The pained scream, however, did penetrate their memories.
Memories of huge creatures came to mind. Some had helped them and some had fought them. How long ago was that...?
The flash of a shock baton firing off snapped them out of their revery and the two hybrids slipped forward, holding to the sides of the wall and watching for the enemy to appear around the corner
Guards in armor were shouting across to each other, some professional and some emotional. They were trying to contain a tall and strong looking creature that was valiantly trying to fight back and not succeeding very well.
All the attention of the guards was on this single predator. None of them saw the patches of grey creeping alongside the walls, moving into position around them.
The predator saw them, two fuzzy thermal images moving in his field of vision with a familiar tail trailing behind, and he paused in his efforts to resist as he prepared to face death like a warrior. He didn't know what sort of monster these were, but he recognized the Hard Shell's touch on them.
The guards started to snicker at the predator's sudden change in manner, until someone noted which direction his attention was turned. The guard in question turned nervously away from his fellow guards and saw the hybrids there, staring at him with opaque eyes turned darker to shield the little light of the tunnels.
Two tails streamed by, spiking into armor and using it to slam opponents into walls. Shortly thereafter fists and feet flew and the tails swished around for another strike. It was over in instants, and not a single one of the humans had been killed.
The predator readied himself for battle as the hybrids watched him in a seemingly distant manner, emotion hard to read in those eyes. Then they simply turned away from him, bending over two of the guards and stripping their clothes and armor.
They were chattering at each other in low voices, using human words, but not the same words as the lab techs here used. They were also keeping a close eye on him, though they weren't making any move against him.
The predator growled and bent down to collect a stun baton, and he regarded the two...creatures for a moment and decided against trying to kill the guards. He couldn't fight these at the moment, and they had just saved his life in addition. He gave them a brief nod and then left.
"I don't see much hope for him," Kodachi said faintly as she pulled on the clothes she had just scavenged. Hopefully, the clothes in these dim lights would give them an extra couple of seconds of confusion from their enemy.
"Let's worry about ourselves," Ranma said. Kodachi smiled grimmly, it had been Ranma's idea to rescue the predator anyway.
"Does any of these have a map?" she asked, and returned to scavenging for useful items.
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(Posted Wed, 08 Sep 2004 06:01)
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