I felt uncomfortable in this musty, bloody lab. Its stench wreaked of flesh and corpses. The walls were covered in bloodstains and unnamed chemicals. What could I expect from one of the many infamous science labs in the city of Zaun? I shuddered, imagining what could've happened to the poor victims of these awful scientists. Reminds me of my times in the lab... I kept my mind off of that. It didn't matter. What really matters is the victims now. I rescued a good portion of them already, but not all. Ugh.. Let's get this over it. The sooner everyone's out, the better.

I snuck through the pipes and cracks easily, making my way through each individual room for any people left. Some were alive as I guided them through the vents. Some... I don't want to talk about. As I squeezed through the cracks of the ceiling of one room, I saw a boy, 10 years I think, sleeping innocently in the room below me, as if he never woke up to this nightmare. Poor kid. I dropped down from the ceiling, standing my ground as I hit the earth. I looked out the door quickly, noticing the laser sensors outside. I grabbed the handle. It was locked. Good. Whoever kidnapped him was taking a break. Let's hope that break's long.

When I was about to leave the door, I heard a voice. A familiar.. haunting voice.. Filled with fear and defiance.

"I'll never tell you that information! He's not some weapon to be used! He's a living thing!"

"You REALLY want to do this the hard way huh. Well, one way or another, we'll get you to talk,"

I shuddered at the door's handle. "Mom..?" I mumbled. It couldn't be true.. Could it?

"Everyone thinks you're dead. No one would save you. No one will ever know about this. If you wanna make us happy, you. Better. Talk!"

I couldn't take it anymore. I grabbed the door and slammed it inside of the room I was in. "Mom! What's happening to you!?" I cried out instinctively. I couldn't let them die.. Did I left them to rot all this time? Not today..

Everything was silent. The laser sensors were turned off. Footsteps stormed the hallway. Now was my chance. I ran out and looked at the direction of the sound. There, I saw 2 shadows obscured by the light from the window behind them. A man in a lab coat holding what seemed to be a limping women by the wrist.

"ZAC?" she gasped.

Hearing her voice.. so sure and sweet. I threw my arm quickly at the shadows in front. I should've never abandoned them, and I'm not abandoning them now! Suddenly, when my hand seemed to be mere inches away from my mother's captors, the ceiling vents above me began to exert a green foggy gas. It numbed my antenna and drained my senses as I scrambled through. When I reached the end of the hallway, I saw the window, shattered beyond all repair. I looked down from the 3rd floor of the building. No impact. No sign of a drop. The laser sensors were back on, but as they hit me, nothing seemed to happen. Rage filled me as I started punching the wall closest to me. I've failed again. I've failed in saving them again. They've been rotting for so long, and I've done nothing.

I heard footsteps behind me. I looked back to see a shadow looking into the room I was in. The boy. I.. forgot.. Never again. My fist clenched as I dove into the dense fog.

When the cops came, they found the wretched scientist shoved into a ceiling vent, upside down, with a broken neck.