THIS. Chapter... It was a motherflower! First of all because I really imagined it so different than how I wrote it. I kept writing and erasing and adding and changing. I think I'm pleased by now, but don't be surprised if I post an update from this same chapter saying that I changed something! XD
Right when I was half way through I thought about finishing the chapter, but then I remembered I mentioned that Jake will make his big appearance... So Even though it's not completely, but tell me what you guys think of him so far? I would really love to get more reviews, and I don't even know how many people are actually reading this story, so pretty please review! I feel like only 3 people are reading this... Which I don't have any problems with that, I'm still writing this story just to get it out of my chest, but motivation would be nice! ;)
Oh and whenever there's a [ / ] it means that the scene/situation is changing.
loonaticslover13: BITTERMAN? Now why would you think that?! LOL! Kuddos! ;D
The Loonatics were currently scattered across Jake's mansion attending their tasks. They all agreed to go by Ace's hypothesis, of the possibility that the house might have a secret "Doomsday" bunker room hidden somewhere, and that Jake might be kept hostage in it by his butler Bitterman. Duck and Slam where searching and scanning for any false trapped doors the first floor of the mansion might have to offer, but so far have not succeeded in finding any.
"Be careful with that Slam!" Exclaimed a nervous Duck, making sure his friend was careful when touching certain objects in the room they were currently searching. Slam Grunted at Duck, it seemed strange to him that all of a sudden clumsy Duck was being so pre cautious for something so stupid as lifting a lamp. But the devil shrugged it off trying not to take Duck out of his fantasy land. Duck scanned the walls with Tech's Enhanced Infrared goggles trying to see if there was some sort of life trapped in between the walls, trying not to touch anything, and when he did, he did it with gentleness, he touched things with the tip of his fingers instead of grabbing or scattering, and it seemed somewhat weird to Slam, he was acting as if he was in a museum rather than a house. But this wasn't just any house for Duck, this was his idol's house, so for some reason he kind of felt unworthy of touching things. Let's put it this way, if it was the other way around he wouldn't want random people touching his valuable stuff, so for some reason he thought Jake would think the same, not putting in mind that this is an emergency and such thing shouldn't matter now. So Slam did the worst he could do, accidentally bumped into a small table and pushed over a tall glass vase filled with black marbles… *CRASH!*
"SLAAAAAM!" Cried Duck in panic as he realized what the source of the loud crash was. Marbles covered the neatly white polished floor, and broken glass scattered their surroundings. Duck pulled the goggles off and slapped his face forcing himself to take it in and not freak out about this. His orange hand still covered most of his face except his light blue eyes, as he decided to take a peek of the current damage and then eye the devil. "You just had to make a scene didn't you?" expressed the mallard under his breath.
Slam nervously scratched the back of his head, in shame and apology. He blurted something that resembled an "I'm sorry" But Duck understood correctly, and he uncovered his face and now fully faced the devil. "Well don't apologize to me! Apologize to Jake once I save him from his no good of a butler! Wha- When I get my hands on his puny pathetic butler I'm gonna, Oh I'm gonna egg him so bad he's gonna-" Duck stopped his mini rant as he realized he just went on a mini tantrum. Slam simply stared with his arms crossed and unimpressed, not that he didn't believe that Duck wasn't capable of doing such thing, he just thought that he was overreacting, which was true. But at the pace they were going… And not to mention that now they had a mess to clean. Duck sighed and started to carefully walk out of the room that they were currently at not wanting to trip over the marbles and fall. "I'll try and find something to sweep this mess, just try and not to eat or break anything else!" Ordered Duck to his black and purple companion, Slam nodded and nervously stood surrounded by the pool of marbles not knowing exactly what to do, so he just stood still.
