Everflame 2 (FINISHED)

[tangletail]

Leo's ears perked up slightly takeing a glance behind him seeing able leave growling to Kane "What?! You cant be serious!" dragging his claws across the metal trying to hold back his rage "Whats next then? Stay in here for a week hoping that something comes out of me, or you? And what about her Kane. She didn't even ask for any of this." he growled even louder placing his head on the door hearing a slightly hollow bang showing the door was thinner that it seemed. He was doing his best to calm down before doing anything rash, as a thought already came over his head.

[Asia Kali Yusufzai]

"What did you think you were in here for, a picnic?" Kane narrowed his eyes, and gestured to the pure white and empty room, save for the abandoned board game and the damaged door. "We could all be diseased right now, but from what I heard back out in the world, that's probably not the case. It's probably just you and that girl, and as far as I can see, she's the only one speaking in tongues vomiting living goop. So sit down and calm down, because you'll be let out eventually. Yeah maybe in a week, maybe longer, but at least you'll be out to live your life." The small section of the wall dissolved again, letting Abel step back into the main room, leaving Leia in the small seperate compartment as it closed behind him.

Leia was still unconscious, and the room was pitch black. There was only the sound of whirring electric motors, as a table lifted her up, and robotic arms reached out, cutting fur, scraping skin and sucking blood samples out of her.

[tangletail]

"No only a quarantine reason, now I know I'm in the worse room to be in with a pink daunting cat on the wall because some freak of nature of some deminsion of god knows where, just outside caused my college to spit something up and now shes in that room while they do who knows what." he said soon calming himself down as he left the door sitting down leaning on the wall "Jeez... can this day get better? I'm afraid not, bad things happened everywhere!"

[Entaru]

Nero, now nestled back in Leia's brain, watched with interest as the machines went about their work.  SucH EfficiencY...PerhapS YoU CreatureS Aren'T AS SimplE AS I ThoughT...I MusT KnoW HoW IT WorkS  A bit of the tar dribbled out of Leia's mouth and on to one of the machines.  It quickly spread across the machines until they were dripping with the tar.  Then, just as suddenly as it had spread, it evaporated.  The arms stopped their work and began to flex and turn, sometimes scratching at the walls as if to see if they could pick through them.

InterestinG...VerY InterestinG

[KittKat chunky~]

Annie sighed, pushing reluctantly away from Reggie. She kissed him across the muzzle as she got awkwardly up off the bed, and walked through the half-darkness to the door. As she walked, Annie stooped down to pick up a set of clean overalls, roughly pulling one leg into them as she hopped towards the door. Finally clothed, she pressed the button for the door to open, catching the steel as it slid and holding it tight. The door opened only halfway, leaving the room behind her in shadow as she met the gaze of the messenger...



Tess stood outside Blaze's closed door, tapping her foot impatiently on the steel grated floor. At her feet sat RUST-E, watching her with a bright blue optic-eye -"bzz-wheep-du-weep"- Tess stuck out her tongue at the little droid, giving him a hefty kick "Well how was I to know he wouldnt thank me for being woken up early?..." RUST-E cocked his head to one side, beeping again "-B'deep-wheep?"-

Tess looked away from him, back at the closed door "Shut it you bucket of bolts... Its not like that..."

[x]

Chassity felt something like a drop of rain fall on her shoulder. It came again, wet, cold...sticky. Not rain. Something else. But what? She opened her eyes and shook her head to clear her dreams away. She looked up. Leaning over her was Roger, her master. Apparently he had decided to give her a rude wake up call…for the second time that week. He said nothing. His hands were shaking as he clutched them together. His eyes were wide and stir-crazy. And…

It wasn’t rain dripping down onto her. It was something else.

Quickly, the girl sat up in her bed and tossed the heavy green blankets aside. They were very scratchy, not because of their make necessarily, but because of Chassity’s wooden texture and the longevity of her rests in that bed, and they made static popping noises as they rubbed against each other.

She took hold of Roger’s trembling hands, smearing herself with his blood as she did so. He balked. “Yyy-oou d-d-didn’t try to a-a-gain? D-d-d-diiid yoou?” she asked in a voice far from human.

Tears, as sparkling as tinsel in the artificial light, streaked down his careworn face. Desolate pools, his eyes. Lost in the grey, his soul. Oh…how she pitied her poor, poor master. She could not comprehend why. She could not prevent or assist. But she had been grafted with enough of a heart to pity. Now trembling herself, she tightened her grip on him and got out of bed. Action. She had to take action. Pulling and shoving with all her strength, trying to block out all reason that told her to let him deal with it himself, making progress as steadily as the flow of an hourglass, the doll eventually managed to corral her master into the bathroom. She washed the blood off in the basin. Then, as she studied the extent of his injuries, she found she could only cringe at just how deep those injuries were. A sigh.

