus: "There were some problems along the way."
Lucy: "I see…"
Tschut!
Train Announcer: "Titia… Titia… Titia."
The train stopped.
Marcus: "So…"
They got off.
Marcus: "Huh?"
Sophie: "Well, look, I've been waiting for you…"
Marcus: "Sophie… what are you doing here?"
Sophie: "Waiting for you… We've found quite a bit… and… was Frank really a traitor to the Dark Umbrella?"
Marcus: "Yes… but I taught him a lesson…"
Sophie: "And his family… did you kill them?"
Marcus: "Only his wife… she knew too much…"
Sophie: "Was that really necessary?… She had children…"
Marcus: "We take care of the children… that's how we've always done it."
Sophie: "Hahhh…"
Marcus: "That's how the Owls handled Fiona's real parents."
Sophie: "I know… you knew too?"
Marcus: "Only recently. And you?"
Sophie: "Also only recently."
Marcus: "Does Fiona know?"
Sophie: "No."
Marcus: "Hmm… will you tell her?"
Sophie: "I'm supposed to tell her the Owls killed her parents and that we did nothing to help?…"
Marcus: "It was only an accident…"
Sophie: "An accident…"
Marcus: "Hahhhh… Lady Natasha was the leader back then… only Fiona and Nial survived."
Sophie: "Mhm… but Nial died by suicide, didn't he?"
Marcus: "Yes… luckily Fiona didn't know him because she was a baby. She couldn't remember… he could…"
Sophie: "I still remember him… He took his life just before Fiona became one of the Crows…"
Marcus: "Yes…"
Patch! Patch!
Marcus: "Ughhuh?"
Sophie: "Huh?…"
It was Fiona.
Fiona: "There you are… Can you hurry… Oh, Lucy is here too…"
Lucy: "Hello…"
Fiona: "Let's go…"
Marcus: "Ok…"
Sophie: "Ok."
They moved forward.
Sophie: "Hmm?"
Marcus: "Hah…"
Fiona: "(Shivering)… Could you wait here for a moment? I forgot my bottle…"
Marcus: "Ok."
She went briefly.
Fiona: "Hahhhh… how… Nial… was my brother…"
Memory
Nial: "Hello… Fiona."
Fiona: "Oh… Nial… right?"
Nial: "Yes… hehe… long time no see…"
Fiona: "Yeah…"
Nial: "I heard you're now one of the Crows… That's good?"
Fiona: "Yes…"
Nial: "Hehehe… I knew you'd manage… you're like Mother…"
Fiona: "Excuse me?"
Nial: "Ugh… Hehehe… forgive me… I mean like your mother… Please forgive me, I have to go…"
He walked away.
End of Memory
Fiona: "Nial… was my… brother? The Owls killed my parents… why… did no one tell me…"
As soon as Fiona learned, she was surprised but said nothing.
Sophie: "Through dreams, Sevasti kills people or, through electroshock in the brain, hacks the devices…"
Fiona: "Exactly."
Sophie: "I suggest we split up. I'll go with Fiona, and the three of you—Lucy, Marcus, and Melina—go to Resin. We'll go to Hauer… Violet, go with them."
They did as planned.
Sophie: "I know you want to talk to me… Fiona…"
Fiona: "Huh?"
Sophie: "You found out about your brother Nial?"
Fiona: "How long did you know he was my brother?"
Sophie: "For a few days."
Fiona: "Why didn't you tell me…?"
Sophie: "I couldn't… I couldn't fathom telling you… that your parents were killed by the Owls… or that your brother was a twisted psycho who had a serious sister complex…"
Fiona: "Maybe… he was lonely…"
Sophie: "Hahh… not maybe… he was lonely… I'm not saying I don't understand… it must have broken his heart that his sister was taken from him… He couldn't talk to you… that surely hurt him."
Fiona: "…hhh… did… he really… kill himself?"
Sophie: "Yes… By the way… I already noticed he had interest in you… but I didn't know he was your brother… Parzival told me back then to take care of you… that's why…"
Fiona: "Huh?"
Sophie: "Fiona… you are very sensitive… I understand, you've had a damn hard life… That's why I'm here… I want to help you… I used to be mean… but now I want to be there for you."
Fiona: "Mm."
