Oh no...what's going to happen? Dun, dun, DUN!
When she didn't answer, I spoke a little louder. "Sabrina." Still she didn't even bat an eyelid. "What did you do to her?" I demanded.
"The same I did to you, only, I first injected an old project of mine. Nanomites are very useful little creatures. Once her pain receptors were shut off she was able to go through with the transformations. Very unique, though, I've began adding new twists to the alterations. Adding new DNA." That was when I saw her tail.
It flicked to the side lazily, perfectly calm and at ease. She also had claws instead of nails and her feet were oddly shaped, it took me a moment to realise she had cat feet. "You're a monster!" I snarled at Cobra Commander as he laughed.
"I prefer the term scientific genius." He turned and began to walk away. "Destroy them." Sabrina hissed, baring her sharp fangs then leaped at me. I moved so fast that before she had even covered half of the distance towards us, I had shot open the window beside us, shattering the glass then thrown Snake Eyes through and turned to face Sabrina.
Together we tumbled down, flying through the window as she tried to claw and bite me. Several scratches were made on my face but my suit protected me everywhere else. We hit the ground hard with me turning to take the blow, not wanting to hurt Sabrina. "Sabrina listen to me, this isn't you. It's me! Robyn! Don't you remember me?" When she went to claw open my throat, I twisted, kicked up my leg then flung her off. "I guess not."
Suddenly she was streaking forwards, racing on the wall with catlike grace and balance, jumping from crate to crate as she tried to reach Snake Eyes. I refused to shoot her, I couldn't. I could save her. Instead I picked up a heavy looking piece of scrap metal and flung it at her.
She yowled as she was thrown of balance, allowing Snake Eyes to drop down to the ground off of his cable hook then ran for cover as streams of magnetic pulses were fired from the guns above. I ducked out of the way, crawling towards a bunch of crates which protected me momentarily. When I heard a sharp hiss I looked up, seeing Sabrina's now glowing amber eyes with narrow slits for pupils as she stared down at me. I was terrified.
Sabrina sprung at me but I lifted both legs and slammed them into her chest, flinging her with my altered strength into the crates, cracking them beneath her. "Snake!" I called and I saw him racing for new cover. I made my way over to him, ducking under the fire then together we raced for the door. It slid open and Snake secured it shut behind us, locking Sabrina in. "I know her. She was taken with me that day…I thought she was dead." I whispered but Snake tugged impatiently at my hand.
Turning my back I abandoned Sabrina and made for where Heavy was calling for backup. When the corridor exploded from underneath us, we were both flung out of balance. I landed on my feet but a sudden rush of Cobra soldiers cut me off from Snake Eyes. I fired my weapons, cutting down the line before springing into action.
Thankfully these guys were just regular humans and I easily outran them, even with their stupid ray guns. Now completely lost, I just kept running. I tried to angle away from the smell of enemy but towards the sound of gunfire where I knew the Joes would be.
It didn't quite work out that way. Without warning I was tackled around the middle with a hiss, Sabrina slamming me into the wall before grabbing me by my ponytail and smashing my head in the wall. "Hello sister." She hissed. "Remember me?"
"Sabrina!" I yelped then placed my hands on the walls, blocking her attack as she attempted to strike the wall with my skull again. "What are you doing? It's me, Robyn."
"The one who abandoned me." She recounted. "Left me for dead!"
"No! No I wouldn't have left you. I thought you were dead. They told me you were dead!" I grunted then stood, turning to flip Sabrina on her back then held her down. "You have to believe me. You're like a sister to me. I can take care of you, we'll get you some help and reverse what Cobra has done to you."
"I don't want any help!" She screamed then slashed her claws along my face. When they healed over, however, she just hissed in irritation. With a powerful kick she struck me from her then lunged at me again. With lightning fast reflexes I grabbed her wrists then spun her around, slamming her into the wall then tried to run for it.
She gave chase, hissing and spitting as she ran on all fours like a cat, tail stood up on end. Ahead of me was a door so I bolted for it, putting as much distance between myself and Sabrina as possible. I reached it and tore it open, standing aside at the last second to allow Sabrina to barrel through.
I slammed the door behind her then flicked the latch down, locking it. She screamed at me through the window, punching through it to try and claw at me. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry I let you down. I hope you can forgive me." I whispered then fled.
Through the blur of my tears I heard soft calling. It was a woman, afraid. I could smell the fear. She was calling for help. I followed the sound of her voice, sniffing curiously before finally I found the place. Inside the room had been stripped bare. There used to be units but they had been ripped away, the shadows still lurking on the walls. In front of me was a woman with dark hair.
"Anna?" She lifted her head, the rest of her body strapped down to the doctor's bed.
"Who are you?"
