Lexi looked at the security camera while a feeling of exhaustion swept of her. She wasn't used to this much physical activity in such a short period of time and it was starting to take its toll on her. However, something inside of her head, possibly her subconscious, told her that this wasn't a plain case of too much running, it was something more. She looked around and, blurrily, spotter two men approaching her. Both of them wore gas mask and were spray, what looked to be, a type of gas with the type of thing a pestilence control person would spray rat poison with. "Getting tired Lexi?" Veck asked cruelly with a laugh.

Lexi knew that she had to get out of the area, and fast. She started, sluggishly, running towards the opposite direction that the men were positioned in. They didn't start chasing her though; they just continued to spray as Veck had instructed them to do just before they'd left the security room.

Veck smirked as he noticed Lexi grow more and more tired. He was glad, to say the least, that he had brought some knock out gas. He couldn't quite remember why he'd brought it in the first place, but he knew now that it had been a good idea to. He knew that it had to have been his idea to bring it in the first place since it was turning out to be so useful. Veck thought himself smarter and more cleaver than all of the people he'd hired combined. This was probably true, considering that most of his lackeys were complete and utter morons, more or less so.

Just keep running Lexi, it'll just tire you out all the faster.

Lexi could feel her eyelids getting heavier with each step she took, but she wasn't about to let Veck and his plots get the best of her. But the gasses the two men were spraying were affecting her physically, and she couldn't do anything that could stop them from affecting her in such ways. Just keep going Lexi, it will keep you vigilant.

However, she felt her mind start to go black as her vision blurred and her balance swayed. Her breathing became heavy and hard to continue as her eye lids started to droop. She continued to drag her feet as they, her legs, and everything started to feel like led. She felt lightheaded, ready to faint into unconsciousness at any second. Her head felt like a balloon that wanted to float away into… well wherever it could get. She could hear slow thuds as her heart slowed, wanting her to collapse. He body cried for her to let it shut itself down and let her fall into the hands.

But she could hear Veck cruelly laughing in the back of her mind and could just see his arrogant, overconfident, pompous and cocky smirk. She knew that she had to stay awake, no matter how hard it was.

Veck looked with amazement as Lexi continued to drudge away from his men. How was she doing it? Wasn't it physically impossible to stay awake this long with that big an amount of knockout gas being spewed around you at such a close proximity?

Dimmit! Why won't she collapse?!

Veck growled with annoyance as Lexi trudged farther away. Centimeter by centimeter. But as she got farther she managed to go a bit faster. "Just let yourself fall into unconsciousness Lexi," Veck muttered softly, as if to make her think he was her conscious. "It will be so much easier that way."

"N-no… can't… mustn't…" Lexi mutter quietly, as her head starting to feel heavy instead of light.

She knew that she didn't have much time before she would flat out collapse onto the floor of the mall, but if she could just get to an area that didn't have any security cameras in it and collapse there she could hide until she wok up. A thought popped into her mind as she saw that she wasn't all that far from a restroom. She knew that she was out of the sight in Veck's case, but the men spraying the gases would easily be able to see her going into the restroom.

The gases were really starting to hit Lexi, and hard. Everything started spinning and going black as she stopped walking. She felt herself sway as the world around her continued to darken. She quietly moaned as her body ached for her to just give into the gases purpose. Her head throbbed with pain as she felt herself lose balance. The last thing she could remember before the world completely disappeared on her was a soft chuckle and Veck's voice telling his men, whom were apparently called Slicer and Shredder, to go and get her.

Slicer was extremely tall and thin. His arms appeared to muscle-less but there was actually quite a bit of muscle there. His hair was short and the shade of brown that a Starbucks coffee would be while his eyes were the same color as caramel.

Shedder was a tad shorter than Slicer was but just as thin. He had a bit of visible but, like Slicer, he was more wiry than buffed out. His hair was in a fax hawk and jet black while his eyes were a simple shade of blue.

Slicer made it to Lexi first so he picked her up, with ease, and threw her over his shoulder. They started to make their way their way to the bank when Veck's voice rang out through the intercom stopping them. "Where do you two think you're going? I want you to bring her to me. I'm not going to chance her getting away from you idiots. She's already taken down five of you idiots I hired on her own, what's four more to her? Bring her to me now."

The nodded and started walking towards the control room. Veck looked at them with anticipation. He couldn't wait for her to be in his grasp, to be his hostage, but more importantly his victim. The thought of finally releasing all the anger for her and the bag of lard Paul made him almost giddy. He started planning everything he would do to her.

The first thing on his list of things to do once she awoke to being tied up was to belittle her as much as he possibly could and then one she looked close to the point of tears he would start hurting her physically. He'd hurt her until she was close to death, then he'd use her as the hostage he'd use to get past all the cops after killing the other ones. Then on the way to his destination he would make her feel as guilty as he possibly could for not being able to help the other hostages and helping him get past the cops.

Yes, to Veck it was the perfect plan. No other plan would work for him at that point he'd come up with a plan that he like and he was going to stick to it. A cruel smirk came to his face as Slicer and Shredder entered the room, Lexi on Slicer's shoulder. You're mine now Lexi.