The catastrophe began when Kafka drove Count Heinz and Fiona to the hospital so they could check on Cossette, while Kafka also wanted to look after his castle.
(Patch!) (Patch!)
Kafka: "There…"
Fiona: "Cossette!!"
They opened the hospital door.
Kafka: "Ugh…"
Fiona: "Huh…?"
Many injured people… so many that the whole place was full.
Count Heinz: "This is terrible…"
Fiona: "So many?"
Kafka: "Hahhh…"
Fiona: "Oh… there's Doctor Anna…"
She went to her.
Fiona: "Anna?"
Anna: "Oh… there you are, Fiona…"
Fiona: "Is something wrong?"
Anna: "No, don't worry about Cossette, she's just sleeping…"
Fiona: "Thank you, Anna…"
Anna: "What happened out there… I don't understand… suddenly many people came in…"
Count Heinz: "Hello… Anna…"
Anna: "Ugh… the Count…"
Fiona: "You know each other?"
Anna: "Of course… he owns this hospital…"
Fiona: "Huh?"
Anna: "Hmm…"
Count Heinz: "Anna… anyone who starts to smell like fire… kill them…"
Fiona: "Ugh! What are you saying!"
Kafka: "Are you serious?"
Count Heinz: "We have no choice… those are the rules here…"
Fiona: "Hmm… (strange… I notice that Mr Herold and Crane haven't spoken for a while… is everything okay with them?)"
Kafka: "Hmm, where is Naomi?"
Anna: "No idea…"
Fiona: "Ugh…"
Count Heinz: "Hmm?"
A few hours later
Kafka: "Hahh…"
Fiona: "She's fine… thank goodness…"
She stroked Cossette's head.
Kafka: "Cossette seems really important to you…"
Fiona: "Mhm… yes, she is…"
She stood up.
Kafka: "Where are you going?"
Fiona: "Looking for Naomi…"
Kafka: "What?!"
Fiona: "I can't just stay here… I have to check on her… Naomi took care of Cossette and helped me many times…"
Kafka: "Hmm… that reminds me, she lives near my castle… how about you come with me, then we can both see if she's there…"
Fiona: "Oh… okay…"
Kafka: "A lot really happened…"
Fiona: "Hahhhh… and I thought I could rest here in Weimar…"
Kafka: "What's going on here is really crazy…"
Fiona: "First the Nemesis, now these Ashwalkers…"
Kafka: "Mhm…"
He stood up.
Fiona: "I can go if you want and check on your castle, you don't have to come with me, I can't leave Cossette alone…"
Kafka: "But it is my castle…"
The door opened.
Count Heinz: "Go ahead… I'll stay here…"
Kafka: "Count Heinz…"
Fiona: "Are you sure…?"
Count Heinz: "Mhm… go on…"
Kafka: "Okay."
Fiona: "Thank you very much, Count…"
Count Heinz: "No problem…"
They set off.
Kafka: "Let's go…"
Fiona: "Hahhh…"
They reached Ludwigsstraße.
(Crash!)
Fiona: "Naomi!! Naomi!!"
Naomi: "Fiona…"
Fiona: "Oh… Naomi!"
Fiona went to her and hugged her.
Fiona: "Oh… I'm so glad you're okay…"
Naomi: "Fiona… Kafka… um… there's someone who wants to talk to you…"
Fiona: "Huh?"
Kafka: "Huh…?"
(Patch!) (Patch!)
Gerta: "Hello, Kafka…"
Kafka: "Ugh…"
Fiona: "Gerta?!"
(Patch!)
Zoe: "Well, I'm here too…"
Kafka: "Ugh… who are you?"
Fiona: "Ugh… wait… the arrow symbol… you're one of the Dark Arrow…"
Zoe: "Exactly… I'm even the leader… they call me Aunt… as I see, Kafka and Fiona, you're working together…"
Fiona: "Actually we wanted to get rid of your family, but we have other problems right now…"
Zoe: "Hahahahahaha… I understand… we would love to kill Kafka, you too Fiona, what a coincidence… but right now we're in a very unpleasant situation… these Ashwalkers… you see, Mother, the Dark Bride… only she can help us…"
Fiona: "Huh…?"
