Rin let out a small cry as she felt a pain in her side. Her eyes shot open as she swung her glaive hard disarming him. "I WON'T LET YOU HURT MY DADDY!" She screamed out as she pointed her glaive at his throat. Her gold eyes locked on him. She was panting, her side was in a lot of pain but she knew that meant her daddy was in pain. She was connected to her 'daddy' and could feel his pain and it was tormenting her.
Yoko stared at the child who had him defeated. He was covered in wounds; she clearly had the advantage over him. He winced as she let out a small moan hitting the ground. Celtic stood looking down at Rin.
"Good Orme.. Now there are two more with Rhea go take care of them." Oskal spoke as he looked at Yoko smirking. He knew that Celtic was much more powerful than any of these Elites, leaving him to have the best pet of them all. What more he was going to have Brat as a pet as well. He glanced at Yoko. "Seems you aren't so Elite after all… getting beaten by a child." He degraded Yoko.
Yoko ignored him as he ripped off a piece of his shirt and started to wrap up his arm. "Then we can leave and you and your little pet can take care of everything" he replied to Oskal looking at him as he grabbed his blade off of the ground.
Oskal smirked. "Yes.. I'm sure we can capture and handle the prisoners without your help. So you and the others can get off of my station." He watched Yoko went to his feet. "Autum Hitaru comes with us." Yoko spoke as he pulled his makeshift bandage tight.
"Psh, I'll tell your Upper that this Autum is under my care." Oskal spoke. He wasn't going to let these dogs of another Upper take his prizes. He earned them from having the bait to lure them there. What more he could use whomever this Autum was as a lab rat. He was sure she wasn't that important to the government.
Yoko looked at him shaking his head, turning he headed down the hall going to find his sister. He needed to make sure she wasn't hurt or he was going to make Endra pay, since this was his plan for splitting up this way.
The hall was covered in vines and other plants. It didn't look like the station that they had entered earlier. The guards who had attacked Gajra were pinned up in the walls under the vines. The walls seemed to be moving as the vines held the guards tight.
Atia let out a small cry as she was pinned up against a wall with her hands holding back a barrier that was trying to crush her. Her helm had cracks in it and her armor had been torn and tattered. She gritted her teeth knowing if she didn't use more of her power she would be killed now.
Gajra spoke softly under his breath as vines started to shoot at Rhea into her barrier. He held his hand up to his helmet. "Atia.. bail, the others have. I rather not have them get hold of you who knows what they would do with your kind, so just plane shift and don't worry about us."
Atia closed her eyes. She hated leaving them behind, but she knew if she tried to plane shift with anyone else they would most likely die in the process. What was worse she didn't even truly try fighting, the fear that her past would creep up on her was too much. "Stay safe…" she shouted. Her helm shattered from the stress of the barrier. Her armor as well as her clothes hit the wall but no sign of Atia.
Rhea looked at the clothes, there was no sign of her enemy. Couple of gunshots could be heard. She looked over at the man as he stumbled from getting shot in the back. She looked to the couple of guards who had fought their way out of the plant life.
Gajra gasped from the pain even with the armor, the high powered weapons and the range they shot him from could be fatal. He looked back at the guards. He went to finish them off but before he could get off his attack they filled him with more bullets. He hit the ground coughing up his blood. He slowly rolled over on his side trying to get up. Looking up at Rhea as she towered over him, he knew this fight was over. What more he might end up dead as well from his injuries.
Rhea bent down studying him as she pulled off his helmet so she could see what he looked like. "Don't get up unless you want them to finish you off." She smiled softly looking at him. Gajra noticed it was the same innocent smile that Eznik seemed to do. She glanced back at Celtic who walked up to her. "Celtic, how have you been?" she smiled at him. She wasn't filled in with all of the details of Celtic being dropped from the Elites. She thought he just got there to join them.
Celtic looked down at her. He looked down the hall. She was left out of the loop like with everything else, kind of how he was. He glanced down the hall. He was no longer in the Elites so the threat on Rhea was gone. Also that meant he could unseal her, but would he risk it. She could help Eznik but in the end she wouldn't stand a chance against the other Elites. She still was ill skilled at fighting compared to the other fighters. Then what if the Upper here didn't approve of it and he took out his disobedience on one of Brat's crew or Reki. "Ok… I guess." He spoke quietly as he looked at her.
