Disclaimer: I own some of the plot, later on I will, and some of the characters, not Reaper but yea I want him soooo. Read and review if ya like
Thanks:
1825- Thank you for the review, I appreciate the fact you like my characters. Hopefully you don't grow too attached to some of them… hint
Padme4000- Thanks for the second review, I'm glad you caught that little "if fury is dead". I haven't decided on two different paths that character could have but you'll find out soon.
A/N- I am so very sorry for the long delay, like I said I have it written out but its just hard for me to type it onto the computer because I think I had ADD. Anyways enjoy!
Adela watched as Bullet and Vamp removed Hades body from the medical table. Though her eyes still held tears, she shed none. They placed his body in the other room and she walked over to Tech.
"The information you can find on what happened five years ago, I want it." Tech nodded and went to work as the four entered back into the room. Adela watched Brutus closely and could tell something had changed. Harpie had become slightly dependent on him and stood near him as she addressed the group.
"In two hours were going to move out, Adela you need to learn how fight, Reaper and Syth will train you. Next time I call the group together Bullet, Vamp and Syth will clear the facility then proceed to the sniper area. When she is there Reaper and Adela will sweep the area again, and then make their way to the elevator and down to the surface. Clear the general area, and Brute and I will follow. Once we're in position you two will venture about half-way across the surface. Once we are half-way, Adela and Reaper should be at the excavation site, Bullet and Vamp are to make their way to the elevators and Syth will be left alone." Harpie turned towards Tech and debated a moment but saw he held only trust in his eyes.
"We need you to stay here Tech, and we need Syth downstairs with us once we are all at least half-way across. Keep the nano-wall up and make sure this room stays secure. Watch Syth's back when Bullet and Vamp leave her and she can place a camera in the window in-case anything follows her across the surface." Tech nodded and went back to work at his task for Adela.
The group dispersed among the lab, Brute and Harpie disappearing into the office, while Reaper, Syth, and Adela unloaded a few duffle bags, beginning her teaching on guns. Vamp and Bullet watched the doors, but strangely everyone was working in near silence.
Reaper circled Adela while Syth continued looking through the bags and pulling more weapons out. Adela had an assault rifle in her hands, raised to eye level. Reaper placed a hand on her leg and she nervously dropped the gun. He smirked and picked it up for her, placing it back in her slightly shaking hands.
"Calm down Ad, you need to place your legs a little farther apart so you are braced against recoil." She re-took the stance and he looked at her with a cocked eyebrow. Syth turned around and frowned, but walked over to Adela with her hand on her hip.
"Arms down a little and keep your muscles tighter." She lowered Adela's arms and turned back to her original task. Reaper smirked at the woman's back, and shot Adela a sly look. She grinned back and the two took a break, sitting down on stools with Syth who ignored their presence. Reaper watched Adela in interest when she started to flip a quarter around her fingers. She looked up and saw he was entranced by the movement.
"Sorry." She mumbled, causing him to make contact with her caramel eyes. "It's a nervous habit." She shyly admitted. Again she started to roll it around her fingers, afraid to look into his intense eyes.
"There's no need to be nervous, we have plenty of good soldiers." Adela nodded her head shortly but never glanced back up at him. He watched as a lone tear dropped onto the table and she quickly stood, striding to the bathroom with her head down. Reaper followed and entered without permission to find her sobbing into her hands.
"Adela." He said softly, placing a hand on the side of her throat, turning the bottom of her face up towards his face. Tears dripped down her face and he wiped them away with his thumbs. He took her into his arms and she sobbed onto his chest. When she wiped away the final tear, and he brushed her bangs out of her eyes.
"They shouldn't have died, no one should have died. I'm better than that, I don't…" Reaper quieted her by placing his index finger on her small pink lips.
"I promise I'll be with you." He leaned in for a kiss but she turned her head away and then a knock was heard on the door. Reaper sighed and opened it and Vamp's eyes flew between the two, his eyes narrowing at her tear-stained face.
"Everything fine?" He asked possessively starring at Adela.
"Yea Vamp, we were just leaving, feel free to relieve yourself." Reaper took Adela's hand and led her back to the table, finding Syth now conversing with Tech.
"Have you found anything yet?" Tech tapped the keys more and pulled up an old video.
Dr. Carmack and the other five scientists were shown on the screen as a man on a table floated over a holding cell. Dr. Carmack injected a color-less liquid into the man who was strapped down. "Subject was injected with study agent at 00:03," Dr Carmack announced for the video recording. "Vitals normal elevated heart rate attributable to subject anxiety. C24 successfully grafted to subject's marker cells at 00:09." The table with the man started to move over the holding cell and was slowly lowered into it. "Subject moved to protected observation area at 00:17," Dr. Carmack said for the records again. "Subject: Curtis Stahl. Crime: Multiple murders. Status: Condemned to execution." Curtis jerked around on the table and tried to lift his body from the restraints, thrashing around in pain while crying out.
"Forty-nine minutes after injection genetic mutations began to visually manifest on subject's extremities," Dr. Carmack said as Stahl continued to thrash and scream, his hands becoming claws and forming new shapes, while his body also started to contort to a new form.
Syth and Tech glanced up at the end of the video and saw Adela and Reaper standing next to them. Adela was shaking and anger radiated from Reaper.
"Chromosome 24 has the ability to make you super fast, intelligent, strong and your cells speed up by 50 percent , basically your body heals instantly. Your genetic make-up determines whether or not you will turn into a monster like Curtis or turn super-human. These creatures..." Reaper trailed off choosing his next words carefully. "They choose who to infect, who is susceptible to becoming one of them. You can spot an infection if you find an open circular wound on the neck." Syth stared at him suspiciously and grabbed his arm, pushing the sleeve up and removing a knife from her belt. When Reaper didn't flinch, she placed the knife against his fore-arm and dragged the steel across his skin. Blood poured out for a second but not moments after the wound was sealed. She threw his arm down in disgust and he spoke while rolling his sleeve back to his wrist.
"I was dying and my sister, Samantha, injected me. As you can tell I didn't turn into a monster, one of the reasons we made it out alive." He turned his back and sat at an adjacent table, placing his hands on his head as he remembered Samantha while Adela stood, frozen in thoughts. Syth turned back to Tech as he typed furiously trying to find more videos.
"If you find anything else, notify me right away." She threw the bloody knife into the table and walked over to the morgue where Adela had snuck to. Adela unzipped the bag in which Hades lay and took out a syringe. She drew blood from his arm and jumped in fright when she saw Syth. Syth stared at the girl who gave a small shrug.
"Just an idea." She said mysteriously walking over to a lab station with a syringe of crimson blood mixed with black clumps. She grabbed the knife with Reapers blood on the way and sat down to work before they headed to the excavation site.
