Chapter 9: "Setting The Plan: Part 2"
(Kagome's POV)
The only thing that surrounded Kagome was darkness. She couldn't tell if her eyes were open or not, or whether she was dreaming or dead. She couldn't even recall how many times she'd slip in and out of consciousness so far. The only sounds that she could hear were her own ragged breathing and the loud thumping of her heart, which seemed to be beating slowly. All she knew was that she was injured badly and stuck in a tiny space with terrifying creatures possibly lurking outside the door.
She felt weak, tired and dirty. To put it more clearly, she felt like shit. Her left forearm and right leg hurt like hell and she was feeling really dizzy and nauseated. She wanted to scream out her fear and frustration so badly, but knew that it pointless. Besides, she didn't think that she'd even have enough energy to do so. It was pathetic.
Her thoughts suddenly drifted onto her parents. In the past 48 hours, she'd learned that they'd been both murdered by the same person: Sesshoumaru. And the fact that she had to personally put her zombified mother out of her undead misery didn't make her feel any better. Just that thought alone disgusted her.
Tears started streaming down Kagome's cheeks and a weak sob escaped from her lips. 'I just want to die!' She thought miserably. 'There's nothing more to live for… Besides, I'm as good as dead anyway in my current condition, so what's the point in trying anymore?' She continued to quietly sob for a few more minutes until the pain inside her chest became too unbearable to do so anymore. She started to violently cough, which caused that queasy feeling within her gut to build up so fast that she barely had time to react as she quickly turned her head to the side and then vomited down onto the floor beside her. After she was done emptying the contents from out her stomach, she just weakly turned away from the disgusting mess and leaned her head on the nearby wall. 'I'll never make it out of here alive…' She mentally stated in depression. More tears started welling up within her eyes as she thought of her little brother, whom was waiting for her back at their tiny apartment. 'Oh Souta… I'm so sorry…' She sniffled. 'It's not fair, damn it! Why does it have to be this way? WHY?' Her worried thoughts then went to Inuyasha, wondering if he'd somehow escaped from the prison or not. 'If he did escape, I hope he gets as far away from this evil place as possible…'
Faint BOOM noises followed by what sounded like an animal screeching suddenly interrupted Kagome's thoughts, which caused her to hold her breath out of fear. Then everything became silent. At first she thought she was just hearing things, but after a moment, she heard the same sounds again. 'Oh God, what if that THING is coming back here to get me?' Her disoriented mind declared in panic as she started breathing heavily and remained deathly still, not wanting to make any movements whatsoever.
After a few more minutes, all the commotion suddenly ceased and became silent once again. This time, it stayed permanently silent. '…I wonder what's going on out there?' She mentally wondered as she strained to hear for any more noises. In the back of her mind, she started thinking about that hideous red creature again, which caused her to become more paranoid and frightened. 'I need something to defend myself with!' She mentally declared as she blindly reached around within the small, pitch black space, searching for just about anything she could use for a possible weapon.
Reaching up just above her head, she felt some sort of low metal shelf. Sliding her finger tips along the edge, they finally came into contact with something solid. She then impatiently fumbled with the weighted object until it finally teetered over the edge of the shelf… and instantly collided with the top of her head. The heavy object then landed down loudly onto the floor and rolled a few feet away from her.
Kagome immediately whimpered in pain as she placed both of her hands up onto her now throbbing, sore head and then curled up into a fetal position in the corner of the small space. She didn't know what the hell fell on top of her head, but whatever it was just made her feel even worse now. 'Damn it! I'm such a klutz! That noise HAD to have attracted that monsters' attention now!' She thought in panic as a sudden powerful wave of dizziness engulfed her. She softly groaned as she felt her entire body growing slack and struggled to keep her fluttering eyelids open, but to no avail. Her body involuntarily swayed and before she toppled down onto the floor and became unconscious, she unknowingly called out Inuyasha's name…
(End of Kagome's POV)
"Kagome…!" Inuyasha blurted out in a worried tone as he quickly kneeled down beside the fallen girl and checked to see if she was still alive and breathing. To his great relief, he discovered that she was, but appeared to be unconscious. He softly tapped the side of her cheek to try and wake her, but she wasn't responding. Giving up, he gently turned her over onto her backside so he could take a look at her injuries and immediately gasped in shock at what he saw.