Kafka: "Yeah right, what a coincidence that your mother is the one who can solve this…"
Zoe: "Don't shout and don't look like that, it doesn't suit someone who looks like a child…"
Fiona: "Hey, not a good idea to try making a deal with us if you're going to provoke us… say what you want or just leave…"
Zoe: "Okay… our mother… hated Cinderella… they never got along… both… their blood… is different… Cinderella's blood is an antidote to our mother's blood, the Dark Bride… but…"
Kafka: "Hmm…"
Fiona: "I understand, but the Dark Bride's blood is also an antidote to Cinderella's blood, right?"
Zoe: "Ninety nine points… hehe… great, girl…"
Fiona: "One question, how the hell do you know where Naomi lives…"
Zoe: "Oh… you should know… her grandmother Brigitte was a good friend of mine… hehehe…"
Fiona: "Huh?"
Zoe: "I want you to help us… wake the Dark Bride…"
Kafka: "What?!"
Fiona: "Do you think we're that naive?!"
Zoe: "Only that way can we kill the Ashwalkers, a large amount of Lilly's blood and then they're dead…"
Kafka: "… tsss…"
Fiona: "And then we would wake the sister of death… one of the family of death, the most powerful family… mages… ancient vampires… banshees… witches… even the guardians are not as strong as them…"
Kafka: "You can forget that…"
Zoe: "You have no choice… Gerta…"
Gerta: "Do we have to do this?"
Zoe: "Gerta?!"
She looked at her with an evil glare.
Gerta: "Ugh…"
(Pump!) (Pump!)
Zoe: "You dare to stand in my way!"
Gerta: "No… Aunt…"
She held the knife in front of Naomi's eye.
Kafka: "Hey."
Fiona: "No! She has nothing to do with this."
Gerta: "I'm sorry… just do what she says…"
Kafka: "Ghh…"
Fiona: "Hahhhh…"
Zoe: "I don't like violence… hehe… I'm a pacifist… violence is never the solution… well… sometimes it works…"
Gerta: "Kafka… Fiona… do what she says…"
Zoe: "Do what I say and I won't hurt dear Naomi…"
She held her chin.
Zoe: "Isn't she really pretty… it would be a shame if she lost an eye…"
Kafka: "Ghhh…"
Fiona: "You disgusting bitch…"
Zoe: "I take that as a compliment, little one… hehehe…"
Gerta: "Hmm…"
Zoe: "I'm losing my patience…"
(Pump!) (Pump!)
Zoe: "…"
(Bang!)
Gerta: "Urk!"
Someone shot Gerta and half of her head exploded.
(Splash!)
Kafka: "Gerta!"
Zoe: "Ugh… huh?"
Naomi freed herself.
Kafka: "Gerta!!"
Zoe: "Tsss…"
Zoe vanished.
Kafka: "No… Gerta…"
Fiona: "Naomi!"
She held Naomi while Kafka went to Gerta.
Kafka: "Gerta… who was that?!"
(Crash!)
(Patch!) (Patch!)
Kafka: "Ugh…"
Fiona: "Huh!!"
The Dark Umbrella symbol…
Fiona: "Come on, hide…"
Kafka: "But Gerta…"
Fiona: "We don't have time for that…"
They hid.
Dark Umbrella member: "Hmm… I thought there might be infected people here…"
Dark Umbrella member: "No… our boss hinted we should kill everyone on Ludwigsstraße… it's too dangerous…"
Fiona: "Ugh…"
They came closer.
Fiona: "Damn…"
(Patch!)
Kafka: "Ghhh…"
Dark Umbrella member: "Hmm… urk!"
(Splash!)
Suddenly someone pierced his chest.
Dark Umbrella member: "No!!"
(Slicing!)
(Splash!)
The next one fell dead to the ground.
Kafka: "What…"
Fiona: "What happened…"
They stood up.
Naomi: "Huh… are they dead…"
Kafka: "Hey… where did Gerta go…"
Fiona: "So she wasn't dead after all?"
Kafka: "Ah… that might be because of her cat lives…"
Meanwhile
Gerta: "Hahhh… hahhhh… urk…"
(Splop!)
Her head slowly healed, the bones reformed, veins reconnected, flesh returned.
