Madness Bio-Haz

Chapter 14: The Truth about Genesis

Lerioc stood behind Eight and held him down to the seat as Ottis brought the food. She giggled and looked down at him. She felt him tremble under her claws. The food was set down and the roaches tried to move around but was stuck in the food. "Get ready, Eight."

He looked at her pleadingly and she laughed, shaking her head. He sighed and looked at the food with a grimace. She looked at Ray and gave him a questioning looked. He looked around and shrugged. "Ray, hold him while I go and find him. I know he wants to see this." Ray walked over and held Eight down as she ran out of the Mess Hall. She looked both ways and tapped her mask. She made her way to his office to see if he was in there. She screamed as someone grabbed her shoulders. Whirling around she saw ATP and sighed holding her chest. "What are ya doin' here? And why did ya do that?"

"Sorry, and we have a problem. A huge problem."

"What's the prob?"

"There's an Anti here. The one we don't want."

"I'll find it."

"Thing is...it's The Auditor's Anti."

She looked at him with wide eyes. "How'd he get here?"

"He...was in the truck."

She growled and turned back to walk toward his office. There was a scream as she got near his office and looked at the open door that it came from. She growled as there was Audit towering over The Auditor. He grimaced holding his arm, bleeding for the first time. Audit snickered and reached out toward him. She ran in front of them and looked up at him. "No one hurts my boss, Bub!" Audit glared at her and slapped her out of the way. She stood her ground and stayed in front of The Auditor. She glared at him back but snickered rubbing her cheek with her tail. "That's not gonna work. It never will."

"You bitch better get away. I'll kill you if you don't."

He stood straight as his eyes widened. A arm had gone around his neck and gun against temple. ATP glared at him and looked at them. "Is he okay?"

She looked back at The Auditor and he nodded. She took his hand off of the wound and saw it was a stab. She looked at Audit and growled, reaching out and grabbed his hand. There was blood on his finger tips. It was hard to see put it glistened from the outside light in the window. "Ya stabbed him..." She looked at ATP and nodded. He pulled the trigger and Audit fell to the ground motionless. She looked back at The Auditor and held out a claw. He grabbed it and she helped him up. "Thank you..." He looked away and at his stab wound. "Let's get ya to Medz. He'll help ya." He nodded and they walked out leaving ATP standing in the room. He glanced down at Audit's lifeless body and kicked it hard. He then left the room and got out of the building. He looked back feeling paranoid about something.

Medz looked down at the wound and sighed. "It'll heal fine. I'm just worried about what did this. Is he dead?"

"To my knowledge he is. Ya have nothin' to worry about."

Medz looked at her and nodded grabbing a roll of bandages. He wrapped it up and walked out. She sat on the other cot, her back to The Auditor. "Lerioc?"

She looked up and at him. "What?"

He had a look of confusion on his face. "Why did you save me?"

"Because...ya my boss. That's my duty, right?"

He nodded and looked at the wall in front of him, blankly. She sighed and looked at the door, hunched over. She jumped as she felt a hand on her shoulder and felt him sit next to her. "Again...thank you."

"Ya really don't have to thank me. It's the most I could do."

"You saved me from getting possessed. That's the highest type of save in my book."

She looked at him and saw a look in his eyes that she hasn't seen before in him. Gratitude. She looked away and sighed, looking at the floor. "I'm just doin' what I promised to do before I became what I am."

"What's that?"

"To protect people. No matter who it is."

"And I'm on you're list of people?"

"Well...yeah ya are."

He looked at her and then looked away. He was feeling awkward talking to her. "Leri?"

She tensed as he called her that. "Yeah, Boss?"

"What made you become an experiment?"

She looked at him and saw a look of concern in his eyes. She tensed more and cracked her neck with a twitch. "Why are ya askin' me. Boss?"

"I am just wondering. What made you want to become a reptile experiment?"

"I...can't say. It's a painful memory. I still have nightmares most of the time."

"Oh."

He looked away and rubbed the back of his head. She sighed and looked down at her boots. The tips were still blue with the blood from the mission. She wanted to tell him but it was too painful to talk about. She felt his hand on her back and looked at him. "You can tell me."

"What's with ya? Ya actin' all nice all of the sudden."

"You saved me. That deserves more than what you are getting. I want to hear whatever you say. You deserve to be heard."

"No, Boss. I don't. I'm only an outcast, the only one left in my family. I don't deserve anythin'. Except death for what happened."

"What happened, Leri? I'm listening."