Her left arm and right leg were bound up with blood-soaked pieces of torn fabric, which he assumed came from her now ripped-in-half pink tank top. Dirt marks were streaked on her exposed arms and stomach, as well as on her jeans and the rest of her remaining tank top too. A small amount of blood from an injury atop her head caused a thin trail of blood to streak down the front of her sweaty forehead. Her cheeks were also slightly smudged with dirt and they appeared to be flushed as well.
Inuyasha gently placed his hand over Kagome's forehead and felt that it was really hot, indicating that she had a severe fever. "Christ…" He softly murmured to himself as he tucked the Magnum and survival knife back onto the side of his belt and then gently gathered up the injured girl into his arms and stood up with some difficulty.
It didn't take a genius to figure out that she'd been attacked by a zombie. Not only had she been bitten once, but TWICE! The virus was apparently already within her body's entire system, due to the fact that she was already showing signs of infection. If he didn't act fast and find a cure of some sorts, then she too would become another innocent victim as well.
Inuyasha's newfound goal fueled his determination and strength as he started briskly venturing down hallway after hallway, all the while holding Kagome protectively to his chest as he desperately searched around for a medical room of some kind where he could take care of her wounds. 'Damn it! Isn't there a Nurse's room or something on this level?' He thought in frustration as he rounded a corner and continued on down another seemingly endless corridor.
About halfway down that hallway, a sudden loud thump noise erupted from somewhere within the silent area, causing Inuyasha to stumble slightly out of surprise. He stopped walking for a moment upon hearing the sound again, which was followed by more thumps. It sounded like something was beating up against one of the wooden doors that he'd just walked past only moments ago. Not wanting to deal with whatever it was that was making all that noise, he resumed his journey and quickened his pace up even more.
When he finally got to the end of that L-shaped hallway, he rounded the corner and noticed that the next hallway was a long straightaway that had a door at the very end. A small sense of hope and relief washed over him upon spotting the small white sign labeled "Stairwell" at the very top of the door. But then a nervous, sick feeling built up within his gut upon seeing that along both sides of the hallway's walls was nothing but large glass windows. Inside the rooms behind the glass was pitch black, obscuring the contents which lied within.
'Shit…' Inuyasha mentally swore as he nervously gulped, hesitating a moment before slowly making his way down the hallway. Picking up his pace a little more, he kept his sight focused intently on the door at the end. Out of the corner of his eyes though, he could still catch a glimpse of the darkened rooms, which was really freaking him out to the point where he was starting to sweat.
Suddenly, a loud 'thump' sound erupted against the nearby glass window that was off to Inuyasha's left. He jumped slightly from being startled and immediately reacted by turning in the direction from where the noise had come from… and gasped in surprise/horror at what he saw.
One of the undead scientists inside the darkened room had its disgusting face and hands pressed up against the window, staring at the teenage half-Demon with its glassed-over white eyes. The zombie scientist's white lab coat appeared somewhat tattered and smeared with dried blood and other unidentified stains. Its face was also half decayed, thus displaying patches of jaw and cheek bone, indicating that the scientist had been dead for quite some time.
The zombie scientist moaned and started repeatedly beating up against the window with its hands. This action caught the attention of the other surrounding zombies within that room as well as the zombies over in the other darkened room across the hallway. Within a matter of seconds, about twenty zombies all together made their appearances known and started beating up against the glass windows, like their fellow undead comrade. Mixing along with all the hands beating up against the windows, a loud, annoying chorus of anguished moaning started echoing within the hallway as well.
'Oh shit!' Inuyasha mentally exclaimed in panic as he slowly started walking backwards down the way he previously came from. 'There's NO WAY I'm taking the chance of walking past those suckers! They might break through the glass…'
As if on cue, three zombies on the right side managed to break through a pane of glass and all together, tumbled out and fell down onto the ground. Two of them drunkenly picked themselves up off of the floor and started staggering towards the teen, while the other one started crawling on the floor towards him. Some of the other zombies soon followed suit and tumbled out from the broken window as well.
