Miss Nightmare had turned into a Sirus… But what exactly happened? And why? In any case, they were surrounded.
Miss Nightmare: "Hahhh… Run while you still can…"
She struck the Sirus away.
Miss Nightmare: "Quick… I'll follow you… after that…"
Kenn: "Come on, Liza!"
He grabbed her hand and ran off…
Liza: "Ah… Kenn… your underwear is slipping again—I can almost see your butt."
Kenn: "Please… just ignore it… delete that from your memory."
Liza: "Okay…"
They ran and ran until he found something.
Kenn: "A… corpse…"
He rushed over, grabbed the pants and put them on.
Kenn: "Sorry, had to do it."
Liza: "It's fine."
They hurried along.
Liza: "Hahhh…"
Kenn: "…ghhhh… there… that building—let's get in!"
They stormed inside and fell to the ground. Kenn stood up immediately, looking for something to block the door—and found it. A broom. He jammed it between the handle.
Kenn: "Ugh… hahhh… hahhh…"
Liza: "... (silent)"
Kenn: "What… are you okay, Liza?"
Liza: "Don't come closer…"
Kenn: "What's wrong, hey… ugh…"
Liza had peed herself out of fear.
Kenn: "… (silent)"
Liza: "This is so embarrassing… I'm really sorry…"
She covered her face.
Kenn: "…No… no, it's okay."
Liza: "This is disgusting… I'm seriously disgusting."
Kenn: "No… no, really… it's okay… don't be embarrassed… it's okay… hey…"
He gently held her head and stroked it.
Kenn: "Hey… hey… it's really okay…"
Liza: "Hmm…"
Kenn: "Things like this happen to girls sometimes…"
Liza: "...mmm… My dad used to beat me whenever it happened…"
Kenn: "Oh… does it happen often?"
Liza: "I… suffer from idiopathic overactive bladder / neurogenic bladder dysfunction… that's what the doctor called it…"
Kenn: "Ugh… at least a doctor got to see you."
Liza: "Not really… the doctor… was my brother…"
Kenn: "And he… your father beat you even though it wasn't your fault?"
Liza: "Mhm…"
Kenn: "That's… that's… ugh, I'm so sorry… You know… my parents were really kind to me and Mia… so I can't even imagine how a parent could do something like that to their own child… You don't hear that much in Japan—or even in America or other countries…"
Liza: "…Well… the thing is… I'm not really from the family. I come from an earlier relationship of my mother's… hehe… I only know that he left her when she was pregnant… she was pregnant with me… after that, she met the man I call 'dad'… I only call him that because I never met my real one… I don't even know what he looked like… just that his name was Roland, from a family named James…"
Kenn: "Oh…"
He looked at Liza… Kenn began to feel sorry for her—especially now that he saw her face up close for the first time. He noticed how tired her eyes looked. He'd seen the wounds on her arms before, but not this closely…
Kenn: "If… you want… you can change… there are some clothes over there… I won't look, I promise."
Liza: "Hehe… I know you won't… even if you wanted to… why would you, with a woman like me…"
She stood up and went over to the clothes. There was a curtain she could change behind.
Kenn: "…hmmmm…"
Liza: "Are you… are you still there?"
Kenn: "Yeah…"
Liza: "Okay…"
She came out wearing just a tank top.
Liza: "I only found these jeans and this undershirt…"
Kenn: "Ugh…"
When she turned around and adjusted her shirt, he saw her back—it was covered in scars… burn marks… whip marks.
Kenn: "Ugh…"
He looked away.
Liza: "It's okay…"
Kenn: "…hmmm."
He stood up.
Kenn: "Hey… Liza…"
Liza: "Hmm?"
He walked up and hugged her suddenly.
Liza: "Whoa… Kenn…"
Kenn: "…(silent)…"
Liza: "Kenn…?"
Kenn: "You don't have to be afraid anymore… not anymore… we'll protect you…"
Liza: "…ugh…"
(Knock) (Knock!)
They flinched and turned. Miss Nightmare was standing there.
Miss Nightmare: "Hahh… it would be really nice if you opened the door."
They opened it. When Liza saw her, she hugged her tightly.
Miss Nightmare: "Hey… is it National Hug Day or something?... (sniffs) It smells weird… wait… did you wet your pants—wait—don't hug me in those!"
Liza: "It's fine… it's a different pair…"
Miss Nightmare: "Hahh… good… can you let go of me now?"
She did so.
Kenn: "Hey… what was that…"
Miss Nightmare: "You mean… this!?"
She showed her hand—it was made of stone and glowing green.
Miss Nightmare: "I'm half human… half Sirus… it's called a Sirus Human."
Kenn: "…uh…"
Miss Nightmare: "Let me guess, you're more confused by the name than the fact that this works."
Kenn: "Yeah… how'd you know?"
Miss Nightmare: "Well… I had the same reaction. The Nazis are working on a project to make this possible… it involves brutal torture… three weeks… they drop you in a forest—no food, no water—you have to find everything yourself, and even kill others who are also trying to survive. And the Sirus, of course… only four people have survived it so far. And I—Miss Nightmare—am one of them."
Kenn: "Who are the others?"
Miss Nightmare: "A girl named Gretel… and her brother, Hansel. Then there's one called Dark Poison—real name: Hilbert Steinhauer."
Kenn: "…"
Miss Nightmare: "No."
Kenn: "And Hansel and Gretel?"
Miss Nightmare: "Sounds silly, I know, but that's really their names. Their mother hated the Nazis so much… she named them that just to spite them. They killed her in front of the two kids… poor things… anyway. There's good news, bad news, and very bad news."
