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Predator and Prey

The scene in front of the Protectors was not a pleasant one, a group of Splicers stood merely twenty feet from two of Rapture's feared Guardians. The group spread out slowly, smiling the whole time, the Leadhead Splicers took aim with their firearms, as the Thuggish Splicers readied their various melee weapons. The Spider Splicers heated their hooks as they clashed them together creating a flurry of sparks, laughing maniacally while doing so. The Houdini Splicers flicked flames back and forth from hand to hand, and their Brute Splicer pounded his chest to psych himself up for the inevitable battle.

One of the Houdini Splicers in a red suit stepped forward and straightened his ripped jacket, he then removed his top hat and bowed courteously to the Protectors, when he finished he placed his tattered hat back on his balding head and began smiling a black tooth grin, Iota saw something in his eyes. His eyes were different from most Splicer's she had seen, instead of fear or hesitation she saw Predatory cunning, he was sizing them up just as they had done to the group, and he certainly didn't fear them. Suddenly the Female Protector felt anxious and looked back to her Partner who was still ready to charge them, she felt a cold chill run through her as the Splicer spoke.

"Hello there, my name is Wallace, and these fine men and women are part of Reed Wahl's crew." the man said with a heavy Australian accent, gesturing to the group of rugged Splicers behind him.

His voice sounded cold despite the joyful expression on his face.

"Now, we've been given very specific instructions not to kill you. Mr. Wahl wants you alive, but he said it was fine if you were roughed up a bit, tough little buggers you lot, took us days to kill the last Big Sister we captured!" the man began to laugh, both Protectors began growling. Iota could see her Brother's rage like hers was growing fast.

"you see Mr. Wahl is a mathematical genius! he tells us what routes to take, where to attack, when to attack, and even how to attack! we go out and do what he asks and he gives us as much ADAM as we need for our services. The jobs vary though, sometimes he wants us to find parts, other times he wants us to gather supplies." the Splicer continued as he formed a fireball in his hand and began to play with it.

"but my favorite jobs are snatch and grabs!" he said wearing a sadistic grin. "Mr. Wahl loves to experiment on you Protectors in his free time, especially the Females! Lately you Female Protectors have been hard to find and even harder to get a hold of." he said as his face took on an angry expression, Omega clinched his fists and began to shake, at this point Iota was right beside him in his anger, how dare this Scum speak of their family in such a way!

"but when he's finished with em... he lets the boys have em. Oh what a day that was! we had a little too much fun with the last one, she died too quickly! Once we get the big guy out of the way I wonder how much fun you'll be."

The Splicer winked at Iota. It was the final straw both Protectors let out their rage infused Screeches, and as soon as they did the Splicers put their plan into action. A fire ball hit Iota right in her porthole temporarily blinding her, the next thing she knew a large chunk of concrete came hurling towards her followed by a hail of gunfire, Omega used his teleportation plasmid to drop into the middle of the group from above, when he landed all hell broke loose, his boots landed on a Leadhead Splicer crushing his skull, when Omega stood up he grabbed another target and impaled her with his syringe.

The group was caught off guard by Omega's bold engagement, they expected him to run straight for them, instead he simply jumped into the middle of their group. The Splicers heard screeching laughter from the Protector as he killed each of his targets, the Leadheads opened fire with their weapons earning them a few well placed Electro Shock bolts. Omega was turning one of the gun happy freaks into a pile of ashes when he heard a large yell from behind, he turned just in time to see a large chunk of concrete flying toward him.

Iota was too busy dealing with the Houdini and Spider Splicers to watch the whole event, they were slashing wildly at her with their hooks, and flinging fireballs at her. Since Omega had taken most of the attention when he jumped into the fray Iota could focus on the more nimble close range enemies, and the ever annoying Houdini Splicers. Iota looked to her Brother as she dodged. Omega was slashing enemies with his syringe, and using his plasmids on others, bullets ricoched off his armor left and right only angering him more, It never ceased to amaze her, the amount of ferocity that went into every one of his battles, like a God of war smiting those who dared to oppose him, it gave her strength, and he made her feel invincible when she would hear his war cry.

