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Project Eternity (Chapter 9)
Pairing: OT5
Genre: AU, Action, Drama, Friendship
Rating: G (For this chapter)
Disclaimer: I own the plot only~ Not Arashi~
Summary: Despite of government 'Project Eternity' declaration, 5 genius boys were saved after their parents managed to hide their real intelligence. 10 years later, they witness their parents get caught in misunderstand and aim to save them.
Yet, they never thought it will drag to something serious.
A/N: I'm sorry for every error and mistakes.
Chapter 9
Both Nino and the scientist surprise by the unexpected visitors. It of course makes the hacker angry and glares the older man as he believes it is only because of one possibility-the old scientist is the one who call the armies to come.
“What this supposes to mean?”
“Calm down Ninomiya-kun. I have no idea about this.”
Another doorbell comes from outside. Seeing the old man approach the door, Nino immediately place the glass in his hand on nearest table before block the other one’s way.
“Can’t you just ignore it? If they find out about us-”
“Don’t worry. I’m sure they don’t know who you guys are. Even if they ask me about your stay here, I can simply say you guys are my nephews. Everything will be alright, trust me.”
With a reassuring smile, he pats the hacker’s shoulder and leave toward the door. Nino can feel his heartbeat increase drastically when hear a creak door sound as soon as Mr. Hatsuyuki swing open the door and revealing three soldiers in black are standing in front the house.
“We’re sorry for disturbing this late professor.”
The most front soldier who Nino assumes as the leader slightly bows down.
“It’s fine. I’m not sleeping yet too. Who ordered you to come here?”
“The Department of Central Administration. We were told to arrest the family in front your house who their niece tried to escape from Project Eternity’s annual checkup 3 years ago. We are going to cut power supply to this neighborhood for a while, so the ministry told us to inform professor first just in case professor are doing research now.”
Nino widens his eyes of surprise upon hearing the explanation.
“Right now?”
“Yes professor. We hope you won’t mind.”
Calmly, the old scientist nods.
“I understand. Go ahead.”
“Wait! You can’t do that!”
They surprise by Nino’s shout. As the younger one stamp toward them, the soldiers look at the old man’s face confusingly.
“Who is him?”
“My nephew. Just ignore him. Go ahead.”
With the permission, the gasmask armies leave the house. Nino however couldn’t stop them when Mr. Hatsuyuki quickly steps to block the doorway before close it so the younger one can’t step outside.
“What the hell are you doing?! I can’t believe you let them to do as their please and sacrifice your neighbor! Don’t you realize what they will face once they’re caught?!”
“I know. But you’ll put yourself in risk if you try to stop them.”
“So I should just stay here and do NOTHING?!”
“For now, yes.”
The younger one snorts.
“I don’t care anymore. Just move aside!”
He tries to surpass the older one again. A small struggle occurs between the two until the stairs’ light suddenly turns out and they’re surrounded with pitch darkness. The hacker’s heart thump hardly when hear sound of someone giving a command comes from the outside. Determine to help the armies’ target, he immediately push Mr. Hatsuyuki with all his might aside and hurriedly open the front door, leading his step as fast as he can to the noise’s source when it changes from angry shout to sound of a mother is screaming. Fortunately the dim moonlight above him and the headlight from the military’s truck which is parking right in front the house is bright enough for him to observe what is happening there.
“Move now!”
Nino stops when see few meters in front him is a single mother who is struggling to free herself from the soldiers beside her. Desperate to save her children, the mother hardly bites the tight grip on her arms before fall with a hard thud when the same mad soldier push him onto ground. Her begging voice resounding all over the area the moment her kids forcefully being taken into truck.
‘These scumbags!’
With full speed, he immediately runs to stop those men. The gasmask team meanwhile frowns when found the other one all of sudden stand on their way.
“What are you doing, kid? Move aside.”
“I will if you leave them alone.”
A chuckle escapes from one of the men.
“Do you know you’re defending bad people?”
“I don’t see anyone else but you guys as one here.”
The soldiers’ stare changes to angry one.
“You interfering our job. Move aside, NOW!”
