"Hey, wake up."
A familiar voice called to him, although that same voice wasn't from any of his friends. Satoya slowly opened his eyes to see the lifeless white ceiling of the laboratory room he was currently residing in. He felt the cold surface of metal on his body, and then sat up.
He seemed to be in a surgery room, or atleast, wait no, mistaken, he found himself in a morgue of sorts. The place was as messy as the outside of the room.
Rotting corpses, blood stained on the wall, weird abnormal plant life growing like veins on the same wall.
At last, Yurina was turning her back at him, half her face visible from the back. She was leaning against the morgue table, her hands fashioned in her lab coat's pocket.
"We found you lying on the floor unconscious.."
Oh, I see.. Wait, does tha—
"I know what you are going to ask." Yurina held up her hand as a signal to stop. She then let out a deep, solemn sigh.
"I assume Roland confirmed it with you. That was Suya's room, the very room I last saw her." The way she spoke was so much pain it felt soul crushing to even him.
She stood up from leaning, and turned to face Satoya. Her face was even more exhausted, there was not a single inch of a bright color in her soul anymore. Compared to the smile Satoya saw in whatever vision or dream he saw, Yurina was in other words, happy unlike now.
Satoya moved to the edge of the morgue table, and sat on the edge of it, his legs dangling free. He then looked at Yurina.
"You said "we," who were the others?"
Yurina motioned him to get up as she took small steps forward. She again turned half at him, and then waited.
Satoya hopped down, and began to approach her.
They then calmly walked to the door that was the entrance and exit of the room, where Yurina opened the door.
Surprisingly, although not as surprising, the outside was even more lifeless, however it was seemingly "well" kept.
There were 2 people seated on the 2 chairs. One being Loretta, and the other being Maverick, who had a hand on Loretta's thigh along with his other hand holding a sheathed Regulator licensed katana on his own lap, where upon the sight, Satoya felt like he heard Yurina sigh in annoyance or disgust, but he wasn't sure if it was just his imagination.
"Thank goodness, you were fine!" Loretta said in relief, alongside Maverick who smiled in joy.
"We found you knocked out in a pool of blood, as well as Roland's bisected body against the wall." Maverick said, remembering him, Loretta, and Yurina stumbling into the facility, witnessing an unconscious Satoya in the middle of a blood stained mess, and the horrific bisection on the wall.
Loretta looked down at the cracked floor in a worried look, until her face lit up as if she remembered something.
"Oh right! I didn't know you were a Regulator!" She pointed out, her eyes lit up in curiosity. She then pointed at the sheathed katana on Maverick's lap.
Satoya felt embarrassed, and looked away scratching his head. He then looked back to see Loretta holding his katana up at his face.
"What rank are you?? Are you a freelance Regulator or an actual Regulator Committee affiliated Regulator???" She began to barrage Satoya with questions, as if she was a child asking an idol many, many questions.
"I am affiliated with the uhm Committee, although I haven't checked my rank, I think last time I checked I was relatively like B rank.." Satoya replied. He himself isn't well aware of his capability, and finds it rather inconsistent. Considering he was acknowledged by Roland to be able to slash the wall, although not cleanly through from roughly the middle of the room.
He then approximated himself. Based off that feat alone, and according to the public's "stereotype," ranking or capability of the average of every Regulator at a certain rank, Satoya vaguely remembered someone saying that people in the rank of either A or lower S rank Regulator are capable of cleaving the air depending on how skilled or experienced they are. With that thought, Satoya felt himself smile subtly in pride, probably one of the times his self esteem was boosted.
He heard Loretta quietly say "Oh!" And looked at her. She seemed somewhat disappointed, but still shook her head before speaking.
"At least you are not that weak, we doubt a Regulator of Semi-Elite rank would be here of all places."
Maverick also began to speak after listening to Loretta.
"Well, we doubt you're a Truth Seeker, because you would've probably been dissected and been siphoned of all your blood by Roland."
They then heard Yurina sigh tiredly. She then combed her hair back. After that, she leaned against a counter, her expression became more serious.
"Since this is everyone who is at least able minded, allow me to explain why I have gathered you all."
She looked briefly at Loretta, staring her down for a moment before shifting her gaze to Satoya and to Maverick.
"I've come up with a plan to escape this place."
Satoya, Maverick, and Loretta all looked at each other, seemingly surprised about the reveal. Satoya himself wasn't sure if this was the first time they tried to escape, however judging by the looks of Maverick and Loretta, they seem rather serious now. Which after taking some time to think, Satoya was prompted to ask.
"So what is the plan?"
Yurina faced him, then looked at the katana Loretta was still holding. She then began to elaborate on her plan.
"Satoya, because you are a Regulator, and is somewhat adequately experienced, you and I will go together to find Roland. And because Roland has an keen interest on you, we'll likely find him, so in the meantime, Loretta and Maverick will try to find a working computer, with service at least."
Yurina after that elaboration, turned to Maverick and Loretta as she continued, "once you two manage to find a working computer, there should be an application where if you click on it twice, it will send an SOS signal to the nearest receiver."
Maverick quickly asked Yurina an question of his own, "what if we weren't able to find a working one?"
"Then return here, or unless we stumble into each other, but we must start now, as Roland likely went off to do his own things." She answered and also pointed out. So, Yurina and Satoya went off on their own, while Maverick and Loretta left to do their part of the plan.