S-CRY-ed Fan Fiction ❯ Alter Ego ❯ Alter Ego Chapter 2 ( Chapter 2 )
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Anime/Manga: S-CRY-ed Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Sci-fi / Post-apocalyptic / Action | Type: Self Insertion | Uploaded On: 01.13.2005 | Updated On: 01.13.2005 | Pages: 1 | Words: 3.1K | Visits: 211 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: S-CRY-ed Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Sci-fi / Post-apocalyptic / Action | Type: Self Insertion | Uploaded On: 01.13.2005 | Updated On: 01.13.2005 | Pages: 1 | Words: 3.1K | Visits: 211 | Status: Completed
Alter Ego Chapter 2
As I sleep I begin to dream. It always begins the same way. I am about eight years old playing outside the house I grew up in. I hear someone call my name and I turn around. My mother and father are standing at the front door smiling at me. I can't quite remember what their faces look like though. As I am running toward them explosions rock the ground and fire shoots up into the sky from various spots in the town. I hear the sounds of motorcycle and buggy engines whining in the background along with the screams of the people in the village. I look back to where my parents and my house should be but all I see is flaming rubble. I'm too shocked to cry as I stare at where everything familiar used to be. As I'm standing there, the flames begin to twist and change into strange and unnatural shapes. The flames part almost like a curtain and I see someone inside of them. It's a man with a tattoo that looks like a targeting cross inside of a triangle on his left shoulder and a jagged scar across his face. Horns are sprouting from his head and his arms are encased in scaly armor that is clawed like a dragon's talons. He looks at me, smirks, and turns to walk away as the flames close up behind him. I fall to the ground in fear and anger, wanting to do something, anything, get rid of these people.
Then I notice shapes around me. They are very rough looking people holding various weapons, they are looking at me like I'm just another victim to them. As they draw closer I keep thinking "I don't want to die, I want to avenge the deaths of my parents and all of these other good people." over and over again. I feel my anger and conviction growing and all of a sudden I feel something click in my mind and I feel an indescribable power flow into me. Next thing I know I am standing among the dead bodies of the bandits, staring in horror at the blood drenched claws that are where my hands used to be.
"NOOOO!!"sit up violently in bed, drenched in sweat, and breathing heavily. I look around and realize that I'm back home in my bed. I put my face in my hands and try to calm down. "I guess everything turned out okay." I think to myself. The door opens quickly and I hear Megumi say "Are you alright? I heard you screaming from downstairs."look up at her with a weak smile and say "Yeah, I'm fine. Just another nightmare."walks over to the bed and sits down next to me. She puts her arms around me to try and comfort me and says "Everything is going to be fine, you'll find him eventually."
"I don't know, it's been a couple years since I last heard anything about this guy. I wonder if he's even sill alive."
"Worry about that when the time comes. Now come on, I've got breakfast made and I'm willing to bet you're hungry."she says with a smile.is then that I realize that I am absolutely starving. I crack a huge smile and jump out of bed and bolt towards the kitchen with Megumi close behind.
in HOLY HQ*commander Martin Zigmar is sitting behind his desk with a very serious look on his face as Scherise gives the investigation report on the incident at the Inner labor camp.
"There are three confirmed fatalities consisting of two HOLD soldiers and class B HOLY officer Kobashi Shinichiro and twenty five assorted injuries among the other soldiers. Large scale damage was dealt to the complex due to the fight between the native Alter and officer Kobashi. This resulted in the loss of all of the captured inners."
"So Kobashi was beaten. Do we know who killed him?"
"Yes sir. The soldiers stationed at the compound described the native alter as having a body synchronizing type of alter which gave him incredible speed and agility. He also seems to be able to grow various bladed weapons from the armor on his arms for close quarters combat."
"Hmmmm. This one could become a problem. I want you to tell Elian to get on this right away. I want as much information on this native alter as he can get as quickly as possible."salutes and says "Yes sir." She then turns around and leaves.Zigmar then sits back in his chair and looks out the window past the city wall and thinks "We should keep an eye on this one or he could get out of control."
*A few days later back at Rob & Megumi's house*
"HEY WAKE UP!!!!!"