His shout rebound in the area, surprising everyone there except Nino. Even some of residents who quietly watching the arrestment from behind their curtain since while ago quickly close it back, afraid they might get involve with the matter as well if the soldiers see their face.
“I said only if you leave them alone. Don’t make more people suffer because of your stupid loyalty to that evil corrupt prime minister!”
He hears gasp, not one but dozens of it from the witnesses behind bedroom’s curtain. Feel offend by it, the leader of the Alpha team on the other hand toward him. Mr. Hatsuyuki who also hears the shout immediately opens his house’s front door with full awake four guys behind him.
“Say it again if you dare!”
“Am glad too! Don’t make more people suffer because of your STUPID loyalty to that corrupt OLD MAN!”
A punch almost reaches for Nino’s face. It however affects nothing as the hacker just simply dodges it, not purposely making the army in front him feel more irritate. Both him and the man then just exchanges their deathly glare with each other before the older one suddenly gives out a chuckle.
“Fine. If you really want to save these criminals, go ahead. BUT beat me first.”
Fearless, Nino answers it with a same cynic laugh.
“Sound fun.”
He quickly step backwards when receive another sudden attack from the other one. However, he doesn’t think his opponent’s allies will take that chance to drag the single mother’s family into military’s truck not far from them. Fortunately his friends realize about it.
“I’ll go help the family.”
“I’ll cover you then.”
“Wait! Guys-!”
Ignoring the scientist, Aiba and Jun just run to lend their help. Seeing Ohno and Sho as well ready to leave their spot, Mr. Hatsuyuki quickly grab the two of them arms and tell to just stay there. Yet, he doesn’t expect both youngsters will fight back instead of follow him obediently. Just when he almost raises his voice on them, a bright car’s headlights suddenly come to approach the area.
“This is bad."
Ohno and Sho frown when the scientist freezes, along with black uniform soldiers who are struggling with Aiba and Jun. The soldier who is quarreling with Nino meanwhile immediately stops and turns to the car’s direction when someone comes out from inside it. Confuse by the other one’s act, the hacker immediately follow his eyes. His opponent however takes the opportunity to suddenly move behind him and grab his upper arm, throwing him onto the ground a moment later with a hard thud. The hacker tries to fight back but stuck on road by a strong push on his back and hands from above.
“Sir.”
Nino stops struggling when hear footsteps sound is approaching from in front. Slowly, he lifts his head. To his surprise, the person is the General Officer who interrogates him and his friends inside the government’s building almost a week ago.
Panic, Ohno quickly looks at Sho.
“Sho, hide now.”
Sho swiftly hide himself behind Mr. Hatsuyuki’s house yard’s wall fence, face already in white pale color when realize how bad their situation will turn out if the general knows that he is still alive. His friends at the same time try to put their firm face, pretending like they have no idea who the general actually is due of the losing memory drug given to them back then despite of their burning hatred inside.
“So this is the troublemaker I heard?”
Nino shoots his deathly glare when the high rank man pats his head.
“His friends as well sir.”
The man looks at the speaker above him before return Aiba and Jun’s stare. Then, he looks at Ohno who is tightly making a fist.
“I should know you guys will give us more trouble back then. Well, it’s not like you remember about it though.”
Soon, he locks his gaze at Mr. Hatsuyuki who is now glaring at him. Guiltless, he stands up and chuckle at the other one.
“Why are you looking at me like that? Aren’t I’m helping you to handle this situation?”
He chuckles when the old scientist doesn’t reply anything. Then, he looks back at his men.
“Take these three rats along. Such stubborn nuisances.”
Aiba, Nino and Jun freeze upon it. Sho meanwhile determinedly return Ohno nods when the latter give an expression to help out their friends together. However, Mr. Hatsuyuki is faster by immediately approach the high rank man.
“Give them a chance. They don’t know what they are doing.”
The General Officer returns his stare with serious expression.
“They interfering our job. And I believe you also know about the full authority order given to us. We have right to arrest them.”
“Your people almost injured them though I believe there’s another way to make these boys understand why exactly you’re doing this arrestment than using violence. Besides, they’re underage.”
“Are you advising me?”
