"This is wrong, so damn wrong." Mimete was almost hyperventilating as she crossed the room several times, the others were having the same feeling as she was. The first instinct was get into the ship they came in and get the hell out of their, but whatever had done that to Ptitol could be still on board. And they weren't in the mood to deal with it at the moment.
"What the hell is going on, did something happen in the labs?" Mimete hung above Viluy trying to read over her shoulder, the white haired woman shot a look of dissipation.
"Stop reading over my shoulder, Mimete." Viluy spoke coldly, "it only mentions the scientist and the rest is charting and guests complaints. Nothing about the research going on here."
"So what do we do?" Mimete wildly gestured as she turn away, she focused on Cyprine while crossing her arms. In fact the others were focused on her, awaiting further orders from their leader.
"We do our job, a couple of monsters shouldn't be much trouble for us." Cyprine said. Her voice was clear despite having just seeing her twin sister die before her, in fact Viluy had almost fallen a part when Eudial killed Ptitol while she just stood there with the same expression she has now.
"We've been hit by fireballs and roses sharper than ginsu knives, this would be a walk in the park. Come on, Ptitol would want us to find her killer and tear it apart piece by piece."
"Fine, we'll humor you." Eudial said, "for now we'll humor you. So what do we do first?"
"It was pretty obvious, isn't it?" Cyprine tilted her head. It was obvious, this could be a biological issue that had happen in the labs since a scientist did express paranoia. That could be connected to the ghoul that Ptitol had become, so the next logical step was find a way into the labs.
"But we mustn't forget our main objective here, we must find Tomoe's daughter at any cost." Cyprine quickly pointed out. "Mimete, you get the honors of finding her; the rest of us will search the lab area."
Despite conflicting emotions no one quite spoke out against this, they were always planning on ways to stab each other in the back and plotted death some times. Why should this be any different? Even if Ptitol was the one member that everyone sort of gotten a long with, why was this different any different than their normal business?
Mimete had her theories but didn't think about them as she walked past Ptitol's fallen body, Viluy had lingered a moment before following the group.
They split off about half way, Mimete was standing in the social room as the others went further down the deck. A deep pit was forming in the bottom of her stomach as she approached the dead man, she had expected the thing to spring to lift as she nears it. Grab her leg and sink it's teeth into her leg when she stepped over it, she had unholstered her pistol when she neared it. She breathed a sigh of relief after stepping into the hall, the body stayed where it was.
A little relaxed she open the first door on the right, on the other side was a long, narrow hall that only two doors. One at the end and the other at the side, she tried the side door to find it locked. Stooping down a bit she could make out a slot, maybe for a card key. Standing up she tried the next door, she drew in a sharp breath when she saw it; the grand hall of Heimzworm.
The floor was marble with speckles of gold, as was the massive pillars that held up the balconies of the second floor. There was a grand stairwell that was marble as well, in the center of floor was a large black star with the infinity symbol in the center.
"Holy crap, is this where our funding goes to?" Mimete mutter under her breath. Walking to the center to get some baring she heard something, spinning on her heels to find the corpse had came to life and was standing in the doorway. She cursed as she pulled out her pistol as it was quickly closing the gap, no way this creature can't called zombies as they move much more faster and are more agile than anything she saw in the movies. She went through six rounds but it was too close for comfort now, a claw was raised as she fell back. It came down with a hair from her throat, landing hard on her back Mimete stared up at the ghoul. It's dead eyes were staring down at her, she was frozen into place when she saw her own reflections.
Blindly she swung the pistol up and fired off the last remaining rounds at point blank range, when it was over the ghoul fell on top of her. She wormed her way out from under the fallen corpse, as she did so a soft clink sound was heard; next to the body a key had fallen out of the pocket.
Mimete was too shaken to even reach for it as she ejected the clip and placed in a fresh one. She looked around, looking for anything to get out of this situation. It came in form of a door that was hidden away by the staircase, wasting no time in closing the distance Mimete open the door to find herself in another hall like other two. With one exception, there was a metal plaque on the left side of the wall with the words Medical Bay above an arrow that pointed down the hall.
She looked back than step forward, if that encounter was any indication she knew she wouldn't survive this.
Tellu open door after her two teammates had split off into two sections of the lower half of the lab area. Viluy went into the center computer mainframe, Eudial was only in the next room as Cyprine stayed at the meeting point.
The room was average sized, there was some equipment in the corner and some papers taped to the walls. In a corner a bloody and mangled body that was once a man named Kusamaru, or what the name tag that laid on the floor several feet away him.
Besides the sheets of papers of some formula, there was nothing else of interest. In the next room Eudial had found the same thing except there were no bodies, nothing of interest had brought her back into the hall. Tellu had come out a second later, she shook her head while letting out a sigh.
"Nothing except a corpse, what you found?"