Iota side stepped a swing from one of the Spider Splicers just before it landed, grabbing his arm she swung him around and threw him into another Hook loving psycho while blocking a fireball with her harvester, she darted to the two Splicers that had previously collided and before they had time to untangle each other she impaled them both with her signature weapon.

The Female Protector heard footsteps behind her and turned just in time for a pipe to miss her face, a hook came flying toward her and she dodged out of it's path. The pipe wielding Splicer took a few more swings at the Protector before she grabbed the man's arm, with a quick yank she ripped the Splicer's arm off and kicked him in the chest sending him into a large window, he hit the window with a crunch and dropped dead to the floor. Iota turned now to face the last Spider Splicer, the Splicer began swinging wildly at her as she dodged the red hot hooks, after swinging both arms he caught Iota off guard by throwing one of his hooks, it hit her right in her leg causing the Protector to flinch but ultimately just angering her more. Iota ripped the hook out of her leg and dodged another attack, as the Splicer swung and missed Iota spun around and hooked the Splicer through the bottom of his jaw, the hook stuck out of the man's eye socket and she threw him over her head onto the floor.

Another fireball hit Iota in the back, she let out a screech of pain when she remembered her suit's back was missing, she turned around just in time to catch yet another fireball, Iota teleported right in front of the menace that was throwing them. The Splicers eyes widened as he activated his own teleportation Plasmid to escape, but it was too late, the enraged Demon in front of him had caught her Prey, Iota quickly snatched the puny man up by his throat, she brought him to his knees and showed him her hand ablaze with blue flames. The Splicer began to scream as she shoved her flaming hand down his throat into his esophagus, laughing at the man's expression and muscle spasms, She was enjoying herself until she realized there was still a fight going on. Iota quickly figured out why not many bullets had hit her since the fight began, she looked toward her Companion only to find him surrounded by corpses, his suit was covered in blood and his armor was riddled with bullet indentions, she could tell he was tired and possibly wounded, but he was covered in so much blood she didn't know how bad. Omega was panting heavily, and the yellow light coming through the gash in his helmet was dim, he was on top of the last remaining Thuggish Splicer slamming her head into the blood soaked concrete below, each hit making a squishy crunch as her skull cracked and chipped.

Iota watched the Brute Splicer tackle her Partner, he had stayed back and waited for the right opportunity to attack, she started to run to him when she felt a blinding pain strike the back of her helmet and another in her back, the Sister fell to the ground and tried to make since of what had just happened. Her ears were ringing so loud she could only shut her eyes and grit her teeth, when she opened her eyes her vision was blurred, and slow moving. Iota felt someone grab her by the back of her neck and pull her up slightly off the ground before the pain returned, again, and again. The Female Guardian coughed from the blood in her mouth and nose, her vision was hazy, and she could tell she was on the verge of blacking out.

"wow you are a tough one! a knife in the back and a wrench to the head only slows you down!" she heard an Australian accent from above her, she felt a breathtaking pain from her side as Wallace kicked her in the ribs. He continued kicking her and hitting her with a wrench until she was curled into a ball holding her head, Wallace knelt down beside the shaking girl.

"You know what gets to me?" he whispered close to her helmet so she would hear him.

"I mean really fucking gets to me?" he continued

"The fact that you Protectors think you're the top dogs around here." he smiled showing his rotting teeth.

"you toy with your Prey and then you kill them, but you don't know what that feels like." he continued whispering, his words echoing in Iota's head.

"you will." Iota's eyes shot open as she came to the realization that she had done this hundreds of times to her Prey, and now she had traded places, her heart began to race, and her mind sped up trying to figure a way out of the situation.

"and now you're desperate, you know you're not in power here, and you're terrified!" "

How?" she thought to herself, there must be something she could do! that's when she remembered Omega.