"So are you coming back with us?" Rhea asked as she stood up. "I guess we've been called off the station." She kept her eyes locked on Gajra who had passed out. She shook her head and looked at Celtic smiling. She had no clue what she was doing was wrong. She had everything erased from her and the government started with a fresh slate with her. What was worse Celtic was the one who took it all from her, like he had from Autum.
Celtic shook his head. "No, I'll be staying here." He knew he better be careful with his words. Knowing the wrong words could piss off somebody and it would cost someone their life. He wouldn't take that chance right now especially with the chance they captured Autum. His ears perked as he looked back at Oskal who walked up behind them.
"You are dismissed Rhea… You can leave with Yoko and the others. I don't need your assistance any longer." "So I've heard." Oskal walked up to the man laying on the floor. He used his foot to move Gajra's face to get a better look at the man. He didn't recognize the species he was, so that meant more for him to experiment with. He looked at Rhea who gave Celtic a hug and started to walk down the hall to find Yoko. He turned his attention to the guards who were helping to get the others out of the vines. "If this man dies I promise I'll kill all of you who shot him. So one of you better get him to the medical wing before he dies.." he snapped at the guards.
Celtic moved up against the wall watching the guards scramble about to get the unconscious man to the medical wing. They headed down the hall as the others headed off to their set stations. Closing his eyes not really wanting to know what he would have to do next.
Eznik darted past the guards that were on the ground out cold. Their helmets on the ground covered in an orange goo. It was a tactic to keep them from having a gas mask. Also with him being immune to sleeping gas it helped a lot with the trick.
Running his fingers over the control panel he pushed in a few keys, with a couple of beeps the door opened. Eznik pulled out his gun walking into the room looking around the half lit room. His eyes darted to the tube in the middle of the room where Brat was.
Brat sat up, she was in an overly large shirt with holes in it from transforming. "D-dad?" She questioned herself not believing it was him. She gave herself up so he could be free. He shouldn't be there, she watched him run up to the control, "Don't!" Brat yelled. She didn't know he couldn't hear her or he just ignored her as he messed with the panel.
Eznik looked at her to see how she was doing and he noticed that she was trying to mouth something to him and pointed to his ear. He could read a bit of lips but time wasn't on their side. He didn't have time for this and he knew she couldn't' read lips at all. Still he watched her point to the control panel and then to the collar around her neck. She held her hands on it and then pulled them away as if saying the collar would fall off if he messed with anything. Eznik looked at the control panel biting his lip. He had to find a way to do this without that happening.
"Get away from her, Doctor Hitaru, unless you want to meet her monstrous side." Bella warned as she walked out of one of the testing rooms. She was holding a device tapping her finger on it as she watched Eznik. She assumed it was him since he was the one who they assumed would come for her. Also from the security footage she was watching it would only make sense. "Toss your weapons over here. I wouldn't do anything stupid or I'll release her and watch her kill you."
A couple of clangs from the guns Eznik tossed echoed in the room. Backing up as he studied the woman. It seemed to be checkmate. He couldn't risk this woman turning Brat into that monster. What's more he wouldn't be able to turn Brat back. He held up his hands in surrender to Bella. He could call her bluff but, the woman didn't seem to be bluffing from what he could see in her eyes.
Bella walked up to him as she pulled out a gun with her free hand. She tapped the gun on his helm. "Off." she ordered the doctor. As soon as his helmet hit the ground her gun went off. Smirking she watched him fall to the ground. Turning back to watch Brat's expression was priceless. The fear and the helplessness of not being able to help the one you love was written all over her face. Bella bent down, putting her gun to Eznik's head.
Eznik looked at her as he was holding his left knee where he had been shot. He closed his eyes. He knew that this woman was doing this to make Brat suffer. "Just kill me if you're going to do it." He spoke quietly not wanting this to drag out. He yelled out as Bella shot him in the shoulder. The only bad thing about the armor at close range like this, it didn't protect against the low power gun.
