Complications

Eleanor had her Double Barreled Shotgun raised, mounted to her right arm by a series of belts and straps. She got the idea while she witnessed one of the Big Sisters fire a harpoon into the darkness, trying to flush out the raptors hiding in the shadows. Eleanor had completely forgotten about the miniature Harpoon Gun strapped to her right arm. A couple of moments later it dawned upon her that instead of holding her weapons in her left hand, she could modify them to work as arm mounted weapons and attach them to her right arm. Modifying her shotgun was easy enough, the whole process only took her about thirty seconds to complete.

'I'm surprised that the Raptors haven't attacked yet.'

The Big Sisters that the group had once thought of as enemies now stared into the darkness of the mall's lower levels with their ADAM Needles raised and poised to strike. The team of Marines all had their weapons locked and loaded, even the blond haired Veronica Dare who had just been out cold a couple of minutes ago, was now on her feet with a military grade Pump Action Shotgun raised. With a single glance, Eleanor memorized all of the young woman's features.

The girl had golden blond hair that was tied back in a ponytail and her cerulean colored eyes were alive and buzzing with energy as she searched the room for her invisible foes. The young woman's slightly tanned face was littered with freckles and a shallow scar was going down the left side of her face. She wore the Marine's standard body armor with grenades and other such explosives attached to her person as well as a grenade belt strapped to her waist, she even had a Rocket Launcher strapped to her back! Eleanor was hoping, no, she was praying that-

"So, when do I get to blow shit up?" Dare asked with a more than hostile smirk plastered to her face, she had slight accent that was barely noticeable.

Eleanor sighed and rolled her eyes.

"Pyromaniac, I knew it." Eleanor whispered to herself, Dare must have heard her because she sent a glare her way. Eleanor was half expecting the girl to start a fight but she realized that the woman was no fool, they were trapped in a room filled to the brim with not only hostile Raptors but with Big Sisters that might turn hostile on them at any second as well.

No, the fighting among allies could wait. Johnny spoke up, as if sensing the tension between the two.

"I spotted an exit a couple of yards away from here, it leads out of this mall and into the city. We can't waste our resources fighting all of these enemies. Follow my lead, we're getting the hell out of here."

The group, and surprisingly the Big Sisters as well, nodded their heads in agreement.

"Alright," Regina spoke out, "Let's go."

Velociraptors sped from the shadows that had hid them so well and lashed out at the group. Eleanor noticed that these Raptors were of the same variant that she and Johnny had run into when they were trying to escape the basement of one of these city's twisted buildings. Their skin was an inky black, their eyes glowed with a hellish red light, and their teeth and claws were serrated blades.

One of the raptors made a bee line towards Veronica but she quickly dropped it with a blast of buck from her shotgun. The creature fell to the ground in a bloody heap, half of it's face was blown completely off. The group pushed their way towards the exit, killing any raptor foolish enough to attack them though it wasn't easy, even the Big Sisters were having trouble keeping up with the Raptors' speed. Johnny kicked down the door that lead out of the decrepit mall, the rays of the bright rays of the sun instantly flooded the room. The Raptors hissed in pain as their sensitive eyes were assaulted by the rays of the sun and they quickly darted back into the dark confines of their home. The group heaved a sigh of relief, even the Big Sisters seemed to calm.

Eleanor let a small grin spread across her face, it was a small victory but it was a victory non the less.

"Master that was a close one, wasn't it?"

The blond haired Sister from before asked as she put Eleanor in a hug…a hug that seemed to intimate for comfort. Eleanor's cheeks flushed scarlet and her sapphire orbs quickly darted towards the others, eyebrows were raised and Eleanor could clearly see the large smirk plastered onto Regina's face. Eleanor squirmed out of the Sister's grip.

"Would you please stop doing that? It's really making me uncomfortable…uh…what's your name anyway?" Eleanor asked, trying to change the subject. The Sister tilted her head to the side, her blond hair framing her glowing right eye.

"I don't have a name."

Eleanor had totally forgotten that your name was completely erased from your mind when one was turned into a Little Sister.

"Well…how about…Elizabeth? Liz for short." The blond haired girl's face lit up in a beaming smile.

"I like it!"

She loudly proclaimed. Eleanor just shook her head and sighed, she could feel Johnny's curious gaze on her. She knew that there was going to be a lot of explaining to do.

"Um…guys, look." Dare said dumbly. She was staring into the sky with a look of disbelief plastered onto her face. Eleanor frowned.

'I hope to the lord that it's not a Pterodactyl that she's staring at.'

Eleanor looked up in the sky, her eyes widened and her jaw dropped. She rubbed her eyes and did a double take. She wasn't hallucinating, there were actually buildings floating in the sky.

"…What the fuck?" Miles blinked and rubbed his head. "Did someone slip something into my drink?"

The buildings were suspended in the air by a series of air balloon like propulsion systems. It was unlike anything she has ever seen, some of Metropolis's city districts were actually floating in the sky!

The group stared at the sight with wonderment and awe, this was like something out of a fairy tale.

Then all of a sudden the ground shook and a scream of prehistoric fury roared through the air, causing some of the group members to clutch their ears in pain. A huge reptilian beast plowed through the streets and came to a stop a block away from them. Eleanor narrowed her eyes at the familiar sail like structure that adorned the creature's back, the Dinosaur seemed to have a nasty looking scar on the left of it's face as well that all but confirming Eleanor's suspicions.

"Well what do you know? It's old Scar Face." Johnny said mockingly. The creature was presently gulping down what seemed to be…a human.

After the forty-seven foot long monstrosity swallowed it's meal and turned towards the team and…did nothing but stare at them. The air was thick with tension as the team for all intents and purposes store Death in the face. After about thirty seconds another earth shattering roar echoed through the air, causing the Spinosaurus to growl in anger and head towards whatever direction the roar emanated from, which happened to be away from the team much to their relief.

Eleanor gave out a heavy sigh and wiped the bead of sweat that was forming on her brow.

"That was to close for comfort."

Eleanor thought.

"Yeah…just like how that Big Sister got to close for comfort…."

Eleanor's breath hitched in her throat and her sapphire gaze met with Johnny's yellow helmet visor. Eleanor gulped.

"Johnny, I have no idea what you are talking about-"

"Don't try to trick me, Eleanor. The girl was practically trying to rape you!…Sorry for being so blunt, it is what it is."

Eleanor gave Johnny a frustrated look.

"Johnny, the girl thinks that I'm her master. I can't just send her away, who knows what she will do! I don't want that on my conscious."

Johnny held Eleanor's right hand gently in his.

"Sorry, I just…don't like anyone touching you like that. Is there anyway you could make her stop?"

Eleanor took a glance at the blond haired Sister, the young woman noticed her gaze and waved at her cheerfully.

"Probably not, I could try though. We need to make a quick stop and refuel our supplies anyway. The Sisters, along with any Big Daddies we may encounter, will probably follow us. This is probably a good thing, we need the help."