"what? hoping dear Brother can help you? you think he can save you?" the man started laughing hysterically.

"lets see how Protector number two is doing Ladies and Gentlemen!" he screamed imitating a theater host. Wallace grabbed Iota by the back of her neck and lifted her up enough to see what was going on, Iota's stomach sank, she began to sob at the scene in front of her. Thirty feet away laying in a pool of blood was the only person in the world she had left. He was laying on his back with his own broken syringe sticking out of his chest, trying with what little strength he had left to keep the Brute Splicer from ending his life, Omega had a hand on the Brute's wrist as it began choking him with both hands, the Protector hit the giant Splicer in the face with his other hand again and again knocking some of his teeth out and breaking his nose, the Brute yelled and tightened his grip.

Iota felt her helmet locks coming undone, then she felt it lifted from her head and tossed aside, her black hair and pale, dirty, bloodstained skin were exposed. She felt so vulnerable, so weak, so... useless. The female Protector tried to scream for her Partner, to plead for his forgiveness, to beg the Splicers to stop, but before any noise could escape she felt a cold hand cover her mouth as Wallace stabbed the large kitchen knife through her back pinning her to the ground. Iota issued a muffled screech of agony as she sobbed.

"you see Mate? even the most dangerous Predator can be brought down by a few good dogs." he whispered.

Omega started moving slower and slower until all he could do was grasp at the Brute's face and shirt collar. Tears were streaming down Iota's face as she watched Omega's arms fall to his sides, and all she could do was watch helplessly as the Brute Splicer began slamming his fists into Omega's helmet. The deformed man yelled as he did so, when he was tired of denting the metal obstacle he put his fingers inside the gash of the Protector's helm and started trying to pry it apart.

"After William deals with him, I think I'll let him have some fun with you, hell what am I saying? We'll both have fun with you, but don't worry, we aren't allowed to kill you, though you'll wish we had." The Splicer whispered as he ran his hand down the mid of Iota's back causing a bolt of rage and fear to run through her

Iota tried to scream, tried to stop him, but the Monster behind her wouldn't let so much as a muffled screech out. After trying with all his strength the Brute Splicer had almost broke Omega's heavy helmet in half.

Iota bit her captor's hand as hard as she could taking a few fingers and spitting them aside, when she did she screamed as loud as she could, as desperately as she could, for as long as she could.

Wallace reeled back.

"AAAHHHH! you Cunt!" he yelled as he slammed her face into the ground, she didn't care all she could do was keep her eyes on Omega.

As soon as the helmet Broke Omega's dark howl like screech echoed through Rapture, his arms shot up grabbing the Brute by his collar and pulled him down, The Protector met him half way slamming his head into the Brute's face as hard as he could, you could hear a loud wet crunch as blood poured onto the Protector's face, the Brute grabbed his face in shock. Before the Giant could recover Omega ripped the broken syringe from his own chest and stabbed it into the side of the Splicer's neck.

Iota saw this and began to breath again, she whimpered with joy, despite all he had been through Omega was still fighting, and so could she!

The Brute stumbled back as he tried to grasp at the object in his throat as blood bubbled from his mouth, Omega kicked the Brute in the knee breaking it backwards and rolled out of the way as the Giant plummeted forward onto his stomach, he then jumped onto his back and grabbed the syringe shoving it further into the man's neck until it stuck through the other side, when the Protector saw this he grabbed both ends and began to twist, Iota could hear the crunching of bones and the ripping of meat as Omega growled at his opponent. With one Final yank Omega dislodged the beast's head from his body as he let loose his terrible war cry.

Iota's head shot back like a rocket and connected with Wallace's open mouth knocking a few teeth out. The Splicer immediately stumbled back holding his mouth when he noticed something disturbing. Omega was limping his way across the room holding the broken syringe like a knife, a spark of fear shot through Wallace as he looked into the Big Brother's dimly glowing yellow eyes, all he could see was the look of determination, and the intent to kill. "You weren't supposed to survive damn you!" he yelled at the Big Brother as he staggered toward them. Iota gabbed onto the Splicer's ankle so he couldn't escape.

