damned_institute | Nightshift 34: F21-30 Hallway

[F22]

SHE'D FALLEN ASLEEP?!?

Falis stood in the middle of her room STARING at her roommate's sleeping form. "No, no, no, no! This isn't fucking happening," the bounty hunter growled as her stare turned into a furious glare. "You need to get your ass out of this room tonight."

No response. Senna continued to sleep peacefully, unaware of the blonde with the barely contained rage focused on her. Granted, this was Falis' fault for not making it clear right away that the room was off-limits for the night, but even she didn't fall asleep that fast and that soundly. And certainly not when there was a very dangerous, very angry person practically standing over her.

Fuck.

Falis clenched and unclenched her hands a few times and then whirled around, her temper getting the better of her. She snatched her sword up off the bed and, pivoting, brought it down upon Senna. It was only the realization that her roommate's decapitated corpse laying in the room would probably completely turn Hokuto off that caused the bounty hunter to halt her blade a mere breath away from Senna's head. She stepped back and stared down at her roommate, occassionally raising her sword as if to slash down at the sleeping form again before lowering it.

She eventually started to pace as she waited, frustrated and upset, toeing that line of just letting her rage take her over and killing her roommate. How DARE she fall asleep?!? Falis paused in her pacing to lash out at Senna, only stopping herself partway through the stroke again. She shook her blade at the girl as she trembeled in contained rage.

Why TONIGHT????

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Bella couldn’t help but jump when Alice suddenly announced herself, and instantly her hand flew to her heart. “Alice!” face suddenly flushing to a deep crimson, the teenager clicked on her flashlight and pointed it towards the floor so she could still see and not blind her friend at the same time. “ ... Knocking would have been nice.”

Moving to the desk near Alice with her face still a bright red color, Bella turned towards her friend for a moment before turning back to Edward, her arms reaching back so she could lean against the desk. “So, what are out plans for tonight?”

"So nice of you to check," Edward commented, narrowing his eyes as his sister entered the room. In a way, it was nice. It meant she had seen something; that her sight wasn't completely blocked. He was relieved to see her arrive unharmed, even though her room was such a short distance away.

The new worry made him feel rather unbalanced.

Edward moved to the edge of the bed, taking a still seat on it, mentally flickering through images of the hospital's map in his head. "I don't know, really. It doesn't matter where we go." He sighed, chagrined. "Apparently there's been a hole created in the security system, if you're feeling so inclined to go beyond the Institution's walls. It wasn't there a few days ago," he added for Alice's benefit.

"You're welcome," she replied with a grin, still not looking at all sorry for having interrupted them as she had. Besides, it wasn't often someone could sneak up on Edward. She would have enjoyed the novelty more if it hadn't put all of them in a more precarious situation, but they would make do.

Cocking her head to the side, Alice focused on something else for a moment, a slight frown slipping across her lips. She could see some things, but nothing like what she was used to, and what she could see only came with intense concentration. She was just hoping what she could see could still be trusted.

"We don't want to go towards the back walls," she said after a moment, having picked up on that possible plan from Edward. "That seems to be a popular place tonight, with the wrong sort of people. Have you tried the front door?"

Oh, the love of a sibling. Bella could practically feel the irritation rolling off of Edward in waves, and she simply sighed and rolled her eyes, looking towards Alice with a surprised expression. “The front door? You mean it’s open? That easy? No traps or tricks?”

It sounded suspicious, but if Alice said that it would be fine, then … well, there was really nothing they could do to go against what she saw, right?

But, to go outside? That was … also a strange thought. Despite the fact that they were supposed to be going on a trip to that weird town again, it had felt like she hadn’t been outside of the asylum walls in months. “What’s near the back?” For a moment, she wondered if that was what had caused Edward to go into panic mode the night before. Suddenly being picked up without a second word or warning …

Pushing herself off the desk, Bella moved slowly through the darkness until she found her bed, and she quickly reached under her mattress and pulled out her pipe. Blindly searching on the covers, she ran her hand along the sheets until she found her discarded flashlight, and quickly clicked it on with a sigh. “Well, I’m all set.”

"The front...?" Despite the curiousity in his voice, Edward looked skeptical. "No, we haven't. I hadn't even thought of trying it." He knew it hadn't been open a few days ago... about the time the security system had gone down, he realized.

Wasn't that interesting?

"Ah," he sighed, looking up at Alice. "The same field, too. Not surprising, considering he did warn about them." He shifted on the bed, allowing Bella to search for the light. "There's only four of them tonight, so it should be rather simple to by-pass all of them."

Simple. Hopefully. He really did not want to run into another victim of the special counseling - especially with Bella in tow.

The vampire slid off the bed, grabbing the forgotten pipe by the bed. "We had better get started, then. Shall I lead, or can you see enough to know the layout, Alice?"

"There's... people fighting in the back two field of the institute," Alice answered Bella, looking perplexed for a moment. "Or there will be. Or both. It's not very clear at the moment. It keeps changing, so I'm not sure which is which. Either way, I don't think we want to head that direction, so the front door seems the clearest route at the moment."

Focusing on her brother and Bella once more, she hopped off the edge of the desk with a patient look. "Who warned about who? Is this the brainwashing you mentioned earlier?" She'd wanted to ask him about that, but there hadn't been time. She'd seek him out sometime tomorrow. They needed to talk.

Alice was unarmed, but she didn't mind, she'd make due for the time being, or at least be careful. Though she would have to remember not to rely on her sight to warn her if something was coming. If she couldn't see the monsters before they attacked, just as Edward couldn't hear them, that would be problematic.

"I can see some of the layout, enough to lead, I think. I want to test the limitations they've placed on me, with what I can and can't see." Besides, she was fairly certain Edward would want to stick close to Bella.

"Let's go, then."

[Going here. (http://community.livejournal.com/damned/420620.html?thread=35541516#t35541516)]

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