Tokyo Ghoul - NEST

Lab Raid

Happy thanksgiving! I'll release two parts for the occasion, enjoy!

" It's always too early to quit."
- Norman Vincent Peale

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Ayato POV

The Crow joining Aogiri seemed to only strengthen moral a great deal. The moment they heard he had joined everyone was on their feet and ready to fight.

They think he could be the turning point in the war against CCG. But I know that he's only in this for other reasons, promises that Eto made him.

Now here we were attacking a gigantic lab, and I was leading the attack, with the Crow next to me. We were walking down a hall to the main corridor, to the labs that lay within.

I turn to another member that showed up, walking along with us. "Anymore outer guards?" I asked.

He shook his head. "No. We ended them quickly, we only need to worry about the inner guards." He said quickly before heading down another hall to help clean them out.

Levin didn't say anything, but did nod his head ahead of us, I followed his gaze to find a guard standing with a gun, his whole body was shaking in fear.

"S-Stay back! I'll fire!" He screamed in terror, a small threat.

We kept walking towards him, and he let out a shriek, firing rapidly and randomly around the hall, sending sparks flying. Levin rushed forward, then grabbed the man by the neck, throwing him against the wall with a large smack.

The man was unconscious, and Levin dropped him, then continued down the hall. "Lets hurry, Kanou could already be escaping as we speak." He said.

I nodded in return to his and ran ahead, finally getting into a large room filled with tubes. Each tube was filled with water, some filled with bodies and some not.

I scan the room and find someone in the middle, his large stature standing out. I flinch and take a step back In shock, but the man saw me and took a step towards me with a gruff look on his face.

"Shachi..." Levin said behind me, seeing our guest.

I grit my teeth. "Why are you with V, Shachi!" I yelled, demanding an answer.

Shachi squinted at us, then got into a fighting stance, a frown on his face. I let my kagune loose and crystallize it, getting into an attack position.

Levin does the same, his talons at both his sides. Without further warning, Shachi ran at us, quickly sending a punch at me and a leg toward Levin.

I block his fist with my Kagune, and land a high kick on his cheek, making him double over. Levin, having dodging Shachi' blow, slashed his back with his talons.

Shachi grunted, and let out his kagune, spinning and hitting Levin to the side, sending him flying through a tube and splashing water everywhere.

I jump away from his kagune blow, and fire kagune crystals at him, one getting him good in the shoulder, but he successfully blocked the rest.

"Your a bit better now, Ayato." Shachi said, then quickly grabbed a table, and hurled it at me, I try to jump out of the way, but it catches me on the knee, making me spin in the air and land face first.

As I'm getting up, I see an axe kick just as it lands on my back, making me cough blood as I felt some of my ribs snap.

Levin was behind Shachi, and quickly grabbed him by the leg and slammed him into the wall, making rumbled fall. He ran to my side and helped me up.

"Damn, how many blows do we have to give this guy?" Levin mumbled.

"A lot." I said in return, pushing away from his support and running at Shachi, just as he's getting up I land my knee into his face, making his head fly back into the wall.

He suddenly grabbed my leg, and pulled me towards him, and implanted his fist square into my gut, twisting it as it plunged into me.

I fall to my knees and grunt in pain. Levin tries to slash at him, but he ducks under his sideways cut and sends a blow in an uppercut fashion, sending Levin upwards and hitting the ceiling.

Levin fell to the ground, grunting in pain.

Shachi stood over me, squinting.

"Your still weak, Ayato." He said in dissatisfaction.

I flinch, and grit my teeth, pushing myself up as I made it to one knee. I look up at him with a glare. "Shut... up... old... man..." I said slowly, pushing the words out with blood pouring out my mouth.

Shachi stood there for a moment, then sent a chop square into my collar bone, making it snap. I try to scream, but the blood makes the sound I produce only a gurgle.

"Weak indeed. You still haven't become the man I thought you were to become." He said, grabbing me by the neck and holding me up, my legs no longer touching the ground.

I don't speak, I just give him a blank look. I didn't want to die, not like this. Especially by this man. Someone who'd join them is someone that shouldn't be trusted. Though I'm part of Aogiri and by saying that it makes me a hypocrite, I don't care.

Shachi aims his kagune at me and frowns. "Now, sleep."

Just as he's about to send his kagune through my chest, we hear a distorted voice, making me and Shachi both freeze and pull our attention to it.

"Do you like... happy endings?"

I look behind Shachi to see Levin, standing straight up with a mask over his face, not his normal mask, but one that was made of kagune.

Shachi quickly dropped me and tried to hit Levin, but he stopped Shachi' kick with his hand easily, looking at it with a tilt of his head. He slowly looked back up at Shachi.

"So... you like... bad ends?" He said, just as he sent both of his talons into Shachi' chest, lifting him into the air.

Shachi grunted in pain and coughed blood as he hung from the talons. Blood leaked onto the marble floor, making it a new color of white and red.

Levin then dropped Shachi on the floor, and dipped his finger in the blood licking it slowly. Then he looked up at the ceiling while clenching his hair with both hands.

"Disgusting! Bad end... bad end... bad.... not good... me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me!"

His voice becoming demonic and barely recognizable, he slashed at the tubes and kept mumbling nonsense as he destroyed the place.

I slowly push myself up, and walk over to Shachi, grabbing him by the leg and dragging him out of the room, blood leaking out of my wounds.

I turn on my com in my ear and speak into it.

"We got a rabid Crow."

Kaneki POV

"What is it?" I asked, walking into the lounge as everyone started to gather.

Vincent frowned and pointed at the TV.

"Aogiri is making a ruckus again." He said.

On the tv displayed the following:

CCG start an operation to intervene Aogiri attack on lab.

"Where is that?" I asked.

"19th ward by the looks of it, why? Planning on going?" He asked with a certain look on his face. I shrug, even if I did try, they would stop me from going.