"this wasn't in the equation! Let go you Bitch!" he yelled frantically as he began kicking Iota in the head, when she was fed up with it she caught his shoe in her mouth and bit down with her sharp K9's ripping his foot in half. Wallace screamed in agony, suddenly he felt the air forced from his chest, when he looked down he could see a broken syringe sticking out of his stomach, he looked up to see Omega's arm outstretched from throwing the jagged piece of metal across the room. The Splicer fell backwards and dissipated in a cloud of red smoke. Omega fell to his knees cracking the concrete beneath his steel knee pads, his body was so heavy, he was so tired, even his vision had gone out to the point he could barely make out anything more than two feet away. Iota slowly got up and made her way to her Partner, she got on her knees in front of him and hugged him to hold him steady, he was swaying back and forth trying to keep consciousness, he could see Iota crying, he could see her mouth moving and faint screeches, it was hard to hear anything over the sound of his own heavy breathing. Iota smiled comfortingly as she cried, she put her forehead to his and began nuzzling him affectionately, then she layed his head on her shoulder to hug him. she buried her head into his cold chest armor and began humming, Omega reached behind her and pulled the large kitchen knife from her back, causing Iota to yelp slightly, after doing so his arm went limp and he dropped the knife. Omega continued listening to Iota's humming, it was twisted, Broken, but from what he could hear it was the most beautiful thing he had ever heard.

The humming faded as Omega's sight went black and his body slumped over with Iota still hugging him, she was safe.

Doctor Tenenbaum rubbed her eyes and gave a sigh as her computer monitor went black, if she did believe in God she would have prayed that the Protectors didn't have any trouble, but prayer in Rapture meant very little.

"everything alright Doc?" she turned to address the rugged voice.

"I can only hope Donnie." she said to the young man standing in the doorway to her room.

Donnie Sanches was an intelligent man to be sure, he was afraid of most things but he did have a way with electronics. The skinny man took his glasses and began cleaning them on his dirty lab coat.

"I hope you know what you're doing Doc, those things are dangerous and unpredictable, the're as likely to kill us as they are to help us." Donnie said placing his glasses back on his face.

"Yes they are dangerous, but they are victims of my contribution to Rapture, just like the Little Sisters. The only difference is i couldn't save them in time." Tenenbaum stated with sorrow plain in her voice.

"You can't keep blaming yourself Brigid, besides you've done more good in Rapture than anyone i know, at least you tried to make a difference, you've saved lives Doc, none of us would be alive if it weren't for you." Donnie said with a smile.

"That is where you are wrong Donnie, I am the creator of the Rapture nightmare, the only good I've done was to make up for the sins I have committed, and none of the people I have saved would be in this situation in the first place had i not created ADAM." The Doctor gave a wry smile.

"Doc we got a problem!" a voice yelled from the hallway. Doctor Tenenbaum walked passed Donnie to her door to investigate. She was met by a man wearing an old red flannel and a black toboggan, the bearded man was holding a shotgun and had an aggravated look on his face.

"Vicki was watching the Hotel lobby, when she saw Splicers headed this way, she ran back as fast as she could!" the man explained while loading his shotgun.

"how many were there Joe? what kind of Splicers were they?" The Doctor asked eagerly.

"looks like Leadheads and Thuggish Splicers, but there were enough of them!" Joe said looking to Tenenbaum for their next course of action.

"Donnie get your security bots up and ready, I want two bots per hallway on the second and third floor, if they take too much damage recall them here and start repairing them immediately. She said as Donnie began running to his room.

"Joe have everyone that can fight get ready at the stairs and Elevator, those with little combat skill will watch the barricade to our hallway along with the Security Turrets Donnie installed yesterday!" The Doctor said pointing to a crudely drawn map of the Hotel.

