Some days goes by.
Hide was laying down in his bed until his cell was unlocked. A guard was seen coming inside.
"Got some things for you to handle. I think you got it. Just a pesky thief running about trying to steal from us."
"Why didn't you guys handle it?" Hide asked.
"We thought of why not letting you have the fun. Just killing one single guy. Don't you think it would be delighted to lent out some frustration."
Hide didn't respond and follow the guard to take care of something. He soon was led into a room where a figure was seen tied up to a chair.
The light turns on. It was a man who seems to be quite beaten up. The man looks at Hide and the guard.
"Bringing in a kid to finish the job huh? No wonder you wimps couldn't finish the job. Enjoying yourself by seeing a kid killed me. What have we strayed from?" The man spits at the feet of Hide and the guard.
"Shut up!" The guard angrily shouts.
The guard looks at Hide.
"You know what to do."
The guard leaves the room and soon closes the cell and locks it.
Hide looks at the man who seems to be quite exhausted. The man looks back at him.
"Too scared to do it. Don't tell me that you need your mom here as well to hold your hands." The man scoffs.
"My mom's dead," he answers.
The man somewhat takes back his words.
"Sorry about that."
"It's fine. I'm sure she is in a better place."
"Hey kid, let me out of these ropes. Maybe I can help you escaped," the man stated.
"How do I know if you're telling the truth?" Hide asked.
"Look, I hears thing about this building. How gifted children are brought here and research on. More to say turned into weapons and monsters."
"How do you know that?"
"Well, after being here for a couple days. I came up to the idea. So what do you say kid?"
"Hold on."
Hide snaps his finger. Soon Hide and the man were transferred into a white room.
"We can talk in here for some time."
The man looks around the white room.
"Where are we?" the man asked.
"A really unique room. About your question from earlier. A couple days ago, my friends and I have planned on escaping from this place."
An old memory appears.
Back at the beach, when the group was swimming. Hide and the others were floating on the waters.
"Everyone, we should escape Edens Garden." Sona asked.
"But how?" Jin answers.
"We wait for the right moment. On the night of the full moon." Rin responds.
"But how do we know it's a full moon." Lucy asked.
"Well, I can communicate with the critters of the night. They will let me know about it. Along with that I can maybe signal you all when it's the full moon." Sona answered.
"Signaling us by doing what?" Rin somewhat confused.
"By creating a flower on the floor." Sona somewhat takes out a flower from the water.
"So what do you all say?" Sona questions everyone.
"I'm in." Jin grinned.
"Me too." Rin said.
"Uh huh." Lucy said.
Hide didn't seem to respond.
"Hide?" Sona looks at Hide.
"Oh...yeah." Hide replied back.
"Good, then we shall meet outside the back of the building. It should gives us a good run." Sona said.
"You think this plan will work?" Lucy somewhat seems hesitant.
"We'll we have to. If not then we will be stuck in this hellhole. Look how free we are out here in the open world."
"Yeah." Rin somewhat agreeing with Sona.
"Well, we just need to make it out alive." Jin somewhat tries to think of something.
"Well, we got each other." Sona smiling.
"Right Hide?"
"One thing for sure is that escaping will be a problem, but from what we can do. I believe that we can escape from Edens Garden. More to say that we have to time it correctly." Hide answered.
"Everyone lets make a promise that we get out alive, okay?" As Sona seems to be happy.
Everyone agrees and promised each other.
The memory ends there.
"My friends and I are planning to escape on the full moon. You think you can helped us escaped and help us go back into the real world?" Hide looks at the man.
"As much I hate watching over some kids. If you managed to get me out of here. I'm pretty much in debt to you."
"Very well then, looked out for my friends when we escaped out of here."
"You're not escaping?" the man looks at Hide confused.
Hide was quiet for a second.
"Don't want any loose ends to come back to us. So I rather sacrificed myself over them."
"That's pretty rough kid."
"It sure is, but it's just something that keeps them safe."
"So how do you plan on getting me out of here?"
"I'll make it look like I killed you, but you will be lifeless for a hour. By that time, the guards should have thrown you outside far from this building in a ditch of where other corpses are."
"How do I know that you won't be killing me?" The man somewhat didn't seems trusting Hide's word.
