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Chapter 7: Escaping

I always get stuck with the stupid jobs. I think as I trudge down the hall just getting back from the security room where they had chewed my butt out and shouted at me to tell Jeb they will have the serum when they have it. Their exact words were 'you tell Jeb that he can wait because this takes time and if we mess up one small detail then the entire batch won't be worth anything and all that money would have been thrown out the window.' Of course they shouted it at me and kicked me out of the lab but still. I think hanging my head as I walk through the quiet corridors and run my fingers through my hair.

"That boy Lobo his eyes looked just like an Eraser's but they seemed more dangerous if that's possible." I muse to myself remember how he had glared at me when he blew a hole in the wall. All my life I was taught that werewolves, vampires, and other nightmarish creatures were just that nightmares but he-him and Azul have shattered that. I think shivering slightly and then shake it off. "It doesn't matter I've seen worse from these guys I wonder how Atari is, I hope she's alright I mean last time after she had fought Azul she got into a massive argument with Jeb." I think remembering the entire event…

"I did not send you in there to toy with him I wanted you to fight him." Jeb barked at Atari as she stormed in and I could already tell she was mad I didn't blame her, she just got sat on by the guy.

"It wasn't my fault he wasn't taking it seriously I tried to push him but as you saw he didn't take to well to that and sat on me." She bluntly stated pointing to the monitor while Azul had started to ask us questions. "Besides that why would you send me in there anyways? Do I look like I have nothing better to do than fight this mutt you brought in?" She asked scoffing at Azul.

"He didn't seem too fond of being called that." Jeb mused scratching his chin when Azul suddenly jumped to the wall and started to climb.

"Oh so he's not only part wolf but also part monkey? He's more of a freak than me." She had scoffed crossing her arms and leaned against the wall an annoyed look on her face.

"Six now is not the time you failed to do as I ordered and have no room to mock him." Jeb barked at her then went over to the speaker and turned it on. "What do you think you're doing?" He demanded and I watched as Azul lost his grip a moment but then regained it. Atari had been giving Jeb a cold annoyed glare the entire time but stopped when she saw Azul nearly fall.

"Serves him right all he does is play around Jeb he won't take anything you throw at him serious unless it's a life or death situation and even then I can almost guarantee you that he won't take it serious." She said in a calm even tone then turned to leave.

"What about your mission Six don't want to forget about that do we?" Jeb asked and waited until she turned back to continue. "There are a few people I need you to-" He tried to explain but she interrupted him.

"Alright I got it go find the people and destroy them, later." She called as she left the room I guess she figured the Erasers would tell her the rest. She and Jeb never really got along and they out right hated each other after she found out about her brother…

"Oh well I still got the ID card didn't I?" He asks picking it up and slides back over this time not crashing into the wall. "Alright now it'd be nice if you could melt the ice in case someone heard that loud noise." He says giving me a bright smile.

"Fine since you asked so nicely now how are we going to get out of here? I could melt the bars…" I muse to myself not really intending to say it out loud.

"If they come in here while you're doing that kid it won't end well for either of us at least without those cuffs we can act like we still have them on or if it's different freaks we could act like the others never put them on us." Azul says as I roll my eyes but nod because he has a point and melt the ice.

"So we wait until they get us out of these cages then make a break for it?" I ask and I have feeling that is not the plan exactly. If it is then it's a stupid plan they could shoot us when we try to escape or something. I think shaking my head.

"No but you already knew that we wait till they come to see what that noise was then when they're gone I'll freeze a few of the bars and we'll run for it." He says nodding his head proud of himself I feel my eyebrow twitch a little.

"So basically what I said but you freeze them?" I ask him in an annoyed tone and roll my eyes at him.