She stroked Fiona's head.
Sophie: "The thing with your brother… I'm really sorry… I didn't think it would affect you this much… Do you really feel so lonely… wishing he were alive… one of your family?"
Fiona: "Did I have other siblings?"
Sophie: "There were ten of you… your parents had eight children… some adopted. Only Nial and you, Fiona… were their biological children."
Fiona: "Why did the Owls do this?"
Sophie: "Hahh."
She intertwined her hands.
Sophie: "Good question… no one knows… though I have a theory."
Fiona: "What?"
Sophie: "Lady Natasha… worked for the Owls in the past…"
Fiona: "Huh!"
Sophie: "And Edwardson, the murderer of your parents and siblings, was also with the Owls… Shortly after, Lady Natasha came to us, exactly five months later… probably the Owls didn't want your parents killed… but she did it anyway, with Edwardson."
Fiona: "Hahhhh…"
Sophie: "I'm sorry…"
Fiona: "It's fine…"
Sophie: "Hmm…"
Fiona: "Alright… we're here… let's split up."
Sophie: "Ok."
They separated and looked around.
Sophie: "Hahhh… I don't see anyone…"
Click!
Sophie: "Huh!"
Someone aimed a gun at her…
Sophie: "Mmmm."
Circus Member: "Don't move."
Sophie: "Mmmmh…"
Circus Member: "Did you come with anyone?"
Sophie: "Ask your mother…"
Circus Member: "Bitch!"
He struck her unconscious.
Circus Member: "Take her with you…"
A few minutes later
Fiona: "Sophie?… Sophie?… Hey… huh?"
She found bloodstains.
Fiona: "Hmmm… hey Crane… sniff that."
Crane: "(Sniff)… that's Sophie's blood."
Fiona: "Hmmm`?… huh!"
She heard someone moving through the house… Circus members.
Fiona: "Hmm…"
One came out… Fiona grabbed him and covered his mouth.
Circus Member: "Mmm."
Fiona: "Did you capture a woman?"
Circus Member: "Mmm."
Fiona: "Tell me or I'll make you explode."
Circus Member: "Ughh… in the 10th…"
Fiona: "10th floor… hmmm… where are we… maybe the fourth?"
Circus Member: "Yes…"
Fiona: "Great… sleep well."
She struck his head just enough so he stayed alive but unconscious.
Fiona: "Good… I'd better wait for Marcus here…"
Bieb… Bieb… Bieb
Fiona: "(Sweating)… Damn it Marcus… you stupid brat… this wasn't planned… I have to hide now."
Bieb!
Circus Members: "Move… move…"
Fiona hid behind a cabinet.
Fiona: "Hmmm…"
Ptsssss
Marcus: "Fiona, can you hear me?"
Fiona: "Hmm… Marcus?"
She took the guard's walkie-talkie.
Marcus: "Can you hear me, Fiona?"
Fiona: "I hear you… Are you the reason it's so loud here?"
Marcus: "Yes… we're distracting them… you look for Sophie."
Fiona: "Ok…"
Marcus: "Be careful."
Fiona: "You too."
Lucy: "Hahahaha… come here."
She hung up.
Fiona: "Hold on… Sophie…"
Meanwhile
Sevasti: "Your friends seem to be… here… whatever…."
He touched her cheeks.
Sophie: "Ghh…"
Sevasti: "You're so pretty…"
Sophie: "Oh yes… I don't want to be mean… but is your thing a remote? After all, your head is a television…"
Sevasti: "Hahahahahahaha…"
Sophie: "No offense."
Sevasti: "It's fine… hahahaha… I like you… I won't kill you… But Fiona… and Marcus… yes."
Meanwhile
Krach!
Fiona: "Urk… my leg… damn it… fuck fuck!"
Her leg began to glow.
Fiona: "Ghhhh…"
She grabbed her cane.
Fiona: "Hahhh… having only one foot is really… shitty!"
She started running.
Fiona: "Urk… aaaaaaarghhh…"
Klopf!
Fiona: "Ugh."
Violet: "Hey!"
Fiona: "Ugh!"
Violet suddenly appeared, coming through the ventilation.
Violet: "Hey…"
Fiona: "You here Violet… um… is that a hand you're holding?"
