Out of the Future

Chapter 11: I Hate Hospitals

"We're all here, great," said Rachel looking around

"So what do we do from here?" asked Logan.

"I--," before Rachel could finish they heard the hospital fire alarms going off.

"What the hell?"

Doctors and Nurses were bustling past "We have to move!"

"Some patients can''t leave their beds"

"Someone find out what's going on"

"Some kid probably pulled the alarm."

"Guys," said Jesse looking up ahead at the door, "we have to move."

"What?" said Max turning to look where Jesse was.

Out the glass doors Max could see what Jesse was talking about. Ames and Ray White along with an entire NSA swat team were making their way towards the hospital, telling people to evacuate the vicinity.

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"This is a hospital," said one of the bystanders, "you can't evacuate an entire hospital people could die!"

"There are a handful of mutants in that hospital so unless you want them to escape," said Ames enjoying the look on the man's face, "I don't think I have to tell you how dangerous they are."

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"This isn't good," said Max following everyone down the hall towards the other end of the hospital.

"They're going to have this place sealed off in a matter of minutes," said Rachel.

"This is a hospital they can't do that can they?"

"They'll take all the patients to Pacific by ambulance, family, or airlift them," said Logan, "I wouldn't think they'd be low enough to clear out an entire hospital though."

"You three have to get out, the rest of us can take them but you all will just get in the way," Alec said to Logan, Asha, and Cindy.

"We'll split up," said Max, "Jesse and I will escort you three out and Rachel and Alec can make a diversion."

"Oh yeah that's fair Rachel and I almost die and we get to make the distraction!"

"You look a lot better now, so move it!"

"Fine, we're going."

Everyone watched Rachel and Alec go back to the front doors, when they turned a corner and were out of sight The rest of the group headed to the back. They were about half way there when they heard footsteps approaching.

"Dammit!"

They tried to hurry into a room but not quickly enough.

"Hey!"

"Oh hey," said Original Cindy shutting the door on the other four, "any of you seen a doctor or know why these alarms be

ringing?"

"Transgenic sighting, this hospital's being quarantined as we speak, come with us we'll take you to Pacific"" said an officer.

"Thanks."

With a quick glance to the door beside her, OC went with the officers only to find herself outside the hospital praying that the others would make it out alive.

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"This sucks why do we have to make the diversion?" complained Alec.

"Because Mom said so."

" 'Because Mom said so' whatever, hey does she lighten up in the future at all?"

"Do you wanna throw things at them?" asked Rachel peering above the counter they were hiding behind. The teams were assembling in the lobby, kicking chairs out of the way to make room for them all

"How many do you think there are?" asked Alec quietly taking the phone off the counter and winding the cord up around it.

"I dunno about 20-25 not counting outside."

"We can take them," said Alec, "Me and Max taught you how to fight……right?"

"Duh, what else are you going to teach me? You grew up military so what do you think?"

"I don't know I just thought Max would want you to be normal."

"With two trangenic parents?" asked Rachel, "not bloody likely."

"So she had no problems about you fighting?"

"Well there was one time it really pissed her off, when I started cage fighting like you did," said Rachel, "it was just the once to hold up the family honour, I was never caught."

"What'd you fight under?" asked Alec quite interested

"Carly Cora."

"Awesome," said Alec smiling.

Rachel grabbed a bin and Alec with his phone, they both stood up and hurled them at the unsuspecting officers, blind shots ran out as Rachel and Alec took off in the opposite direction that Max had went. They heard yelling and footsteps behind them. Some of the officers had stupidly shot each other in confusion. Ames and Ray had stepped outside to talk to hospital officials and were inside in a second when the shots had rang out.

"What the hell happened in here?!" shouted Ames angrily.

"Transgenics sir," said Michelenko, "they surprised us and took off that way." He pointed to the right.

"Take your men and go left, it was a diversion," said Ray.

"But sir-"

"You heard him," said Ames, "move it, we'll take care of those two."

Koiohla came in behind them as the team moved out along the left corridor in the direction that Max had taken.

"I'll go left after 452 and take a separate path," said Ames, "You can go after 494 and 495 with this thing if you'd like."

"Right," said Ray as he and Koiohla left to go after Alec and Rachel.

"Good," said Ames as he headed left.

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"At least she's safe," said Jesse as they ventured out into the deserted hall.

"Yeah," said Max, "one less to worry about."

"They came through the back way," said Logan, "they're probably surrounding the hospital now, it seems like everyone is gone."

"That was sure quick."

"Does this hospital have a sewer we can get down?" asked Jesse.

"I had to get airlifted out of here the last time."

"And from what I've heard, that last time, this place was full of patients, doctors, Familiars, CDC and you had just been shot," said Jesse, "besides I don't think the 'I'm looking for a doctor' excuse is going to work any more."