Brat shook her head as tears ran down her cheeks. She hit her shoulder into the glass wanting to break it but nothing. She looked at the floor and started to try to claw at the cracks with her bitten off fingernails. She had to protect him. She flinched as she saw the flash of the gun as it fired, her eyes darted back at the two.
Bella moved the gun back once again pointing it at Eznik's head; she had shot him in his same shoulder again. "I wouldn't waste a bullet to kill you… I'll make your daughter do it. So she has to always remember that she killed her own father." she turned her attention to the door as Oskal walked in.
Oskal looked at Eznik who was on the ground. He smirked recognizing Eznik from the videos, also the files on Brat, since they were from him. Looking at Brat who was staring at her father he let out a small chuckle. He enjoyed watching her suffer also a good experiment to see if she would be desperate enough to take off the stone that keeps her from transforming, well attempt to.
Walking into the room Celtic's ears went low seeing Eznik on the ground bleeding. "Orme, come here and get the doctor. Put him into the experiment room 21e next door." Oskal instructed Celtic as he walked up to the two.
Bending down next to Eznik, he looked at Oskal "What about his wounds?" Celtic questioned Oskal orders hoping to get Eznik the treatment he needed. He didn't want to see Eznik dying from these shots.
"What about them?" Oskal spoke angrily as he towered over Celtic and Eznik. "Just give him a medical kit when you put him in the room. Simple enough solution, he is a doctor so I'm sure he can treat himself." he smirked as he looked at Brat.
Celtic glanced away knowing he needed to watch what he did around Oskal, one wrong look or action could screw over Eznik. He picked up Eznik knowing that he couldn't walk. He knew about Eznik's blood but knew it wouldn't bother him too much. Celtic glanced back at the two as he headed out of the room.
Eznik closed his eyes. "Are you working with them?" asked quietly as Celtic walked down the hall. Assuming that there had to be a reason why he was 'working' for them. He gritted his teeth from the pain.
"No, more of just a dog obeying to his master" Celtic responded shamefully as he pushed open the door to the lab. It was an empty lab; he glanced around for the experiment room. He walked into the small room. It had a cot and that was all. He set down Eznik on it, sighing sadly walking out to get a medical kit.
Eznik leaned back against the wall. He looked up to the ceiling, he didn't even know if anyone got away. He could only assume that Navi at least got one other out of there. He looked at Celtic as he sat on the cot next to him holding out the case.
Taking the case with his good hand he set it down. "What they got on you, besides all of us now?" he asked Celtic as he started to try to push the bullet out of his leg. He groaned as he pulled out the bullet. He grit his teeth hard as the bullet hit the ground. He leaned back panting from the pain. He closed his eyes, knowing he still needed the ones out of his shoulder.
Celtic watched Eznik trying to treat himself. Looking away as Eznik leaned back in pain. "A friend of mine who worked here" Celtic held his head wishing that he could help in some way. "They are working on something bad here. It is so they can control me and Brat. It's some type of drug, I don't know if I'll be able to fight it if they perfect it nor Brat either." Celtic looked at Eznik, trying to give him a heads up. "I'm sure they are going to try it on you and the others."
Pulling out the last bullet Eznik dropped it onto the lid of the medical case. He closed his eyes, panting in pain. He held up the medical gun with a vial in it. He opened his eyes and chuckled lightly at Celtic. "I think we're fucked."
Slowly taking the medical gun he looked at Eznik's shoulder moving it on it and shot it. Looking at the doctor Celtic grabbed out supplies to help clean his wounds. He shook his head at Eznik's comment. "Do you know who escaped?" Eznik asked as he gritted his teeth from Celtic attempt to help. He gently took the small cloth from Celtic and started to clean up his knee.
Celtic's ears went low; he was never really good at this type of stuff. He could just live with the pain as he just wrapped and cleaned his own wounds. "All I know is a pink hair girl and a man with maroon hair was captured, besides you. Anyone who went the other way, don't know." He spoke up as he held bandages to Eznik.
Eznik went to take the bandages but paused as he saw Oskal watching the two. Taking the bandages he started to try to wrap up his arm. "What are you going to do with me and the others, if I may so ask?" Eznik quizzed the man watching them as he kept his eyes on what he was doing.