Violet: "Yes… he tried to let me go, so I cut it off… wasn't really intentional, I'm just strong in my shadow form…"
Fiona: "I see…"
Violet: "I'll help you…"
Fiona: "Ok."
Violet: "If you say so."
Fiona: "Hey, why only a tank top?"
Violet: "No choice, it's damn warm here, and my jacket was too big for the vent…"
Fiona: "Yeah…"
Violet: "But your stomach is visible."
Fiona: "Only a little… not too bad…"
Violet: "Ok."
They continued, observing the killer machines.
Fiona: "Ugh."
Violet: "Huh!"
They hid.
Violet: "Hahh…"
Fiona: "Hmm?"
Killer Machine: "...(silent)… Control… Control… Control…"
It passed by… Violet saw the ventilation. Fiona nodded… she opened it slightly… Fiona moved slowly toward her and they used the vent.
Violet: "Oh… I thought he would find us."
Fiona: "Hahhh… good… let's keep going… one of the guards said she's on the tenth floor."
Violet: "Tenth floor?!"
Fiona: "Exactly."
Violet: "We're on the fourth… that will take long."
Fiona: "If we're lucky, we'll find an elevator."
Violet: "And if we're not lucky?"
Fiona: "Then we'll have to use the vent to go up."
Violet: "Uh… look, isn't that a rope from… the elevators?"
Fiona: "Huh?"
They went outside… indeed, it was an elevator.
Violet: "Luck?"
Fiona: "Seems so… but will it work?"
Violet: "Hmm."
They stepped onto the elevator roof.
Violet: "Hmm."
Fiona: "Let's see."
Violet: "Ok."
They began to descend inside and pressed for the tenth floor.
Violet: "Hmm?"
Fiona: "Hmm?"
Violet: "Huh!"
It moved.
Violet: "Wuhu!"
Fiona: "Hmmm… strange, no cameras…"
Violet: "Hmm?"
Elevator: "Fifth floor…"
Violet: "Ok…"
Meanwhile
Sevasti: "The elevators… will probably be used… hehe… break them…"
Circus Member: "Yes sir."
Seconds later
Krach!
Violet: "What the hell?"
Fiona: "Apparently… something's wrong…"
Violet: "What?"
The elevator started filling with boiling water.
Violet: "Ugh."
Fiona: "Something's wrong… it's… boiling water… get out fast."
Violet: "Ok."
They exited through the top opening and climbed.
Violet: "What now… there's no exit here."
Fiona: "Climb."
Violet: "The rope… it's a mistake, we'll fall."
Fiona: "Got a better idea?"
Violet: "Hahh."
They climbed higher… it was very warm and getting hotter.
Violet: "Ohhh… I've never sweated this much…"
Fiona: "Hahhh…"
Hours later
Ninth floor… one more to go.
Violet: "Hahh… Fiona… I can't take it anymore…"
Fiona: "Ughh… hhhhh… hold on…"
Violet: "Your hand is bleeding."
Fiona: "It's fine…"
Violet: "Hahh…"
They climbed until finally reaching it.
Violet: "Ohhh…"
Fiona: "Hahh… (cough)… hahhh… we have another problem."
Violet: "What now?"
Fiona: "The vent is closed, and the doors too… huh?"
Violet: "Hmm?"
The rope began to tear.
Violet: "Ugh."
Fiona: "Huh!"
Violet: "What do we do now?"
Fiona took a gun and shot the vent several times.
Violet: "Huh."
Fiona: "Ghhhh… come on."
Bang!
It fell… the rope tore… but they jumped at the last second and held onto the vent.
Violet: "Ughh… hhh…"
Fiona: "Hahhh…"
Violet: "Hahh…"
They entered, continued forward, and finally got out.
Patch!
Violet: "Ahh… oh shit…"
Fiona: "Hahh… (cough)…"
They both collapsed from exhaustion.
Violet: "Hahhh…"
Fiona: "Hahhh… no time… Sophie is waiting for us…"
Violet: "Yeah…"
Sevasti: "Welcome, detectives of the Dark Umbrella…"
Violet: "Huh?"
Fiona: "Hahh…"
Violet: "He really has her captive…"
Sevasti: "How interesting…"
Sophie: "Fiona."
