Channel 18

CHANNEL 18

 

EPISODE 9

Channel 34

 

10-29-2003

 

“Well the successor has been chosen.” Akira said right as Skah and Itsumi walked in. They were in the lobby watching the television.

 

“Who is it?” Tennosuke asked walking into the room. He slowly sat near Akira.

 

“I think his name was Dante.” He turned to see Tennosuke’s eyes get really big. “Do you know him Tennosuke?”

 

“We do not stand a chance.” Tennosuke said.

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“Congratulations, that was pretty damn obvious that you would win Dante. But you are still not as good as I am.” Censor sneered

 

Dante turned towards Censor. “I will never be part of the Trinity, therefore you excel in that, but that’s the only thing you are better than me in Censor.”

 

Censor came into view. He was about Yuri’s height, he had short blonde hair and the same leather attire the rest of the Channel wears.

 

“Channel 18 has it in for them.” Dante said looking towards the sun.

 

“You mean Vinyl?” Censor asked getting in his face.

 

“Asuka called that hitman on them.” Dante said. “She also is being released sometime tomorrow.”

 

“How do you know?” Censor asked.

 

“Asuka called me. Vinyl wants to become a full time reporter, from what she has told me.”

 

“He won’t last.” Censor said smiling. “Are you going to kick his ass?”

 

“We will let him be around for a little while longer. The people there seem to like his reckless methods.”

 

“I personally cannot stand that guy.” Censor said getting on one of the filing cabinets and sitting on it.”

 

“How is the Trinity going? Has Blare fully recovered?” Dante asked looking up towards Censor.

 

“No, he is still very ill, they think it will come back soon in a couple of months. He doesn’t have that much time left.” Censor said looking up.

 

“Have you met-?”

 

“Nope I haven’t met the third member of the Trinity yet.” Censor said jumping down.

 

“They say he is better than I am on the television. I cannot wait to meet him.” Censor said smiling.

 

“You are very excitable for an eighteen year old.” Dante said patting him on the head.

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“Gale, I am very worried about Tennosuke.” Itsumi said. She was sitting on a bench at the bottom floor of the Shinta complex with him.

 

“I wouldn’t worry about it. My sister is the same way.” Gale said mopping the floors around the bench.

 

“What does your sister do?” Itsumi asked kicking her legs up on the bench so he could mop.

 

“She is an actress just like me.” Gale sighed.

 

“What does she star in, action movies, comedy, romance?” Itsumi asked.

 

“Miscellaneous or other as we call it.” Gale said grinning.

 

“What do you mean?” Itsumi asked walking up to him. She thought for a second and cringed. “You mean she’s in….?”

 

“It’s very disgracing, I know.” Gale said sitting on the bench. Itsumi slowly followed.

 

They sat there in awkward silence for a bit.

 

“Damnit Itsumi!” Yuki said hiding behind the corner. “He is in love with you, why don’t you talk to him.”

 

“I have to go get back to work Gale. It was nice talking to you.” Itsumi said walking towards the elevator. Gale had a sad look on his face, “I will join you.” Gale said.

 

Yuki’s eyes brightened. “I smell a plan.” He whispered to himself, He watched as they slowly got onto the elevator. The door closed and he ran to the elevator lock. He quickly found the key and locked the elevator Itsumi and Gale were on. He slowly regretted what he did.

 

“DAMNIT, I HAVE TO USE THE STAIRS NOW!”

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“Where is Itsumi?” Yuri asked right as Yuki got finished on his perilous journey from the stairs. He collapsed from exhaustion.

 

“She…is…on date…with Ga…le” Yuki said trying to catch his breath.

 

“Why did you take the stairs? We have elevators you know.” Yuri informed not amused.

 

“The…elevators…broken.” Yuki said slowly getting up.

 

“This is new to me.” Yuri said looking at Yuki suspiciously.

 

“Well they are…broken.” Yuki said walking by Yuri.

 

“Well I guess I am taking the stairs then.” Yuri said sarcastically.

 

“Where are you going?”

 

“Asuka gets released from jail tomorrow. I’m going by myself to get some details about this.”

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“DAMNIT!” Itsumi yelled. “It’s been four hours since this elevator got stuck.” She was laying her head on Gale’s shoulder. “Do you think anyone will notice?” She asked leaning her face towards his.

 

“This is most likely Yuki’s doing.” Gale said with a sigh.

 

“Yeah you are probably right. Damnit, his ass is going to be massacred.”

 

“I agree.” Gale said laughing with her.

 

Awkward silence followed after the laughter. Gale was sweating from nervousness. Yuki did this as an opportunity for Gale. He had to do it; this was probably the only chance.

 

“Hey Itsumi?” Gale asked,

 

“What is it, Gale?” She asked getting closer to him.

 

“Do you think…that after this incident…you would go…on a date with me?” He said, he was beginning to sweat.

 

Itsumi’s heart fluttered. “OF COURSE I WOULD!” She said tackling him. Suddenly the elevator rocked forward and the door flew open. Akira saw Itsumi on top of Gale. She was holding him down, from what Akira saw.

 

“Um Yuki…” Akira began. “I found Itsumi.” A second later they could hear footstep running. Yuki’s blurred past Akira and glared at Itsumi.