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Ace and Tech had already informed Walker and his men about their assumption of what might have happened to the actor and his butler. Walker and his team agreed on helping in anyway possible, so they decided to check for any air vents that led outside, any sort of weird vent that led outdoor. Of course if there was such a bunker, there had to be a vent that circulated the air inside of it, so any suspicious open tubes that led outside could be the first signal that the bunker existed. But there was one small detail that was taking a bit of their time and making their task a bit difficult, it was dark, and sure they had flashlights and what not, but it's still not precise. So Ace and Tech were scanning the house surrounding's and see if they could find something under their feet that led to any sort of life. Anyone from afar could assume that the bunny and the coyote were simply searching for treasure in the ground.
Ace sighed in frustration, they've rounded the house twice now, and so far found nothing. "I still got nothing!" Said Ace as he pulled out his goggles, and as soon as he did he had to close his eyes for a couple of seconds to adjust his sight. Tech noticed the difficulty that Ace had every time he pulled his goggles out, he looked like he had a headache.
"Ace are you ok? Every time you use the goggle… I don't know they seem like they bother you." Asked a concerned coyote.
"Yeah I'm ok, but I get kind of dizzy when I take them off…" Said Ace as he tightly held his eyes with his fingers, he then let go and blinked a few times until he composed his sight back to normal. That concerned the coyote.
"Hmmm… I think it might be your optical enhanced vision, I should have known. If Rev can't use these because it interferes with his GPS power, it makes sense that it also interferes with your super eyes. Sorry Chief but I'm afraid you can't use these anymore." And with that the coyote took the goggles out of Ace's hand. The bunny didn't protest, he kinda still looked dizzy and he sure didn't want to be the ill member of the team now.
"Nah, don't work so hard on yourself Tech… but I am getting a slight headache, nothing that I can't handle, so let's keep looking!" Informed the bunny to the coyote. Tech nodded and both continued looking for clues with the rest of Walker's crew.
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Rev and Lexi where pretty much doing the same thing Slam and Duck where doing, scanning the walls around them in search of life, pushing walls, and touching stuff to see if for some reason there were any secret levers to any hidden or trapped doors. The room they were searching was Jake's entertainment room, which for some reason looked more like a cocktail lounge, it had a bar, amazing sound system installed, a weirdly designed fire place in the middle of the room and a big holo TV in one of the corners. They looked at the air vents and took notice that they were a bit too small of any living person to fit trough them. They have moved the furniture a couple of times to search the floors, but it kinda looked impossible that someone might have gone trough it, since it was impeccably perfect and polished and most of all unharmed. They carefully moved the bar and did the same but nothing.
Lexi sighed and Rev took notice of his companion's frustrations.
"I-know-I-know-this-is-helpless-I've-tried-getting-a-lock-but-I-don't-really-know-what-to-search-since-I-don't-have-a-key-signal-for-him-or-Bitterman-this-place-is-a-bit-confusing-Ace's-assumptions-are-not-making-sense-and-I-feel-like-we're-never-going-to-find-him-and-this-is-so-frustrating-what-if-this-guy-isn't-here? You-haven't-heard-anything-either-and-I'm-about-to-call-this-place-clear-of-Jake!-No-Jake-here-PERIOD!" Ranted a slightly panicked roadrunner.
"Yeah, I'm with you… I'm done, I just have to double check that storage closet and I'll be out, either that guy is a magician or he just simply disappeared out of existence…" The bunny said as she walked towards said closet. Rev nodded and started walking towards the exit.