"Nothing," Eudial jerk a thumb towards the door. "I'll be in the next room if you need me," she turn to enter the room next to the one she exited. Tellu stood there for a moment considering going back to talk to Cyprine but instead she went around the sharp turn that lead into the last door of the hall. She took in a deep breath before opening it, she was glade she did. The stench of rot had hit like a sledgehammer to the stomach, how did this come about she couldn't tell nor care to as she forced herself to endure to search the room.
It was bare and nothing but metal, she looked around for whatever was making that smell. As it grew stronger she knew she was coming closer to the source, it was at it's peek near an over sized vent. Inside there was something pressed up against the grating, Tellu had her fill of the odor and decide to leave be for the time being. As she turned away there was a dull clank, spinning on her heels she saw nothing was there.
You're losing it, Tellu thought as she carefully head into the next room. She blinked, it was dim but she could make out the rows and rows of chairs. In front there were a large screen, a desk and a portably blackboard. She guess this is a lecture hall, she would have felt if she hadn't seen something move; it was near the desk so she could quite make it out.
Her tongue felt flat, she wanted to speak but if it was that thing that had killed Ptitol she would be caught. She panic when she saw the thing rose up, her pistol drawn and ready to fire.
"Wait! Don't shot! I'm a human." A form emerged from behind the desk, she couldn't make out this person from the distance she is at or the scarcely available light. "I'll prove it, hang on please." The figure had tapped something on the desk and the entire room was bright,Tellu was temporally blind but her eyes quickly adjusted to see a young that was about her age, her blonde hair was pull into a tight bun that seem to be loosing it's effect as several hairs have escaped. There were several red blotches on her lab coat, all in all she look like she travel through hell itself.
"Who are you?" Tellu lowered her pistol but was ready, just case this was a trap. "What happened here?"
"I am Jessifer, I was working in the biological research and devolvement when all of a sudden Dr. Hitosaki... Changed into this thing, I manage to escape and I've hid here ever since."
"Well I with the rescue team," Tellu said. "I am looking for a young girl named Tomoe Hotaru, have you seen here?"
"No, no I haven't. I came straight here when those, creatures appeared." The woman fell back against the wall and slowly slid down, she laughed for a second. "It doesn't matter, though."
"Why?" Tellu step back, something was wrong with this situation.
"Because those, things are everywhere. One of them have been beating on the wall for hours now," she gestured towards one of the walls. "The one you would be looking for is surly dead by now, now please leave me alone."
"Gladly," Tellu huffed as she walked out. As she closed the door she expected to hear a scream, she stood there as long as she could handle the smell before going back into the hall. She couldn't see Eudial, looking into the room she had went into there was another smell like the other room. Except there was a visible source.
In the center of the floor laid a ghoul with most of it's head missing. The corpse seem to be in advance stages of decay, which could explain the smell. With a bit of caution she flip the ghoul onto it's back, nothing different from Ptitol with the exception of the very large claws that formed where the hands should be. There were sharp teeth, Tellu shivered while walking away.
Traversing through a empty hall with just one door she found herself in a strange area, the air was highly fridge and there were tall mental canisters that could be filled with liquid nitrogen lined up perfectly near the door. Stepping a bit into the room she could see behind the canisters was rows upon rows of shelves that have daimon eggs perfectly frozen within a small beaker.
At the ends after the shelves there was a pair of duel doors which seem fit for a hospital than a research ship. Damn it, why do you have to disappear right now? She mentally cursed as she wonder over to the door to her left, she was expecting anything. All she found was more nothing, just another bland hall.
This is going to take a while, she thought as she tried another room.
Gunfire? She was baffled, but spurred into action. She burst into the medical bay with a gusto, in the corner a man, possibly a guard, was firing round after round into a ghoul. It took each bullet and shrugged it off, Mimete wanted to help but it was too late. The creature had used one of it's claws to ran the guard through.
It turned slowly, Mimete felt weak in the knees and her heart raise up into her throat. It's dead eyes were focused on her, it's jaw open to reveal the sharp teeth and long tongue.
"Oh gods!" Mimete shouted, she needed to act quickly. It first dash before sliding a claw along the floor, it's fingers carved through the metal like it was water. Dodging to the right she was almost sliced in half, having the air knocked out of her when she landed Mimete got up; the door. It was her only chance for survival.
The ghoul had already recovered from it's attack, Mimete was only half way as it dashed again. Her hands grasp the handle when it raised a claw, bringing it down Mimete shut her eyes while praying to every god she knows of when she open the door. She came tumbling to the floor as the claw missed her head by a mere inch, rolling away she avoided it again. She was in a hall that had two shot off at the end, making it "T" like in nature. Not really caring she picked the one without thinking, the first and second doors were locked; Mimete spun on her heels to dodge a swipe. She aimed quickly as she could, it stood over her with a claw pose to strike. It came down as a shot was fired.