Inuyasha quickly whipped around and started making his way as fast as he could back down the previous hallway. As he turned the corner, he heard the sounds of more glass breaking, indicating that more of the zombies had busted out from inside the darkened rooms. He tried quickening his pace up, but it was somewhat difficult for him since his strength was diminishing from holding Kagome all this time.
Just as he was about halfway down the middle of that hallway, a wooden door up ahead suddenly swung open, and out staggered four zombified mechanics, all wearing tattered and blood-soaked blue overalls. Two of the zombies were wearing yellow construction hats as well.
"FUCK!" Inuyasha loudly yelled in frustration as he immediately halted, trying to quickly decide on what to do. 'There're too many zombies back down the other way—it'd be like going straight into a death trap!' He mentally reasoned as he started taking slow steps backwards away from the approaching four zombies. 'Maybe I can make it past these four… No. I'll most likely get bitten. …SHIT! WHAT THE HELL DO I DO NOW?'
As he kept on backing away from the four approaching zombies, he started hearing the sounds of more shuffling feet coming from around the previous corridor. Those zombies were still a lengthy distance behind him, but it'd only take a matter of minutes before they eventually caught up to him.
Inuyasha's heart was rapidly beating within his chest and sweat started trickling down the sides of his temples as he kept nervously glancing back and forth between the two groups of zombies that were steadily closing in on him. He felt Kagome, who was still unconscious, stir a bit within his arms as she quietly mumbled something incoherently. Her sudden movement reminded him that, not only was her life in danger, but his as well. 'I have to get out of this hallway!' He mentally declared as he unknowingly backed up against the nearby left wall. His back instantly connected with a door knob and without giving it a second thought, he quickly reached down and tried twisting the handle, but discovered that it was locked. He then quickly crossed over to the opposite side of the hall and tried another nearby random door, but discovered that that door too was locked as well.
"Damn it!" He angrily cursed to himself as he glanced down at Kagome's unconscious form. A cruel idea suddenly popped up in his mind, about leaving her behind as "bait" for the zombies and while they were distracted, he could slip past them and make a run for it. 'NO! There's no way I'd stoop that low just to save my own ass!' He mentally exclaimed, feeling momentarily disgusted with himself for even thinking about something so evil such as that.
All of a sudden, one of the closest zombie mechanics quickly lunged forward towards Inuyasha, but he quickly side-stepped out of the way and then kicked the zombie in the gut, which sent it stumbling backwards right into two of its fellow comrades. "GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME!" He angrily shouted as he quickly glanced over his shoulder and noticed that the large mob of zombie scientists were now only a mere ten feet away from him. He then quickly turned his attention back to the zombie mechanics, which were all literally an arms reach away from him. Panic flooded within his mind and entire body as he tried keeping an even distance between all of the zombies, not knowing what else more he could do.
"HANG ON INUYASHA!" A voice suddenly hollered, which sounded like it came from the corridor where the darkened rooms were located.
Surprised, Inuyasha quickly spun around just in time to see Kouga pummel straight into the middle of the large group of zombie scientists and randomly started decapitating some of their heads off with his razor sharp claws. Ignoring the zombies that still remained, he then immediately sprinted forward, running straight past the half-Demon teen and took care of the zombie mechanics. "Are you two all right?" He sternly questioned over his shoulder while he proceeded to wipe the blood from off of his hands onto the front of his pants.
"Y-yeah…" Inuyasha stuttered in a dumbfounded tone, but quickly switched back to his normal, arrogant self. "What the hell are you doing here anyway? I thought you were—"
"There's no time to talk!" Kouga suddenly interrupted as he turned around and glared in annoyance at Inuyasha, while holding his left arm out towards him. "Let me carry Kagome and follow me!"
Inuyasha glared at the older Demon. "HELL NO!" He angrily yelled in a defiant tone while clutching Kagome protectively to his chest. "WHY SHOULD I TRUST—"
"IF YOU WANT THE GIRL TO LIVE, THEN LISTEN TO ME DAMN IT!" Kouga shouted back and then resumed in his normal tone of voice. "I can already sense how weak and tired you've become, and you'll just make yourself even worse if you keep on continuing to carry her in your current state, you moron!"
Still glaring, Inuyasha didn't respond, but knew that what Kouga had said was right. He hesitated for a split-second before finally handing Kagome over to the older Demon's awaiting arms.
