-walks off-


"Hello?" Yvon called into the building.

No reply.

The four walked on, looking through each doorway. The next hall was a four-way, and they split up.

Justin walked on forwards, and kept looking through each doorway.

Help us... The voice whispered.

"Shut up!" Justin exclaimed.

He kept on walking until he came to another split in the hall.

Go right... The voice advised.

Justin raised an eyebrow. Should he listen? He agreed.

He turned right, and walked down that hall. Eventually, he came to a room that was split in half down the middle. A huge glass sheet divided it; the side Justin was on was empty with a door on the left, but the other side was full of chairs and tables with beakers and lab tools. Grown men were looking the other way, but there were no women. The source of the voice wasn't here.

He snuck to the door on the left, and entered. Nobody noticed.

He trudged forwards, and turned right at the next split, despite the voices cries, No! No! You were told to turn left!

Justin rolled his eyes, and kept walking. Eventually, he heard voices. He hid in an empty room, and looked past.

Three people were there, all male, and each carrying large rifles. The three were turned away. Justin krept towards them.

Don't! They'll kill you!

Justin brushed the voice off, and got behind the first man. Through a series of quick movements, Justin swiped the rifle away, and twisted the man so he looked at him, and pointed the rifle into the man's gut. He gasped.

The other two turned around, and shot, hitting the man in the back, blood squirting out of his mouth, and onto Justin's shoulder.

The other two shot until their ammo was depleted, and that's when Justin dropped the dead body, and shot at the two, both getting struck in the head.

How did you do that? The voice exclaimed. You're so young!

Justin took his rifle, and ran down more corridors.

Meanwhile, Paff and Yvon were still together, but were lost on account of the false directions and warnings they heard from the voice. The last thing the voice said confused them both. They were in an office room.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN?" Yvon shouted.

"Shut up, dude!" Paff exclaimed quietly. She leaned against the back wall, listening.

Then, a man appeared in black, with a rifle, and shot at them. Paff screamed, and hid behind the desk, Yvon did, too.

The man shot until he had to reload, and that's when Yvon pounced, and tackled him. The man fought while lying, but Yvon punched him hard a few times, knocking him out cold. Yvon searched his pockets, and pulled out a small pistol. He loaded it, and shot the man in the head.

Don't go there! Why won't you listen?

The two got out, and ran as hard as they could, and Yvon shot everyone who got in their way. Eventually, they came to a large room, split right down the middle by a huge wall of glass. The other side, however, was totally empty. This side was full of equipment and papers. But, it was deserted.

Go through the door!

Then, a man entered suddenly, and he had a rifle. Yvon instantly shot the man in the head, killing him. Yvon realized he was out of ammo, so he dropped the gun.

"What do we do now?" Paff asked loudly.

Turn left ahead!

"Anything!" Yvon exclaimed.

Run!

Samus decided to obey the voice again. It had been helpful lately.

She ran down the hall to the left, like the voice had said, and found a large, double door. She opened it slowly, and foundthree people inside.

Two men were holding rifles, and standing in syncronization around a teenage boy in the middle. He had... flourished green hair, sunglasses, and was wearing casual guy clothes. When he turned, he snickered defiantly. It was Manik Hedgehog, fourth member of the MUM Earthbound.

"Well, well, well," He said. "Good ol' Samus. Looking good. I haven't seen you for a while now, have I?"

"Oh my God!" Samus exclaimed slowly. She started to back away.

"Now, now, Samus," Manik said, arms outstretched. "Come and join the show! Oh, what fun we'll have!"

He took a step forward, giving Samus a view of what he had previously been looking at.

A young girl, probably Manik and Samus' age, was sitting there, tied to the chair, blood dripping from a tear in her face. She had the most perfect red hair, perfect body, and was dressed in expensive looking clothes.

Samus gasped when the girl winked.

"Come now," Manik said. "You don't want to do anything stupid." As if on cue, the two men pointed their rifles at Samus, perfectly syncronized.

Ruby!

You must distract Manik until I break my bondages! Samus winced. This voice was much lighter, much younger than the previous voice. It sounded innocent, and sweet, yet full of desperation and hopelessness. Samus' mind started to fill with great strength, somehow. Manik didn't seem to hear the voice,or the men, either.Please!

Ruby!

Samus spoke, "What are you doing here, Manik? Shouldn't you be with your masters?"

"No," Manik said casually. "You see, Samus, us Earthbound have much more priviledges now. Of course, I'd way rather be at our mantion in Yendys than here, interrogating this useless traitor." He paused. Samus cheered in her head, she had got Manik monologing.

Ruby!

He spoke again, "But we've got powers now. Real powers now. And weapons, lot's of weapons. I don't think you'll ever see warriors like us ever again. We've won every battle we've been in, this one will be included."

"Battle?" Samus asked.

Ruby!

I'm free! Be ready to run! The new voice filled Samus with some sort of hopeful sense. She backed up to the left a little.

"Yes, battle," Manik frowned. "Surely you know of all that by now?"

"No," Samus shook her head.

"How ignorant," Manik said. "No wonder that stupid, pathetic king never-"

Suddenly, the chair the girl was sitting in blew apart, sending a shard of wood into one of the man's legs. Manik and the other man were thrown forwards into the walls. Samus clutched at her chest, the surprised feeling in her gut ripping through.

The girl stood up, unhurt. Not even a scratch was detected on her face, or body. Samus glared at her, a little frightened.

"Take my hand!" the girls voice was exactly that of the younger voice of which she had heard before.

"Who are you?" Samus asked, still in frightened awe.

"Later!" the girl exclaimed. "Please! We need to get out of here!" Samus took her hand, and the two bolted it down the hallways.

"WHAT RUBY?" Justin screamed as he continued to run down the corridors. The voice didn't seem to be helping him at all anymore.

Eventually, he came to a hallway with a woman strolling marrily along. Justin didn't see her, so when she gasped at him, he turned and shot, killing her.

You killed that innocent human!

Justin checked the woman, and sighed, then continued running. He started heading down a hall with an open door, and burst through it.

You're a criminal!

Yvon and Paff were in there, and they screamed as he entered.

"GUYS!" Justin screamed. "We need to get out of here! They know we're here!"

"Do you still have good ammo in that gun?" Yvon asked.

"Yeah," Justin nodded.

You're a murderer!

"Now what?" Paff asked.

"We need to find Samus," Yvon said.

EGGBREAKER!