Lexi opened the storage room's door, she already searched the closet earlier, all it contained was backup snacks and liquor on it's shelves, all neatly organized. She looked, scanned, touched the shelves, and gently moved the bottles to triple check anything. She once again looked up and down, she noticed an air filter vent under one of the shelves, she scanned it and nothing… When she was sure the closet was clear, she turned to walk out when suddenly her ears started to form pink orbs around them and her eyes turned into a bright glowing pink. She heard something, faint, but she heard it. "Rev?" She called out for the roadrunner to verify that she didn't confuse the sound with him or with something he might be doing. But Rev didn't respond, she peeked out of the closet and found an empty room. She turned back to the storage room and decided to focus once more, she waited a couple of seconds, and nothing… Then her ears caught it again as they started to glow. It was a faint beeping sound, not constant, just a simple beep. She bent over to the vent that contained the air filter, she pushed her head towards it and pressed her ear to the vents, and there she heard a buzzing sound, she waited… That buzzing sound could be the air, yet it sounded more like a humming machine, and again she heard the beep. She examined the vent for a couple of seconds… The screws looked properly aligned, she touched them to see if by any chance they were loose, but no they were pretty much tight as they should be. She pulled her goggles out and tried peeking trough the vents but found herself with a dirty air filter… She looked around for some tools, a screwdriver, a knife, anything that could leave for clues or use! For some strange reason she didn't want to call for backup. No, she couldn't! After what happened a couple of hours ago, she felt like she had to prove to herself that she could handle it, that she was not just some amplifier for the team's use. She really didn't care about this missing guy, but she felt the need of doing this by herself and for herself, something to lift her mood up, a chance of victory to prove to the others that she's not as broken as they thought she was back at the ship. That he broke her. So without thinking, she stood up, closed the door behind her and backed up from the vent. Hoping that she wouldn't regret her next move, her eyes started to glow pink and so did her ears, and without a thought she brain blasted the vent! With the blast, it broke at least 2 shelves provoking the fall of a couple of liquor bottles and their break. She had to move fast, the sound of her blast and the breaking glass would call for the others attention, so without a thought she crawled on the brand new hole on the wall.
She coughed a bit as there was a bit of dust flying around her surroundings, the vent literally was perfect for her crawling form, she tried looking around before crawling farther, but she had to hurry… And without warning her communicator beeped! They heard it! She took a glance at it and saw Rev's face on it. She decided not to ignore his call and let him know that she was ok. So she pressed the button.
"Lexi!-what-was-that? I-left-the-room-and-heard-a-small-explosion-and-glass-breaking! Please-tell-me-that-wasn't-you? Did-something-attacked-you? I'm-heading-over-there-right-"
"No! Rev, don't! I'm ok, just please don't tell the rest, I made a hole on an air vent because I couldn't find any tools around to open it, I- I heard something so I decided to check it out! Please don't let the others know, if I need backup I'll let you guys know, you can watch my back from your GPS if you want, but please stall in case they heard me." Said a pleading Lexi, in hopes that the roadrunner would understand her sudden and strange request.
"What?! What-did-you-hear? And-what-am-I-suppose-to-tell-them? Huh? You-know-how-Ace-is! He-won't-give-up-until-he-finds-out-what's-going-on! And-specially-that-you're-trying-to-do-this-solo-and-not-letting-us-get-involved." Responded a very nervous Rev.
"That's why I'm counting on you Rev! Don't tell them, and if they ask, tell them I'm using the bathroom or something… You know… I'm a girl…" Responded Lexi hoping the roadrunner would catch what she was trying to say. She simply cut him off and decided to keep crawling her way to the source of the buzzing, hopefully Rev won't give in if the rest of the guys decided to ask. So to keep her mind off she just kept crawling into darkness. She noticed that she was somewhat descending as she crawled around those dark dusty vents, she kept a bit of light from her communicator's main screen that she purposely left on and her glowing pink eyes and ears, she crawled for what felt like 5 minutes following the beeping and humming sound, until she noticed a steep darker hole ahead of her that literally gave her no options other than to go trough it. She stopped at the edge, and notice that the source of the sound came from the darkness within. She sighed, she had to jump to get to the source there was no doubt, she didn't know how deep it went and wether or not she'll be able to take the fall or be able to get back out. She ran her hands through the circular wall beneath her to see if there was any hidden steps or ladder, she felt a hole on the circular wall bellow her, she smiled in relief, and at the new discovery, she didn't have to jump after all. She turned around and started to back up towards the hole, one of her feet in search for the support, the other danced in mid air as it found it's position next to its pair. She still supported herself with the edge, until she decided to fumble her left foot on search of another step, she found it, and so she went down another step, she carefully continued with this dangerous task, but she couldn't give up, the source of the sound was just a few steps bellow her, and she needed to get to it.