“Y-y-yoou d-do k-k-knoow t-t-that…i-if y-you r-r-really want t-to kill y-y-y-yooourself…it d-d-doesn’t h-h-h-h-help to come s-stand over m-me a-after y-y-you t-t-trrry i-it. B-because then I-I have to f-fix you.” She started to clean him up with a white cloth doused in insta-healing medicine. The medicine had been purposefully set by the sink the night before...this was not the first time.

Roger replied with his best form of reasoning. “You’re my slave. You feel like you have to protect and help me. I made you that way.” He jerked as the astringent-smelling medicine alighted upon the cuts on his wrists, causing a stinging stream of shock to pass through his skinny body. “But I missed where I was aiming. Couldn’t even go deep enough to nab a vein. Too scared,” he continued matter-of-factly.

Tiny smile of forgiveness playing across her almost non-existent lips, the doll reached up with her free hand and stroked his ruby-red hair. The long locks felt soothing to her. She then moved on to straighten the collar of his white button up and adjust the black goggles set atop his head. He was a human. A very suicidal human. But a lovable one.

“I-I-I d-don’t t-think y-you r-r-r-realllly w-want to die. I t-thiink you l-l-like me t-too m-much to n-not s-s-stick around.”

[Asia Kali Yusufzai]

Abel sat back in his corner, while Kane grumbled.
"Yeah well," he said. "This is the way your life has ended up. Now you have to live through it." The screen on the wall pinged, and the little cat symbol opened its mouth.
"Please enter the scanning room for re-evaluation." A little section of the wall below the screen dissolved away, revealing another room, lit up blue. "Please enter one at a time."



In the extraction room Leia was in, power was cut from the arms, and error signals flared on the walls. The room was sealed, and a report sent away.





The small feline face of a serval peaked through the gap, with a bright and cheerful expression flowing out of him, increased by his preened and perfect fur. He almost had a glow compared to the wall behind him.
"Ms. Yantova I take it." He had a big smile, full of bright teeth. "You're a lucky woman. One of the head judges of Internal Justice arrived last night, and she would like very much to speak with you." He looked her over, and his smile turned to a grimace. "And if you could. You should probably clean yourself up and wear something more... formal." His staring then caught something on her neck. "Is... is that blood? Are you okay?"

[tangletail]

Leo made his way through the dissolved doorway scratching his head lightly looking into the blue room "I hate you guys... you know that..." he sighed hopeing this room would be somewhat different then just sitting in one place.

[Entaru]

Nero frowned slightly as the power was cut.  Of course...that didn't matter at this point now that he was powering the machines.  The arms hovered over Leia's body, expectantly awaiting a command. 

Nero sighed as he spoke directly into Leia's mind.  SO ManY DelayS...I'M AfraiD ThaT ThiS WilL NoT DO...I ThoughT ThaT PerhapS ThrougH YouR GuisE OF InnocencE I CoulD MakE MY WaY ThrougH WithouT WorrY...ApparentlY, WhilE YoU VermiN ArE InferioR IN IntellecT, YoU MakE UP FoR IT IN BeinG ObsessivelY ThourougH...  Leia could feel Nero pacing back and forth in her mind, as if trying to dodge a subject.  AnD WhilE I ApplauD YouR KiN FoR SucH ThingS, I SimplY CannoT BE DelayeD AnY LongeR...YoU DO UnderstanD ThaT, IN BeinG DelayeD SO LonG, I HavE GrowN WearY OF YouR PresencE...IF PerhapS YoU HaD RemaineD CalM, YoU MighT HavE SeeN ThaT BoY LeO OnE LasT TimE...UnintentionallY OR NO, YouR PaniC IS WhaT TippeD TheM OfF TO ME IN ThE FirsT PlacE...MeaninG ThaT YoU FaileD YouR PurposE...ThereforE...

The arms clicked menacingly as they prepared themselves to take "samples"

...I HavE NO ChoicE BuT TO PunisH YoU...SO SorrY

Leia shot awake as the Nero's final words entered her mind.  The arms whirred to life as they began ripping into Leia's flesh.  Needles began jabbing in and out, scalpels tearing across and pulling up muscles and tendons.  Those outside could hear Leia screaming in agony as she was torn apart, piece by piece.  The arms were diligent in their work, making every moment of the process last for their new master's pleasure.

SucH WonderouS ThingS, ThesE MachineS...I MusT StarT IncorporatinG TheM MorE OfteN

Soon the screams stopped, as did the arms.  The machines were detecting no life-signs...of course Nero didn't need a machine to tell him that the pile of blood, flesh, and organs wasn't alive anymore.  His essence withdrew from the area, leaving the machines and what was left of Leia for the morals to discover.  Sitting back up in the plasma cage, Nero let out a yawn and stretched slightly.

"Ahh, now that was a wonderful nap."

[KittKat chunky~]

Annie put a hand to her neck, covering the dark stains of congealed blood "No, no... I'm fine, just caught myself on the edge of my bunk earlier..." She smiled back, amber eyes glinting "If you dont mind though, I need to get changed now..."

