Mutant Battle Brawlers

- The First Mission

Runo was really starting to regret her life decisions at the moment. Being crammed up in a small and dark room with both Marucho and Mira wasn't her ideal thought of a pleasant time. She cursed quietly as she peeped into the keyhole of the door once more, trying to see anything from the other side.

"Face it Misaki, we can't see anything in here" Mira scoffed loudly at her, probably brushing out her hair out of her face. Runo suppressed a remark at the redhead as she tried to concentrate.

"Maybe we should go check outside?" Marucho asked timidly. He had been nervous since they had left the Mutant Academy and Runo could feel that he was just the same now.

"As much as I would like to leave this room Dan said we should wait here until instructed" Runo bit on her lip as she recalled the orders from the brunette before the mission started. Apart from that, her claustrophobia was starting to get to her and she could feel her heart beating faster than before. The memories of the recent events surfaced in her mind as she tried to calm down.


"Alice try to calm down for a bit we're going to be fine" Runo responded quite a bit annoyed at the insistence coming form the redhead. Marucho tried to give Alice a sheepish smile but the Russian crossed her arms over her chest, pouting a bit.

"I'm just trying to make sure you'll be okay!" She retorted. "It's the first mission you'll be going on and I worry, okay?" Alice brushed her hair out of her face, quite exasperated by it. Runo only rolled her eyes at her.

"Dan and the professor already assured us it will be fine, I'm sure nothing bad will happen to us" Marucho doubted "Probably" She knew better anyway, the blonde had been nervous since they had been recruited.

From the other side of the room, Mira was sending her way a nasty glare (not that it was anything new for her) Ace and Baron by her side. The purple haired boy was excitedly telling something to the both of them, but it looked like they weren't paying him attention. Julie and Fabia looked like they were having a very deep conversation. Dan and Shun were on the other side of the room discussing something with the professor.

After her, Marucho and Mira got selected to be part of the Mutant Battle Brawlers everything had pretty much gone to the sink. Since they were required to choose on which team to be on, Dan along with Professor Gehabic had agreed on the three of them take on a real mission along with the rest of the team, to try out how it all worked out.

The mission that was picked to carry out was quite simple actually. The whole team would have to infiltrate an abandoned MSU facility and search for some old documents and files that have been stored there. According to the report the facility hadn't been on use since around eight years or so, but MSU agents would go around and make rounds around it from time to time.

"Nothing's going to happen" Runo repeated at the redhead "The facility has been abandoned for quite a time, I'm sure they're not going to check up on it today" She huffed and crossed her arms over her chest, hoping Alice would let the subject drop. She didn't.

"I know that" Alice retorted. "It's just that it worries me that I won't be tagging along with you" She pouted a bit sending a remorseful look towards her grandfather. Runo looked back at the man. Professor Gehabic looked quite calm and collected as he discussed the plan for the mission with Dan and Shun. She still didn't trust him.

"Well guys, we'll be departing in around ten minutes or so" Dan announced, a serious expression on his face (quite the surprise really) "Go and get ready and Technical Team go to your positions. Move out!"

Everyone followed his orders as they moved to their assigned positions. Before Runo could follow the Mission Team towards the exit of the Mutant Academy, Alice gave her a tight hug. With wide eyes, she froze unable to think of what to do.

"Just be careful, please." The Russian pleaded her. As quick as it had come Alice had let go of her and gave her a nod. Runo managed to return it as she turned and ran up to catch the rest of her team. As she got to the secluded exit of the academy she could see the starry night sky as she caught up to Marucho. She suspected it was somewhere around midnight.

"Remember the plan we elaborated" Dan commanded. They were all walking in as a group that consisted of her, Marucho, Mira, Shun, Fabia, Ace and Dan, with the latest at the front "Shun and Fabia you'll be flying the hovercraft and land as carefully as possible when we get to the facility" Both teens nodded at him "Runo, Marucho and Mira, you'll be going through the plan once again with me and Ace. We want to make sure you know how the procedure follows" The three of them nodded.