"No well yes but mine's more specific and I don't want you strain yourself you still have that junk they gave you." He explains and I sigh knowing he's right and don't answer him. He's gotta point I'm not sure what that stuff does besides knock me out. I think looking at my hand a moment then clench it and then melt the ice…

I sigh as I continued down the hall stopping when I feel a slight shock and hear a massive bang come from down the hall. "Isn't that where Azul and Lobo are being kept?" I ask myself as I take off running toward the noise and sure enough I end up right in front of their door. Wonderful for all I know some of those Erasers could be trying to hurt them. I think and prepare myself for anything as I open the door really slow and peak my head in but only see shadows.

"Yo what's up?" I hear Azul ask in a playful tone and see him wave after I turn the light on and it floods the room blinding me. Is he seriously just going to act like nothing has happened-wait where're the cuffs? I think looking in shock at his hand which was indeed missing a cuff and I saw no cuffs in sight.

"Uh…correct me if I'm wrong but aren't you supposed to have um you know handcuffs on?" I ask forgetting his question and notice a cheesy smile appear on his face.

"Yeah I was supposed to have some but…uh well how do you explain me not having any cuffs?" He asks me an expectant look on his face to show he was waiting for me to answer his question. Did he just-he seriously asked me a question and expects me to answer it? I think and shake my head in disbelief.

"I'm not falling for that why don't you have any hand cuffs on I saw when they put them on you." I demand raising an eyebrow when his smile only grows and I suddenly feel nervous. You saw what he did to that shark mutant without those cuffs he could do that to you! I think and try to hide my nervousness. "Forget it I must be staying up too late." I growl and rub my eyes then turn and slam the door behind me. I know they put those cuffs on him so why doesn't he have them anymore did he and Lobo find some way to get out of them? I think and walk down the hall toward my room too tired to care about the Erasers that were headed down the hall…

"That was the dude that gave me that serum!" I shout in shock after the guy leaves and point at the door looking at Azul then the door in utter shock and shake my head in disappointment. "Did he get you with the serum?" I ask Azul but notice he was tense and his teeth were bared at the door. What's wrong with…oh that's what's wrong. I think as I sniff the air and smell the guys from earlier.

"Alright Lobo listen hide your hands don't let them see them we don't want them to know we got the cuffs off." Azul whispers in a low serious tone and I do as I'm told hide my hands behind my back and wait. But then why did you let that man see your hands? I think looking over at him blinking when they open the door and the room is flooded with light again.

"Well, well the two mutts are already up." One of them says as he glares at us with his unnaturally bright eyes. It might be the fact that their unnatural or how bright they are but all their eyes scare me. I think as I look away to avoid any further eye contact. "You two ready to go play again?" He asks us a sick smirk on his face.

"Get over yourselves you couldn't beat me even if I wanted you to." Azul mocks them laughing with a smug smirk on his face and I notice their eyes darken and the wide smiles on their faces fall to deep scowls. "The only that would be able to even put a scratch on me is that cat bird girl…Six I think is what they called her." He smugly says waiting for their wrath but they only laugh.

"Well too bad mutt you won't get to play with your toy again she's gone now." The man says laughing and the others follow his lead. Gone as in dead? I think in confusion noticing Azul laugh with them. Has he lost it? I think watching him carefully. "What's so funny mutt?" He demands glaring at Azul who finally started to calm down.

"Gone? You expect me to believe that you lab rats defeated her? You've got to be joking I mean come on it's obvious that she'd kick your butts if you even startled her that's how cats are you know?" He asks them and I chuckle softly at the men's expressions. I'll admit Azul has a point there I had a cat and if I didn't heal quickly I'd have scars all over. I think laughing at the memory of my cat.

"You shouldn't underestimate us we saw it with our own eyes she rolled off a cliff she's dead." One of the ones behind the main one barks baring his fangs at me and Azul which makes us laugh even harder. "Why are you two laughing?" He asks all his rage replaced with confusion and his jaw slack as he and the others looked at each other in confusion.

"Oh nothing, nothing at all." Azul coolly says and gives them a bright cheerful smile. "So you guys rolled her off a cliff did you?" He asks in a curious tone with an eyebrow raised in inquisition. "Did you even check to see if she was still alive?" He asks in a tone that told them 'you guys are idiots if you did not even think of that'. I snicker when they don't answer his question and whisper to each other.

