Madness Bio-Haz

Chapter 11: The Nightmare Mission Part 2

Lerioc sat on the rock as ATP looked over the map again. Brad was behind her snoring slightly. "Are we lost?"

"No."

"Then how come we haven't found the base yet?"

He shrugged and laid the map next to her to get a closer look. She looked down and realized something. With a chuckle she slid off the rock and pointed to the base's destination. "We've been goin' the wrong way…by how this looks. What's this?" She found two bases on the map and tilted her head with a small hiss. Lucius looked at her with a worried look. "Why the hissy fit, Leri?"

"There's two bases…and this ain't good for us. If we pick the wrong base we'll either kick the bucket right there or run with our tails between our legs, mentally and or physically."

ATP looked at her and cocked an eyebrow at her as she studied the map closer. She hissed softly as she traced a claw down the map and shook her head. "This ain't good at all."

"And you're a map expert?"

"I had to study maps when I was lookin' for certain reptiles, so yeah, I had to be."

"Reptilian expert?"

"Well…kinda."

"Wildlife expert?"

"Are ya makin' fun of me?"

"No."

She walked away and stopped a short distance from the team. She glanced around with a sigh and found a hole in the ground . "Anyone hungry?" They all looked at each other and Eight gulped. Nine yelled that he was and she ran toward the hole and looked in. A pair of eyes looked back at her. There was a hiss and a pair of fangs came at her fast. She leaned back and grabbed the creature's neck. It was a mix of a lizard and a snake. Lucius laughed and cheered as she killed it with a flick of her wrist. She walked toward the group with it and stopped as there was multiple hisses behind her. She gulped and looked back to see more than a dozen behind her. She growled and stuffed the dead one in her pocket. Her claws clicked as she readied for their attack.

They all jumped at and on her. She tore them off and broke their necks on the spot. One bit her on the neck and she grabbed it with a yelp. It died in her claw instantly. Three bit through her boots and she crushed their heads after they had let go. She stood there after killing them and panted slightly. She bent over picking them up and bringing them to the group. "Well, looks like we got ourselves some eats." Lucius made a face and shook his head as Nine burst out laughing.

It was 2 P.M. as they started to move again. Lerioc's tail wagged slightly as she looked around. She looked behind her to see the sky darkening. "Yo guys, I think we're in for some rain." ATP looked back and nodded in agreement. "We should find some shelter." Lucius pointed ahead and yelled. They turned back around to see that the base was very close. "Come on, guys. Let's get in there before it starts to pour." They ran up and the door opened automatically making her stop as the others ran in. She was feeling something about that door. It was like they knew her and the others were coming. There was a loud crash behind her as the thunder sounded. She jumped with a yelp and ran inside making everyone laugh. "Not funny, peoples." She grumbled as she walked ahead of them to have a closer look at the room they were in. It looked like a small waiting room. Lucius came up beside her and sniffed the air. "It's clean here…too clean."

"Ya just not used to it."

"You saw how my place was."

"Not as clean as this."

He walked away with a growl. He stopped in the middle of his wander and sneezed. He rubbed his nose and shook his head. "I must be popular." She tugged hard on his tail making him yelp as she walked past him. "Ya ain't that popular."

"Says you."

She rolled her eyes as she walked up to the next door and touched it. It opened suddenly making her jump back. ATP started to laugh and shake his head while he entered the next room. "Jumpy, aren't you?" She growled and followed after him with the others behind her. They walked down the hallway as she started to make mental notes. She stopped at a metal case and opened the door. There were two Uzis and some ammunition magazines. She looked to see that they were full and grabbed them while watching the others continue walking. She equipped the Uzis and chuckled. "Might as well. Who knows what'll happen here?" She started to run to catch up with the others.

Five minutes later Leric walked by the case and stopped during mid-walk. She stepped back and saw that the guns were gone. "No…they can't be…where's my Uzis?" She whirled around and sniffed the air. There was a growl as she caught the scent. "That bitch…stole…my UZIS!" She ran the way the intruders went while reaching up to her ear. "My lord, we have intruders in the base! Send for backup!"

Lerioc sighed as they continued to walk down the hallway. "It's been ten minutes now…"

"I know…I'm trying to find the right door."

"There's no doors down this…"

She stopped as there was a door in front of them. He turned around with a mocking questioning glance and touched to door opening it on the spot. She glared at him and followed him through. She looked around to see only a table and a chair in the corner. "Well…that's a borin' discovery." The two doors on the sides of the room opened as two purple masked agents came in. Nine gawked at one of them realizing that they were Anti ATP Agents. He growled and took out a plasma grenade. She looked at him with a surprised look. "Where'd ya get those?"

"Bought them not too long ago. They actually work too."

