Detec Bell Death

Detec Bell didn’t understand what that sentence meant. She tilted her head, and that was when fireworks exploded before her eyes.

Something had happened. She didn’t know what. Her cheeks were cold. And not just her cheeks. Her lips, right arm, body, and right leg were all chilly, too. Not just cold. Something felt hard. Slowly, as her head began to clear, she got a grasp on her situation. The chill, the hardness — this was marble. She’d fallen on the stone floor.

She tried to get up, but her body wouldn’t move. Only her right hand, hidden underneath her cape, just barely moved. She could see the white marble floor before her eyes turning red here and there. Without even thinking about it, she understood what it was. Her head ached like it was being squeezed in a vise. Something was flowing from it.

Footsteps reverberated from the marble floor. Someone was approaching. They came right up to her and then stopped. She sensed someone was there. Were they the one? Had they struck her and knocked her to the ground? That wasn’t a monster. She didn’t know who it was, but she could tell it was a magical girl. Detec Bell tried to make sense of all the thoughts in her head.

Why had she been targeted? Who had done it? What for? What had she been doing right before she’d was hit? She couldn’t hand over her magical phone or its contents. Wait. Was she going to die? She didn’t want to die. But. Would she? Still make it in time, at least? She had to make it. Could she? Use it. Her magic. The buildings in this game would not oppose their master. They wouldn’t answer Detec Bell’s questions. But they could still talk to her. They just wouldn’t answer if she asked. Still. Even if it wouldn’t work. Somehow.

Someone had struck her. She didn’t know who. Her consciousness was fading. If the one who hit her took her items, it would all have been for nothing. She had to give this to the one person she could trust most.

Still facedown, Detec Bell kissed the ground and moved her right hand.

    - Magical Girl Raising Project: Restart, Chapter 9