A/N: Hey ok I know the last one was confusing. this chapter clears things up a i just flat out tell you whats happening in the A/n at the end
Ray was still in shock as he chased after Victory and Show Pony.
"So wait…" He panted as they ran down the halls avoiding the cameras. "How did you get here so fast…where is Helena and Boomer….what the hell is going on?"
Victory leaned against a white wall. Her Draculoid white suit blended in well with the interior of BL/ind. She sighed and turned to face him.
"I hadn't heard from any of you in days!" She whispered sharply. "I left Helena and Boomer with Cherri Cola and Dr. D. They can take care of them. Show Pony and I flew over on a rebel plane under radar. I just knew something was up….I was worried about you guys ok? And for good reason by the looks of it. Where are Gee and the others?"
"Static and I got kidnapped by some SCARECROWS, obviously. We planned on taking down the building from the ground up….but after we lost Frankie…" Ray had to pause regain his composure. "It all went downhill from there…"
Show Pony and Victory's jaws dropped.
"What do you mean…l-lost F-Frank?" Victory stuttered. Ray couldn't find the words. Victory nodded understanding. She held back her emotions.
"That girl you were with…She's a few floors down. I think there's still time to grab her and go." Victory said through the lump in her throat. Show Pony winked at Ray.
"Bout damn time boyo." Show Pony smiled and cocked his gun. Just as the camera waved out of their spot they dove behind another wall and ran for the stairs. Show Pony slid an access card through the slot and the door opened with a click.
"We managed to snag two Dracs on our way over." Show Pony said tossing his mask in the air. They ran down and bolted through the next set of doors.
"I think she's down this way." Victory pointed with her gun. Looking around the corner she saw two Draculoids guarding a door. She nodded to Show Pony who put on his mask. She did the same and took Ray by arms.
"What's the big idea!" He grunted.
"Just follow my lead." She whispered just before clicking on the voice changer.
The two Draculoids snapped to their direction. Victory lead the way while dragging Ray behind her.
"Stat your purpose." One of them said.
"The screen on level eight is broken. I was ordered to take this one into the chamber for a double Hypnos-session." Victory said in the monotone robotic voice.
"Access Card." The other ordered. Victory held up the card clipped to her white coat. The Draculoid scanned it with its eyes. "Proceed."
Victory nodded stiffly then lead Ray into the small room. It was exactly like the one upstairs. Static Pyro sat in the chair facing the screen while black and white shapes moved across the screen. They couldn't see her face but her red hair draped over the back of the chair. There was a strange high pitch coming from the speakers in the side of the chair and the same calming voice from before.
"Take your medication. Better Living Industries is here to help. You want to help Better Living. You want to Live Better."
Ray ran around the side to see her face. Meanwhile Victory ran to the screen and tried to find the way to shut it off.
"Static…Static wake up." Ray waved a hand in front of her face. Her eyes were staring blankly forward without blinking. A few tears streaked her cheeks but she looked completely calm.
"Turn that damn thing off!" Ray ordered. Victory searched the room.
"I don't know how!" She said. The room had no buttons or anything, just white walls and the screen. Finally Show Pony grunted and shot the screen with his gun.
"That works…" Victory said with a shrug.
"Static…Wake up!" He said shaking her a little. "Come one Static! I need you to wake up."
She turned and looked at him.
"Better Living is here to help." She said softly with a strange smile. "Did you take your medication today?"
Ray Victory and Show Pony slumped.
"They got to her!" Victory said placing a hand on the chair.
"Static, snap out of it!" Ray said shaking her a little. She stood up from the chair and inhaled. Her eyes fell on Victory.
"You should not be here." Static said lowering her eyes. "Computation error two nine five! Counter point zero one, one, zero, zero, one, one, one, zero."
Ray put a hand on her shoulder.
"Static snap out of this. Please!" Static Pyro snapped to his hand and gripped it tight making him buckle to the ground. She turned back to Victory with a fierce look in her eyes.
"Ray tell your girlfriend to back off!" Victory warned backing away.
"It's not her! She's hypnotized. It's like the programmed her!" Ray said grasping his hand close to him.