"Finally once we get to the facility, remember" The brunette turned to look at them "No use of our powers only if the situation really needs it. In this case Mira, Fabia and Shun we'll be relying on your powers since they're the ones that don't catch a lot of attention"

They reached a big steel door in between the mazes of the halls. Dan typed in a few set of directions over the surface and it opened up in a flash. It was some sort of gigantic garage, filled up with the latest technology yet invented. They all entered as the door soon closed behind them. Marucho had the biggest smile on his face as he took it all in. Runo honestly believed he was going to pass out.

"Alice we're heading out" Dan talked into his earpiece.

"Roger" Runo heard Alice's voice over her own earpiece. Everyone during a mission was required to wear one, since it helped being communicated with the group. The Technical Team relied on the earpieces to command the Mission Team of where exactly to head out and in which direction to go.

Each one of them had a heavily equipped and advanced black suit, with all sorts of gadgets and tricks for any sort of situation they might face. Runo had to give it to them. She was impressed at how well everyone managed at this sort of thing.

Suddenly the whole room lit up along with a massive flying hovercraft equipped with the latest mechanisms and technology. Runo and Marucho both stared at it with wide eyes as the main entrance of the hovercraft opened up. Everyone got inside and she had to admit that the inside was even more surprising than the outside.

"They have an IT Chain along with the Teleportation Transporter…" Marucho whispered to himself, eyes sparkling with adoration. He moved towards what seemed to be a control panel, mostly gasping as he discovered something new. The door of the hovercraft closed behind Runo and she opted to take sit down at the seats collocated all around the machine.

"He looks like he's enjoying himself" Dan's voice woke her up from her thoughts as she turned to look at him. His arms were resting on top of her seat, as he looked down at her, nervous smile on his lips "What about you?"

"What about me?" She responded turning back to look at the seat in front of her. She heard Dan sigh as he walked and stood in front of her. Runo met his gaze, but kept silent the whole time.

"Are you still keeping this up?" He asked now with irritation on his voice. He crossed his arms over his chest, expecting some kind of answer from her. She slumped back in her seat, biting on her lip again. Dan groaned as he pressed down on her lips with his thumb, forcing her to stop "Stop doing that, how many times do I have to tell you?"

"It doesn't concern you" Runo growled back, hoping that with that the brunette would leave her. He didn't. She shot him a glare, but he looked quite unimpressed by it, making her blood boil even more "I'll keep this up as long as I have to"

"So prideful" The brunette commented, firing her up even more. He merely shrugged at the sneer she was sending his way "Look Runo-"

"Dan!" Mira was by their side in a blink of a second. The redhead wore a lovely smile over her lips, but her eyes screamed jealousy. Runo rolled her eyes and Dan only sighed as he turned to the girl "I was wondering when we'll go over the plan again. I'm super excited to prove myself"

"We'll go over it as soon as the hovercraft is flying" The brunette turned to look one more time at the blunette, but she kept her eyes glued to the ceiling. Dan pressed his earpiece and asked: "Shun are we ready to take flight?"

"We're ready, your call" Shun's voice answered.

"Roger, take her away" The hovercraft took a sharp ascend, making Runo almost jump out of her seat and into the floor. Mira crashed into the brunette's arms (intentionally) and looked up at him with a dreamy gaze.

"Dan let's go over the plan" Ace appeared beside them, almost growling as he said Dan's name. The brunette swiftly unhooked Mira's arms over his own and took a seat in front of Runo. The mint green haired boy only scoffed and took a stance next to his leader, eyeing him with annoyance. If she knew better she felt like this was a middle of some sort of love triangle.

"Sorry got carried away" Marucho soon joined them, a big smile plastered on his face along with a stain of oil over his cheek. He took a seat next to Runo, looking more confident than she's ever seen him. Mira eyed them both with annoyance, but still choose to stand beside them. Of course with her usual glare.

"Okay let's go over the plan one more time…" Dan explained again the purpose of the mission to them, along to what their role would be in it all. In Runo's mind it was simple and all, the only thing they would do was to look for missing documents along with the others.

"Also the professor just instructed me to tell you this" He cleared up his throat before continuing "Once we enter the facility, you three will go into hiding until we can confirm that the building is really abandoned"

Runo already felt a frown covering her face and to no surprise Mira had one to, the only surprise was that it wasn't directed at her. She was about to protest to Dan when a beep interrupted her and the hovercraft landed. The machine shook a bit but the main entrance soon opened and Shun and Fabia exited the pilot's cabin.

