Three – Escape for Journey

"Quick, over here!" C and Ava are running out the small hallways of the lab. There are red lights flashing, alarms going off, footsteps being heard. They run to the hallway, where the security is, about 7 of them. All are holding a weapon of some kind: Taser, dual black pistols, mace, an Avtomat.

"Nowhere to go, sonny," says one of the security.

"Well, let's see about that," says C. He ducked down to the floor, touching it, and then suddenly the ceiling collapsed on the security. Ava wondered how this could've happened. She looked at the wall, seeing that there was a slight crack on the wall to where the gap is.

Some of the security were knocked out, about two died.

C held up Ava, ran toward the men, picking up a Taser along the way. "Why did you pick me up?" asked Ava.

"Time's a factor here," said C," no time can be spared. Want me to let go?"

"That would be nice," said Ava.

"Alright," the second he let her go, he kept on running. Ava took a while to catch up. She's breathing hard to catch up.

"Haven't…been running…like this before…" said Ava.

"Well, we are gonna be running for a while," said C, not breathing hard," but it'll be worth it.

After reaching the endpoint of the hallway, C says," this way," running to the right, another hallway. Halfway down the road, a security man comes out with a replica of an Avtomat. Right before he pulled the trigger, C used the Taser on him, striking his head. He threw away the Taser, jump-kicking the man, and took the gun. It was unknown if the man was unconscious or not.

While running, C saw that the magazine was a see-through; there were tranquilizer darts in them, about 25 of them. There was a strap on the gun, so he put it on and set it aside. "Hey, Ava," said C.

"Yeah?" asked Ava.

"Are you tired, out of breath, or what?"

"Yeah, a little bit…" she answered.

"Jump up, we can't waste any time." Ava jumped up when running to C, now holding her. He seemed to have a lot in him hands right now: left hand to hold Ava, right hand to prepare the Avtomat. At the end of the hallway, there was only one way: turn left. On this hallway, there was no one to be seen, but there were windows.

"I've never been held like this before," said Ava, randomly.

"Uh…" C was speechless on what she just said," you're welcome?"

"Oh, sorry," she said," I just don't ever recalling to ever being held…"

"Sorry to hear that," said C," you can tell me a little bit of that after we make it out alive, alright?"

"Oh…ok."

A man at a speaker was heard," Intruder alert! Intruder alert! A child about fifteen, be alert, he has a weapon!"

"Close enough with the age," C said.

5 security men came in the hallway, not with Avtomat tranquilizers, but actual Avtomats. C pulls the trigger, shooting 3 to the head; they fall down, the dart's effect start instantly. The remaining 2 pulled their trigger; C moved his right arm in front, not feeling pain from the bullets. He keeps dashing forward, jump kicking the guard in front, and then shooting the other guard in the chest. He turns and shoots the other guard in the head. He sees that the guard shot earlier is still standing. He hits him with the butt of the Avtomat, knocking him down. They keep running afterwards.

"Doesn't that hurt?" asked Ava.

"I'm dead, remember?" said C.

"Oh, yeah," she thought about it for a minute," are you going to take the bullets out?"

"Of course," said C," it's not always ok to…leave ammo in people…running out of breath here…"

"Why didn't you pick up the actual guns?" asked Ava.

"I don't…deal with real guns…around here…" He looks at his gun, about 20 left.

After reaching the end of the hallway, C kicked the double doors. Ava squinting at the lights; they reached the outdoors, but not the Surface premises. "Alright, now we gotta get out of here," said C," can you do any moves?"

"What moves?" asked Ava.

"Ice Beam, Quick Attack… those moves."

"Oh, then yeah, sort of."

"Alright, I'll let you go and take care some of the guards. I'll get something before we get outta here."

"Getting what?"

"No time to waste," C let go of Ava, then sprinted back to the Surface. Ava ran forward to the 3 guards in front of her. She sprinted with magnificent speed; she was hardly noticeable. She attacked a guard's leg, tripping over. She back jumping, using Bite on the guard's arm.

"Ack! Get off me!" he yelled out. She let her go, and then used Ice Beam. He started to yell in the cold, and then eventually froze.

Two more Ava thought. She used Quick Attack again on another guard, hitting his head. She used the same move, but used Ice Fang when reaching him; she bit her in his neck. After 3 seconds, she let her go, seeing him bleed from his half frozen neck. She used Ice Shard against him, the ice driving into his head. Last one she thought.