She almost lost her balance at one point as she kept on going down a couple of steps. Not knowing where your going in the dark can get nerve-wracking, this could either be the hidden bunker or not, but nonetheless she's here trying and risking it all. She held tight the steps that met with her face and kept on going until she felt concrete underneath her next step, she made it. She turned around and only saw blackness, she frowned, frustrated that she didn't have a flashlight or something to help her see. She had her ears so now she had to guide herself by sound, she stretched her arms in front of her hoping she felt a wall, a door, something. She walked a few steps and stopped to listen, she was getting really close to the humming source, then noticed a small green light just a few steps ahead, she hurried towards it and found herself with a wall, and there it was… *BEEP* The source of the sound, a blinking keypad. Ace was right, there is bunker room.
She hurriedly put her goggles back on and tried scanning the wall facing her, nothing, she turned around to see if anything around her gave her any signs of life. Nothing. Frustrated the female bunny pulled her goggles off, and went for the blinking keypad which read "Security disabled", her eyes widened "Disabled?" That doesn't make any sense! The humming sound came from the wall next to it, no, not a wall, a door. She noticed there was a wheel right in the center, so she went straight for it, she tried turning but it was jammed. She could easily brain blast the door, but she didn't know if the entrance had some hidden security mechanism to it, so she decided not to risk it. She tried once more and nothing, but then she heard a small click and shrieking sound, the door! It wasn't closed! It was open, just ajar. She just couldn't believe all that was happening, she found it weird at the same time, why such easy access? Something was wrong, she could sense it as goosebumps rose trough her spine. Without another thought she pulled the heavy door open, and she found herself with a dark hallway, she decided to stop for a second now that the door was opened and listen. "Focus Lexi…" She said to herself, in hopes of hearing anything from that dark pitch hallway. She waited… waited…. *cough* It was faint and weak, but that was enough for her to tell that there was life trough those dark hallways.
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"Rev? How's the search going with you and Lexi?" Called out the team's leader voice through Rev's communicator. Rev was nervous and didn't know what to say to his leader about where his second in command was, not that he asked where she was, but that's all that he was thinking of.
"Lex- Lexi's-in-the-bathroom! She's-been-in-the-bathroom-YEAH-The-bathroom!" Blurted out a nerve-wreck Rev.
"The bathroom? Is she ok?" Asked a very concerned Ace.
"Yeah-yes-yup! Why-wouldn't-she? She-doesn't-need-our-help! She's-a-big-girl-and-can-handle-anything-all-by-herself-chief!" Rev facepalmed himself, he couldn't control his emotions, he was just so nervous and anxious to know where and how was Lexi. He didn't want to get in trouble either, and at the same time he didn't want to fail Lexi, but his emotions were not helping him whatsoever on either side. So when the concerned leader gave him a cocked eyebrow he wasn't surprised.
"Rev what's going on? I'm heading there right now!" Ace informed the roadrunner. Until Rev couldn't hold it anymore.
"NO!-SHE-JUST-HEARD-SOMETHING!" He just simply blurted out, in hopes that he would understand and leave them continue with their mission the way they were. Undisturbed.
"What? And you didn't let us know? I specifically told everyone that if you guys found anything to let us know! Now where is Lexi?" Now the leader was a bit irritated, both Rev and Lexi didn't comply with their orders. He sighed "We're heading to you guys rather you like it or not Rev, that was not ok to not let us know." And the bunny shut him off, and started heading towards the house while letting the others know about Rev and Lexi's supposed "Discovery".
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"What? She heard something?" Asked a very annoyed Duck, as he hoped he'd be the one to find Jake and be his knight in shinning armor. He was currently finishing his little clean up from the their previous incident with the vase and the marbles. He sighed and said to himself "They're so despicable, it's always the rabbits!" He gently put the broom and dustpan aside.
