Red Mage Neko: Sounds great!! In a sick, twisted, horrible way I mean. Any ideas how you want him to tell them something let me know! I'm open to anything. ^_~
Everyone else: Thanks for the updates. ^_^ I'll keep all this in mind. The groups will be split up, and then they'll meet again, shift around. It's going to be like that so everyone (I really hope) interacts with who they want.
Also, I haven't heard from some of you in awhile! I'm hoping your still liking the story. ::tears:: I hope no one's left!!
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The rest of the cars, bikes and trucks pulled into the underground garage, Badguy hastily jumping out of Zuzu's jeep, running down the hall and up the stairs to the hospital. He threw the door open and threw his cigarette into the ashtray outside in the "waiting" room. He grabbed the white lab coat from the peg and put it on, not bothering with the buttons, and went into the side room. Daniel was sitting in a chair, head in his hands groaning. Severine stood next to him, her hand on his back, a worried look on her face. Chaos Angel stood on the other side of him.
"What's wrong Daniel?" Badguy got down on his knees and looked up at Daniel, taking a light pen from the pocket of the jacket and shining it into his eyes. He looked away, squinting.
"I'm fine."
"With all that groaning, you sure fooled me. Turn your head left." Daniel did it and Badguy reached out to his eye, opening it and peering in. "Hmmm."
"What?" Severine asked.
"Daniel, did you have any alcohol there?"
"No." He said. "Soda. That's it." Badguy nodded and stood up, walking over to a drawer. He pulled out a sterilized needle and walked over to him. He rolled up the sleeve and looked at him.
"This is probably going to hurt a bit."
"I've had worse."
"Alright. Just a warning." Severine looked at the large needle, eyes wide.
"Does it have to be that big?"
"I need blood. Quicker this way."
"What are you going to do?"
"Well, it's obvious he's not drunk, so I'm going to run some tests see if there's anything abnormal floating around in his bloodstream." She nodded and Daniel blinked as the needle was inserted in his arm. "Burns when it comes out." He pulled the needle out after filling it with blood and Daniel winced.
"Damnit!"
"Told you." He walked over to the counter and placed it in a container. "It's going to take about an hour or so to run the full specs. I don't know what this is, so I can't just target it. Have you been taking those poison pills?"
"Yeah." Badguy turned to the other two. They nodded.
"Alright. Try not to be sick all over the place." He left the room and headed towards the lab.
Lexiter stumbled out of her truck, an overwhelming headache and headed towards her room. Seifer looked at her.
"You alright?"
"Just peachy." She grumbled. "Leave me the fuck alone." He stopped.
"Wow. Your mood changes faster than mine." Zell walked up behind him and slapped him on the back.
"Now who's the smooth one?"
"Shut-up, chicken-wuss." Zell waved his hand and headed towards the room he and Irvine were sharing.
Zuzu walked to her room and stopped outside Jen's door, wondering if she was alright. She was about to knock when she though better of it. "She'd kill me if I woke her. I'm sure she's fine." She shook her head and headed down to her room, ready for some sleep.
Reise opened his door, grinning, and slapped the piece of paper down on the table laughing. "Another phone number. Oh I'm just too good." He laughed and shut the door behind him, making a note of the girls name on the top before heading to take a shower.
Back in the hospital lab Badguy slaved over the little vials of blood, adding drops of different chemicals to each and checking the reactions. He frowned, pulling the safety goggles off as he raised one. "So this is what's there. Let's see how much." He put an eye dropper in the vial and sucked up a bit of the blood, squeezing it onto a slide and put it under the microscope. He frowned and squinted his eye, pulling away to rub it, before pausing. "Holy Christ. That can't be right." He pulled the slide out and put another drop of blood on a new slide, thinking maybe the other one was contaminated. He put the new one under the microscope and frowned again.
After staring at the cells for a few minutes he shook his head in disbelief and took the slide over to a small machine. He put the slide in and shut the little metal door, turning it on. He stepped back and waited as the little mechanical arms tested the blood. It beeped.
"In put chemical code." Badguy paused a minute, rubbing his head thinking.
"Check for gold." He laughed, just making sure the machine was working by checking for nonsense elements in the blood. He punched in Au into the machine and after a minute it beeped, printing out a report. "Negative. Good. One more." He punched in Ne for neon and after another minute a report was spit out. "Another negative." He scratched his head and thought for a moment. "I hope this is wrong." He muttered as he punched in Zy for Hyperzyonine. The machine instantly beeped and spit out a report. He paused.