Gerta: "Ugh… hahhh… hahhhh… hahhhh… hahhh… hahhh… four lives left… damn… I want to get rid of this curse… if I die four more times… I die forever…"
Zoe: "You're alive…"
Gerta: "Huh…"
Zoe stood in front of her.
Gerta: "Why did you just leave me…"
Zoe: "I knew you'd come back…"
Gerta: "Ghhhh… why am I the only one who feels the pain…?"
She pulled the bullet out of her head.
(Splash!)
Gerta: "Urghhhhh… I'll kill your women and eat them… kill!!! Hahhhh… hahhhh…"
Zoe: "Oh… you can be angry…"
Gerta: "Hahhh… it hurts so much… what the hell is this?"
Zoe: "Hmm?"
Zoe looked at the bullets and held them briefly.
Gerta: "What?"
Zoe: "Damn… these are magical bullets… made from the blood of one of the family of death… you were lucky it wasn't Cinderella's blood… otherwise you'd be dead… forever…"
Gerta: "Ghhhhh…"
Zoe: "So Dark Umbrella… Gerta… you want revenge, right?"
Gerta: "Of course… ghhhh… it hurts so much…"
Zoe: "There are more of them nearby, find out where their base is… they're in the way… kill and torture if you like… but the children…"
Gerta: "We spare them… yes, I know…"
Zoe: "Hehehe…"
Gerta: "But I'm still angry at you… because you just left me… why do I always have to do this work?"
Zoe: "Hehe… oh my dear… be glad I won't kill Kafka for now… that detective Fiona… I'll spare her for now too…"
Gerta: "Don't underestimate them… both are very smart and talented…"
Zoe: "I don't… hehehe…"
Gerta set off.
Gerta: "Ugh!!"
While jumping across the houses she landed on a roof.
Gerta: "Ugrghhhh… ughhhh… aaaaaaarghhhhh… hahhhh… ahhhhh… it hurts… it hurts…"
Her veins turned purple.
Gerta: "Aaaaaaaarghhhhh… ghhhhhhh… hahhh…"
Dark Umbrella member: "Hey… did you hear that?"
Dark Umbrella member: "Of course, I'm not deaf, idiot…"
They went toward Gerta.
Dark Umbrella member: "Oh, a girl…"
Dark Umbrella member: "Should we kill her?"
Dark Umbrella member: "Wait, we didn't find her on Ludwigsstraße or the affected streets…"
Dark Umbrella member: "Yeah, but she came from there… maybe…"
Dark Umbrella member: "But…"
Suddenly she stood up and leaned both arms on the two of them.
Gerta: "Hey… hey… you two…"
Dark Umbrella member: "Ugh…"
Gerta: "Hehehe…"
Under the roof
(Crash!) (Crash!)
Cat: "Meow?"
Grandma: "Don't worry, dear, must be the wind…"
Back to Gerta
Dark Umbrella member: "Urk… gahhh… hhhh… aaarghhhh…"
Gerta: "Oh dear…"
She threw his arm away.
(Splash!)
Gerta: "You shot me with these… whatever bullets… since then my body hurts… what's in them…"
Dark Umbrella member: "I don't know…"
Gerta: "Ah… ah… ah… wrong answer…"
She cut off a finger.
Dark Umbrella member: "Aaarghhhhhhhhh!"
Gerta: "Answer me… or you'll end up like your buddy there…"
The other member was already dead, hanging on a small wind device.
Gerta: "You know, I actually like killing people… but this thing hurts… and that makes me angry… tell me what it is… or I'll kill every single member of your family… your wife… your mother… your father… everyone…"
Dark Umbrella member: "It's blood… from one of the family of death… the blood… Dracula's blood…"
Gerta: "I see… thank you very much…"
Dark Umbrella member: "What are you going to do with me now…"
Gerta: "Hmm…"
Meanwhile
Grandma: "Hmm…"
(Crash!)
Cat: "Meow!"
Back to Gerta
Gerta: "Hmm…"
He lay dead on the ground, she had thrown him off the roof.
Gerta: "Well… damn… I forgot to ask where their base is… well, maybe I don't even need it… I got the information… about the blood… hmm…"
She sat on the roof.
