Awakening – Part 2
Creed peered through the silvery mist, and, with the help of Ekidonna's hand sending Tao through physical contact, he was able to see through the mist. His heart skipped a beat as Doctor giving the signal to go ahead and destroy the warp barrier.
Ekidonna released her hold on the power, and the mist dissipated.
Doctor was kneeling on the ground, using his Tao to heal a bloody gash on Train's skull. This seemed insufficient, however, since a many other cuts were still bleeding even with the Doctor's healing powers. Train Heartnet sprawled in a pool of his own blood.
Creed resisted the urge to swat the doctor aside and crowd around Train. After all, what could he do?
Doctor picked Train up in his arms gently, and slowly rose, his lab coat smearing with blood.
"Creed-san, please initiate 496–B."
Creed reached a wide glass tube that stretched to the ceiling, like many others in the lab. He coded in the password and watched as the tube sank into the metal platform base. Impatiently, he watched Doctor carry Train over, mentally goading him to hurry. He cursed the fact that they could not operate on Train directly in the laboratory. With his killing aura however, Train would have shattered all the lab equipment as he had demonstrated with the stain glass windows. So instead, Ekidonna created a warp in the lab, borrowing a piece of space from the front lawn of the mansion for Doctor to operate in.
He snapped out of his reverie and watched as Doctor laid Train on the platform and stripped him of his blood-soaked clothes, his wounds leaving bloody streaks on the metal. He hurriedly typed in the code to raise the glass tube again, so suddenly that he almost chopped the Doctor's arm off with the glass rim in the process. He watched in worry as a liquid fluid flooded the chamber, until Train floated serenely within the tube of liquid.
"I am sorry Creed-san that the process was so inefficient. However, my tools are not as sharp as your invisible blade, and therefore caused more damage to the cells. The nano machines in the liquid will fix that though. I will watch Train-san's status for now until he stabilizes. Please go get some sleep."
Creed took one last longing look at Train's calm face, long lashes, and dark halo of hair before leaving.
Eve looked nervously at the surrounding gang members. Each wore black trousers and a vest with a lightening bolt on the back. She gulped nervously as she saw a man with singed hair and a huge bump on his head, recognizing him as the one she had hit through a wall and out the other side of the building and therefore saving his life from the explosion in the process. How ironic.
"Ne, Taku-san, so can you help Kou with finding Train onii-san or not?" Kou asked, oblivious to the man's glower at Eve.
"Sorry, kid. Best I know, he disappeared with you Aniki."
Kou pouted, "But Taku-san! Kou promised to find Train onii-san!"
Taku grew annoyed at the brat's whining. "Look kid, I take care of ya cuz you ah the Volt's lil' bro." At this, Eve gasped. "However, he betrayed us. Even when we helped him kill the neighbors he useda protect, we were entirely loyal ta him. Afta all, if ya can't trust him, who could ya trust?"
"Apparently, nobody," piped up another gang member, bitterness seeping from his tone.
Taku glared at the man, making him shrink back. "Flash had half ta gang in that fight with that girl," he pointed to Eve, "and her two companions. He used half the gang as bait! He blew them all up!" Betrayal and rage were evident in his tears. "When you find your aniki kid, tell him he's a dead man. We gonna hunt him down and show him what's it like to betray your own gang."
This time, the dangerous tone in his voice even registered in the little mind of Kou, and he frightenly backed off. A second later, Eve found herself being towed by Kou in a panicked dash away from the murderous aura of the Volts gang.
Creed found himself walking through the same exact corridor once again, careful not to step on the broken shards of glass from the windows. He really had to get someone to clean this up, but the servants won't dare to walk through this hall anymore. Amazingly, and to the delight of Creed, Train's murderous aura still lingered in the air, a suffocating and frightening presence.
As he reached the lab, he fought down the mounting excitement and calmly asked Doctor, "Is he ready?"
Catching a little bit of the anticipation that leaked from Creed's control, Doctor smirked. "Of course, Creed-san. He will awaken at any moment. During the hour after his awakening, he will only vaguely recall his past, and some selective memories have been erased. Because of this, his personality has receded back to the same one as in the Chrno days. He will also be very vulnerable to suggestion during this time, and perfect to mold as you wish." With a satisfied bow, Doctor left the lab.
Creed turned back to Train's floating form. He was so unearthly. He held his breath as eyes slowly fluttered, and then opened to reveal cat like eyes.
A voice rang coldly and demandingly from within the glass.
"Creed-san."