Tokyo Ghoul - NEST

Gone

" We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone."
- Orson Welles

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Two weeks after the auction...

Kurona POV

I was on a normal run to the suicide drop off for bodies. Sasaki and Vincent have been hard at work trying tk find the exact area where Touka was being held, and Sasaki looked worried that we were taking so long.

I could tell he was close with her, but what type of close? Friends, like me and Levin? My heart suddenly ached when thinking of him. I miss him so much... and the possibility that he's dead... I can't think of that.

But everyone knows care about deeply is gone. My sister is in a coma. My parents are long dead. And now my best friend is gone, disappeared without a trace.

I stop next to the edge to the body drop and look down the large slope. I remember the first job I went on with Levin, how his reaction was to the dead bodies, and how weak he was. I attacked him that day because I didn't trust him.

I still felt bad for doing that, shattering his arm, he got really mad at me, but forgived me quickly. Levin is a very forgiving person... except for Kawasaki, who he tricked and let me kill. Though I didn't like the kid from the start, I knew something was off about him, but Levin seemed to like him, so I didn't say anything.

I jump down the slope and find three bodies, one was female and two were male. I began to work immediately, dragging bodies and putting them into the hidden truck in the forest.

As I'm finishing, I hear something and hide in some bushes. A snap of a twig.

Soon, a man with a suit on comes out of the bushes, looking left and right for me. Another man follows him. "Where did she go?" The larger one asked.

The shorter one shrugged. "Dunno... check the truck." He said, looking around while the other one opened the back of the truck where the bodies were. He crumbled up his nose and looked as if he might throw up. "Damn, Intel was right, she's a ghoul." He said, looking around with his partner now.

"Wheres the rest?" Asked the small one.

"Should be scouting right now, closing in around the area not to let her escape." The big one said.

They were surrounding me!? I panic, if I'm spotted they'll attack me without question now, they saw the trucks! That means we'll have to stop using this drop zone! How could I mess up this bad? Why was I thinking too hard about Levin when I should've been focussing on the task at hand?

I put my mask on and I get out of the Bush, charging out and slashing the smaller one across the chest, making him scream. The larger one activates his quinque, a large hammer looking thing, and tries to hit me.

I jump and dodge it, kicking him in the face in the middle of the air. He stumbles back, but as I'm about to get the drop on him, I here a loud booming sound, then pain blossoming in my hip.

I fall to my knees and clench my hip, blood leaking out of it, I inspect the wound, and look behind me. There is a younger looking dove, a rifle in his hand. He has an intense looking face on, obviously in fear of me.

That's what drives humans the most, fear and hatred. Not just humans, but ghouls too, you can't escape those feelings no matter what you are. I relax and feel a tear come off my face.

Is this how I'm going to die? From a bunch of investigators ganging up on me and surprise attacking me? Another gun shot went out and hit my chest, making me gag on my own blood.