Chapter 3: Science Experiment
The elevator car was just wide enough so that everyone could fit but it was shoulder to shoulder tight. the one light above them kept flickering as this elevator music became more and more distorted, almost sounding demonic to them. As they felt the elevator car slow down they all prepared for whatever awaited them on the first level, "Get ready." Tsuyu ordered when they finally stopped. The door opened but none of them jumped out. Most of them were mortified at the sight, corpses of other scientist put into piles, Some of the parts and organs had been hung up as decoration as if it was some type of twisted birthday party. Among the slaughtered were multiple people, horrible disfigured with extra eyes, noses and limbs holding a assortment of blunt weapons and sharp weapons like knives and Scalpels. Despite the grotesque appearance of the creatures, they reminded them of June upstairs. They roamed around aimlessly until one of them noticed the team standing there.
It let out a horrifying screech that sounded somewhere like a human mixed with that of a pig. All the monsters looked at them and all started screeching their horrible noise. Not being able to take the sight, Victor started firing causing the monsters to start coming towards them. The rest of the team charged but Mustard and Viktor remained in the elevator firing at everything that moved that wasnt on their team. The monstars had no fighting skills outside of swinging weapons so fighting them was easy. One by one they fell as orange goo splattered all over the room from Toga slashing throats to Diago ripping them apart in his purple form with his bare hands. Tsuyu was the only one not covered in what they assumed was blood. The frog hero wasnt trying to kill them but with her combat skills it was easy to disarm and knockout. Victor had never fired so many rounds from his finger tips, the were starting to feel numb.
Victor and Mustard were so focused on shooting the enemy that they didn't notice the elevator door had been summoned and the elevator was closing until it was too late. The door closed, "What the fuck?" Victor said as he kicked the door. Mustard realized what was going on immediately, "Somebody on the lower levels must have called the elevator." Realizing the immanent danger, Mustard started reloading his pistol, Victor pulled out a box full of 39mm from his belt and poured them into his mouth. Mustard really wanted to use his gas but he knew harming any possible survivors would not look good on him. The two stood their ready for a fight as the elevator slowly made it's way down.
(First level)
Himiko stabbed the last monster that Tsuyu had knocked out so that the room would be officially cleared. Everyone was covered in orange blood except for Tsuyu who had just a light splatter on her legs and feet. Moonfish had injested some more of the orange blood and was puking again, "I don't think Moonfish can go on." Himiko said patting him on the back, "This orange blood has clearly made him ill, it's best if we leave him and focus on our missing sharpshooters." Bearhead remarked pointing at the elevator. Moonfish tried to stand up straight but he was wobbly and his skin was pale, "I can go on." The cannibal acted brave. Tsuyu put her hand on his head, he was burning up, "You're poisoned Moonfish, you need to return to Chomper and wait for the medics to arrive." Moonfish didn't want to leave them but he had no choice to agree.
"Froppy come in." Yuji from Tartarus called in on her earpiece, "This is Froppy. We have made contact with the enemy that look like the June lady from upstairs but horribly deformed. Pretty sure this first level is just a cafeteria and not anything of importance. What level is Mustard and Victor on?" Tsuyu looked over at Sakaki who was eating a sandwich he picked up of a table, "What?" He asked because she was giving him a look like she was disgusted. The rest of the group was also grossed out, "Did you just eat a sandwich that has been unrefridgerated for several days and surrounded by corpses and god knows what these things are." Diago said as he kicked one of the corpses of the monsters. Sakaki looked at the dead monster and shrugged before taking another bite from the sandwich. "They just stopped at level 5, the lowest level in the facility." Yuji informed Tsuyu.