"It didn't matter she was dead before she went over." The leader coldly says and the group turns to leave when Azul looks at me and points to the cage's bars and I see them freeze at the bottom. He nods his head and I get what he was trying to tell me to do. Attack when they don't know it. I think nodding and start to heat up my hands and melt the bottom of the bars directly behind me out of their side.

"Maybe you should watch your backs more carefully." Azul teasingly says and before any of them can react his entire cage freezes and shatters letting him lose on the group. I sit there in shock at the fact that he moved so quickly and the group was down in less than a minute. "Thanks for helping me kid." He says and gives me a playful smile.

"I figured you could handle it." I calmly say shrugging my shoulders and then melt a hole in my cage. "Besides you looked like you were having fun." I continue and crawl out of the whole I made and smile at him.

"Well…okay I won't deny that but still a little help would have been nice!" He says and ruffles my hair laughing a bright laugh.

"Who cares come on what's the rest of the plan?" I ask crossing my arms and nudge one of the guys in the head. Woo wee he took them out quick. I think whistling softly and look when I hear the door open and see Azul looking back at me. "Let me guess we get out of the building?" I ask him and he sends me a bright smile with a nod in reply. "Wonderful and how do you plan on that not like we can just waltz out the door." I say poking my head out the door to see if anyone was coming.

"You have too little faith in me kid I know that but without those cuffs all we need to really avoid are the dudes with dart guns." Azul teasingly says giving me a knowing look. Obviously. I think and roll my eyes. "Come on kid let's go while it's still clear." He says as we head into the empty hall and carefully step across the white tile floors.

"What do you think they'll do when they find out we've escaped?" I whisper to him making sure my voice was as soft and quiet as I could make it so no one would hear me. Azul looks at me and shrugs as we continue down the never ending hall. "Do you think they'll come after us?" I ask again and already know the answer but Azul confirms it by nodding but doesn't look back at me. I knew it…how they were talking earlier it wouldn't make sense for them to just give up on us. I think and freeze when I hear steps coming toward us. Well guess they were going to figure it out sooner or later apparently its sooner. I think watching as Azul stops and see the man from earlier appear he looked out of place here all the others had either dark hair or light but he had bright red hair and forest green eyes. Great now we're probably going to have to run from him before he alerts the others. I think and see him freeze in mid-step and look at me and Azul.

"How did you two-when did you?" He stutters trying to ask us something but takes a step back out of fear instead.

"Hang on we're not going to hurt you just don't tell anyone you saw us." Azul calmly says walking up to the man and places his hand on his shoulder. Azul what do you think you're doing? I think and in the blink of an eye the man starts to fall but Azul catches him. "Don't worry I just pinched his pressure point he's only knocked out." Azul tells me and sets him on the floor then motions to me to run as he quickly sprints off with me right behind him.

"How much further do you think it'll be?" I ask him as we sprint down the hall constantly swerving and ducking through hallways to avoid all the men that worked at this place. He doesn't answer me and in fact he just speeds up and I speed up to keep up with him. I guess he's not in the talking mood anymore. I think and we both skid to a stop when we reach a metal door that had no sign above it but it had a scanner on the side. "You think this is the way out?" I whisper to him and watch as he pulls out the ID card and holds it over the scanner.

"It might be." He whispers back and we both step back when the scanner turns green.

"Personnel recognized Blake Griffs." The door says in a monotone voice and it opens with a click. Me and Azul exchange looks then he slowly walks forward and pushes the door open to reveal a bright, bright sun and dessert followed by the heat wave that hits the both of us.

"I'd say it is what about you?" He asks me and I nod as we both step out into the blazing sun.

"HALT!" We hear someone shout from behind us, I look over my shoulder and see a squad of men standing there each holding a gun that was aimed at me and Azul. "Take another step and we open fire." He barks at us I can't see his face through the helmet but I am venturing out and saying his eyes were cold.

Alright that's it for this chapter remember reviews help me improve now I take my leave, hope you enjoyed!