Gunsmith Slayers

Chapter 4

What...what in the hell is going on here?!?

Here is the next chapter in the Gunsmith Slayers saga. I thought I would have a title true to the slayers series style of titles for this chapter. Hope you enjoy

"Hm...Well isn't this an interesting picture," Lina heard as she began to slip back into consciousness. She opened her eyes to see a room with four figures standing near a tube in the center.

"What do you mean," asked a different voice, "We go through this process about every month. What is so different now?"

"Oh...Just that our boss is at his weakest potential, there are hardly any people here to guard him, and she is right there," an aqua haired man pointed at the red head that was in the room.

"She is tied down and won't get away," spoke another man with a darker blue colored hair and a mustache.

"Besides the process is almost done," said a slightly pudgy man in a white lab coat.

"I still don't like that our enemy is right...Oh look, she has finally awakened," said the aqua hair man as he walked towards her with a smile on his face, his golden eyes shinning in the dim room.

Lina recognized him immediately, "Valgaav," she gasped as he stopped in front of her.

Valgaav smirked at replied, "So I see I have made a bit of a name for myself. No matter, I suspect that when the boss is done with you that I will have one less fan."

"Please enough of your smug dramatics," replied the man with the mustache that Lina identified as Zolf in the back of her mind.

"Ok you guys enough," said an elder man that was mostly bald with a white beard, "Its almost time for the Chimera to awake so stop with the bickering."

'Rodimus,' Lina mentally logged as she turned her attention to the tube. She soon noted that it was a bacta tank that was used to heal injuries quickly. She soon saw the occupant of the tank and gasped slightly. There floating in the tube was the chimera, devoid of clothing except for what looked to be a speedo, and a healing wound in his lower abdomen. 'That must of been from my magnum,' Lina mused as she looked at the chimera. 'But what else does this serve? They said they do this monthly but why,' Lina mused as she looked at him.

What was left of the wound finished healing and the chimera's eyes opened. But instead of the sapphire eyes Lina had seen before was replace by eyes of pure red. He began to thrash around in the tube out of rage but the chubby man in the lab coat quickly hit a button and the body relaxed and the eyes returned to there normal look. The lid of the tank opened and the chimera hauled himself out and down to the floor. He stepped into a side room and a few moments later came out in his normal dress, mask, hood, and all. He then turned to Lina and asked, "And how long have you been awake?"

"Long enough," Lina almost spat. Its true she was interested with what was going on behind the scenes of this operation but she still had some pride to hold onto. That and he had defeated her in a fight, and that was enough to cause her to be pissed at him. She was Lina Inverse, bounty hunter extraordinaire, no one had ever defeated her...expect for him.

"You should be grateful not spiteful," Valgaav informed her, "He could have killed you and your partner, but he didn't," he then leaned down and whispered, "I wouldn't have given it a second thought," then walked off.

Lina looked at Valgaav as he walked off but her attention soon focused on the chimera when she saw him looking at Valgaav as well. His eyes narrowed and for a second Lina could see what she thought was anger on his face before it was replaced with that same look of cool neutrality. He turned away and dismissed the others with a few words, "Go back to your business."

The others left the room and the chimera turned to Lina. He walked behind her and undid her bindings. She was about to jump away then she noticed that she wasn't totally free. A pair of handcuffs kept her hands behind her and a pair around her ankles kept her from really moving. So as she tried to jump up she started to fall but the chimera quickly caught her. He picked her up and carried her down a hall soon they came to a room and he set her down on the edge of a bed. Lina's face was beet red after being that close to him and in that way but she soon banished any of those thoughts and then shouted, "What do you think your doing? If you think you can keep me tied up as some kind of sex slave then you have another think coming you...," Lina was silenced by the chimera's hand over her mouth.

"I had nothing of the sort planned, unless that's what you want," the chimera replied.

Lina forgetting his condition because of rage bit down on his hand and soon regretted it. "Oww, that hurts," she said as her jaw throbbed with pain.

