Chapter 5- Emerald Eyes
Valerie: "I'm not gonna tell you again, get away or you're dead!"
The scientists are looking quite shocked. She is clearly not one of the original test subjects and the one emitting the white glow seemed oddly familiar to some of the older scientists. Then one of those older ones cried out ~~~"
"SWEET MOTHER OF GOD, Its AKIRA!! CATCH HIM AND THE GIRL FAST, SHE'LL BE THE 42ND SUBJECT!"
Kaneda: "She's no lab rat, now get out of here or you're dead meat!"
And yet despite these warnings the soldiers came in closer, their guns at the ready. One of them raised a gas grenade, pulled the pin and threw it. But as if on instinct Valerie waved her arm and the grenade flew into the sky, controlled by her powers, and with a loud bang the grenade exploded well out of harms way. The soldiers and scientists looked very scared now. The scientist leading the troops shouted a full retreat. A few minutes later they were gone, leaving the strange little group alone in the alley. It took Valerie and Akira a few moments to calm themselves down and let their auras dissipate.
Kai: "Damn, they sure took off in a hurry."
Kaneda: "Yeah. Like a bat outta hell. Oh man, Tetsuo!"
Kaneda rushed over to his old friend, and when he looked at him he was quite shocked. His arm had somehow grown back which was good and all, but the rest of Tetsuo's appearance was definatly different. His skin had turned the color of slate and was stretched tightly over his bones as though he had not eaten in a very long time. His eyes, which Kaneda had always known to be a light brown had turned emerald green and his hair had turned as white as snow. Plus that, he was bleeding badly from a cut on his chest which not even Tetsuo had noticed before. Kaneda knelt down and looked his friend square in the eyes.
Kaneda: "What the hell happened to you?"
Tetsuo looked him in the eyes, smiled feebly at him and fell into a deep sleep, not only due to his already being very weak but also due to the loss of blood. Behind him Kaneda heard a gasp from Kai. Kaneda stood up and rushed to his side.
Kaneda: "What, what is it?"
Kai: "He ~~~ he said something, I heard it."
Kei: "Kaisuke, Kaneda was right next to him and I don't think he heard anything, did you Kaneda?'
Kaneda: "No I didn't."
Akira: "What did you hear him say?"
Kai: "He said that he was ~~~ he said he was a ~~~"
Valerie: "A monster. He said he was a monster that didn't deserve to be rescued by us. Kai, you heard it in your head didn't you?"
Everyone looked at Kai who was shaking like a leaf. Even he knew what this meant. He was somehow developing powers as well as Valerie. Valerie's attitude suddenly changed as she went over to her bike and got out a first aid kit by opening a few locks and lifting up her bike's front seat. She took the kit over to the transformed Tetsuo and proceeded to wipe the blood off of his front with a clean cloth.
Valerie: "Kei, watch the alley entrance. Make sure that those bozos don't come back while I'm doing this. And Kaneda, try to calm Kai down, he looks like he's about to fall apart."
Kei: "Valerie, there's a pickup truck heading right this way!"
Kaneda: "Take the bikes to the back of the alley and try to hide and keep quiet!"
Valerie paused Tetsuo's treatment long enough to get Akira out of his seat and take her bike to the end of the damp alley. They all hid behind the bikes except for Tetsuo and Kaneda, who hid behind the sheet metal that Tetsuo had been using as a primitive shelter. Even while they hid Valerie pressed the now blood soaked cloth against the gaping cut in the teen's chest in an effort to stop the blood, which was now staining her own clothes. Kai peeked over his bike just long enough to see one man get out of the truck which was now parked were the tanks had been before. It was then that Kai heard whimpering next to him. He turned and saw Akira who was staring at the bloodstained Valerie and the injured Tetsuo. Akira had gone as white as a sheet and his fearful noises were getting louder and louder.
Kaneda (whispering): "Would you tell him to calm down!"
Valerie (whispering): "I don't think I can. He must be scared of blood."
Akira tried his hardest to ignore his fear but it was simply too much for him to bear. Like Kiyoko, Takashi and Masaru he too was a hemophobic, which meant that he had a great fear of anyone's blood. He could not take it even one second longer. He screamed so loudly that it caught the attention of the man from the truck, which was now running towards them.
Kaneda: "Son of a b****! Get ready to ride on out of here!"
At the very last second before the man reached them, he shouted into the dark end of the alley ~~~
"Who's there? Are you alright?"
Kei (gasping): "Colonel Shikishima, is that you out there?"
