I hold onto the blade in my hand, covering with the material of my shirt so no light we pass reaches it and makes it shine. I watch Lizards back as we walk, mirror his hunched form. He has his spike strip in one hand, wrapped around his boney fingers. How does he not cut himself on that thing? We've already killed a mutant named Grabber and another names Hansel. Lizard said there were a few more, but the fighters were Letch and Chameleon.

I watched the rooms we passed, hearing moans coming from everyone. Most were women, tied to beds with swollen bellies. I had Lizard stop every time I saw a swollen belly. I hung over their beds, not listening to their pleas for help. They wanted me to let them go, but I wouldn't do that. I raised the knife in my hand and stabbed it through every forehead. Their bodies would jerk in pain, but they were dead. I also had Lizard mutilate their bellies, but I couldn't be in there for that. I didn't want these people reproducing and Lizard agreed. But his reason was they stole a lot of kills.

"No, no please…" I heard a woman beg into the darkness.

It wasn't that bitch, but I wandered closer to a door, letting it ease open so I could see what was going on. There was a mutant hovering over tan woman, her naked body shaking as she curled into a ball on the dusty bed. He laughed this sickly laugh and reached out for the girl, but me and my dumb ass launched myself into the room, jumping onto the fuckers back.

The monster cried out, his short arms reaching back for me, but I was not fazed. I continued to stab at the monsters back, letting blood spray out onto me. I tasted rust and gagged, but my arm seemed to have a mind of its own. It didn't relent, not until we were on the ground and Lizard was prying me off of the body. I kicked and wanted to scream, but knew better than to alert the rest of the clan. I heard Lizard grunt and he jerked away from me. I heard scuffling on the floor behind me and twisted around into a crouch to face my mate, the knife raised to slant against my face.

The girl was on his back, her arms around his neck and her legs twisted into his to make them spread, making it impossible for him to stand up. Her scratched at her arms with one hand, the other reaching out for his spike strip. I scrambled towards him, ripping the girl off of him and wrapping my whole self around her. She went to scream but I covered her mouth with my hand.

"Shut the fuck up, your gonna draw the attention of those fucking mutants." I hissed into her ear.

When I let her mouth go she panted, trying to wiggle out of my arms. "But he's one of them. He's gonna kill us, rape us." She whined.

Lizard huffed and stood, slinging his spike strip around his chest. "I ain't gonna rape ya. Get some fuckin clothes on 'lready."

I sighed at Lizard. "Your too tender Lizard, maybe put a little edge into it."

He glared at me and waved a hand, walking out of the room. "Let's get it ova with."

I sighed and helped the girl up, keeping watch while she put on her clothes. When I turned around I noticed she was in a military uniform. The government had been out here? Why hadn't Papa said anything? Did he just not want us to worry, or was it something else?

"You ready to get out of here?" I asked, tossing her a pistol from the desk behind the door.

She made sure it was loaded and nodded. "My names Missy by the way."

I smiled. "Dizzy, that mutant with me is Lizard. He's my mate."

I saw all the color drain from her pretty face. "Your…mate?"

I nodded. "Yeah. We can talk about it later, ok? First were looking for this bitch they kidnapped. I'm here to kill her."

Missy clamped a hand onto my arm, her eyes hard. "Why?"

I shrugged her off, moving closer to Lizard who was standing in the hallway. I pressed my face against his back and he turned to me, taking my hand in his. I looked back at Missy with a bright smile and she seemed to understand, even if I hadn't made it really clear.

We started down the tunnels again, Lizards having to toss his spike strip at another mutant's throat, this one with molted skin to look like a rocky surface. Blood gushed from his mouth when he tried to speak, but all that came out were gurgles. I smirked in satisfaction and stabbed my knife through his forehead. It worked and his attempts to speak were cut off.

"He's the one that tried to get to me first." Missy whispered. We shared a look. "He was carrying some girl off last night. I saw him go down the hallway he just came from."

I nodded and Lizard and I hurried forward, Missy staying in the doorway with her back to us. She kept the pistol raised towards the hallway. Erica was there, her wrists tied to the bed posts. The shorts she had been wearing were bunched at her ankles. The shirt she was wearing was long enough to cover areas I wanted hidden. I hovered over her, licking my lips in anticipation. I raised the knife above my head, wrapping one hand around the handle, cupping my other hand over the end of the handle.

Her eyes popped open, her pupil's dilated. Did they drug her up? She tried to jerk towards me, but her restraints prevented her from doing that. She fought against her bonds for a moment before she gave up, settling into the bed with an annoyed pant.

I felt it then, that same thrill licking at my spine when I killed for the first time. I could practically feel my pupils dilate. I could hear everything, hear the air seeping through the cracks on the wooden door, hear the heart beats in the room. I could smelt urine and blood mingled with a sweet, salty scent I knew but wouldn't admit to myself. I could see the flakes on her thighs and that gave me a sick, twisted sense of satisfaction. It made laughter want to bubble up and spew from me, but I bit my tongue, keeping the knife poised above her head.

"D-Dizzy what are you doing here? What are you doing with that knife?"

I sighed, dropping the knife to my side. I reached up slowly, stroking her cheek gently. She tensed up under my hand, and that made me grin. "Are you scared, Erica?"

She didn't answer me, so I raised the knife again. That's when the tears started, joined by sobs and pleas for someone named Clair. But I didn't listen, I just jammed the knife into her skull. She gave a small squeak and her chest gave one final heave before it fell for good.

