Chapter 16: The Mission Continues...
With Rose...
The angry pink hedgehog walked furiously down the corridors not paying attention to the fact that the building was under quarantine. Cursing herself and Danny she couldn't help but feel weak.
"That idiotic buffoon, why the hell did he came after me?" it was then that her stomach chose that moment to growl at her. "Oh shut up." She said to her tummy. "So let's summarise here, I'm in the dark, starving, memories flashing before me and also my defences have lowered, how wonderful." She said sarcastically. It has been a while since she had a proper good meal, the last time she had a good meal was... well long ago that she couldn't remember. She continued to walk down the corridors when she saw someone reaching to her.
"Help me... please... help me..." said a male opposite her. Rose frowned, why in god's name would someone ask her for help? It was like asking Amy to not be so kind. Impossible, unless of course, something was wrong, grinning slightly she casually walked past the pleading man that is of course until something fast tried to hit her. Thinking fast she lifted her arm to block whatever it was covering her face from being harmed. Grabbing the arm that was thrown at her she threw the man up and threw various throwing weapons at him, successfully hitting him. Watching his body falling to the ground with a 'thump', she spoke.
"Weakling." She said as she continued to walk down the corridors before whistling to retrieve back her throwing weapons.
Meanwhile...
Even after that encounter, Amy and Blackout continued to walk side by side, both loving the fact that they were in each other's company and also that they felt safe with each other. Amy couldn't stop smiling when Blackout had saved her, even though she would be capable of fighting herself but just the fact that Blackout was willing to help her fight and to supposedly save her from the man made her spirits up. Maybe being in a quarantine building wouldn't be so bad at all; after all if she and Blackout stick together then nothing could go wrong right? And so they continued to walk until of course they came to a locked door. The door would have been easy to smash open that is if the building was not under quarantine. Blackout sighed. Now what could they do?
"Please... Someone help us..." The pair quickly turned around to find more of them. Amy groans slightly as she looked at her dress. She had concluded that in order to help Blackout fight off these, well whatever they were, her dress would pay the price. Blackout watched as a number of expressions ran across Amy's face, first worry, second sadness, thirdly concern. Wait concern for whom? Him? Does that mean that she cares about him? Questions continued to form in his mind until something that was moving at a very high speed was heading towards Amy. By instinct he grabbed Amy and pulled her to one side, turning back to the group of men he saw that they were carrying a sort of metal pole obviously was brought to do some damage.
"Just great," Blackout said underneath his breath. "Out of all the situations we have to be in, we have to be in this one. Joy." He said sarcastically. Just then the door that was blocking their way was somehow open as they heard a whoosh sound. Was the building no longer under quarantine? Not wanting the door to lock itself again Amy grabbed his hand and practically dragged him through the door. It was then that the door locked itself right there. Amy thought it was coincidence but Blackout didn't think so. "We should keep moving, the closer we get to the west side of this building the better." He said holding out his hand for Amy to take it. She took his hand gladly, a smile still plastered on her face. 'I suppose this means that our relationship is still as strong as ever. Wait I'm calling it a relationship now? I-I mean friendship right?' Sighing they walked slowly together ready to tackle anything in their path.
With Rose...
Rose on the other hand was far from peaceful, her stomach growled slightly once more, but she couldn't care less, it's been ages since she had a proper good meal surely she could last a few more weeks right? She had remembered that she had heard the Boss's voice a while ago, something about west end? Her thoughts were interrupted by a certain blue hedgehog with light blue highlights. She blinked. Damn him!! Damn him to hell!! Why did he have to come and find her?! She was just simply getting on with her life and he just happens to interfere!! ARGH!! Just then a voice replied to her 'For god's sake get a hold on yourself! Remember what you use to say?' She didn't reply to the voice in her head obviously lost in her own thoughts. 'Assassin first, human being second, that means that since you're on a mission put your emotions behind you and concentrate got it?'
"As you wish your highness." She mumbled to herself, she then stopped walking. She blinked. Replayed what she had just said. Blinked again. "Argh!! I'm going INSANE!!" 'Well I suppose nothing new then' It was true; she had one hell of a temper especially since her past life kept flashing before her eyes. The trouble was that when she was really angry she doesn't hold back, she lets her anger guide her but unfortunately she sometimes gets into difficult situations because of it.