Valerie: "I'm not gonna tell you again, get away or you're dead!"
The scientists are looking quite shocked. She is clearly not one of the original test subjects and the one emitting the white glow seemed oddly familiar to some of the older scientists. Then one of those older ones cried out ~~~"
"SWEET MOTHER OF GOD, Its AKIRA!! CATCH HIM AND THE GIRL FAST, SHE'LL BE THE 42ND SUBJECT!"
Kaneda: "She's no lab rat, now get out of here or you're dead meat!"
And yet despite these warnings the soldiers came in closer, their guns at the ready. One of them raised a gas grenade, pulled the pin and threw it. But as if on instinct Valerie waved her arm and the grenade flew into the sky, controlled by her powers, and with a loud bang the grenade exploded well out of harms way. The soldiers and scientists looked very scared now. The scientist leading the troops shouted a full retreat. A few minutes later they were gone, leaving the strange little group alone in the alley. It took Valerie and Akira a few moments to calm themselves down and let their auras dissipate.
Kai: "Damn, they sure took off in a hurry."
Kaneda: "Yeah. Like a bat outta hell. Oh man, Tetsuo!"
Kaneda rushed over to his old friend, and when he looked at him he was quite shocked. His arm had somehow grown back which was good and all, but the rest of Tetsuo's appearance was definatly different. His skin had turned the color of slate and was stretched tightly over his bones as though he had not eaten in a very long time. His eyes, which Kaneda had always known to be a light brown had turned emerald green and his hair had turned as white as snow. Plus that, he was bleeding badly from a cut on his chest which not even Tetsuo had noticed before. Kaneda knelt down and looked his friend square in the eyes.
Kaneda: "What the hell happened to you?"
Tetsuo looked him in the eyes, smiled feebly at him and fell into a deep sleep, not only due to his already being very weak but also due to the loss of blood. Behind him Kaneda heard a gasp from Kai. Kaneda stood up and rushed to his side.
Kaneda: "What, what is it?"
Kai: "He ~~~ he said something, I heard it."
Kei: "Kaisuke, Kaneda was right next to him and I don't think he heard anything, did you Kaneda?'
Kaneda: "No I didn't."
Akira: "What did you hear him say?"
Kai: "He said that he was ~~~ he said he was a ~~~"
Valerie: "A monster. He said he was a monster that didn't deserve to be rescued by us. Kai, you heard it in your head didn't you?"
Everyone looked at Kai who was shaking like a leaf. Even he knew what this meant. He was somehow developing powers as well as Valerie. Valerie's attitude suddenly changed as she went over to her bike and got out a first aid kit by opening a few locks and lifting up her bike's front seat. She took the kit over to the transformed Tetsuo and proceeded to wipe the blood off of his front with a clean cloth.
Valerie: "Kei, watch the alley entrance. Make sure that those bozos don't come back while I'm doing this. And Kaneda, try to calm Kai down, he looks like he's about to fall apart."
Kei: "Valerie, there's a pickup truck heading right this way!"
Kaneda: "Take the bikes to the back of the alley and try to hide and keep quiet!"
Valerie paused Tetsuo's treatment long enough to get Akira out of his seat and take her bike to the end of the damp alley. They all hid behind the bikes except for Tetsuo and Kaneda, who hid behind the sheet metal that Tetsuo had been using as a primitive shelter. Even while they hid Valerie pressed the now blood soaked cloth against the gaping cut in the teen's chest in an effort to stop the blood, which was now staining her own clothes. Kai peeked over his bike just long enough to see one man get out of the truck which was now parked were the tanks had been before. It was then that Kai heard whimpering next to him. He turned and saw Akira who was staring at the bloodstained Valerie and the injured Tetsuo. Akira had gone as white as a sheet and his fearful noises were getting louder and louder.
Kaneda (whispering): "Would you tell him to calm down!"
Valerie (whispering): "I don't think I can. He must be scared of blood."
Akira tried his hardest to ignore his fear but it was simply too much for him to bear. Like Kiyoko, Takashi and Masaru he too was a hemophobic, which meant that he had a great fear of anyone's blood. He could not take it even one second longer. He screamed so loudly that it caught the attention of the man from the truck, which was now running towards them.
Kaneda: "Son of a b****! Get ready to ride on out of here!"
At the very last second before the man reached them, he shouted into the dark end of the alley ~~~
"Who's there? Are you alright?"
Kei (gasping): "Colonel Shikishima, is that you out there?"