He turned a corner, sighing in relief, then he looked to see who was talking.
It wasn't human.
Partially human, yes, but not totally. The tail that curled behind him was more than enough testament to that, even without the otherworldly look to the man's face and body. Or those opaque eyes that were now turning towards him.
"Hey, it's another survivor," the man said. "He smells clean."
And then Carthy realized what he was talking to, one of the clones. It had remembered most of its speech, apparently and was probably addressing the female. He was more right than he knew until a couple of moments later, when Nanami walked out behind the female clone, also mutated somewhat.
Carthy eyed the human with the two hybrids and immediately recognized her from her dossier.
Doctor Nanami Jinnai. Genetics researcher. Xenobiology specialist. Brother killed ten years ago in a xenomorph incident. Seeking vengeance on the xenomorphs. Known Contacts: past romantic relationship with Makoto Mizuhara, industrial terrorist responsible for the theft of prototype combat-class synthetic. Notes: Possesses untapped psionic capabilities currently manifesting as a sort of sixth sense. Instructions: Close watch. No outside contact. Subject should not realize she is imprisoned if at all possible. Upon discovery, incarcerate as experimental material.
And she was carrying his M41a carbine. Obviously she'd been the one that ransacked his room.
"Carthy," Nanami said.
"Well, Jinnai," Carthy said. "Did you and your spying boyfriend plan this little event with Garrison? If so, I'm happy to say that your STARS allies have already left you high and dry."
"Spying..." Nanami snapped. "What are you talking about? I came here to study and find a way to destroy these fucking parasites. I didn't come to be a lab rat."
The hybrids looked to each other in caution, not understanding the English but recognizing the hostility waving off Nanami. Ranma moved to try and calm down Nanami, but she felt the intention even as his hand reached out and turned to face him.
"He's the head of operations around here," Nanami said. "He's the one that's had you recreated and eliminated I don't know how many times. He's responsible for everything, and you can bet that he wouldn't let us take that antivirus sample to the public."
"The..." Carthy's eyes snapped wide as he remembered the booster shot from his room, but surely Nanami would have used it. Unless, of course, she'd used a booster from one of the other labs.
"Let's handle this later," Ranma said. "We gotta get..."
Carthy growled as he tossed out the hand with the pistol and, in a fit of suicidal rage, he pressed the trigger, repeatedly sending bullet after bullet into Nanami. The first bullet hit with a burst of red blood, as did the second. The third was sent off course as he lost control of the kick, it bounched off her skull and sent her ringing backwards, head swirling, even as several more bullets struck her chest, but failed to break the skin.
Carthy got a brief sense of satisfaction from the shocked expression on Nanami's face as she was sent reeling to the floor, but then he saw the smoke raising up from where Nanami's blood had dropped to the ground. He had just enough time to see her slowly rising, the flow of blood from her wounds lessening as they closed, before Ranma's tail had disarmed him and slammed him against the wall.
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