"Because I know for sure that you won't be killed. After all, you're our ticket to be back to civilization."
The man somewhat chuckles.
"So what were you doing here anyway? There is no riches or kez here. Even if you did, what would you use it for?"
"I thought you kids would be worth for something, but I was wrong. You sure are right about there being no riches here. If I did find some kez around here I would have created a guild."
"A guild?" Hide somewhat confused.
"A guild is a group of people that goes on adventures or build up their status in the world."
"I see, but why would a thief like you create a guild?"
"Finding friends and people who seeks help. I don't want to create a guild for just power or anything. I wanted to create one for memories and friends."
"You have a kind soul."
"What, no I don't." The man somewhat denies it and looks away.
Hide somewhat laughs.
The man somewhat was quite happy.
"You ain't bad to kid. Names Ringo Hop." Ringo smiles at Hide.
"Hide Nubotomi."
"How old are you, Hide?" Ringo asked.
"13." Hide answered.
"I hate to say this, but our time is cut short. See you on the other side."
"Wait~"
Hide suddenly hits Ringo in the chest and stopping Ringo's heart from beating. The white rooms breaks like glass.
Ringo was lifeless on the chair.
"Your heart should be stopped as of now but should be beating in one hour. If not, the strings inside your heart should pump it back for you."
Eden taps on the door. The guards open the cell.
"Good job."
Hide didn't respond to the guard and walks back to his cell. Some guards came inside the room and dispose of Ringo's lifeless body.
Ringo was thrown into a ditch that was quite far from Edens Garden. Hide was back in his cell trying to calculate the time when Ringo should be back up.
One hours passed.
Ringo gasped for air. He looks around to noticed that he was on a pile of bodies. He seems to be outside and in the middle of a forest. He noticed that the sun was still shining.
He forms a fist into the sun.
"I promised that I will save you all and get you out. Just you wait. I'll be back."
Ringo quickly gets out from the ditch and starts to run out of the forest.
A month has passed. Night was upon them. It seems that the full moon was up and illuminating brightly. A rat was seen inside Sona's cell and starts to communicate with her.
She soon starts to find the others. Hide was inside his room still up looking at the roof. Soon something was heard on the floors.
He looks at the floor to see a flower blooming from the ground. He gets the signal. Soon a noise was heard down the hall. Guards could be heard screaming or running down the hall. Chaos was set loose.
Some words could be heard from the guards.
"We been attack in one of the building by a group."
As some guards run pass his cells. Hide breaks down the cell. He sees the Rin and Jin and other subjects who have escaped. The subjects start to escaped and help each other.
In doing so, Hide went to look for Hide while telling Jin and Rin that he will meet them at the back of the building.
As Hide runs down the hallways to find Sona and running past dead guards and some subjects who seems to be fighting back. As Hide makes it to see Sona's cell. He noticed that she wasn't there.
He continues down the hall to see Sona curled up crying. He goes up to her.
"Sona, what are you doing here?"
"I thought I was lost. So I thought you all left me behind." As she wipes her tears.
"Why would I leave you behind? We all made a promised to get out alive."
"Yeah." As she gets back to herself.
"And remember our promise."
"I do."
"Then let's get out of here and meet the others." Hide runs up to her and grabs her hand.
The two starts to run and joins up with the others.
In another part of the building.
A captain of the guards seems to be in a room where Aura and Hojo are hiding.
"Director Hojo and Aura, it seems that the subjects are escaping the building."
"Kill all the subjects and don't let any of them escape." Aura angrily stated.
"But what about 01? He's one of the most important subject here in Edens Garden. So what?" The captain of the guards stated.
"No matter if you killed him, he won't die and will just heal. So once we find him and harmed him enough. He won't be able to moved as much and that's our chance to capture him." Hojo somewhat grinning.
"Another thing I have to informed you, but it seems that our more dangerous threat is that the Owl had made it here. I suggest that you two escaped and rejoin with Director Nagamoto."
"The Owl huh?" Aura looking at her nails.
"The most dangerous fiend here. Don't tell me that the fiend we caught was the reason why it came here. But killing it sure is quite rewarding. Think about it, killing the SSS rank fiend, The Owl." Hojo somewhat afraid.