He raises his eyebrow, challenging the other one to speak. Mr. Hatsuyuki on the other hand calmly moves his face closer to the arrogant man’s and whispers something. The moment he moves away to stand face to face with the other one, the General Officer’s face already changes to disbelief one. Nino at the same time frown when notice the scientist suddenly back to his usual smiling self despite of how creepy his expression when mumbling something inaudible before.
“Y-You!”
The arrogant army stutters. Mr. Hatsuyuki meanwhile just smiles calmly.
“Indeed the military have full authority BUT only to anyone who has anything to do with special kids. In this boys’ case, they’re just some common teenagers who care about what is happening around them. So, how about you leave with this family and as the exchange me and these young men will forget about the violence your people just did to them?”
No one speak for a while. The scientist’s words after all is something that shouldn’t be ignore.
Finally, the General Officer agreed. It makes the soldier who holds Nino to the road snort but still move away from the younger one.
Soon, the arrogant General Officer announces his leave. Nino and his friends at the same time try to do something when the military’s truck is ready to carry the poor family that they try to help from there. Yet, they’re stop by Mr. Hatsuyuki.
“Guys, are you okay?”
Sho concernedly comes out from his hiding place after both car and truck owned by the military disappears. A relief sigh leave his mouth when see none of them injured.
“Let’s get inside first. It’s getting colder here.”
He already leading the way, giving the five best friends no chance to say anything but follows. Once the door closes behind them, Ohno immediately turn on the light and to their luck, the power is back. The moment he spins around however, he finally realizes the tense air come from Nino and Mr. Hatsuyuki.
“I can’t believe you could let them take that lady and her children away.”
For the first time, Mr. Hatsuyuki looks at them with pair of furious eyes.
“Do you guys think by helping them using the same violence like the military did will solve it? Think again if you want to say you did that because you don’t care with the consequences. If you guys also get caught up because of interfered matter before, no one else can save those special kids and their family from government and change this country’s fate. By letting them take the family doesn’t mean we’re completely surrendered with what they’re doing. But because we have another better way to help them out from the government’s power.”
The firm tone he use makes the five guys totally lost for words. They only still quiet until the older man tell them to just put aside what just happen before and call it night.
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The next morning, Aiba already waits for his friends at dining table to have breakfast together. Although become the first one to wake up, he still can beam his fresh like a mint smile to his friends who still attach with either their sleepy face or bed hair.
“Aren’t all of you just took shower?”
“You forgot to count how long sleeping time we loss because of last night. Don’t you feel sleepy at all?”
Aiba just shrug while watching his friends taking their seat.
“I suddenly feel like uncomfortable…wait. Maybe scare? But either way, I couldn’t sleep because of it.”
Soon, they start dig their breakfast peacefully. While enjoying his food, Aiba told them that when he woke up earlier he saw Mr. Hatsuyuki seemed had problem to get ready for preparing them breakfast and immediately lent him his help. His entire babbling only responds by Ohno and Jun while Sho and Nino just listening without comment anything, looking so obviously immerse with their own thought. After finish with their meal, the five guys walk together to the basement and greet by the sight of Mr. Hatsuyuki is working on his mini satellite while wearing a goggle.
“Morning guys.”
He smiles when the five guys bow down to him. While taking off his protection goggle, he then tells them to come closer so he can start explaining about their plan. The youngsters obediently follow him, but stop when realize Nino still stand at same place.
“Nino?”
They look at their friend frowningly. Their hacker friend however just chews his lip before suddenly bow down to the old scientist.
“I-I’m sorry about last night, Hatsuyuki-san.”
His friends surprise by the unpredictable apologizes. For a while Nino just remain on the same position before straighten up again, only to found Mr. Hatsuyuki’s grinning face.
“Let’s do our best okay?”
Determinedly, the hacker nods. A hard playful smack from the giggling Aiba hit his back as soon as he joins his friends to approach the old man. Watching the scene, the scientist laughs happily before lead group of the teenagers to his computer’s desk. Half minute elapse in silent when the five guys let the older man to just concentrate on accessing certain file until a blueprint maps of certain location appear on different multiple screens in front them with each of it showing different part of the place.
“Is that the military’s base?”