"This way!" Kouga stated as he started jogging off down the hallway, with Inuyasha right on his heels.
A few minutes later, after going down a flight of stairs and traveling down several different corridors, Kouga had led Inuyasha to some sort of small medical office, in which he had to use a key to get into. The room contained two large metal cabinets with glass doors which exposed the many different kinds of bottles that contained unknown serums and other types of medicines. There was also a small oak office desk that had a computer on its surface and a black leather chair underneath it, a short metal filing cabinet next to the desk and lastly, a six foot plain metal table in the very center of the room. An overhead light situated above the table emitted just enough dull light to see.
Without saying a word, Kouga gently laid Kagome down onto the metal table and then made his way over to one of the metal cabinets, searching inside for whatever it was that he was looking for.
In the meantime, Inuyasha choose to remain at Kagome's side. She was still unconscious and her breathing was getting more ragged with each breath that she took. 'She's getting worse…' He thought with worry as he carefully brushed away a few strands of her bangs from off of her closed eyelids.
Just then, Kouga approached the opposite side of the table and opened a large white tin box with the words "First Aid" printed in red lettering. He took out some large butterfly band-aids, a small bottle of hydrogen peroxide, a bag of cotton balls and a large roll of white gauze bandaging. Working quickly yet carefully, he used one of his sharp claws to tear away Kagome's makeshift bandages from off of her injured arm and leg, and started pouring the bottle of peroxide directly onto the bite wounds. "How long ago was she bitten?" He questioned without even looking up as he continued to briskly clean and wipe away the dried blood, and then repeated with pouring the medicinal liquid over the wounds.
"I don't know." Inuyasha stated in a low tone as he watched the older Demon work. "I just only recently found her lying in a Janitor's closet, already unconscious."
Kouga said nothing as he threw the blood-stained cotton balls down onto the floor and then briskly walked over to the metal cabinet again, searching inside for something else. "Can you put some of those butterfly band-aids on her wounds for me, please." He asked in a stern tone, continuing to search for whatever it was that he was looking for.
Inuyasha did as the older Demon requested and carefully applied the bandages to Kagome's bite wounds. Afterwards, he took the gauze and started to securely wrap the wounded areas, so the band-aids would stay in place. By the time he finished, Kouga had already made his way back over to the table and starting filling up a thin, empty medical needle with a strange purple liquid serum.
"What the hell's that?" Inuyasha quickly demanded as he suspiciously eyed the Demon.
"It's the anti-virus for the D-Virus" Kouga stated as he tapped the side of the needle and then pushed some of the liquid out from the tip of needle, to make sure there were no air bubbles inside the tube. He then gently grabbed a hold of Kagome's right arm and lowered the needle downwards towards a visible vein, preparing to give her the shot. But just before the needle could make contact with her skin, Inuyasha had suddenly smacked the needle from out of his hands, thus sending the needle across the room and shattering down onto the hard floor. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?" He angrily shouted as he glared and growled at the half-Demon teen.
"THERE'S NO WAY I'M LETTING YOU INJECT THAT SHIT INTO HER!" Inuyasha angrily shouted back, glaring as well.
"The only way to cure her is with the anti-virus, you fucking moron!" Kouga smartly stated through gritted teeth. "Now I have to search for another antidote which could be ANYWHERE in this damn facility, thanks to YOU, you shit-head!"
Inuyasha growled. "I don't trust ANYTHING that's made from this damn corporation!" He angrily spat. "I don't care what the hell it is!"
"Well, it's the only thing that we got right now that'll save Kagome's life!" Kouga smartly retorted back.
Inuyasha growled. "How the hell do you know if that shit even works or not? And how come all of a sudden you wanna help us out?" He smartly questioned in a skeptical tone. "You locked me up in a fucking cell earlier and now you're trying to play a hero? What the fuck?"
Kouga just glared and said nothing. He then quickly turned his head to look away from the half-Demon and just blankly stared at nothing in particular. After a paused moment, he finally spoke up. "A couple of years ago, my girlfriend Ayame suddenly disappeared one morning when she went out for a morning jog near the woods." He started to say in a painfully low voice. "No one had seen or heard from her in days."
Inuyasha remained quiet as he continued to listen to the Demon's story, while gazing down at Kagome's face with a stern expression.
