Hi there! Couple more chapters and this story is done. Speaking of stories, if you feel like reading a Vampire story, feel free to read my new story that I just published not long ago. You guys know the drill, please leave a review after reading. Thanks.

Zazie's POV

"I don't like you but I see that you actually have potential. I never expected that she'd fall for someone like you but if she sees something in you that I don't then I guess there's something special about you. Here's the plan for the rescue. I regret to inform you though that only Gambit can accompany you. All of us want to go but there are so many things to consider if we want to make it out of Amberground alive."

She told me to stay by Nathalia's side and to take care of her. She told me so many things about the lab and how to avoid getting caught. I didn't really know what to do with most of the information but she told me it would be handy and that I might actually use it during the rescue.

It was late when dinner was finished and I was exhausted. Thief had volunteered to bring me to my room for the night but before leaving she removed her necklace and told me to give it to Nathalia, before I could ask her why she left the room with tears streaming down her cheeks.

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I couldn't sleep and it was already early morning. I checked around the house and I noticed most of the things missing. Could it be? Did they leave?

I ran around the house to look for any signs of them but I only found Gambit in the library. He told me to prepare for the rescue. I kept asking where the others were but he just remained quiet and soon I gave up on finding out. He threw some clothes at me and a gun, an actual loaded gun. He seemed to see through my reaction and just told me to keep it and use it for emergencies.

"Trust me, you'll need it." He said.

I quickly changed into what he gave a pair of pants, a black tunic, a belt and a hooded cloak. I only prepared for minutes but the nervousness made it feel like hours. When it seems like forever has passed, Gambit calls me and we travel to a river in Yodaka.

"What will we do when we get there?" I asked him.

"We enter without getting caught and from there, anything goes. Some tips were useful but we don't have a definite idea on what the interior looks like now." I just nodded as we got off and started to climb a wall. It took a long time because we were trying our best to keep quiet.

We neared the point of entrance and my heart started to beat wildly. My heart was the only thing I could hear as we got in. We checked around but no one seems to have noticed us. We kept walking but Gambit keeps throwing glances at the hallways around us.

"It's not right…" he whispered.

We heard some footsteps before I could reply. Both of us ran into the nearest unlocked room. We shut it quickly and sat down on the cold floor while we let our eyes adjust to the darkness.

"Hush…." Immediately after hearing that I heard Gambit shift and saw a faint movement of his hand. I heard the sound of metal against metal and someone suddenly turned on the lights. I was blinded for a second but when I opened my eyes I had to keep myself from helping Gambit.

He was on the ground and someone was stepping on his head. Both of us were surrounded by men clad in white and gray clothing. One of them hit my head with a gun and I fell down on the floor.

A man walked towards us and I dared to sneak a glance. He looked like a mad person, even crazier looking than Thunderland. His white hair was so messy I would think that he was in some sort of storm, then his coat was wrinkled but most of all… there was a wild look in his eyes, like if he wanted to shoot someone, even if it's his friend, he'd do it for the hell of it.

"Oh well, will you look at that… Gambit… nice to see you lad. Still wearing that mask I see… You smell like alcohol as usual… well, can't be helped… I did modify you to have an obsession over it… your liver is holding up… doesn't matter, you'll die here anyway. What is this? A new friend?" He walked over to where I was and inspected me closely.

"Nice catch here… I could still use him… body parts could be transferred to some experiments or I could add animal hearts to him…maybe even objects…yes… I've been saving some things that I could use…"

He kept rambling on what he will do and I can't help but imagine the possible "what if". I kept my best emotionless look but I know that they can see that I'm nearly breaking. A woman entered the room with a small emotionless child.

"Doctor… she's awake now." The woman said and the man just nodded and muttered something about sedatives.

She was about to leave when the child mouthed some words.

"Smelled you from afar."

The woman and the child left and the guards started dragging us through the long halls. I tried to look into other rooms but the only people I found were chained to the walls and lying down on their beds. We reached another part of the building that almost seemed like an asylum. The doors and some parts of the wall were made of glass and the farther we got the more insane the people looked.

The guards threw us in a cell. They took some chains connected to the wall and attached it to our ankles. They were about to close the door when Gambit stood up to grab them. I could tell that he was aiming to strangle their necks but the chain held him back. Gambit began yelling some words that I could only describe as a colorful language. He slumped down and the guards laughed at him and proceeded to close the cell. It was then that we noticed the person in the opposite cell.

Her head was down and she was wearing a straight full body straight jacket that covered almost every inch of her body with buckles and zips. Her head was raised by only a little but I could tell that she was wearing a muzzle mask. She was fastened to the wall….her entire body was. It was as if she was in a cocoon.

Nathalia.

Gambit breathed out and muttered "Fuck." And I agreed.