"Let's go then." Dan said with finality. Quickly everyone got into their formation with Dan in the front along with Shun, followed by Ace and Fabia and at the very last Runo, Mira and Marucho. Everyone swiftly exited the hovercraft, as it quickly disappeared to the naked eye and the team moved towards the facility.

It was somewhere around three in the morning or so Runo thought. It was quite cold since November was finally coming to an end and snow kept on piling over the ground. Thankfully the clothes they were all wearing were prepared to any kind of temperature and climate, so it wasn't of any worry.

She watched as the building came into view. It resembled a gigantic medical facility, with broken windows, a few broken down doors and around five stories high. It looked quite abandoned from her perspective but they couldn't be too careless. The team reached the building and the first one to enter was Fabia. With her ability of Animal Imitation, she could copy any ability from the animal kingdom, so she had stuck with feline vision to see through the dark.

"It's all clear in the reception" Fabia's voice rang through their earpiece and everyone took it as a cue to enter the building. Everything was pitch black from the inside and Runo didn't hesitate to turn on her night vision contacts that Alice had given her. The reception didn't look any better. Chairs, sofas and TV had been destroyed and thrown all around the room; the front desk was all murky and broken and the room was full with spider-webs.

Before she could say anything, Dan had taken hold of her hand and dragged her and Marucho and Mira to a secluded room inside the building. Runo tried to slip her hand out of his, but had a tight grip on her. He carefully let them inside and turned to look at her with a face full of determination.

"You're in charge for all three of you" He ordered. "Once we deem it safe enough for you three to come out, I'll tell you, okay?" Runo managed to nod with hesitation as the brunette noticed this "Hey this is practice remember? You can call it quits anytime you want, just tell me" With one final look Dan saluted her and closed the door behind him.


And that was how she had gotten stuck in there. She kept hearing Mira's complaints and Marucho's attempts into calming her down, but what worried her more was the fact that over two hours had passed and no sign of the others. Runo would be lying if she said she didn't worry about them, hell she was worried the minute they had left them in the room. She was starting to sound much like Alice.

She tried to hear anything some kind of sign from her earpiece but it was dead silent. Rubbing her forehead, she tried to soothe away the incoming headache from the claustrophobia she was feeling. Runo didn't say anything about this fear of hers, in hopes of being able to tone it down and move on with the mission, but each passing second was getting harder for her to do so. She pushed her bangs out of her face and tried to even out her breathing.

"Runo are you okay?" Marucho asked worriedly, but she couldn't answer him "Here let me help" Without warning a small flow of cold water rested over her forehead, making her almost jump out in surprise. She saw the little blonde currently concentrating on using his powers. The cold water started to calm her down and breathe properly.

"Thank you Marucho" She gave him a grateful smile as she tried to repress the incoming dreadful memories of her past. The feeling of being shoved inside a dark room for weeks straight and the feeling of being buried underground resurfaced, but she forced them to go away.

"Any news from Dan?" Mira asked with quite the tone at the end of her voice. In any way Runo could still hear the worry that laced with her voice.

"Nothing" She responded as the cold water disappeared and she let out a pleased sigh "I haven't heard anything from this thing" She knelt down in front of the keyhole once more, trying to see something. It was the same view of the reception and nothing had changed at all. From the corner of her eye she saw a shadow move from once side to the other, but then disappeared. She pressed herself harder on the door but the shadow didn't appear again. 'Must've been my imagination'

"See anything?" The redhead tried to push her out the way to peep into the keyhole but Runo didn't move "Ugh Misaki just move!"

"Wait a second!" Runo agitated tried to pry her hand away from her "I think I saw something" She was about to press harder onto the keyhole until Mira shoved her out of the way. She tumbled onto the floor, shooting up to bark something back at the redhead.

Mira's eyes were wide with surprise. She pushed away from the keyhole and stared at the door, as if in shock. Both Runo and Marucho exchanged a glance as she didn't move form her spot. Suddenly the girl vanished from their sight, leaving the two of them to stare each other in shock.

