Chapter Twelve: Time

Misaki breathed shallowly as his eyes slid all around the room. Everyone looked as though they were frozen in place, like sculptures made of wax. The teen wiggled experimentally and stood as he found that he had complete mobility. As he hadn't breathed in much of the gas, his head was mostly clear and his steps solid. But the only thing Misaki could comprehend were the frozen looks on everyone's face. Hiroki's rage, Korovin's gleam, Shinobu's terror. They were horrible.

Misaki suddenly became immensely frightened. The only explanation for this was that he had somehow…stopped time. But what if it started up again? They would be taken and experimented on again, even killed! He had to do something. He had to get everyone out of here!

But how?

A dim light went off in Misaki's head and he gently slid his tongue back to the molar that contained his acceleration switch. Having used it enough, he could tell when it was activated, and to his relief, it was. If his hunch was right, he was in control. He literally had all the time in the world…or something along those lines.

Misaki turned and looked at Alpha, who was teetering on the brink of unconsciousness, and his hands curled into fists. Even if he was just one person, with his power, he could do it. He could get them out.

But first he had to accomplish their objective. Grabbing the thumb drive out of his pocket, Misaki quickly squeezed his way passed the guards and headed down the hallway to the main control room, where a couple technicians were also frozen in time. The teen scanned the control boards and found the drive Alpha had showed him pictures of. And as he carefully slid it in, he touched the mainframe, which immediately booted into life. Misaki jerked up in fright, but stopped as he saw that the others were still. The teen quietly put the pieces together. If he touched something while they were in this time warp, then it would start functioning normally. That being said, he had to be careful not to touch any of their opponents.

Alpha's virus worked perfectly and in what seemed like a few minutes (which were terribly ironic) the information they needed was stored and the computer's operations system was immobilized.

Misaki took the thumb drive and put it in his pocket, his eyes searching the active monitors above the control panel. Now that the objective was complete, he had to get everyone out of here. Their helicopter was too far away and with half of them wounded they couldn't possibly flee on foot. As he scanned the large screens, he saw what looked like an airplane hanger located at the front of the base. A small plane would do the trick, but he had no way of knowing which ones were operational, fueled, and ready to go…

But as the teen caught the side of an aircraft at the far edge of the screen, his eyes widened. The planes had numbers on the side of them… 1857634.

Misaki gapped. That was the exact string of numbers Miyagi had whispered to him before he passed out. It had to be the right plane to take!

Using a virtual map on the computer, the teen quickly found the fastest escape route and headed back down the corridor, being careful not to touch any of the soldiers as he slid in.

Misaki surveyed the horrific scene before him with a gulp, trying to decide what he should do. Beta and Delta could probably plow through all the soldiers, but they were unarmed. Plus Beta would need to carry out Miyagi and Alpha since they were wounded.

Misaki turned back over to the other side of the room, where Korovin, Shinobu, and the platoon were. And it was then that he noticed that only two soldiers were technically inside the room. The teen ducked out of the room again and found a small panel on the outside. He punched the biggest button and the door sealed shut, effectively locking out the extra manpower. With a bit of difficultly, Misaki circled about the hallways until he found another entrance to the room and opened it. They would have to navigate the halls a bit until they made it to the hangar, but a head start would give them a big advantage, not to mention Alpha's computer virus disabled all their weapons.

With only the super humans, Korovin, and two soldiers left, Misaki knew this was their chance. As carefully as he could, he went over to the armed gunman, pried their weapons away, and tossed them to the other side of the room. He then found Hiroki's discarded shotgun and headed over towards him, giving him an experimental tap on the shoulder. The third swayed slightly but didn't awaken even when Misaki touched him again.

"Maybe it doesn't work on people…" He murmured. It was unfortunate that he couldn't wake everyone up beforehand, but he had to work with what he was given. He pulled Hiroki's hands up and placed the shotgun in them. He then turned to Alpha and Gamma who were injured on the floor. He wanted to move them closer to Beta so he could carry them out, but they were far too heavy. So the only one left was Shinobu. Misaki shuddered as he walked over and saw Korovin's maniacal gaze up close, and he hoped they never so much as saw this monster again.

But Misaki's gaze shifted as he turned to Shinobu, who face was contorted with tear, pain, and fright, and a piece of the teen felt guilty of the way the two had fought. Taking a deep breath, Misaki intertwined his fingers in Shinobu's flailing hands and shakily clicked the switch in his back tooth. As soon as he felt the surge, he pulled on the other boy with all his strength.

The world flew back into motion and Shinobu found himself being yanked away by another set of hands. The unexpected force broke Korovin's grip and the two boy's fell to the floor, scrambling away from their captors.

Hiroki's body jolted as he felt the cold metal in his hands. He had no clue how he got it back but he didn't care. His eyes flew like lightning towards Korovin and the two unarmed soldiers.

"Don't move!" He yelled, aiming the shotgun. "Or I'll blow your fucking heads off!"

The three froze immediately and Hiroki moved closer, evaluating the situation that was now strangely in their favor. It had been decided long ago that if anything ever happened to Alpha, he would take charge of the group. And now the lives of his comrades were his responsibility.

"Nowaki!" He barked. "Get Alpha and Gamma up. We're aborting!"

The giant immediately complied, running over to Gamma first.

"Can you hold onto me?" He whispered to Miyagi, who groaned as he was pulled up.

"Yeah…fuck I probably broke a rib," He gasped as Nowaki helped him onto his back. He then walked over to Alpha and picked him up bridal-style, the weight of two grown men hardly seeming to faze him.

"What's the plan?" Beta spoke quietly to Hiroki the two of them inching closer to the open door.

"I found a plane," Misaki said, grabbing Shinobu's hand and pulling him towards the group. "I can lead you two it."

"How in hell…" Hiroki murmured, this entire situation not adding up. But he shook it off as Korovin breathed a deep gasp, his insane eyes fixated on Misaki.

"I didn't think it was possible." He whispered as chuckles began spilling out of his mouth. "Your power has shone for the first time Digamma, and I will have you! I WILL HAVE ALL OF YOU!"

"SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH!" Hiroki screamed, firing straight at Korovin's head. With a hasty duck the doctor managed to avoid a fatal shot, but his glasses were struck in the process. Shards of glass flew in chaos, a large, sharp piece imbedding itself in Korovin's left eye.

"AHHH!" He screamed as blood spurted from the socket. "Don't just stand there! Capture them!"

"Don't fucking move!" Hiroki yelled back as Nowaki, Misaki, and Shinobu scampered out the open passage. He then fired two shots at the guards before bolting after them.

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