While Kodachi had been reluctant to fleece the place, Ranma had quickly seen the wisdom. This way they would not have just the clothes on their back. It could help them be more prepared, and if they made it back to civilization they could blend in better if they had something to sell. Besides, it gave Nanami a chance to retrieve her beloved laptop and to screw over the people who ran this place.
As such, Nanami giggled to herself like a school girl as she ransacked Carthy's room. Sure the door had been locked, but these interior doors were turning out to be exceptionally… fragile.
She'd already stolen his personal laptop, who knew what incriminating evidence was on, it, and she'd already filched his class ring and a 15,000 dollar watch, likely a gift from The Company for being the lowest live form available for rent in a place like this.
She was quickly sorting through his dresser for anything of values before she moved on. First drawer, socks and underpants; second drawer, Shirts; third, pants; and the fourth, locked....
She smirked and gave the last drawer a mighty yank, tearing it out of the chest of drawers like it was nothing. Inside the drawer was a pile of computer discs, an M41c pulse carbine, a small black box, and a T-Virus vaccination.
"You're got to be kidding me…" she muttered as she picked up the anti-T-virus booster shot. Looking at the plastic encased antidote shook her head. "Well, I could have used YOU twenty minutes ago. Not that it matters now…"
This really sucked. Just like God, Kamisama, Buddha, Allah, Krishna, Cthulhu or what ever deity that runs this sick universe to pull this kind of joke.
With a sigh, she pocketed it. A companies like Wayland-Yatani-Umbrella did not let little jems like this go into the public sector. It was bad for profits. It would be a pleasure to donate this little honey and hopefully render the T-virus worthless to their bio-weapons department.
She also pocketed the discs. Knowing that prick Carthy, they were likely corporate blackmail, the kind of shit the authorities would just eat up like candy. Vindication was SOOOOOO sweet.
Nanami quickly grabbed the rifle, and the magazines. She knew enough about firearms to identify it as the carbine version of the M41a pulse rifle, the a standing favorite of the United Systems Colonial Marine Corps. More effective against bugs than a can or raid! She'd just need a few minutes to figure it out… where the safety and selector switch were, how to eject the magazine, and she'd be ready to rock.
In curiosity she reached down and opened the box. It was full of jewelry. Lockets, rings, watches, and all other personal items. She inquisitively reached down and removed one of the rings. It was too small for a man, feminine even. It seemed familiar.
She looked over the ring, and saw something that looked like writing on the inside.
"Donald and Jenna Forever," she read.
The blood in her veins began to boil, as if it had become some highly virulent concentrated acid.
Oh wait, it already was.
Reguardless, Nanami was pretty pissed off. She knew where she recognized the ring from. It was Erickson's wedding ring… every item in this box belong to someone who had been part of the base staff and murdered in order to keep this place's existence a secret. It was a box of stolen lives.
Nanami placed the ring back into the box and then into her bag. She'd try and send these back to the loved ones of the fallen with an explanation of what happened them. Or she could sell them. She wanted to do the right thing, but one does have to survive.
She zipped up her duffle and turned to the door. Time to leave.
Nanami walked to the door, just as a T-virus zombie rounded the corner
"Ah shit…"
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