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Part 16
Chapter 40
[Shiro]

General Kamine hired a white delivery van. Aunty was in the passenger seat, the General was driving. Mei, Merylin, Kazuto and I were sitting at the back. The tension in the car is thick enough that you can literally see it. It was a thirty minute drive from Le Havre to Paris. We entered the city of love, soon to become a city of complete chaos. The streets were quiet. I get that it's 7am in the morning but I doubt Paris would be this quiet, its unheard of. A jolt of energy surged through my body, it's a jolt I know I've felt before, something is definitely wrong.
'Something's off.' I said grabbing everyone's attention.
'What's up?' Kazuto asked.
'Its way too quiet, even for Paris. I get that it's early in the morning but we stopped seeing people about a few minutes ago.'
'Now that you mention it, it is weird.' Aunty said looking outside the window.
'Shit! This is bad.' I said as I was startled by the jolt of energy again.
'What is it?' Merylin asked this time.
'What is Black doing here? I can sense him and—.' Before I could finish my sentence a man holding an RPG missile launcher stood in the middle of the road approximately 50 metres from us.
'EVERYONE OUT!' I yelled as I kicked the doors open while pulling Mei's hand. We took cover just in time. The van went up with a bang and came crashing down. It's an ambush. They were ready for us. Is...