"Mira!" Runo already knew that she had teleported herself out of the room. She quickly threw open the door just in time to see the redhead running down the hall and making a sharp turn at the right. Runo loudly cursed as she turned to the blonde boy "Marucho I need you to stay here, I'll go catch her!"

"But Runo, Dan said-" She didn't bother waiting for him to finish his sentence. Runo took off in a sprint after Mira. The lights of the facility were still out, but she could hear movement coming far ahead from her. Aside from that Mira was making it really hard for her to catch up. And she couldn't use the earpiece as well, with that Dan and the others will surely know that they didn't follow the plan.

Panting and with heavy legs, Runo kept on chasing after Mira, finally able to see a few strands of her hair. Pushing herself even more she climbed up a set of stairs and followed her. Honestly Runo didn't know in which part of the building she was in anymore. Professor Michael had provided them with a map of the facility but with the frenzy and the chase it was getting hard for her to focus. Runo tried to regain her breathing as she entered a new hall and ran towards the other end.

"Mira!" She whispered quite loudly, but no one responded. With a final breath, she halted to a stop and tried to regain her breathing. She was panting loudly and quite sweaty as well, but she needed to find the redhead. Runo leaned on a wall as she tried to look at the end of the halls. They looked the same as the ones from the reception, with the exception of a lot more of chairs and a very dark looking room at the end of the left hall.

Curios she glanced at it and tried to make anything out of it. She wasn't that easily scared from the darkness, but that room made a shiver go down her spine. Movement caught her eye and Runo was sure that if anything, Mira could be in there. Lip biting once again, she pushed herself from the wall and walked towards it.

"Mira are you in there?" No response came from that and she had no other choice but to go inside the room. It was all deadly silent and she could hardly see a thing with her contacts. She walked further into the room and deduced that she was inside some sort of file room. Rows and rows full of metal shelves were placed all throughout the room. It looked like this room was the most preserved one from the whole facility. The shelves were fully stocked with files and jars filled with strange liquids.

Maybe this is where they could find the files they needed, but she wasn't informed on which ones. Dan had the only knowledge of that. But calling Dan meant having to admit that they actually left the room. Mira didn't seem to be inside the room either. Unsure of what to do, she sighed and paced around the room.

Most files were labeled after new patients inside the facility, new recruits or treated patients. They were all full of dust and even some with green spots over them. With a slight disgust, Runo's eyes caught a peculiar carton box sitting at the far end corner of one of the shelves. Kneeling down in front of it, she read the label.

EXPERIEMENTS FROM 47 – 89

Frowning she carefully picked up the box and placed it on the floor right beside her. Blowing out the dust from the lid, she opened the box. An enormous pile of files had been neatly organized. Quickly scanning them she found that each of them were labeled with a different year, raging from 1947 to 1989. She quickly snatched up the first one she found and opened it. Notes and different instructions were scribbled all around the paper. Black and white photos were clipped to the top of the paper, showing different faces of people. They were people of all ages clipped to the folder and below it, a detailed explanation of who they were and what had happened to them. They had all been mutants.

Runo quickly shut the folder, trying to get the image out of her head of all of those people dying so many years ago because of their powers. Of course none of them had survived from the long and painful experiments the MSU had forced upon them. Biting her lips she picked up another folder; the very last one. To her surprise it was branded with the year of 2012. Heart beat quickening she quickly opened the folder and looked at its contents.

The set of notes were cleaner than the rest and the words written on them were clearer and neater. She passed each page quickly, stopping at the photos. There were photos of six teenagers, all dressed up in black clothing and with swollen faces. Runo gulped as she saw them. A boy around the age of twelve with pale pink hair had his eyes downcast as the photo had been taken; A tall muscular boy with bright orange and red hair had a full scowl on his face, restraints evident on his hands; A fourteen year old boy had silver grey hair, a wicked smile on his lips; A short navy blue haired girl eyes full of tears but the fiercest glare on her eyes; A boy with long and curly blue hair all of it draped over his face; And a boy of the age of fifteen that she had known quite well.

She let out a strangled gasp as she remembered his bright blue eyes looking back at her and the wavy pink hair sticking out from his hoodie. Before she could notice it, tears were swarming down her face as she took in his photo. Two guards were on each side of him, a tight grip on his arms. He had a bruise all over his cheek and blood dripping from his forehead but he had the coldest gaze over his eyes.