"you got it Doc I'll have James with me watching the stairs since that's where most of em are gonna come up, if all else fails we can detonate the stairs if we absolutely have to, but i'd rather not. If it does come to that we'll be trapped and an Elevator will be our only way out." Joe said running his fingers through his thick beard.

"yes and as soon as the Splicers figure that out they will want to do the same thing, don't worry though i have some friends on their way who may be able to turn the tide for us." Tenenbaum said hoping she wasn't being too optimistic.

Joe nodded and ran off to gather the Survivors well enough to fight, and headed to their assigned positions, Dr. Tenenbaum took her Revolver from her desk and began walking to the hallway.

The hallway leading to the Presidential suites was very long with no cover what so ever, it presented the perfect choke point for any incoming enemies, at the end of the hallway Tenenbaum could see Joe reach into the large elevator and pull the emergency stop switch to prevent the Splicers from using it. Once he did so he ran to the right of the Elevator where the doors to the stairs were, at the top of the stairs the Survivors had made a barricade out of sandbags, debris, and even an old circus of values vending machine that was heavily damaged.

Joe turned to his Brother and smiled. "you ready James?"

James was rolling up the sleeves on his button up, then looked to Joe and smiled. "let's teach these assholes another lesson!" he said loading a magazine into his Tommy gun.

"HaHa! we must not be very good teachers then, they haven't learned anything yet!" the bearded Brother laughed as he flicked the switch on a sentry turret starting the motor.

two Female Survivors joined the Brothers and took cover behind the barricade.

"welcome to the Party, come to see how it's done?" James asked as his Brother shook his head. " please, if i wanted to get better at fighting i'd have a better learning experience from Donnie!" the feisty Blonde responded getting her Tommy gun ready.

"alright you love birds you know the drill, Plasmids first then bullets, we'll slow em down then fill em with lead." Joe said holding a fist full of fire.

"Seline get those first aid kits ready, we're probably gonna need em." James said to the Brunette tying her hair into a ponytail.

"don't worry i'll keep you guys alive, just try not to make a habit of getting injured" The young woman said with a smile.

The group aimed their weapons down the stairs when they heard footsteps and yelling. A group of Splicers came into sight and the Survivors started using their Plasmids in quick succession, a hail of fire, lightning, and ice hit the deformed psychos as they attempted to climb the stairs, the sentry gun started firing down on the Splicers making their deadly climb that much more impossible. When the Survivors had slowed the Splicers down enough they opened fire with their weapons. The Thuggish Splicers were little more than meat shields for the Leadheads to hide behind. The trigger happy Splicers began returning fire and bullets flew in both directions.

James yelled as a bullet hit him right in his left shoulder, he took cover behind the barricade as Seline began patching him up, after a quick bandage, and a first aid syringe he was back in the fight.

"Is that all you got freaks?!" Joe yelled as he blew a pipe wielding Splicer's brains out.

soon enough the Survivors started to get overrun, they were running low on ammo and the Splicer's seemed to just keep coming. The survivors switched to their handguns and began returning fire, Joe got on his radio to call for backup.

"Hey Doc! we're running low on fuel over here,over!" he yelled into his radio as he stood up and fired his pistol into a Splicer's chest.

"Joe it's Donnie, i'm sending my Security Bots up from the lower levels, they've been busy thinning them out for you, over." Joe chuckled at the thought of what might have happened if the Security Bots hadn't been killing Splicers on the lower levels.

"you might want to hurry, we're up to our necks with em in the stairs, over!" Joe said ducking back down to avoid the hail of bullets passing over him. The Survivors could hear loud beeping and gunfire coming from the stairwell below them, followed by screams of agony. "last push guys c'mon!" Vicki said as she stood up to fire at the last remaining Splicers, the others followed suit as they finally finished them off.

"well that was fun, who's up for round two?" James chuckled while running his hand through his hair. The group was still shaking from Adrenaline when Donnie's Security Bots flew up the stairs passed them, they noticed the damage they had sustained in the fight on the lower levels.

