damned_institute | NIGHTSHIFT 27: F-BLOCK HALLWAY

This hall was about as empty as the one outside her room. MOMO was beginning to find the absense of people a little unsettling, but she found herself sighing from relief when she spotted Ami. There was a boy who seemed to be talking to her too, so she could only assume he was the other person who was to be joining them.

"Oh, good! You're already here," she said, jogging over to join them. At least she didn't have to be alone anymore. "I hope you haven't been waiting too long."

Ami saw the blonde haired teenager walking over to her and smiled shyly as he addressed her. "Yes I am. You must be the ninja Usagi told me about. I'm sorry but she didn't tell me your name."

As she was talking, Ami looked over to see MOMO approaching them, and broke into a wider smile. "MOMO-san! I'm glad you could make it. Don't worry, I've only been here a few minutes."

Ami scanned the hallway again for any sign of Usagi. Smiling inwardly, Ami said, "Looks like we're just waiting for Usagi-chan to arrive." She might not be from my timeline or even dimension, but she's still the same old Usagi, Ami thought. Turning back to the other two she asked, "Did either of you have any problems getting here?"

So Usagi had spoken to people about him! Naruto grinned very wide and pleased at the words, placing his arms behind his head and immediately slipping into casual and easy interaction. Ami was about as cute as Usagi, he noted happily.

"Yeah, that's me! Uzumaki Naruto," he supplied, proud and loud. "Nice to meet you. Any friend of Usagi-chan's is alright in my book."

Just then another girl appeared and joined their group. Naruto hadn't been informed about this one, but turned a welcoming smile on her all the same. Also cute. Maybe a little young. MOMO, was it? "Yeah, I just got here myself. Hey MOMO, I'm Naruto. Happy to work with you."

"Nah, I didn't run into anything nasty on the way here," he addressed Ami's inquiry. "I hope Usagi-chan's having the same luck. But did you hear the Doc's announcement? Our goal's the kitchen, right? I wonder what's below it..."

MOMO was glad to find she hadn't kept either of them waiting. And the boy, Naruto, seemed nice enough. Returning the smile, she gave a small bow. "It's very nice to meet you, Naruto. My name's MOMO, but I guess you already caught that, huh?"

Straightening, the realian turned to Ami and shook her head. "I didn't run into anything, either. Actually, the hallways seemed rather empty..." She still thought that was odd, but hearing where it was they were headed drew her attention.

"The kitchen?" she asked, with a tilt of her head. The Doctor had mentioned the kitchen right before the doors unlocked... And as far as she was concerned, anything the Head Doctor mentioned couldn't be good. "If that's where we're going, we should be careful, but... May I ask why we're going there?"

[From here (http://community.livejournal.com/damned/216250.html).]

"I'm here!!" Usagi called out down the hall when she saw Naruto, Ami and the girl from the night before waiting in the hallway. Huffing and puffing she ran over to them and skidded to a stop. She clicked off her flashlight and smiled at everyone. Having negative thoughts at the beginning of their explorations wouldn't be helpful.

The ninja, Naruto-san, seemed to be quite energetic. Ami could see how he and Usagi were drawn to each other. She was glad to hear neither he nor MOMO had had any problems getting to the meeting point. She was about to address MOMO's question about going to the kitchen when Usagi came bounding towards them. Ami grinned at her. "Usagi-chan, late again?" she teased.

Her expression sobered once Usagi reached them. "Actually it was my idea to go to the kitchen first because I thought that perhaps we might be able to find something we could use as weapons, especially since Usagi-chan and I don't have any yet," Ami said, a little embarrassed that she seemed to have somehow become the leader. It was not something she was comfortable with, and she had a new found respect for Usagi's leadership abilities. "We don't have to stay long, if there's anywhere else anybody wants to go to. I am concerned about that message though..." Ami mused. "Almost like he was goading us into going down to the lower level..."

The two girls seemed friendly and nice; Naruto thought himself lucky, since there were all sorts of weird characters in Landel's, patients alike. Usagi showed a moment later, which relieved him. He smiled back and lifted a hand in greeting, and smirked at Ami's teasing her. He could tell that they were close friends.

"All right! That's all of us, right," he exclaimed confidently and placed his hands on his hips. Naruto knew from past experience that sometimes the hardest part of getting anything done at night was mobilizing the team. He listened to Ami speak, and responded: "Yeah, the kitchen's a good idea. I lost the only real weapon I had, so I'm in the same boat as you guys. We probably won't be the only ones there, because of that message. And it is weird. We should be extra careful."

"Maybe it's a trick and there's something good down there. More likely it's a trap. Man, I'm getting sick of his head games..." Naruto complained and checked on the utensils he had been hoarding at meals, adjusting them at his waistband. He held his flashlight, clicked off, at the ready like a weapon and glanced down the hallway with a cocky grin.

"No use letting it get to us, though. Shall we?"

As Usagi joined the group, MOMO couldn't help but break into a relieved smile. She, like most of the others she had been able to meet that day, didn't seem to be hurt too badly. She was indeed grateful for that.

Once Ami and Naruto went on to explain about the kitchen, however, her smile faded slightly and she gave a short nod. "Ahh, I see." It really did make sense; running around without a weapon was dangerous. And the kitchen did sound promising, at least in regards to finding something that could be used as a weapon. "I don't really have a weapon either, so I think that is a good idea. But we should still watch our backs, just in case."

The Prototype paused long enough to tuck her journal beneath her waistband (it was probably best to leave at least one hand free, after all) then nodded once more. "I'm ready whenever the rest of you are."

"Okay!" Usagi exclaimed, punching her hand in the air. The talking had allowed her to catch her breath, she hoped she wouldn't be so sluggish all night. mIt wouldn't be fair to slow everyone down...

"Upstairs right?" she asked, trying to remember what little of the second floor she explored and what she'd heard from other people. Without waiting for confirmation she started leading the little group down the hallway.

[To here (http://community.livejournal.com/damned/217123.html).]

Ami sighed as Usagi took off, knowing that Usagi's sense of direction was a little....skewed. She ran after her to give her the map of Landel's she had acquired.

[Following Usagi with a map]

So MOMO didn't have a weapon, either. Naruto smirked around an uneasy feeling as he gave the group another once-over. Hopefully they wouldn't run into anything too threatening...

Usagi took off ahead of them, citing the upstairs, which sent an instant chill down his spine. That thing was up there - but there was little chance to protest. Naruto glanced at MOMO and nodded before following suit.

[Follow the leader~ (http://community.livejournal.com/damned/217123.html?thread=16095779#t16095779)]

NIGHTSHIFT 27: F-BLOCK HALLWAY

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