The two teens walked for what seemed like days. They were lost in a maze of hallways that seemed completely unfamiliar to them. This was getting ridiculous, where the hell were they? Rei was getting annoyed and frustrated.
There was a slight tug at the back of his shirt. "Rei?" Gumi said sheepishly.
"What?" Rei said angrily.
"Can we take a break please?" She said.
"No, we need to keep moving." Rei kept walking, not stopping when the girl stopped. Gumi was tired, all she needed was just one minute. She leaned against the wall and glanced over at Rei who was still walking ahead. He was upset, but at what or who? Was it her? Was it this place? More or less, it was probably this place. She was frustrated too, but she did her best to contain it and remain positive. She took a deep breath and rushed towards Rei, trying to catch up with him, when she felt a cold hand cover her mouth, and another arm pull her into a room.
Rei was constantly looking around for anything that went up. Anything. They needed to catch up with the others, needed to get out of here. He stopped and sighed. He needed to relax. He was getting too angry, too frustrated, and that would do no one any good. "Okay Gumi, we can take a break now." He turned behind him and there was no green haired cat girl. "Gumi?" He looked in some of the rooms. "Where the hell did that girl go now? I told her not to wander off."
Gumi was restrained and gagged. She watched as the man wandered around the room, looking at paper work, looking through some medicines, fiddling with something in his ear. "I have one of the subjects… yes, yes, it's a female… subject 3? Not around… what would you like me to do with subject 5?... Understood."
Was this man a doctor? One of the doctors that did this to them? Made them into freaks. This was a first, throughout their whole little journey, they never seen one doctor. Just failures. Why is one here now.
The male doctor took off his lab coat and pulled on his collar. "Why do I always get the dirty jobs?" He looked over towards Gumi. "We're going to have to do a little experiment on you, it's a simple task really, but you might not like it… we're going to test your reproduction habits."
Reproduction habits? Wait… did that mean… Gumi's eyes widened and she rubbed the cloth that was wrapped around her mouth against her shoulder and once it was off, she quickly stood up and ran towards the door. "REI!" She called out before being hit in the head with a metal bar. She fell to the floor with a thud and blacked out.
Rei quickly turned when he heard his name being called. It was Gumi, and she was in trouble. He ran in direction of where he heard Gumi's voice which led him to a room. He rushed in and saw a man on top of the green haired girl, who had blood oozing out of her head. Was he trying to… Rei was furious now, he kicked the man off of Gumi. The male doctor fell on his back and Rei crushed the man's neck with a powerful stomp of his foot. The man let out a choking sound before a loud snapping sound erupted and the man went limp. Rei lifted his foot from the man's neck and took a few deep breaths. He rushed over to unconscious girl and held her in his arms. "Gumi? Gumi, wake up."
The girl slowly opened her eyes and looked at Rei. She knew what was happening, what was going to happen. Tears welled up in Gumi's eyes. "R-Rei… he… he…"
Rei shook his head and pulled the girl closer to him and hugged her tightly. "I know… it's okay… I'm here…"
Gumi shivered and she stuffed her face into Rei's chest and started to cry. She has never had anything like that happen to her, and she was completely defenseless and helpless to do anything about it.
Rei cradled the girl and tried his best to comfort her. He was never really good at this kind of stuff, but he was doing his best. He glanced over at the dead doctor's body and felt himself get angry again. "Let's get out of here okay?"
Gumi nodded.
Rei stood up and helped the girl up, but Gumi staggered and nearly fell over. Rei caught her and swept her up off her feet and in his arms, carrying her bridal style.
"I'm sorry, I'm feeling… really dizzy." Gumi said weakly.
Rei nodded and quickly walked down the hall, make several rights and lefts to get away from the dead doctor, that's when he found stairs, the thing they were searching for this whole time. Rei quickly rushed up two flights of stairs and pushed the door open with his shoulder to another hallway of rooms. If Rei remembered correctly… He rushed down the hall and surely enough, there it was, the room that Gumi and Len found Dot in. There was a bed, and a first aid kit. Rei would of took Gumi to the restoration machine, but he couldn't risk it.
He set the girl gently down on the bed and grabbed the first aid kit. He opened it up and pulled out the gauze and wrap and started to treat the girl's wound.
"R-Rei…?" Gumi said weakly.
"Try not to talk alright? Just rest." Rei focused on helping Gumi.
Gumi looked up at ceiling. "I'm gonna, take a nap…" She closed her eyes and drifted off.
Rei looked at the girl sleeping and finished her treatment carefully. After he was done, he let out a sigh and leaned back in the chair he was sitting in. He glanced over to the door and locked it. It wasn't a metal door, but hopefully they wouldn't know that they were in here.