“Correct. I copied it from government’s headquarters and took few months to analyze every single way of it.”
Aiba nods.
“So, what’s the plan?”
“I have five soldiers uniform complete with rifle, pouch, goggle and gasmask inside my room upstairs. The five of you will disguise as soldier and sneak into there.”
“How?”
“I just investigated military’s schedule for the next area they will inspect to capture next families. Maybe we can try to make few of those soldiers to pass out and you guys will enter the military’s base by pretending like them. We’re going to do it at night because it is much safer but we will have a very limited time to continue after that.”
The five best friends nod, allowing the man to continue.
“After that all of you will have different task. I want Matsumoto-kun and Aiba-kun to find room which connect with the military’s base air hole and spread sleeping gas from there. A lot of them are wearing gasmask so I want both of you to also find the air tank which the government uses to keep the drug given to them and change the contain to sleeping gas.”
While explaining he uses mouse pointer to show them which way they should use. Jun meanwhile furrow his eyebrows doubtfully.
“But the two places look far from each other. Only armies without gasmask will pass out when I and Masaki moving to the air tank place. So those who still have their consciousness will definitely realize there’s something wrong.”
“It’s nothing to worry about. I already have a plan for that. Ohno-kun, you at the same time will go to electrical room and do whatever you can to avoid their power supply back within at least 1 hour. By this way they can’t see and access to anything even if they have their consciousness.”
“But why 1 hour?”
“I’m going to use my mini satellite to interfere their communication system in that mean time. At least the power outage will give you guys some time to flee since that satellite can’t affect their communication system long.”
Then, he looks at Nino.
“You have the most important part Ninomiya-kun. During the fuss your friends and I make, you’ll get inside the military’s access room and transfer any information about Project Eternity and people that they already arrested. We need that to prove to the society about the government’s corruption.”
“But if Oh-chan cut the power supply, how Nino is going to transfer data from their computer?”
“As long as I have my laptop and some cables, I can open and access their system using it. It’s not a big deal.”
“How about me?”
“You’re going to stay here with me.”
Sho widens his eyes.
“But why?”
“I maybe need your help to make decision when something unexpected happen to your friends. You’re their backup and will come out when it’s needed. Furthermore the family’s connection that you have with police department will put yourself in risk if you go with them as well.”
“But-”
He feels a pat on his back.
“You’re needed here Sho. Don’t worry. Leave the rest to us.”
“It’s not about that! I can’t just let you guys-”
“Your presence is more needed here. Don’t forget that we’d through more than enough to reach till this far. Plus we’re capable to finish it!”
Sho couldn’t deny the rightness despite of how much he disagrees with that idea. However, as much as he doesn’t want his friends to become the only one who will expose with dangerous once they’re in the military’s base, he’s much worried with the feeling like there’s something wrong. Sighing, he folds his arms and watch Aiba, Nino and Jun move closer to the old scientist while talking about something.
‘Why I still feel like I missed something?’
He completely lost in his hesitant thought for a while. Soon, he hears Mr. Hatsuyuki explode with a laugh follow by smacks from both Nino and Jun on Aiba’s head.
“Idiot.”
Aiba on the other hand pouts while caressing his painful head. Mr. Hatsuyuki couldn’t help but chuckle by it.
“You guys really make my day. I lived here for quite long already but this is the first time I feel happy like this. This old joyless house now somehow feel new for me.”
“New home…”
Memory of conversation between him and his father’s subordinates few days ago enters his mind. Becomes the one who is standing close with him, Ohno immediately realizes the changes on Sho’s look. He thoughtfully chews his lip, trying to find a right sentence to enlighten his friend’s mood.
Soon, he found Sho suddenly snap out and lifts his gaze to the laughing old scientist. He frown when the other one for a while just stare the old man before suddenly turn to the mini satellite behind them.
“Satoshi.”
Ohno startle by the unexpected call.
“Yeah?”
“I want you to do something.”
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At midnight two days later, the five guys just finish another day of full discussing and preparing for their upcoming plan next week. Except for Jun who is going out for a jog since while ago, the other guys already preparing their futon and ready to go sleep. All of them however surprise when a sudden phone’s ringtone fill the room.