"To kill me on sight?" Victory's back hit the wall. Static Pyro's hands snapped to her sides causing her knuckles to crack. She took fighting stance.
"Commence field testing!" Static Pyro shouted and lunged towards Victory. Victory ducked down and dove to the right. Static slammed hard into the wall and turned. Victory was already on her feet but had already hit another wall. Static threw her fist hard aiming for Victory's head but Victory dodged it with unnatural speed, Static's hand to slammed into the wall causing it to dent and crackle. Static punched three more times only to have Victory dodge the all. Victory pushed Static back and jammed her hard in the stomach causing her to fall back a few feet.
Static swung her leg low trying to sweep Victory's feet out. Victory jumped high cart-wheeled across the room. As Static charged towards her Victory ran to the far wall and ran her feet up the side. She flipped over Static and landed on her feet gracefully. Victory grabbed Static by the hair and slammed her into Ray.
"Wake this bitch up before I have to hurt her!" She screamed jumping back as Static's hands clawed the air. She grunted and groaned as Ray held her down. Static looked up at him with a deadly look in her eyes.
"Interference from subject four!" Static shouted and head butted him causing him to fall back.
"Subject four? What the hell?" Ray had to back up and roll out of the way just as Static threw herself back and swung her foot again. Ray caught it but she grabbed his shirt and rolled over top of him. Being bigger he was able to roll her back over. She head butted him and then was on top punched him hard in the cheek.
"Come on Ray snap her out of it!" Victory shouted.
"HOW!" Ray shouted back rolling Static back over.
"Do something!"
"WHAT?"
"ANYTHING!" Show Pony yelled.
"Find something to snap her brain back!" Victory said balling her hands into fists. Static screamed and kicked him hard in the stomach he rolled back off and she was on top again. He racked his brain until finally he shoved his hand hard into her shoulder pushed her back to the wall and pressed his lips hard into hers.
Victory and Show Pony stood there gaping.
"Well…that works I guess…" Victory shrugged. Static Pyro struggled at first. She clawed and slapped him until finally she went limp and fell to the ground. Ray rushed to her side.
"Aww shit he killed her." Show Pony said slapping his head.
"Static….Static?" Ray whispered. It was quiet for a while.
"Mmmm?" She mumbled weakly. Her eyes blinked open. "R-Ray?"
"Oh thank god." He said hugging her. "W-what happened?"
Victory was surprised at how innocent she sounded now. Static sat up and looked around. The room around them was a tattered mess.
"Did I….?" Static tried to find words. Her hand snapped to Ray's face. "Your bleeding!" She gasped and pulled a napkin from her pocket. She dabbed it and quickly stuck a Band-Aid over the scratch over his eyebrow. Ray smiled and kissed her hand.
"Thank you." He smiled. She blushed a little. Suddenly a red light descended from the ceiling and started flashing as a loud siren sounded.
"And that's our cue!" Victory said opening the door. She fired two shots into the chests of the Draculoids. They dropped to the ground.
"Ok, crazies and gentlemen I do believe our time here is up. If you please, the exits are this way!" Victory waved them along and out the door.
They could hear the footsteps rushing from the right hallway. Victory lead them down the left. She took a sharp turn and ran face first into a body. She jumped back and snapped out her gun just as the attacker did so. Her jaw dropped and her heart stopped. Ray pushed past her.
"Frank…you're…alive?" He said trying to catch his breath. Frank's eyes bulged out. He put down his gun just as Ray bear hugged him.
"You're alive!" Ray said teary eyed. Frank waved his arms and patted at Ray.
"AIR!" Frank gasped. Ray let him go. Frank stepped back and sucked in deeply. Static stepped up behind Ray.
"Turnstile? Skyline?" She said taken back. "I thought you were with Pixy!"
The two children held hands behind Frank. They both ran to Static and hugged her.
"How the hell did you guys make it here!"
"Well you see…" Frank started.
About an hour ago:
Frank and Turnstile leaned closely to the wall of Better Living Industries. Frank quietly snuck behind the Draculoids guarding the door and fired two shots. They fell and He and Turnstile ran inside. Turnstile snatched the access card and slid it into his pocket. The woman at the front desk reached for the security button but Frank already had the gun pointed to her head.
