Hello! Sorry for a long wait for those who read this. Been very busy with work lately but I finally finished this chapter! On a side note, my first reviewer brought up a point of Delsin's absorption powers and how I had him using two at the same time in Chapter 4. So I fixed that and for future chapters. So if anyone else had questions, feel free to ask and as always read and review!

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Chapter 4 ~ Danger! High Voltage

When Delsin came to all

he could hear was snapping and crackling around him. For a moment, he couldn't recall what had just transpired. With his eyes still closed he let his fingers twitch against a familiar rough surface. It was concrete flooring. As if someone had opened the flood gate, it all came rushing back to him. The D.U.P. The explosion.

His brown eyes fluttered. Delsin's vision blurred and he blinked a few times before he recognized all the insane lab equipment. He remembered. He was in the lab. Eugene. He sat up too quickly only to double over in pain. He had definitely been knocked off his feet. His body was sore.

"Damn it." he cursed as his left hand traced the back of his skull. There was a small knot on the rise. He had to shake it off though. Eugene was in trouble. "Eugene?!" he called weakly.

Slowly, he collected himself off the floor. "Eugene?!" he called again. His head was pounding and his body felt like it was hit by a bus. "What the hell happened?" Delsin questioned under his breath. With a hand still to his skull he scoped out the room. It looked partially destroyed now. There were broken wires everywhere. Which he realized was the source of all the crackling he was hearing, but what did this?

Taking a step forward his boot made a crunching sound beneath it. The older boy moved his boot to the side to see he had stepped on glass. Glass. He frantically looked around before a pale silhouette caught his eye. It was her, the girl from the container. She was naked and laying on her side. He ran over to her removing his plaid shirt in the process. He draped it over her so she was covered.

"Hey." Delsin nudged her lightly. "Hey, you okay?" There was no response.

"Delsin?!" He looked up to see Eugene climb over a broken machine."Delsin, you're alive!"

Delsin smirked, "Would you have expected anything less?"

"What have you two idiots done?"

Both boys looked back to see the one and only Fetch standing among some rubble. Her hands were glowing magenta and she looked pissed. "I finally follow you guys in and what do I find? DUPs EVERYWHERE. Going on about a breach, yadda, yadda." Her hand movements matched her irritated emotions. "What happened to just 'checking things out'? Huh?"

"Yeahhh, it got a little more complicated than that." Delsin looked down at the girl beside him.

Fetch's face crinkled, "Who is this?!"

"Don't know, but I bet she's one of the 'subjects' they've been testing on. We can ask her when we get her out of here."

"We're taking her?!"

"Well we're not going to leave her!" Delsin exclaimed as he scooped the fragile girl into his arms, cradling her.

"She's extra baggage, D! And whatever shit you stirred you're only going to make it worse by taking her." Fetch pointed out.

"I don't...really think...that...matters." Eugene added slowly, pointing behind all of them. A hoard of D.U.P. officers started to gather near.

"Listen, I've still got a free hand. As long as you guys cover me we have a chance to get the hell out of here. All of us." He looked directly at Fetch when he spoke his last sentence.

She eyed the unconscious girl in Delsin's arms and thought about how much it would suck if that was her and they just left her. She sighed, "Okay."

"Thank you." Then Delsin reached his hand out to absorb some of the smoke billowing from broken machines.

"If I had a dollar for every time..." The rest of Fetch's sentence was incoherent as she walked off, grumbling toward the group of officers steadying their weapons. "How cute." She mused, unleashing several spirals of neon to disperse the men.

Eugene followed in her lead calling upon his angels to descend down on the enemy. Delsin stuck between the two shooting smoke balls at anyone they happen to miss. As a whole, they were a pretty solid team. Almost unstoppable. Almost, that is.

They had battled their way down several hallways before the assumed D.U.P.'s came at them with a different strategy. DUPs had surrounded them just before the elevator. Eugene's angel's were running short and Fetch could only take out so many at a time. That's when an electric rope of sorts was thrown at them. It had spheres attached to it so when it hit it's target it coiled itself around them and shocked them into submission. Eugene took the first hit.

"Eugene!" Delsin and Fetch cried in unison.

The younger boys angels disappeared so fast as jolts streamed through his tiny frame. He was down almost instantaneously. A wretched cry bellowed from Fetch's throat, "Arrgh, you bastards!" She sent a heated body wave of neon in the rope throwers direction, knocking them all off their feet. However, it didn't cover what was behind her and a roped latched onto her next.

