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The lights dimmed in one of Blood Rend's research centers, marking the end of the day. Guards still patrolled vigilantly in the building, flashing their torches at barely lit hallways in search of potential intruders. It is that attentiveness from the guards that prevented as many infiltrations as escapes in the facility.

Something a pair of wolves are going to correct.

Blight glanced at Beatrix, silently asking if she's ready.

The female wolf took a deep breath before slowly nodding her head.

And in that instant, the remaining lights in the facility flickered out, along with the guards' flashlights and any electrical defenses that they had in place.

Most importantly, however, the electric doors opened up in front of the two wolves.

"Come on," Blight whispered. "Backup generators will come online in 20 minutes or so, we need to move."

Beatrix almost made the mistake of asking why he couldn't just disable the backup power as well. But one glance showed that her brother was panting heavily, though it seemed that he was trying to conceal it. His paws trembled slightly, barely keeping the wolf upright. It appeared that the EMP drained him significantly, taking more out of him than a simple lightbulb.

"I'll be fine," Blight said upon noticing his sister's concerned look. "Come on, we need to hurry."

Having no time to argue, Beatrix followed Blight as he expertly navigated the hallways of their captives' research lab.

At first, it was a rather calm stroll. Hugo, who was responsible for keeping an eye on the two, has already retired to his house for the night, and so has Rex. However, a few meters in and Beatrix can already hear the distinct voices of humans. They sounded confused, which was to be expected after the entire place shut down. Beatrix wondered if Blight also caused a delay to the backup generators, 20 minutes seemed like a long time for those to come online.

The two wolves barely avoided guard after guard, sometimes needing to hide within the shadows in after an accidental trip or bump on a table. However, things were going rather smoothly.

That is, until, the lights came on.

Sneaking around became significantly harder when the backup generators came online. It's not like Blight can switch off the lights in the room they're in randomly-that'll only attract even more attention. And judging by the wolf's panting, Beatrix knew another blackout was not an option.

Every step became more and more of a high-stakes gambit. Once, Blight even had to knock a guard unconscious before he could report them after Beatrix knocked over a glass for water.

Beatrix could really see the effects of the scientists' experimentations on her brother, besides the whole blacking-out-entire-buildings thing, of course. She had thought that he became somewhat lighter before, and Blight moved with inhuman (inwolf?) agility.

Blight told her that they were held on the 3rd floor of the facility. So the only way out is down two separate flight of stairs, unless, of course, you prefer breaking your legs by jumping down.

Blight motioned Beatrix to stop before they reached the first flight of stairs before silently motioning to a camera positioned below them.

"Can't you disable it or something?" Beatrix whispered.

"Not unless I want the guy watching it sound the alarms," Blight grimaced. "I wonder though..."

Blight concentrated for a moment before grinning.

"I froze it," Blight said. "Wouldn't last for long, though.

After creeping around for a few minutes, Blight motioned for Beatrix to stop behind him. "Electric traps ahead, if I remembered right and my sense is working correctly."

"What now?"

"We walk right over," Blight said. "No need to worry about anyone noticing this time."

The floorboards in front of us suddenly dimmed, Beatrix hadn't even noticed that they were glowing in the first place.

"Don't stay too close," Blight whispered. "Just in case I didn't disable it correctly."

Turns out, however, Blight did disable it correctly. Within a few minutes of careful walking, the two left the zone of disabled electric traps. When Beatrix passed through, the floor emitted a dim light once again, signifying the reactivation of the trap.

"So, what exactly do they do on the second floor?" Beatrix asked. "Electric traps seems a little... excessive."

"Storage," Blight replied. "They put most of their stuff here, excluding, of course, the tablets like the one you gave me. They pull me here from time to time when they forgot to bring their testing equipment."

It wasn't long until they reached the final flight of stairs leading to the first floor, where Blight told Beatrix the exit will be located.

"The back exit, anyway," he said. "It's not like we're gonna waltz through the main door."

It was a long, agonizing, grind towards their destination. Guard density seemed to be thicker on the first floor, though the various rooms gave them sufficient cover. Blight told Beatrix they experimented on him on this floor, and the rooms are mostly research labs.