Sighing, she let go of the door. It slid closed again as she turned back to face the small bunk-room. Hitting a switch set into the wall, dull light strips flickered on as Annie walked back over to the bed, leaning in beside Reggie "Im so sorry... But I will have to go, Internal Justice aren't ones to enjoy being kept waiting..."

[Asia Kali Yusufzai]

Kane and Abel ran to the wall, where the screams tore through the walls.
"What the hell is going on there?" Meanwhile the door closed behind Leo, sealing him in the scanning room. Blue lights slithered across his body, through his fur, and tingled against his eyes. Soon it flicked green.
"Anamolous readings normalised, abnormalities absent, you are free to leave." The door behind him opened. The screams had ended, and the walls had thickened as the sample room was sealed off. The damaged door shuddered, and scratched along the ground to open, but instead became stuck, shaking and screeching against the ground.





The officer in the capital sphere city had been leaning back on a portable chair, and stood up after noticing Nero returning.
"Did you get what you wanted?" he said. The scientist moved back, staying way back from the being.




Reggie grumbled in reply, and sat up rubbing his face. Then, with a quick smirk, he grabbed Annie around the waist, pulling her to the bed, and kissing her with fierce and mischievous hunger.

[KittKat chunky~]

Annie giggled hysterically, giggles cut off and muffled as she met the kiss. Her tail swished as Reggie pulled her close. She mumbled between kisses, holding him closer "I really... Should be getting... Dressed... " She burrowed into his thick fur, pressing herself as close as she could to his body. She gave a sigh of relief, running a hand down hs chest...





Tess and Blaze sat opposite each other in the mess hall, long steel tables lined with workers as hey ate. Blaze looked up from his plate, catching Tess' light blue eye. She smirked, watching with a faint air of disgust as he swallowed another large mouthfull "You're really packing it away there... If anything that bacteria stuff seems to have given you a hearty appetite..."

 She picked up her empty plate, standing and taking a step back from the table "See you at hangar 35... Imha got an important appointment with a engine part..." Still smirking, she kicked RUST-E out from underneath the table, giving away his hiding place. The little droid gave a beep of annoyance, as Tess started to walk towards the Mess hall entrance "It seems you gotta appointment with breakfast though... Se ya in half n' hour?"

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Vuranin sat in her room once again, visually upset and disturbed as there was a giant diagram that started from a paper saying 'Now'. From there, it connected to three other notes. Normally, she would have thought that anyone who did this had either compltetly lost it or were simply deranged; that changed since shes now hit her emotional 'rock bottom'.

One note said 'Abandon', and it went into almost gross detail how she would take the Everflame without even causing a single alarm to go off. But, it also ment that the moment she had Everflame, she would wipe all information of her existing by purging her image once again from her son's mind before leaving him an orphan. It satisfies her 'friends' and shes no longer an exile like Nero.

Another said 'Evacuate', which was similar to the 'Abandon' plan with the exception that she take Chronin with her and attempts to make him forget his past fears and trauma. She would then alter his mind just enough for him to not identify her as his mother, but as his lover. This also satisfies her selfish desire, but leaves a bad taste in her mouth since she would be potentially altering what made him the son she adores.

The last note said 'Stay', and all that was written under it was 'Improvise?'. Right now, the third note is what would happen if she can't will herself to do any of the other two.

Ironically, the only option that kept her from going completely beserk from frustration and despair, was the recently added third option. Yet, she could only sit there and think of what would become of the 'Stay' option...


Chronin couldn't get himself to sleep, even though he had been awake for more than a day. His meditation was only filled with images of her, most of them were the result of how he treated her. Maybe I should just act... playful? He could only derive that no matter how angry she got at him, she always got frisky when it seemed that he let his guard down. Slowly it mulled around in his head, and his pupils started to dialate until he opened the door and made his way to Tabby's room and knocked on the door.

"Sorry about accusing you for planting the bug, can I make it up?" he asked, his voice only slightly muffled by the metal door.

[Asia Kali Yusufzai]

Reggie growled and pinned Annie down. "You want to get dressed? Well then let's get you out of these overalls." He grinned and pulled her clothes down off her top, showing her chest, making him tense and lick his lips. Meanwhile the visitor waited outside, humming tune. A dingo was with him, and nudged his arm.
"D'you hear that?" he asked, nodding towards Annie's room.
"Hear what?" the serval replied, raising an eyebrow.
"I thought I heard like... a growl or something." The dingo put his ear to the door, while the cat looked perplexed. "I don't think it's from her, I think she's got a guy in there." He looked back at the serval and smirked. In reply, the cat shrugged and gave a little chuckle.





Tabby lay face down in her bed, but she was awake, and grinning. She climbed to her feet and leaned against the wall beside her door.
"Thankyou, that's rather honourable of you. Now how're you going to make it up?" she asked, flicking her tail against the wall.

[Chrono Blackwyng]

There was a tone of nervousness in his voice as he forced himself to speak. "Its really awkward to say it, can you just let me in before Jetho decides to leave his room?"