(Fifth Level)
"Are you ready for this?" Mustard asked Victor who shaking in his boots, "No but I don't think it matters." The door opened but Mustard grabbed his arm to stop him from firing any rounds. A lone man stood infront of them covered in both red and orange blood. Behind him was a hallway littered with bullet cases, human and monsters and corpses, and some type of strange bird creature. The man was wearing military grade body armor and was holding documents, "You the rescue team?" The man's voice was extremely parched and his lips were dry and cracked. He had a bloody bandage over his right eye and his left hand was missing a thumb, "What the fuck happened here." The man stepped Inside the elevator car, "I can explain everything once we get the fuck out of here." Suddenly the elevator door closed, the man looked at Victor and asked, "Did you press the button?" Victor shook his head no.
The man started to freak out as the car slowly moved up, "FUCK, FUCK FUCK." He yelled as he beat on the door, "What's wrong." Victor asked but the man started crying in response. He curled up into a ball and slid into a corner, "We don't have the ammunition to kill them all, there's just too many. They're gonna rip us apart and feed us to the raptors." When he said raptors the two villains became confused, "I'm sorry I must have misheard you. Did you just say raptors? Mustard asked. The man didn't look back up at them and mumbled, "Yeah, raptors." Victor and Mustard looked at eachother then back at the man, "As in velociraptor? The dinosuar?" Mustard continued. The man shook his head yes. Victor looked at Mustard and signaled that the man was crazy. Mustard looked up at what number level they were on, it went from two to one. The gas villain picked up the man back to his feet, "Looks like it's your lucky day." The elevator car stopped, the doors opened and there was the rest of team.
Moonfish had passed out and Sakaki was throwing up now. The three got out of the elevator and Tsuyu approached them, "Is he the only survivor?" As soon as the man saw the hero he smiled, "Froppy?" He asked in disbelief at what he was seeing. He got really close to her to the point she could smell him. It was like the one convention all over again, "You're my favorite hero. I'm Rick and I had all the comic books and figures in my office that is now destroyed sadly." He looked around at the rest of the group and seemed disappointed, "Thank you for saving me but we got to get out of here before she realizes the elevator works again." He grabbed her hand and tried to pull her but she pulled away from his grasp, "What are you talking about?" Tsuyu asked as the villains who weren't sick surrounded her, "And who is this she you are referring too?" Bearhead pushed the guy down onto a bench, "Take it easy alright. I got all the answers here in my hand."
He handed her the documents he had been carrying, "It contains everything about June and her cloning project." Victor had kindly went into the kitchen grabbed Rick some water for him to drink when he heard the name June. He patted the injured man on the back as he handed him his water, "Good news then she's dead. Mustard killed her on the surface after she charged at us." Rick chugged down the water nearly biting through the styrofoam. After he was done he gave the cup back to Victor, "That wasn't her unless her blood was actually red. June is a top researcher here studying how to clone living tissue, At first it was skin samples, then on to organs such as hearts and kidneys. I remember they started sending her small animals to test on, I heard it worked but I never saw any of the subjects or their clones for that matter."
Victor got him some more water for Rick to drink, "Thank you. Now It was around that time June starting locking herself in her lab for hours, eventually turning into days. It was more likely to see a ghost then to see June at that point. The other scientists tried to get to come out but she wouldn't. Eventually, me and the other security were told to open up her lab by force. When we broke down those doors those things came pouring out, slaughtering the ones in front but a few of us got to the elevator and down to the level 5 armory. Next thing I know the elevator goes up and comes back filled with them. Over and over again the hordes came. We were fighting for days until the elevator stopped coming. There was only two us, Kentai and me. Kenta killed himself two hours ago.
Everyone couldn't believe what they were hearing, it was like something out of a sci-fi movie. Despite the horrors of what he expierenced, Rick started to giggle. He tried to contain himself but he soon busted out with laughter and a big smile on his face. Tears ran down his cheeks as he tried to calm down, "I'm so sorry. It's just that I didn't think I was going to be saved. thank you all so much." Rick looked around the room at all the corpses. "All these smart minds and yet the simple minded security guard lives. What a world, what a world. Do you think they'll promote me to head of science? Not like he can do anything with his brain all over the floor." He laughed even harder. Himiko walked up to him and bonked him on the head with the butt of her knife. Rick fell to the ground unconscious, "He was going crazy."