"The first floor is mostly trap-free," he said. "We just gotta be careful when we pass through the quarantine zone."

"Why should we be careful again?"

"Automated sentry turrets."

"Of course there are automated sentry turrets," Beatrix groaned. "Can't we go another way?"

"The only ways out all have those, they can't risk something escaping from a place named the 'quarantine zone' can they?" Blight chuckled. "Don't worry. I'll just disable them like I did with the floor traps."

"If you're so sure..."

The two continued walking through the various research rooms in the area. Things were going smoothly until...

CRASH!

Blight stood in silence, stunned as he stared at the shattered glass apparatus that he bumped into only seconds prior.

"Oops."

The guards nearby sounded the alarms and shouted for them to stop. Being the unruly wolves they are, Blight and Beatrix ran away, with the former taking the lead as they made way to the exit.

"So much for being sneaky," Beatrix said as she continued to ignore the continuous shouts from the guards chasing them.

"No plan survives first contact with the enemy," Blight grunted. "We'll just have to improvise. Guess we can't really count on sneaking through the landmines now, huh?"

As they ran, Beatrix noticed that her brother is quite a bit faster than she was, despite her winning most of their races before they were captured. It seems that the experimentations on the wolf gave him way more benefits than he gave them credit for.

As they ran, more and more guards started joining in on the chase. Bullets starting flying a little too close for comfort, and the shouts of the guards became louder and louder.

"Blight," Beatrix panted. "We might need to do something to throw them off our trail!"

"We're getting close to the turrets," Blight said. "I might be able to make the turrets shoot them instead!"

"What?! No!" Beatrix shouted. "We're not killing them!"

"You have got to be fucking kidding me."

"I'm serious Blight," Beatrix said firmly. "No intentional killing."

"Urgh, fine!" Blight groaned. "I'll try to make it shoot in front of them, that will convince them to stop chasing after us."

Before long, the two made it near the turrets. They were mounted in the wall and matched the colors of the wall they were attached to, most likely for some minor camouflage effect.

The turrets beeped when they entered their range, and Beatrix was worried for a moment that the turret will turn her and her brother into swiss cheese. However, those worries were short-lived as the turrets started shooting at the ground behind them, making their pursuers flinch in surprise and stop their chase.

Blight's face was screwed up in concentration as he attempted to control the turret and run at the same time. "I can't hold control over it for long," he warned. "These things will be out of my control range once we reach the doors."

"That's far enough for me." Beatrix smiled as freedom became closer than ever before.

When Beatrix ran through the doors, it slammed shut as Blight surveyed the field around them.

"The door will keep them out for a while," Blight said. "But not for long."

"What now?" Beatrix asked, having no doubt her brother can sense dozens of landmines hidden beneath the earth. "Can you see where exactly the landmines are?"

"Yep. And from what I can see, sneaking through will not be an option," Blight sighed. "Too slow. The guards will catch up to us any minute now."

Blight glanced around for a bit before standing straight. "I'm not sure if I can do this, but..."

"Do what?"

Suddenly, Blight collapsed onto the ground, panting heavily as exhaustion kicked in.

"Blight!" Beatrix shouted with worry. "Are you okay?"

"I'm f-fine," Blight panted while trying his best to stand back up. "Disabling everything in the area really takes a lot out of me. The landmines should be disabled if it worked."

Beatrix looked at Blight worriedly. "Can you walk on your own?"

"Yeah," Blight said before stumbling, almost falling to the ground once again before Beatrix caught him. "No..."

"Oh, Blight," Beatrix smiled as she hoisted Blight on top of her despite his resistance. "I already told you, you don't have to do everything yourself."

"I expect to walk by myself," Blight said meekly. "Are you sure you can carry me?"

"You're lighter than you look," Beatrix giggled. "And that's saying something."

Blight smiled. "Come on, let's get outta here. If there's one thing I know for sure, I'm never gonna mess with Blood Rend ever again."

We'll see about that, Blight.

I know that electric floor traps aren't an actual thing, but on the other hand, electric floor trap.