Chapter 10:

Samiria's Cure

"Well, let's go." Espio stated, "We should try and get to the next floor."

They stood up and faced where they came from.

"Do you think Sammy and Jared's okay?" Onterage asked.

"Dunno." Misty shrugged, "Bet let's go."

They spun on their heels towards the bloody hallway. As they turned, a snarling noise snapped in front of them, making their bodies jump a little, and their faces were quickly struck his shock. There stood an echidna mutant, like the other's muscles with blood, and sharp fangs that snarled at them, a whip-like tail with a small jagged blade, and demented eyes, blood dripping on them.

It started to walk on the blood towards them, forcing them to start walking back with fear. At least five yards long, the mutant crept closer to them, stepping into the blood with a small splat sound on each step. The kids kept their eyes on it, watching for it to get ready to sprint, and watching to see if there were any secret weapons on it.

The creature snarled, and charged at them, its claws scraping the bloody floor while the claws made screeching sounds.

From behind the kids, four gunshots echoed in air, and the echidna creature fell on its stomach, sliding across the floor. Its head was shot at three times, and its right shoulder was also shot. The kids stared with fear, and crept backwards a few steps, watching as the mutant took one last breath.

Misty spun around, and spotted a black and white wolf standing behind them, her shirt drenched in blood, while a white fox with gold markings stood holding the gun towards the creature.

Misty's mouth dropped, "Sammy? Jared?"

The other two spun around and spotted them and also stared at them with shock.

Jared lowered his gun, and glared at Misty slightly, "Where's the chip?"

Misty stared at Jared, wanting to repent against what he asked.

He lowered his ears, "Misty…for your sake, I need that chip."

Misty took a step back and growled slightly, "No…"

Samiria's ears flicked up, and stared at the hedgehog, then faced Jared, wondering why she said no.

Jared sighed a little, "Misty, I don't know what you plan on doing with it, but it's better if it was in my hands."

Onterage stepped forward, "Maybe I should explain, follow me."

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The chameleon gasped for air, blood draining from his mouth, and all over the dead human that lay lifeless beside the chameleon. Mince sat on his hands and knees, in his normal form like before, shaking violently. His eyes were closed, and he breathed heavily, blood slithering down from his spine, where he was shot a few times, and blood rained down his face, from being stabbed in the head once.

He remembered, before the accident that wasn't of Huston's, Misty's mother. She was a gorgeous hedgehog, black with red and violet markings that blended so well, it was like pearl paint on a car's hood. When she spun her head towards him, her red markings revealed some violet when in the shade. She had many quills that streamed down her backside, from front view it was like sectioned hair that were parted just right. Slender built, slender face, but strong hearted, and very daring and risky.

He remembered the crescent moon scar, ever since they met, she remembered his smile that showed pride, and he remembered her scar, the symbol of her family bloodline.

Darren was of not jealousy, but was proud. At that time, they were a lot younger, and a lot more teen like, they were about twenty-one. Darren was proud by the fact that Mince was finally loosening up on the science, and started to live a little more.

FLASHBACK:

Mince, with no problems and an ordinary chameleon, drove up in Darren's Gallardo after a meeting at a restaurant for lunch, and parked it behind his own Olds 442 W-31, and shut it off. Before though he got the chance to get out, Darren quickly slid over and slammed the car's door back shut, scaring Mince a little.

Mince jumped, "Gah! Darren!"

Darren grinned, "Hey! You've got to meet this girl I met."

Mince stared at his brother, 'Hey, look, don't get me started with the whole date-talk and crap, I've got to-"

Darren slapped his hands on the door, "No! You don't understand! She's gorgeous! You've got to meet her! I guarantee you, you'll fall head over heels for her right when you see her! Come on!"

Mince stared blankly, "Is she really here?"

Darren nodded, smiling.

Mince shrugged, "Fine. But I need to-"

Darren quickly spun around and slapped his hand over the younger chameleon's mouth, "Oh shut up about your science crap and just get in!"

Mince growled a little, he had a letter to type up, and yet Darren wants him to loosen up, yeah right. He got out of the exotic and followed his older bro inside, Darren walking inside first.