Gerta: "I got these from them…"
There were several vials, most were empty, only one was not.
Gerta: "Ah… the red one… that belongs to Mother, she has red blood like humans…"
She took it and drank it.
Gerta: "Gulp… aghhhh… it tastes bitter… well, whatever…"
She looked at her own veins, they returned to normal.
Gerta: "Very good… they had several blood types… Nemesis… and Mother's… but also other bloods made of ash… that must be the blood of a Nightwalker or Ashwalker… which means… they could have killed me… lucky me… hehe…"
Meanwhile
Kafka: "Here, water…"
Naomi: "Thank you…"
Fiona: "Drink enough…"
Kafka: "Hahhh…"
Naomi: "Oh… this is really strange…"
Fiona: "I'm sorry… I didn't expect them to know your grandmother…"
Naomi: "How is Cossette…"
Fiona: "She's fine…"
Kafka: "Hmm… don't you find it strange that Dark Umbrella was here…"
Fiona: "The whole area was evacuated, they didn't expect anyone to be here… when did that woman arrive, Naomi?"
Naomi: "Right after I came back here…"
Several hours earlier
Naomi: "Hmm… strange… did I leave the lights on…"
(Patch!)
Naomi: "Huh…"
Gerta: "Shhh…"
Zoe: "No problem, dear… we won't hurt you… we just want to talk to Kafka and the detective Fiona…"
End of memory
Naomi: "That's how it was…"
Kafka: "I understand…"
Fiona: "I'm sorry it happened again…"
Naomi: "Oh come on… either way they knew where I live because of Grandma… I'd just like to know how or from where…"
Fiona: "We might find out… first we need to leave… before more Dark Umbrella members come…"
Kafka: "I'll go to the castle… get yourselves to safety…"
Fiona: "Will you be okay? I can come with you…"
Kafka: "I'll be fine, don't worry…"
Fiona: "Okay… see you later…"
Kafka: "See you later… be careful, there might be Ashwalkers around…"
Fiona: "No problem…"
Naomi: "Thank you, Kafka…"
Kafka: "You're welcome…"
A few hours later
While the police and mages deal with the remaining Ashwalkers, Count Heinz is at the hospital, Naomi and Fiona are there as well, Cossette is in her room.
Count Heinz: "Five Ashwalkers appeared and one Nightwalker…"
Fiona: "Six in total…"
Count Heinz: "Mhm… not that many… but still terrible… almost like forty years ago…"
Fiona: "Mhm…"
Count Heinz: "Hhhh…"
Fiona: "Hahhh… it's been about thirty nine hours since I last slept…"
Count Heinz: "Hahhh… it's really exhausting… Ludwigsstraße had to be completely evacuated…"
Fiona: "What about the other cities and Weimar regions?"
Count Heinz: "According to my information, only two Ashwalkers appeared in Heidelberg… in Weimar am Main, the capital, only one… Bremen City is calm… hopefully it stays that way…"
Fiona: "And the other cities of Eichenwalde?"
Count Heinz: "Eichenwalde at the Hook where we are is currently closed, in the other cities like Eichenheim or Eichenstadt it's calm… for now… Wilhelmsruhe, which is also far from Eichenwalde at the Hook, is calm too…"
Fiona: "I see… then it's not as bad as we thought…"
Count Heinz: "Well… that's positive…"
Fiona: "Hahhhh…"
Count Heinz: "Puhh… cookies?"
Fiona: "Hmm… thank you…"
She took the cookies.
Count Heinz: "Hmm…"
Fiona: "Mmm…"
Count Heinz: "You wanted to rest in Weimar, didn't you?"
Fiona: "Well… things happen… as a detective you have to expect that…"
Count Heinz: "Don't you want to visit Dehl again?"
Fiona: "I plan to… just not now or soon…"
Count Heinz: "Not now or soon…"
Fiona: "Dehl isn't good… not when I have Cossette with me…"
Count Heinz: "It's surprising how you take care of a child…"
Fiona: "Oh yeah?"