Fiona: "Ugh."
Violet: "He has her… really."
Sevasti: "Be good and join me… ohh… you're sweating so much… but hey, it makes your skin shine on your shoulders and hands… I must say, very attractive."
Violet: "Great… he has a TV for a head… but below, probably not…"
Fiona: "What do you want… Mr. Sevasti?"
Sevasti: "I want you to leave… don't worry, I won't kill this pretty lady… Sophie… hehe."
Fiona: "Leave Sophie alone… how do you even plan to kiss her with… the TV head?"
Sevasti: "(Sweating)… indeed, I can't touch her with that… but I didn't mean that…"
Fiona: "Those brains down there… why collect them?"
Sevasti: "To study all kinds of people… murderers… abusers… beggars… children… women… old people…"
Fiona: "Hmmm…"
Sevasti: "Hehehe… so, you have no chance against so many of my people…"
Fiona: "Hmm."
Violet: "Should we fight?"
Fiona: "No… he's right, there are too many…"
Violet: "Hahh…"
Sevasti: "So… how about you just leave? I could be kind and let you go…"
Fiona: "I'm not leaving without Sophie…"
Sevasti: "Oh… how cute…"
Fiona: "Shut up… you talk too much… can we stop you another way?"
Sevasti: "Interesting… normally people would ask, can we disable you."
Fiona: "That's not really my style… appearance or origin doesn't matter to me… what exactly do you want… Sevasti?"
Sevasti: "Hmm… how annoying… you look so serious…"
Violet: "Hmm."
Sevasti: "Hmph."
Fiona: "Hahhh… take care of him… Lucy."
Sevasti: "Huh!"
Lucy: "Hahahaha!"
She suddenly appeared… Marcus as well.
Marcus: "Ugh… Violet, Fiona… are you okay?"
Fiona: "Yes."
Marcus: "Ugh… Fiona… you… you're sweating so much… and why only a tank top?"
Fiona: "Because it's too warm…"
Marcus: "(She could wear a less uncomfortable tank top… one that shows more skin… what am I saying…)…"
Fiona: "Stop staring at me, can you?"
Marcus: "Oh… sorry."
Lucy: "Hahaha!"
(Splash!)
Circus: "urk!"
Sevasti: "Damn.. Don't move or I'll kill her!"
Sophie: "Ugh.."
(Click!)
Sophie: "ugh.."
Fiona: "Huh!"
Violet: "Hmm?"
Marcus: "Wait, what's going on now?!"
Renni… it was Renni pointing her gun at Sevasti.
Sevasti: "ugh.."
Fiona: "Renni... what are you doing here!"
Renni: "No time to explain.. Let the woman go now... Sevasti…"
Fiona: "Huh?"
Sevasti: "Tsss.."
He let her go… she walked forward.
Sophie: "Ugh."
Fiona: "Hey Sophie... are you okay.. wait, I'll help you."
She untied the ropes.
Sophie: "Ughhahh.. Thanks… Violet and Fiona… you too Schneider…"
Schneider: "Are you okay?"
Sophie: "I… I think I just got a hard hit to the stomach, nothing more.."
Fiona: "Hmm… okay, we'll check it once we're out of here… but what is Renni doing here.."
Sevasti: "I see… Zantanel sent you."
Sophie: "Huh?"
Fiona: "What?... Renni…"
Sevasti: "Hehehe."
Renni: "Yes… as for you Sevasti… she wants… you dead."
(Bang!)
She shot him in the head, he fell to the ground.
Renni: "Sorry Fiona… Zantanel… is the only way to meet my daughter from the future…"
Fiona: "Ugh."
Renni: "If I join her… she won't kill me… then Piero won't be… lonely."
Marcus: "Is this the place where you were trapped in Weimar in the slow-motion?"
Fiona: "Yes… Zantanel in the future will kill Renni…"
Renni: "Don't take it… personally against you… huh!"
Sophie: "Watch out… behind you."
Renni: "Huh!"
She quickly jumped to Sophie and Fiona.
Sevasti: "Hahahahahahaha.."
He stood up, several televisions appeared behind him.
Sevasti: "You fools…"
Hands reached out.
Sophie: "ugh.."
Fiona: "This is annoying."
Marcus: "hahh."