"Someone... help me please..." Tired from these distractions she thought of a way to at least keep these people away from her for a while. She opened her favourite portal, whistled once, and out came her pet. Now that no one was around she doesn't have to hold back. The black wolf walked by his master's side waiting patiently for his master's signal. She smirked slightly at the now confused yet persistent male.
"It's been a while hasn't it boy?" she asked her faithful companion, in reply he grunted. She chuckled. "You sound so much like him, I wonder if you still fight like him." The wolf growled menacingly at her as if in a warning growl. She chuckled again. "So much like him, ready?" He growled at the male who was still asking for help. Without warning she charged at him, her companion by her side all the way.
Back to Blackout and Amy
They were now in the Diner. Why? To get some food of course, what, you think they were going to go on ahead without food? Yeah right...
"Is it safe?" Amy asked Blackout in whisper tone, his head poked through the double doors as he looked around. The area seemed safe, but the word 'seemed' isn't really going to cut it since he's with Amy, there was no way that he was going to let her in danger. Maybe he should let her wait outside, but then again at this stage of the mission wouldn't it be better if she stuck with him? 'But that marvellous dress, it would be a pity for it to be destroyed, such a smooth dress; I wonder if her skin would be-' "Blackout, are you okay?" hearing that he was forced to tear his eyes away from her beautiful figure.
"I'm fine, just thinking about a few things." 'Like your beautiful figure and your luscious lips.' He found himself lost again but his logic side of his mind made him snap out of his thoughts and focus on the situation at hand. "All right then, first I'll go in, then you follow, remember keep as quiet as you can we need enough food to last us a while." He said to her making sure she understood completely.
"Why? We could easily get there, why we need food that might last us a couple of days?" she asked him, her head tilted to the side, which gave him such an adorable gaze.
"This building alone is huge; we should be able to get there easily if the elevators were in commission. The building is under quarantine, remember?" Hearing that, Amy made an 'o' shape with her mouth, he couldn't help but chuckle at her expression before going through the double doors. Amy followed, her eyes was also searching around for any signs of danger. Blackout looked for where the food was kept but couldn't find it; he then bumped into something while he was looking around. He looked up but found nothing, hearing Amy giggle he gave her a confused look. She had her hands out in front of her to find the invisible fridge and knocked on it once it opened and revealed a load of food. "An invisible fridge?" he asked her.
"Actually, it's an illusion to make it look like its invisible." She giggled as his expression became more confused. "Don't worry, I don't understand it either." He shrugged at her before getting food for both him and Amy. "You know, we should get food for Rose and Danny after all we're going to find them, right?" He nodded but didn't say anything. After a few minutes of getting everything they needed, they began to set off yet again.
"Tell me about your past life." She asked him all of a sudden which immediately caught him off guard. He didn't discuss this to Tails and Shadow since they thought that no one would ask him about his past life. Obviously they were wrong. Noticing his discomfort she then said "I understand if you don't want to talk about it." She said with a nervous smile on her face.
"No, no it's fine. It's just that no one had asked me that." He smiled warmly at her. "Well to be brief, let's just say that there was once a girl that I love and I suppose I still do, she went missing one night and I've been looking for her ever since. I suppose that by joining Angels 4 Hell I hope that I'll be able to find her." While talking to her, he deliberately kept his eyes away from hers; she looked at him for a moment slightly hurt. 'So he loves someone else...'
"Any sign of her yet." She asked him, he nods his head.
"I have found her but she doesn't know my presence just yet." She nodded in understanding not knowing what he fully meant. He grinned to himself; thanking the fact that Amy was distracted by his story to not know that he was actually talking about her.
Hours later
Amy yawned slightly, it's been a while since they had last spoke and now they were both really tired. They know that there isn't a suitable place to sleep in especially since those people around.
"Blackout? I don't know about you but," a pause as she yawned "I'm really tired, is there anywhere we could sleep?" He hummed for moment thinking. There really isn't any safe place they could be. He looked up still in thought until he had a thought, it seemed crazy but still, it would be safe for the night (let's assume that it's at night).