"we're all clear on this end Donnie thanks for the assist, let the Doc know we're gonna scrounge the bodies for anything useful then we'll get rid of em, over." Joe said over the radio as he holstered his pistol.

"Alright everybody, grab their guns and ammo and look for anything useful, once that's done dump the bodies down the laundry shute on the third floor."

"got it." James, Vicki, and Saline all responded as they started working.

"Joe, Doc Tenenbaum needs to speak with you, i'm sending Mark and Craig to help with the clean up, over." Donnie's voice could be heard over the radio.

"roger that, I'm on my way, over." Joe responded.

"you heard the man, I'll be back in a bit." Joe said to the group as they dug through the Splicers pockets for supplies. "did he have to send Craig I can't stand that guy." Seline said as she plucked a few bullets from a Splicer's pocket. "you just don't like him because he has a thing for you." James added. "no i don't like him because he's a huge jerk, and he thinks he's the greatest thing to ever happen in Rapture, he just gives me bad vibes." Seline commented with a worried look on her face. "don't worry Seline, I won't let that Asshole, do anything to you, if he does I'll take his balls and put them in a jar for you." Vicki said with a big smile causing Seline to laugh.

"Hey Kids, having fun?" they heard Craig ask from the top of the stairs. The group looked up to see Mark walking down with him wearing an annoyed look on his face. Both men appeared to be in their early twenties but their physical appearances were very different. Mark was lean and muscular where Craig was more on the chubby side. "I was just telling Marky here about the time I Killed a Big Daddy." the redhead added as they reached the bottom of the stairs. " we've heard the story Craig... five times... and it only counts if the Big Daddy isn't half dead when you find it." Mark replied clearly fed up with Craig's tall tale. "whatever, it still put up a fight!" he yelled at Mark, his freckled face getting red. "please the only fight it put up was the glass of it's helmet when you kept shooting it." Mark said as he began gathering weapons from the dead Splicers.

"Fuck you Ma-" the annoying redhead was cut off as a candy bar hit him square in the face. "shut up and work already nobody cares about your story." Vicki said never making eye contact as she rifled through pockets. "you little Bitch!" Craig began walking over to her when James put his hand on Craig's chest and stopped him. James was much bigger than Craig and he had way more combat experience. "that's enough, get to work." he said in an intimidating voice. The Redhead pushed his hand away and huffed as he began searching for supplies.

Joe arrived in Tenenbaum's room as she was picking up the many toys scattered around the floor, Joe knocked on the wooden frame as he entered.

"ah Joe, is everyone alright, did anyone get hurt?" She asked with a worried expression clear on her face. "relax Doc everybody's okay, James took a bullet to the shoulder but thanks to Seline he's already patched up." he said raising his hands to calm her down. "good, very good, I was about to come help when Donnie stoped me, perhaps if I-" Joe put his hand up to silence the woman. "Doc you know as well as i do if we lose you we don't have a way out of this hell hole, that's why we don't mind doing the fighting, if anything happened to you we'd all be screwed." he said as he propped his shotgun up against the wall.

"I apologize, I just don't want anyone getting killed for my sake." Joe chuckled at her remark. "it's more for our sake then yours Doctor, so don't feel so bad about it." he said smiling.

Doctor Tenenbaum smiled as she walked over to him. "I suppose you are correct." she added.

Joe looked at her and raised an eyebrow. "so what was it you needed Doc?" he asked. Tenenbaum's smile had faded at this point. "it's time for Anna's medication." Joe stood up and streched, then looked to the Syringe the Doctor was holding, it was filled with a clear liquid. "well let's get this over with, poor thing." Joe said as both of them left the room.

The two made their way to another room close to Tenenbaum's as she prepared the Syringe, Joe opened the door to the room and the two stepped in. It was dim inside, the only light came from a lamp on a nightstand and a flickering wall light on the other side of the room, there were toys scattered on the floor in the room as well. Crayons, coloring books, teddy bears, and Big Daddy Dolls were thrown about on the carpet. The two heard a voice coming from the direction of the bed.

