If I thought Willis's blank stare was horrifying to see, his incredible strength is far more scarier than that. I, for one, barely have the strength to even lift myself off the floor due to his right hand clenched tightly around my neck, even keeping me down to prevent me from retaliating. "G...guh..." I wanted to scream for help, but his fingers prevented me from even breathing out a tiny squeak.

"Well, look at that." I hear a hearty chuckle coming from the splicer, Marco. "See, you old bastard? Your fabulous creation seems to have his Little Sister down to a tight hold." He went silent for a moment. "Hey, why not see the carnage yourself, a once-in-a-lifetime betrayal between the Protector and the Gatherer?"

"O-Omega!" Davidson yelled, hearing some shuffling coming from his direction. "Omega! Snap out of your 'other' consciousness! You know I told you not to hit women by any means, even for self-defense!" Davidson grunted, probably trying to break free from the splicers hold. "Please, I hope you can hear me!"

Marco chuckled again. "Oh, don't worry. I'll make use of your pride and joy once he harvest the ADAM out of her. He'll be a great asset into her reign."

"No!" Davidson yelled even louder. "Not that Plasmid! I won't let you take control of Omega, never!"

I can't even utter a word knowing that my demise is near. Willis's blank stare continues to frighten me the more I gaze back at his bioluminescent irises. I swallowed hard, hoping some of the fear sank down into my stomach. "P-Please..." I whimpered. "I-I didn't mean to do that!" My voice began shaking, my eyes stinging due to the tears forming under my eyelids, now fearing for death to come.

"Ah, why don't I control him now!" Marco said just when something spherical, gooey and green hit Willis's back, causing his eyes to change to a bright green color. "Now, Big Daddy, take care of your girl and let's be on our way. How about impaling her brains with some ice spikes?"

"No!" Davidson bellowed again. "Omega, cease the control!"

Willis didn't seem to listen one bit of Davidson's plea, the control seem to be taking affect from whatever that blob orb thing is that hit him. He keep his trance towards me as his left hand rose up, balling it up while it's covered in ice. A few spikes grew out from his fists, as he is commanded by Marco. "If this is what you want..." I choked out the words while the feeling of the overflowing tears pour down from the corners of my eyes. "I-I don't blame you for doing so..." I started to sob as I close my eyes and turned my head away from his glare. "I-I'm sorry, Willis..." Seconds when I said my final words, I felt somwthing impact the floor to the right of my head. Huh? I snapped my eyes opened.

"What!?" Marco yelled.

"Omega!?" Davidson gasped, from what I heard.

I slowly, and cautiously, turned my head to meet Willis's intimidating stare, ignoring the ice dissolving from his hand. His eyes now glowing golden again, but his face shows pure fury only to make an electric shock trace down my spine. I feel like a fucking turtle wanting to put my head back in its shell. I don't know if I want to say anything to the enraged hybrid above me. "H-How-"

"You fucking think I'll let those pathetic excuse of splicers use a weak Plasmid on me!?" Willis growled through his super clenched teeth, his irises glowing more intensely. "They seem to forgot that I am half human!"

My eyes widen directly at him. "But what about earlier!?" I coughed to the side, forgetting about his clenched hand on my neck before redirecting myself back to him. "Why did this after I hit you!?"

I felt his hand releasing my neck, giving me time to breathe. "Consider that as a warning, bitch. You're lucky I wasn't created to harm those of the opposite sex, as what the old man told me. As much as I hate that, but I got no choice." He formed cheshire cat-like grin at me. "I have to say, you're the first non-splicer to have ever hit me and made me bleed. But just a blunt object is not enough to take this bad ass son-of-a-bitch down!" He quickly got off of me and picked me up with both of his arms.

"WHOA!" I yelled as I wrapped my arms around his neck to prevent myself from falling. "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING!?"

Willis kept his grin and golden, glowing eyes glued at me. "Why, I'm going to take you to Fontaine's Plasmid's myself, to find something for a weakling like you." That last word made me growl at it. "And if you think that little growl makes you intimidating, you got a lot to learn from me."

"Omega, what are you doing!?" Davidson yelled at Willis as he is still being held by three splicers. "Where are you taking her!?"

I felt some vibration rattled through the hybrid's neck on my right arm once he turned to his creator. "Shut up, old man. This is your fault for not letting me do things my way. Now that you're being held up by those ugly bastards, now I have my own free will to do what I want to do, and you're not going to stop me." His irises glow more brightly the more he talked.