“Sorry guys. It’s mine.”
Sho, Aiba and Nino just nod sleepily. Doesn’t want to disturb his exhausted friends, Ohno silently walks to the door while picking up the call. Yet, he unintentionally surprising his friends again when hears his sister’s panic voice from the other line.
“Hey, calm down. What’s wrong?”
He stops halfway from reaching doorknob. The three guys behind him meanwhile slowly sit up on their futon when seeing their friend’s expression change to a horror one.
“What?!”
Know that there’s something not right is happening; Sho, Aiba and Nino worriedly get up. The only door in the room at the same time suddenly opens by Jun who finally returns from his short exercise.
“What’s wrong?”
The chemist couldn’t help but frown when found his friends still awake with unpleasant expression on their face.
“Hey! What happened?! Sis-!”
A loud infuriating noise make Ohno immediately move his phone far from his ear. Once audible disconnect sound enter the five guys’ ear, Ohno’s face instantly changes to pale. His friends notice it and come to approach him immediately.
“Are you okay Oh-chan?”
“Something happened to big sis?”
Ohno look at his friends, face obviously bother by something.
“M-My sis said she’s chased by armies. She just left her friend’s house but they got her.”
“But how? I thought Hatsuyuki-san changed our profile already.”
Ohno just weakly shakes his head.
“She didn’t know why but seems the government is also looking for the family of last week demonstrators. School and her former classmates didn’t know about it so they told the military where she is living now.”
Seeing how depress the guy is, Aiba immediately rub the other one back to calm him down.
“Let’s see Hatsuyuki-san and change our plan then.”
He receives a nod from Sho.
“I think the same thing too. I can’t imagine what they’re going to do next if we wait more.”
“Better we see Hatsuyuki-san now before he goes to sleep then. I saw him doing his paperwork downstairs before.”
And without wasting any seconds, the five guys stormed out from the room.
At downstairs at the same time, Mr. Hatsuyuki is arranging stack of his paperwork. Sound of rushing footsteps from the stairs however make him immediately look up, surprise when found the youngsters now are standing in front him. While he gets up from his couch, Ohno panicky move closer and blurt out something that surprises him more.
“Please. We MUST go on with your plan tomorrow.”
The older man frowns.
“I’ve told you guys that doing anything in rush will give more bad than good impact right? And we already agree to do it next week. You guys are still not prepared enough.”
“We can’t wait any longer. They just take Oh-chan’s sis and she’s in danger now.”
“What? It’s impossible-”
“Look. We really need to do that tomorrow Hatsuyuki-san. You’d change our profile but we forgot that actually there are a lot of people who knew about our parents. We afraid by using that method the government will found more people who related to us or our parents and start to track them as well.”
“Okay, okay. I get it. But let’s wait for another few more days okay? I can’t let you guys to face bigger risk than what you already inform with.”
“We do understand the risk of this plan clearly Hatsuyuki-san. And we also KNOW what we’re doing and we KNOW what we’re getting into. The point of this matter is not how long time we take to get prepare with your plan, but how careful we’re doing it.”
Sho grit his teeth when the old scientist still shakes his head in disagree.
“Hatsuyuki-san, I beg you to please understand us. Our relatives might be in danger anytime from now and we don’t want to lose them like our parents.”
“Please. Just for this time we want you to listen on our request. That’s all we ask.”
“Enough! I will stay with my decision! We’re going to do it next week and only next week!”
The angry man stamps into his bedroom on upstairs immediately, leaving no space for the guys to beg him anymore. Aiba chews his lip and look at his friends worryingly when Ohno slump on nearby couch. As Nino make his way next to the other one and pat the friend of his back, Sho determinedly look at his friends.
“How about we work on it by ourselves?”
His friends turn to him immediately.
“Are you serious?”
“100%.”
Seeing how confident Sho is, Ohno, Aiba, Nino and Jun look at each other immediately.
Will they make a right decision?
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>I need to finish this as fast as I can cause I'll (maybe) continue with my study this coming December. It's not fun leaving something half done after all. And...maybe...well...never mind. I think I'll say it on next update :P Thanks for your support!!!! XDSorry for the imperfection (_ _)
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