Speeding through the fake Steelport, the Boss contacted Miller outside of the simulation.

"Matt, I want to find out if Katrina's still alive."

"Oh you can't be serious."

"Hey she's a pain in your ass. Maybe she'll be a pain in Zinyak's as well."

"Do we really have to? I mean I know we're trying to save what's left of the Earth but-"

"Hey, you'll finally have someone your own size." The Boss joked, super-jumping over a building as Matt grumbled.

"Fine."

The Boss smiled, and when it was finally ready she headed for the Broken Shillelagh. C.I.D. was already waiting for her there.

"I am not certain if you should be retrieving Miss Maximoff." C.I.D. remarked, "A fragile mind such as hers may not respond well to the simulation's programming."

"Hey Kat's a little off but she's always managed to hold out in the end." The Boss replied, and then added as she moved towards the gateway, "Let's just hope whatever nightmare she's trapped in is the same."

~O~

"Katrina Maximoff. Homicidal maniac. Uncontrollable psychopath. Good with kids. Matt introduced us after I kicked his ass back in Steelport, and since then she's been an invaluable help to the Saints. If we're going to win this fight we'll need plenty of crazy, and Katrina's got all the crazy we need."

~O~

The hallway of white tile was dark and dirty, bugs crawling over every surface. Everything seemed to be swaying slightly, like the whole thing was out of some sort of horror film.

"Uh Kinzie, what am I looking at?" The Boss asked uncertainly.

"It's looks like a hospital. Maybe it's an exaggerated version of that mental asylum you said you pulled her from."

"Oh-kay, majorly up on the creep factor." The Boss remarked, and began moving forward. She couldn't move faster than a walking pace, and she suddenly disappeared so all she could see was her gun with a flashlight attached to it.

"Woah wait where the fuck did I go?" The Boss exclaimed.

"Hang on, let me try and fix it."

The Boss, still uneasy, continued forward. She grimaced as bugs crunched under her boots, and she tightened her grip as she neared a corner. Something jumped out with an unearthly noise and the Boss let out a cry as she pulled the trigger, causing whatever it was to explode into black ash.

"What the fuck was that?" The Boss asked, slightly hysteric and panting.

"A jumpscare, most likely. Just keep going, it'll be fine."

"Easy for you to say." The Boss muttered. Her walking was slightly faster than before, a strange sound like moaning filling the air as the tiny legs of the bugs still crawling on the walls and floors clicked on the tile. The Boss was still freaked out as she turned two more corners, prepared to shoot at any moment.

"Okay, maybe C.I.D. had a point." The Boss remarked. More creatures burst out of the walls, out of the floors, screeching as they rushed at the Boss. She fired randomly, but only a few went down as the others tackled her. They clambered and clawed at her, and just as the Boss struggled for breath everything seemed to disappear. The creatures, the dirty tile walls, the creepy bugs. The Boss was now standing in front of two swinging doors, like the entrance to an operating room.

"Oh thank god." The Boss said in relief, now able to see herself again. She held her gun at the ready as she walked through the doors, and she took a few steps forward before stopping, eyes growing wide. On the wall in front of her, Katrina was pinned like she were nailed to a cross, covered in something like black dripping tar. Only about three quarters of her head weren't covered, and she looked like she was in tremendous pain.

"Now Miss Maximoff, we're only trying to help you." A voice echoed even though there was no one else in the room except for Katrina and the Boss, and Katrina raised her head weakly.

"I don't…need…help." She whimpered.

"Hold on Kat, I'll get you out of there." The Boss called to her, but she didn't seem to hear her. Tiles were pushed from the walls, tar dripping out from the cracks as more creatures pulled themselves through. The Boss open fired, even as they reached out near her feet. From here, she was able to see the creatures more clearly. Decaying flesh, sunken and rotten skin, some dressed in the shredded remains of Steelport Mental Institution guard uniform.

"Ugh, Kinzie, a little help here!" The Boss exclaimed as jagged nails dug into her ankle.

"Hang on, I'm sending you something."

"Sure would be great if I had my superpowers right about now." The Boss continued, backing away as she continued to shoot at the creatures. After a moment, the Boss was holding an infinite supply of Molotov cocktails.

"And uh, what am I supposed to do with these?" They probably weren't even alive.

"Haven't you ever played a horror game? They're always susceptible to fire."

Without another word the Boss threw a cocktail, burning a creature and setting fire to several of its companions as well. The Boss gave a small smile before taking advantage of the word 'infinite'.

"Just a little longer Kat, I'm coming!" The tar was beginning to drip down Katrina's forehead, her face deathly pale. The Boss took care of the rest of the creatures and hurried towards Katrina, and a large mound of tar oozed down to the floor. It took shape, turning into a shrink but with the same sunken decaying skin as the other things.

"You'll be fine, Katrina." The voice was a grating hiss as the doctor uncapped a large syringe filled with a liquid as disgustingly black and murky as the tar itself, and Katrina tried to pull herself from the wall, grimacing in pain and fear. The Boss quickly sprinted towards her, shooting at the doctor. The bullets seemed to be absorbed by his skin, and he looked at the Boss with a lipless smile.

"Hold still." Grabbing her hair and wrenching her head to the side, Katrina let out a strangled yelp as the doctor held the needle near her neck.

"No!" The Boss exclaimed, and with no other option she threw a Molotov cocktail at the doctor. He jumped back from Katrina as flames engulfed him. The choking smell of burning filled the room as the doctor ran for the Boss. She jumped out of the way at the last second, shooting him in the back of the head as he charged past. He stumbled, and the Boss threw another cocktail. Each time she did, he was stunned for a short amount of time, and when he charged she would shoot him and take away more of his life. Just as it seemed that she herself was about to die, the Boss threw another cocktail, this time causing the doctor to crumple to the ground.

"I'm never going to a hospital again." The Boss declared, and ran for Katrina. The only thing that was still free of tar was her mouth, and she was gasping for breath. Reaching into the disgusting substance and grabbing Katrina's shoulders, the Boss grunted as she tried to pull her free. With a great heave of effort, Katrina was wrenched out of the tar and fell to the ground. The Boss went to help her up, and behind her the doctor stirred, pulling itself to its feet to several snapping sounds. He charged for the Boss with an inhuman noise. As the Boss whipped around Katrina's eyes snapped open and she snatched the discarded needle from the floor, tackling the doctor with an angry cry. She stabbed him repeatedly with the syringe, the tar filling him system and making him convulse wildly, but even when he died she didn't stop.

Eventually, Katrina threw the needle away, tears running down her face. The Boss stepped forward, putting a hand on her shoulder.

"Come on." The Boss told her gently, "Let's get out of here." The Boss helped Katrina to her feet as she wiped the tears from her face, leading her out of the room.

"So, did you find her?" Matt asked when the Boss had exited the simulation and returned to the ship.

"Yes, and she's going to need some real comforting when she gets here." The Boss replied as she walked past him, and Matt looked at her in confusion before following after her.

On Zinyak's ship, a Zin soldier was tapped on the shoulder. As he turned around the gun was snatched from his hands, and when he quickly looked for who had taken it a bullet was sent through his head.