"Slam! let's get to the Entertainment Room, because miss Drama queen here heard something and decided to follow her ears without letting us know! You know I would NEVER do that" Said Duck in such a dramatic way, extending his arms in the air, and then acting up a very diva-ish pose. Slam simply giggled at Duck's actions, if he thought better he'd say Duck's the "Drama Queen". He simply nodded to Duck after they both composed themselves, and they both took off to the Entertainment room.
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Rev was nervously pacing back and forth in front of the storage room's door, as he waited for the rest of the team to get there, he was gibbering something under his breath.
"Oh-I've-done-it-now-Lexi's-gonna-hate-me-for-this-but-in-a-brightside-Ace-simply-assumed-something-happened-to-her-I-never-said-anything-about-her-leaving-to-find-the-source-I-just-said-she-heard-something-so-maybe-she-heard-something-but-still-had-to-go-potty!" He grunted in frustration at his words. "Come-on-Lexi-hurry-up!"
Ace and Tech came running through the room's door, they both stared at the pacing bird in front of them in hopes that he'd spill more information on Lexi.
"Alright Rev, spill it! Where's Lexi? I tried calling her, and she simply ignored my call, the question is why?" Demanded Ace. Tech nodded to the roadrunner as a sign that he was on Ace's side and that this was no time for secrets. She could get in danger trying to commit this solo act, even though she was trying to prove a point here.
Rev stopped in front of the storage room's door, and Ace understood right away that he was attempting to hide it. So he simply stormed off to Rev and pushed him aside, Rev couldn't fight back, this was his leader, and no matter what Lexi told him, he would NEVER disrespect the team's leader. So he just gave in, but still not saying anything.
As Ace opened the door and turned the closet's lights on, he was taken over by the smell of liquor all over the floor, it kinda stung his nose a bit, but that didn't stop him, he saw the hole in the wall, and as he did he turned to face Rev giving him a questioning look. "Care to explain?"
At that point Slam and Duck ran to the room, they took a moment to take it all in, even the stench of mixed liquors that now lingered in the air. Duck took a few sniffs before he expressed. "Whoo… Someone knows how to party here…"
Ace kept staring at Rev the whole time, in a way letting him know how serious this whole situation was, and to answer his previous question. And now the whole team stared at him, producing him more and more tension.
Rev nervously laughed and looked down. "We-were-already-about-to-give-up-with-the-room-so-I-left-but-she-stayed-behind-and-a-couple-of-minutes-later-I-heard-an-explosion-and-that's-when-she-told-me-she-heard-something-when-I-came-back-she-was-already-gone-she-told-me-she-could-handle-it-and-to-not-let-you-guys-know! Unless-she-called-for-backup!" The whole team still stared at Rev in disbelief, this was so unlike Lexi to want to solve a mission all by herself. They were a team, and they were all used to teamwork unless the rest was in trouble and only one of them wasn't, then it would all fall under that person's responsibility to complete the mission and save the others. But this wasn't the case, this was something different, this was Lexi's pride taking the best of her.
Ace brought one of his hands to his head and closed his eyes, as a signal or frustration. "And you just let her… Of course you did…"
"But-she-can-handle-it-Ace-Lexi-can-take-care-of-herself-I'm-sure-she'll-call-for-backup-if-she-needs-us" Responded Rev trying to brighten things up for Lexi's sake.
"That's not the point Rev! We don't work that way, and you know that! I'm really disappointed in both of you…" Ace sighed, and faced the rest of the team. "We're going in, but I need at least 2 of you to stay behind in case of backup, I don't know if we're going to end up stuck or if we're going to need external backup if someone gets in deeper trouble, so Rev and Slam you stay behind… And please! Just stay here and be at a ready just in case…" Both Rev and Slam nodded without protest, they could tell how irritated their leader was getting, and they sure didn't want to hit his boiling point, so they just stayed.
As Ace started to crawl into the hole, Tech and Duck started to follow… And when they were finally inside Duck's nose started to itch until he couldn't hold it anymore, he sneezed as loud as he could shaking the vents as his sneeze echoed through the air vents. Tech and Ace simply looked back at the mallard and he just gave them an apologetic smile for his loudness, he couldn't really contain it, it was so dusty in those vents… He simply responded "gesundheit…?"
