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Chapter 14

Jack hadn't even taken a step when a familiar scream echoed down the hallway. His eyes widened in recognition as his feet made him run down the last hallway on his left. He knew that scream. "Carly!"

It wasn't long until he found the door. It was cracked open so he had no trouble identifying it as the room the scream had come from. When he stepped inside, he ran forward, trying to help resolve the scene.

For Carly was backed up in a corner and Sherry was on the ground, her hand on her temple where a light flow of blood was. Behind her was Yusei, strapped to the table with metal cuffs. But his eyes stayed on the figure in front of Carly. With a yell, he burst into the room. The white haired man turned and, instead of attacking Carly, went for Jack.

Unfortunately, Jack had misinterpreted his strength and it wasn't long until he was breathing roughly, barely protecting himself from the constant attack of punches sent from the experienced man in front of him. If Jack got in a punch, he opened himself up to Goodwin for three others.

He wasn't going to last much longer.

And he didn't have to.

It wasn't long before the man in front of him straightened, a slight gasp coming from his lips before he collapsed. And standing right behind where he once was was little Carly, the stun-gun in her shaking hands.

Jack blinked. "Good job." He said after an awkward moment.

He slung the groaning man over his shoulder and struggled to throw the older man in a closet. Once that was done, he walked over to Sherry, who had sat up, but had a disconnected look in her eyes. Jack leaned down and checked her cut, watching her closely.

"Is-Is she alright?" Asked Yusei from his spot on the tilted metal table.

"She'll be fine." Jack replied. "Just a bit of a concussion." He frowned, looking at Carly and the problem of the bindings Yusei had. Yusei needed to be freed, but Jack had enough common sense to know that Carly and dangerous tools was a bad idea. She was always good at finding trouble, but she was also good at finding a way out of it. An idea slipped into his head. "Carly, why don't you get Sherry outside? Get her some fresh air? We'll all join you when we've got these guys."

She nodded, helping up Sherry and, after a look at Jack, began to find an exit.

Jack went to cutting through Yusei's bonds with the weapon that Sherry had left behind. It was absolutely silent. This was going to be a long time.

. . .

The threesome turned to one another when a scream echoed through the building. Crow and Aki looked mortified, fear filling their eyes, but Caitlynn's reaction was the worst. She even had to tear herself away and lean against a wall, memories flashing past her eyes.

"Is everyone alright?" Crow asked through the communicator. There was no answer. "Is everyone alright?" He asked again with even more urgency. There was only static on the other end of the line.

Aki cursed under her breath as she picked up hers. "Is anyone there?" But that time was different. Much different. There wasn't even a bit of static. It was entirely silent. She frowned, throwing the communicator back to where she had been carrying it.

"Why can't we speak with them?" Caitlynn asked, her voice dry.

"Probably batteries. They're dead." Crow replied.

Caitlynn's breath was uneven. Aki stared at him before he realized his mistake. "Oh! I meant the batteries! Our friends, they wouldn't be killed! It'd be too messy for-"

"Like human or animal testing?" Caitlynn asked, blue eyes flashing unmercifully.

Aki put a hand on Caitlynn's shoulder, a knowing look in her eyes. "They're fine. We just have to meet back up again. Everything will turn out okay." Caitlynn sighed, moving Aki's hand off of her shoulder.

"This isn't a fairy tale, Aki." She whispered. "And the good guys don't always win."

Aki sucked in a breath. "It doesn't have to be-"

"You see it every day. Children die, kids are abused and ignored, people are mugged, police and popular political candidates turn out to be only out for money, and the good people suffer. Goodness, this place we're in, it tests on humans!" Caitlynn spun around, anger and passion in her eyes as a small, abnormal breeze began to whip around the hall. "This world is awful."

"You're right." Crow stated. "But that doesn't mean it always has to be. We can change it. Starting right here, right now. We're going to end the human testing."

Caitlynn sighed as the wind began to calm. "You're right." She looked at Aki. "I'm sorry. Let's get through this. We can figure everything out after this."

"Yeah." Aki replied, stepping next to her best friend. "Let's go find Yusei."

The girls smiled.

Apology accepted.

Cat: I hope that makes up for FudoTwin17's long time of not updating. Well, it's late. Good night.