"Days turned into weeks, and then weeks turned into months. The police finally just deemed it as a "run away" case and gave up the search, since they couldn't find any clues whatsoever to her disappearance." Kouga stated, growling slightly. "So, that's when I took matters into my own hands and went out to search for her myself. I was out for days, searching for her in the Arklay Mountains, calling for her… Somehow, I stumbled upon the Mansion and before I knew what the hell was going on, I'd been captured and interrogated on what I was doing in that area." He paused for a moment, swallowing uneasily. "To make a long story short, I found out later that some of the Corporation's bastards kidnapped Ayame because they needed a new 'guinea pig' for one of their sick experiments." His face then contorted into a dark, pained expression. "They turned her into some kind of fucking monster and then killed her right before my eyes…!" He started growling and unknowingly clenched his hands into fists at his sides. "I fucking snapped and killed all those bastards… but Sesshoumaru was the only one who was able to stop me. He said that he'd kill off my entire family if I didn't cooperate and work for him…!" He angrily spat through clenched teeth. "So, I had no choice…"
Inuyasha remained silent, finally understanding Kouga's situation. Deep down, he felt sympathy for him, knowing exactly what it was like being a slave to someone who was powerful enough to hold the life of a loved one over your head as a bribe in order to keep them alive as long as you obeyed his every command…
Kouga abruptly turned and faced Inuyasha once again. "Kagura's dead now, too." He stated with an emotional expression upon his face.
Both guys' attention was suddenly disrupted by Kagome, who unconsciously grunted in pain.
"Isn't there anything else besides the anti-virus that we could use to help her?" Inuyasha asked in an urgent tone as he wiped some sweat off from the injured girls' forehead.
Without saying a word, Kouga quickly made his way back over to the medical cabinet and started searching inside. About a minute later, he came back to the table with a new empty needle and a small bottle of some kind of unknown serum. "This should slow down the effects of the virus in Kagome's system, as well as numb any kind of pain that she's feeling." He stated as he started repeating the process of preparing another needle. "Hopefully she'll hold out 'till sunrise, when both of your Demon blood kicks back in." He then carefully inserted the needle into a vein on Kagome's left arm and slowly injected the clear liquid into her bloodstream. Afterwards, he placed a small cotton ball over the tiny wound and then put a band-aid over top of it to hold it into place. He then looked over at the half-Demon teen with a serious expression upon his face. "Listen Inuyasha, we need to get out of here as soon as possible—"
"Yeah, AFTER I kill Sesshoumaru!" Inuyasha rudely interrupted. "There's no way I'm leaving here UNTIL I get that bastard for all the shit he's done!"
"I'LL deal with him. You worry about getting Kagome and yourself out of here." Kouga bluntly stated in an orderly tone as he walked over to the desk and started searching in the drawers for possibly another First Aid kit, but found that there was none.
"HELL NO!" Inuyasha angrily shouted with a glare upon his face. "You're not the only one that wants revenge against that bastard!"
Kouga turned around and glared at the younger half-Demon teen. "Aren't you forgetting that you're completely human right now?" He stated in a matter-of-fact tone with an annoyed expression upon his face. "I hardly stood a chance with him when we fought last. What makes you think that you'll do any better—especially in your current condition?"
Inuyasha just snorted defiantly. "I can take him!" He smartly replied as he stubbornly crossed his arms in front of his chest.
Kouga growled. "YOU DAMN ARROGANT FOOL!" He shouted in anger as he quickly crossed the room and then roughly grabbed a hold of the front of Inuyasha's black tank top, bringing the teen face to face with him. "HE'LL KILL YOU BEFORE YOU EVEN LAND A PUNCH ON HIM!"
Still glaring, Inuyasha roughly pushed Kouga away from him and said nothing, knowing that once again, the older Demon was right.
"Inu… Inuyasha?" Kagome weakly mumbled all of a sudden as she slowly started to open her eyelids.
Inuyasha reached over and gently grabbed a hold of Kagome's right hand. "I'm right here, Kagome." He quickly replied in a soft tone as he used his other hand to affectionately stroke back some of her hair away from her face.