"HOLY CRAP!" I yell as I fall out of bed headfirst and bash my head on the floor. As I come to my senses I hear laughter and know immediately who it is. "God Dammit Megumi! Why do you always do that to me?!"giggling she says "Because it's really funny that's why. And judging by that energetic response I think you're back to normal after that job last week."
"Yeah I guess so, now get out now!!" I say as I'm about to throw my drinking cup at the door. A few minutes later I come downstairs and sit down with Megumi to eat.
"So, do you have any good jobs lined up?" Megumi asks.
"Umm, yeah." I say, still a little sleepy. " I got a job as a bodyguard for some merchant guy who's having problems with some of his competitors. He's been getting death threats and there has been some minor acts terrorism at some of his facilities. The guy is paying five hundred a day plus expenses. That's pretty good, don't you think?"
"Yeah. Depending on how long this goes for we could make a pretty good amount of cash from this job."look at the food in front of me dejectedly and say "I don't know, this job seems like it'll be kind of boring. I probably won't even have any good fights on this one."
"That may be so, but you probably won't get hurt that bad on this one, especially after last week. You need to fill in the gaps with a couple easy jobs and give yourself time to recover." Megumi says sounding a little concerned.
"You really don't need to worry about me, I feel fine." I say reassuringly.I'm done with my food I get up and say "Alright I gotta go. I have to be at my client's place soon or he'll give the job to someone else."smiles and says "Alright, see you later Rob."smile back and say "I'll be back soon, you can count on it Megumi."
*Several days later*
Yup, I was right; this is BORING. I think to myself as I stand off to the side of my client in yet another business meeting listening to him drone on and on about his supply routes. Sure the money's good, but not ONE THING has happened since I started here and I'm bored out of my skull. He still keeps getting death threats every now and then but not one has led to anything. At this point I'm hoping someone would try and kill this guy, if only to help relieve my boredom. meeting draws to a close almost an hour later and as everyone is getting ready to leave an explosion rocks the building. I run to the window and look out to see clouds of smoke coming from the far end of the complex. However before I can do anything the door to the office gets busted in and a group of three muscular guys with machine guns rush in.
"EVERYONE PUT YOUR HANDS ON YOUR HEAD!!!!!" says the lead thug and the other two back him up by pointing their guns at various people in the room. The businessmen in the room immediately put their hands on their heads and are to scared to move or they are trying to figure out how much it will cost to bribe their way out of this situation. I quickly duck behind a nearby desk and I'm lucky that none of them saw me.hear one of the thugs say "We're here to kill Domyoji Takeda and take over his company for our boss." I hear one of the thugs cock their weapon. "Now which one of you is he. If no one steps up, we kill everyone!"my spot behind the desk I am waiting for a good opportunity to strike. It's way too small in here to use my alter so I'll have to try something else. I open one of the pouches on my trenchcoat and take out a few of my throwing knives. I look around the side of the desk and see that they are almost at my client, who is shaking and sweating much more than any of the other people in the room. Before the punks can get any closer I make my move. I leap out from behind the desk and let my knives fly. I hit one thug right in the neck and he drops instantly, wheezing and trying to breathe. I hit another in the stomach and he staggers for a second before he too drops to the floor. I aim carefully at the last thug and throw the knife. It hits him in his free hand and nails it to the wall behind him. He drops his gun and clutches his hand and tries to pull it off the wall. Before he can do anything I run up and press my combat knife against his throat. I apply a little pressure and say "I want you to tell me how many more of you guys there are in the complex." He winces in pain and reluctantly tells me "Five...five others."
"Good." I say. "Next question; Who do you work for?"
"I'll never tell youaaaauuugh...!!!" he says as I apply pressure to his hand injury.
"How about now?" I say threateningly.
"No, I can't tell you. He'll kill me!" he is starting to panic now.
"And what makes you think I.........." I trail off as I catch a glimpse of something that looks like a tattoo, partially hidden by his shirt sleeve on his upper arm. I cut off the sleeve to see what it is. My blood begins to run cold as I see the design of the tattoo. It's the same tattoo that I see on the arm of the alter user in my nightmares, the one who killed my parents.
I can feel rage building up in me the longer I stare at the tattoo. I feel the familiar surge of power as things around me begin to de-construct into alter mist and swirl around me as my alter manifests itself. thug and the businessmen stare at me in shock and fear as my transformation finishes. The thug manages to stammer "Y-y-you're an a-alter user t-t-too?"