He threw it at the far end and it stuck to the Agent's head. "Fire in the hole, guys!" They ducked as it went off suddenly. "The hell?" ATP looked at Nine surprised making him laugh. "What? I don't like wannabes." She shook her head and took out her katana and machete with a small chuckle. "The contest's still on, Eight." She ran as the agents started to enter the room in groups. She slashed at the nearest, splattering herself. She grimaced and stabbed the next one, and still splattered herself. "Damn it, I wanna keep clean!" One behind her fell to the ground headless as Eight's Frisbee whizzed by. "That's why I use these." He taunted as he caught the Frisbee, which came back to him. She stood there unable to believe that there was actually a boomerang Frisbee out. She glared as she sidestepped a 1337 sword and spun around slicing into the attacking agent's body. She tore it out and punched it, getting it away. She didn't care anymore about the blood and started to slash harder. She turned around as there were gun shots. ATP had his own little group to kill. She plunged the katana into an Anti 1337 Agent that was coming at her with a bat without looking behind her as she watched him.

He put one in a headlock and shot twice in its head, then dropped it. He ducked a katana and shot the attacker under the chin, making her nod in approval. He looked down at his guns and sighed as they ran out of ammunition and started to beat the Anti with them. She laughed and turned around to stab one attacker in the face. It fell to the ground as more came. "They're just endless, ain't they?" She yelled as two swung an axe at her. She ducked and they struck each other, falling down with the axes in their skulls. "Morons…" She realized something and sniffed. Through the smell of blood she could smell that something wasn't right. She turned to the door that they had come through and saw that it wasn't there anymore. She shook her head and gulped. "Boss, we've been tricked!" She sliced one in the face as ATP looked at her with a surprised look as he picked up a Desert Eagle and started to shoot. "How do you know?"

"The door's gone."

He looked back to see that it was. He picked up another as the Desert Eagle emptied and started to sweat a little. "You have any ideas?"

"Ya askin' me?"

"Hell yeah I am!"

"I say…we go through one of the doors that the Anti are comin' through.""Isn't that…a little reckless?"

"It's better than dyin' here ain't it?"

He nodded and looked at the others who nodded in agreement. She looked at Nine and nodded as he took out another grenade. He pulled the pin and threw it to the closest door. It went off and they ran into the door and into another room. She looked back and sighed. She cracked her neck and knuckles after she put up her swords. "That wasn't so bad…" ATP scoffed and then sighed with relief that they got out of the room. "I ran out of ammo…that hasn't happened to me before."

"Even the prepared go empty on stuff, Boss."

"If you're trying to cheer me up, it's not working."

"I'm just sayin'."

She looked around and tapped her foot. She gulped and rubbed her arm while shaking her head. Lucius crossed his arms and looked at her. "What?"

"Somethin's not right here. We were ambushed…somehow they knew…but how?"

Brad looked at her and pointed at the Uzis. "It could be your guns. They weren't yours anyway."

They all looked at her with a shocked expression. Lucius grabbed her shirt and threw her against the wall as he growled in her face. "You opened that case, didn't you?"

"I was curious."

"Then you took them?"

"Yeah…I needed more than a couple swords for this mission…as I soon realized it."

"You almost got us killed!"

She looked down at the ground, her tail between her legs. He dropped her and walked away, curling and uncurling his fists. Brad walked over to her and put a hand on her shoulder. She shook him off and ran out the other door leaving the others behind as ATP called after her to come back. She ran outside and away from the base. Ten feet later she fell to her knees and pound the ground, the Uzis still on her person. She let out a roar and pounded harder, cracking the ground. There was a loud crack as thunder sounded and it started to rain. "Why…what did I…what happened to me? I'm not doin' good at all. I almost killed them…kill me…I'm better off dead."

"Kill ya? It'll be my pleasure, me!"

She cringed as there was a click. She looked up to see Leric pointing an AK-47 at her again. Its jaw glistened in the light from the base. "Welly well, well…looks like ya made a mess, me. I gotta clean it all up, too."

She just looked at her Anti and growled. She screamed as there was a sudden pain in her feet and legs. Leric stepped back and shook her head. "That's not possible…ya ain't one of us!"

The others finally caught up with her. Lucius and Brad gasped upon seeing her. They could hear the insanely constant cracking of bone and cartilage as her legs started to change shape. Lucius shook his head unable to process what's happening. Nine looked up at him and back at her. "What's happening to Leri?"

"She's changin', Nine. To somethin' I don't understand...how without dyin'."

Her legs were now double jointed and looked like a dog's. She stood up and let out a painful roar as her tail grew two feet longer. Her eyes were blazing red as she shuddered at the constant changing of her body. Her claws, both fingers and toes got longer and sharper as so did her upper two canines. Her mask fell to the ground as she stumbled forward. Lucius stared at her and gulped while blushing slightly. Brad looked up at him and gave him a weird look. Lucius looked down at him and sighed. "She's...hot like that." Brad made a face and shook his head unable to understand Lucius at all. They all jumped as she roared really loud. A roar that wasn't possible for someone that was two thirds reptile and a third human. Lucius gulped harder. "Raptors or Komodo Dragons do not roar...how's that possible?"

She crouched down and snapped at Leric. It jumped back with a yelp. "That's impossible! Ya ain't an Anti!"

"I guess I am now. I'm no longer me. The chaos of this place has changed me...and the blood...of the fallen...has touched my wounds...thus forever changin' me...now...YA MINE!"

She jumped at Leric with another roar.