After blinking a few times, Kagome's blurry vision became normal once again. She looked up at Inuyasha's worried face for a moment before she tried sitting up from her current lying position. She still felt extremely weak, so Inuyasha had to aid her in her task. "Where… are we?" She quietly questioned as she started looking around at her new surrounding.
"We're in a Medical Office." Kouga answered for her.
Surprised, Kagome immediately turned around to see who spoke, but soon regretted the action because the sudden movement caused her head to throb with dizziness. She quickly placed both of her hands on the sides of her temples and closed her eyes. "Wh-what's going on?" She mumbled in a confused tone.
"We're getting out of here." Inuyasha sternly stated as he placed a comforting hand on her back and then looked over at Kouga. "All three of us."
Kouga shook his head in disagreement. "I already told you what my first priority is, Inuyasha!" He retorted with an annoyed expression upon his face.
Inuyasha growled. "Look, our first priority is to get Kagome out of here and to a safe place!" He argued back as he glared at the Demon.
For the next few minutes, both guys continued to disagree and argue over the current situation, totally forgetting all about Kagome.
But she wasn't paying any attention to them anyway. She just continued to massage the sides of her temples, which was slowly helping to get rid of the dizziness. 'I can't believe I'm still alive…!' She mentally exclaimed to herself as she glanced down at her newly bandaged arm and leg. She hesitated a moment before she moved her injured limbs a bit and to her surprise, didn't feel any pain whatsoever. 'My wounds…! They don't hurt anymore…! But, they feel kind of tingly… like they're numb or something?'
"FINE THEN!" Kouga suddenly shouted, which startled Kagome and caused her to pay attention to what was going on between him and Inuyasha.
"We'll get Kagome to safer grounds first and then both of us will head back here to finish off Sesshoumaru!" Inuyasha firmly stated. "Then we'll bury this damn place for good!"
"Whatever." Kouga huffed as he stubbornly crossed his arms in front of his chest. "But just remember that this was your call, pal! So, if something happens or you get killed, you better not damn well blame it on me!"
After a few more minutes of conversation, the three of them were finally on their way to the Weapons Storage Room, which was located somewhere close by on that floor, to get some ammunition and guns for Inuyasha, which he insisted on having since he was practically 'defenseless'.
Within a matter of about five minutes, they finally reached the desired location. Once inside the storage room, Inuyasha immediately started searching around for more Magnum bullets for his gun and other powerful firearms, while Kouga just patiently stood near the door and waited, while holding Kagome within his arms, since she was still too weak to walk on her own.
Kagome felt a little uncomfortable being held by Kouga, for the fact that he knew all along that Sesshoumaru had been the one who killed her parents and then also didn't do a damn thing to help her out when she was locked in a room with her undead mother. But being the nice and forgivable person that she was, she forgave him—only after he first gave her a heartfelt apology and told her a brief summary of his own story, the one he'd told Inuyasha earlier.
Sighing in exhaustion, she glanced around the large, heavily equipped room. Anything and everything that you wanted or ever dreamed of having could be found there! Rows upon rows of several different kinds of automatic guns and melee weapons such as military knives, etc., lined the steel walls, as well as holsters and other types of firearm equipment. There were also many well-stocked metal cabinets that contained ammunition and thousand of gun clips. She also noticed a large red cargo crate situated on the floor in the very back of the room that had the word "Grenades" printed in black lettering on the side.
Kagome's eyes widened in slight fear as she continued to stare at the red crate, the color suddenly reminding her of the large creature that she'd encountered some time ago in the hallway. 'That monster's still out there somewhere!' She mentally exclaimed in panic. 'I have to warn the others!'
Sensing Kagome's sudden change in scent, he looked down at her with a worried expression upon his face. "What's wrong?" He asked in a quiet tone.
"I-I just remembered that some large red monster-thing with a really long tongue attacked me and some Demon girl earlier! It had us both pinned down on the floor, but that girl somehow got away!" Kagome started to explain in a rushed tone, leaving out the part where the Demon girl attacked her just moments before that incident. "I thought that it was going to kill me, but it just… licked me and then took off!"
Overhearing her short story, Inuyasha just snorted. "Oh that thing," He mumbled in an annoyed tone as he continued stuffing his pants pockets with Magnum bullets. "I already took care of it… damn thing nearly killed me, too!"
