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Chapter 14
"Maybe Nero's found her already." Shelby said, trying to reassure the rest of them.
"And if he hasn't?" Laura asked. "We can't leave her. She's saved our lives more times than I can remember."
"Someone needs to go and check then. I'll do it." Otto said, volunteering.
"Me too." Rick said.
"No. You're hurt. You go with the girls. Wing won't mind coming will you?" The white - haired boy asked. His friend looked reluctant but nodded all the same.
"What! No! He's staying with me!" Shelby interrupted.
"Wing? Tell your girlfriend she can't tell you what to do." Rick said.
"That's ironic I believe. First you can stop telling me what to do." The taller boy replied.
"What?" Rick said, eyes widening. "Are you joking or being serious?"
"Deadly serious." Wing said, his face betraying no emotion.
Otto rolled his eyes and turned away, the conversation behind him intensifying by the minute. He glanced wearily down the corridor. If anyone was coming their way they'd be able to hear them but the group wouldn't know until the bullets were flying through the air.
"Are you alright?" Laura asked, coming up behind him. He could see behind her that the other three were still fighting.
"Yeah. But if anyone comes were sitting ducks." The boy replied.
"She'll give in eventually don't worry..." She replied.
"Why hasn't whoever watches the cameras not sent someone down here yet?" Otto asked, frowning.
"No idea. But... I guess you're probably dealing with the cameras." The girl replied.
"Meaning?"
"Nothing. Otto, where are you?"
"What?" He asked, thoroughly confused. "I'm standing right in front of you."
"No, I meant your memory." Laura laughed.
"Well if I knew where that was, I'd have gone there first instead of coming here." He said, glancing around again. Then as he turned back, he felt a slight pressure against his lips and closed his eyes. When he pulled away, Laura was smiling at him, a pink blush creeping up her face.
"What was that for?" Otto asked.
"It was an incentive for you to get your memories back as soon as possible." She replied, grinning.
"But I thought you liked Rick..." He said, uncertainly.
"What?" Laura said, indignant.
"Well..." Otto turned to look at the others and found that they'd quietened and were watching them, with their eyes wide. "You said that you were glad you'd kissed Rick, back when I was strapped down in the hospital bed."
"She said that? After she slapped me and all!" His brother said.
"You slapped him!" Otto asked, trying not to smile.
"Erm..." Laura looked uncomfortable, but then suddenly footsteps could be heard coming their way.
"Run!" Shelby shouted, immediately heading in the opposite direction. The rest followed, reaching the end of the corridor just as guards entered from the other end. Guns were fired and the group split; Wing and Otto running right while Rick and the girls ran left. Bullets ricketed off of the walls and the men shouted, chasing after them.
Nero found himself aimlessly walking along the underground corridors. He felt numb, like he'd just fallen off of the face of the Earth. The sounds of gunfire in the distance didn't register. Neither did the shouting or the smell of burning. Smoke was billowing along beside him, probably caused by the survivors of the first shroud, but he ignored it.
Blood stained his shirt. His brother's blood.
In some ways it was good he was dead; that the chandelier had killed him. It meant that Nero wouldn't have had to do it. But Alex was still his brother. No matter what wrongs he'd done.
Suddenly the sounds of shooting grew in volume and the smell of smoke began to register with him. Footsteps seemed to be running full pelt in his direction.
The man looked up from his shoes and watched as Wing and Otto came hurtling around the corner.
"Nero!" They stopped in front of him, breathing heavily.
"Nero?" Wing said, frowning.
"Alexander is dead." The man replied, quietly.
"Isn't that a good thing?" Otto asked, glancing back fearfully.
"It would be, if he wasn't my brother."
"Your brother!" The boy said, shocked. He looked at Wing who didn't seem perturbed. "Well what's done is done I guess. We need to find Raven."
"Raven?" Nero said, eyes widening. "You haven't found her yet?" The two boys shook their heads.
"I can hack into the base's systems though and find out where she is." Otto said. He pushed past the man and entered a door further along, the others following. Thankfully it was empty and to their luck there was also a computer set at a desk.
The boy hurriedly hacked into the system using the keyboard and began looking for a map or some blueprints. It wasn't long until he found some and committed the whole thing to memory.
"Found her. They only have one cell, so I'm assuming she's there." Otto explained.
"Lead the way then." Nero commanded, worried he might lose yet another person that he loved.
The boy nodded and left at a run, his friend and teacher hot on his heels. Several corridors later, they came upon resistance.
Wing crashed into the men as they were entering the passageway. He managed to disable one of them, and threw the gun over to Nero who fired, killing three of them. Otto jumped onto the back of the last person and wrapped his arms around the man, cutting off his air supply. He fell unconcious.
"This way." The white - haired boy said, walking the rest of the distance. He turned the corner and stopped at a door. "She's in there."
"How do we get the door open?" Nero asked, pulling on the handle. Wing pushed past him and began kicking at it. Otto rolled his eyes.
"Wing? Wing?" He said. His friend eventually stopped and turned to see what he wanted. The boy was dangling a set of keys at him.
"Have I ever told you, brain over brawn, before?" Otto asked.
"No." His friend replied, honestly.
"Well I suggest you remember it." The boy said and he unlocked the door.
Nero immediately pulled it open and rushed in. The two students followed after him.
Raven was still lying where the guards had left her. She was pale and seemed to be barely breathing. Nero, bent over her, was checking her pulse.
"I don't know what's wrong with her." He said, looking at the boys. Otto bent down beside him and touched the back of her hand. An electric shock passed through him and he flinched.
"What?" Nero asked, frowning.
"I think she's been electrocuted. It temporarily shorts the nervous system in a person's body and it seems that's what's happened here. She'll be fine. Just need to wait until the electric current has left her." Otto explained.
Nero nodded like he understood and gently lifted her up. "Let's go."
The white - haired boy stood up and almost fell back down again. Wing quickly grabbed him and sat him down.
"Just a little light - headed." Otto said.
"Have you eaten anything?" Nero asked.
"I had an apple." The boy said.
"You mean the apple you were eating when you first met the team?" Nero asked incredulously. "That was maybe twenty - fours hours ago or even longer."
"Well it's more than Shelby ever eats..." Otto retorted.
"What?" Wing asked.
"Shelby? Your blond girlfriend? The one who eats nothing and yet manages to exceed us all in physical activities? Well nearly all of us." The boy said, rubbing at his temples.
"Well she's had practise..." His friend said, watching Otto's reply carefully.
"I hardly think stealing jewellery from stores is called experience."
"Did you tell him that?" Nero asked Wing. The boy shook his head.
"Otto? I was thinking that because the Dreadnought was destroyed you might want to design another one for G.L.O.V.E.?" Nero continued, licking his lips.
"If you want me to. But we have to get out of here first." Otto replied, climbing to his feet. "Come on then."
"You didn't ask what the Dreadnought was." The man said.
"So? I know what the Dreadnought is."
"No you lost your memory." Wing said. Otto frowned.
"But... I..." The boy was speechless. "How's that possible? I didn't remember anything before we came into here, but now..."
"The electric shock. It effected Rick as well." Nero said, as a way of an explaination.
"Looks like Shelby can't play her pranks on me after all." Otto said with a grin. "I'm back!"
"At least Laura will be happy." Wing said quietly.