Nightshift 35: M71-80 Hallway

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Wally frowned in confusion at the intercom announcements. CM-US Experimental Trials? Special Counselling? He wasn't sure what either of those things were, but considering this place, they could hardly be good. And the following announcement didn't do much to reassure him. "You know, that's what I like about this place," he commented dryly to Tony. "You can always rely on the crazy to show up right on schedule." He stood up as the doors clicked open and stretched, paying particular attention to the muscles in his legs before rummaging around behind his pillow for his flashlight. "So, you wanna go and see about that maintenance room?" His lips quirked into a familiar smile. "I figure with two of us, at least someone will be able to get something useful while the other plays monster bait."

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All ready to go and no idea how to get there, Ritsuka pulled his backpack off and rifled through it for his journal. He'd had a map at one point, but he didn't know where they would have taken Soubi. He only knew that it was upstairs because that's where Elena and Dean had taken him when Seimei had disappeared. He pulled his map out and looked at it, but nothing on there said anything about experimental trial laboratories.

"...no. I only know it's upstairs." Useless. Think! Thinking was the only thing Ritsuka could do right now and he sat on the ground, his eyes running over the map and the large chunks of blank space. Think, think, think. Where would Soubi be? Where?

The headache came again and Ritsuka closed his eyes, rubbing his forehead. Left. It was left. Pointing to a large block of nothing to the west of the second floor, Ritsuka opened his eyes and looked up at Sheena. "Here, I think."

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Peering over Ritsuka's shoulder, Sheena scanned the map as the boy searched it. She was fairly decent with finding her way through places and she made quick mental notes about where her room was, the Clinic, and their current location. Her attention drawn to where Ritsuka was pointing, she sifted the small map she'd constructed in her mind over that section. There were stairs that way; she remembered seeing them in the day when they took her to breakfast.

"Okay. I know how to get to the stairs," she replied, her demeanor much more serious, though her sense of urgency she was picking up from the boy was making it hard to keep her voice completely level.

"One question: do you want to get there as fast as possible or will your pride stop me from getting us there quickly?"

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If anything was going to stop them from going as fast as possible, it was going to be an unexpected monster. Ritsuka folded the map up once Sheena was done looking at it and stuck it in his backpack before sliding his arms through the straps. Soubi was in trouble and whatever pride he had, he didn't care. The last time he'd left Soubi on his own to face danger, Ritsuka had found him bleeding in a field waiting for Kio instead of him. "I don't care, just get us there."

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The ninja turned around and knelt, her arms out behind her and the tails of her sheet-fashioned bi trailing on the ground. "Then get on and hold on tight. I'm really fast." And hopefully Ritsuka wouldn't use her ample chest as a hand hold, but, given the circumstances, Sheena might forgive him if he did.

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Piggyback rides. Great. No wonder Sheena had asked him about pride.

He hadn't had a piggyback ride since Seimei had been around, and even then, he couldn't really remember. He had vague feelings that maybe, once, they'd done that, but memories were faulty and unreliable. Nonetheless, Ritsuka wasted no time in climbing onto Sheena's back, putting his arms around her shoulders while carefully avoiding accidentally groping her. Why did all the girls he know have such huge chests? Maybe that's what happened to girls. Whatever. "Alright. Let's go."

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Hands clasped together, supporting Ritsuka's weight underneath his rear, Sheena was certain he wasn't going to jostle, and stood up.

"Okay, once we get to the top of the stairs, I'll slow down," Sheena stated. "Sorry about how embarrassing this is." And with that, the ninja dashed down the hallway, retracing their steps.

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