"Oh shit." He ripped the report out and glanced at hit. "DANGEROUS AMOUNTS?! WHAT THE FUCK IS HE STILL DOING ALIVE?" He threw down the report and ran out of the room. Daniel was leaning back in the chair sweating.
"It's too hot in here!" He whined. Badguy stopped and sighed, opening the cupboard above the counter and taking out of box of the antidote.
"What's that?"
"Something that will make you better."
"Oh." He sounded like a little kid. Chaos Angel looked disturbed.
"Why is he acting like this?"
"Hyperzyonine. Dangerous amounts were in his bloodstream. For a minute I forgot that I had slipped the antidote in the poison pills just in case. Good thing I did. If any of the cadets were to have that much in their bloodstream they would have been dead a long time ago."
"Wait! Is he going to live."
"Of course! He's just going to be a little grumpy when he wakes up. Although that's nothing out of the ordinary."
"Why is he acting like a child?"
"Hyperzyonine can cause some strange reactions in people, even if they have the antidote. Sometimes, most of the time actually, it makes you the exact opposite of what you are. That would explain his whining. The person can't control it." Severine nodded as he pushed the needle into his arm. Daniel whined again.
"He should be fine in a few hours. Get him to his room and let him sleep it off. Anyone else acting strangely?"
"Not that I've noticed, although I think Lexiter was complaining about a headache."
"Yeah, but was she acting weird?"
"She wanted to dance with Seifer."
"Sypher? Comm. Spec Sypher?"
"No! The new one."
"Alright. I'll have to get her up here and test her."
"But will they be alright?"
"Yeah. I was just surprised at how much there was. Glad I put that in there. Must mean everyone's going to be tolerant to Hyperzyonine soon. That's very good news." He started mumbling to himself and took out a notebook jotting down some notes. Chaos Angel and Severine both managed to lift Daniel out of the chair and carry him out of the room. He was already almost asleep.
Sypher woke up, eyes slightly unfocused and a slight headache. He groaned and rubbed his forehead, swearing to himself that he would kill Badguy and Cid. He stretched out one arm and hit the wall. He froze. This was not his room. His eyes went wide as he tried to remember last night after the club, but couldn't. He tilted his head up and saw a gun hanging off the wall.
"Oh fuck. Please don't tell me this is-" Someone moved next to him and he started to sweat. "This isn't good." He looked down but couldn't see whose face it was. He looked over and saw his staff leaning against the wall. He tried to get up but couldn't move. "Please God, just don't let that be-"
"Damon." The person next to him cried softly. He froze, mouth falling open. He started to panic.
"Oh God! I'm going to die!" He whispered, fighting the urge to scream. He started praying to ever known God present and the gods and goddesses he had heard of from past civilizations. "God save me. I will never stray again if you let me live almighty Allah. I beg for your forgiveness Buddha and will pray everyday, thirty times a day if you let me survive this disaster! PLEASE!!" He almost started to cry as she stirred next to him.
"I don't want to die!" He whined and looked down at her, sure she would wake to the roar of his pounding heart.
Jen was having a nightmare. Damon was hurt and she couldn't get to him. Aerick Bosnar stood over him and laughed, his face a dark blur as he shot him in the back. Damon looked at her as he fell over into the dirt. She screamed. "Damon." She sobbed as she started to wake from her dream. She tried to turn over but was blocked by a solid object she presumed was the wall. She stopped and sighed keeping her eyes shut, her head feeling a little funny. She pressed up against the "wall" and pulled the covers up tighter around her shoulders when she realized the wall was awfully warm. Her eyes flew open and adjusted to the very dim room. Someone was in her bed. She narrowed her eyes as stretched her legs out.
It wasn't Zell. This person was much longer than she was. Why couldn't she remember any of last night? There was only one way to find out. She started to turn when she saw a familiar object leaning against her wall. She yelped and spun around.
"SYPHER!" She screamed. He jumped to a sitting position and pressed himself against the wall. She looked at him, eyes wide, wrapping the sheet around herself. "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING HERE?!"
"I don't know!" He moaned, eyes wide. She narrowed her eyes.
"What did you do to me?"