Kenn: "…okay… let's start with the very bad."
Miss Nightmare: "We're surrounded… by Sirus."
Kenn: "The bad?"
Miss Nightmare: "We don't know where we are… we went too far."
Liza: "And… the good?"
Miss Nightmare: "Kenn found some pants."
Kenn: "Seriously… right now?"
Miss Nightmare: "Hey… better than being stuck here in those Tom and Jerry undies…"
Kenn: "Don't insult my childhood."
Miss Nightmare: "…Friend, if we don't find a way out of here, there won't be a childhood left… or freedom… or… liveliness…"
Kenn: "That didn't fit."
Miss Nightmare: "…I know… I know."
She sat down.
Miss Nightmare: "Oh… I wish I could shower… but then Kenn would sneak up on me… oh dear, oh dear…"
Kenn: "Uh…"
Miss Nightmare: "Then he'd see my chest and make weird noises 'cause he's never seen something that cool…"
Kenn: "Okay—I have seen boobs before."
Miss Nightmare: "Your mom's don't count… and neither do your sister's…"
Kenn: "Your humor is sick."
Miss Nightmare: "I'll take that as a compliment… thanks…"
She sighed and stood up again to look for food.
Miss Nightmare: "Let's see… no… no… no!"
She threw things aside without looking.
Kenn: "Hey—!"
Liza: "Oh dear…"
Miss Nightmare: "No… no… pudding… hmm… nope… cigarettes… nope… beer… nope… ah! There it is… yes!"
Kenn: "What?"
Liza: "Something good?"
Miss Nightmare: "The best… gummy bears!"
Kenn: "… (silent)…"
Liza: "Oh… cool… so cool!"
Miss Nightmare: "Right? Come on, let's eat them…"
Kenn: "This isn't kindergarten—"
He looked at Liza, happy and smiling as she ate. He realized Miss Nightmare was only doing it to cheer her up.
Miss Nightmare: "Do you like it?"
Liza: "Yeah… I've never had these before…"
Miss Nightmare: "Then you'll get to eat them a lot now… hehe…"
(It became evening.)
Liza fell asleep.
Miss Nightmare: "Hmmm… hmmm…"
She stroked Liza's head as she lay across her lap.
Kenn: "Hmmm…"
Miss Nightmare: "She's so tired."
Kenn: "Hey…"
Miss Nightmare: "Hmm?"
Kenn: "Thank you… thank you for taking care of her. I've never seen her smile before… but you… you made her smile."
Miss Nightmare: "You have to understand… because she was locked in a basement so long, she still thinks like a child in many ways… that's normal…"
She stroked her hair…
Miss Nightmare: "…hmmm."
Kenn: "Why did you say you hate Nazis?"
Miss Nightmare: "Because I do."
Kenn: "…hmm…"
Miss Nightmare: "But sadly, I have nowhere to go… nowhere to run… so I have to stay with them…"
Kenn: "Hmm… hey…"
Miss Nightmare: "Yeah?"
Kenn: "I'm sure you didn't know about Mia's condition… I trust you now."
Miss Nightmare: "What's with the sudden change of heart? Hey buddy… are you trying to butter me up so I'll say something like 'Oh Kenny…' and strip down so you can stare at my boobs?"
Kenn: "What the hell is going on in your head?"
Miss Nightmare: "Hey, the only things Sir Eisenberg gave me were dirty images… I thought you guys liked that stuff."
Kenn: "Well… we do… but… I'm not a pervert…"
Miss Nightmare: "Okay, okay…"
She looked outside.
Miss Nightmare: "We need to leave tomorrow… oh great… Liza wet herself again…"
Kenn: "Oh… she said she has idiopathic overactive bladder / neurogenic bladder dysfunction…"
Miss Nightmare: "Well, it's okay…"
She kept stroking her hair…
Liza: "(moans in sleep)"
Miss Nightmare: "Before my parents died… I had many siblings… I was the youngest… so I know the feeling… of needing warmth…"
Kenn: "Is that why you're so kind to Liza?"
Miss Nightmare: "Mhm… like I said… she's 18, but… because of her past… she's never experienced things like this… it's all new… for her… people need warmth…"
Kenn: "Mhm…"
Kenn looked at her.
Miss Nightmare: "I'm really sorry… about your sister… I think… Heinrich lied to me…"
Kenn: "Why do you say that?"
Miss Nightmare: "The camp we went to… he said it was safe… but he lied… it was full of Sirus… even though he claimed he'd been watching it for days… plus… I found out the fence was only recently sealed… someone must've lured the Sirus there… using victims. Humans… animals… I found their bodies… someone was feeding them—or more like baiting them—and then closed the fence…"
Kenn: "Why would he betray you?"
Miss Nightmare: "I already told you… I do things the Nazis don't like. I don't kill children… I don't kill parents with kids… and most of the blood energy comes from either already-dead humans or animals—usually animals that resemble humans… like pigs, for example…"
Kenn: "Hmmm…"
Miss Nightmare: "Once we're back, we'll deal with it… get some sleep… I'll stay up a bit longer…"
Kenn: "Okay…"
He fell asleep.
Miss Nightmare: "Hmmm…"
She almost dozed off.
(Sister…!)
Miss Nightmare: "Huh… what…"
She looked around… no one was there… then suddenly, two hands held her face—from above—from the rooftop. There she was… a figure with white skin… and dark eyes that bled.
Miss Nightmare: "Hahhh…"
(Sister… be careful…)
And then—she vanished.(the Ghost )