"Well, I have an idea, although it might sound stupid, it just might work." He did a nervous laugh before continuing. "We could sleep in the ventilation system." He braced himself for some screaming and probably a beating from Amy about how ridiculous the idea was but surprisingly she was quiet. "Amy?"
"Good idea." She said smiling at him for a moment, "But how do we get up there?" she looked up and concluded that the ventilation system above them was out of reach for her and even Blackout's height, so how?...
"Well, you could stand on my shoulders that is if you want to. We could always find another way if you want." He said giving her a lopsided grin.
"No, no it's fine, besides I'm too tired to protest anyway." She climbed onto his shoulders to which he holstered her up; he had to steady her for a moment so that she wouldn't fall but once she gained her balance she was able to open the hatch to the ventilation system and climb in. He then passed up to her the bags that held the food that they had taken from the Diner. It was then that she realised something. "How are you going to get up?" she said poking her head out so that he could see her. Now hearing what she had just said he just let out one thing.
"Ah," obviously he didn't plan this out as he thought he had. She giggled at his reaction, she then held out a hand for him. He just gave her a confused look. "Are you going to try and pull me up?" Amy pouted slightly.
"Hey, I'm stronger than I look you know." She said as she pouted cutely at him, she once again held out her hand.
"Alright, but if I break your arms, don't blame me." He said as he grabs hold of her hand, surprisingly she was able to at least lift him off the ground. To make things easier for Amy he pulled himself up and was soon joining her. Replacing the hatch over the opening so that neither of them would fall out, the pair decided to get comfortable for the night. "Wow, there is actually some room in here." He said examining the space of the ventilation system.
"Well, it is a big building, what you expect?" she said moving up slightly so they were now lying side by side (yes that's how wide it was). She yawned. "Goodnight." She said tiredly as she turned to her side, her back facing him. He too turned on his side only to see her back, but even though it was only her back he still smiled. The last thing he saw was pink before darkness enveloped him.
The next day (or maybe 7 hours later)
He saw darkness still. He wondered where he was and so he sat up. Big mistake. His forehead hit the top of the ventilation system and thus was the reason for his now throbbing head. He cursed to himself now remembering where he was and what happened the night before. He looked to his side preparing himself to see pink but there was none. He looked ahead and saw that Amy was trying very hard not to laugh at him.
"Ah, so there you are." He said giving her a lopsided grin before rubbing his sore forehead. "I didn't know you were one to wake up early." He said looking at her.
"What do you expect? Rose sometimes trained me at 7 in the morning; I guess it become as some sort of habit." She said shrugging her shoulders. She crawled over to him and made him scoot slightly to the side; she then opened the hatch and jumped down followed by a tired Blackout. "Hey, wake up." She said as she noticed that he hadn't stood up when he jumped down. All she heard for a reply was snoring. Lightly, she kicked him earning a grunt from him.
"Alright, I'm up." He said after feeling Amy's kick to his side. She giggled in reply and grabs hold on some of the bags that held food; she then walked off leaving him to carry the rest of them. After a while they heard some footsteps up ahead, they both immediately got into their fighting stances. However what was waiting for them was something they would remember. "D-"
"Vengeance" she said cutting Blackout off from what he was going to say. "What are you doing here?"
"Same reason why you're here," He said frowning, 'ah so his voice has changed back to fit his disguise, very clever.' She thought as she smiled at him, trying her best to be polite. "I see you brought some food."
"Well of course, how else am I going to feed you and Rose?" Hearing her name, his face fell slightly but he quickly regained composure.
"You mean she's not with you." He said his eyes narrowing. Amy face was shocked for a moment.
"I thought she was with you." As soon as she said that, she mentally slapped herself over the head.
"What would make you say that?" he said leaning towards Amy slightly, wanting to hear her part of the story. "You know that I and she never get along anyway, so then why?" he frowned when she didn't answer him. "Both of you saw us didn't you?" he scowled at himself for not being careful. Not having to pretend anymore she tried to hit him, Blackout didn't stop her this time but as expected Danny blocked. "Didn't you think I would've expected that?" he asked rhetorically. She just scowled at him.
"How could you do that to her? All that time and she didn't know? How could you?" It was her turn to frown.