Oskal watched the doctor trying to be as calm as he could. Oskal cackled. "Probably going to see what your daughter can do to them. I'm sure she's getting hungry in there. She hasn't been fed since, what? she ate that guard a while back is that right, Celtic." Celtic ignored his question. Oskal leaned against the door as he studied Eznik's reaction, which there was none. He just tended to his shoulder wrapping it up.
"Sounds to be a waste when I'm sure you have other things that need 'volunteers', also then you do have the immortal here that you could just test that on." Eznik spoke as he finished up his shoulder the best he could, finally looking at Oskal. He was trying his best to ignore the pain. The painkiller was kicking in and he was grateful for it.
Oskal looked at Celtic. "Out labrat, go to Bella she has another test to run. I know how you look forward to such and take the medical case with you. Incase you need it." He chuckled as he watched Celtic leave. He then addressed Eznik. "I doubt you're going to tell me all the names of your allies who you brought with you." he clicked his tongue and then continued on "With that said, I do hope you enjoy interrogation. I heard you had so much fun at the last station you were held at. As for your friends who have been captured, you will see them all eventually." He walked out, shutting the door. He pushed a few buttons on the panel locking the door. He glanced into the small window to see Eznik lay back on the bed holding his shoulder.
Oskal looked at the door as guards were bringing in the prisoners they had. "Put each of them in separate ones." he ordered as he pointed at the experiment rooms. They were made more like prison cells so they could hold powerful beings. He watched them move each of the unconscious prisoners into the rooms. He looked at Eirka who walked up with some files.
"Four of them got away sir. One was shot with an arrow, which was a female, another was shot in the side and he was a male. He also could teleport like the Elite could, similar frequency. One was another female who looked to teleport but we aren't sure; she just disappeared, leaving her clothes and armor behind. It was odd. As for the last one was the faerie from the police station that was with the young blonde who was posing as an Elite." Eirka reported the information she had. "Though as far as we can tell that blonde wasn't with this group it seems."
Oskal nodded as he walked up to the room with Autum in it. "Is this Autum Hitaru?" He questioned Eirka. Autum had her hands in a device behind her. Her broken leg splint and wrapped up. Her armor had been removed leaving her in the tight tank top and tight pants that she always wore.
"Yes sir, according to the papers, she can summon a blade. That is why we have her shackled like that. Her hand pieces have been removed as well; they are used as weapons too. She is wanted by the Dp for valuable information she has stolen when she was in the Elites about project Hebrew as well as armor designs." Eirka informed him as she looked at him as he walked on into the room.
"Get the Fergeru family. Tell them we will pay well for their interrogation technique. We'll have them get the names of the four who escaped along with that blonde the faerie hung with. As well as what each of their friends names and what species they are." Oskal spoke as he bent down grabbing Autum's arm looking at the markings on them. "I also want to know if these are just tattoos or seals by our little demon pet." He ran his hand down Autum's arm studying her marks. "She will make another great pet once we finish the formula." He turned looking at Eirka.
Eirka nodded "As for the man with the plant life, he is in guarded but stable condition in the medical wing." She spoke as she walked him out of the room. She watched him lock the door and head to the next room. "This rat woman, do we have a name?" Eirka walked up behind him with her pad. She pushed a few things on it. "Yes we do, sir. Her name is Deka Lenkisa, she was the winner of the Whederha 7th Death Dealer Games."
Glancing back at Eirka he smirked. "This one, the Fergeru can use for their game. Don't need any more lab 'rats'." he chuckled some as he walked to the other rooms. Seemed the only other name they had was Sakki, but no last name to go with him for now.
Miles sat down in a chair in the conference room in Eznik's ship; it only took her looking into five rooms before finding it. She plopped down in a chair as she grabbed the phone. She started to dial a number as Link sat down in a chair next to her not sure what was going on. He thought she needed to go get supplies.
Juraj walked into the room. "You want to go die?" he snapped as he glared at her. "This isn't some mission that we can call back up on. This isn't fun and games Miles!"