"What do you mean too??!!!" I say loudly as my eyes shine with black energy. My voice has an echo to it and it sounds like I've been possessed by a demon from hell. "Who is your boss?! Where is he?!" He doesn't answer right away so I extend a claw from my index finger and stick it into his shoulder violently. "WHO IS HE?!!" I scream at him as I twist my claw. screams and says frantically "I don't know his real name. Only the higher ups in the gang know that. Everyone else knows him by his alter name, Spitfire."smile and say "Thank you." I withdraw my claw from his shoulder and leave him to dangle there from his hand which is still stuck on the wall.turn to my client and his business partners and I say "You guys stay here. I'll take care of the rest of the people in the complex." They just stand there, too shocked to say anything as I walk out the door.hunted down all the remaining gang members in the facility and got as much information as I could from them, which wasn't much. These guys were very low on the totem pole in the gang. However the last guy I caught gave me a bit more info than the other ones. He said that some guy from the city hired two squads from the gang for two separate hits. One was this job and another was to take care of some guy who lived in the wasteland who had been giving him problems. I thought this was a little odd but didn't think anything about it. I couldn't learn anything about the gang's whereabouts since they apparently move their base of operations very frequently. I was done I returned to my client to receive my pay since he won't have to worry about these guys anymore. I got my pay, which totaled to a very impressive lump of cash, and left to go home to rest and see Megumi.
*A little while later*
As I drove closer to my house I noticed smoke coming from the same direction. I felt a sense of dread slowly creep over me as I remembered that one of those gang thugs said there was another squad out to take care of some guy in the wasteland . They must have been after me! Then I have a horrible thought, "Oh my god, Megumi! What if she was there when it happened." Really starting to panic, I slam the gas pedal to the floor and race home as fast as the buggy could go. My worst fears are realized as my house comes into view. The ruins that used to be where our house was are still smoking heavily. The symbol of that gang are spray painted all over the place. And worst of all I can't find Megumi anywhere. I run around searching all over the area for her.
"Megumi! Megumi! Where are you?! Are you here?!" I yell, getting more frantic and scared by the second. Then I hear something moving in some nearby rubble and then I hear someone groaning. I rush over there and I am somewhat relieved to see that it's Megumi and she's still alive but she is unconscious. She is partially buried under some rubble and she looks pretty beat up. I rush over to her and kneel next to her. I clear the rubble off of her and shake her gently to try and wake her up. "Megumi, are you alright? Please wake up!" I say desperately. She moans and opens her eyes.
"Are you okay?" I ask, sounding incredibly relieved.
"I'm sorry." she says "They just came out of nowhere and started blowing things up. I tried to run away and hide but I got hit by some debris."
"Hey relax, there's nothing to be sorry about. I should be the sorry one, I can't believe I wasn't here to protect you. I'm just so happy you're alright."
"It's okay, I'm so glad you're back Rob...." she says with a smile as she passes out.
"Wait, no, Megumi wake up!" I say loudly. "Shit! Hold on, I'll get you to a doctor!"run to the buggy with Megumi in my arms and gently lay her in the back seat. I jump in the drivers seat and peel out to get to a doctors office in sector 2 while avoiding any major bumps along the way.
*A few hours later*
I'm sitting in the doctors office with my head in my hands, waiting for the someone to come out and give me a verdict on how Megumi is doing. I just keep thinking over and over; I should have been there, I should have protected her like I promised. I stand up quickly, yell "DAMMIT", and punch the wall, leaving a hole in the wall. I turn around to see the doctor staring at me with a slightly scared look on his face.
"Uhmm, sorry about that." I say, slightly embarrassed. I sit down and say "So, how is she?"doctor composes himself and gives me the report. "Well sir, she has broken bones in her legs, a mild concussion, and many cuts and bruises. To be perfectly honest, judging by what you said happened, I'm surprised that she didn't get any more serious injuries."
"Really." I say lost in thought. "Could you keep an eye on her for a little while? There's something I need to take care of. Don't worry, I'll pay for her stay here when I get back."
"Sure, no problem. I'll take good care of her." he says reassuringly.