"Should we be moving or just standing here?" asked Asha, "because if we stand here they're going to find us but if we move it'll at least take them longer to find us."

"Let's go," said Max somewhat annoyed that Asha had suggested it first.

Relax Max it's not like she even knows battle tactics.

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"What's your mission?" asked Ray

"Kill transgenics at all costs, transform if need be, assess every situation and assume every possible outcome of battle, have back-up plan in case primary action fails," said Koiohla, disturbingly life like for the first time.

"Fe'nos-tol," said Ray dropping a small metal chip and crushing it with his foot.

"Fe'nos-tol," said Koiohla, "it feels good to be able to think on my own again."

"Familiar/Transgenic hybrid huh?"

"And I'm loyal to the Conclave, Cerberus is Familiar run and they don't have to keep the majority of us caged up like Manticore had to do to the X-series."

"The sooner we wipe out 495 and her parents the better," said Ray, "I'll take this corridor you take that one." He said as they reached a fork.

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"Okay there's one thing that I don't get," said Alec, "Max said those X38's were damn near indestructible and one of them took a bullet in the head without so much as flinching, but one of them went down with a single bullet wound to the neck."

"Are you sure?" asked Rachel, "Mezsima, she was dead?"

"Last time I glimpsed her she was just lying there so I guess she is."

"You're sure?" asked Rachel urgently.

"Pretty sure," said Alec, "why?"

"Because if she's dead then that means the X38's have a weak spot, the back of their necks where the barcode is supposed to be."

"And this is good?"

"Good? Is this good?" asked Rachel, "Of course it's good! This means they have a weakness and that we now have a fighting chance."

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"We're going in circles," said Asha, "how's that possible?"

"We are not," argued Max.

"Yes we are," said Asha, "we've passed this water stain three times already!"

"We'll if you know which way to go then why don't you lead?"

"I will then!" said Asha.

"Fine!" said Max.

"Fine."

"Could you please stop arguing?" asked Logan, "because it's not helping."

"You're not helping either!" said Asha quite annoyed.

"Can we all just stop," said Jesse.

"No, because I'm right and I say that we're going this way!"

"I know you hate to hear this but you're wrong Max!"

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

"Am not!" said Max in a tone that said this match was over.

"Fine we'll do it your way," said Asha giving up, "Lead the way Queen Bee."

Max was caught off guard by that last remark she knew she heard it somewhere before…….

FLASHBACK

June 6, 2009

"Max are you sure this is the right way?" asked a ten year old Krit.

"Of course I'm sure."

"We've already passed this tree."

"How do you know?"

"Because it's scratched three times in the bark, look right here,"" said Jondy, "We're going in circles."

"But we don't get lost," said Krit.

"Only when we're not under high stress, you need to relax Max."

"I am relaxed!" said Max, "and I say we go this way, Zack put me in charge."

"Fine," said Jondy, "Lead the way Queen Bee."

END FLASHBACK

Max shook the memory out of her head. Not only was it impossible, but stupid and well……impossible! Max followed the corridor that she had been fighting Asha to go down and was trying her best to ignore the blonde.

I'm losing my mind thought Max.

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"We are lost, we are lost, how the hell did we get lost?" sang Alec as he and Rachel moved down an abandoned hallway.

"You wanted to come this way," said Rachel.

"I was following you."

"No, I was following you."

"We are so lost," Alec started up his song again.

"I think I understand why mom hits you so much now."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Nevermind," said Rachel rolling her eyes and walking past Alec.

"Woah, woah stop," said Alec grabbing Rachel's arm, "did you hear that?"

"Here what?" she said looking at her father who had grown quite serious.

'click' 'click' 'click'

"What is that?" asked Alec.

""Sounds like…….high heels?""

The clicking sound got louder as it came closer. The corridor they were looking down went straight before turning sharply to their left. Whatever it was would have to turn the corner first.

"We're unarmed," said Alec, "aren't we?"

"Yes we are," said Rachel grabbing onto Alec's jacket and pulling him backwards.

"Tell me Max or Asha were wearing heels."

"When has Mom ever worn heels?"

"Asha?"

"I doubt it." said Rachel still dragging Alec back.

The steps were close enough, and from around the corner, Koiohla stepped into full view.

"Great," said Alec, "This is just great."

"Run?"

"Good idea."

"I don't think so," came a voice from behind them.

Ray White had come off of another hallway and was pointing his gun at the two surrounded transgenics.

"End of the line," he said and fired.

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"Look at this," said Asha pointing to the water stain they had just passed for the fourth consecutive time.

"How am I going in circles?!?!?!" sceamed Max as she kicked the wall in, "this place is a maze."

"More like a death trap," said Jesse pointing to the swat team that had just come into view.

"There they are!"" houted Michelenko, "Fire!"