Mince turned to check the mail in the small black box on the side of the house, but Darren quickly grabbed his white lab coat's collar, and jerked him inside, making Mince smack both of his horns along the siding of the doorway. Darren the shut the door behind them and dragged the chameleon into the den.

"Her she is." Darren stated, releasing Mince's coat collar.

Mince regained his balance, and spun around and gave a bit of a glare as he looked. His eyes though when into shock, and his mouth dropped instantly, his red eyes flickering red in amazement.

There sat a black hedgehog with a red shirt and black bell-bottoms. Her quills were marked with red and violet colors, as the quills echoed down her back. Slender in all ways, except she was top heavy, big time!

Mince was speechless, and didn't even realize his mouth was open because of her beauty. She was like a phoenix; she just seemed to flare out beauty without warning.

The female hedgehog smiled, "So you're Mince, I'm Klaira."

Mince then was able to realize he was gawking at her, and got his mind back into his head, and quickly stood straight, "Uh, yes, I am. Um…"

Darren leaned on Mince's shoulder, "excuse him, he's in awe right now."

Klaira blushed a little, "For a geek, I don't blame him. Kinda cute too."

Mince then blushed, letting a small smile crease his face.

"Well, I've got dinner reservations set up for you two." Darren said, "So about eight, right?"

Mince then stared at Darren, "B-But…"

Darren turned and glared at Mince slightly, "Look, it's four, you've been at that meeting since twelve, now just relax and talk with her for a bit. I'll be upstairs."

Darren then turned and walked out of the room, leaving the two alone. Mince sighed a little and sat on the couch where Klaira sat and started talking.

It was then a month later, they've enjoyed one another greatly, seeing they interested in a lot of the same things. Genetics was a shock to Mince, and muscle cars, ranging from Camaros, Mustangs, Challengers, GTO's, and 442's. Her dream car was an Olds 442 W-30, what Mince owned was a W-31, which was more of a lesser version of the W-30. She also was a street racer, and street raced in Motor City, given the nickname Racing Beauty.

She raced with a Nissan Skyline GTR, and also with a Honda Accord, Toyota Supra, Mazda RXS, and lastly, an ultra rare Shelby GT-500 KR, the one car she only uses when racing against the most legendary racers. Why? She built it from the tires to the sunroof. Having friends help her with the bodywork, vinyl work, and ordering parts. She was a racing legend in Motor City, and gave up on racing when one of her buddies handed her their GTO Judge, and committed suicide. She never raced the Pontiac; it was too rare and valuable.

After she finished her story on her street racing career at a boat harbor, she only sighed and stared up at the dark sky, her face filled with depression.

Mince glanced over, "How is the car anyways?"

She continued to stare, "It's good, I just haven't driven it for a while."

Mince stopped, making Klaira also stop, and faced him. She ears flicked up a little and stared with some wonder.

Mince smiled a little, "What's done is done, and you've gotta move on with life, no matter how painful it is."

She lowered her head and nodded lightly, then stared back up at the chameleon that dressed in black attire, "Of all the guys I've known besides your brother, you've been the best."

He smirked a little, his eyes softening, and his smile with gentleness, "You're the most talented and smartest girls I've ever met."

She blushed, and stared back down towards the water, taking the complement with care.

Mince then stepped close and grasped her hands, "You're lucky to be so beautiful."

She laughed a little, "You're lucky to be so kind."

Mince heard enough, and took her in closer, leaned over, and pressed his soft lips against hers. She stood with a bit of shock, feeling his body heat pass from him to her, and slowly drifted from her mind, and wrapped her arms around him. Mince then wrapped his arms around her waist, and slipped his tongue inside, and curling his tail around her leg. They both stood near the edge of the dock, feeling a slight cold breeze flow in and chilling them a little, only to make them get even closer.

Sound of water splashing was made right by them, and in that instant they were soaked. Breaking the kiss and yelping a little from the cold water being splashed upon, they jumped, and shook their wet heads, trying to see through their wet eyes. They both then turned and seen a dolphin stare up at them, and started to bark a little at them with happiness, its rubber face laughing at them.