The guard armed his Avtomat, about to pull the trigger, until something pulled his leg down. He looked to see what it was: just a fault on the concrete, and a cracked line coming from inside the Surface. Ava then used Ice Shard again, landing all over his body. A kid came running to the man, jumping on him, and then kicking him to the ground. His ankle was broken; the fault was no more; it looked as if his leg just melted into the concrete.

"C'mon!" yelled C. Ava ran with him, looking back at the man stuck in the concrete. "Don't look back," said C," don't let it haunt you."

They reach an empty part of the lot," What did you go back to get for?" asked Ava.

"Nothing much," said C, look at her. A red scarf? thought Ava. The excess part of the scarf is not shown; it must be behind is back. She looks at his right arm: still 'wounded' from the gunshots.

He pointed at a blank point at a wall," We'll be running there," he said.

"But that's a wall…" argued Ava.

"Trust me on this." He thinks about it then says," Jump up, I'll hold you."

"Why?"

"Hurry up! We are running out of time." She jumps up, C catching her. He started to run, guards coming at the last minute, pulling the triggers. About 4 hit in the right arm again.

"He's running through the wall!" says one of them.

"Hold your fire!" says a general, standing on the roof of the Surface," let him go through the wall."

C doesn't hear this. He runs toward the wall, Ava getting a little bit scared. He gets near the wall, touches it as he's running, destroying the wall into making a hole. All of the bits of the cement brick seemed weak after C touched it; the general noticed this. Some of the guards try to run for him, until the general says," Fall back! Hold your fire!"

The general is an old man, around in his 60's. He's only known as a general, so he's known as General. Never in his time has he ever revealed any name of his. Usually, most generals wear some sort of green, except for him; he's wearing all black.

He jumps from the roof to the concrete. He looks at the man stuck on the concrete. "Thirty-Four!" he yells. A guard comes running towards him. "Check if the soldier is dead or not. If he's not, then escort him to the infirmary." The man runs to the man, following orders.

General walks toward the hole in the wall, seeing how he had done it. He looks at the debris on the floor. He crouches down, feeling it. Not the shade of white as the wall, and weak from the wall. "This is no ordinary man," he says," I guess the predictions were true, I suppose." He looks back and says," Men, hut!"

He keeps running, leaving Ava wondering when he'll stop running. After 30 more seconds of running he stops. He let's go of Ava, who's looking around. It's too dark for small details, but in general, there are trees around them. She looks up, other than the black sky, a waning crescent moon. She then looks at C, taking out all of the bullets in him. After taking them out, he touches the skin hit by the bullets, healing it as if he never got shot. He does the same for the shirt and the jacket, seeing now as it, too, never got shot with it.

"It's too late to go anywhere," said C. Ava doesn't respond. "We'll rest here tonight." He walked over to a tree and leaned on it. "Tomorrow, we'll go on. We had a rough night." He slid down to the ground. Though I'm dead, I need some rest."

Ava walked over to C and laid down beside him on his left. "You're friend thought this place was suspicious right?" he asked.

"Yeah, why?" Ava asked.

"I guess this place is suspicious," said C," first the security, then soldiers…and I think I saw a man in black." He thought about it for a moment, and then said," I'm pretty sure that any lab is never having that much security." Ava didn't respond. "What was her name?"

"Amber."

"Alright, Amber." Silence for about 10 seconds," Let's not forget about her, I might meet her when I die."

"Aren't you dead already?"

"Oh yeah, that's right…when I decide to back up there."

"Ok…"Ava thinks for a minute then says," If you do to go back, up there, can you tell her I miss her?"

"Sure why not? Well, I have to say, sorry for your loss…"

"It's ok. I just wished it could've been me…"

"Why would you say that?"

"I don't know…I just…" She's depressed again from her loss.

"Don't worry," he picks her up onto his lap, slightly petting her," don't let that slow you down, but don't ever forget about her." She doesn't respond. "Alright, let's just get some rest. We can talk about it tomorrow."

"Alright, good night," she said.

"Night."

Avtomat is the 'A' in 'AK-47'. I'm pretty sure it's Avtomat, and I think 'K' is 'Kalashnikov', but I'm not entirely sure.