"Press it, you die! Got it!" He shouted. She nodded. "Where are they keeping the little girl?"
"What little girl? I don't know anything about a little girl?" The woman sobbed.
"Her name is Skyline! Where is she? What floor?" Frank cocked his gun. It made electronic sounds as it charged up. The woman grabbed a piece of glass and tapped it. A screen popped up. She clicked in the name. On the other side of the glass Frank could see Skyline's picture pop up.
"The nineteenth floor." The woman said setting the glass down.
"Thank you." Frank said pulling the trigger. Turnstile jumped back. The woman dropped.
"Relax I just stunned her. She'll wake up in a few hours." Frank said when he saw the look on Turnstiles face. Turnstile sighed with relief. Together they ran for the elevator. Turnstile swiped the access card and the doors opened.
Frank hit the button 19 and they started up. Frank looked down at Turnstile who did the same as they listened to awkward elevator music. The doors finally opened and they rushed out ready for action. Except there was no one there. It was just an empty hall with a single door at the end.
"Well this screams planned death." Frank whispered holding his gun up. The door opened up on its own. A horde of Draculoids filled the narrow hall. Frank shot left and right. To his surprise Turnstile had shot down more than he had. Finally Frank had resorted to fist fighting only to find that they were all made of metal. His fist ached where he had punched. He picked up Turnstile and ran into the room. It seemed to be a lab. Skyline lay in a chamber as if asleep. The Draculoids poured in. Frank jumped on a table and drop kicked six. He pulled out his gun and shot each of them in the head. Turnstile was cornered but with a strange quick jump he managed to push off of a shelf and onto the wall where he jumped over them and shot each one in the back. Frank dove under a table and finished off the last few.
"That was epic dude!" Turnstile said with a twirl of his gun. "You're like a little ninja"
They ran over to Skyline. She had several wires and tubes attached to her. Frank carefully took them apart. Finally he got the IV out and she started to wake up.
"Sky?" He whispered. She opened her eyes and looked around.
"Frank?" She asked sleepily. He nodded and wrapped his arms around her. She leaned her head on his shoulder and put her thumb in her mouth getting ready to fall back asleep. "Can we go home now?" she asked rubbing her eyes. He nodded and patted her back.
"Yeah. We're going home." He looked up to see a large screen on the wall with several smaller screens. They looked like security camera feeds. In the one marked "Lobby" he could see several Draculoids searching around. Then on another he saw a familiar puff of hair. He smiled.
"Ray!" He took Turnstiles hand and led him back to the elevator. The hit the right floor and set Skyline on her feet. She rubbed her eyes and blinked. Turnstile grabbed her hand quickly and handed her the Mouskrat. She smiled and cuddled up to it.
"Did they hurt you?" He asked. She shook her head.
"No, they just put me in a van and brought me here. Some lady with short black hair and a weird accent took me to that small room and put a mask over my mouth and nose. It smelled like stale popcorn. I got sleepy and then everything went fuzzy and dark." She said putting her thumb in her mouth again. Frank's hands shook with anger. How could they do this? To children? He remembered the day they found Boomer in a similar chamber. He didn't want to imagine what horrors they had in mind for her, and now he was here again saving another small child from what seemed the same fate. He had to find the others. The doors opened and they rushed out. He made sure they were close behind him as he ran around one of the corners. Without warning he felt something crash into him. He looked up to find a very stunned Victory.
"And that's what happened." Frank sighed. They all stood there trying to process what he was saying so fast.
"Well now that we're all back together. We need to get out. If we go through the lobby—"
"We can't the lobby is full of Dracs." Frank said.
"Damn!" Victory said pulling out her map. She ran her finger over every floor. "Ah ha! There's another exit through the main lab!"
"It's only two flights down. We can take the stairs and—" Victory ducked as a fire was shot just where her head would have been. They all started running for the stairs as four Draculoids rushed down the hall. The door to the stairs closed and Show Pony shot the access card pad causing it to permanently lock. The Draculoids pawed at the door with no success. Frank grabbed Skyline by the hand while she held Turnstiles. The six of them ran fast down the two flights and straight into the largest hall.