"Well Hojo, I guess we should rejoin Nagamoto while chaos is stirred."
"Indeed."
Hide and Sona was running down the halls to be led to see some subjects that were killed. Hide sees some guards behind them. He starts to run and Sona runs with him while still holding hands.
In another part of the building.
Jin, Rin, and Lucy made it outside of the building. They see a figure ahead of them and dead officers around him. The three prepares themselves but noticed that the figure wasn't a guard.
"You must be Hide's friends?" Ringo asked.
"Yes, but Hide and one of our friends are not out yet." Jin answers back.
"We'll wait for them then, what about the other subjects?"
"Dead." Rin replied.
"What?" Ringo as he was shocked.
The three didn't answered.
Ringo and the three stood at the metal gate waiting for Hide and Sona.
"How far are we from the exit?" Sona asked as she was being pulled from Hide.
"We're getting close, but the guards chasing after us is rough." Hide answered.
As the two were running down the corridors. A light was seen up ahead but briefly. It seems that there was a gate that was slowly coming down that leads to the exit.
"Look it's Hide and Sona." Jin shouted as he sees them running down the hall.
"There's guards behind them." Rin looks behind Hide and Sona.
"They have to make it. Or else it's too late."
As the metal gate slowly goes down. Hide and Sona was slowly making it towards them. As the metal gate was about to close. Hide looks at Ringo and Ringo somewhat picked up on what Hide was going to do.
Hide soon pulls Sona hard enough to go through the gap to which the metal gate was closes. Sona was on the other side with the others while Hide was still in the building. Sona gets up from the ground and slams at the door.
Ringo starts to pull Sona away from the metal gate. The others helped him.
"We have to get out of here now." As Ringo could see guards coming out of the building and running after them.
The group starts to run through the forest. Some tears runs down from Sona's face.
Hide turns around to face the guards behind him.
The guards seems to be carrying guns which seems to be muskets and revolvers. They were all aiming at Hide.
Hide thinks to himself.
"I guess, I'm all alone now. I should end all of this."
"Fire."
The guards shoot their guns. Bullets flies straight at Hide.
As the bullets were flying toward Hide. He smiles at the guards. He dodges the bullets and runs at the guards cutting them down with strings.
Some minutes passed.
Hide was covered in blood and seems to have be wounded from the bullets. It was quiet and the hallway was bloody and messy with body parts.
He noticed that there were no more guards coming.
Hide takes a breather. He somewhat exclaims in pain and noticed that he wasn't healing as fast as usual.
"That sure was bothersome, since I couldn't dodge all of the bullet at the same time. If I take more hit maybe I might die."
Hide leans against the wall and slowly walks against it while waiting for himself to regenerate. A blood trail could seen as he was walking against the wall.
Some minutes passed.
He makes it to the upper floor and seems to be heading towards the roof. He stood behind a closed door leading to the roof.
He hears a noise behind him. As he turns around, he gets hit in the abdomen by an object. Making him fly, hitting the door and breaking it. Hide soon hits a wall forming some cracks on it.
The object flies back through the corridor. Hide gets up from the ground and spits out some blood. A figure was seen coming out from the shadows.
"Captain Niles, that was very welcoming." As Hide was smiling at him.
"I thought you would be dead from that hit. I guess I was wrong." As Nile stand across from him.
Niles seems to be holding a ball and chain. He wails it at Hide. Hide dodges and rolls. Niles start attacking him again. Hide dodges and runs from the ball.
Hide tries to come up with a planned to disarmed Nile with his strings.
"You think dodging is the best way to stop me. Come on, I thought you were better than this!" Niles taunting Hide and laughing.
As Hide was running, the ball was heading straight toward his head. But Hide didn't seem to dodge it.
"Gotcha." Nile somewhat happy.
The ball suddenly stops in the air.
"Now you're open." Hide runs toward Niles.
As he got close to Niles. He smiles at Hide.
"You fell right into my trap." Niles suddenly pull his chains.
In which Hide was wrapped up in the chains. Hide noticed that the ball was never attached to the chain.