"I thought that Rose would yell at me like this, not you. Besides," he sighed. "You wouldn't understand." Then something happened. Danny's eyes grew wide for a moment before scowling. "She wouldn't dare." Amy became intrigued for a moment, she was about to ask but he was running? Looking at each other Blackout and Amy ran after him, even with the bags that they were still carrying their speed was still the same.
"What gives Danny? Tell us now!!" she used a little more energy and ran in front of him so that he would stop.
"You wouldn't understand." He says again trying to get past her but to no luck. Growling, he knew that she wouldn't move until he told her, so he did. "When Rose gets either upset or angry she tries to," he paused not sure how to tell them. "She will fight anything to let off her steam, and she won't stop therefore she'll..." he stopped knowing that Amy probably gets the picture now.
"Get seriously hurt or worse." Blackout said quietly, Amy looked grim after realising what Rose might be like right about now. "Well, let's go then before she gets to a worse state." Amy and Vengeance both nodded before running off to find her.
With Rose
"Damn it, they just keep on coming." She looked ahead and saw more of them. Her muscles were now aching and her eyes were threatening to shut down and with those flashing memories, things weren't looking good, even her companion was growing tired. Soon she will collapse from exhaustion or end up worse, but she won't back down, she never backs down from a fight. She gazes down at her pet. "My mind has grown weak from battling for so long therefore you'll fade soon." She said to her dark wolf as he stared at her. He seemed to grunt in understanding, but still he did not leave her side noticing that he hadn't moved she smirked at this. "Loyal to the end huh?" His eyes seemed to be amused even though you can never tell from his expression. He growled at her for a moment in reply. "Very well," she bended down to stroke his head before resuming her fighting stance, "However if you fade out before I collapse then you're going to have to get the food while I'm on solo missions got it?" He looked away obviously not liking this bet, but he understood and agreed to it. She spat out the blood that had formed in her mouth, and smirked at her pet. Hearing the males coming closer and closer she made her move, gathering up her remaining energy she sped over to one of them and send a blow to his gut. The blow alone was powerful enough to break at least most of his ribs and maybe a few other bones from the impact, she drew out a throwing knife and stabbed his shoulder leaving him crying out in pain. She quickly moved to another, slicing through his flesh like butter leaving many scars on his flesh, she kicked his side before throwing a number of shurikens at his now immobile body; she quickly glanced over at her pet and saw that he was disposing her first opponent. 2 down 1 to go, can she do this? Her energy is almost at zero, can she really move on? 'What do you doubt yourself now?' A simple growl was her answer. She ran at him, kicking the male in; well let's say many places before grabbing her previous throwing knife and swiftly stabbing him close to his heart. As the male body fell to the ground, a satisfied smirk was on her face, she turned to face her pet who was now staring at her closely, concerned about her well being. "Alright then," she said her posture getting sluggish slightly, her eyes drooping. "You win." She said before collapsing.
5 minutes later...
The three hedgehogs have been running through the endless corridors for a while now and just when they were about to give up, they saw a pink head. Immediately they ran towards her, they were about to get closer but all of a sudden a black wolf jumped at them. It was growling and snarling at the three. Danny seemed amused; he looked at the black wolf and then changed his gaze back to Rose.
"You look familiar." He said crouching so that he was eye level with the animal. The wolf growled at him 'I see that she remembered, but I wouldn't have thought that Rose would actually remember my techniques that I taught her, especially since that was so long ago, interesting.' He tried to reach Rose again but the wolf was in his way once more, obviously the animal was loyal to her. He hmphed before pressing a few buttons on his watch to reveal his real form, his once red highlights had now changed to light blue. Seeing this, the wolf was surprised. Even though he never left Rose's side, he examined the man in front of him. "Remember me now Nightshade?" he asked the wolf who's eyes widen when hearing his voice. Nightshade grunted in response, acknowledging who he was, he moved to one side letting him past before keeping his gaze on Amy and Blackout, clearly not trusting either of them yet. Danny quickly scanned Rose's body for any major wounds, there were none perhaps a few scratches here and there but other than that- wait, he turned her over to her side, he growled at the sight of a blood dripping from what appears to be a bite wound. "Nightshade," the wolf's ears picked up the sound of his name and tilted his head to Danny still not losing his gaze from Amy and Blackout. "You should fade now; Rose is only keeping you here by using her remaining energy, its best if you let her mind rest for now, I can take it from here." The wolf growled at Danny as if to say 'Do you really think I let you take care of her after you hurt her today!!' Danny glared at Nightshade and too growled possessively of Rose. "Don't forget Nightshade that I was the one who gave you to Rose, I was your master originally so don't you dare think that you can fight me." He let another growl escape his throat letting Nightshade and of course Amy and Blackout to know that Rose was his. Nightshade grunted before fading away, Amy noticed that Rose's body relaxed a bit now that Nightshade wasn't using her energy anymore, but she couldn't help but think that she and Blackout was a little lost in all of this.