Count Heinz: "You were always cold about things like that…"
Fiona: "Hmm… maybe…"
Count Heinz: "Ah… it happens… that you meet someone like Cossette who makes you pay attention… I mean… it's obvious you like her…"
Fiona: "Hmm… maybe…"
Count Heinz: "Hahahaha… you take care of her but don't want people to notice…"
Fiona: "Maybe…"
Count Heinz: "Mhmhmh…"
He stood up.
Count Heinz: "Ahhh… duty calls…"
Fiona: "I didn't expect you to own a hospital… for a count you take good care of the poor…"
Count Heinz: "Hehehe… seems like you don't like rich people…"
Fiona: "I don't… unless they give me money… then I like them…"
Count Heinz: "Nahahahaha… you can be really funny…"
Fiona: "Hmm?"
Count Heinz: "Does Cossette give you money?"
Fiona: "No…"
Count Heinz: "Why do you take care of her…"
Fiona: "Because I care about her…"
Count Heinz: "Oh…"
Fiona: "Hmm?"
Count Heinz: "You… you care about her and say it without blushing…"
Fiona: "I can't hide it… Cossette is important to me… she is important… I like her… I want to take care of her… I want her to hold my hand…"
Count Heinz: "Oh… it's crazy how a child can change people…"
Fiona: "Well… children are just like that… right… you can't really understand them… they're loud… annoying sometimes… but… sometimes they're important…"
Count Heinz: "I'd better go… this is too much for me…"
Fiona: "By the way, your pants are on backwards…"
Count Heinz: "Huh… you're right…"
Fiona: "Hmm…"
Count Heinz: "Did you know all along…"
Fiona: "Since we met… at Neuschwanstein…"
Count Heinz: "What… why didn't you say anything?"
Fiona: "How should I… I thought you wanted it that way…"
Count Heinz: "Ohhh… you're really creepy…"
Fiona: "Maybe…"
Count Heinz: "Hahhh…"
He left the room.
Fiona: "He still hasn't put them on right… oh well…"
The door opened again, it was Naomi.
Naomi: "Hello Fiona…"
Fiona: "Oh… Naomi… are you okay?"
Naomi: "Yes… but I've been better…"
Fiona: "Hmm…"
Naomi: "Hehehe… may I sit next to you…"
Fiona: "If you want…"
Naomi: "Thanks…"
She sat next to Fiona, Naomi looked exhausted.
Fiona: "You look tired…"
Naomi: "So do you…"
Fiona: "Yeah… I'm tired… very tired…"
Naomi: "That's okay…"
Fiona: "Mhm…"
Naomi: "Hmm…"
Naomi drank some water.
Naomi: "Hahhh… I think I should move out again…"
Fiona: "Where… it's probably quiet…"
Naomi: "Hehehe… an island where no one lives…"
Fiona: "Forget it… Weimar is already at the ass end of the world…"
Naomi: "True…"
Fiona: "Hmm…"
Naomi: "Roselande was quiet… but boring…"
Fiona: "Well… better boring than beings that keep appearing, following you, and you have to hide like a game of hide and seek… but if they find you it's not 'got you' but screaming and you turn into an Ashwalker…"
Naomi: "Ahhh… so you quit acting and modeling and then this…"
Fiona: "By the way… Remy was a fan of yours… or maybe still is…"
Naomi: "Oh… which movies does he like?"
Fiona: "Not the movies… the magazines… where you… well… showed a bit too much…"
Naomi: "What did he do with them…"
Fiona: "Do I have to answer that…?"
Naomi: "(Sweat)… no… it's fine…"
Fiona: "Thought so…"
Naomi: "Hahhh… well…"
Fiona: "Hmm…"
Naomi: "Are you jealous?"
Fiona: "What?"
Naomi: "Well… that he was my fan… or still is…"
Fiona: "What… are you actually happy about that?"
Naomi: "Well… if you don't want him, why not…"
Fiona: "Why would I want him… take him if you want…"
Naomi: "Hehehe… that was just a joke…"
Fiona: "Mine wasn't… you can have him…"
Naomi: "Hehehe… no no… he's too perverted…"
Fiona: "And you're partly to blame… I mean… your magazines…"
Naomi: "I didn't show that much…"
Fiona: "Yeah… the real question is… what didn't you show…"
Naomi: "Hey!"