"Hello Doctor." the aged voice was heard saying. A little girl in a blue dress walked over to the Doctor and took hold of her dress with a sorrowful look.

"Aunt Grace has been taking good care of Anna. but she keeps having nightmares." the little girl said as she looked down toward the ground.

"don't worry Lizzy we'll get Anna fixed up right away." Tenenbaum smiled at the girl.

"Don't worry Baby, Dr. Tenenbaum is gonna give Anna her medicine, and she'll start feeling better." Grace said with a smile as she closed her book and layed it on the nightstand.

The colored Woman stood up and stepped out of the way to make room for Joe and Dr. Tenenbaum. "poor Baby's having awful night terrors again, the medicine does help her though." she said looking to the bed.

On the queen sized bed was a girl who appeared to be no more than fifteen or sixteen, with black hair reaching her shoulders, she was wearing a white night gown and lying on her back. She wore a pained expression on her face and she was sweating profusely. She tossed and turned as she mumbled something in her sleep. Joe shook his head and sighed. "what happened to her Doc, what the hell did you guys to to them in those labs?" Joe asked as he walked over to the sleeping girl.

"Anna was a Little Sister just like Lizzy here, but we found her too late. The mental conditioning had already worn off and strained her mind almost to the point of madness, the only thing i can do right now is keep her sedated, and hope she will stabilize when Subject Iota, and Subject Omega get here." Tenenbaum said starring at the Girl whom she was responsible for creating.

"can't you use that Plasmid on her, the one that turns them back into sweet little Girls?" Grace asked. "I am afraid not, if the mental conditioning has already strained her mind then trying to reverse the effects would drive her violently insane, and finally kill her." she replied.

Joe gently grabbed Anna's arms and firmly held her in place, as soon as he did Anna's eyelids shot open to reveal her glowing yellow eyes. Anna began screaming and struggling trying to get Joe off of her. Joe had a hard time holding the Girl down due to her immense strength, he was sure if he was any smaller she could easily overpower him. Dr. Tenenbaum rushed to the bedside and quickly stuck the syringe into the Girl's arm injecting the clear liquid. After a few seconds Anna calmed down and layed back, her eyelids lowering until they were half open. Lizzy ran over to her Sister and started wiping sweat from her forehead with a wet towel.

"This is the reason I remain in Rapture, I will not leave until I have rescued every Little Sister, and our only hope of fixing this City is to get the Thinker out of Rapture and return when we have discovered a cure for ADAM sickness." Dr. Tenenbaum said with a determined look in her eyes. Joe nodded understanding her want to fix things.

"let's focus on getting out of here in one piece first Doc, you were able to sedate Anna, do you think it'll be that easy with Subject Omega and Iota? Because my guess is it's gonna take a lot more than just me to hold them down." Joe said crossing his arms and thinking about their situation.

"I hope it will not come to that, the best possible outcome is that they will help us, even if they do not trust us." she said as she perced her lips.

"and the worst possible outcome?" Joe asked raising an eyebrow.

" If I cannot convince them to help us then they will kill every single one of us and take Anna with them." Tenenbaum said trying to think of what to say if the Protectors did show up.

"Then there's nothing we can do but prepare for both situations, Donnie and I will get the defenses ready just in case." Joe said as he exited the room.

"do you really think you can convince them that Lamb was in the wrong Doctor?" Grace asked as she sat back down beside the bed and grabbed her book. "I mean, I was as brainwashed as they are before Tin Daddy showed me otherwise, but they've been with her a lot longer than I was, I'm not so sure their conviction can be changed as easily as mine was." Grace explained while opening her book.

"all I can do is try Grace, it is possible for anyone to change, but they have to be willing to change, and that is where the problem lies." Tenenbaum added as she walked toward the door.

"for all of our sakes, I hope you're right Doctor." Grace said

"as do I" The Doctor remarked exiting the room.