"Guess it wants us to cool down a bit." Klaira laughed a little.

Mince also laughed, "Thank god I don't have to work tomorrow."

Klaira whipped her head back and forth to shake some of the water off, and quickly took off her violet shirt, and squeezed the water out, and quickly put the shirt back on. Mince didn't care for the wetness, and only watched Klaira with a bit of pleasure in his eyes.

She seen him and grinned slightly, "Feeling horny tonight?"

Mince raised his hands, and waved her, also grinning, "Bring it all on."

She smiled, "No, you bring it all on."

Quickly it turned into a chase, Klaira taking off with great speed, and Mince closely behind her, headed to his Olds.

About two hours later, Darren waited for Mince to return from his date, and read his Exotic Enthusiast magazine, seeing if there was to be a newer version of the Gallardo coming soon, since his was a '00 Gallardo. He heard the front door open, and footsteps echoing, he smiled a little.

Mince walked into the den, and collapsed on the couch, taking off his shoes and placing his feet on the table. Darren took a quick glance at his brother, and seen the chameleon was sweating heavily, and his tan cheeks were tainted with redness.

He then noticed a hickey through his white shirt.

Darren started to laugh hysterically, closing his magazine, and continued to laugh. Mince turned and stared at Darren strangely, wondering what he was laughing so hard about.

Darren turned to Mince, "So my horny bro finally dragged her to the bed. Ha!"

Mince scratched his head, "Not the bed, the car."

Darren then smiled greatly, "You've finally found your love."

Mince shrugged, "Yeah, but we ended up getting soaked."

Darren smiled, "I know."

Mince then turned to Darren, his mouth dropped, "You were the dolphin?"

Darren grinned, "Why would I miss a thing like that?"

Mince rolled his eyes and got up, "Going to bed now."

Darren quickly bounced up, and stopped Mince, "Hey, wait."

The chameleon turned, their eyes meeting.

Darren then opened up his arms, "I'm proud of you bro."

Mince smiled, and quickly they gave each other a bear hug, both laughing a little. As Mince turned, Darren sat back down, and watched him go.

As Mince walked up the stairs, he smiled, "I finally have someone to love besides by bro. Thank you Klaira."

END FLASHBACK

Mince kept his head low, and his eyes closed, calming himself down a little. His body finally stopped shaking, wiped some of the blood off of his face, and sat on his knees. Silence filled the hallways, and time just seemed to stop, his mind at ease and, for once, like he was normal, before Huston shot and distorted his mind.

It was odd; he didn't feel any need, any lust, and any pain, nothing that came with his insane side.

He then felt something cold press up against his head, and a sound of a gun's magazine being filled. He froze, and his body quickly filled with stiffness, unable to move. He was able to turn his head slightly, and seen in the corner of his eye, a blood silver chameleon pushing a gun at his head.

"Get up." The silver one ordered.

Mince sat for a few seconds, and put on foot in front, and pushed himself from his knees, and on his feet, his back still facing Darren. He kept his head forward and closed his eyes again, still able to feel the gun pressed against his head.

"Where's the chip?" Darren asked, lowering his gun.

Mince turned his head slowly towards Darren. Darren stood with his black clothing drenched with rips and tears from being attacked, and blood slightly staining his scales on his head, and scars across his right eye. Mince's body then was struck by lust, and remembered, he attacked Darren from above while in a Level five Serpent Licker Mutant form, using a Serpent that extended from his stomach, and it's head expanding like rubber, it's mouth opening to almost Darren's height, and snapped his side instead of actually being swallowed whole.

His body twitched a little, wanting to shift, wanting to mutate into something to relieve the pressure that started to press against his skin.

He smiled, "I'll tell you one thing, it ain't with me."

Darren glared a little, scanning him up and down. Mince then looked by his feet, and seen keys lying in the dead human's hand, and kicked them forward towards Darren. The silver chameleon flicked his head down at the keys, and stared at them for a short moment.

Mince grinned a little, being given the chance, he camouflaged, hiding from his brother's eyes. Darren quickly flicked his head back up, and raised his gun up to try and find him. His head then felt something smack against it, and smack against the wall beside him, he lost grip of his gun and blacked out.

