Chapter 7:

Tink moved in between Reaper and Goat as she went into the middle and Reaper took up the rear. They had reached a balcony thing and then a spiral stairway leading down. Tink looked below them. She couldn't see anything. She nodded and Goat walked ahead.

Tink spun around with Reaper when she heard a loud banging noise. She saw Goat throw his head back and say, "God Damn it!" as a metal can rolled down the stairs.

Reaper and Tink both took a deep breath and started walking down the stairs in front of Goat. Tink noticed Goat wasn't following. She turning and saw him take his knife and put it on his arm. She hit Reaper with the back of her hand on his upper arm lightly. He looked at her and she nodded in Goats direction.

Reaper followed her line of sight. Goat looked at them; "I took his name in vain," Tink couldn't help but stare as the blood slowly ran down Goat's arm. Reaper turned and continued down the stairs, "Come on Tink," She heard him say and woke her out of her trance.

They wandered down the hallway cautiously. "We heard something in Genetics' we are going to check it out over." Reaper said over their comm.'s. They walked slowly into the lab.

Tink shown her light on the cages standing between Reaper and Goat. She stared trying to understand what she was looking at. They were distorted cages that were cover with blood and bits of flesh.

"Looks like we missed the party," Reaper whispered to her.

"What happened? Where are all the animals? We were just here, what happened to all the animals?" Goat stuttered. Tink turned and looked at him.

"Animals were in these?" She asked aghast with disgust. Goat nodded and Reaper and he both advanced into the lab. Tink had to shake her self out of a trance she had fallen into.

She felt disgust come up her throat and tear at her inside. Reaper looked back at her. "You okay?" Tink nodded and followed him.

Tink didn't want to turn the corner when she heard something. It was like the noise Carmack had been making only more guttural. All three turned the corner at the same time.

Reaper exhaled and lowered his weapon slightly, Goat followed suite, when they saw it was a scientist. Tink kept her weapon raised when she realized the sound was coming from him.

"Sir?" Reaper asked. The scientist turned and faced them. Their was something defiantly wrong with his bone structure and there were sores all over his face, not to mention one on his neck but what really got Tink's attention was the blood dripping from his mouth. "Sir?" Reaper repeated.

The man turned picked up a rat and ripped off its head. Tink couldn't help but squeal with horror.

"Oh-key," Reaper said staring at the man. The man went for a knife. "Sir, no, put it down, put it down!" He rushed them. Tink squeezed her trigger and the shot hit him dead in the heart. Reaper and Goat peppered him with bullets as well. But Tink took pride in the precision shot.

"What is going on?" They could hear Sarge shout in their ears.

"A scientist, he rushed us, crazy like Carmack." Reaper said in reply.

"Is he dead?"

"Very, a doctor Olsen, should we bag him and tag him?" Reaper was looking at Tink. She could feel his gaze on her.

"No forget it."

"Kay," Reaper came over to Tink and looked at her. "Are you okay?" Tink looked him in the eye.

"I said I was fine."

"You don't look it." She was about to snap at him to concentrate on the mission and not on her, but something stopped her. She looked over at Goat; he was on the other side of the lab.

"I…I don't like things happening to animals. Humans can handle themselves, animals…are helpless." She looked Reaper in the eye as if challenging him to say she was weak of pathetic. He gave a swift nod and then turned. Tink didn't get Reaper…it was annoying.

Something moved in her peripheral vision, "Fuck," She spun on her heel and popped of a shot. Something ran past the hall. Reaper popped of a coupled of shots. All three of them ran after it.

"REAPER! What is it!" Sarge yelled.

"We are chasing something."

"What?"

"Something big, not human."

"Confirm what you are chasing god damn it!" Sarge yelled Tink tried to get another shot of but it hit the wall.

"It's in the sewer, I repeat it is in the sewer, all units report to the sewer entrance near Genetics." Reaper said.

Tink rolled her eyes. "Oh yeah this is going to be peachy!" Reaper gave her a half smile.