"I didn't do anything! I SWEAR IT!"
"You slept with me? OH MY GOD!" She gagged and turned away.
"IT'S NOT MY FAULT! DON'T YOU REMEMBER I HAD TWO DRINKS?"
"You took advantage of me!"
"You are the one that came on to me!"
"You couldn't fend me off?" She sneered. He shook his head.
"Look, I don't even remember last night, so don't go blaming me!" She turned quickly and grabbed Sharpshooter off her table. He froze. "You- you wouldn't kill me in your own bed."
"No. I wouldn't. Get up."
"I'm, uh, not exactly dressed." Her eyes twitched.
"A dead man doesn't care. Get up." He shook his head, face red.
"How the hell did Damon deal with you the morning after?" He stopped, watching her face slowly crumble. She lowered the gun, staring through him. "Oh for Christ sake. Sypher you're an ass." He sighed and took the gun from her hand, which surprisingly was easy. He put the safety back on and tossed it to the end of bed.
"Damon." She whispered, tears watering in her eyes. Sypher looked at her.
'Alright, something's wrong with her. She's way too emotional.' "Jenny, I'm sorry." She burst into tears as he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close. She stopped a second later and pushed him away reaching for Sharpshooter again. He stopped, holding up his hands.
"Get out of my bed."
"Could you put that down? I'm not moving from this spot until you do."
"OUT!"
"LOWER THE FUCKING GUN AND I WILL!" She tossed it into the corner of the room. It landed on a chair. He sighed.
"Out." She said coldly. He blushed.
"You don't find this situation somewhat humorous?"
"Not at all. Please?" She asked, feeling rather uncomfortable at that moment. She pulled the sheets up tighter around her, drawing her knees in to her. He sighed.
"Could you not look?"
"That didn't bother you last night obviously."
"Oh come on. I'm sober now. Besides," he grinned slyly," you seeing a hot body like this might drive you crazy and I'd never get any work done." Her eyebrow twitched, a slight smile tugging at the corners of her lips. She bit her lower lip to keep from laughing and closed her eyes, facing the wall.
Sypher slid out of the bed and grabbed his clothes, practically running into the bathroom. He shut the door behind him and stared in the mirror, a huge grin breaking onto his face. "Damon buddy, I'm sorry." He kept grinning as he got dressed.
Jen reached for her clothes and pulled them on in the bed in case he came out while she was dressing and then climbed out, buckling her holsters on and putting the guns back in. There was a knock at the door and she eyed it, praying Sypher wouldn't come out.
She walked over to the door and opened it, the light bright in her eyes. She looked up at Lexiter.
"What do you want?"
"Badguy wants to talk to you. Daniel and I have been poisoned." Jen's eyes almost fell out her head.
"WHAT? Are you alright?!"
"Yeah. Luckily those poison pill things he's been making us take had the antidote in them all along. The thing just had some weird side effects. He wants to test you. How you feeling?"
"Well, a little headache. That lights awfully bright." Lexiter nodded.
"Anything strange happen last night?" Jen paused.
"Define strange."
"Do anything you wouldn't normally do? Badguy said the drug, if taken while the antidote is in the system makes people react to situations the opposite they normally would." Jen froze as Sypher walked out of the bathroom, freezing as he saw Lexiter in the doorway.
"Oh fuck." He whispered. She looked up at the noise and almost stopped breathing.
"What the fuck?" She looked back and forth between the two. Sypher looked away and Jen looked down. She stopped and grinned, laughing.
Jen reached up and grabbed her, pulling her into the room and slamming the door behind her. "Not a FUCKING WORD to anyone, got it?" Jen hissed. Lexiter kept laughing.
"Damn! What a situation!" She stopped and cleared her throat. "I won't tell anyone. But I'm sure Sypher'll be bragging about that sooner or later." Jen sighed and turned to him as he clipped Shock Therapy to his back.
"Uh huh. I don't want to die."
"I really hate this." Jen sighed, shaking her head. "Oh all people, why him?"
"Was he any good?" Lexiter laughed hysterically at the look of disgust on Jen's face.
"Damn right I was!" Jen whipped the revolver out of the holster and spun around, pulling the hammer back. He froze.
"What was that?"
"Nothing! Nothing at all. I do not remember a single moment of last night." Lexiter cackled madly.
"Are you alright?" Jen asked.