"Impossible!" Marco stood in front of the infuriated Davidson. "How can you manage to break out of that Plasmids affect!? You should've finished off that Little Sister by now!"

Willis chuckled, creating a more wicked grin at him. "Fuck you, that's how!" And before I was able to comprehend what is going on, Willis made a sprint through the doorway and down the stairs. He even hopped over a small flight of stairs, making me scream a little while my face is buried on his shoudler. "Sheesh, what a fucking irritating person you are when you're scared!" He stopped near the large gap that led to the store called 'Fontaine's Plasmid's'.

I lift my head bavk up and eyed the dark fissure in front of us. Foreshadowing what he is going to do, I try my best to let lose of his grip. "ARE YOU FUCKING INSANE!? ARE YOU ATTEMPTING TO HOP OVER THAT GAP!?" Fuck, his hold is too strong for me to break. "Let...me...go!" I grunted.

"Shut the fuck up!" Willis yelled at me, making me stop to lock my gaze at his glowing eyes. "I've jumped over long distances before as practice when I was growing up! This is just a cakewalk, if you ask me. And before you decide to thrash me with threats, I'm going to need you to trust me on this!"

"Trust you!?" I flinched. "Do you even know what is going to happen if you don't attempt to make that jump!? Why couldn't you use that ice powers of yours and make a bridge!?"

"Because we would slip and fall, dumbass!" Willis hissed. "Fontaine's Plasmid's is higher than what it was years ago because of the strength of the metal beams below this floor is barely holding much longer. If I were to carry you on my back, I'll have a chance in getting a good starting point several feet from here, sprint as fast as I can, jump and hopefully grab the ledge on the other side."

"That really doesn't sound promising when you said 'hopefully'..." I can sense nothing will end up well if he tries to attempt that.

Willis carefully set me down to my feet just inches from the ledge, making me cling tightly against him. "Sheesh, what the fuck is wrong with you!?" He grabbed my shoulders and pushed me off of him. "Why do you have to be this damn clingy!?"

"I-It's not that!" I bend my arms over my torso, glaring at the deep crack beside me. "I'm acrophobic..." I looked back at Willis, who has one of his brows up. "I'm afraid of heights due to some roller coaster I ro-"

"Just tell me you trust me..." He snapped.

I flinched back. "Are you always this fucking persistent!?" Fuck, am I talking to damn brick wall!?

"Are you always this fucking stubborn!?" He growled. "Now, do you trust me, yes or no?"

I gulped, taking a few seconds to regain my composure. After taking a deep breath, I figure he and I got no choice before those splicers come after us. "Okay, I'll trust you." I feel so defeated by a damn hybrid. "But I don't know if I can believe that jump will be possible..."

Willis rolled his eyes. "I'll change that..." Without even asking for my permission, he whisk my feet off the floor and ran several feet away from the gap. He made his starting point near a set of stairs as he tightened his hold around both my legs and back. "Better hang on tightly, don't want you to fall off of me."

All I can do right now is nod once I buried my face and wrapped my arms tightly around his neck, giving him a signal for him to make his attempt. I felt everything moving so fast, maybe faster that light, and just when he made the jump was when a scream escaped my lungs. I'm glad Willis ignored that, feeling some kind of jerking motion as our bodies swing above the nothingness below us. "Please hurry..." I whispered, feeling the fear already consuming my mind.

"I can't hold on with just one hand any longer." Willis grunted. "I need you to tightened your around my neck right now so I can let your bottom half dangle. I need my other arm if I am to hoist myself up."

Assuming that he doesn't have time to argue with me, I know that time is what we don't have if I don't abide by his instructions. "Okay..." I did what he told me, making sure my hold is as tight as I can do so he can gently let my legs down. I can feel rapid motion of his heart tapping against my torso, ignoring Willis pulling the both of up to the floor. I felt something cold on my left side, assuming both me and Willis are lying on the floor leading the store.

"You can let go..." He murmured, hearing his heavy breathing tickling my right ear.

I loosened my arms arms and scoot myself two feet from Willis, opening my eyes to his glowing irises glaring right at me. But the expression he made is different from before. I don't know why, but I feel my heart tapping rapidly and face just burning each second my eyes locked with his. Why...am I feeling like this?

Willis looked confused, raising his hand and rest it against my forehead. "You're burning up. I hope you didn't catch a cold."

I lowered my brows down, feeling just as confused as him. "Why are you so concerned about my health?"

