Redemption
Chapter 10
Dib's eyes fluttered open and closed, seeing brief glimpses of a deathly scene. Bright flashes of gunfire flashed in the room, metal legs shot out in all directions, howls of pain and terror, and blood. Lots of blood.
"Di-...-ib! -IB!" He heard Tak yell from far away, she was so far he only heard bits of what she was saying. He felt his body move. "-ay with me Dib. We're getting out of he-." She begged, sounding desperate. Dib fell in and out of consciousness, taking in different scenes as he opened his eyes.
First he was in Tak's arms, he saw tears running down her face as the ceiling of different hallways sped around her silhouette, he was holding MiMi in his arms as well and made a small effort to hold on tight to the little dead eyed robot.
Black.
He saw several soldiers chasing after him and Tak, shooting their guns in vain as the bullets bounced off their pink bubble shield. Tak turned a corner and Dib saw a glance of a sign that read 'hanger'.
Black.
They were in a small metal room with sliding doors, he felt the room raising up. His black trench coat and blue shirt were laying on the floor beside him, both were heavily stained with blood, and Dib was laying on his belly.
"Stay strong Dib. This is gonna hurt." She said holding his weak arms and legs down with her metal legs. Suddenly all of Dib's senses exploded with pain. He thrashed and wailed, but Tak's legs kept him pinned to the ground. There was an intense, digging fire grinding in his back just to the side of his ribs. Every little movement he made only made the pain more intense and he screamed with every spasm of agony.
"I know. I know. It's almost out. Hang in there." She urged, holding his body down with a free hand so she could keep him steady. The fire pinched down in his ribs and he wailed again, then he felt Tak's hand move and a pressure came off his back. The fire slowly died and the pain subsided, his body went back to being weak and limp.
"Okay. It's out. You're going to be okay. You hear me?" Tak grilled, balling up his shirt and pressing it on his back, then ripping his coat apart and tying it around him, keeping the shirt on his back. He heard a quick ding, and the sliding doors opened. Tak picked him and MiMi up and flew out the doors turning down every hallway with the sign 'hanger this way'.
"We're close, it's gonna be okay." She said with more tears in her eyes. She bent down every hallway until they got to a pair of large doors that read 'hanger'. The door was locked tight with a handprint key, which Tak couldn't use. She tried pushing the door, then wedging her legs in the middle and pulling it apart, only getting angrier when it didn't open.
"Come on, come on! OPEN!" She yelled, trying to beat down the door with her shoulder. She stepped back and shot the door with her backpack lasers, which blasted the door open in a quick zap. She bolted through the door, quickly spotting her ship among other experimenters. She fired off a warning shot and the scientists scattered, making a safe path to her ship. At her presence, the ship's windshield quickly opened, allowing her to enter. She set MiMi down in the back and an unconscious Dib across her lap, she hastily began typing commands into the ship's control panel. It came to life as soldiers began filing into the hole in the door and firing their guns at the ship. The ship rose off the ground and shielded them from the bullets. She typed in more controls and drove the ship up, firing into the roof with another laser, and flying out the hole.