Max and Co. took off down the hall just as a tirade of bullets were sent their way. The swat team ran after them shooting at everything that moved. Max and the others continued to run until they got to a room that had staircase written on a sign above the door.

"In here!" yelled Max as she ducked into the stairway, Asha, Jesse, and Logan followed her up and took as many stairs as they could at a time.

"Do we go after them?" asked an officer.

"Get the grenade launcher, we'll blast 'em on the stairs," said Michelenko.

"But sir……"

"Just do it!"

"Yes sir," said the officer.

With the G.L. in place the stairs were shot out in a fiery explosion.

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"Oh shit watch it!" sceamed Jesse pulling Logan out of the stairwell as the explosion shook the building. They had landed far enough away from the stairs on the 3rd floor.

"MAX! ASHA!" called Logan.

"Dammit,"" murmered Jesse as the door to the stairs collapsed and was blocked with a ton of debris, "this is''t good."

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"Ow," said Max sitting up slowly. She remembered being two fights ahead of Jesse and Logan before being shoved roughly through a door, "A..Asha?"

"What?" came a groggy voice ahead of her.

They were both on the ground, slowly getting to their feet.

"What happened?" asked Max, noticing that Asha's left shoulder had been torn up and was bleeding.

"They blew the stairs, uh……4th I think, we're on five," said Asha wincing.

"Where's Jesse and Logan? They weren't……They were two floors behind us……" said Max inspecting her scraped up

knuckles.

"Maybe they're on the 3rd floor or got through the 4th before it exploded."

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"Idiots," muttered White feeling the rumble from the explosion.

With the main stairway knocked out he'd either have to turn the elevators back on, thus giving the transgenics access to the parkade and a chance to escape or he'd have to go the long way to get to the next floor. "I suppose I could always just jump the wreckage too."

White took out his phone and dialed a number.

"Get your team out of the stairwell I can take care of this from here, just block the main exits and the parkade, that is, if you can get to it."

"Sir……"

"Just do it newbie," he said and hung up on Michelenko, "I do not need amateurs messing this up, 452 and 494 won't leave without their daughter."

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"End of the line," Ray said and fire.

The force of impact sent Rachel sprawling backwards. Alec caught her before she hit the ground and she used him to get back on her feet.

"What the……?" started Alec seeing no bullet wound or blood anywhere on Rachel's torso.

"Still catching bullets are we?" asked Ray, "just wanted to make sure the first time I saw you do it wasn't a fluke."

In Rachel's right hand she dug her nails around the broken metal bullet before opening her tightly clenched fist and letting it drop to the ground. Her hand dripping with blood and a pained expression on her face. The footsteps behind them stopped and Koiohla was standing about ten feet from them.

"How……?" started Alec in shock.

"I'll explain later," whispered Rachel.

"If there is a later!" hissed Alec, "can you stand on your own?"

A tug on his jacket was the only response he got before going after Ray, as Rachel charged Koiohla.

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"This is great," said Logan, "just great, Max and Asha are going to kill each other."

Jesse sighed and continued to look for another staircase.

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"How long have we been walking?" asked Max.

"Only a couple minutes," said Asha.

"Feels like forever."

"Tell me about it."

"What about the elevator shaft?" asked Max eying the silver double doors.

"Why not?" said Asha as the two of them went to work on prying them open after hitting the button which wouldn't work.

"Hold on," said Max breaking open the button console and twisting a couple wires.

The metal doors swung open and, looking down, discovered that the elevator was stuck on the 2nd floor. Their only option was to ride the cables down.

"Going down?" asked Asha.

"I hope you have good grip," said Max as the two of them jumped onto the cables.

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Rachel had grabbed onto Koiohla's shoulders and flipped over her, before kicking her in the head. The X38 swung her arm back connecting it to Rachel's face who was then slammed into the wall. Claws came down slicing up the wall barely giving the young X10 a chance to get out of the way. They were soon locked in a series of kicks and punches.

Ray's gun had been knocked clear by Alec's heightened speed and accuracy. A quick blow to the gut and face sent Ray to the ground, rolling over his shoulder he was back up before Alec's foot came down on his head.

Koiohla had grabbed Rachel''s foot and sent her flying into a wall and then grabbed her neck and threw her right through the opposite side. Rachel and Koiohla were know fighting inside the hospital's kitchen, while Ray and Alec were still out in the

hall.

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"Okay so this is the second floor?" asked Max.

"Uh huh," said Asha helping Max pull the doors apart, they had landed on the top of the elevator and were now inside it via the overhead emergency latch, "Kay we got it."

Max and Asha pried the doors apart and were now standing on the second floor.

"And I thought I'd have to go up a few more flights to find you," said White standing directly right in front of them.

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A/N: I thought I'd write a nice long chapter for you, the next one will probably be just as big too with all the fight scenes. Enjoy. REVIEW!

AN2: Repost cause the chapters got screwed.