Link ears went low; he didn't know what to say. It was one of those awkward moments where you're in a room with an argument and you wished you weren't there. He stared at the table not sure what to do. He felt Navi sit on his shoulder. It seemed she was going to keep out of this as well.
Miles set the phone down as she put her feet up on the table. "No, this is helping a friend who risked her life for us time after time. You can fucking pansy off and hide because you're scared and you think this is just a game. It's not, this is hitting the Government hard doing something we've been planning on doing for a while. What more it's for Autum, our friend. Also we can earn some great allies in this, Autum, her husband, Brat and her crew." She barked back at him in her own defense. "This non-merger doesn't even have to be helping but he is. At least he knows friendship, understand the loyalty that comes with it."
Juraj shook his head. "Autum left us. She never sent any messages to us, nothing. She abandoned us and she just came back to get something on her tab was all. She's a selfish bitch and will always be. She is not a friend she was just our old squad captain, who we thought was more than that, but after all of these years she proved she isn't."
"Oh well I'm blind to her not being my friend. She's closed off we all knew that about her but you would be surprised as hell how much she opened up to me. She tried to live a life on her own but fucked up. Friends forgive and allow them back with open arms. You might not be her friend but I am and I'm going to go help her. It's not like we're living a hell of a life here. We're always getting ready for revenge, waiting for the right moment, the right circumstances that never seem to come. Well, I'm going to take my revenge now and save a friend while I'm doing it. If you don't want to go, fuck off Juraj, I don't care to hear your stupid reasons why. All your protests just sound like a clucking chicken to me." Miles snarled at him.
Link watched the two yell at each other back and forth. He leaned back some as he looked at Navi. Navi was completely lost in her own thoughts. Everything was rerunning in her head. Maybe there was something different she could have done to have gotten more people out of there. She closed her eyes and whimpered a little. She left Eznik; he probably will die from the stress of whatever they do to him. Why did she listen to him? She should've took him, teleported to Gotenoo and Zigor and went for Deka as well
Juraj held his head. "What? You have some great plan to do this? I didn't know you were a strategic planner? There are like five of us if we're lucky. I don't think Sorha would even help because he has a wife and kids now. All I know there are less of us and we are walking without a doubt into a death trap."
"I'm going to get Gerdan to help." Miles spoke knowing his reaction wouldn't be good. She grimaced as he slammed his fist onto the table. She closed her eyes.
Navi and Link jumped from the heavy slam on the table. Navi shook her head coming out of her daze. She looked at the two who were still fighting. It was clear that they were going to keep going at it.
"That traitorous bastard, Gerdan! You're going to him for help? He ratted us out and we lost people when he told them where we were hiding back when. Have you forgotten? Also, that fucker told them about each of us, even you, his sister. So they have all our information. He'll just fuck us over again to get an even bigger promotion. He might have been part of the squad way back when but he stayed behind. He chose his side. He is nothing more than a traitor! Use your brains, woman!" Juraj shouted at her.
"No, I told him what to tell the government." She glared at him. "So what.. you're a damn traitor as well!? What else have you told him?" Juraj demanded to know. He pulled out a gun pointing at her. Miles pointed a gun back at him. "I'm no traitor and neither is my brother, Gerdan. You didn't listen to me when I said we needed to leave that damn planet. I told you it was dangerous to stay. You and the others never trusted me because of why I was put into the squad. I thought I earned that trust when I saved your sorry ass plenty of times. I tried keeping us from being ambushed but you stupid fucks never listened to me! Gerdan is in there so we have an inside man. But none of you ever listen to me, it's all in your head that he betrayed us." she snapped at him.
"Stop it both of you!" Navi yelled as she appeared on the table between them. Miles and Juraj went quiet looking at the two non-mergers, forgetting they were in the room. Miles pulled out her clip out of her gun and tossed it onto the table. "We don't have time to fight. If you don't trust her then don't go, Juraj. At least she has a plan unlike you; At least she's willing. I know Link and I are willing to trust her if it's going to help us get our friends back. I'm not going to sit here and waste time listening to all your negativity. Last time we got them away from those people Autum was half alive and Eznik was in bad condition but we did it. Now there are kids there now and I don't want to see the same thing happen to them or worse. I know we can do this."
