Merry Christmas, as a present I've written a new chapter for EVERYBODY - and some NEW STORIES! Cause God help me, the new stories just keep coming and coming and I'm drowning...

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Chapter- Research and Development

Ukitake kept his word, he had been back the following day, and the next But, unfortunately for Phantom, on the fourth day, Ukitake had succumbed to his sickness. Renji opened the door with dread haunting his face.

"Come on Phantom. You aren't being questioned today."

"Really," Phantom said as she stood, already feeling much better and able to walk- only hobbling and leaning on others slightly,"Then, what are we doing?"

"I'm here to escort you to Squad 12, the Research and Development building. Captain Kurotsuchi will run a few test as well as ask you questions."

They were walking down the path when Phantom voiced her concern,"And you're just gonna hand me over- I could smell the crazy on him!"

Renji sucked in a big breath,"He has sworn to let you leave as you entered and not to physically or physiologically harm you."

Phantom's ears fell back an her tail bristled,"Like that'll stop him."

"Many captains have told him not to or they'd kill him."

Phantom looked at Renji shocked,"WHY?"

Renji shrugged,"I dunno. I think they just want the excuse." Renji dropped her off with these words of encouragement,"I'll be back in an hour. I promise." The moment the doors shut behind Phantom - she felt fear swirl in her gut. She was lead down to a small test chamber where that captain was waiting for her. He spoke harshly and quickly and Phantom easily retorted to all his questions- espeacalliy the personal ones to which she wasn't going to answer on his life.

That's when the test begun, and her fear broke as they finished hooking her up to the machines. They had placed IVs in her arms and small pads all over her skin and pulse points. She flew back in her mind.

Everyone gasped, that fueled her on. Her fear started to fade away; it was slowly being replaced... with her anger. Fang Paw hope that this idea would work, She had never got to release her betrayed feelings from earlier. So she could vent now- better late than never! "You want my energy?" She continued in her rage, "Well, you can have it." After that the memory of her letting loose her energy to save her friends filled her mind, the pain it had caused her, then having the house collapse on top of her.

More fear filled her as her mind continued in its downward spiral. Images and voices flashed though her mind. Phantom's breathing intensified as she looked around and saw that the tech here had been very similar to Black's ... She cried out as the pain of past wounds seemed to burn back into place. She could barely register Kurotsuchi screaming at the top of his lungs and her spiritual pressure fluctuating.

Aristocat's mind almost short-circuited when she remembered Maya's story,"No," she cried starting towards her friend,"No! Fang Paw! Please- There has to be another way!"

Fang Paw shook her head through the pain,"This is the only way," she pulled both her hands do she could make the energy distribution equal. The others gasped and froze as a purple aura outlined Fang Paw, who tensed as she readied herself, she grabbed onto both the hilt of her swords. The aura flared and became a pillar of purple energy as it soared from the young girl, as it did a scream ripped from her.

The Screen that was their timer suddenly shattered and a piece of it buried itself into her chest. Fang Paw laid on the ground, dying the only thing that saved her had been LA and her friend's quick thinking.

Here in reality, as her pressure reached it's peek, everything glass in the room shattered with her scream of fear, and her purple energy shot towards the sky. In a blinding light, Phantom broke free, her wolf form flickering on and it's eyes glowing bright as it howled as it jumped up. Then, she ran away. Phantom loped towards the front door and smashed through it, she was a streak of white as she ran all the way to Squad 4.

Renji had been on his way to pick up Phantom, when of course, Phantom came sprinting out. She hit the wall across from the entrance with a yelp but kept going. Renji blinked in shock before he turned on his heel and ran back to Squad 4. When he entered Phantom's room, no one seemed to be there. The rest of the Seritie was in a panic trying to see what had happen and get the Research team out I the rubble that had rain down on them after the explosion.

Renji was about to go search else-wear, when he heard sniffling. He moved and checked under the bed to find Phantom hiding there in wolf form. She sniffled and whined at him. Renji offered her a friendly smile,"Shh. It's okay. It okay. Come on out."

Phantom was out faster than a speeding bullet,"I'm sorry,"She whined, her furry white head pressing up against his shoulder,"I-I didn't mean to! I'm so sorry!"

Captain Unohana enter shortly after- No one blamed Phantom. The camera caught her falling into blood-lust (As Phantom Identified it as) right after being forced to enter a glass cylinder to test her spiritual pressure.

"It's a defense mechanism," She quietly told Unohana,"It takes years and years of precise training and focus for one of my kind to fully have control over it. Most of the time we have partners who will talk us out of it. But not this time."

Unohana his her horror well,"Will you be alright?"

Phantom was still shaking,"Somethings that I'd rather forget were brought back to me, but, they won't stop me," she looked at her hands,"They'll never do."

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