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"Okay," Samiria nodded slightly, "So really Huston's the one that made Mince go insane. Now I see why the boss and him are such ass-holes."

Onterage nodded, "When Huston heard of the chip and what it had, you and my dad were the only one's that knew where it was. Seeing though you were difficult to get to, he went after my dad, shot my mom, and shot him with a distortion solution. When that happened though, he forgot where the chip was placed."

"Which is why we found it first." Jared nodded slightly.

Espio faced Onterage, "What about Samiria's problem?"

Samiria then banged her head against the wall, "And I forgot about it how and why?"

Onterage smiled, "There's a cure for it!"

Samiria quickly bounced up and stared at Onterage, "WHAT?"

Onterage nodded, and shifted to her mutant hedgehog form again, "Follow me!"

Misty though blinked, and remembered, "What about Darren?"

Onterage and the others though were already out the door, and Misty had to quickly follow, leaving her question to be unanswered.

Onterage bolted around a left corner, and shot like a bullet down the hallway. Samiria and Jared ran as fast as they could, and tried to keep within their eyes where Onterage was headed to, while Espio and Misty also followed, but behind them. Samiria quickly slowed up, and the let the two go ahead, while dragging Jared also to a small halt. Onterage stopped just before a right corner, and waited by a door for them to catch up, and shifted to her normal form, and looked around the corner to see if anything was coming that way.

They quickly caught up to her and stood staring at her, then staring at the door that marked with a white sign:

Anti-Virus Room

Jared smiled, "I got this."

Jared nodded, and stepped back a few steps from the door, and making the others back up as well. The fox then walked even farther back wards to the wall, and leaned his heel against it readying himself to break the window that was just above the sign. He took a deep breath, then shoved himself from the wall, and bolted towards the door, rearing up is right fist just behind his head, and threw it at the window, gritting his teeth, hoping to break it with one shot. The punch came in contact with the window, and the window shattered within a split second, and shooting in the room like flying daggers that smacked against computer monitors.

Jared stepped back, taking out his hand from the window, and stood, grasping it with slight pain tingling in his knuckles.

Samiria walked over, grasping the silver door handle, "Jared…"

Jared glanced up at her, "Huh?"

Samiria then turned the silver handle downward, and barely put any effort into opening the door slightly, while smiling at him with mockery. Jared stared at the door, then his hand, and quickly felt the embarrassment that surrounded him from the kids' stares and Samiria's slight laughing.

When Samiria opened the door slightly, the room was filled with computers and some freezers, and a large table in the middle holding racks of test tubes with different colored solutions. They all stepped in and spread out into the room, staring at the walls, table and the desks.

Onterage quickly ran to a freezer tucked in a corner, and pulled it open, releasing a small breath of cold air outside, and quickly dug into it. The others watched as the young chameleon dug into it, and brought out a small plastic bag, with a red colored solution inside an injection needle. Samiria's eyes flicked with happiness, and she was quickly overjoyed, but knew better than to scream in happiness in the place they were in.

Onterage closed the freezer and turned towards her, "This is what you do."

They watched as the chameleon took it out, and twisted around where a small needle poked, and as she twisted it, the needle grew longer and longer until its full extent, and she stopped twisting it. She then walked over and stood in front of Samiria and Jared.

"You stab this in your stomach," She explained, "What this will do is not only kill the thing, but also make your stomach return to its normal state."

Samiria smiled, "Thank you."

"BUT!" Onterage quickly started again, "The moment you stab this, is the moment you're going to have contractions."

The wolf's face quickly went pale, "What…"

"The thing can't just dissolve in your stomach," Onterage stated, "You need to get rid of it like a pregnant women has her child, when it comes out, it'll be dead. It's extremely painful though."

Samiria then glared at her, "Ya think? I'm a mother, I know how bad it is."

Onterage stared, "A lot worse than usual though."

Jared rolled his eyes, "Great…"

Samiria continued to glare, "How's that?"

"As you're delivering," She sighed a little with a bit of despair in her voice, "Even though its dying, it'll go into a huge growth spurt as it comes out, and forces your legs to disconnect from their joints in your hips so you can widen up a little."