Willis blinked twice before he gave off an annoyed growl at me. "Shut up..." He pushed himself off of the floor to his feet, making his way to Fontaine's Plasmids area. "Better hurry or I'll leave you behind..."

Whatever is up with Willis right now sure got me wondering, but even if I were to ask him he would probably ask to drop it. I quickly got up and ran to catch up to the hybrid, looking back to see if any of those splicers were trying to follow us. "Good, no-OOF!" I fell down on my bottom after I seem to have bumped into something while my mind was distracted with what is behind me. Sure enough, it was Willis that I bumped into. "U-Uh..." I gulped, bracing for him to lash out on me like before.

Willis turned himself around and glare down at me. But he just stood there in silence for a few minutes until he slowly shut his eyes and exhaled. "Learned to be more alert with your surroundings, idiot." He turned his back towards me and continued his pace through the automatic glass doors.

What is up with him right now...? I pondered, pushing myself back to myself. I walked down the same path Willis walked through the doors, seeing a huge cluster of empty glass bottles in some weird shape I have never seen before. Well, more like a vase kind of shape, but those glass bottles are too small to be vases. I looked down in front of me to Willis moving his head left and then right, probably searching for something within the store. "What are you looking for?" I asked, stopping just a few feet from him.

"A bottle of the Plasmid I want to get." Willis replied, picking up an empty bottle on the counter.

"You said you're going to find something for a weakling like me..." I reminded him, glumly.

"Debatable." Willis chuckled, tossing the glass bottle to the floor as it shattered on impact. "Though, I doubt someone like you would be able to withstand the effects of the Plasmid."

"What do you mean?" I walked up to be in his line of view, hopping up to sit on the counter.

Willis shift his golden eyes at me, hearing him breath out through his nose. "There are different Plasmids that hold separate affects if the user were to obtain their power. Getting it is one thing, but trying to keep hold of it within your system is another. If you were to give out just a few seconds of injecting the Plasmid within your veins, you'll cease to exist depending on the kind of power you want to use."

"So," I spoke, looking down at the floor. "if one doesn't have the strength to withstand the side effects, the result might be catastrophic?"

Willis nod once. "Just about. But we can't guarantee our lives will be spared once we obtain it fully. Let's just say that the old man told me that chances are slim when injecting. I was the fortunate one to obtain it easily due to being a Big Daddy hybrid."

Now I'm wondering to myself about these Plasmids. Few people manage to survive it, but Willis seem to have withstand it easily due to his genetic background. Realizing that I left the wrench back where the splicers are at, I'm completely defenseless. I lift my head up to see what Willis is doing, but I somehow caught the sight of something glowing behind a small safe on the wall beside a slightly moved shelve that seemed like it was suppose to hide it. "Huh?" I hopped off of the counter and ran towards the glow.

"What is it?" Willis asked.

I made it close to the rusty safe, opening to see a glass bottle filled with a glowing red liquid within. "Is..." I murmured, grabbing the bottle out of the safe. "is this a bottle of-"

"Plasmid?" I flinched when I heard Willis's voice near my ear. Good thing I kept a good hold of it to prevent it from crashing onto the floor. "Hmm, you seem so perceptive, finding things hidden like that. But, I'm going to need that right now."

"What!?" I turned around to him holding his hand out between us, offering to have the Plasmid. "Don't you already have one in your system?"

I notice his annoyed expression coming back on him, still having his hand out in front of him. "I don't have fucking time to argue, idiot! Any moment, those bastards will find us and kill us right here and take that power for themselves! All I want is to heightened my Incinerate so I can burn every splicer into a burnt crisp. I just need that bottle you're holding, now."

Just how he is demanding the Plasmid that much makes me wonder if I should really trust him. How will I know if he's going to leave me behind once I give it to him? I tightened my grip around the bottle, standing firm in front of the hybrid. "I-"

"Or maybe we can take that last vial of Plasmid from the Little Sister, huh?" Me and Willis turned as Marco and several other splicer behind him walked closer to us. "Thanks for retrieving that Plasmid for us." He let out a chuckle.

Willis stepped right in front of me to block off Marco's path. "That Plasmid is mine bastard. If you want it that badly, you're going to have to go through m-" Before Willis can finish off his threat, Marco swiftly punched him down to the ground, leaving me open for him to kill me.