Runo quickly tried to read more on the file, but the last page had been torn apart and she couldn't understand anything written in there. Filled with mixed emotions she went back to the page of the thirteen year old. How long had it been since she had seen him. If she could count, he would be around twenty-three. She tore the picture from the folder and looked down on it, reading his name over and over.

KEITH FERMIN C.

How clear could she remember seeing his face back in the day when the two of them had been on the run from the MSU. She was only eight years old and he was thirteen. They had found each other in a dark alley on Arizona and from then on they had travelled together across the country. But two years later, after a terrible accident, the police went after her and he was long gone. Runo tried looking for him countless of times, to get answers and to know why had he abandoned her back then. But after time passed by she let it be and never looked for him again.

All of the memories of the two of them playing, laughing and running away together flooded her mind as she tried to find reason in all of this mess. She had forgotten about him but from time to time his face would pop up in her mind. She still felt resentment towards him. After all he was the reason why the police was after her.

Keith's bright eyes and mischievous smile along with his untamed bright orange locks appeared on her mind. But now reality was kicking her right in the face. He had been captured by the MSU after all and she didn't even know.

Runo clutched the picture over her heart and dared to cry. How foolish she had been, thinking that maybe just maybe he had found his lost sister in all of the mess. What a vague big lie had she believed herself. Her friend died at the hands of the MSU all of those years ago and she didn't do anything about it.

She wanted to scream, kick and cry all at once. Her stomach was churning and a terrible pain and guiltiness was spreading all throughout her body. Runo couldn't think and just let the horrible pain wash her away. That was until a piercing scream broke through the deadly silence of the room.

Startled she looked up and wiped the remaining tears. Suddenly the lights tuned on and she was almost blinded by it. Folding the papers she stuffed them in between her clothes and stood up from her spot, not noticing a few of them falling out of her jacket. The sound of steps and running reached her ears and she knew that she had to get out.

Runo ran towards the exit door and took off in a sprint at the end of the hall. A mass of soldiers clad in white uniform soon appeared at the other side of the room. They quickly pointed at her and got ready their plasma guns. She lunged herself at the flight of stairs, taking two steps at the time as she climbed them up. And Mira was nowhere to be found.

"Guys we have to evacuate!" Dan's voice reached her earpiece, urgency clear on his tone of voice "It was an ambush, we need to leave now!" Runo reached the next floor, the soldiers following closely behind her. Plasma beams reached her ears, but she didn't pay attention to them as she kept her eyes at the front. Pushing doors open and entering hall after hall she honestly didn't know where she was anymore or in which floor she was in.

"Mira! Mira are you in here?!" She started shouting, hoping that she would find her. A soldier eventually managed to catch her arm. No doubting she quickly pulled him forward and kicked him straight in the face. Runo took off in a run once again, stress and preoccupation eating her away.

"Runo?! Runo where are you?!" The voice of Dan appeared on her earpiece again, but she tried to ignore it. She kept on running, punching a soldier every now and then a scream was heard once again. Runo quickly reached the first floor once again, the sight of the redhead flooding her with relief. She quickly reached her and snatched up her hand.

Mira's eyes were wide with surprise and a sudden fear as well. The second she recognized her, her eyes flooded with gratitude and relief. From the other side of the room soldiers were soon flooding the room. Runo didn't think twice as she pulled Mira out of the way and ran to the nearest exit.

"Dan is Marucho with you?!" She touched her earpiece, hoping that the little blonde was somewhere safe. If not then she would go back for him, even if it meant risking her safety.

"You really did left the room?!" Dan shouted back, now clearly angry. She didn't bother even in asking him anymore. The sudden sounds of fighting reached her ears. Seeing the rest of the team fighting and in front them, brought almost a smile on her face, if it wasn't for the terrible situation they were stuck in.

"Stay with them" Runo ordered Mira, not even bothering for her opinion. The redhead was about to object but a plasma beam interrupted them. Runo quickly pushed her to where Ace and Dan where fighting the soldiers. The two boys looked up startled at the two of them, but the swarm of soldiers was incrementing by the second "I'll go for Marucho!"

