Signas along with Dr. Cain wandered the halls of Hunter Tower, both admiring the amount of work that was put into decorating almost every available space within the building.
"it looks like Shonen has outdone herself again" Signas briefly commented glancing at the shiny garland and twinkling lights that hung from the celing above.
"if there's one thing that she can do better than anyone is rally the troops and emerce them into a grand project such as this" Dr. Cain replied.
"one would say that this year in particular.. she's taken it a little overboard.."
stopped in his tracks and looked at Signas sternly..
"..be careful about what you say... the walls have ears"
Signas waved him off...
"it doesn't matter who hears what... and i refuse to keep quiet about what i say...especially if it pertains to a particular subject such as Shonen or X...and anyway.. it was her own damn fault X fell in the battle field.. she knew he wasn't up to the challenge. She knew he was still infected with that virus...but she did what she did anyway..."
"but the virus was gone... there was no indication of it what so ever..."Cain tried to rebuttle.
"...because it went into submission.. waiting for Shonen to give it more energy...it was not a program virus... it was a energy virus...that's why X was always tired.. when Shonen didn't share her 'alchemy' it attacked his power core..."
Dr. Cain looked puzzled.
"where's the data? where's the proof?... does she even know you tested her brother with out her knowledge?"
Signas cleared his throat with authority.
"it was X's decision to be tested... to prove he no longer carried the virus... but the DNA sample proved otherwise... and now..." he began as he looked at the door of the med lab. "X is in stasis lock... "
glanced at the door then looked back at Signas.
"..so.. her alchemy was all smoke and mirrors?"
Signas shook his head.
"No.. she has some sort of something special about her that has proved somewhat useful... but she should know that reploid technology is something that is still sketchy... why would she think that she could transend the line between human and reploid functionalities?"
".. because i'm his sister.. that's why..."
Both turned towards the sound of the voice...
"Lieutenant Blade...nice to see you again... you've done wonders for this base.." Signas began
Shonen held her hand up.
"save it Signas... i heard what you said... that my alchemy did more harm to X than it did any good... granted that it was a temperary cure to some degree...but i did alot more in a short period of time than you and your retarted stall of Lifesavors..."
"I would watch my tounge if i were you Hunter... you're in enough hot water as it is..."
Shonen scoffed...
"..what the hell could you do to me that could be any worse than what you've done to me already...?"
Signas pointed at Shonen..
"i refuse to let you blame this on me... you screwed up.. not me..."
quickly got in the middle and tried to difuse the situation before it got out of control
"...okay.. enough you two... it's the holidays...you shouldn't be arguing on who's fault it was...what's done is done..."
"save it old man... Signas fucked up...he did something he wasn't suppose to... you were gonna test him... not take some of his DNA...that's where it all went wrong..." Shonen growled.
".. Shonen.. calm down... this should be a time of joy..."
Signas scoffed as he entered the passcode to the med lab allowing him access to the room.
".. i don't see how this could be a joyous time?...one of our best hunters is gone...merry fucking christmas" Signas spoke with a low tone in his voice as he entered the room and slammed it closed.
Both Shonen and Cain stood there in shock...then Cain slowly shook his head. as he began to walk away.
Feeling defeated, Shonen leaned against the wall, as her body slowly began to slide down until she sat on the floor. She glanced at as he shuffled his feet down the hall.
"what this place needs is a miracle..."he whispered