"God does everything in this place have to look the same?" Frank asked gasping. "Hall way this and hall way that! God I'd kill to see a lounge or even a freaking bathroom. Seriously don't these people need to piss?"
Skyline and Turnstile giggled.
"I doubt robots pee Frank." Victory said reloading her gun.
"Ok fine. An oil change station!" Frank said tossing up his free hand frustrated. "Let me guess. We make more turns get lost. Find more Draculoids run, find a door. More halls…..This feels like a Scooby Doo re-run where all the background keeps repeating. Seriously would it kill the psycho bitch to hang up a painting every once in a while?" He groaned and slumped his shoulders.
The hall was lined with doors. At the end was a large double door with the words "LAB" across the top.
"Come one Frank. It's not much further." Victory said motioning. As she motioned the door to her right crashed open and a pile of people came tumbling out. A girl with short red and black hair turned and fired a few shots through the door. Victory opened her eyes to see who was on top of her.
"Gerard!" She said breathlessly.
"VICTORY!" he asked a little more surprised. Mikey rolled an angry Tonic Revolt off of him and fired a few shots beside Baby Doll. Tonic got up and slammed the metal door behind him. Baby Doll shot the key pad locking it.
"What the hell are you doing here!" Gerard asked still on top of Victory. She rolled him off and sat up. Ray helped her up. Gerard stood still waiting for an answer.
"You didn't call…." She said with a hint of a smile. "I had to check."
Gerard's cheeks flushed with anger.
"Do you have any idea how dangerous this is! Where is Helena and Boomer? You could have died! You still could die!" He was panting.
"The kids are with Cherri and Dr. D. I can handle myself Gee. Besides I had Show Pony with me." She said pointed a hand to Show Pony. He tilted his head and smiled with squinted eyes (^.^ face) and waved his hand.
"You! You let her just go and you didn't even try to…." He stopped and gazed to the person to Show Pony's left. "Frank….your alive?" He said trying to form words.
"Last time I checked." Frank said with a wink. Gerard stepped forward and pulled Frank in.
"I'm so sorry we lost you!" Gerard said trying to hold back tears. Frank tried to push him back.
"You make it sound like I'm a lost puppy. Ooh do I get a reward for finding me?" Frank said sarcastically. Gerard just rolled his eyes.
"Ok….not to um…ruin the moment but….we are kind of being chased….and the exit is not through hugs and love." Victory said pointing a finger towards the Lab doors. Gerard nodded. They rushed into the lab but were taken back by its size.
"This place is like the size of a super Wal-Mart or something…" Show Pony said with his jaw open. Victory shot a hand out.
"The elevator is there. It'll take you straight to the loading dock. There they have vans. We can hot wire one and it's a straight shot from there!" The eleven of them ran across the open lab trying to avoid several strange machines, vials and wires. They could see the elevator just ahead.
"Not so fast." Dr. Shinu was standing behind them. She had a gun pointed directly at them.
"What the hell do you want?" Victory shouted pointing her gun up a second before the others.
"Tonic, take the kids and the girls." Gerard said taking a step back but not taking his eyes or gun off of Shinu. "We'll meet you down there. Just have the van ready."
"We can't just leave you here!" Tonic said angrily.
"This is a score we have to settle." Victory said with a light smirk. "Show Pony, follow them and make sure they get out ok. That's an order." Show Pony nodded and stepped back with Tonic.
"You're going with them." Gerard stated.
"This…woman, kidnapped me, faked my death, and kidnapped my child….I'm not going anywhere." Victory glared.
"Fair enough. Tonic, roll out." Gerard gave the nod. Tonic reluctantly ushered his team plus Show Pony in the elevator. His eyes lingered as the doors closed.
"Now for the fun stuff." Frank said smirking.
"Put down your weapons." A dark voice emanated from above. They all looked up to see a tall thin man with a white lab coat and coal black eyes.