 

“SO THIS IS WHAT YOUR WERE AT. HAVING PREMISCUOUS SEX WITH THE CUSTODIAN MUCH?” Yuki said glaring at her. An instant later he was kicked in the neck by Itsumi, he flew into the wall and collapsed. She quickly stormed off shoving Akira out of the way. Gale slowly walked to Yuki and kneeled down.

 

“Thanks a bunch Yuki, she said yes.” He said with a smile. Yuki slowly gave him a thumbs up.

 

“Well I am off Yuki, I hope your neck recovers.” Gale said running happily to the elevator.

 

“I feel proud of myself.” Yuki said while his face was still on the ground.

 

“I’m back.” Yuri said walking up the stairs. He didn’t seem exhausted at all.

 

“So what is going on with Asuka?” Yuki asked

 

“Well she is being released tomorrow on good behavior. All of the news channels from Ameyawa are going to be waiting for her and those 2 other people’s release. It’s going to be hell, and it just gets better.”

 

“What’s happening?”

 

“Some man unrelated to Channel 7 is picking her up and the news just gets weirder.”

 

“Go on.”

 

“I learned from Blare, that we have a hitman on our trail and that he is close to Asuka.”

 

Yuki sighed (his face still on the ground), “Don’t trust that man Yuri, he is so full of shit.”

 

“Well, I thought he was too until I was followed here.”

 

“Followed?” Yuki asked.

 

“Hello Channel 18 fools.” Mr. Shine said.

 

“I can’t move either Yuki.” Yuri said

 

“Are you being held hostage?”

 

“Knifepoint.” Yuri said

 

“Fuck!” Yuki said slowly getting up. His neck hurt like hell. He slowly stood up but staggered.

 

“What the hell is it that you want?” Yuki said rubbing his neck.

 

“We want you away from Asuka when she gets out of jail tomorrow.”

“Me in general or all of Channel 18?” Yuki asked.

 

“You know what we mean you bastard.” Mr. Shine sneered.

 

“Well you are not the supreme badass here so you cannot tell us what to do.” Yuki said, he snapped his fingers, but nothing happened.

 

“Um Yuki…what are the snapping of the fingers for?” Yuri asked, the knife was now pointed to his throat.

 

“Where is Ms. Tramp?” Yuki asked looking around the room.

 

“She took the day off.” Yuri said raising his voice.

 

“DAMNIT, NO ONE EVER INFORMS ME ABOUT ANYTHING!” Yuki yelled

 

“HELP ME, YOU IDIOT” Yuri yelled. A second later he could feel himself being pushed. He looked around to see that Cree tackled Mr. Shine. Yuri scrambled and crawled to Yuki.

 

Cree punched Mr. Shine in the face with his left hand (his right hand was still messed up a little from his little escapade). Mr. Shine flew against the wall. Cree went for another punch but Mr. Shine dodged and kicked Cree’s right hand. Cree winced in pain and Mr. Shine sliced Cree’s right cheek.

 

“Are you sure you wanted to do that bastard?” Cree said wiping the blood off with the sleeve of his shirt.

 

“Of course I did.” Mr. Shine yelled.

 

“You are about to get massacred by a man who has had 17 years of cage fighting experience.” Cree said running towards Mr. Shine. An instant later Mr. Shine was on the ground, his face beaten and bloodied.

“Thanks Cree.” Yuri said glaring at Yuki. “YOU COULD HAVE HELPED, YOU SON OF A BITCH!”

 

“What are we going to do though, Channel 7 means business.” Yuki said changing the subject completely.

 

“We are going.” A girl shouted from behind them. Yuki, Yuri and Cree turned to see Mine. “I have to see my mom.”

 

“Yeah but…” Yuki said looking around the room. Mr. Shine left and the elevator door was closing. Yuki quickly grabbed the lock key and locked the elevator.

 

“You just had to do that?” Yuri asked sighing.

 

“We are not taking you with us.” Yuki said.

 

“I am going and that is final. She is my mom damnit.” Mine said.

 

“She does have a point.” Cree said rubbing the blood off of his face with his sleeve again.

 

“Well I am going, so you are going to tag along.” Yuri told Mine.

 

“Thanks Yuri, at least SOMEONE has compassion here.” She stared at Yuki.

 

“You should get some rest Mine,” Yuri began, “Tomorrow will be a busy day since all of Ameyawa’s news stations will be there.”

 

“Thanks Yuri.” Mine said hugging him, he hugged her back and she quickly left for her room.

 

“So you are still going to go through with it?” Yuki asked Yuri.

 

“Of course I am, it’s our job Yuki. We get payed to do stuff like this and we will put our life on the line if any danger occurs. You of all people should remember who told us those words.” Yuri said

 

“Unfortunately I do, and that bastard Blare sold us out, if you don’t remember. I don’t follow anything that bastard says.” Yuki yelled.

 

“Suits yourself.” Yuri said leaving the room.

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“Oh tomorrow is going to be insane,” Censor said.

 

“Why is that Censor?” Dante asked. They were looking down at the Ameyawa cityscape watching the nightlights.

 

“All of the Ameyawa Trinity members in one location. Oh it’s going to be hell.”

 

“What exactly does the Trinity do?” Dante asked confused.

 

“We are the ones who set up the special events, like for example: The Ameyawa president race coming up soon.” Censor said. “I get to meet the final Trinity member tomorrow.”

 

“Oh yeah, that guy from Channel 18, what was his name?”

 

“I really couldn’t give a damn who it is, to be honest. He is useless trash just like the others.” Censor said lowering the blinds on the windows.

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