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Lexi stood in between the door's entrance, the door fully spread. She stared into the blackness in front of her, not sure if she should conquer it or not. She made her decision as she heard a distant sneeze from behind, she looked back and saw no one, she gasped in realization of what the source might be, Duck. "Shit! the guys!" And without anymore thought she just went through the door and shut it behind her. She turned around to face the door, and tried opening it, it closed shut! next to her was another keypad that also blinked green, except this one said "Security Activated" as she heard a sort of clicks from the humming door. Her eyes widened in fear as she realized what she just did, she just locked herself along with God knows who or what inside the bunker, not knowing if there would be another way out. She cursed under her breath and forced herself to take a deep breath and not panic. She turned around as she heard yet another weak cough along with a low moan… Whoever it was sounded hurt, and weak. She didn't think it twice before she started to run towards the source, hoping the sound would guide her towards her destination. She kept running, as she got more and more anxious, until she ran into a door, she grabbed the handle about to open it, but decided to stop and listen, she heard someone shuffling on the other side, it sounded close to her left side. Either whoever was inside heard her steps or they were simply standing there for no reason. And without anymore thought she turned the handle, but found it locked, this was not the time for being polite so her eyes started to glow a bright pink as did her head as she blasted the door open and ran inside. It all happened too fast but as soon as she stepped inside she heard the sound loud and clear and in time for her to react as the bullet was positioning itself in the barrel of a gun that was pointing straight at her. She turned to it's source and found herself with a puny black haired man, a bit taller than her in a black suit, his expressions where the ones a maniac would normally carry, eyes spread as if he was high on caffein or something else, and his mouth straight, no laugh or frown just plain.
"Bitterman?" Asked a nervous Lexi as she spread her arms in the air in an attempt to surrender. But he didn't care about her peace offering, instead he pulled the trigger, *BOOM* But she recoiled in time to dodge the bullet as she backflipped and landed just in time to brain blast and disarm the puny figure in front of her. The gun landed a few feet to his right, he did an attempt to run towards it, but Lexi, blasted one of his legs. She didn't really wanted to hurt him, but she didn't have backup, it was a battle she couldn't afford losing.
The man fell to the floor as he flinched and grabbed his leg in pain, cursing to the female bunny standing in front of him.
"How did you get here?" Asked the puny man in pain in his native english accent.
"I asked you a question first!" Responded an annoyed Lexi. "Are you Bitterman?"
The man laughed menacingly. "Why? Are they looking for him?"
She then bent over to the man and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and whispered in his ear "Because if you are, You are under arrest, you have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law…"
The man kept giggling in a manic way, it kind of gave Lexi goosebumps. "Why are you arresting me love?"
"Where's Jake?" Asked Lexi as she stood and pinned the man with one of her right foot.
"Ahhh… now your talking. Sorry but Master Jacob can't come right this second, but I can take a message for him." Joked Bitterman. Lexi could tell this man was not mentally stable, and something told her this wasn't really a thing for revenge or a crime thing, this guy was a real psychopath. That he enjoyed torturing and to hurt people because it amused him. It almost sounded like if he's done this before. But he was hurt now, and disabled. She either needed to disable him more, or knock him out in order to find Jake. She unpinned him and let him sit up, he still held his leg tight. She took sight of the damage she caused with the brain blast and saw a pretty deep wound, that should slow him down, but not enough to scratch him out as a threat. He was about to say something when she decided to roundhouse kick him straight in the head, knocking him out unconscious… She really didn't need any distractions… And besides the fact that this guy was a psychopath, she could still take him anytime since she was professionally trained and his victims weren't.
She looked around the bunker and noticed that it looked just like a normal house would, the decorations resembled the ones shown in Jake's house, modern. This didn't look at all like your stereotype bunker room would look like, no this was more like a normal underground house. She glanced back at Bitterman who was still laying on the floor unconscious. Then she took notice of a small kitchen to her right and a corridor to her left where she guessed the rooms where.