"Fetch!" Delsin panicked.

"Fuck." She breathed before it was her turn to be electrocuted to the ground. The pain was almost unbearable.

Delsin was all alone now, still cradling the girl. His heart raced as he saw his options dwindling. The D.U.P. started to close in on him and his fallen friends. "Give up! We have you surrounded!"

The older boy shook his head, "No way!"

And without another word they threw an electric rope toward him too. It wrapped itself around him and the girl in his arms, tightly. It was impossible to move now making him lose his balance. He fell to one knee stil trying to keep a grip on the girl. He could feel the rope pulsating as it surged both of them with electricity.

"Ahhhh!" he groaned, gritting his teeth together. He had to get out of this some how.

"Another!" he heard a DUP order and sure enough, another rope latched onto them.

This one would surely kill them. How could he have let this happen? Delsin prepared himself for his last moments only to discover, it never came. He opened his eyes hesitantly to see the shock waves of the ropes being absorbed. They passed over him into the girl in his arms whose eyes were wide open now. Ocean blue pools stared into his soul.

"Hey..." he unintentionally whispered.

She closed her eye lids and a burst of light engulfed the whole corridor. Delsin had to use his free hand to shield his eyes. Upon reopening them, all the D.U.P.'s nearest to them had been fried to a crisp while the others further off were thrown out of range. There was a path to the elevator now. He couldn't hardly believe it.

He looked back down to thank the mysterious girl but she had slipped back into unconsciousness. Of course. He thought, regaining his strength to carry her.

The older boy set the girl down inside the elevator and went back to wake up the fallen duo. Delsin brushed some hair away from Fetch's face as he shook her gently. "Fetch?" He let his hands carefully hold her face. "Hey, Fetch, you alright?"

She groaned and gritted her teeth, "Uck."

"Yeah, I know. Come on. " He tried to gently lift her to a sitting position. "We gotta get out of here."

"Fuckkk, D." She pushed him away as her hands instantly cupped her face. "I feel like shit."

Delsin smirked, "I know the feeling."

She peeked between her hands to take in the carnage around her. The same hands slowly slid down her face, "Whoa."

"Yeah, it's a mess. Let's get you up though and to the elevator." He helped her stand and guided her to the lift. Her left hand used the right wall as support when she entered, eyeing the unconscious girl. "If it wasn't for her, we might all be dead. Aren't you glad we didn't leave her?"

Fetch let a grin curl around her lips, "I figured. You aren't that good."

Delsin gave her a look while letting her go, "Oh ha. Ha."

The purple haired girl leaned against the wall now, smiling. Things finally felt back to normal between the two of them. Delsin went over to attend to Eugene whose eyes were gradually opening. "Heyy, buddy. How ya feeling?" He knelt down to take a closer look. Eugene stared angrily at Delsin. "Yeah, I know. Come on, your turn." He helped him sit up, then stand. The younger boy was still shaky on his feet so Delsin let Eugene use him as a crutch to the elevator. Once they were all inside Delsin pushed the up button and the lift roared to life.

Eugene made himself comfortable next to the girl. "What are we going to do now?" His eyes looked over her sleeping form.

Delsin leaned against the wall across from Fetch, hands in pockets. "First, let's just get to Salmon Bay. We'll figure the rest out from there."

It wasn't exactly what you'd

call "smooth sailing" for the quartet as they made their escape. D.U.P. reinforcements were trailing up the road towards them. So they decided to detour down the side of the mountain. It was a long and trying way to Salmon Bay but instead of encountering a hoard of DUPs, they only had to fend off a handful.

When they all finally arrived at the doorstep of the small home Betty and Delsin currently shared, they collapsed on the porch, exhausted. Betty must have heard the commotion because immediately flung open the door, "Delsin where have you...? Ohhh myyy..." she looked at Eugene and Fetch and then turned her gaze toward the unknown girl.

"Betty...I can explain-"

"Come inside, immediately." She commanded. Her dark eyes piercing the still unconscious girl.

Delsin gave a hesitant, confused stare while Fetch and Eugene easily complied. "Gladly." The purple haired girl chimed.

Delsin was the last to follow still carrying the girl in arms. He kept the same stare as he carefully watched Betty's previous gaze continue to harden. "Are you okay?" he asked.

As if snapping out of a long trance the old woman's face softened as she looked up at the older boy. "Oh, I-I'm fine Delsin, dear." She placed a hand on his shoulder. "Please, just come in."