"I...I can't tell ya."

"I'm listening. Really I am."

She looked at him tears welling up. "I just can't...the memory's too painful as I said."

She got up and hurried out of the Medical Wing. She leaned against her room door and slammed her palm into it. When it opened she ran inside and sat on her cot, tears streaming down her face and dripping from her mask. "Why does it hurt so much?"

The Auditor sat on the cot and looked at the floor. This was the first time he felt someone else's pain. He looked up and stood. He walked out and made his way to her room. He looked at her door and held out a hand opening it. She looked at him as he came in. He looked at her and saw what she was feeling. She looked down and wiped her mask with a sniff. "What now, Boss?"

"You're in pain. Let me help you."

"It'll be even more painful."

He walked over and sat on her cot. Putting an arm around her he pulled her close. She looked at him questioningly and he put a hand on her head. "I'm here for you, Leri. You saved me and I want to return the favor somehow."

She gulped and looked at him with sad eyes. "As I said...it's too painful."

"Just spill it. I'm listening. Holding tears isn't helping."

She looked at him and uttered a wavering sigh. He rubbed her arm and looked at her, waiting. "I...became an experiment...to save those who are attacked. I was attacked by a species of lizard that wasn't native to Nevada. The Cursed Lizard as everyone called them. Ya probably heard of them. Well...I was attacked and saved by...a guy named Rex."

She looked at him as she heard him gulp.

"He saved me and took me to the Hospital nearby. I was there for three weeks. Durin' that time I made up my mind to find out as much about those lizards. Thing is...it got me and a few in trouble. My grandpa was taken...I fought back but the stab was minor. The guy's eyes didn't register any pain when he looked at me. He just glared and dragged him out, a stab in his shoulder from the pen I stabbed him with."

She saw The Auditor grimaced while holding his shoulder and looked at him questioningly. He shook his head and motioned for her to go on.

"Then the guy did a broadcast on catchin' me. Just because I fought back. I ran into the wasteland not too far from here. The Abandoned Factory's the only thought of survival I had with the one that helped me escape from the mob that was after me. It was on my fourteenth birthday...I found out that I was suppose to be an experimentation...I tried to run but... he shot me with a tranquilizer. I was out for a few years . When I woke up I found I was in a tube. I don't remember anythin' that happened on how I got out. I'm haunted by nightmares of me killin' scientists though...bare claws and tail. I don't know why I hate myself so much. Every day...it's harder for me to live. Always thinkin' how I'm gonna kill. Ya don't know the feelin'."

"You can trust us, Leri. We'll help you through the day."

"I...can't trust anyone these days. It feels like I'm always tryin' to get killed."

"You can trust me and Ray...really."

"I don't know about ya. Ray...has only a little of my trust so far. He deserves it more than he knows. It feels like he's the only one who understands me."

The Auditor looked at her and then looked away. He understood why she couldn't trust anyone. He knew he's the same way.

Ray stood by the door and looked away. He didn't understand what completely happened before this and now knew everything. He gulped and sighed, closing his eyes. "Leri...we are the same...you must know that. But how?" He looked ahead and listened closely.

She looked at The Auditor and shook her head. "I'm only misunderstood. Ya know the feelin'?"

"I know completely. I'm hoping to understand you more though."

She looked at him and tilted her head. "Really? Ya do?"

He nodded and got up. "I have to go. The others are probably wondering what happened that I wasn't at the bet ceremony."

She got up and stamped her foot lightly. "I can't believe I missed it! I'll never see that look on Eight's face."

"Probably next time?"

"There's always a next time, Boss."

He stopped by the door and looked at her with a grin in his eyes. "That's so true." He walked out and looked at Ray. His eyes went wide and cleared his throat with a nod. Ray nodded back and walked into the room. He watched as she laid on her cot. He sat on his and sighed. "You need some company?

"Ya can if ya want...I'm not feelin' good."

"Would you like to...well you know...sit on my..."

"I don't know, Ray."

He looked at her again and saw a look in her eye. He tensed up and stood towering over her. She looked up and her eyes widened as he grabbed her under her arms. "Yo! What do ya think ya doin'?"

He walked over to his cot and sat down sitting her on his lap. "That. Why? You have a problem?"

The tone scared her but she heard a teasing tone in there mixed in with anger. She looked at him and saw a grin. "N-no...I don't." She looked down as his hands crossed over her lap. She gulped and leaned back. He snickered and sighed. "Well, that was fun."

"Not funny, Ray. Scarin' me like that. I thought ya were pissed at me or somethin'."