"Umm, I don't know about you Blackout but I'm a little lost in all of this." Amy said before glancing back at Danny, expecting an answer. He just gave her a look which meant 'Not now.' But she understood considering the situation. "Hey aren't you going to take her to the infirmary?" she asked as she saw Danny continuing to walk forward with Rose in his arms.
"Think about it Amy, we're in the dark and also with those males going around then there's no way I'm leaving her in the infirmary while all of us are going to find out what's going on in the west side of the building." He sent her a cold glare before walking. Amy's mouth fell open; she was just about to attack him from behind when Blackout stopped her.
"Whoa wait a second Amy; you can't fight him while he's holding Rose." He said even though it was the obvious, seeing as anger had clouded Amy's vision. Once Amy had calmed down she went after Danny muttering curses as she went. Blackout sighed before following them; this is going to be a long mission.
Hours Later...
It's been nearly 5 hours since they had stopped and so far, let's say the group wasn't making much progress.
"I'm telling you it would be better if we took the stairs!!" Amy yelled.
"And I'm telling you that it would be better if we took the long way!!" Danny yelled back while Blackout sat on the floor, even he knew better not to get involved in one of their arguments. It was then that Rose mumbled something about 'bite' which got both Amy and Danny's attention. Danny went to Rose's side, quickly checking her over in case she had caught anything from the past five hours. "She's got a mild fever. But hopefully she'll past over it, like she usually does." A brief smile crept on his face.
Flashback
"Alright I'll play with you but only if you promise to go to bed after this game" He said to an energetic pink hedgehog as she nodded her head. "So you know the rules, we play for half an hour and if I don't find you before 15mins then you win, okay? One, two, three..." the pink hedgehog ran as fast as she could, jumping over tree roots and other obstacles in her way. She had to find a place to hide before he counts up to 100; she then looked up and saw a perfect spot to hide. She climbed up the tree carefully, using her throwing knife to help her along the way. "Ready or not here I come." He said in a sing –song voice before using his speed to search the area, knowing that she was under his training for a few months her normal speed would have gotten a little faster, but not as fast as his. After a few minutes he began to get worried, he had look around and couldn't find her anywhere, he looked up and saw that it had started to rain. Where could she be? "Rose?! Rose, where are you?!" He then paused for a minute, he thought again and blinked. All this time he's been looking for her at only his height level or lower, he had never thought of looking above his height. He let a smirk ran across his face "Very clever Rose." He sped around again this time checking every tree and every place that he hadn't thought of. He then came across to a particular willow tree, he remembered that Rose also loved willow trees and sure enough he saw pink on a particular branch. The rain was now pouring harder, if he don't get her inside the house she'll might catch a cold and he hate playing nurse while Rose was getting better. "Rose, are you okay?" he yelled as he saw her shudder, the pink head moved and she saw him, she smiled at him before falling off the branch. By reflex he caught her in mid air, she then coughed violently. He growled at her, "You should've climbed down and find me if you were sick." He said in a warning tone.
"But you said that to become a ninja, a ninja must be clever and must use his/her surroundings to use it to his/her advantage." She coughed again. He was surprised for a moment.