"Oookay..." he said unnerved, arching an eyebrow while looking between her and the girl in his arms. Something was up, but he knew he wouldn't be getting any answers tonight.

He set the girl down in his bed for the night. Pulling the sheets over her he wondered what Betty could have possibly known that he didn't. She looked completely normal to him. Other than those blue eyes. They were so familiar. He could kick himself for not placing them right now.

He backed away from the girl and shut the light off before exiting. Eugene and Fetch had made themselves comfortable on the couch, beers in hand. "Be careful, adult things can happen with adult beverages." he pointed at Eugene.

Eugene looked annoyed, "I know what a beer is."

Fetch had been smirking the whole time. With the bottle touching her lips, she teased, "He wouldn't have a chance."

The younger boy's face turned a shade of red, "Really guys?!"

The older two both laughed. Eugene was just too easy sometimes. Delsin ruffled Eugene's hair then stopped by the fridge for a beer of his own. He was just so happy they were all together again. These were the real friends he had been missing all this time. He seated himself on the carpet in front of them, holding on to the moment.

Betty walked back into the room with a strange look on her face that Delsin couldn't recall ever seeing before. She stood by the arm of the couch, "What happened now?" Betty's eyes jolted between the three of them.

Naturally, Fetch raised her eyebrows at Delsin while she kept sipping on her beer and Eugene leaned uncomfortable back into the couch. They were going to be no help. Delsin let out a long sigh, "Welll-"

"Delsin, I don't want a long, drawn out story. Hit me with it." She asked impatiently. "What are we up against?"

For once, the older boy was speechless. Betty was being way too jittery and forceful. Something was definitely bugging the old native. Fetch decided to slice the sudden tension. "D, here decided to follow up on some crazy dreams. Blew a hole in my apartment." She pointed the tip of her beer toward him. "Which we still need to discuss. Took off into the woods and found a DUP hide out." She took a swig this time. "Experiments or subjects or something."

"Experiments?" Betty raised an eyebrow at the native boy.

"Yeah, advanced stuff too. That's where we found the girl..." Eugene added but came to a slow stop when Delsin shot him a glare.

Betty didn't seem to like this. "The girl? That girl?"

"Betty, what is your deal, man?" Delsin interjected.

The old woman crossed her arms stepping towards Delsin. "My deal? Delsin, you are such a great boy. You truly are but you don't think things through."

"Oh come onnn-"

"No." Betty's face turned to worry. "You have no idea what they have done to that poor girl. She could be extremely dangerous. She could be a weapon." Delsin tried to defend his choices but she kept going. "On top of that, with out a proper investigation you could have opened a whole can of worms. Did you ever think they might come out looking for this girl? What do we do if they come to the reservation? Did you consider that?"

"That's what I said!" Fetched agreed, taking another swig.

Delsin was flabbergasted. He's seen Betty mad, but this just seemed...more serious. She didn't even lecture him this much when he just took off for Seattle. "Whoa, whoa, whoa! Chill out for a second." he stood up and waved his hands around. "Where is this all coming from? I know I don't make the best decisions but I was saving a life-"

"Is that what you thought you did?" Betty slipped from her lips.

This caught Eugene and Fetch's attention as well. "What?" the older boy wore a confused face.

She retracted as she closed her eyes for a second. "I'm sorry. You just get yourself into so much trouble...if anything happened to you..."

Delsin felt his heart naturally soften, "Betty..." he placed his hands on either side of her shoulders. "I'll figure it out. I always do."

He could see deep down that the older woman was not convinced but she forced a smile on her face and sighed, "Just have a plan by tomorrow. They'll probably be looking for her." She pulled away from him and shook a finger at Eugene and Fetch. "And no more for you two. You'll need to get a good nights rest."

Fetch leaned forward. "Yeah, sure." While Eugene just nodded slightly.

Betty shook her head, almost as if trying to make herself believe everything was alright. She walked off toward her bedroom wishing a goodnight to everyone before she left. Uneasiness seemed to enter the room and Delsin couldn't take it anymore. "I'm going to bed."

"Already?" Eugene questioned.

"Where ya sleeping? In your bed? Ohhh-" Fetched started to tease but Delsin wasn't having it right now.

"Fetch, don't. I'm going to grab some blankets for all of us. The couch turns into a bed so you guys can fight over that. I'm going to sleep on the hammock outside."

"Seriously?" The purple haired girl made a face.

"I...I just need some space to think."