"Now then, I will tell you why this was your defeat. I knew that you were planning something and I know about you using strings. But you never knew about my ability of controlling these metal balls"-the metal ball floats above him-"and controlling them. My weapon was this chain the whole time."
Niles laughs. Hide struggles to get out from the chains. Niles prepare for the finishing blow until he sees Hide laughing at him.
"That's your ability, captain. I thought you were someone stronger than that, but I was wrong."
"Enough!"
Niles started to be pissed and suddenly creates about ten to fifteen metal balls in the air. The metal balls were launch at Hide.
As the metal balls was about to hit Hide. It suddenly disappeared from thin air. Niles noticed that Hide's left eye was glowing.
Hide break out of the chains.
"As for your defeat, you underestimated me. And this is your defeat."
Hide soon points at Niles. Niles felt a strange presence and stood there frozen. A figure appears out of the shadow holding a scythe and seems to be a skeleton.
It was Death. It points at Niles and soon the shadows on the ground starts to pull Niles toward Death. Niles couldn't move at all.
"Death's Touch."
Death touches Niles and soon takes his body into the shadows and disappeared. Death vanished as well.
Hide soon looks up at the night sky. It was raining and pouring hard. Hide basked in the rain. Cleaning him from the blood that got on him.
"Sir, it seems that the Owl has left. Nagamoto have ordered that you to retreat. He has sent one of his top subjects to eliminate this building."
"If that is Nagamoto's wish then we shall retreat," Hojo answered.
"What about the research?" Aura asked.
"I got them all in this bag," Hojo answered.
The two got out of the building. Hojo makes a whistle which a manta ray landed next to them. Hojo and Aura goes up behind its back. It seems that a bubble was formed around Hojo and Aura protecting them from the rain.
The manta ray takes off. As Aura and Hojo were in the skies. Hojo saw Hide on the roof looking at them. Hide runs towards them as the manta ray flies away from Edens Garden.
As Hide was about to close in on Hojo and Aura. He was immobilized by an unknown force. He struggles to move but couldn't move. Hojo and Aura flies off into the distance.
As he watches them flies away, he sees a hooded figure flying in the skies. Hide soon starts to float off the ground and was face to face with the hooded figure.
"So you must be the one and only who everybody adores and loves. Isn't that right, Hide-kun?"
The hooded figure takes off its hood to reveal itself to be a boy. The boy smiles at Hide.
"Who are you?" Hide asked.
"My name is Nagasaki. The one who will put an end to your mischief. But if I kill you, Master will kill me as well. You are his most important prizes."
"Master?" As Hide was confused.
"Oh, I thought you met him. He's one of the director with Aura and Hojo. He wanted to take you in but that worthless scum Hojo wanted you, so he let him have you.
"Now that I got you. I could take you to him and make Father happy or I could kill you and get all the attention I want from master."
Nagasaki starts to laugh.
"So Hide-kun, what do you want me to do to you? Aside from that, I could have some fun with you before destroying Edens Garden."
"You sure are a loyal dog aren't you? No wonder why your Father loves me more than you do. I guess you were just someone who wanted your master's attention while he's to busy getting me. Sorry but tell your master that I'd rather die than be another experiment to him."
Nagasaki starts to be angered from what Hide said to him.
He angrily said, "You bastard, how dare you talk to me like that and Master. Now that you made your last request. I would rather kill you and tell how worthless you are to him."
Hide struggles to escaped from this unknown force holding him. Nagasaki begins laughing and points up at the sky.
"Goodbye Hide-kun."
A dark ball was seen created from Nagasaki's pointed finger.
"Impel Down."
Nagasaki soon points at Hide which the dark ball flies toward Hide. Hide then was dragged down by the dark ball to Edens Garden down below.
As Hide lands on the rooftop Edens Garden. The dark ball starts to enlarge.
"Goodbye Hide, it was quite nice meeting you."
Nagasaki starts to fly off into the distance.
As the dark ball was getting bigger and bigger. Hide couldn't escaped from this unknown force. Soon the dark ball reaches its max growth and seems to be pulsating.
The dark ball soon starts to explode devouring everything around Edens Garden. Taking Edens Garden and Hide inside of it. Everything was all white.
Hide was seen drifting into nothingness and emptiness.
It was quiet.