Espio and Misty made a belching sound and turned away, not willing to listen anymore. Samiria's mouth dropped, and Jared sat his hand on his forehead and across his eyes, feeling a slight headache coming, and was also disturbed. Samiria though turned, and closed her yes, and banged her head against the wall, frustrated.

"Why, why, why, why!" Samiria howled a little.

Jared sighed, and stepped towards Onterage, "Fine, we'll do it."

Misty quickly spun around and stared at him, "What about us? I don't want to see it! And i'm sure Espio doesn't want to either!"

"And I don't." Espio finished off.

Samiria quickly sat on the floor and leaned against the wall, "the room next door, go in there and shut the door, it's sound proof."

The two then quickly ran out and went into the room across the hallway, and shut it behind them.

Onterage stared at Jared, "To make sure it's dead, crack the neck."

Jared stuck out his tongue slightly in gross ness, "Yeah, thanks."

Onterage nodded, and quickly ran out, leaving the two in the room.

Samiria started to remove her pants, and sighed with grief, "Why does everything have to come with a painful price, especially this?"

Jared turned and shrugged, "Life, it sucks no matter what."

She rolled her eyes and removed her black underwear, and set the two pieces of clothing aside, and lifted her shirt, "Whenever you're ready…"

Jared closed his eyes, and aimed the needle at her mutated stomach. He tried to think that this would all be over in just one second, and tried to think that this nightmare would end, and he'd wake up beside Samiria unharmed. He reared up his hand with the injection, took one last breath, and held it.

He then thrust the needle, and stabbed her in the stomach, and Samiria howled loudly, feeling the creature inside her already starting to frolic and press against her stomach as she started to bleed.

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Misty sat with her legs crossed on the floor and stared at the floor bored, with Espio sitting beside her and twiddling his thumbs. Onterage sat in her mutant hedgehog form and flicked the small tail back and forth with nervousness in her.

Misty then turned to Espio, "How did you wind up here?"

Espio lowered his head a little lower, "I had an adopted mom, and she abandoned me in this place, and told the scientists that I could be experimented on. Mince though, before he became crazy, took me in and acted like a father to me for a while."

Onterage swept her head up, "That's where I recognize you from! When I visited, you were always around."

Misty stared in a little of amazement, "Kinda almost what happened to me."

Espio turned to her, "Where are your parents?"

"Dead." Misty lowered her head and ears, and closed her eyes, "I was sent to a foster home, and so was my brother. But I hated it, and ran away, since they threatened to send me here. So I've traveled alone for about four years."

"And your brother?" Espio cocked his head.

"I don't know." Misty shrugged, "I'm just surprised that the dream of becoming a skilled ninja kept me going, along with finding my family that lived from an attack at our reunion."

Espio's eyes widened, "You also want to become a ninja? So do I."

Onterage smiled a little, "Good to see you two are fast friends."

Espio shrugged, "I'll never forget this, besides…"

Misty stared at him with wonder as he faced Misty, and continued, "You Misty have saved my life. And once we get out, I'll forever remember you and be in your debt."

Misty shook her head, "I appreciate the remembering, but the whole debt thing, forget it, please?"

Espio smiled, "Anything for you."

Misty smiled slightly.

The door opened behind them, and they all jumped to their feet, and watched the door open slowly, hearing it faintly squeak with some weakness. The hallways were strangely silent, and the slight warm air raiding their room was very odd. The warm air seemed like it was moist, like a strange rain was just around.

Didn't Samiria mention that their room was sound proof? Was the room the two were in also sound proof? Or is there something funny?

The three watched as the door came to a stop, and seen nothing in view.

Misty then felt a punch come to the side of her head, and made her collide into Espio, blurring her vision, and couldn't tell between the light and the ceiling. They both laid on the floor, Misty on Espio, and wondered what attacked her. All Misty could see was a dark figure standing above her that raised its arm again, and took another smack at her, and made her vision go completely black but didn't make her def for a few seconds.

"Misty!" She heard Espio cry out a little.

She lastly heard a loud snarl slowly fade, and soon, she heard nothing, and remembered nothing.