Rei sat down and watched Gumi as she slept. She looked so peaceful… so beautiful… Rei shook his head and scooted his chair back. What was he thinking? Rei ran his hand through his hair and looked back over at the girl. What was he feeling? What were his feelings towards this girl? Did he love her? It was too soon to say, but he definitely felt something for this girl.
He scooted closer to the girl and rested his head on the bed. He glanced at the sleeping girl before closing his eyes himself. He eventually fell asleep as well.
After several hours, Gumi woke up, she was still dizzy, even when she was lying down. She looked down at Rei who was sleeping peacefully. She smiled and leaned down and kissed the top of the male's head. That would be her little secret. She giggled. "Rei. Rei, wake up." She nudged Rei gently.
Rei groaned softly and woke up. He looked up at the green haired cat girl and smiled. "How you feeling?"
"Still Dizzy, but I think I'm okay." Gumi smiles.
Rei nodded and sat up. "Do you need anything?"
Gumi shook her head. "No, I'm okay."
Rei nodded and stood up. He stretched and scratched his head.
"Rei?" Gumi said softly.
"What's up?"
"What will happen once we get out of here?"
Rei sat back down and thought. What would happen, they would surely stick out like sore thumps. Would their parents accept them? Is there even a home for them to go to anymore? "I don't know Gumi, but whatever happens, we'll stick together, all of us."
Gumi nods. "Yeah…" She looks around, then looks back at Rei. "Rei…?"
"Hm?"
"Thank you… again, for saving me." Gumi smiles warmly.
Rei shook his head. "Don't worry about it, that's what friends do right?"
Gumi nods. "Yeah, I guess you're right."
"So… what were they trying… to do?" Rei hesitates
Gumi tensed. "They… wanted to see my reproduction habits…"
"How you give birth?"
Gumi nodded slowly. "I was born a normal human, so my child should be normal right?"
Rei nodded. "All of us are human, they just added stuff to us, unless they changed our DNA sequence or something?"
Gumi nods. "I would hope so, I wouldn't want my child to be born as a freak like me…" Gumi says softly.
Rei looked at Gumi. He stood up and sat on the edge of her bed. "I don't think you're a freak Gumi. Actually, I think the Cat ears and tail suit you."
Gumi looks at Rei shocked. "Really?"
Rei nods. "You do act like a cat."
Gumi giggles. "You have a point there." Gumi rubbed the tip of her one ear that wasn't covered by her bandages lifted her tail up slightly. "I'm kinda used to having them now. How about you?"
"I honestly see no difference, all I have is mechanical eyes and legs, but I am used to the abilities they give me."
Gumi smiles then looks up at the ceiling. "Also, Rei, I'm sorry if I've been so troublesome and a big burden. Always having to protect me, it must get tiring." Gumi trys to giggle, but she feels upset that she knows that she's a burden.
"I don't think you're a burden Gumi." He used to, but that's changed. "I don't mind saving you all the time, I feel obligated to do it actually, not just because you're my friend, but you're really important to me." That kinda slipped out.
Gumi blushed slightly, but smiled and rested her head on Rei's shoulder. "Thank you Rei, for putting up with me."
"Stop thanking me already… you silly cat." Rei was slightly blushing because of Gumi resting her head against his shoulder. He could feel his heart pounding in his chest and Gumi could hear it as well. She smiled.
They stood like that for a few minutes before Gumi sat up straight, her ear perked up. "I hear a failure coming."
"Dammit…" Rei said. "Stay quiet…" Rei said in a hushed tone.
Gumi nodded.
The failure came closer and closer, then stopped right in front of their door. There was no noise then there was a scratching at the door which cause Gumi to jump.
Rei quietly stood up and walked closer to the door. He waited for a moment, then the scratching stopped, but it didn't leave. Rei slowly moved away from the door and suddenly the door flew open and the failure charged at Rei, causing Gumi to scream.
The failure was ready to bite into Rei's neck, but Rei held the creature back, struggling between life and death.
Gumi sat there helpless, she couldn't do anything. She looked frantically around the room, for something, anything to help Rei. Then she saw something she thought she would never see in a hospital, a gun. She wasn't as surprised though since she saw countless things she would of never imagined in a hospital. Either way, she quickly lunged for the gun. She grabbed it, took aim, and fired. Hitting the failure in the head. The failure fell to the floor with a thud and Gumi did as well. When she lunged for the gun, she leaned too much out of the bed and fell out. She let out a small cry when she hit the floor.
Rei pushed the failure off of him and rushed to Gumi. "You okay."
Gumi sat up and nodded. "What about you?"
"I'm fine." Rei reassured the girl.
"That's good…"
Rei looked at the gun. "You took a risk there, did you know that the gun was loaded?"
Gumi shook her head. "No, I just took the risk and hoped that it was. Good thing it was because if it wasn't, you would be dead…"
Rei quickly pulled the girl in his arms and hugged her tightly. "Thank you Gumi, for saving me."
Gumi nodded and rested her head against Rei's chest.
