Night 75: Walk-in Refrigerator

[no_dont_go]

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This was it. From here on, Aigis was going to be alone when she went down there, and there was no one to blame but herself for this hideous condition.

No. She had one person to blame above even herself.

Martin Landel.

Grimly, Aigis tightened her grip on her pillowcase and shoved aside the trap door. As carefully as she could, Aigis descended into a place she hoped she never had to see again after this night.

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[sixth_attack]

[From here.]

Throwing the trap door open with a loud bang, Sechs emerged from the basement and hastily stepped foot onto the icy floor of the walk-in freezer. The sudden chill of the room came as a harsh reminder to the Replica; his M-U symptoms had been triggered here before. Gasping softly, Sechs halted, frozen with dread as he awaited the freezing pain he had become so accustomed to expect in situations like this -- yet all he felt was a weak squirm from what was left of the poison living in his spine.

A tiny sigh of relief escaped the Replica. He was safe here, for now. M-U side effects or not, he didn't want to spend more time than necessary in this cold place.

Then again, anywhere outside of the freezer didn't seem that much safer either.

After looking over his shoulder to make sure Aigis was close by, Sechs approached the door with his gun readied. Now that they were on the main floor, the chaos of the security breech could be heard (and felt) much clearly. With the power down, all hell had been allowed loose throughout the building. If only their powers could have been restored as well...

"Alright! No matter what's out there, we gotta get to the library!" Sechs called to Aigis over the cacophony of sirens and screaming. "That's the closest way to the third floor! Landel's gotta be up there!"

[no_dont_go]

"Ah, that is true," Aigis whispered, stepping quickly after Sechs. The thought of going back to get a nice gun for herself was tempting; perhaps with the security down there wouldn't be the usual duel against monsters for a prize. But there was no time for that now. She just hefted the pillowcase over her shoulder and stepped up into the cold room.

The sound of blasts, thuds, stumbling feet, cries and vicious snarls could be heard through the walls and floors. Prisoners and monsters, and perhaps rebels, all of them caught up in what was surely a dangerous fight. They would need to move quickly if they wanted to get far before they found themselves in the tussle as well.

"The library? Let us make haste then." Aigis had never seen any staircase in there but she wasn't going to question Sechs' knowledge. Quickly, she followed him into the next room.

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[ninelivesonce]

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For a split second, Taura wondered if her next task was going to be to shove a large beast through a small trap-door. But while the door up to the cold storage was small, the Sphinx was as agile as it was powerful, and not even a tuft of hair or feathers marked its path through.

Taura shoved the heavy door to the cafeteria open, and ran out, trusting that as long as she didn't get too far behind, there were unlikely to be any actual monsters left in her way.

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