"Runo get back here!" Dan's voice reached her ears, but she ignored the command. She kicked a couple of soldiers coming at her. A plasma beam hit her right on her left arm, a burning sensation spreading over quickly. She bit back a curse as she kicked another soldier in the ribs as he fell down. "Shun took care of him!"

"We're okay!" Marucho's voice broke through all of the madness going on. Shun and him were currently running towards them, the raven haired boy kicking and punching any soldier coming closer to them. Quickly everyone gathered up, soldiers soon closing in on them.

"Let's ditch this place!" Fabia suddenly punched a gigantic hole through a wall, making their way toward the outside. Ace didn't hesitate as he opened up his mouth, letting out a blood-piercing scream that would surely leave Runo deaf for days. Most soldiers passed out after that as the group quickly ran for the hovercraft.

The cold breeze of the night hit her like a hard slap on the face. It was freezing outside. Even traces of snow falling from the sky were present, but she couldn't afford to slow down for even a second. Shun and Fabia were the fastest of them, the blue haired girl running like a cheetah, while Shun used the wind to propel him forward. Both of them reached the hovercraft and quickly started it up. Ace and Mira were right next to Marucho, all of them avoiding the incoming plasma beams. Dan quickly turned, running straight towards her. Runo was breathing heavily, the burn from her injury increasing by the second. Before she could reach the brunette, a hand gripped over her left upper arm, making almost cry out in pain. Quickly she turned, ready to punch her attacker, but she stopped.

A man with a red mask covering his eyes was looking back at her. The mask covered most of his face, but his spiky and wavy blonde hair was easy to see on top of it all. Black and blue irises were staring right at her, the grip on her arm tightening considerably. He was wearing a red leather coat, decorated with black feathers.

Runo tried pushing him away, coming back from the first impression, but he swiftly took hold of her other hand, bringing her forward to him. Her eyes widened once she noticed the smirk over his lips. She struggled to get out of his grip but the boy seemed to not even mind her efforts, simply pressing harder onto her injury. She let out a scream in pain, and tried to kick him.

"Runo!" Dan called out to her, running even faster towards her. The masked man simply laughed as he made a signal with his head towards the soldiers. Runo's mind was racing, going back and forth between trying to free herself from this man and run straight to Dan.

"Oh dear don't even bother" His voice was husky and low. He lowered himself to her ear before whispering: "Your friend is going to die anyway, so why bother?" He laughed darkly at this, locking his gaze towards her. Runo felt truly ambushed at this point, her gaze shifting between the man in front of her to Dan. Heart racing, she didn't even register the sudden flicker of a spark lighting up at her fingertips.

In a swift motion he had let go of her, a pained expression on his face with surprise as well. Runo didn't have time to ponder on the slip she had just made, and without hesitation ran as fast as she could towards Dan. Her hand was aching so much, the pain going from her fingertips to the palm, an unbearable twinge making her almost pass out.

The brunette quickly reached her, slanging her left arm over his shoulder and running back towards the hovercraft. Plasma beams were whizzing past them as they managed to reach the hovercraft. They basically threw themselves in, Dan quickly turning around and leaving a big patch of fire on their wake, so they wouldn't be followed. The door closed quickly after them, the hovercraft already flying away in an instant. Over a small window Runo could still make out the strange masked man, looking up at them, a strange sensation of knowing him nagging at her stomach.

"Next time follow my orders thoroughly." Dan said angrily. Runo managed a small nod, standing up with difficulty as she walked towards the medical kit. The brunette offered her a hand, but without a thought she slapped it away. He gave her an annoyed glare, but she didn't even have the strength to respond back. The pain was unbearable.

She slumped in one of the seats, finally able to breathe properly after such hectic events. The injury from the plasma beam had subdued at some point, but she figured that blood was still coming out and the churning skin wasn't any better. Mira was by her side in a second, along with Marucho. Runo looked at her confused, but the redhead didn't even say a thing as she picked up the medical kit. Swiftly Mira tore open her left sleeve, making her almost cry out. She didn't even dare to look as Marucho let out a low hiss.

