Hello there!

Welcome to The Halls Are Alive, glad you could join me. This is a superhuman/mutant AU, and it might be somewhat dark.

That said, I need abilities for certain nations, so if you have some please tell me!

The girl with the ghosts.

'Hel..., My na... s Nata...a Arl...kaya. I c... see th... They... n't lis... No on... list... Wh... n't th... liste... I coul... te.. them thi... I could hel... Wh... on't they le.. me hel...'

"Do you know what to make of it?"

"Subject 113 seems to be acting up again, sir."

"I want someone in there. The subject needs to be apprehended."

"Yes, sir."

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'Wh... on't they le... me hel...'

"...When was it taken?"

"I don't know, Alfred. It doesn't look old."

"She could still be there, then! We have to help her! C'mon Artie!"

The so called 'Artie' was currently sat at his desk, looking through some files on his laptop. One of his arms was being pulled on by 'Alfred'.

"We can't just storm into G.E.A.R and demand to see her. We've caused enough trouble already, I think we need to lie low for a while." Alfred must have known this too, considering how Artie wasn't being dragged across the floor.

"Besides" Artie continued, "we don't even know if she's still in there. Or even if she's still alive."

"Mmmm, you know it's not a good idea to talk like that. We have to believe we can save her."

"Believing stupid things like that will only get you hurt. You know that."

"I know, Arthur, but I want to believe that there are heroes in this world. People like us who stand against corruption."

The man now named Arthur sighed. "...You've been watching too many movies. Aha!"

Alfred jumped, startled. He scurried back over to the desk and peered over Arthur's shoulder.

"Did you find something?"

"I found her subject file. Look here, subject 113, Natalya Arlovskaya, female, 19. The notes say thing like 'she can see things that aren't there' and 'she claimed to see beastly looking figures in the corners of rooms'. What does that sound like to you?"

"It sounds like she can see demons."

"And ghosts. There are accounts of her talking to what she said were pale, bloody figures."

Alfred gave a nervous laugh, "Heh, ghosts, yeah... yeah... ghosts..."

Arthur rolled his eyes, "Yes, Alfred, ghosts. She's been there since she was nine. There's nothing in the files about her being discharged or moved anywhere, she might still be there. No, that does not mean we are doing anything about it"

Alfred didn't seem to be listening. He was staring intently at the computer. He showed no signs of having heard Arthur.

"... 'I could help. Why won't they let me help'..."

"What?"

"She wanted to help someone. Who?" Alfred knitted his eyebrows.

"Wha... How in the bloody hell am I supposed to know?"

"Artie... what if they have her family?" Alfred sounded very somber.

"And how did you jump to that conclusion?"

"'I could help. Why won't they let me help'." He repeated.

"Yes, I know that. I heard it too."

"She wants to help. She wouldn't want to help if it wasn't someone important to her. Her friends or family. Maybe G.E.A.R has them too. Artie. Artie... we have to help them." Seeing the look on Arthur's face, he added, "Maybe not now, maybe later. But next time we launch a rescue mission. I want to help her."

Arthur sighed again, "I want to help her as well, but we have to be careful. Setting up a rescue mission haphazardly could make the situation even more complicated."

"So what do you suggest we do?"

Arthur didn't say anything, he just played the video again and again. His eyes scanned the screen for anything that could give the location away.

All that the computer screen showed was a white wall that looked like it was made of painted brick. There was not any sign of the reddish brown that bricks usually were. Nor was there anything else shown. The video was shaky.

"... I want you to call up the group. We might be in over our heads."

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"The subject is sedated and apprehended, sir."

"Good. How does the situation look?"

"No other subject caught wind of 113's little plot, sir."

"And you're absolutely sure no one else saw the video?"

"Yes, sir."

"Good. We don't need to loose anymore subjects."