"If I wanted you dead I wouldn't have turned off the turrets." He said pointing up. They looked to see about fifty or so guns bolted to the tiles.
"If you don't want us dead then why are we being kidnapped and chased!" Gerard demanded.
The man smiled.
"It's all a test…."
"Could you be vaguer?" Victory said putting a hand on her hip.
"Quiet you stupid girl!" Dr. Shinu snapped.
"And what stops us from shooting you?...Both of you?" Mikey asked. The man hit a button. They all jumped back as a large electronic shield separated Victory from the rest of the group.
"VICTORY!" Gerard shouted trying to touch the wall. Instantly his hand was shot back with an unpleasant bolt of electricity.
"Everything you have done till this point has been a test." The man started. "In many ways you have all failed but I still have hope that through hypnosis you can come back to working for Better Living Industries."
"What the hell are you talking about!" Victory shouted. She kept her gun up but felt dizzy. Flashes of images ran through her head.
"I….I know you….You worked for my father! You were…you were his partner!" Victory shouted trying to sort the mashed images in her head.
"Insolent girl! I worked with your father!" The old man was shouting now. "I see your memory wipe is starting to wear off. Yes. I worked with Korse for years, until I told him of my plan to better the community. When the war started people were so depressed….so sad. I found a way to help them. Don't you see? I explained to him that I could cure this depressing world!"
"You're fucking crazy!" Frank shouted.
"I some might have seen it that way, but I was helping people. If they could just be controlled then they would be happy. That's why I faked the bombings."
"You….you killed my father?" Victory spoke slowly.
"I knew he would never go for my plan. I knew I had to teach someone the ways. How to run the company right. That's when I discovered about you. Your father came to me worried that the radiation had changed you like so many others. You were special….you and your little friends." He motioned to Gerard and the others. The next generation of children had an entirely different blood type."
"So what you're trying to tell me is that you killed my father hoping I would run BL/ind for you all because I have a unique blood type?" Victory screamed.
"Not just unique. You all show quality of great leadership, in each of you. It made you stronger mentally. That is why I had to give each of you the serum. I had developed a serum that would develop as you grew older. Have you not noticed you have a few more skills than most people? Are you not stronger, faster, and better than your fellow Killjoys?"
"You drugged us!" Gerard shouted.
"You were all subjects, I'm sorry to say. That is why I never allowed the Draculoids to harm you. After you left BL/ind I knew I could still train you as well as have you gain trust in the rebels. This way I could have you take them down once you are all hypnotized."
"We're people you sick fuck! Not puppets!" Mikey snapped.
"Wait…" Victory paused. "When you had me in the holding cell…when I had Helena…"
"That was so that we could monitor your problem solving skills. I was able to watch over you and the one you call Boomer escape, while I had Dr. Shinu here proceed with the treatment to your daughter."
"Ok…that's where I'm going to stop you." Victory said holding up a hand. "You can drug me, trick me, and memory swipe me all you want. But my Helena is where I draw the line."
"Good you're fired up. It is time for your final test Victory. Dr. Shinu has been given the same serum as you. You both show quality of leadership but I can only keep one of you. The winner will become my apprentice and the loser will die. The rest of you are here to see what you are all capable of." The man said opening a door and then leaving.
"You're kidding me right?" Victory said. Her gun was suddenly sucked to the floor along with Shinu's . "What the hell?"
The tiles of the floor flipped over and rose into the air. Two Samurai swords rested on a holder. Victory and Dr. Shinu each took one.
"So is this how you fire people around here? I've got to tell you a pink slip works just as easy." Victory said lowering hers to her side.
"I will take much pleasure in killing you." Dr. Shinu said unsheathing hers.
A/N: omg longest chapter ever. Sorry sorry sorry. Ok so whats happening is evil bad guy killed Victory's dad and drugged her and the killjoys to make them like super soldiers. Also he is what made BL/ind evil. That back story will be explained in another story. Now Victory and Evil Crazy Bitch have to fight to the death to see who would make a better leader when evil bad guy kicks the bucket. Got it? Please tell me you got it T_T I'm trying hard to make a good story line…please don't be mad because my head has complex ideas