"Jake?!" Called out Lexi in hopes that he would respond, but got nothing in return. So she decided to walk towards the hallway and start opening doors. The first room she opened had a twin size bed, a night stand and nothing more, she listened for a moment, until she heard the moaning from earlier. She ran towards the hallway and to the next door which was locked, so she put her goggles on and saw a figure laying on the opposite wall, she waited a moment, and in came his name and picture next to his figure confirming that the body within was Jake indeed, his body temperature was higher than normal and then came a warning sign in front on the body, *Beware of dehydration!* Lexi's eyes widened in fear as she pulled the goggles off, and without a thought kicked the door open and ran to the figure lying on the bed in front of her.
"Jake?! Jake! Oh please, please PLEASE! Don't pass out!" Exclaimed the female bunny as she held Jake's face in her arms, his eyes fully closed.
Jake simply moaned and coughed a bit… As the only words that barely escaped his mouth was… "Don't… trust… Bitterman…"
"No, no, no! Your saved! I- I'm here! Your gonna be ok!" For some reason she felt like crying, usually when this sort of thing happens Tech would medically attend the victims or the team, but he wasn't here, so she had to deal with it. She let go of Jake and ran to the kitchen, Bitterman still knocked out. She grabbed the first thing she saw that she could use to pour water in, and that was a wine glass. Now was not the time to choose the correct type of cup one would use to drink water. So she shoved it under the sink opening the faucet filling the glass with water and ran back towards the room. She sat back on the bed, and tried sitting Jake up, but he was just so weak that whatever strength she put into him, he just slumped back down. She had no choice so she opened his mouth slightly and poured the clear liquid through the small gap. He swallowed with a bit of difficulty, and you could already tell that just a drop of water relieved his dried and scratchy throat. He slightly opened his turquoise eyes, trying to fight the light, which she could tell bothered him.
"Come one Jake, you need to sit up and keep drinking! I'm gonna get you out of here I promise!" Exclaimed Lexi. But she could tell that he had a hard time understanding her… And yet it was enough for him to understand that he needed to cooperate as much as he could, and as sick as he was. He nodded and tried to sit up, but ended up moaning in pain instead.
"That's it, It's ok, I'll help you" Encouraged Lexi, and she did help him sit up and lay against the frame of the bed. He pulled his head back and closed his eyes in pain… He sat like that for a couple of minutes, leaving Lexi to think that he passed out, until he slightly opened his eyes, but left his head pulled back. He stared at her studying her for a few seconds, then he took notice of the glass she held in her hands and nodded to her signaling her for more water. She smiled in relief as the tension excited out of her, he was conscious. So she brought the glass to him as he adjusted himself to drink the water. Once she made sure he could hold the glass on his own she let go, he was slowly drinking, but the important thing is that he was. That's when she made the decision of calling in for backup, Jake still looked pretty weak, and she doubt he'll be able to climb up the latter and crawl through the dusty vents. Plus she really wanted Tech to take a look at him, and check how bad his damage was, he was dehydrated, she knew that, but he was also hurting. So she brought her left hand to her face as and sighed before she touched a few buttons…
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Ace's communicator went off, they were currently in front of the big metal door trying to break the code to get into the bunker which Tech was working on. He sighed in relief when he saw that the caller was Lexi, he pressed a button to take her call.
"Lexi? Are you ok? And where the hell are you? Are you inside the Bunker?" Demanded Ace to his arm… Well to Lexi actually…
"I'm ok Ace, but you guys need to get here fast! Jake is weak and dehydrated, I don't think he can walk, let alone climb stairs and crawl" Informed Lexi to her leader.
Ace sighed… "We're trying… Tech is trying to break the code, how did you break it? And what about Bitterman?" Asked Ace in curiosity.
"I didn't. The door was already opened… Well jammed… And I might have shut it when I came in, so sorry? And Bitterman, I knocked him out cold, I don't know how much that'll last, but Jake really needs medical attention now!" Said Lexi a bit frantic.
