Bloody Roar: Darkness and light

Chapter 4:

Uriko looked around the medical wing of the facility. That kid, Shadow, had hurt a lot of people here. Her best friends. She couldn't for the life of her think why anybody would have the blood thirtsiness and viciousness inside of them. But she sensed something else about him, she didn't think that under all that gruff exterior he was all that bad. Uriko looked at everybody. Kenji was in bad shape, he was still unconscious, they were still scanning him to determine the extent of his injuries. Gado was sitting on a nearby table, grumbling to himself and muttering obscenities. Yugo was coming out of his normal introverted self and was vocally voicing his opinions about shadow.
"I say he should be banned, and sent as far away from here as possible." Yugo announced. He had had his pride hurt when the boy defeated him so easily. "He's a danger to everyone here, he could go off at any time, a loose cannon, a shotgun, a nuclear missile." Gado looked approvingly at Yugo.
"He's right! Look at the boy! He's been in a lab all of his life! There's no telling what trauma he has undergone, and what It might mean for the rest of us. I for one think the damage to his body and mind has driven him insane." Uriko felt more than a little annoyed at these comments, but she didn't know why. She needed to think.
Uriko exited the room full of bickering zoanthropes and headed down the main hall. If the boy was so bad, why had he not killed her? He had had plenty of chances to do so. Another puzzling thing, was why he had seemed to be under control when ever she spoke to him. Was it simple female charm? If so, why did he beat up on Shina? Maybe there was something she was missing. During her musing's, Uriko came to an older part of the facility. She hadn't been here before. She looked around at all the room's in the dead end corridor. Maybe she should go back? Nah, her curiosity was peaked. She went over to one of the door's and opened it. Inside there was some old equipment, and an odd smell, something she couldn't quite place. It smelled rather bad, so she left the room.
She heard a stirring from one of the doors on the opposite side of the hall. She cautiously opened the door. Much to her surprise, she heard a sniffle, and then a fairly deep voice emanate from the room.
"Go away!" Uriko knew right then who it was. She had stumbled upon Shadow. She hadn't given any thought to him being back here.
" Why are you hiding back here?" Uriko boldly ventured.
"Why would you care? Why don't you just go away huh?!" Uriko was becoming more and more perplexed. She opened the door slightly and stepped into the room. She heard shadow move, and she froze. What would he do to her? Then after a while, nothing happened, and she started to breath again.

"Why did this happen to me? Why did you and your friends have to take my life from me? Why? What would that accomplish?" Uriko didn't have an immediate answer to his question.
"If your going to come and bug me at least answer my questions." Uriko felt a dangerous desperation in his voice, so she gave him the only answer she could.
"We didn't think about what would happen to anybody that lived inside that laboratory." Uriko peered into the darkness. She couldn't see Shadow, he was at the back of the room, in darkness. She flipped a nearby light switch, but no light came on.
" Didn't think huh? Well fine way for that to work out. At least there I had a home, even if they did do.. Stuff... to me. But you wouldn't know about that would you? You wouldn't know about a world alone would you? No, you have your makeshift family, your friends. And what do I have? Rage, hopelessness, loneliness.. Nothing to look forward to in life. And here I am, in this place, and having everyone here hate me because when I get angry, I cant really control myself. I don't know if I used too, but now, whenever I get angry it's like any semblance of the good in me goes away, and when I transform, well, you saw what happened. I don't even like myself when I transform. Here I am, a being of dual natures, a delicate balance between darkness and light. Heh, I guess, it's all for the best. I need to find my life, or maybe build a new one. But the one thing I know is, it's going to be alone." She could hear the crack in his voice when he said that. Now Uriko felt truly sorry for him. She felt a rush of tenderness, love, maternal instinct, whatever you want to call it, for the boy. She walked back to where he was and put her hand on his shoulder. He moved a little, but did not move to take her hand away. She slid down next to him, and held on to him. She could feel that he was crying. She gently wiped the tears away from his cheek.
"Maybe you don't have to be alone." Uriko said. He didn't respond. Uriko moved in a little closer, and She put her head to his chest. She felt safe around him, like no one could harm her while he was around. After a while, she fell asleep next to him.

Authors note: Dum dum daaaaa! Another chapter. Catgirl, I am truly sorry for not getting back to you, but hopefully we can clear this up soon. This chapter was pretty good everybody, and I can hope you can bear with me. Another few chapters and this story will come to a close, and I can start on the second part. X_X As always, read and review!