"That will teach you to bite down on stone," he said almost teasingly, "No the reason your here is because I saw an equal in you the night before."

Lina looked at him for a second in slight shock but then shook it off and replied coldly, "Flattery will get you no where you rapist."

The chimera scowled at her and sat next to her saying, "Again I hadn't planned on raping you, but if your so persistent on that happening, then maybe I should provide it for you," as he began to unbutton Lina shirt.

Lina started to struggle with all her might and slipped away from his hands. She landed on the floor with a thud and began to try and escape the hand cuffs. Before she could start the chimera pinned her back to the floor, thus cause the metal rings around her hands to dig into her, and cause her to scream in slight pain.

The chimera covered his pounding ears as she screamed but still held her down by straddling her body. In a brief intermission of her screams of pain he moved his hand to cover her mouth, and just sat there for a moment panting from the pain his heightened senses cause at times like this then mumbled slightly, "Please stop screaming."

In another part of the hideout Valgaav was practicing his fighting skills on a punching bag when he heard the screams and then the silence soon after. He smirked to himself and then thought, 'I might of had the boss wrong. He sure does pick the good looking ones doesn't he,' Valgaav mused as he continued his training.

Back in the room the chimera was still over Lina holding a hand over her mouth and recovering from the system shock he had just received. He soon felt moisture near his hand and looked to she the bounty hunter crying slightly, from pain or fear he wasn't sure, but they were both there in her eyes. He stood up and pick Lina up and placed her back on the bed. He then wiped her tears away and said, "Sorry, you just need to stop and listen to me."

"Yeah, right," Lina said angrily as she quickly slipped her hand cuffed hands over her head and threw them over the chimera's head trying to strangle him. She pulled tightly but it didn't seem to be doing anything. She gasped when she saw him lift his fingers up with the chain pulling against them, "Damn," she curse as he dropped it behind him and turned around.

"This gets you nowhere," the chimera replied lowly yet somewhat dangerously.

"I don't care, your the villain here and it is my job to either bring you in or take you out," Lina replied as she backed away slightly to come up with another plan.

Zel walked over to the fireplace in the room and brooded for a second before saying, "Your no different from me."

"What," Lina screamed at his back, "What do you mean, your a criminal and I'm a bounty hunter we are completely different," she finished defiantly.

"No we are the same. We are both soldiers of fortune in a way of putting it. You are paid by the government, like a mercenary so to speak, to go after those that break the laws of the government. I am the same, except I am a mercenary for the underworld, a criminal's hired gun and that usually means going after people like you," he finished as he turned to gaze at Lina.

Lina glared at the chimera. He had a point, they both where paid for their services, but Lina performed her job not just because of the payment but also because she believed in the justice system. Well that and she liked to pit herself against the toughest thugs in the underworld so she could prove she was the best in her field, and she had done that until this thug, this chimera. Lina huffed and spat, "What a load of nonsense. I am a helper of justice and you are nothing but an idealistic thug," Lina finished while thinking, 'I think I've been around Amelia a little too long.'

The chimera chuckled slightly at her words and said, "If you only knew. I am much more than a thug, if you want that then you can talk to Valgaav, the rest of us here carry more dignity then a street punk. The rest of us were soldiers and spies, men who would live and die for our country but then were betrayed by that same thing we wished to protect," as he glared at Lina.

"Well if that was so then why couldn't we find anything like that about you. Sure, Rodimus and Zolf were as you said but you were never shown to have served any country at all," Lina shot back at him.

"Because, I was part of a special operations division that has been kept secret from everyone except the highest in the government," he replied as he stepped closer to Lina.

Lina inched back slightly on the bed and shot back at the chimera, "Fine then prove it," 'Oh great comeback there Lina,' she thought as she looked at the chimera.

"Please, that's one of the weakest arguments out there," the chimera said as he stood at the foot of the bed, "Surely you can think of something better...or is this little game at an end?"

