Damage Chapter 3: Gone and Truth

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Thank you so much, Kappy Locks! You made me want to write more and more! Here's a cookie for you! *Hands Kappy Locks a cookie* Thank you!

Disclaimers: Where's my SHOES!? *Thinks: If I owned MK, I'd have personal Maids!* *sighs* Oh! There they are! *Reaches underneath the computer*

Now on to the fic!!

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He reached out a little further, and touched.scales? He pulled his hand back quickly, because just touching it made his fingers burn. Hiead winced, and then reached out again, but it was gone. That kind of startled him.

One by one, the lights started coming back on. Hiead looked down at the floor a couple of feet away from him, and forced back a scream.

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The lights flicked back on, and the Mess Hall was filled with commotion. Some of the noise was from people's eyes adjusting to the unexpected burst of light.

"Uhh," Zero groaned rubbing his eyes. Kizna sat still, blinking stupidly. "Well, I'm getting out of here. You?" He asked a really stupid question, so Kizna pushed him out from underneath the table with the most force she could produce. Though, her face remained calm, though worried. She gracefully got up out from under the table and forgot about Zero who was currently muttering arguing with the chair, then weirdly started to apologize to it. She guessed that she pushed him into it. Oops.

"Why were you there at the time that you were?" He muttered quickly at the still chair. "Ooh! You make me mad! Though, it wasn't you're fault. It was Kizna's, I mean; she pushed me into you in the first place! Blame her!" Zero's temper was slowly rising. Kizna resisted starting laughing "hysterically". "Oww!" He scowled.

Kizna playfully punched him in the shoulder. She forced out a small giggle. 'Ah, that's Zero for ya. I don't think he'll ever change.' She giggled again. "Sorry Zero, It's nothing. By the way, I think that we should look for Ikhny!" Kizna was serious, and Zero was to 'Thankfully' He nodded.

"I really hope that she's not hurt." Zero said as they started to make their way through the crowds of people. Zero didn't say anything, but her facial expressions meant, 'Yes.' A soft, but loud beep ecoed throughout the Mess Hall, meaning that an announcement would soon follow. Everyone was instantly silenced. Zero and Kizna stopped moving.

"Please head back to your rooms. Nothing bad has happened. Please don't go anywhere Until we have full report that everything is safe."

Everyone in the Mess Hall flocked out quickly, not knowing *still* what was completely going on. Maybe, they were experiencing electricity failure? That would explain why it was safer next to the walls, because no lights were there; they were in the centermost part of a certain area.

Kizna was downhearted and stared down at the crystal-clean floor. "Hey, where do you think Hiead is?" Zero broke her concentration over what was happening. "I doubt that he was heading back to our room." Zero had his hand gripped on his chin, and the other one was supporting the other arm. He was looking at the ground, and was very thoughtful.

'He just needs glasses and Walla! A clone of Clay!' She missed Clay. Besides, he would be a lot of help to them now. ((*Clay's an Observer.If you didn't know; So Hiead and Zero are the only occupants of their room with a vacant bead between them. Just to let you know why Clay's not in this! ^^; *))

"I think that we should try looking in the Recreation." Zero stated, still considering the places that he could be at. "I mean, I saw him walk in that direction through the window slits of the mess hall. Besides, he's been in there many times. Especially when he gets upset. Like he ever gets upset. Anyway, it's a possibility." He shook his head agreeing with himself.

Kizna figured that he was talking to himself. She silently nodded in agreement. They then turned left when they exited the Mess Hall, instead of right to the room halls. Most where probably already in their rooms by now, so Kizna and Zero felt a little sense of relieve knowing that they weren't being followed.

Kizna kept her eyes downcast all the way. She noticed that there were small scratches in the flooring, but took no heed to them. 'Were they there before?' The thought stayed in her mind for a second, as her brain focused back on Ikhny.

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Crimson blood. The thing that he had seen the most of in his life was staining the floor, and was in a puddle in one spot. He winced. It was dreadful to see, even for Hiead, out of all people. He started to search the floor around him. But first he looked back at his surroundings.

He looked over his shoulders, and noticed the "RECREATION ROOM" Sign. So, he was in the Recreation Room? He looked into the room and noticed deep scratches in the walls, ceiling, and floors. Then he looked at the broken chair that he tripped over, come to think of it, everything was broken, torn, or scratched. 'What did this?' He thought, and turned his attention back to the bloody floor.

He only saw a glimpse of the blood before, but now he was going to look at the details, for the person who screamed had been their seconds before. He studied the blood more carefully, and found that some was a maroon color. 'What the?' He paused. He found a small piece of a laminated-type paper. There were words on the other side of it, though the alien bloodlike liquid didn't soak into the paper. He reached down hesitantly any picked up the card.

Touching the liquid made his fingers burn. 'Just like touching, it.' He thought. Hiead turned the card over and it shocking read:

IKHNY ALLECTO
#88
CANDIDATE REPAIR

Hiead's heart skipped a beat; it was Ikhny's ID Card. He had so many unanswered questions, that he was about to go mental in his secret mind. 'Stupid girl,' He thought, but then at the same time, he was actually worried. He stood dead still for maybe a minute trying to gather his thoughts, having no luck at all. Hiead was shook out of his trance by soft footsteps and murmuring coming in his directions. He didn't want to face anyone now.

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Kizna and Zero turned the corner, and were very shock, frightened, horrified, and confused when they saw Hiead, and then noticed the pools of blood at his feet.

Zero was filled with fury. Kizna on the other hand was about to faint. "HIEAD!" Zero roared. "What did y-you do?" Zero was almost on the verge of tears. "I always knew you where mad, b-b-but, never t-to," Zero stopped. If he continued, he would've broken down and probably strangled Hiead.

Zero actually thought that Hiead was on the verge of killing people? He was really off. Hiead kept his actions cool, and his expressions non-readable. "No." He said. Hieads voice was a little higher than usual, he hoped that they didn't notice. Hiead mentally kicked himself.

"What are you saying?" Kizna asked, soft hot tears rolling gently down her face.

Hiead felt a little bit of pity for the pink-haired cat-eared girl. Since she was Ikhny's best friend, why not break the bad news to her first? He slowly walked towards her, dodging as much blood as possible until he was about two feet away. He stretched out his right arm, revealing Ikhny's ID. Kizna gasped, horrified, and put her hands over her face to hide her running tears. Occasionally, he could hear muffled words like, "No", "Never", "Liar", and "Pay."

Hiead didn't know what else to say, and Zero was dumbly starting at him, astonished that Hiead didn't kill anyone but he on the verge of tears himself. He tried soothing the sobbing Kizna, while still staring at Hiead suspiciously.

Hiead couldn't stand it anymore, so he took a deep breath and closed his eyes. He then lowered the I.D. and dropped it on the floor. He then started to walk away. He didn't want to tell them the truth, it pained him enough just by knowing it. Zero turned his head around to watch him leave, and by Zero and Hiead's surprise, Hiead stopped suddenly, without turning around; and one word escaped his lips, it was unsteady and higher like before. He just couldn't get a hold of himself.

"Victim."

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'Where did Ikhny go?' You ask. Well, to tell you the truth, I don't know yet. The more I write, the more I think up! ^^ Anyways, please will you tell me what you think?

*Cough* Miri, Thank you for getting that stupid Writter's Block off of my head! ^^

Also, I didn't 'proofread' this chapter; so if I made stupid errors, don't do anything strange and unusual to me.