Logan collapsed in front of No. 9 as he withdrew the sword.
Regardless of the saber in his arm he started laughing psychotically.
"Bastard!" Jerome booming voice came. He fired two shots from his shotgun, connecting with Nines torso. Nine removed the saber and flung it at Jerome. In reaction, Jerome blocked it with his gun, thus knocking it out of his hands. No. 9 charged. Jerome picked up Logan's dropped sword and blocked Nines. They remained there, frozen. Power vs. power, they held each other's position.
Aya was on the floor, holding Logan's limp corpse. His blood was draining onto her white shirt. A tear rolled down her cheek, stopped, and then dropped into Logan's hair.
A concussion wave blasted through the area. Nine ignited on fire, followed by Jerome. Nine raced into the stairwell. Jerome dropped the sword and ran the opposite way. Soon an explosion sounded. The fire had reached Jerome's ammo bag.
Aya was dizzy. She started shaking, or she thought she did. Logan started seizing. Aya froze. Logan, in a trans-like state, got up and stood there. He was suddenly covered in a blue mist. He collapsed back to the floor. Aya crawled over to him. She put her ear to his chest. It was beating.
Logan eyes started blinking rapidly. Aya hugged him. "Well I like you too," Logan said. Aya noticed something peculiar. She lifted up his shirt (what was left of it) and saw no wound and no burns. "Aya, this is hardly the time," Logan said sarcastically. She glared at him.
"Have you ever done that before?" Aya asked.
"What?"
"Logan, you revived yourself from the dead."
"Usually it's referred to as getting knocked out."
"Then what happened to your burns?" Logan didn't answer. The shotgun lying on the ground caught his eye. He picked this up, the sword, and the saber.
"This is Jerome's, where is he?" Logan asked while examining the gun.
Aya sighed. "Everyone in the area ignited on fired when my powers transferred to you."
"What do you mean "my powers were transferred to you" Aya."
"I think you have mitochondria powers. I forced your mitochondria to evolve."
"So, about the igniting. Couldn't he extinguish it?"
"Not before it reached his bag."
"So, he's dead," Logan, said gloomily.
"Don't get your hopes up," Jerome came in the hall with Jodie in his arms. She had been burnt and was knocked out. "She said she went blind before she passed out," Jerome said noticing Aya staring at Jodie. "We can leave. I found a radio on a corpse. He gave orders to withdraw. There's no more threat."
"I have to get Eve," Aya pronounced. "No. 9 said they were after her."
Aya told Rupert where they were going. He decided to come along. They went into the parking garage. After the left Jodie with a medic, Jerome tossed Logan the keys to his car. Logan was very pleased. Aya saw the viper and started questioning Logan on how he could afford it. Rupert didn't want to hear them argue so he hopped into Jerome's truck.
They showed up at Aya's apartment building. They immediately saw a few dead bodies of the tenants. They had all been mauled. The hall was filled with giant rats and mutated snakes. They weren't much of a challenge to defeat them but they were dangerous none-the-less. They got to Aya's apartment. They entered cautiously.
Every room was a mess. Furniture, paper, and everything else were all over the place. The place was deserted. Eve was nowhere to be found.
"Bastard!" Jerome booming voice came. He fired two shots from his shotgun, connecting with Nines torso. Nine removed the saber and flung it at Jerome. In reaction, Jerome blocked it with his gun, thus knocking it out of his hands. No. 9 charged. Jerome picked up Logan's dropped sword and blocked Nines. They remained there, frozen. Power vs. power, they held each other's position.
Aya was on the floor, holding Logan's limp corpse. His blood was draining onto her white shirt. A tear rolled down her cheek, stopped, and then dropped into Logan's hair.
A concussion wave blasted through the area. Nine ignited on fire, followed by Jerome. Nine raced into the stairwell. Jerome dropped the sword and ran the opposite way. Soon an explosion sounded. The fire had reached Jerome's ammo bag.
Aya was dizzy. She started shaking, or she thought she did. Logan started seizing. Aya froze. Logan, in a trans-like state, got up and stood there. He was suddenly covered in a blue mist. He collapsed back to the floor. Aya crawled over to him. She put her ear to his chest. It was beating.
Logan eyes started blinking rapidly. Aya hugged him. "Well I like you too," Logan said. Aya noticed something peculiar. She lifted up his shirt (what was left of it) and saw no wound and no burns. "Aya, this is hardly the time," Logan said sarcastically. She glared at him.
"Have you ever done that before?" Aya asked.
"What?"
"Logan, you revived yourself from the dead."
"Usually it's referred to as getting knocked out."
"Then what happened to your burns?" Logan didn't answer. The shotgun lying on the ground caught his eye. He picked this up, the sword, and the saber.
"This is Jerome's, where is he?" Logan asked while examining the gun.
Aya sighed. "Everyone in the area ignited on fired when my powers transferred to you."
"What do you mean "my powers were transferred to you" Aya."
"I think you have mitochondria powers. I forced your mitochondria to evolve."
"So, about the igniting. Couldn't he extinguish it?"
"Not before it reached his bag."
"So, he's dead," Logan, said gloomily.
"Don't get your hopes up," Jerome came in the hall with Jodie in his arms. She had been burnt and was knocked out. "She said she went blind before she passed out," Jerome said noticing Aya staring at Jodie. "We can leave. I found a radio on a corpse. He gave orders to withdraw. There's no more threat."
"I have to get Eve," Aya pronounced. "No. 9 said they were after her."
Aya told Rupert where they were going. He decided to come along. They went into the parking garage. After the left Jodie with a medic, Jerome tossed Logan the keys to his car. Logan was very pleased. Aya saw the viper and started questioning Logan on how he could afford it. Rupert didn't want to hear them argue so he hopped into Jerome's truck.
They showed up at Aya's apartment building. They immediately saw a few dead bodies of the tenants. They had all been mauled. The hall was filled with giant rats and mutated snakes. They weren't much of a challenge to defeat them but they were dangerous none-the-less. They got to Aya's apartment. They entered cautiously.
Every room was a mess. Furniture, paper, and everything else were all over the place. The place was deserted. Eve was nowhere to be found.