Link looked at Navi and then to the two. His ears low not sure how they would take Navi's lecture. It was true they didn't have time to be arguing and he didn't want any of them to get killed. But who knows what other sick and twisted things the government would do to their friends.
Juraj sighed as he pulled out a chair and sat down setting his gun on the table. He knew that he was going to regret this. "Fine, what is this plan of yours?" He looked at Miles knowing that she could never earn the trust of the others, though Autum seemed to trust her right away with no problem whatsoever. Besides the point he was trying to make was her and her brother were scammers and killers. Was he really willing to lay down his trust to such? He thought he'd listen in and decide such later.
"Simple he gets us a guard posted on that station. Not just let's go there, an official guard post. If we are lucky there will be a guard switch soon. It's about that time for stations to do their switch ups." Miles leaned back looking at Juraj. Grabbing the phone she threw it at him. "I need a line to be traced to Saberious Sanctuary. He'll know that's a meeting point." explaining as she looked at Link and Navi. She knew the faerie wouldn't be able to come to the rad vupoint for it would be too easy to pick her out. As for the teen, well she picked out what role he would be playing in this little 'scam'.
Dialing on a small keyboard Juraj glanced away. He moved the phone pulling out a device hooking it up to it. Pressing a few more things he slid the phone over to her. "I'm assuming you two had this planned for a while?"
Miles chuckled. "Oh you have no clue how much of this we have planned out. The government is going to be sorry it messed with our asses. The lawyer and the DP won't have a clue what hit them." She grinned as she dialed a number on the phone. "Oh, he will need a favor in return, need a couple watch outs for his family just in case if they do catch us on this, but I doubt it."
A man with tan skin sat at his desk typing up a few things. He had tan skin with the same white markings on his skin as Miles did. He glanced at all of the data disks he still needed to read through. He held his head as the phone rang. He snatched up the phone. "This is Lieutenant Gerdan, who is calling." His eyes trailed to the pile of disks.
After talking on the phone he headed up to his overseer. "I need a lawyer" He requested as he stood in front of the older woman. She had two horns protruding out of the left side of her head. Her light blue eyes looked at him. "What mess you get into Gerdan?" she asked him as she picked up her small tea-like cup taking a small drink out of it.
Gerdan glanced away. "In my lower ranks I did some stupid shit sir, well I managed to get a woman pregnant and she is calling about child support. She wants to meet in person and get all of the money in one lump sum. I'd rather have that as well to keep this under the radar of the politics. I just need a lawyer to keep this legal and simple." He looked at her to see her reaction. He knew this was the first breaking point of this unconventional plan.
"Gerdan, you're a good hard working man and also a family man. You sure you just don't want us to just get rid of this problem?" the woman questioned him. "It was my mistake and she shouldn't have to suffer for it. So giving her the money will keep her away from me and also allow her to raise the kid, it's my blood so I want them taken care of." Gerdan replied as he kept his eyes on her watching for any sign of doubt in the woman. It was something he learned doing all of those scams with his sister through their many years together, he learned to read people well and to look for tells. He worked a lot of his own charm on his boss for the last couple of years for this whole thing to work and so his cover wouldn't be blown.
"I'll get you one of the best lawyers, Gerdan, don't worry about the money I'll cover it for you." She smiled at him. "You are dismissed." Gerdan nodded and headed out of the room. He stopped as she called his name. "So, did this woman have a girl or boy?" she queried.
"A girl" He chuckled. "Do you know anything of what a girl would like as a gift?" He asked her knowing that this old hag would just love to offer her advice to him.
"Get her one of those old 'stuff' animal toys from the low rank dimensions. No matter where you are from all little girls love those stuffed animals." She smiled at him, happy to give him the advice. She knew that he had two boys so he wouldn't have a clue what a girl would want.
"Thank you sir, I'll find one of those to give to her. I know she will like it, and it's a lot better idea than what I had in mind." He smiled at her and headed out of the room. He knew what his sister needed and the gift well that was the means of the transfer of information. What more it was going to seem that he was just buying a gift for the little girl he didn't know that was supposedly his child.