"Sorry. It's my side effect from the drug. According to Badguy. You should have seen Daniel! He was whining like a baby!" She laughed so hard she had tears coming out of her eyes. "We should get you to get the rest of the antidote. You're going to have to tell Badguy you know." She stopped laughing suddenly and cleared her throat again. "But I must say, you certainly have him whipped already." She started giggling again and laughed as Jen pushed her out of the room.
Awhile later, Severine, who took it upon herself to escort the horribly whiny Daniel around, Daniel, Lexiter, Jen, Zuzu, and Sypher stood in the hospital wing, Jen ready to get the shot.
"Just a warning," Badguy snickered, "I haven't been able to perfect the antidote as of yet. You won't die, but for some reason it heightens the side effects of the drug." Jen shot him a dirty look as he plunged the needle into her arm.
"If I had known that I wouldn't have fucking agreed to this." Severine giggle a bit and Zuzu just kept elbowing Sypher who could not have been a brighter shade of red.
"Alright. We're going to be having a meeting later today. With EVERYONE." Daniel said after clearing his throat. The effects of the drug and antidote nearly gone.
"I want to go back to the club and beat the loving shit out of the bartender. I want to know who the fuck did this to us." Lexiter said. They sat for a few moments while Jen fought the dizziness in her head.
"How you feeling Jen?" Badguy asked. She blinked rapidly.
"Dizzy."
"Alright. You should go sleep it off now." Lexiter grinned and started laughing.
"With Sypher!" She laughed another second before clearing her throat. "Yes, I will find that person and kill them." Jen grinned lazily and looked over at Sypher who stepped behind Zuzu for protection.
"Hey! Don't look at me like that!" Severine giggled as Jen tried to stand but couldn't.
"Severine, you want to bring her back down?"
"Yeah." She took Jen's hand. "Come on Jen. Let's go!"
"But what about Sypher?" She asked, smiling at him. He didn't move.
"You can play later girl. When you can remember what you're doing." Zuzu smirked and took her other hand and led her out of the room.
"Brenton's behind this." Lexiter accused the second Jen left the room.
"How can you say that? You have no proof!" Daniel said.
"Isn't it obvious? He sent Spike and Aeris to Pierrespoint and it gets blown up!"
"But there were Circle members spotted there. He had to send them." Badguy pointed out.
"Just the two of them? If it was that major a situation he would have more people." Sypher leaned against the wall. "And what about Matt Ranedrum? He was at the club."
"He was? Damn, missed it."
"Yeah, it was great! Apparently he still wants Zuzu. Heh." He laughed, rubbing his nose. Sypher grinned and Lexiter threw her hands in the air.
"That's not the point. He was there. He must have had something to do with this. But how could he have known we were going there?"
"Lucky guess?"
"Damn it! Fuck you Sypher. Knock it off." She started pacing.
"Can you not do that? You're making me feel sick again." Daniel whined, clearing his throat after. She stopped and spun, staring at him.
"Oh please! Anyway, Brenton must have told him."
"No one told Brenton where we were going, did they?"
"Haven't you ever heard of bugs?"
"Lex, you're paranoid." She sighed, throwing her hands up again and storming out of the room.
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Well I hope you liked this chapter. Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE is in the next chapter and talking, so it might take a bit to get up. Hopefully by Sunday night, but I have an essay to write. . Enjoy!!
ALSO!!! EVERYONE READ THIS!!: I don't remember if I posted this before, and really I'm too lazy to check. I want to get a collection of theme songs for everyone. If you have one that fits your character let me know. All Final Fantasy games must have a good soundtrack. Hehehehee!!! So anyway, I don't care what sort of music it is as long as it meets this requirement: It has to fit your characters inner personality as well as the one the display (mainly inner though, and somewhat outer) and the reason why: Sypher's theme is Someday by Nickelback because he wants to get revenge on the Circle for his family (and because he wants everything to work out with Jen. ^_~) And Jen's theme is Fallen by Sarah McLaughlin because it fits her inner personality and how she always tries and feels like she fails. If you haven't heard the songs you should. They're good. ^_^ Fit the characters to a T. Anyway PRETTY PRETTY PLEASE WITH SUGAR ON TOP think about this! I really would like to compile a cool list of songs for the "game." ^_~ THANKS and I really hope you enjoyed.