"Why the hell would I be pissed at you?"

"Someone usually has a reason. Everyone does."

"I can't be pissed at you, Leri. You understand me more than anyone here."

Her head hung as she sighed. He looked at her and thought for a minute. She jumped as she felt his hand on her belly. When he rubbed she closed her eyes half way. She found out that felt better. "Why...are ya rubbin' my belly?"

"Trying to relax you. I can tell it's working."

"Yeah...it is."

"I think he was right when he said that we'll do just fine together."

He looked at her and saw that she had fallen asleep on his lap. He chuckled slightly and laid her on the cot. Turning off the light he tried to sleep himself. "Just sleep, Leri. You need it from what happened this week."

She sat up as an extreme cold chill came over her suddenly. She trembled and looked around. She looked at Ray and reached to rub his shoulder lightly. Getting down from his cot she walked toward the bathroom and stopped at the door. It got colder as she opened the door. She looked around again in the bathroom and walked toward the mirror. She took off her mask and looked her jaw over. "This'll be impossible to fix. Unless there's someone who can do plastic surgery to help me." She hunched over the sink as a sudden coughing fit caught her. She looked down and saw blood in the sink. "Damn...that's bad. Is that...mine?" She sniffed and nodded. "Yep...it's mine alright."

"Do you want to know what else is yours?"

She looked up and whirled around upon seeing Audit behind her. "Ya-"

He grabbed her throat and slammed her against the mirror. It shattered and her blood splattered slightly behind her. He chuckled evilly and took out a knife. Her eyes widened upon seeing it and she struggled to get away. "You are not getting away with that shot, Lerioc. You deserve death. You said so yourself."

She growled and tried to bite him with no luck. He slapped her in the face and her jaw snapped together. He raised an eyebrow to see she wasn't showing that much fear of him. "What...you are not afraid of me?"

She growled and tried to kick him. He looked down and laughed. "Nice try, bitch. It's not going to work." Her eyes followed the blade and they closed as it was plunged into her chest. She roared in pain, but nothing came out. Blood flowed as he continued to stab her. Finally, after several thrusts she was still. The floor was flooded with her blood as he dropped her. He looked back as she laid motionless.

Her eye opened slowly as her tail moved beside her. She started to write something on the floor, hoping that someone will see and know what to do.

That morning Ray woke up and yawned. He looked around to see that she was gone. He got off the cot and walked toward the bathroom out of habit. He opened the door and stopped, eyes wide with horror and disbelief. He backed out and ran down the hall yelling for his boss. Eight stepped out and looked around groggily. Nine stepped from behind him fully awake. "What's wrong with him?"

"I don't like how he's calling."

Ray stopped at the office door and it opened. The Auditor looked up at him and yawned. "What is it? I was asleep for the first time in months."

"It's Leri."

He looked at Ray and Ray saw fear in his eyes. "What happened?"

"She's...dead."

He rushed from the door and pulled at Ray's pant leg. "Let's go! Lead the way!"

They ran to the bathroom and Ray knelt beside her. He looked at The Auditor and trembled. The Auditor gulped and looked around. "How could this happen?"

"I don't know, Boss...I miss her already."

Nine came in and gasped, stepping back. "The hell happened?"

"She was killed last night...around 11 at night by the way it looks."

The Auditor knelt down as something in the blood was seen. Words. "Search and Destroy? Why would she write that?"

"That sounds familiar though. Doesn't it, Boss?"

His eyes widened and he shook his head. "I said that...long ago. About others getting in my way of world domination."

Everyone looked at each other and their eyes widened even wider. "I thought he was dead?!"

"I saw him get shot in the temple! What's happening?"

The Auditor looked at her and shuddered, lowering his head. "No...I can't be freaking out. He's alive. She's dead. But not for long."

"But the machine only works once."

"I got another idea. Call Warden. Rex needs to know and help me."

"Rex? That's an old name, Boss. I haven't heard you call him that in a long time. What's your idea?"

"It's time for some splicing of DNA if you understand what I'm getting at."

"Who's going to do that?"

"Get Hank. He's our only hope right now in doing this. He has the gene that'll help her. Thus...will build the ultimate in Anti Killers. Audit's going to pay for what he's done. And by the CLAWS of his murdered."

They all looked at each other and Nine ran out with Ray behind him. The Auditor looked at her and grabbed her claw, not caring about the blood he's getting on his hand. "Hang in there, Leri. Help is coming."

~~To be continued~~