Kagome let out a relieving sigh, but then frowned in confusion. "Not that I'm complaining or anything, but how come that thing didn't kill me? I thought for sure it would—"
"It probably sensed that you were infected with the virus and was on the verge of death." Kouga interrupted, answering her question. "From what I learned, that type of monster, ironically known as a "Licker", feeds only on healthy prey."
Kagome blinked in surprise. "You mean there are more of those creatures around here?" She exclaimed in disbelief.
Kouga nodded. "Yes… as well as a bunch of other different creatures, too." He stated informatively, glaring over at the back of Inuyasha's head as he continued stocking his pants pockets up with more bullets. "That's why we need to get out of here… like sometime this century, Inuyasha!"
"Huh?" Inuyasha blurted out in a dazed tone as he turned around with a set of Uzi's in both hands. He also had his Magnum tucked on the side of his belt along with a 9mm handgun and two sets of black leather straps crossed in an 'X' over the front of his chest, lined with Uzi clips. The only things that were missing from his "Rambo" look were a large survival knife and a camouflaged bandana!
Kouga snorted in annoyance. "We're wasting time!" He smartly stated. "Take ONLY what you NEED and let's get the hell out of here already!"
Inuyasha frowned. "I am ready." He stated with a glare.
With that last statement, the three of them finally exited the room.
Several minutes had gone by and Kouga, who was still carrying Kagome, and Inuyasha had managed to reach all the way up to the fifth floor. They had run into a few zombies here and there, but managed to slip past them unharmed—thanks to Inuyasha's Uzi's.
"All we need to do now is reach the sixth floor," Kouga called over his shoulder as he continued to jog down the hallway with Inuyasha trailing closely behind him. "The old stairwell entrance is located there, which leads up to the outside surface."
Kagome's face beamed with hopefulness. 'We'll finally be out of this place for good!' She thought with relief as her heart raced with excitement at the thought of escaping from this unrealistic nightmare.
As the small group turned the corner to go down another hallway, Kouga had suddenly stopped dead in his tracks, causing Inuyasha to collide straight into his back.
"Hey! What the hell are you doing?" Inuyasha smartly demanded as he peered around the Demon's back to see why he stopped—and immediately froze.
Standing at the very end of that hallway was none other than his older half-brother, Sesshoumaru.
Inuyasha growled. "YOU BASTARD!" He angrily hollered as he watched as Sesshoumaru just casually turned around and started walking away, all the while chuckling. "GET BACK HERE YOU COWARD!" He then loudly demanded as he immediately sprinted off after him. Unbeknownst to him, his handgun accidentally slipped off from his belt and fell down onto the floor.
"INUYASHA, WAIT!" Kouga called out as he watched as Inuyasha disappeared around the corner after his half-brother. Growling in frustration, he carefully let down Kagome so that she was now standing on her own. "I'm going after him." He stated as he quickly bent down and retrieved the fallen handgun, and then handed it to Kagome. "Take this and stay here. We'll be right back, ok?"
Kagome bit her bottom lip nervously. "B-but I don't want to be stuck out here all by myself!" She complained in a stuttering tone as she glanced around the hallway in a paranoid manner. "And besides, I don't even know how to shoot a gun!"
"You'll be fine." Kouga reassured as he placed a comforting hand on her shoulder for a quick second. "I didn't sense anything funny on this level, so there's really nothing to worry about." He then gave her a quick demonstration on how to switch on/off the gun's safety and how to aim properly, and then immediately took off down the hallway after Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru.
After she could no longer hear the sounds of Kouga's running footsteps, Kagome carefully limped backwards until her back met up against the nearby wall. With shaky hands, she held the gun down out in front of her in a protective manner. She wanted to be ready just in case anything should happen to wander her way. 'Oh yeah, I'll be fine… just fine… YEAH RIGHT! What the hell am I going to do, huh? LIMP away if something chases after me?' She sourly thought with a grim expression upon her face as she kept nervously glancing around the hallway.
As if being in that empty hallway alone wasn't scary enough, one of the ceiling lights above her suddenly flickered for a moment before it went out completely. Taking in a deep breath to try and calm her nerves down, she then sighed out loud in frustration. 'Those two had BETTER hurry up!' She nervously thought as she continued to just stand there, listening to nothing but the dead silence that surrounded her.