Everything went back to how it was before. The mines were silent again, the only things here were me, Lizard and Missy. I turned back to Lizard, leaving the knife in Erica's skull. Lizard was slouched in on himself, looking up at me through his wild hair with a look of satisfaction and worry. Missy was staring at me with wide eyes, a hand just below her mouth.

"Did you have anyone else with you?" I asked.

It took her a moment to respond. "I…the only other one I think that's still alive is Amber."

I nodded and grabbed onto Lizards hand, dragging him towards the door. Missy followed us, letting us lead her past women we killed and women Lizard mutilated. After a moment or two of this and Missy kept her gasps to a minimum. Lizard killed off another mutant, a girl with no name.

On one turn I could hear moans, and not that if the manly kind. I felt my bones quiver as we approached a cracked door, keeping the bottom half of my face hidden behind Lizards leathery arm. I could see a hulking mutant, with horribly molted skin and an army officer's hat on his head. He was hunched over a small figure, her thin legs locked around his waist. Her blonde hair was blown around slightly, by some breeze coming through the mines.

I felt Lizards rough hand reach for my waist and give a squeeze, making me give a small squeak of approval. That did it though and the mutant over the girl jerked his head to face the door. He gave a guttural growl and pulled away from the girl. Her face was full of shock and her breathing was reduced to heavy, quiet pants. I closed my eyes to his bare form and heard Lizard growl out 'Letch'.

"Lizard, wha' brings ya down 'ere?"

I heard the shuffling of clothes and a small protest, looking up then. Both occupants of the room had their clothes on now. The blonde pushed past the large mutant and tackled Missy into a hug. Missy wept into the girl shoulder, bringing her down to the floor so they could rock each other.

"We came 'ere to kill th' bitch 'Meleon had." Lizard answered.

Letch seemed to notice the silence left now that his kin were gone. "Wha' happen ta ma family?" he growled.

I huffed, catching his attention. "We killed em, so what?"

He snarled and started towards me but Lizard stepped in front of me, letting his spike strip fall to the floor like a tail. "Ya don't touch 'er." He snarled to Letch.

"You all kilt ma family!"

"So wha'?!"

Letch backed up, his chest heaving. What now, do we let him live or what? I felt a bullet whizz past me and saw it sink into Letch's forehead. He hissed and fell, crumpling into the dirt. I looked back and saw Missy with an arm wrapped around Amber's middle, the gun raised. Totally badass.

Missy dropped the pistol and wrapped her other arm around Amber's middle. "They fucking drugged me," Amber hissed. "I didn't think those brainless idiots knew what to drug me with."

I gave a look of true sympathy and let go of Lizard, reaching back to touch her arm. She stared at me, her eyes darting back to Lizard for a moment before they returned to me with concern.

"It's not like that, I am with him by choice."

Her eyes switched to confusion. I sighed and placed a hand on Lizards back, a signal telling him we needed to leave. He nodded and he and I took lead, winding our way back through the mines towards the entrance. It was a beacon of light, a burning beacon of light. I shielded my eyes from the sun with my hand and we started down the rocky hills. I slipped a few times, just like Missy and Amber, only they were wearing heavy duty army boots and I was wearing sandals.

"Ah, I can't wait till we get there." I said, eyeing the Test Village ahead of us.

"You an' me both." Lizard sighed, rotating his left shoulder.

I chuckled and looked over at Missy and Amber. They were smiling at the desert, actually smiling. I guess if I was trapped in those mines the way they were I would be happy to see the desert too. Actually I was happy about it now. I didn't like those mines. They were too dark, too wet.

"I know the answer to do this before I even ask, but I'm guessing we aren't going home anytime soon?" Amber asked, rubbing her arms.

I nodded. "Sorry."

She sighed. "I guess if your mutant didn't attack us his family can't be all that bad. Better than those fuckers back there. You sure they all dead?"

"Your mutant?" Lizard muttered.

I ignored him. "Yeah, were pretty sure. Don't worry, Papa won't let them in if they aren't."

The last part seemed to bother her but she nodded, looking forward again. I saw a hulking figure coming towards us and smiled, waving an arm. "Hey, Pluto! We got some pretty girls, come say hello!"

Amber and Missy froze up when they saw Pluto running towards us, but didn't take off running. They just stopped walking like I did. He was smiling when he stopped, staring at the girls beside me. He looked down shyly and waved at Amber, who hesitantly waved back.

"Pluto, say hi like a gentleman."

"H…Hiii," he managed, seemingly proud of himself.

"Hi there Pluto," Missy said bravely.

He blushed and shuffled in place while Lizard grunted. "Get ya ass back home, boy. We comin'."

The larger mutant nodded and started running back home, while we started a slow pace again. I talked to the girls while we walked, only about them though. I wanted to tell them everything else at home. I kept Lizard at my side while we walked, not letting him leave us out here.

Missy told me of her son, whom I knew I would absolutely adore if I got to him. I felt a pain in my chest at their words, at the old life they told me about. Their army lives and their old home lives. It was sad, to know they would never get to return to those lives, that they'd be stuck here with us.

But pleasure trampled that, pleasure from knowing I would have my mate all to myself now that that bitch was gone. And that reminds me, why did Lizard look concerned when I killed her?


Hope I satisfied you Shiloh, I hope I did the death of the bitch justice.