"You'd better, because if anything happens to her I will kill you." I say as nicely as I can.doctor just stares at me looking very frightened, as I walk out the door.I walk to my buggy I realize that in order to make sure Megumi is protected and to get some concrete info on that gang that attacked us, I'm going to have to do something that I would never even consider doing under normal circumstances. I'm going to the city to join up with HOLY.
END CHAPTER 2
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As I sleep I begin to dream. It always begins the same way. I am about eight years old playing outside the house I grew up in. I hear someone call my name and I turn around. My mother and father are standing at the front door smiling at me. I can't quite remember what their faces look like though. As I am running toward them explosions rock the ground and fire shoots up into the sky from various spots in the town. I hear the sounds of motorcycle and buggy engines whining in the background along with the screams of the people in the village. I look back to where my parents and my house should be but all I see is flaming rubble. I'm too shocked to cry as I stare at where everything familiar used to be. As I'm standing there, the flames begin to twist and change into strange and unnatural shapes. The flames part almost like a curtain and I see someone inside of them. It's a man with a tattoo that looks like a targeting cross inside of a triangle on his left shoulder and a jagged scar across his face. Horns are sprouting from his head and his arms are encased in scaly armor that is clawed like a dragon's talons. He looks at me, smirks, and turns to walk away as the flames close up behind him. I fall to the ground in fear and anger, wanting to do something, anything, get rid of these people.
Then I notice shapes around me. They are very rough looking people holding various weapons, they are looking at me like I'm just another victim to them. As they draw closer I keep thinking "I don't want to die, I want to avenge the deaths of my parents and all of these other good people." over and over again. I feel my anger and conviction growing and all of a sudden I feel something click in my mind and I feel an indescribable power flow into me. Next thing I know I am standing among the dead bodies of the bandits, staring in horror at the blood drenched claws that are where my hands used to be.
"NOOOO!!"sit up violently in bed, drenched in sweat, and breathing heavily. I look around and realize that I'm back home in my bed. I put my face in my hands and try to calm down. "I guess everything turned out okay." I think to myself. The door opens quickly and I hear Megumi say "Are you alright? I heard you screaming from downstairs."look up at her with a weak smile and say "Yeah, I'm fine. Just another nightmare."walks over to the bed and sits down next to me. She puts her arms around me to try and comfort me and says "Everything is going to be fine, you'll find him eventually."
"I don't know, it's been a couple years since I last heard anything about this guy. I wonder if he's even sill alive."
"Worry about that when the time comes. Now come on, I've got breakfast made and I'm willing to bet you're hungry."she says with a smile.is then that I realize that I am absolutely starving. I crack a huge smile and jump out of bed and bolt towards the kitchen with Megumi close behind.
in HOLY HQ*commander Martin Zigmar is sitting behind his desk with a very serious look on his face as Scherise gives the investigation report on the incident at the Inner labor camp.
"There are three confirmed fatalities consisting of two HOLD soldiers and class B HOLY officer Kobashi Shinichiro and twenty five assorted injuries among the other soldiers. Large scale damage was dealt to the complex due to the fight between the native Alter and officer Kobashi. This resulted in the loss of all of the captured inners."
"So Kobashi was beaten. Do we know who killed him?"
"Yes sir. The soldiers stationed at the compound described the native alter as having a body synchronizing type of alter which gave him incredible speed and agility. He also seems to be able to grow various bladed weapons from the armor on his arms for close quarters combat."
"Hmmmm. This one could become a problem. I want you to tell Elian to get on this right away. I want as much information on this native alter as he can get as quickly as possible."salutes and says "Yes sir." She then turns around and leaves.Zigmar then sits back in his chair and looks out the window past the city wall and thinks "We should keep an eye on this one or he could get out of control."
*A few days later back at Rob & Megumi's house*
"HEY WAKE UP!!!!!"
"HOLY CRAP!" I yell as I fall out of bed headfirst and bash my head on the floor. As I come to my senses I hear laughter and know immediately who it is. "God Dammit Megumi! Why do you always do that to me?!"giggling she says "Because it's really funny that's why. And judging by that energetic response I think you're back to normal after that job last week."
"Yeah I guess so, now get out now!!" I say as I'm about to throw my drinking cup at the door. A few minutes later I come downstairs and sit down with Megumi to eat.