"We're trying Lex, as soon as he breaks it we're in" Informed Ace to his second in command, and shot her off. "Tech, the guy is weak and needs medical attention, we need to hurry!"
"I'm trying Chief! There's only 2 more numbers to go… and… make that 1…" Said Tech not taking his eyes out of the keypad.
"What? What's wrong with Jake? He better not die! We need to get there pronto!" Said Duck in a bit of rant. He tried quacking inside but it was no use, whatever this security system was made of, it covered external forces as well.
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Lexi turned back to face Jake, and she found him starring at his now empty glass. She noticed that he had a bruise under his right eye, and his bottom lip was bleeding, though she didn't know if it was because of the dehydration or if Bitterman caused that. He looked back at her, and weakly gave her a thankful smile. Lexi sighed at his pitiful look, he looked sick, weak and like he hadn't bathe in days… which was true. His hair was all messed up and his white t-shirt was adorned with sweat stains. She didn't notice a smell, but she just felt bad for him for what he's been through in these past couple of days and the lack of hygiene.
"Can you walk?" She asked only with hope of trying to make him talk. He shook his head… And opened his mouth to say something and found himself coughing, his throat was still a bit dry, but he managed to croak something out.
"T-thanks love" He weakly croaked as he pointed to the glass held in his hands, and suddenly regretted as his throat started to attack him and only coughs came out of him now, as he closed his eyes in frustration and covered his mouth.
"Oh, no don't worry, I'll go get you some more water" She gave him a pitiful look as she took the glass from his hands, and his eyes widened as he stared at something behind her, she only read horror in his eyes as she heard the click of a gun and felt it at the back of her head. Her eyes widened at the cold touch of metal against her head, she knew who it was, she just didn't think he'd awake this fast, so she just froze, the gun was ready to shoot. Jake pleadingly shook his head at the person behind her since he really couldn't talk, he just hoped that he didn't do what Bitterman wanted.
"I got to say love, you have one steel foot there. But I guess it wasn't enough!" Growled Bitterman as he gritted his teeth.
"W-why are you doing this?" Asked Lexi as her throat got tighter.
"This doesn't concern you, this is only between me and Jacob, and right now you're our way!" Yelled Bitterman. Lexi could see Jake's horrified expression, he hated that he couldn't move or defend her, his little bit of hope was now taken away from him. He tried moving but instead fell out of the bed and ended up moaning as a shot of pain hit his body. Lexi hated all of this, the sight of his helpless form, the sick thought of this man keeping someone captive out of pure fun, and now she felt Bitterman's finger gripping tighter on the trigger. It was all quicker than she thought, she heard footsteps, a blast and a gunshot which made her scream in fear as she collapsed to the floor as tears excited her emerald eyes.
"Lexiii!" Shouted Ace as he ran to her and went to her aid.
END OF CHAPTER 4
Disaster
Disaster, disaster
Disaster, disaster
Fall comes a loaded gun
Black ties for everyone
Can you read my mind
Fall in my arms again
Grey stones that break apart
French braids demonic art
The dead come alive
Fall in my arms again
Again
I'm scared of the dark my friends
What do you fear, my love?
Hold on you're breaking up
Disaster, disaster
Disaster, disaster
White stones of hollow eyes
Death comes you better hide
Never rest in town
Fall in my arms again
Full moon on a rotten night
Eighteen and a wind came by
Not a soul around
Fall in my arms again
Again
I'm scared of the dark my friends
What do you fear, my love?
Your soul it will float like a dove
Your words they won't scream loud enough
But your lips they will stutter and quaver
You can't shake the taste of the blood
Hold on you're breaking up
(Breaking up)
I'm scared of the dark my friends
What do you fear, my love?
Your soul it will float like a dove
Your words they won't scream loud enough
But your lips they will stutter and quaver
You can't shake the taste of the blood
Hold on you're breaking up
(Breaking up)
Song by Blink-182
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