"I'm Robyn. I'm here with Duke." I told her, hurrying to her side. I grabbed the equipment which was poised ready to inject her then crushed it between my hands, crumbling them to scrap before picking out the chip that was inserted into the system, ready to be implanted into Anna. I crushed it into dust. In the corner of the room was a single glass case containing a live Cobra. It hissed at me.
"Did he reactivate the nanomites?" I asked her, looking over the data reports.
"No. They're still deactivated." Anna told me as she stood up and worked her hands to get movement back into them. "He said he had to be sure before he could work on me. What did he mean?"
"I'll explain later. For now, I need to get you out of here. Take this." I tossed her a gun and she caught it. "Our rescue mission has gone a little sour." I informed her. "Be prepared to shoot."
"Gladly." She answered, arming it with a fierce expression. Now I understood why Duke loved her. I led the way, glancing down both ways before heading towards the sound of battle. What I found was chaos. The inmates had been activated.
They all had their own freaky mutations. Some were bears, others tigers or lions, there was even a packs of wolves. No bullet could stop them, only bullets straight to the head would take them down. "What is happening? I don't understand." Anna breathed in shock, staring at the twisted figures down below us.
"Duck!" I yelled, grabbing her and forcing her down. The ray beam fired over us and I turned, shooting the soldier who had fired it then picked Anna up. "Heavy, I have Anna. She's safe and unharmed."
"Right. Bring her back to checkpoint. We're getting out of here." I could already see the jets beginning to take off. There wasn't enough time to try and navigate my way there. The fastest way down was down. "Hold on." I advised then lifted Anna up over my shoulder.
She didn't yelp but clung onto me tightly, tucking in tight. I leaped over the side, firing my cable to slow our descent whilst Anna shot at anyone who tried to attack us, clear headshots every time. "I think you and I are off to a great start." I stated with a small grin as we landed. Whipping around I picked up a bull man that had lowered his horns at us. I grabbed one of them with both hands, pulling him around before slamming him into the wall, knocking him out.
"How did you do that?" I swallowed.
"Let's just say, I'm the original." Anna blinked before nodding her head in understanding. Together we ran, guns blazing until both of them clicked, out of ammo. I tossed Anna a mag and we reloaded, both perfectly in time with each other as we continued.
"Anna!" Duke yelled over the gunfire.
"Duke!" She tried to run forwards but I grabbed her and yanked her back just as a ray beam fired at us, almost hitting her. "I hate those guns."
"Didn't you used to have one?" I questioned her, getting back to my feet.
"I liked them then." She replied before shooting again. "This is a mess. What's happening?"
"Well, that's a good question. Don't ask me." I replied. "This was supposed to be secret."
"Someone sold you out?"
"Possibly." I replied before crying out as something hit me from behind. The bear man roared, lifting its grizzly paws to slash into my neck but someone grabbed my legs and yanked me across the floor between the mutant's legs, avoiding the blow as I was pulled away from underneath the mutant bear. I had never been so glad to see Snake.
"Snake! Thank you!" I cried with relief then tackled him to the ground, pushing him out of the way of a pack of wolves as they leaped at us. I shot them all, wounding them and they whimpered, limping away as I yanked Snake to his feet. "Anna?" I yelled, searching for her.
"Over here!" She signalled and instantly I turned. When I saw Cobra Commander standing on the elevated stands, I went perfectly still. I could tell he was looking right at me. The way my spine shivered was enough to tell me that. I wanted to shoot him but I knew I was out of bullets from all the mutant animals that had tried to kill us.
Snake Eyes was tugging on my arm, trying to pull me away but I pulled back, tearing my arm free. I tossed my gun aside, running forwards to Anna as she began to be swarmed by the wild inmates. "Anna!" I could hear Duke's voice behind me on the last jet which was beginning to take off. "No! No we gotta save them!" I dived headfirst into the array, fighting my way to Anna as she cried out for help. I found her soft body, pulling her close to me then growled, punching and kicking a small space free to then lift my gun. I shot at the jet and the cable exploded free. I locked it in place.
"Alright let's go! We got them!" Heavy yelled and the jet pulled off, dragging us with it. I held onto Anna as we were lifted out of the flurry of claws, fur and fangs mixed with the sweaty bodies of men and women who were fighting each other as much as trying to capture us. They leaped at us, trying to claw us back but I clicked the reel button, pulling us further away and out of reach as we were pulled in close to the jet.
Duke leaned down and I shifted Anna, lifting her up with one arm before glancing down. We were out into the air now but I could still hear the angered brays of animals below me. "Robyn!" Roadblock yelled and I looked up at him. I grabbed his hand and he pulled me up. He lifted me onto my feet but my legs gave out, the shock still powering through my body as I lost all concentration.
Snake caught me in his arms and lowered me down, tilting his head with worry as I began to close my eyes. I felt fine. I wasn't tired. Yet the void was pulling me in, the shell enveloping me. I had no choice but to obey its command.