"You actually listened to me?" He shook his head as he was getting lost in his own thoughts. "Nevertheless, you know that you have an asthma condition." He sighed before ruffling her hair; "Just, be careful next time okay?" she nodded before snuggling back into his chest where warmth radiated off him. He smirked slightly when he heard her sigh in happiness. He ran all the way back to her house; jumped up into a nearby tree and then jumped into her open bedroom window. "You know, you should probably change out of those damp clothes." He said as he looked down to a blushing pink hedgehog in his arms. "Don't worry, I won't look, I promise." He said giving her a grin before turning around which made her blush even more.
"Umm... okay..." she said meekly before grabbing her pyjamas and getting changed into them. "You can turn around now." She said before climbing into bed, all of a sudden she was very tired. He saw Rose's eyes closed as she tried to get some sleep, but soon she opened one eye to search for a missing hedgehog that was supposed to be next to her. He walked over to her and placed a hand on her forehead.
"Strange," he muttered which got her attention. "Your forehead isn't burning any more but is exact opposite." He heard her giggle to which he gave her a confused look.
"I was always a quick healer." She yawned "but I still need a good nap then I'll be at my full health." She said turning over to her side. "And also don't you dare leave this room while I'm sick." He heard her say before sleep engulfed her.
"I wouldn't dream of it." He said when he was sure that she was asleep.
End of Flashback
Although as fast as that smile came the smile faded, however he still had that memory in his mind. His thoughts were cut short when he heard a gasp coming from a certain pink headed hedgehog. "Rose?" he said making sure that his eyes were not deceiving him. The pink hedgehog looked around for a moment before jumping to her feet. She seemed confused but once she took her surroundings her eyes relaxed but then she saw him. All of a sudden the confusion that was once in her eyes had changed so that she looked venerable.
"Get away from me now." She said pronouncing every word as an individual sentence. He sighed but complied with her demand.
"Rose I-"
"Not a word." She said before reading the sign on the wall which told her that climbing the stairs or taking the route on the left would take them to the laboratory. After much consideration she decided to take the long way but first she decided to stretch out her sleeping muscles, hearing a few bones pop back into place she walked forward leaving three confused hedgehogs behind.
"Hey, wait for us." Amy said as she ran after Rose followed by Blackout and lastly by Danny who just sighed and waited his time to talk to Rose properly.
"How long have I been out?" she asked to no one in particular hoping someone would answer her.
"About 5 hours." Said Blackout who hoped that Rose was not angry at the moment, considering that if she didn't like the answer then she would probably send him down the hallway in a single punch, in a response, Rose hummed for a moment as if she was thinking.
"We should probably head for the main room in the laboratory; we need to know the background information before we rush into any fight." Danny said trying his best not to anger the annoyed pink hedgehog at the front of the team. "Rose, I don't think you should be at the front, your health isn't at its maximum and I don't want to risk it." Hearing this Rose stopped. Amy and Blackout stepped to one side obviously this isn't their fight and the last thing they wanted was to step in the way of the enraged Rose.
"Oh, so you decided to care about me now? I sorry to disappoint but the side that was once caring has now gone," she paused as she turned to face him "You killed that side of me with your words, all is left is this cold emotionless shell," she pointed to herself "That day when you said those words and broke my heart to so many pieces, do you know what it feels like to be hurt by someone you loved?" She made the last word have a little more emphasis. "But I suppose that I should thank you because ever since that day I have been a cold, heartless, killing machine that was nothing like before." She bowed to him. "So thank you Danny for such a wonderful lesson, I hope that me being in such pain for so long has made you extremely happy." She said sarcastically before turning around and walking forward. Danny was of course speechless not only because of what she said but of what she had done, or in this case what she hadn't done. 'She hasn't hit me? Damn it, I guess I hurt her more than I thought.' He sighed but silently followed Rose, thinking many ways to get Rose to listen to him. Amy and Blackout was of course watching this whole scene and frankly they were shocked.
"She didn't hit him? Strange, Rose would take every chance to attack someone. She must be really hurt, damn it if he wasn't stronger than me then I would pulverise him for hurting Rose so much!!" she said shaking her now closed fist at Danny's walking form. Blackout on the other hand kept quiet, he had thought about what Rose had said. 'Was Amy hurt as badly as Rose? Rose had to live with pain; she ran and met Shadow which I suppose made her like him in a way, so much for a good influence. But with Amy, Rose was there for her, she actually helped her to stop her from becoming like her, a cold and heartless shell. I suppose that Rose is in a worse state then Amy is.' He looked at Amy who was still shaking her fist but was now saying a tone of curses.
