Takeshi gritted his teeth as he dashed up the stairs, keeping his M16 at his side as he bounded the stairwell up towards the next floor. Once he reached said floor, Takeshi quickly took the precautionary measure of staying silent and listening to his surroundings. The eerie silence of the area was a bit jarring, but that was to be expected in such a situation. Keeping his weapon at the ready, Takeshi walked through the doorway and looked around. Noticing Hizumi perfectly fine, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Glad to see everything's alright on your side too. Just finished cleaning up outside. There was a... Casualty, sadly enough. Worst case scenario has been avoided." he stated before looking around again and noticing two things: the lack of an Initiator anywhere near him and the giant gaping holes that seemed to be created all over the building.

"Ah... Priorities first. Is your Initiator anywhere nearby? It's kind of dangerous running around with just the two of us..." he trailed off, looking around as if expecting a little girl to pop up at any second. "Did you send her to scout ahead or something? Or...?" he trailed off as he turned back to Hizumi.

"Don't tell me... Is she...?"