"Well, now then." Marco sneered as his eyes moved right at me. "Seems like we have a Little Sister cowering for her life because her Big Daddy is immobilized." He reached his bony hand out to the bottle. "Be a good girl and give it to me."

I have to be quick on this! I thought as I held the Plasmid tightly around my arms. I hurdles over Willis, whom is trying to push himself off the floor, but my foot twisted to the left. "AURGH!!!!" I yelled, losing my grip on the bottle when I landed on the floor full if empty glass bottles. I lift my head up to see one of the splicers picking up the bottle when I felt a hand grabbing a cluster of my hair, bringing me up to my feel as I screamed in pain.

"Oh, you naughty Little Sister for disobeying your elders." Marco tease. "Why couldn't you just let me hold onto it? I'll be a nice person and get your ADAM after I obtain this power." He became quiet for a second, feeling both my hands being tied together behind my back. "Pick him up, I think they need to see eye to eye one last time, don't you think?" Marco turned me around, facing towards a couple of slicer bringing Willis up to his feet. "Pull his head up. I don't want him to miss every second of this!" He chuckled, instructing one of the splicers to grab a fistful of hair and pull his head up to meet the fear in my eyes.

"You bastards think you're tough?" Willis weakly laughed. "Trying to hold the both of us hostage like this isn't going to phase me!"

"Oh, I beg your pardon?" Marco's breath tickled the right side of my neck eerily along with a sharp edge holding against the left side. "I would've figured you would go ballistic after seeing your Little Sister in a predicament like this."

"I am not this Little Sister you're talking about!" I hope I can convince him that I am not this person he keeps on mentioning.

I felt the tip of the blade trace down from my neck to the side of my left thigh covered by my dress. "Or maybe you have lost your memory of being one, huh?" His head turned to Willis. "Tell me, how will you react if I rip part of her dress?" As he said that, he created a three in tear on the same spot he place the tip of his sickle at.

I noticed Willis's eyes illuminating brightly at Marco. "Let her go!! I'm the one you'll face, she has nothing to do with this!!"

Marco walked forward, still having his hold on me, towards the hybrid. "But you're the hybrid that old coot mentioned to us. You think us evolved splicers is suppose to be scared of that!?" He stopped a few feet from me, holding the tip of sickle under my lower jaw. "I wonder how imprinting works between a Big Daddy and a Little Sister. That was my question since I was bred long ago." He grabbed my hairhair having my face pointing at the hybrid in front of me.

"Let her go!!!!" Willis hissed. The golden color of his irises began to glow brighter each second he struggles to break free.

"Come on, sweetie." Marco whispered in my ear while hearing the other splicer chuckle around us. "Don't you want to see your precious Protector one last time before all of the ADAM is going to be suck dry out of you? I'll give you a minute for the both of you to gaze at each other's eyes before your lives end here." He grabbed both sides of my face and held on to one position, and only one position.

"Ngh...!!!" Willis tried to fight off the other splicers holding him, but they manage to do the same Marco did to me, except holding his eyes open to avoid him from blinking nor closing. "Guh..." He grunted some more.

"Thirty seconds, loves." Marco chimed.

Me, being at fucking coward and a crybaby in certain events like this, tears overflow my eyelids each second is wasted looking at the struggling hybrid while the sickle from Marco slowly surrounds the front of my neck. "I..." I carefully swallowed, avoiding my neck getting a cut from the edge. "I wish never gone on that cruise, knowing something like this could happen..." I can barely see anything due to the tears stinging my eyes, making me close them to let it out. "This is my fault, I shouldn't have dragged you into this situation in the first place, knowing we would die like this."

"Marie..." I felt my heart skipped when I heard my name being called by none other than the hybrid. I opened my eyes, meeting the soft glow of his eyes staring right at me. But something about his gaze me this odd energy flowing between us every second we stare at each other. "I must ask you this, and don't give me any shitty complaints or anything else other than an answer." I noticed how some red is starting to form out of his pupils. "Do you trust me?"

Marco's blade pressed a little harder against my neck. "10...9..." He counted.

I felt calm now, but frightened at the same time I see the blood red color overflowing the gold in his eyes. Should I trust him once I am to figure out how he'll react once the color shift is done? Either way, I am definitely not going to die right now. Desperate times call for desperate measures, I got not choice but to follow his instructions. "Yes..." I answered.

His eyes became a brooding, bloody red. Glowing as he sneered and chuckled, I feel a completely different Willis near my presence. "Good!" He growled, letting out a battle cry as his whole body became an armor of crimson flames.