Date Acceleration

Entering through the Dark

The noon hour came and went. The city remained under the shade of the corrupted angel known as Diabolus AF. The sky went brighter and the day grew gloomier.

Inside Office 1 on the top floor. In the conference room, there were five men lined up across each other sitting at a giant elliptical table and flipping through the documents in their hands.

"I must say this is quite the unusual combination." Simpson, a middle-aged man with black hair and a black beard, said as he dropped a folder on the table.

"It doesn't really matter who they are we need to take what we can get considering what happened and what we are up against." Murdoch, also a middle-aged man, said while folding his hands on the table while wearing glasses and greyish black hair that reached his eyebrows and prominent cheekbones.

"I see welcome to Diabolus AF, former executive members of Ratatoskr. It is pleasant to finally meet each other in person instead of through a screen." Simpson greeted me in a serious manner.

"We may have been on opposing teams, but we've all dealt with terrible directors; please tell us your names again," Murdoch added confidently to the three middle-aged men sitting across from them.

"Fraser Douglas" An old man with black hair wearing a monocle was introduced with a snarky smile.

"Roland Clayton," another old man with brown hair who bears great physical characteristics, followed with a serious and tired expression.

"Gillian Almsted," the last old man with black hair, was introduced with an ugly and lazy expression.

"I see, so you are using your real name and not an alias. With our powers combined, we are unstoppable." Murdoch said this cheerfully and creepily, followed by a creepy grin and fidgeting of his hands.

"Forgive him. He is mentally unstable and paranoid due to our last failed attempt. I know it's stupid to give high clearance to someone who is not thinking well, but despite that, he is also skillful and nothing has gone wrong," Simpson added in an irritated yet calm manner.

"Shall we start the negotiations with DEM and Ratatoskr?" Fraser asked with a hand raised and an exciting look.

"Not yet, we are waiting for the necessary parts of our plan," Simpson replied.

"Shido Itsuka is being delivered here and Amata Kihara is on his way." Murdoch joined in with a wide forced grin.

"I am looking forward to this. Once Westcott is out of the picture, we go for Woodman. Then we clear our names and status. After that, we now own this world," Roland said with a light confident smile.

"Amata and the other former board members of DEM will arrive shortly so we can start negotiations. As for the transport carrying Itsuka, it's still on its way, so we have to be patient. As long as we follow the plan, nothing can go wrong," Simpson added, seriously, with an expression of caution.

"Lighten up Simpson; we have VIP hostages, classified information, secret weapons, and brilliant allies." Murdoch said this to Simpson in a light and easy tone.

"Finally, the drugs are working," Simpson said in his head as he sighed while listening to Murdoch.

"We will soon see the light," Murdoch said, as he instantly stood up and spread his hands.

Suddenly, a power outage struck. All of the lights in the whole structure and in all of the neighboring buildings instantly went out at once.

"The bridge is falling down, The bridge is falling down, The bridge is falling down, The bridge is falling down, The bridge is falling down, The bridge is falling down, The bridge is falling down, The bridge is falling down, The bridge is falling down, The bridge is falling down ♪." Murdoch's confident look turns to that of fear and anxiety as he starts to sing creepily.