Fiona: "What…"
Naomi: "I show legs and stomach… oh wait… you're right… hehehe… that must've been the other magazine… it was a good offer…"
Fiona: "Can we please talk about something else…"
Naomi: "Sure…"
Fiona: "How are you?"
Naomi: "You already asked that…"
Fiona: "No idea…"
Naomi: "Hmm… (whistles)… I think I should just get married…"
Fiona: "Just show your legs again and people will drool…"
Naomi: "No… not like that…"
Fiona: "Oh…"
Naomi: "Hehehe…"
Naomi smiled softly.
Naomi: "Maybe… I should go to Heidelberg…"
Fiona: "Good idea, but Bremen City would be better for you…"
Naomi: "Hmm?"
Fiona: "It's quiet… it's the safest place in Weimar… there's cool music… food… lots of theater…"
Naomi: "Oh… hehehe… well, my shop is here…"
Fiona: "You can try again… if you want…"
Naomi: "Maybe…"
A few minutes later
They left the room… there was a crowd…
Fiona: "Huh?"
Naomi: "What's wrong?"
Fiona: "That's Cossette's room…"
Naomi: "Ugh…"
They ran.
Nurse: "We have to kill her!"
Patient: "She has the ash rain!"
Fiona: "What's going on… ugh!!"
Cossette: "Fiona…"
Someone was holding her arm… part of it was as dark as ash.
Fiona: "Get your hands off her…"
Patient: "No… I won't…"
Nurse: "Kill this girl…"
Patients: "Kill her…"
Fiona: "Ugh!!"
Fiona pulled out a pistol and fired toward the patient but missed.
(Bang!)
Fiona: "Hands… off… her… whoever touches her… I will kill!!!"
She shouted loudly, he let go.
Fiona: "Step back… if any of you come closer… you'll get a bullet!!!"
She held Cossette's hand.
Fiona: "Don't worry… I've got you…"
Cossette: "Fiona…"
Fiona: "We're leaving…"
She took her with her.
Fiona: "Out of the way!!"
They left the second floor.
Patients: "We can't just let her go…"
Count Heinz: "Let them go… I still need that girl… no one may touch Cossette… let her go with Fiona…"
Naomi: "Ugh…"
They left the hospital.
Cossette: "Fiona… I… I wasn't affected…"
Fiona: "Then where did it come from?"
Cossette: "I don't know… maybe through that man…"
Fiona: "I don't think so… and I don't understand how it reached you… you weren't even outside…"
Cossette: "Where are you taking me?"
Fiona: "We're going to hide… they'll surely send a unit… Dark Umbrella will hear about this and follow you…"
Cossette: "I don't want to die…"
Fiona: "Hmm… I'll stay with you… don't worry… I'll do my best… Cossette… tell me now… have you been cursed for a long time…"
Cossette: "Ugh… cursed…"
Fiona: "It's just a question… they wouldn't have taken you into Dark Umbrella for nothing…"
Cossette: "Ugh… I only know I can feel magic… but… it's not the first time I felt this… this pain… in my arm…"
Fiona: "Hmm?"
They went into a building.
Cossette: "Huh?"
Fiona: "Let's rest…"
Cossette: "Okay…"
Fiona: "Go back to sleep, I'll keep watch…"
Cossette: "Okay…"
A few hours later
Cossette: "Ugh… mmm…"
Fiona: "… huh?"
Fiona heard Cossette in pain.
Cossette: "Ghh…"
Fiona: "Cossette… ugh!!!"
Cossette stood up.
Cossette: "Fiona… I think something is wrong with me…"
Smoke came out of her body and a spirit of ash appeared.
Cossette: "Ughhhh…"
Ash Spirit: "I am the Flying Dutchman!!!!"
Cossette: "Ughhhh… ghhhhh… help… help… it hurts…"
More ash appeared.
Cossette: "Urk… ghhhhh…"
Fiona: "Cossette, hold on!!!!"
She transformed completely… but not into an Ashwalker. She suddenly wore a dark outfit, several skulls on her belt, and behind her stood the Flying Dutchman.
Cossette: "Hhhmmm…"
Fiona: "Ugh… Cossette…"
Flying Dutchman: "Hehehehehe…"