"So, do you have any good jobs lined up?" Megumi asks.
"Umm, yeah." I say, still a little sleepy. " I got a job as a bodyguard for some merchant guy who's having problems with some of his competitors. He's been getting death threats and there has been some minor acts terrorism at some of his facilities. The guy is paying five hundred a day plus expenses. That's pretty good, don't you think?"
"Yeah. Depending on how long this goes for we could make a pretty good amount of cash from this job."look at the food in front of me dejectedly and say "I don't know, this job seems like it'll be kind of boring. I probably won't even have any good fights on this one."
"That may be so, but you probably won't get hurt that bad on this one, especially after last week. You need to fill in the gaps with a couple easy jobs and give yourself time to recover." Megumi says sounding a little concerned.
"You really don't need to worry about me, I feel fine." I say reassuringly.I'm done with my food I get up and say "Alright I gotta go. I have to be at my client's place soon or he'll give the job to someone else."smiles and says "Alright, see you later Rob."smile back and say "I'll be back soon, you can count on it Megumi."
*Several days later*
Yup, I was right; this is BORING. I think to myself as I stand off to the side of my client in yet another business meeting listening to him drone on and on about his supply routes. Sure the money's good, but not ONE THING has happened since I started here and I'm bored out of my skull. He still keeps getting death threats every now and then but not one has led to anything. At this point I'm hoping someone would try and kill this guy, if only to help relieve my boredom. meeting draws to a close almost an hour later and as everyone is getting ready to leave an explosion rocks the building. I run to the window and look out to see clouds of smoke coming from the far end of the complex. However before I can do anything the door to the office gets busted in and a group of three muscular guys with machine guns rush in.
"EVERYONE PUT YOUR HANDS ON YOUR HEAD!!!!!" says the lead thug and the other two back him up by pointing their guns at various people in the room. The businessmen in the room immediately put their hands on their heads and are to scared to move or they are trying to figure out how much it will cost to bribe their way out of this situation. I quickly duck behind a nearby desk and I'm lucky that none of them saw me.hear one of the thugs say "We're here to kill Domyoji Takeda and take over his company for our boss." I hear one of the thugs cock their weapon. "Now which one of you is he. If no one steps up, we kill everyone!"my spot behind the desk I am waiting for a good opportunity to strike. It's way too small in here to use my alter so I'll have to try something else. I open one of the pouches on my trenchcoat and take out a few of my throwing knives. I look around the side of the desk and see that they are almost at my client, who is shaking and sweating much more than any of the other people in the room. Before the punks can get any closer I make my move. I leap out from behind the desk and let my knives fly. I hit one thug right in the neck and he drops instantly, wheezing and trying to breathe. I hit another in the stomach and he staggers for a second before he too drops to the floor. I aim carefully at the last thug and throw the knife. It hits him in his free hand and nails it to the wall behind him. He drops his gun and clutches his hand and tries to pull it off the wall. Before he can do anything I run up and press my combat knife against his throat. I apply a little pressure and say "I want you to tell me how many more of you guys there are in the complex." He winces in pain and reluctantly tells me "Five...five others."
"Good." I say. "Next question; Who do you work for?"
"I'll never tell youaaaauuugh...!!!" he says as I apply pressure to his hand injury.
"How about now?" I say threateningly.
"No, I can't tell you. He'll kill me!" he is starting to panic now.
"And what makes you think I.........." I trail off as I catch a glimpse of something that looks like a tattoo, partially hidden by his shirt sleeve on his upper arm. I cut off the sleeve to see what it is. My blood begins to run cold as I see the design of the tattoo. It's the same tattoo that I see on the arm of the alter user in my nightmares, the one who killed my parents.
I can feel rage building up in me the longer I stare at the tattoo. I feel the familiar surge of power as things around me begin to de-construct into alter mist and swirl around me as my alter manifests itself. thug and the businessmen stare at me in shock and fear as my transformation finishes. The thug manages to stammer "Y-y-you're an a-alter user t-t-too?"