"You know we should probably catch up with the others." He said making Amy pause in her rant to tear Danny apart limp by limp. She realised that Danny and Rose had gone without them and therefore she ran after them shouting the words 'WAIT FOR US!!' a couple of times making Blackout chuckle before running after her.
Minutes Later...
The two hedgehogs had catch up to the other two in a matter of seconds but they saw that Rose was in Danny's arms once more.
"What happened?" she asked her anger forgotten and her attention on Rose. Danny kept his gaze on Rose not looking back.
"She passed out again." He simply stated, she heard him sigh before heading to a room which had the sign that said 'Main laboratory' the three decided that Blackout should be in front of them while Amy stays at the back so that there would be less chance of Rose getting more damage if there was a surprise attack waiting for them inside. Blackout tried to open the door but seeing that it wasn't successful he kicked it in instead, he stepped into the room first keeping his senses alert for anything suspicious. Danny came in next his eyes looking around trying to see any dark figures hiding in the shadows... if there was any. Lastly Amy came in making sure that no one was sneaking up on them before following the rest of the group, after some final inspection Blackout whistled which was a signal that meant that it was all clear. The three relaxed before turning on the lights, what they saw was shocking. The room was a mess, a complete tip especially if you're counting the blood stains that were plastered around the room. Amy was the first to walk around and have a closer inspection of the room; she saw many broken vials of different liquids on the floor and also many chairs and tables that were also broken. Blackout looked at a computer or in this case a broken computer considering the sparks that were flying of it, Danny placed Rose in an empty chair before looking at the computer that Blackout was looking at, he kicked it once and all of a sudden the computer manage to produce a white screen before a transmission appeared.
"Our research with the specimen sample has gone horribly wrong. We thought that if we could enlarge the specimen then we could perhaps do more tests but we were dead wrong, the specimen became enrage and went on a rampage in this room, some of our fellow scientists survived but most of them did not. However we were able to contain the specimen in this room so that we could observe it and see its behaviour but that's when it started to breed and mutate. It had mutated into a parasite like creature and had also adapted so that it could withstand high amount of heat, after a few days it started to wrap itself in a silk like cocoon therefore forming eggs that soon hatch into little parasites. Thinking that it was safe some of our scientists went to investigate, it was then that we witnessed something awful. The baby parasites had somehow absorbed themselves into the flesh of our scientists and once they were underneath the skin they began to control them with ease making them do anything to their will. We have tried everything to stop this abomination but we have failed, if nothing can stop this then mankind will be doomed." And with that the transmission shut off. Amy, Danny and Blackout looks grimly at each other, nope things weren't looking good at all. They heard a growl behind them and saw that Rose had stood up from the chair that Danny had placed her in and was desperately trying hard to find her balance. It was Danny's turn to growl as he saw that Rose was trying to get into her fighting stance, trying her best to maintain her guard, just in case.
"Rose," he said his voice in a warning tone "You should get some rest, and for god's sake stop waking up." He said now standing in front of her, his arms crossed, his teeth gritted together. She just looked up and grinned slightly at him.
"Since when did you start caring about little pathetic, weak old me?" She said rhetorically finally gaining her balanced but only to fall, her legs giving out on her. Danny caught her immediately, his frown still on his face. "I don't need your help." She said her eyes narrowing to slits as she looked up to him, his arms supporting her as he carried her in a bridal style.
"Rose, please, get some rest, you can't fight in this state. Please?" he said his voice now in a softer tone. Rose looked at him for a moment before nodding; she let a sigh escapes her lips before her body relaxed in his arms. He finally let out a breath that he was unconsciously holding. "Now back to business, how are we going to solve this problem?" he asked Amy and Blackout as he referred to the mission that the Boss had sent them.
"Well, we should destroy the main parasite; it seems that the main parasite controls the others, right?" Blackout asked as Amy nodded her head slowly. Looks like another side mission is unfolding...
This chapter is probably my longest yet I just hope you guys appreciate my hard work. (sighs) anyway please review people!! It would be much appreciated.