Lina sat there and just looked at him. She didn't have anything to continue her argument with and so she felt that silence was a better option in this guy's case. "So it seems I've won," the chimera announced and received a glare from Lina.

The chimera had moved onto the bed and sat right across from Lina looking into her eyes. He moved forward slightly and whispered to her, "Enough of this. The reason your here is because I saw an equal in you and would offer you a chance to join me," the chimera took Lina's hand in his own and spoke softly, "You can help us win our fight against the lies and deceit the government has thrown about."

To say Lina was in shock was an understatement. She looked at the chimera for awhile, not sure of what to do, then removed her hand from his saying, "I'd have to be crazy."

The chimera's expression hardened and his eyes narrowed. For a brief moment Lina thought she registered a flash of anger within the otherwise unemotional sapphire pools. He stood up from the bed and walked a few feet before saying, "Hm...Seems the government has you trained better than I expected."

Lina glared at him for the remark. Even if she did work for government agencies here and there that didn't mean anything. No one lead her around on a leash like a trained attack dog like the chimera was suggesting. 'Oh, he's going to pay for that one,' Lina thought as she replied, "Listen buster, no one orders me around. Not the government, not the FBI or ATF, and especially not you."

The chimera turned back towards her with an amused smirk on his face. He looked at her up and down again before saying, "Are you sure? I mean anyone will do anything for the right price."

Lina continued to glare shooting back with, "That won't work on me buddy."

The chimera walked back over to the bed and sat down in front of her again. He looked into her eyes as his smirk turned to mischievous while asking, "Or are you the type that wants something else for her services," while running a hand through Lina crimson locks.

Lina back away but soon found herself up against the headboard. She looked at the chimera as he moved closer. "Keep away from me," she yelled as she attempted to swing her hands at him.

The chimera caught them in his left hand and subdued her ability to lash at him. He inched closer until his mouth was right next to Lina's ear, "Lina...I can give you whatever you want if you just help me. Money, power, pleasure...whatever it is just say it and I will give it to you," he whispered as he lightly stroked her face.

Lina pressed her back against the headboard, increasing the gap between her and the chimera slightly, while saying, "What do you think I am? Some stupid, sluty girl that is going to fall for this act? Well, think again you...," Lina stopped as the chimera had come closer and began to nuzzle her neck.

The chimera nuzzled her neck twice, it had gained the wanted effect, before looking at her. "Are you sure there's nothing. Surely you want something?"

Lina turned her head to the side and turned up her nose slightly with a bit of a, "Hmp."

The chimera smirked at her and then leaned in and did something very unexpected...he bite her.

"Ow," Lina yelled as she tried to move away when she felt his teeth punctured her skin slightly. She was about to say something when he began to nibble instead of biting. Lina felt her tension begin to melt away as he continued. She stopped struggling for a moment and moaned lowly as the feeling washed over her. She was soon snapped back into reality when he stopped and sat up to look at her. "Do you still disagree," he asked.

"Yes," Lina answered quickly, "You just caught me by surprise with that and I will kill you if you try it again."

"Well remember my offer is still open," replied the chimera as he quickly covered Lina's mouth and nose with a white cloth.

Lina struggled as she felt the chloroform begin to take effect on her. She was fighting a losing battle as the chimera's hand was unmovable. She looked at him, a quick expression of fear flashed in her eyes as her mind dulled and she passed out into the chimera's arms.

The chimera smiled down at the unconscious bounty hunter in his arms. 'She really is beautiful when she isn't yelling,' he thought before he snapped his attention to the sounds of foot steps. He looked as Vladimir entered the room and asked, "Well, what are we going to do with her now?"

"Let her go of course," the chimera replied, "I can guarantee she will be back. I have already reached her somewhat, even if she won't admit it."

With that the chimera picked Lina up and started heading down the hall to an awaiting car with Vladimir following behind him.

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