"What do you mean too??!!!" I say loudly as my eyes shine with black energy. My voice has an echo to it and it sounds like I've been possessed by a demon from hell. "Who is your boss?! Where is he?!" He doesn't answer right away so I extend a claw from my index finger and stick it into his shoulder violently. "WHO IS HE?!!" I scream at him as I twist my claw. screams and says frantically "I don't know his real name. Only the higher ups in the gang know that. Everyone else knows him by his alter name, Spitfire."smile and say "Thank you." I withdraw my claw from his shoulder and leave him to dangle there from his hand which is still stuck on the wall.turn to my client and his business partners and I say "You guys stay here. I'll take care of the rest of the people in the complex." They just stand there, too shocked to say anything as I walk out the door.hunted down all the remaining gang members in the facility and got as much information as I could from them, which wasn't much. These guys were very low on the totem pole in the gang. However the last guy I caught gave me a bit more info than the other ones. He said that some guy from the city hired two squads from the gang for two separate hits. One was this job and another was to take care of some guy who lived in the wasteland who had been giving him problems. I thought this was a little odd but didn't think anything about it. I couldn't learn anything about the gang's whereabouts since they apparently move their base of operations very frequently. I was done I returned to my client to receive my pay since he won't have to worry about these guys anymore. I got my pay, which totaled to a very impressive lump of cash, and left to go home to rest and see Megumi.
*A little while later*
As I drove closer to my house I noticed smoke coming from the same direction. I felt a sense of dread slowly creep over me as I remembered that one of those gang thugs said there was another squad out to take care of some guy in the wasteland . They must have been after me! Then I have a horrible thought, "Oh my god, Megumi! What if she was there when it happened." Really starting to panic, I slam the gas pedal to the floor and race home as fast as the buggy could go. My worst fears are realized as my house comes into view. The ruins that used to be where our house was are still smoking heavily. The symbol of that gang are spray painted all over the place. And worst of all I can't find Megumi anywhere. I run around searching all over the area for her.
"Megumi! Megumi! Where are you?! Are you here?!" I yell, getting more frantic and scared by the second. Then I hear something moving in some nearby rubble and then I hear someone groaning. I rush over there and I am somewhat relieved to see that it's Megumi and she's still alive but she is unconscious. She is partially buried under some rubble and she looks pretty beat up. I rush over to her and kneel next to her. I clear the rubble off of her and shake her gently to try and wake her up. "Megumi, are you alright? Please wake up!" I say desperately. She moans and opens her eyes.
"Are you okay?" I ask, sounding incredibly relieved.
"I'm sorry." she says "They just came out of nowhere and started blowing things up. I tried to run away and hide but I got hit by some debris."
"Hey relax, there's nothing to be sorry about. I should be the sorry one, I can't believe I wasn't here to protect you. I'm just so happy you're alright."
"It's okay, I'm so glad you're back Rob...." she says with a smile as she passes out.
"Wait, no, Megumi wake up!" I say loudly. "Shit! Hold on, I'll get you to a doctor!"run to the buggy with Megumi in my arms and gently lay her in the back seat. I jump in the drivers seat and peel out to get to a doctors office in sector 2 while avoiding any major bumps along the way.
*A few hours later*
I'm sitting in the doctors office with my head in my hands, waiting for the someone to come out and give me a verdict on how Megumi is doing. I just keep thinking over and over; I should have been there, I should have protected her like I promised. I stand up quickly, yell "DAMMIT", and punch the wall, leaving a hole in the wall. I turn around to see the doctor staring at me with a slightly scared look on his face.
"Uhmm, sorry about that." I say, slightly embarrassed. I sit down and say "So, how is she?"doctor composes himself and gives me the report. "Well sir, she has broken bones in her legs, a mild concussion, and many cuts and bruises. To be perfectly honest, judging by what you said happened, I'm surprised that she didn't get any more serious injuries."
"Really." I say lost in thought. "Could you keep an eye on her for a little while? There's something I need to take care of. Don't worry, I'll pay for her stay here when I get back."
"Sure, no problem. I'll take good care of her." he says reassuringly.
"You'd better, because if anything happens to her I will kill you." I say as nicely as I can.doctor just stares at me looking very frightened, as I walk out the door.I walk to my buggy I realize that in order to make sure Megumi is protected and to get some concrete info on that gang that attacked us, I'm going to have to do something that I would never even consider doing under normal circumstances. I'm going to the city to join up with HOLY.
END CHAPTER 2
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