Mira didn't even hesitate as she carefully treated her wound. The redhead's hands were tending to her injury the best she could and Runo could only feel grateful for it, though she didn't know why she was doing this. With that the redhead was finished and her left arm was in a neat clean bandage.

"You came back for me" Mira said softly, crossing her arms over her chest, not even bothering to look at her as she spoke "It's the least I could do" Without warning she took hold of her right hand, making Runo cry out. She snatched her hand back, Mira giving her a frown, but she ignored it. She noticed the, oh so familiar white snakes going all through her fingers to the palm of her hand. Her eyes widened, the memory of all those years ago reappearing in her line of vision.

She blacked out.


How long had it been since he had entered that dreaded medical facility. It brought a snarl to his face as he passed through the halls and entered the well-known Record Room. Everything was still the same as in eight years ago. How much it made his blood boil being back here once again.

But Zenoheald had been pretty clear at the instructions he had given him and the team. And the information he gave them didn't not disappoint in the slightest. The rumors had been true of a group of mutants looking to fight back at the MSU. If the situation had been different he would really consider joining them and fighting by their side.

Shaking his head to get rid of so foolish thoughts he entered the Record Room and noticed the familiar metallic shelves filled to the brim with folders and information. Dust was still eating away the room, but a peculiar set of footsteps intrigued him. With a small smirk he followed the trial and stopped right in front of one of the shelves, a box without the residue of dust over it.

He knelt in front of it, bringing it out for him to inspect. He would've known by now that it had to be the box filed with the folders with experiments. A sigh left his lips as he noticed that the file from 2012 was missing from the rest of the box. But not all of it was missing. A few folded papers were left on the ground, following conveniently the trial of footsteps. He swiftly managed to pick each one of them and turned them to inspect them.

The file of Gus, Shadow and Volt had been left behind, while his, Mylene's and Lync's were missing. Oddly enough the only photo that was missing was his, along with the final report on the experiment. Frowning slightly the blonde, tried to piece the things together as he exited the File Room. He would have to see the camera footage before someone deletes it.

Giving a small tap to his mask, on his line of vision he could see a series of commands popping up. A small screen appeared over his retina as he display the camera footage of the room. It showed the last recent activity, was of someone entering the room and eventually finding the box. It was until the lights turned on that he managed to pinpoint who was it. A smirk appeared right then and there. He saw her wiping away her tears and keeping the files as she ran out of the room.

How strange, last time he had seen her she had light blue hair.

"Master Spectra, Zenoheald wishes to have a small chat with you" Over by the entrance appeared Gus, clad in his brown leather coat, wavy blue hair carefully combed. Spectra gave another tap on his mask just as the video was suddenly deleted from the archive. Someone must've hacked the system, but the damage was already done.

"I'll be there in a minute" He rearranged the box and it's contents, reuniting with Gus, smirk still on his lips. Without further ado they both left the room and made way towards the exit of the facility. Surely Zenoheald wanted to meet them over at his mansion, they need to get there as fast as possible.

"You seem happier Master Spectra" Gus said not even daring to look at him. Spectra chuckled a bit, the image of a now fully-grown Runo replaying on his mind. He wondered when would he see her again? He hoped that Zenoheald had a mission for him, involving tracking down the team of mutants.

"I'm just eager to see someone" He casually replied. They both exited the facility, the team already waiting for them. Spectra showed them a full smile as everyone parted ways and he was the first to touch the transporter "Things will get interesting from here on out" And with that he disappeared into thin air.


HEY GUYS! I finally managed to have some time and finish typing the chapter! Yay! I was actually super excited to write this out but with the whole new school and projects I haven't been able to. So yeah more clues about Runo's past huehue, sorry I didn't mention Spectra and her knowing each other earlier but oh well, like Spectra said, things will get interesting from here on out.

Mira surprisingly had a change of heart and helped Runo, and well Dan and Runo still have to work out their problems hehe the next chapter will dive a little more into that, so stay tuned! Anyways thanks for all the reviews so far! I'm super glad you're enjoying this story as much as I do and hoped you liked this chapter! Thank you to all of you who've been wishing me good luck in Spain! Everything has been going great so far! If you have any comment or question you can leave a review or PM whichever works best! Hope you have a great week!